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AOV
CRO

14 Ways to Increase Average Order Value on Shopify (With the Maths Behind Each)

Raising AOV by 15% is usually easier than raising conversion by 15%, and it costs nothing in ad spend. The bundles, thresholds, upsells and pricing…

5 min read13 October 2026
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AI

Using AI to Write Product Descriptions That Rank and Convert (Without Sounding Like AI)

AI can write 2,000 product descriptions in an afternoon. Most of them will be worse than the supplier copy they replaced. The workflow, prompts and…

5 min read6 October 2026
AI
AI

AI Overviews and Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) for E-commerce Brands

Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT shopping and Perplexity now answer the questions that used to send traffic to your buying guides. What still earns…

5 min read29 September 2026
CAPI
Analytics

Server-Side Tracking for Shopify: Meta CAPI, GA4 and Why Your Data Is Wrong

Ad blockers, iOS, Safari ITP and cookie consent mean the browser pixel now sees 40–60% of your purchases. Here is what server-side tracking fixes,…

5 min read22 September 2026
TT
Marketplaces

TikTok Shop UK in 2026: How Brands Are Actually Selling (and Who Shouldn't Bother)

TikTok Shop is now a top-five UK marketplace by GMV in beauty, home and food. It runs on affiliates, live and short video — not on ads. What works,…

5 min read15 September 2026
A+
Marketplaces

Amazon Listing Optimisation: Titles, Bullets, A+ Content and Brand Story That Convert

A listing converting at 6% needs twice the ad spend of one converting at 12% for the same sales. The title structure, bullet framework, image stack…

5 min read8 September 2026
PPC
Marketplaces

Amazon PPC for UK Sellers: Sponsored Products, Brands and Display Strategy (2026)

Amazon advertising is where marketplace margin goes to die if you run it on autopilot. The campaign structure, bidding rules and negative-keyword…

5 min read1 September 2026
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Email & Klaviyo

Welcome Series Emails: The 5-Email Sequence That Turns Subscribers into Buyers

The welcome flow is the highest-ROI automation most stores build worst — one "thanks for subscribing" email with a code. Here is the five-email…

5 min read25 August 2026
SMS
Email & Klaviyo

SMS Marketing with Klaviyo in the UK: Compliance, Consent, Flows and Real ROI

SMS is the highest-engagement channel you have and the easiest to get wrong legally. What UK PECR actually requires, the consent wording that works,…

5 min read18 August 2026
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Email & Klaviyo

The Revenue-Focused Klaviyo Audit: 21 Things We Check on Every Account

Your Klaviyo account "looks fine". Flows are live, campaigns go out, attributed revenue is not embarrassing. That is exactly the account most likely…

5 min read11 August 2026
KPI
Analytics

The 15 E-commerce KPIs That Actually Matter (and the Vanity Metrics to Ignore)

ROAS went up and profit went down. If that sentence sounds familiar, your dashboard is measuring the wrong things. The metrics we put in front of…

5 min read4 August 2026
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Paid Media

Retargeting for Shopify Stores: The Meta + Google Funnel That Actually Recovers Sales

97% of first-time visitors leave without buying. A retargeting setup that treats them all the same wastes half its budget. Here is the segmented…

5 min read28 July 2026
GMC
Paid Media

Google Shopping Feed Optimisation: Titles, Attributes and Merchant Center Fixes That Lift ROAS

Performance Max and Shopping ads are only as good as the feed underneath them. The title formulas, attribute fixes and Merchant Center hygiene that…

5 min read21 July 2026
A+
Paid Media

Meta Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns: Setup, Creative and Scaling for E-commerce

Advantage+ Shopping (ASC) now runs most of the Meta spend on our accounts. Here is how we structure it, what creative it needs, when it beats manual…

5 min read14 July 2026
BFCM
Paid Media

Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2026: The UK E-commerce Playbook (12-Week Plan)

BFCM is won in September. The week-by-week plan we run for clients: stock, offers, creative, list-building, paid media pacing and the site checks…

5 min read7 July 2026
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CRO

Shopify Checkout Optimisation: 18 Changes That Reduce Abandonment

Around 70% of carts are abandoned and most of that happens after the "checkout" button. What you can change on Shopify's locked checkout, what needs…

5 min read30 June 2026
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Shopify

How to Choose a Shopify Agency in the UK: 12 Questions That Expose Bad Ones

Every agency deck has the same green arrow. Here are the questions we would ask if we were hiring — including the ones we would find uncomfortable to…

5 min read23 June 2026
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Shopify

Selling Internationally with Shopify Markets: A UK Brand's Playbook

Post-Brexit, cross-border selling from the UK is a customs, VAT and localisation problem before it is a marketing problem. How to set up Shopify…

6 min read16 June 2026
M2→SH
Shopify

Magento to Shopify Migration: The UK Brand's Step-by-Step Guide (2026)

Magento 2 hosting bills, security patches and agency retainers push a lot of UK brands to Shopify. Here is the migration sequence that keeps orders,…

6 min read9 June 2026
SEO
Shopify

Shopify SEO Checklist 2026: 27 Fixes That Actually Move UK Rankings

Not another "add meta descriptions" list. The technical, on-page and content fixes we run on every Shopify store — ordered by impact, with the…

6 min read2 June 2026
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Migration

How to Migrate from WooCommerce to Shopify Without Losing SEO

Redirect mapping, schema preservation and the technical migration checklist we use on every project.

9 min read8 May 2026
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Email & Klaviyo

Klaviyo Email Flows That Print Money: The 7 Essential Automations

The flows that grew Sleepy UK's list 433% in 8 weeks. Setup, segment logic and copy templates included.

11 min read5 May 2026
A
Marketplaces

Amazon Seller Central UK: A Complete Setup Guide

From VAT registration to Brand Registry — every step for UK brands launching on Amazon in 2026.

14 min read1 May 2026
G
Paid Media

Google Performance Max for E-commerce: What Actually Works

PMax structure, audience signals and asset groups — the framework behind 4.2× average ROAS.

10 min read25 Apr 2026
M
Paid Media

Meta DPA vs TikTok Spark: Which Performs Better for DTC Brands?

A head-to-head from 30 days of real spend across 4 client accounts. The answer surprised us.

8 min read22 Apr 2026
B2B
Shopify Plus

Building B2B Wholesale on Shopify Plus: 5 Real-World Patterns

Sales rep portals, tiered pricing, quote-to-order workflows — patterns from our Memo Wholesale build.

13 min read18 Apr 2026
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Analytics

Looker Studio Dashboards Every E-commerce Brand Needs

Five templated dashboards you can build in a weekend — and the metrics that actually matter.

9 min read14 Apr 2026
GA4
Analytics

GA4 for Shopify: The Complete Implementation Guide

Server-side events, enhanced ecommerce, conversion modelling — the right way to set GA4 up.

12 min read10 Apr 2026
AI
AI

AI Customer Service Agents: When They Save Money, When They Don't

A clear-eyed look at where chatbots win — and where they cost more than a human support team.

10 min read6 Apr 2026
UK
Marketplaces

OnBuy, B&Q, Temu: Hidden Marketplace Opportunities for UK Sellers

Three under-rated UK marketplaces with surprisingly low competition. Setup costs and break-even data.

7 min read2 Apr 2026
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CRO

Core Web Vitals for Shopify: Speeding Up Without Sacrificing Conversions

Image optimisation, app audit and JS load order — what we change first and what we leave alone.

8 min read28 Mar 2026
CRO
CRO

Product Page Optimisation: The 27-Point Checklist

Hero structure, social proof, sticky add-to-cart, variant pickers. Every change ranked by revenue impact.

11 min read24 Mar 2026
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