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eCommerce growth agency

We build ecommerce sites that leave you with better problems

We’re an Adobe Commerce, Magento and Shopify agency for brands doing £2m or more online, mostly selling home and garden, lifestyle, sports and fitness, fashion, health and beauty or pet products. Usually there’s an ecommerce manager or director who owns the number and wants a specialist alongside them rather than more headcount. We work with brands all over the UK, and if you’d rather sit in a room than on a call, we’re an ecommerce agency in Manchester right next to Piccadilly station.

We rebuilt Reliant’s frontend on Hyvä and turnover went up 141%. Within months they were hiring a merchandiser and an SEO manager to keep up, and they’ve been talking about a new warehouse ever since.

Getting there usually starts with speed. Most agencies treat it as housekeeping, but we treat it as the first conversion win, because until your site is fast, every test you run and every pound you spend on ads is landing on slow pages.

Most projects start with an NNP Workshop. If you’d rather have a look on your own first, run the free review. It reads your site the way a first-time visitor would and tells you what’s costing you orders, and it takes about a minute.

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Recognised by the industry

Northern Digital Awards – Best Small Digital Agency of the Year
Best UX & CRO Services Provider of the Year – UK
Best Small Digital Agency of the Year 2025  DIY, HOME, FURNITURE & INTERIOR DESIGN ECOMMERCE WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
The Drum Recommends Awards Digital – Finalist 2021
Media Innovator Awards – 2020
The Drum Recommends Digital Awards – Finalist 2019
Media Innovator Award – 2019
The Drum Recommended Digital Agency Awards – Finalist 2018
RAR Digital Awards – Finalist 2017

What will be your

next nice problem?

Our Process

Talk first. Fix fast.

We start with the NNP Workshop. We go through your site and your data, then send you a video walkthrough of what’s costing you orders and what to fix first.

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1

Build it right, build it fast.

Design, UX and development sit in one team, so nothing gets lost in a handover. We pick the platform that fits how you sell, and if the one you’re on is fine, we’ll say so. Whatever we build loads fast from day one.

Show me how you build
2

Optimise what’s live

Launch is where the testing starts. We keep shaving load time and fixing what the data shows, which is how Helmet City got another 9% on conversion after their Hyvä rebuild.

Improve my live site
3

Stick around for the growth.

We stay on after launch for the updates, the fixes and the next round of decisions. Three weeks after Robinsons of Bawtry went live on Shopify they had more orders than they could keep up with, and pushed back their next meeting with us (the best reason anyone’s ever cancelled on us).

Keep my site growing
4

Ready for better problems?

Book your NNP Workshop

How can we help?

We’re certified where it counts

We’re an Adobe Commerce Bronze Partner, a Hyvä Silver Partner and a Shopify Select Partner.

Adobe
Mollie
Reviews.io
Magento
Hyvä
Shopify
SalesFire
Corefinity

What our clients say

"What impressed us most was how quickly Actuate identified the root cause. Within the first call they'd spotted the metadata issue that had been tanking our traffic. Everything that followed has been just as sharp."
Mitch Tamcken AutoID
I like working with Actuate because they care about what they do, they clarify the detail to get the job done right.  They have worked incredibly hard with our complex needs and have been on hand for help and advice every step along the way...
Catherine Lund-Barker Elcometer
Without Actuate's help and support, our original website wouldn’t have succeeded. Time was of the essence, and Actuate stepped in to deliver a swift turnaround. The new site has performed exceptionally well ever since. We continue to grow thanks to Actuate. ❤️ Thanks guys!”
Chantelle Telford Robinsons of Bawtry
Their team leverages their expertise to provide sound opinions and advice to guide the project in the right direction.
Daniel Wright Reliant
I worked with Actuate on the redevelopment of the Pickett London website. Their team is an excellent asset for any company or team, it was a pleasure to work with them - easy to communicate with, easy to reach and always willing to help.
Oliver Moser Pickett
Working with Actuate is a pleasure — they are really trying to help, they listen and offer solutions to solve the problems. Thanks for all your help so far.
Rafael Bielinski Buller Ltd
We've worked with Actuate for several years and the results have been consistent. Conversion rate up 113%, AOV up, bounce rate down. They know our business inside out, and it shows.
Rob Dyer Be My Bear