Think

Think is a digital product agency that makes websites, online shops, mobile apps, loyalty schemes and brand identities from an office in the Central Business District of Birkirkara. Its aim is to deliver products that are easy to use and do their job well, and it combines strategy, technical skill and design in a single team of about a dozen specialists.

For a UK reader the agency is relevant in two ways. If you are planning to run a business from the island, it is a local studio that can build your site, shop or app and the brand around it. If you already trade from the UK and want a Maltese partner for a project, the agency also works for clients abroad. On VisitMalta.co.uk it appears in our directory of IT companies in Malta.

Websites and online shops

Website work is the agency's core line, and it covers everything from a simple brochure site that presents a company to a fully functional shop. The team follows a clear sequence: a brainstorming and research workshop with the client, then design and development, quality assurance and release, and finally support and growth once the site is live.

Design is handled with an eye on every screen size. Pages are built to be responsive, fast and secure, and the team tests and debugs before launch and asks for the client's approval before anything goes public. After launch it can provide maintenance, add features on request and advise on content, advertising, social media and search engine optimisation.

For retail, the agency builds online stores on WooCommerce and Shopify and helps you choose between them. WooCommerce sits on WordPress and suits businesses that want complete ownership and custom functionality, such as complex product filters or specialised integrations. Shopify is a hosted platform that gets a store running quickly, with themes, product setup, payments, shipping, taxes and SEO configured for you. Stores can show unlimited products in categories, flag low stock, run promotions and connect to email marketing tools, and clients receive basic training to edit their own content.

Mobile apps and loyalty platforms

Think also builds mobile apps and publishes a seven-stage guide to app development on its blog. A particular specialism is Loyale, the agency's own Loyalty as a Service platform, which lets a retailer, café or restaurant reward repeat customers through an app and run promotions and discounts aimed at them.

Projects built on the same approach include the BigBon Rewards app, which links shoppers to several fashion brands sold in Malta, a coffee club rewards app, a mobile application for a sushi take-away, a loyalty club app for a retailer, and a multivendor rewards platform described as the first of its kind on the island. The team has also delivered a robust back-end system and a mobile app for the Malta office of a large professional services firm.

If you are a UK business thinking of selling to Maltese customers, a loyalty app is a common way to compete with established local chains, and the agency can scope it alongside a website or shop.

Branding and digital marketing

Brand work covers refining an existing identity or building a new one from scratch. Examples on the agency's project list include a logotype and typeface inspired by the architecture of a historic building, a refreshed identity for one of Malta's largest business groups spanning property, hospitality and automotive, and a brand split for an electronics company into consumer and business-to-business ranges.

On the marketing side, Think develops digital marketing strategies and works on increasing online traffic through paid advertising, search visibility and content. Its blog covers current topics such as how AI and public relations affect search, how paid advertising works for local businesses, how to optimise an online shop for sales and why Black Friday has stretched into a whole month of offers in Malta.

Companies new to the island often need all of this at once, together with tax and set-up help, and our pages on Malta's corporate tax structure and our featured partner CLA Malta for company, tax and relocation services are useful places to start on that side. Founders who intend to live here can read our UK guide to relocating to Malta alongside this page.

How a project runs

Every project begins with creative brainstorming and a close reading of the client's brief. Designing, prototyping and development come next, with stakeholders involved throughout and constant testing, and the product is then launched and checked to ensure that it scales as use grows. This method lets the team turn projects around quickly while still delivering a validated product that supports the client's business goals, with stakeholders able to review progress at each stage.

Success is measured with numbers that matter to the client, such as engagement, traffic and conversion rates, and with direct feedback from the people who commission the work. The insights gathered are used to improve the user experience and to refine the agency's own process.

The same discipline suits sectors with heavy compliance and traffic demands. Our guides to financial services in Malta and to the iGaming sector in Malta show the kind of regulated, high-volume businesses that depend on dependable digital products.

Who the agency works with

The project list is long and varied. It includes a wine and spirits distributor, a creative production studio, a holiday-rental platform for Malta and Gozo, a leading law firm, an investment platform, a group of dental clinics, a school and foundation, a content company that has just rebranded, a yachting business with boat listings, a sports club, the national chamber of commerce and several property developers and housing brands.

Clients are not only Maltese. The agency has built sites for a mortgage broker in the UK, a gym in Ipswich, a beauty and wellness salon in Brecon and a London and New York advisory firm, so it is used to working with British clients and British expectations.

Remote professionals and freelancers who relocate under the nomad scheme can also use the agency to build a portfolio, a personal brand or a small online business, and our guide to digital nomad life in Malta explains the residence side of that move.

The team

Bjorn is the chief executive and founder. Glyn is Head of Projects, Nicholas is Lead Developer, Aleksandra is the UX/UI designer and Andrea works in a creative role. The development bench includes Vladyslav as front-end developer, Kerstin as full stack web developer, Anton as WordPress front-end developer and Mykhailo and Sasha as mobile app developers. Petra is the growth executive and Ray handles accounts and administration.

The people here are a tech-savvy, creative group who work together to solve big problems, and it publishes vacancies for developers, designers and marketing roles. For clients that mix of design and engineering under one roof means a single point of contact from first sketch to launch.

Finding Think and getting in touch

The agency is based on Triq il-Birrerija in the Central Business District of Birkirkara, in the middle of the island. The office is a practical base for meetings with clients from across the country, and the capital is within easy reach, so a trip can be combined with a day in the city described in our Valletta guide. If you are flying in from the UK for meetings, you can compare hotels in Sliema for somewhere to stay.

Think does not publish prices or opening hours, since every brief is different. The simplest first step is to write a short description of what you want to build, who it is for and any deadline. For background on how taxes might apply to a Maltese business owned by a UK resident, see our Malta tax guide for UK nationals. When you are ready, use the VisitMalta.co.uk enquiry form on this page and we will pass your message to the Think team.