Actuate is an eCommerce agency in the North West. Most brands come to us when the platform they started on has stopped keeping up with them. We design, build, and optimise online stores that turn browsers into buyers and websites into serious revenue drivers.
If you’re ready to take your store to the next stage or want to fix what’s not working, we’re ready when you are.
Rather see the numbers before you talk to anyone? Check where your store stands.
If your platform is slowing you down, your UX is dated, or your store’s stuck in development limbo, we’re the team that gets things moving again. We work with growing retailers across the North West to plan, design, and build better eCommerce experiences.
Whether you’re launching a brand-new store or refreshing what you’ve already got, we help you move faster and sell more. Our entry point? The NNP Workshop. It’s a fast, focused audit that shows you what’s broken, what’s working, and where the revenue’s leaking.
The sooner you solve today’s issues, the sooner you get to your next nice problem.
Your online store should keep pace with your goals, not slow them down. We build fast, flexible, scalable stores using Shopify, Magento, Adobe Commerce, Aero Commerce, and Hyvä. As a seasoned Shopify developer in the North West and trusted Magento agency in the North West, we help brands choose the right platform, then build it right: clean code, strong UX, and integrations that actually work.
From custom builds to complex integrations and ongoing support, we build stores that grow with the brand behind them.
We’re based in Manchester, working closely with ambitious brands to deliver stores that perform across the UK and beyond.
From furniture to fashion, we’ve helped brands in your space grow faster with tech that fits.
We move quickly, but never cut corners. Expect faster timelines with zero faff.
We don’t disappear after your site goes live. Our team sticks around to support your growth, day in and day out.
From eCommerce conversion rate optimisation to post-launch testing and speed improvements, we keep performance sharp.
We fix what’s broken, then help you reach the next nice problem worth solving.
There’s no point sticking with a site that can’t keep up. We’ll help you build something that performs today and adapts for tomorrow. From design and development to CRO and strategy, Actuate supports every step.
We begin with the NNP Workshop: a fast, focused audit that uncovers what’s holding you back and where growth is leaking. No fluff. Just clear, commercial insight.
Based on what we find, we map out a realistic plan of action. Platform recommendations. UX priorities. Technical requirements. All aligned with your goals.
We create interfaces your customers can actually use. Every journey is mapped, tested, and refined to guide users from landing to checkout, and back again.
We build clean, scalable eCommerce stores on Shopify, Adobe Commerce, Magento, Aero and Hyvä. Stable, secure, and built to last.
We optimise for speed, CRO, and SEO, identifying and testing improvements post-launch so performance doesn’t stall.
We’re with you for the long haul. Once your site is ready to go live, we make sure it stays ready for your next nice problems: new angles, fresh campaigns, smarter fulfilment, whatever comes next.
We’re based in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, at 3b Tariff Street, and we work with ambitious brands right across the North West. Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside, from Liverpool and Chester to Preston, Warrington, Bolton and Stockport.
Wherever you are in the region, you get a local team you can actually meet, on Adobe Commerce, Magento, Shopify and Aero. Close enough for a face-to-face when it matters, switched on enough to grow your store wherever you trade.
Reliant sell Samsung, LG and Bosch across trade and retail from the North West, and they know that market better than we ever will. The site was the one thing they couldn’t fix from where they were sitting. We rebuilt the frontend on Hyvä and turnover went up 141%. They’ve since hired a merchandiser and an SEO manager to keep up with it.
141%
In a fiercely competitive market where many retailers are racing to the bottom, Reliant grew revenue by building a better experience.
17%
A smarter product journey and improved functionality encouraged higher-value purchases across all sales channels.
78%
A fast, modern Hyvä frontend replaced a bloated, poorly built Magento store that was actively costing the business sales.
Yes. We work with brands across Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside and the wider North West. Our office is in Manchester, so we are on your doorstep for face-to-face sessions whenever you want them.
Manchester’s Northern Quarter, at 3b Tariff Street. It is central to the region and a few minutes from Piccadilly, so getting together is easy wherever in the North West you are.
Shopify, Shopify Plus, Magento, Adobe Commerce and Hyva. We pick the platform around your business and where it is heading, not the other way round.
Not at all. Plenty of our North West clients are outside the city. We mix in-person sessions with video and email, so the distance never slows a project down.
The kind that come from getting the foundations right first. Reliant, based in the North West, saw turnover rise 141% and conversion 78% after we rebuilt them on Magento 2 with Hyva.