Shopify agency · Liverpool Commerce, Crafted.

Questions Liverpool brands ask us

Do you have an office in Liverpool?

No. We have one office and it is not in Liverpool. We work with Merseyside brands remotely and come to meet you when a project needs it, at kickoff and before launch.

We sell through a marketplace and want our own store. Where do we start?

With whether you have demand you control. A store gives you ownership, not traffic, so the useful first question is whether you have an email list, a following or repeat customers to launch to. If you do, this is a straightforward first build. If you do not, we would tell you to build that first.

How much does a first Shopify build cost?

It depends on scope, and anyone quoting a firm number before understanding yours is guessing. What we can say is that a focused first build and a large Shopify Plus project are different orders of magnitude, and we will tell you which one you actually need rather than which one we would rather sell.

Can you handle the marketing as well as the build?

Yes. Meta, Google and TikTok ads, CRO and lead generation run out of the same team as the build, so the store and the traffic are never designed by two suppliers in separate conversations.

Do you work on Shopify Plus in Liverpool?

Yes, though a lot of the work here is a first serious build rather than a replatform, and for that Plus is the wrong first spend. A brand arriving from a marketplace or a social following needs the store to convert before it needs an editable checkout. We would rather get you there on standard Shopify and move you up when the constraint is real, which is a conversation we have had with brands who expected us to sell the upgrade.

Do you offer SEO in Liverpool, or only Shopify development?

Both, and for a first serious store the order matters more than the label. A brand launching its first proper site has no organic authority at all, so seo liverpool work starts as groundwork rather than growth: structure, product data and the pages that can rank before anyone links to you. Searches for seo agency liverpool, seo services liverpool, liverpool seo, liverpool seo agency and seo company liverpool all land on the same team here, as do seo agency in liverpool, seo company in liverpool, liverpool seo services and seo consultant liverpool. If you are a shop with a physical trade, local seo liverpool and local seo services liverpool are a separate and faster win, because the profile and reviews move before the site does.

Is there a difference between the various ways people search for Liverpool SEO?

Not to us. Seo services in liverpool, liverpool seo company, seo agencies liverpool, seo in liverpool, seo companies liverpool, search engine optimisation liverpool and seo marketing liverpool are the same enquiry typed seven ways, and we treat them identically. What does change the answer is whether you already have traffic worth protecting or are starting from nothing, which is the first thing we ask rather than the last.

Can you run paid advertising for a Liverpool brand as well?

Yes, and for a new store we put it first. Ppc liverpool and pay per click liverpool buy you conversion data in weeks that SEO takes months to produce, which is why a ppc agency liverpool conversation and an SEO one are really the same budgeting question asked at different speeds. Whether you searched google ads agency liverpool, liverpool ppc agency, ppc management liverpool, ppc marketing liverpool or paid search agency liverpool, the setup is the same: tracking verified before spend changes. Beyond search, a digital marketing agency liverpool brief or a content marketing agency liverpool brief means the same combined remit to us, and ecommerce liverpool and ecommerce agency liverpool enquiries start with the store itself. The shopify developers Liverpool brands work with on a first build are the same team running the search and paid side afterwards.

We sell wholesale to other shops as well as direct to customers. Can one Shopify store do both?

Yes. Black Sand had no storefront when it came to us and now sells worldwide, and we built it a trade store where each approved buyer signs in to see their own catalogue and their own prices. Retail shoppers never see the trade terms, and wholesale orders come through the same store as everything else.

We have a physical shop in Liverpool. Does an online store compete with it?

Not if it is planned around what the shop already does well. Cream Cornwall runs three shops alongside its Shopify store, and we built that store and moved it off its old theme before staying on as consultants. The online store should carry the same range, voice and customers as the counter, so each one sends buyers to the other.

How long does a first Shopify build take?

It depends on what the store has to do at launch. We have shipped a bespoke build in seven days, for a fashion show. Larger Shopify Plus builds run eight to sixteen weeks, in two-week stages on a staging theme you can see as it develops. Once the scope is agreed, we give you a date and plan the work back from it.

Will our own team be able to run the store after launch?

Yes. A first store should let your team add products, change a banner or publish a page without calling a developer, and we build the theme with that in mind. When you do want help, a monthly support retainer puts the developers who wrote the code on hand.

Which apps does a first Shopify store need?

Fewer than you would expect. Each app adds a monthly bill and code the store has to load, so we start with the ones a launch depends on, such as Klaviyo for email and Junip for reviews, and add Gorgias or Loop when order volume justifies them. Every app we recommend runs on our own stores first.