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Hire the Best Shopify SEO Experts

Generic SEO advice — keyword research, backlinks, on-page basics — applies on every platform. The work that actually moves the needle on a Shopify store lives in the platform's quirks: Liquid template behavior, collection page indexation, app code injection, theme weight, Markets configuration, and the gap between what Shopify generates automatically and what Google and AI search engines actually need.

A capable Shopify SEO expert handles a stack of platform-specific work that generalist SEO consultants often miss:

  • Liquid template optimization — title tag templating, meta description logic per collection and product, structured data injection (Product, BreadcrumbList, Offer, AggregateRating) directly in theme files rather than via apps that bloat the page.

  • Collection page indexation control — managing how Shopify's auto-generated tag pages, paginated collection pages, and filter URLs get crawled. The default behavior creates thousands of low-quality URLs that dilute crawl budget on stores past a few hundred products.

  • App audit and impact analysis — third-party apps inject scripts that slow the store and harm Core Web Vitals. A Shopify SEO specialist audits each app's render-blocking and main-thread impact and decides what stays.

  • Schema markup beyond theme defaults — Shopify themes include basic Product schema, but reviews, FAQs, how-to content, video, and breadcrumb schema usually require manual injection. AI Search Optimization is increasingly tied to clean structured data.

  • Shopify Markets and hreflang — multi-region stores have specific hreflang requirements that Shopify Markets doesn't always handle correctly out of the box. Misconfiguration causes the wrong country page to rank for the wrong audience.

  • Theme speed work — auditing render-blocking resources, lazy-loading patterns, image sizing through the Shopify CDN, and theme bloat from removed apps that left fragments behind.

  • Sitemap and robots configuration — Shopify auto-generates a sitemap but with limits (50,000 URLs per file, automatic splitting). Large catalogs need careful sitemap management and selective robots.txt overrides.

  • Content gap closure — empty collection pages with no descriptive content, thin product descriptions at scale, and absent educational content that supports product pages and captures top-of-funnel search.

SEO expertise helps Shopify stores build consistent, compounding organic traffic. Compare experts and request a free quote in minutes.

Top-rated Shopify SEO experts

Erick Kagai
EK
Shopify ConsultantNairobi, KenyaFrom $285
4.93(73 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
85

I help online businesses make more money with what they already have. Your $100 in ads once brought back $1,000. Now the same $100, in ads or apps, quietly brings back less every month. You are busy running the business, so nobody chases why. So I start with an audit, the way a hospital starts with triage. A short call is the triage. A fixed-price read is the lab test. The results decide the fix, and the fix has a fixed price before it starts. Shopify speed and ad tracking fixes: for stores where the ads bring visitors but not sales. One example. A clothing brand's product pages took 15.4 seconds to load. Five weeks before Black Friday, I got them to 7.4 seconds. That is the job: I find what slows your store down, and I fix it. The same work keeps finding a second problem: numbers you cannot trust. The code that tells Meta or Google about a sale fires twice, so sales count double. Ads run across every product, with no check on which ones earn. Apps bill every month for work nobody has measured. So I also check what your money is really doing, instead of trusting what Google, Meta and the apps say. Then I fix what I find. I work with established stores run by their founders. To me, speed and ad spend are sales problems, not technical boxes to tick. What I work on, eight ways in: Speed check. I measure how fast your pages load for real shoppers on a phone. I find what makes them wait, and I fix it. Accessibility check. I test your store the way a keyboard user or a screen reader meets it. I check whether a widget sits on top of problems it does not fix. You get the findings in the order a complaint would reach them. Shopify deadline check. Shopify changes its rules on set dates. Scripts ended on 30 June. Order status script tags ended on 26 August. I find what has already stopped working on your store and what is dated ahead, and I make the repairs. Tracking and attribution fix. Meta Pixel, GA4 (Google Analytics) and server-side tracking. I remove the double counting and prove it in your own dashboards. Ad spend by product and the app bill get read in the same pass. Google and Meta recovery. Your products stopped showing on Google or Meta. I find where the connection broke and get them showing again. Sale price check. AI shopping tools, like ChatGPT, now get your "was" prices from Shopify. I check that yours reach them right. Builds and theme upgrades. New sections and modern themes, with your custom work and your tracking still running. Every change to the live site has a way back. Partner Seat. 25 hours a month. I watch speed, the pages customers see, broken links, tracking and app bills. Your work goes first in the queue. Each check is $285. If you go ahead, I take the fee off the fix price. Key results: Product page load time cut from 15.4 seconds to 7.4 seconds, 52% faster. Mobile PageSpeed on product pages from 18 to 28. The apps the client chose stayed in place, at their call. Two apps were billing to track what the store's own Google channel already did. I removed them, checked the tracking was clean, and took $199 a year off the app bill. Repeat clients going back to 2018. One store has come back for 14 projects over four years. How I work: A paid check first. It measures the real problem, no guessing. If you go ahead, I take the fee off the fix price. Work in stages. You approve each one. Every delivery ends with before and after numbers, and a short list of the next things I found. 80+ projects done. Clients in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and Denmark. Send me your store address. I will tell you what slows it down, whether your numbers add up, and what a complaint would find first. No commitment.

Offered services
Marketing & Growth
Shopify Development
Store Setup & Management
Technical Support & Maintenance
Laura Dolgy
LD
Shopify ConsultantOttawa, CanadaFrom $500
5.00(10 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
95

Shopify SEO and AEO Consultant–Let's get you found. I built my own Shopify store, The Kind Pet, to $50K in its first year organically with zero ad spend. That's the same structure I build for other stores: collections mapped to how people actually search, content that answers the question before they're asked, and a site that both Google and AI search engines can actually read. After 8+ years working in eCommerce (including building Shopify stores and helping brands double their traffic while growing organic revenue to 30–50% through SEO and conversion strategies), I made the move fully into Shopify growth consulting. What I work on: Site and navigation architecture by user intent Commercial keyword research paired with the collection build-out FAQ and AEO structure–mapped and marked up as schema Internal linking maps built for faster indexing Technical SEO and Core Web Vitals Backlinking SEO Content Marketing Conversion Rate Optimization Recent results: Skincare brand achieving $20K in Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales from organic sales Client organic revenue up 255% in one month, and a separate client up 104% in three months, following collection and keyword restructuring Repeat clients who return project after project once the structure is in place Types of clients: Small to medium-sized merchants Beauty, apparel, hardware, pets, etc. 2-6 year client lifetime–we strive for long-term partnerships Canadian merchants: I charge the same in USD and CAD, so you'll never have to pay for conversion.

Offered services
Marketing & Growth
AI & Emerging Tech
Copywriting & Content
Design, UX & Branding

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Blink
B
AgencyLondon, United KingdomFrom $4700
Not yet rated
shopexpertsscore
30

Blink is a Shopify marketing agency specialising in SEO and PPC for large-catalogue stores. We help eCommerce brands scale by making products easier to find - for both customers and algorithms. As stores grow beyond 250 SKUs, structure breaks down and discovery suffers. We rebuild the foundations - taxonomy, collections, and product data - to drive sustainable growth across SEO, PPC, and on-site performance. Powered by proprietary tools Macaroni (keyword mapping and optimisation) and Macalytics (performance modelling), Blink helps growth-stage brands doing $5m+ in revenue double organic performance within 12 months, typically adding an extra 20% in overall revenue.

Offered services
Marketing & Growth
Envision
E
AgencyWashington, United StatesFrom $5000
5.00(42 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
75

Your partners in growth on Shopify Hi there! I'm Leighton. My team and I have been building Shopify websites for over a decade, and we've helped over 350 store owners build, launch, and grow their businesses. We specialize in helping our clients improve their conversion rates, average order values, and customer lifetime value to grow their profits through excellent design. We don't just do the bare minimum of exactly what our clients ask us to do. Instead, we provide creative suggestions, pushback, and recommendations throughout our relationship to guide you in the right direction and find hidden opportunities for growth. If you need a seasoned team who can help you grow your business, let’s find out if we’re a good fit to work together.

Offered services
Marketing & Growth
Shopify Development
Store Setup & Management
Michael Hixson
MH
Shopify Setup SpecialistBangkok, ThailandFrom $65
5.00(5 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
45

Since 2006, Michael has been at the forefront of ecommerce innovation. After launching and scaling his first online business to significant revenue and earning recognition in Internet Retailer's Second 500, he sold the company in 2015. Now Michael dedicates his expertise to helping other entrepreneurs succeed, combining deep technical knowledge with proven strategic insights gained from real-world experience. His services Include: E-commerce Consulting, Shopify Development, Automated Email Marketing, Website Migration, AI integration & Visibility, Website Audits, and Amazon Optimization. He utilizes AI for the following Site Pre-Design, Customer Service and Shopping Agents, CRO, Descriptions, Icon/ Graphic creation, Market Research, and more as he finds additional uses that add speed and value.

Offered services
Marketing & Growth
Store Setup & Management
Shopify Development
Consulting & Strategy
AI & Emerging Tech
Adfix
A
AgencyWashington, United StatesFrom $2500
Not yet rated
shopexpertsscore
40

Adfix is a performance marketing agency that helps eCommerce brands scale sustainably through data-driven paid media and retention strategies. We specialize in Google Ads, Meta Ads, and Klaviyo lifecycle marketing for Shopify stores and direct-to-consumer retailers in the U.S. Our team combines creative strategy, data analytics, and conversion-focused optimization to deliver measurable growth. We manage full-funnel campaigns, from prospecting and UGC ad testing to automated email and SMS flows, ensuring consistent results and strong ROI. We also provide Shopify store management, conversion rate optimization, and design services to create seamless customer journeys that convert visitors into loyal buyers. Tech stack: Asana, Slack, Shopify, Klaviyo, Postscript, Triple Whale, Figma, and Looker Studio. We work with brands that want to grow profitably and build long-term success, not just chase short-term revenue.

Offered services
Marketing & Growth
Consulting & Strategy
Store Setup & Management
Vevol Media - Shopify Plus Partner
VM
AgencyDublin, IrelandFrom $2500
5.00(2 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
65

Vevol Media is a Shopify Plus Partner agency specialised in web development and email marketing, with a strong focus on CRO growth & migrations to Shopify Plus. They have collaborated with renowned brands such as: Bound Apparel (Ireland) One Dame Lane (Ireland) DY Nutrition (US) Dossier Perfumes (US) and many more. Their expertise is also recognised through the creation of an official Shopify theme, “Noblesse”, and their community involvement is reflected by organising events like Shopify Meetup CEE (2025/26) and Shopify Meetup Dublin (2025). Their team provides end-to-end migration solutions to Shopify and Shopify Plus, transforming complex stores from platforms such as Magento or VTEX into modern, high-performance experiences. To date, they have completed over 35+ migrations for clients across various industries, from fashion and lifestyle to jewellery and B2B. For further information, visit www./vevolmedia.com/

Offered services
Marketing & Growth
Shopify Development
Operations, Logistics & Fulfillment
Digismoothie
D
AgencyPrague, CzechiaFrom $190
5.00(4 reviews)
shopexpertsscore
65

Most agencies consider the job done when the task is finished. We consider the job done when your business grows. Backed by experience in building globally recognized apps and running our own e-commerce ventures, we offer a true merchant’s perspective. From pixel-perfect UX to proactive conversion optimization, we treat your project as our personal business card. A Genuine Business Ally: We don't just tick boxes. We align our goals with yours, ensuring that our work contributes directly to your bottom line. Built by Merchants, for Merchants: With experience running our own e-commerce projects and building global apps, we bring a practical, owner-centric perspective to your project. Proactive Optimization: We don’t wait for you to spot the gaps. We actively look for ways to improve UX and conversion rates while we work. Uncompromising Quality: We treat every pixel and line of code as a representation of our reputation. If it’s not perfect, it doesn’t leave our studio.

Offered services
Marketing & Growth
Store Setup & Management
Operations, Logistics & Fulfillment
Design, UX & Branding
Shopify Development
AI & Emerging Tech
Eddie Dunk
ED
CRO SpecialistCanberra, AustraliaFrom $2500
Not yet rated
shopexpertsscore
30

I’ve worked in e-commerce for over 15 years, specialising in Shopify-based growth, CRO, and international expansion for DTC brands. Leading e-commerce growth for established UK and international brands across beauty, wellness, and lifestyle My focus is on commercial performance, not surface-level design. I work hands-on across site architecture, conversion optimisation, analytics, and experimentation, often acting as a fractional Head of E-commerce or CRO lead for growing brands. I’m pragmatic, data-driven, and comfortable owning results end-to-end, from hypothesis through to implementation and measurement.

Offered services
Marketing & Growth
Store Setup & Management
Consulting & Strategy
Training, Coaching & Support
Shopify Development
Break The Web
BT
AgencyWashington, United StatesFrom $4000
Not yet rated
shopexpertsscore
35

Ever met people who are a little too into SEO? — Hey, We're Break The Web. And we're those weirdos! Our agency specializes in helping in-house marketing teams of DTC/B2C brands make SEO more measurable, accessible, and, frankly, just less annoying. You need to know that we’re forever fascinated by how technology shapes our world — and how it can make you more money. This means we’re learning that new-new constantly and creating the search strategies that cut to the front of the pack. We’re not some elitist agency that requires $22k sitting fees, falls off the face of the earth, and then requires you to book calls days (or weeks) in advance. Instead, we’re on your team. It’s all about simplifying your inbound and SEO in the most painless way possible so the people pour in. The only success that actually matters is yours. The progress we make together will always be given to you in easily-readable metrics, which means you’ll know what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, and how it’s helping you grow. Our reputation is only as good as your results, which is why we’re obsessive about the strategies that build fanbases, boost your organic traffic, and help you take over the world.

Offered services
Marketing & Growth

How to hire a Shopify SEO expert

Shopify SEO work has more moving parts than most merchants realize. Work through these five steps before you request quotes.

Scope the SEO problem you actually need to solve. "Improve my SEO" produces vague quotes. "Fix collection page indexation across 800 tag pages" or "Rebuild schema markup after my theme switch broke rich snippets" produces comparable quotes. A short audit before you commit to a retainer is almost always worth the cost.

Decide between a freelancer, an agency, or an app service. Freelance Shopify SEO consultants fit smaller stores and specific-project work. Agencies fit stores where SEO is a full workstream with content production, technical fixes, and reporting layered together. Of the 654 SEO experts on shopexperts, 600 are agencies and 54 are freelancers. App services fit stores that want a defined output (like a schema audit or a Core Web Vitals fix) at a fixed price.

Check Shopify-specific SEO experience, not general SEO experience. A senior SEO consultant who has never worked on Shopify will spend the first month learning Liquid, Shopify Markets, and app behavior. Ask specifically for past Shopify projects and check the case studies — many "Shopify SEO experts" actually specialize in WooCommerce or WordPress.

Review real ranking and revenue case studies. "We improved SEO" is not a case study. "We increased organic revenue by 255% in one month for a mid-market brand" is. Ask specifically for before-and-after screenshots from Google Search Console, not just Ahrefs or Semrush estimates.

Compare quotes with fixed deliverables, not vague retainers. Good Shopify SEO retainers list what gets delivered each month — audit findings, content pieces, technical fixes, links pursued. If the quote is "monthly SEO work" with no deliverable list, the expert is either senior enough to be worth it (rare) or vague enough to be avoidable (common).

How much does a Shopify SEO expert cost?

Shopify SEO is sold three ways on shopexperts: fixed-price packages for audits and set-up work, monthly packages for ongoing SEO, and custom quotes. The figures below come from the experts and packages listed on shopexperts in October 2026.

Fixed-price SEO packages

$500 – $2,000

Middle half of 9 packages; median $1,500

Monthly SEO packages

$1,500 – $2,300

Middle half of 5 packages; median $1,800 a month

Starting prices

$65 – $950

Middle half of 301 SEO experts who list one; median $180

Fixed-price packages run from $199 to $3,500 and cover SEO foundations, schema fixes, strategy and AI search work; 7 of the 14 SEO packages mention AI search, AEO or GEO in the title. Monthly packages run from $1,400 to $4,000. A starting price is the smallest job an expert will quote, often a short audit or a single fix, so treat it as a floor rather than the cost of an SEO program.

Retainers for large catalogs, several markets or content production at volume are quoted per store. For a full breakdown, read how much Shopify SEO costs, or request a free quote with your store URL and goals.

Case study: 255% organic revenue lift in one month

Laura Dolgy, a Shopify SEO consultant on this directory, worked with a mid-market Shopify brand to rebuild collection page indexation, ship missing schema, and fix Shopify Markets hreflang. The result: organic revenue grew 255% in the first month of engagement — verified in Google Analytics and Google Search Console.

The work is documented on shopexperts as one of Laura's public case studies. She also has a separate case study showing a 104% organic revenue lift over 3 months for a different Shopify brand, and a Shark Tank feature build.

Read the full 255% case study

What do Shopify SEO experts do?

Shopify SEO experts on this directory cover the full stack of platform-specific SEO work. The most requested engagements:

Liquid & template SEO

Title tags, meta logic, schema injection at theme level

Collection page indexation

Tag pages, filters, pagination, sitemap control

Schema markup beyond defaults

Reviews, FAQ, how-to, video, breadcrumb schema

App audit & Core Web Vitals

Script bloat, render-blocking, LCP and INP fixes

Shopify Markets & hreflang

Multi-region setup, wrong-country ranking fixes

AI Search Optimization (AISO)

Structured content for ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews

Frequently asked questions about Shopify SEO

How much does a Shopify SEO expert cost?

Shopify SEO is priced per package, per month or per quote. On shopexperts, fixed-price SEO packages have a median of $1,500 (middle half $500 to $2,000) and monthly SEO packages a median of $1,800 a month (middle half $1,500 to $2,300), as of October 2026. The 301 SEO experts who list a starting price have a median of $180, but a starting price is the smallest job an expert will quote, not the cost of an SEO program. Request a free quote for a figure for your store.

How long does Shopify SEO take to show results?

Technical fixes (schema, page speed, indexation) show impact in 4-8 weeks. Content investments compound in 3-6 months. Competitive head-term rankings take 6-12 months of consistent work. Any Shopify SEO expert promising page-1 rankings in 30 days is either misleading or using tactics that will not last past the next Google update. The 255% organic revenue lift case study on this directory happened in one month, but it started from a base of missing schema and broken indexation — not from an already-optimized store.

What's the difference between a Shopify SEO expert and a general SEO consultant?

A Shopify SEO expert knows Liquid templating, Shopify Markets, app behavior, collection page indexation quirks, and the specific ways Shopify's automatic sitemap and meta generation differ from other platforms. A general SEO consultant applies the same principles but has to learn the platform on your budget. For Shopify stores past $500K annual revenue, the specificity is usually worth the small premium.

Do I need SEO if I'm already running Google and Meta ads?

Yes. Paid ads and SEO work on different demand — paid captures existing intent, SEO builds compounding organic traffic over time. Ads stop sending traffic the day the budget stops, while rankings on branded, category, and product-comparison searches keep sending visitors without a cost per click. The cheapest customer acquisition on a Shopify store is usually organic search from someone who already searched for you by name.

Can I do Shopify SEO myself?

Some of it, yes. Meta titles, meta descriptions, alt text, and basic content updates are all doable from the Shopify admin without a specialist. The technical work — Liquid template edits, schema injection, indexation control, hreflang setup, app audits — usually requires a Shopify SEO expert or a Shopify developer with SEO knowledge. Most stores end up hiring for the technical work and handling content and meta updates in-house.

What Shopify SEO problems do apps NOT fix?

SEO apps handle basics like meta tags, image compression, sitemap tweaks, and some structured data. They do NOT fix collection page indexation across large catalogs, Shopify Markets hreflang, theme-level schema injection, content strategy, backlink acquisition, or competitive analysis. Apps also do not decide what to do when your Core Web Vitals are failing because of a specific app you cannot remove. Those are all human-expert problems.

Do Shopify SEO experts help with AI search (AISO) and LLM ranking?

The senior ones do. Getting cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews requires structured content, clean schema, clear entity references, and content patterns LLMs can extract easily. This is a growing category — some Shopify SEO consultants specialize in AI Search Optimization (AISO) as a subcategory, and shopexperts has a dedicated directory of AISO experts.

How do I know if my Shopify store has SEO issues?

Common signals: organic traffic flat or declining over the last 6 months, collection pages not ranking for their obvious keywords, product pages missing rich results (star ratings, prices) in Google, Core Web Vitals failing in Google Search Console, or thousands of tag and filter pages indexed that dilute crawl budget. If any two of these are true, an audit from a Shopify SEO expert usually pays back through the fixes it surfaces.

Do Shopify SEO experts handle Shopify Plus SEO differently?

Yes. Shopify Plus stores often run expansion stores for separate regions and much larger catalogs — and both change SEO strategy. Plus stores usually run into hreflang, canonical, and duplicate content issues that Basic Shopify stores never see. Look for Shopify Plus Partners or SEO experts with documented Plus experience when hiring for a Plus store.