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Ecommerce SEO Consultant for Ambitious Online Shops

Ecommerce SEO for online shops in the UK and Europe: category and product pages, technical SEO and Shopify SEO, prioritised by the products that make you money. I also design and build shops, so changes to navigation and templates don’t have to wait for another supplier.

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Why Ecommerce Websites Struggle With SEO

Online shops tend to lose organic sales in the same four places, and they’re different from the problems a service business has. Each one affects how many searches reach the shop and how many of those visits turn into orders.

  1. Categories Don’t Match the Searches

    Shoppers search for a type of product, a use or a feature, and Google usually answers with category pages. When categories follow the supplier’s catalogue or internal stock names, the searches that sell have nowhere to land.

  2. Filters Create Thousands of URLs

    Every combination of size, colour, brand and price can become its own URL. Left alone, Google spends its time on near-duplicates instead of the categories and products that matter. A few combinations deserve a page of their own; most don’t.

  3. Product Information Is Too Thin

    Supplier descriptions shared by every retailer, missing specifications, no answer to the sizing or compatibility question. Google, Google Shopping, AI assistants and buyers all rely on the same product data, so gaps cost visibility and sales at once.

  4. Organic Sales Nobody Can Attribute

    Shopify, GA4 and ad platforms each count orders differently. Without agreed tracking, SEO ends up judged on traffic. Tracking comes first, so the work is measured in orders and revenue by landing page.

Ecommerce SEO consultant vs. ecommerce SEO agency

What mattersSearch OrchardEcommerce SEO agency
Who does the workYou work with me directlyAccount manager and shared team
Shop changesResearch, copy, templates and theme work from one personOften recommendations passed to your developer
PrioritiesSet by margin, stock and season, not search volume aloneOften fixed monthly packages
ReportingOrganic orders and revenue by landing pageOften rankings and traffic
CommitmentThree months, then month to monthOften longer contracts

One specialist. Direct contact. SEO measured in orders and revenue.

Ecommerce SEO Services

Everything an online shop needs to rank for the searches that sell, from research to the templates themselves. Most shops need a mix; the balance depends on where the shop is now.

Also available as separate services:SEO AuditsInternational SEOWeb Design

Shopify SEO: What the Platform Handles, and What It Doesn’t

Shopify is a good platform for SEO, and most of what goes wrong comes from themes, apps and how the catalogue is set up. Fixing it often means editing theme code, which is part of the work rather than a separate project.

What Shopify handles well

  • Clean product URLs and editable titles and meta descriptions
  • An automatic XML sitemap and robots.txt
  • Fast, secure hosting
  • Basic product structured data in most themes

Where Shopify stores lose rankings

  • Themes linking to duplicate product URLs inside collections
  • Fixed /products/ and /collections/ URL prefixes that shape the site structure
  • Apps adding scripts, and sometimes duplicate pages, to every page
  • Tag filters and sort orders creating crawlable URLs
  • Shopify Markets set up without the right language and country versions

The same habits apply to WooCommerce and other platforms, with their own quirks. I work on Shopify and WordPress shops most often.

Online Shops I Work With

Independent and growing shops with their own website, from new brands to established retailers, selling in the UK, across Europe or both.

  • DTC brandsSelling their own products direct to customers
  • Specialist retailersFocused ranges for a defined audience
  • ManufacturersSelling direct alongside dealers and distributors
  • Cross-border shopsSelling between the UK and Europe
  • New shopsLaunching or relaunching
  • Shopify & WooCommerceAnd other platforms

What you get

What’s Included in Ecommerce SEO

01 / 05

Monthly Reports on Orders & Revenue

Organic orders and revenue by landing page, search performance, completed work and next steps.

02 / 05

Regular Calls

Scheduled discussions to review progress, answer questions and agree priorities.

03 / 05

Hands-on Implementation

Technical fixes, category and product page work, and template or theme changes within the agreed scope.

04 / 05

Written Research

Keyword research, competitor findings and category plans you keep.

05 / 05

A Trading Calendar

Work scheduled around your peak periods and seasonal ranges, so pages are live and indexed before demand rises.

One-off review

Ecommerce SEO Audit

A full review of your shop with a prioritised list of what to fix and build, in the order that matters commercially. Useful before a redesign or migration, after a drop in traffic, or before choosing an agency or consultant.

From €495, excluding VAT. If you’ve had an SEO audit from me in the last 30 days, I’ll deduct the full cost from your monthly fees.

More on SEO Audits

What the audit covers

  • Crawling and indexing across filters, variants and pagination
  • Category and product templates
  • Search demand against your current categories
  • Your competitors’ strongest pages
  • Structured data and Merchant Center
  • How organic orders are tracked

How it works

How I Approach Ecommerce SEO

A repeating cycle, planned around your trading calendar.

  1. Products & Margins

    Which categories carry the margin, how stock and seasons change, and what has been tried.

  2. Indexing & Tracking Review

    How filters and variants are indexed, and whether organic orders are tracked properly.

  3. Keyword Research & Category Plan

    How shoppers search for what you sell, and which categories to improve first.

  4. SEO Implementation

    Templates, category and product pages, changed directly in the shop or with your developer.

  5. Orders & Refinement

    Organic orders and revenue by landing page, which decide the next round.

Ecommerce SEO FAQs

How much does ecommerce SEO cost?

An SEO audit starts at €495 and ongoing ecommerce SEO at €1,490 a month, both excluding VAT. The monthly fee is higher for large catalogues, shops selling in several countries or languages, or when the work includes template and theme development. You'll receive a proposal with the scope and fee before we begin. Monthly services start with three months, then continue month to month. If you've had an SEO audit from me in the last 30 days, I'll deduct the full cost from your monthly fees. All prices are on the Pricing page.

Is Shopify good for SEO?

Yes, for most shops. It handles the basics well: clean product URLs, editable titles and descriptions, an automatic sitemap and fast hosting. Problems usually come from themes and apps, such as internal links to duplicate collection URLs or apps loading scripts on every page. None of this stops a Shopify shop ranking, but some of it can only be fixed in the theme code.

How long before ecommerce SEO increases sales?

On an established shop, technical and template fixes can show results within weeks. New and improved category pages usually take several months to rank, and a new domain takes longer because Google has no history to go on. Nobody can guarantee rankings, so we agree what to measure at the start and I report on it every month.

Should filter combinations have their own pages?

Only some. A combination such as women's waterproof walking boots is worth its own indexable page when people search for it steadily, there are enough products to fill it, the page can say something beyond the product grid, and someone will keep it up to date. Most other combinations work better as ordinary filters kept out of Google's index, so they don't compete with your main categories.

Do we need to rewrite supplier product descriptions?

Not all of them at once. Start with products people search for by name or type, products that get visits but rarely sell, your best sellers and highest-margin lines, and products sold by many other shops with the same supplier text. For the rest, accurate specifications and a few lines that answer real buying questions often matter more than a full rewrite.

What should happen to out-of-stock and discontinued product pages?

A product that's temporarily out of stock should keep its page, with clear availability and alternatives, so it doesn't lose its rankings. A discontinued product with a direct replacement can redirect to it. Without a replacement, the page can stay live with alternatives if it still attracts searches or links, or redirect to the closest category. Redirecting everything to the homepage wastes what those pages had earned.

Can you work with our existing developer or agency?

Yes. Many shops already have someone who looks after the theme or the platform. In that case I provide the research, page briefs and designs, review changes before they go live and check the results afterwards. Where it's quicker, I can make template changes myself with their agreement.

Will SEO help our products appear in ChatGPT shopping answers?

It helps, but nobody controls those answers. AI assistants describe products using what they can find: your product pages, structured data, reviews and what other sites say about you. Specific, consistent product information is the part you can influence. I check how assistants describe your shop by asking the same questions over time. More on AI SEO.

Do you work with online shops outside the UK?

Yes. I'm based in Turin and work with shops across the UK and Europe, mostly remotely. Meetings in person are possible in Piedmont and Milan. If you sell in more than one country or language, see International SEO.

Contact

Tell me what's holding your website back.

You'll hear directly from me. No sales team, no scripted discovery calls and no automated follow-up emails.

  1. I take a first look

    I read your message and take a first look at your website and its search visibility before replying.

  2. You get an honest answer

    Within two working days, I'll share my initial thoughts and tell you whether I'm the right fit.

  3. We talk it through

    If it's a fit, we'll arrange a call to discuss your project. If not, I'll tell you and suggest a better direction where I can.

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