Your Shopify store should be your best salesperson. We make it sell.
Shaazford's Shopify experts build, optimize and grow stores for DTC brands doing $100K+ a month that want to reach $1M. Design, development, Shopify SEO, email, SMS and paid ads, run by one team on one flat fee with no revenue share.
What does Shaazford do for Shopify brands?
We design and build Shopify and Shopify Plus stores, then grow them: conversion rate optimization, subscriptions, retention, SEO, paid ads, email and the analytics that show what is working. Builds are quoted as a fixed price up front, and ongoing management is $1,600 a month, everything included, with no revenue-share fees.
Answered by John Will, Founder & CEO · Updated
Why do Shopify stores stall after the first $100K a month?
Shopify stores usually stall after $100K a month because the store, the traffic and the retention are run by different people, not for lack of traffic. The pattern repeats: a store built pretty but never built to convert, ads and the store blaming each other, no retention engine, and a big build fee followed by a retainer.
Usually not for lack of traffic. They stall because the store, the traffic and the retention are run by different people. Four patterns we see in almost every audit:
Built pretty, never built to convert
A theme launch with no CRO plan, so paid traffic lands on pages nobody tests.
Ads and the store blame each other
One agency runs Meta, another built the store, and when ROAS drops each points at the other.
No retention engine
Without email, SMS and subscriptions from day one, every sale has to be bought again with ads.
Big build fee, then a retainer
A five-figure project followed by monthly fees, and still nobody owns revenue.
What do our Shopify experts do?
Design, development and growth under one roof, judged on contribution margin and lifetime value. We run your store the way we would run our own.
Store builds and redesigns
Conversion-first Shopify and Shopify Plus themes, mobile first, tuned for Core Web Vitals. Custom Liquid only where a theme setting cannot do the job.
CRO
Funnel audits across landing pages, product pages, cart and checkout, with an A/B testing roadmap.
Shopify SEO
Technical and on-page SEO, collection and product copy, schema and site structure, so organic traffic compounds.
Email, SMS and subscriptions
Klaviyo flows, Recharge or Skio subscriptions, loyalty and win-back, built around real LTV cohorts.
Google and Meta ads
Paid traffic sent to pages built to convert it, measured on blended ROAS and contribution margin.
Migrations
From WooCommerce, BigCommerce or Magento with products, customers, orders, URL mapping and redirects, so SEO is kept.
Analytics and reporting
Tracking you can trust, weekly reports in plain English and a monthly strategy call.
How does working with our Shopify experts start?
It starts with an audit of your store, funnel and tracking, then your 3 biggest leaks and a 90-day plan within 48 hours. The first 30 days fix speed, product pages, cart and checkout. Next, email, SMS and subscription flows go live, and months 2 to 12 combine CRO tests, SEO and paid ads toward $1M a month.
Audit, within 48 hours
We review your store, funnel and tracking live, then send your 3 biggest leaks and a 90-day plan in writing within 48 hours.
Fix the funnel, first 30 days
Speed, product pages, cart and checkout first, because every ad dollar after that works harder.
Turn on retention
Email, SMS and subscription flows so buyers come back without being bought again.
Scale, months 2 to 12
CRO tests, SEO and paid ads planned together toward your $1M a month target.
The numbers we manage to.
A Shopify launch we ran
A beauty brand doing $300K a month on Amazon launched its own Shopify store with us: live in 21 days, $85K a month in 90 days, email at 31% of DTC revenue, and total brand revenue up 28%.
Read the beauty DTC case study
Figures reflect results managed by our founder and team. Client names kept private unless shown.
What do Shopify experts cost with Shaazford?
$1,600 a month for full Shopify management: CRO, SEO, email, paid ads, design and development, everything included and never a share of revenue. New store builds and migrations are quoted up front as one-off projects.
Shopify management, $1,600 a month
Your store run end to end by one team, built for brands doing $100K+ a month.
Omnichannel Growth, $3,200 a month
Shopify plus Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, paid ads and email under one strategy.
Essentials, $500 a month
A dedicated Shopify specialist about 2 hours a day on a set task list. Move up any time.
Month to month, cancel at least 10 days before your next billing date, no setup fee.
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Shopify questions, answered.
What is a Shopify expert?
A Shopify expert is a specialist or agency that builds, customizes and grows Shopify stores: themes and custom Liquid, apps and integrations, CRO, SEO and the marketing that drives sales. Shaazford's Shopify experts cover design, development and growth under one team.
What does a Shopify agency do?
A full-service Shopify agency designs and builds your store, sets up themes, apps and integrations, then drives growth through SEO, paid ads, email and conversion optimization. Shaazford handles design, development and marketing under one roof, so a single team is accountable for revenue.
What does a DTC Shopify agency do differently?
A DTC Shopify agency treats the store as the business, not a brochure. It builds for conversion, then runs the traffic, email, SMS and subscription flows that bring buyers back, and judges everything on contribution margin and lifetime value. Shaazford does all of it under one team, from $1,600/month with no contracts.
How much does a Shopify store cost to build?
It depends on scope. A focused store setup and theme customization costs less, while a custom Shopify Plus build costs more. We scope a fixed quote up front. Ongoing Shopify management is $1,600 a month, everything included, with no revenue-share fees.
Is there a smaller plan than $1,600 a month?
Yes. Essentials is $500 a month: a dedicated Shopify specialist for about 2 hours a day on a set task list: store upkeep and small fixes, product uploads, app and speed checks and a weekly report. Design, CRO, new pages and growth projects sit in full Shopify management at $1,600 a month. Store builds are quoted as one-off projects. It is month to month, and you can move up to the full plan at any time.
Are you a Shopify SEO agency too?
Yes. Technical and on-page Shopify SEO, collection and product copy, schema and site structure are part of full Shopify management, alongside paid ads and email.
What should DTC brands look for in a Shopify agency?
Look for one team that owns both the build and the growth, so nobody can blame the other when sales stall. Ask for senior people on the account, flat pricing with no revenue share, and weekly reporting in plain English. That is how Shaazford works with DTC brands on Shopify and Shopify Plus.
When do you need a custom Liquid Shopify agency?
Only when your theme cannot do the job. Custom Liquid sections, snippets and templates make sense for bespoke product pages, bundles, subscription logic or speed fixes a theme setting cannot reach. Our developers write custom Liquid for Shopify and Shopify Plus themes, and keep it lean so your Core Web Vitals and future theme updates stay intact.
Do you work with Shopify Plus and migrations?
Yes. We build and manage standard Shopify and Shopify Plus, including custom checkout, B2B and multi-store setups, and migrate stores from WooCommerce or Magento with products, customers, orders, URLs and redirects, so you keep your SEO rankings.
A store that sells while you sleep.
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