Shopify Plus is the enterprise-level version of Shopify, offering greater flexibility, enhanced performance, and features built to support high-growth brands. As your dedicated Shopify Plus Agency UK, Actuate brings deep platform knowledge and hands-on experience. We’re vetted by Shopify, trusted by scaling retailers, and focused on delivering sites that trade hard and grow fast.
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Shopify Plus powers some of the world’s biggest eCommerce brands, like Gymshark, Heinz, and Allbirds, and it’s built for businesses that need more from their platform. With features like Shopify Flow for automation, Markets for global expansion, and Launchpad for flash sales, Shopify Plus gives you the tools to move faster and scale smarter.
According to Shopify, brands on Plus see an average 126% year-on-year growth. With enhanced API access, scriptable checkout, and priority support, the platform is built to handle complexity without the headaches.
Plus doesn’t fix everything. It won’t make a slow theme fast, and it won’t rescue a checkout nobody understands. What it gives you is room to solve those things. Solving them is still a build decision.
We develop Shopify Plus stores tailored to your business goals. Whether you’re launching a new store or rethinking your current setup, we work closely with you to define what success looks like, then build a site that delivers it. Every project includes a personal account manager, platform-specific strategy, and custom features that align with your roadmap.
We’re based in Manchester. Most of our clients aren’t, and it’s never been the thing that mattered.
AutoID came to us already on Plus, with a navigation that buried half the catalogue and metadata missing from an earlier build. We rebuilt the nav and recovered the metadata. Conversion went up 9.92% and average order value up 6%.
Ready to move from your current platform? Our Shopify Plus Agency migration service handles every step: data mapping, system integrations, theme development, and go-live testing. You’ll have a team that knows what to expect and how to make it smooth. We take care of the heavy lifting so you can stay focused on your business.
Robinsons of Bawtry came off Aero Commerce onto Shopify with us. Revenue went up 551%.
Revitalash is the one we’d point you at. A UK Shopify Plus launch with subscriptions, live in six weeks, running alongside an existing US site. UK sales up 15%, and the new store loads 80% faster than the one it sits beside.
Your business doesn’t stand still, and neither should your website. We provide long-term Shopify store support, including theme updates, app management, performance tuning, and regular technical checks. It’s peace of mind and a partner you can rely on.
We’re a Manchester agency, and we stay after launch.
Retained work is where most of our numbers come from. AutoID’s 38% drop in load time didn’t arrive with one big project. It came from small changes, made every month and measured every month.
Shopify Plus supports the kind of integrations that hold up, and we make sure they’re tailored to your operations. Whether it’s Klaviyo for email, ReCharge for subscriptions, Peoplevox for WMS, or Brightpearl for ERP, we integrate the systems that keep your store running.
We help you reduce manual effort, centralise processes, and scale without adding friction.
The integration that matters most is usually the dullest one. Get stock and orders moving correctly between the store and whatever runs your warehouse, and most of the daily friction disappears. Get it wrong and you’ll spend every Monday reconciling numbers by hand.
Already on Shopify Plus? Or thinking about switching? Our NNP Workshop is designed to audit your current setup, flag what’s holding you back, and highlight where you could be trading smarter.
It’s the clearest next step if you want to get more from your store and create your next nice problem.
You’ll come away with a ranked list of what’s costing you money. Not a hundred-page document. The three or four things worth doing next, and what we think each one is worth.
When you work with Actuate, you get more than a development partner. You get a team who knows Shopify Plus inside out and cares about your outcomes. Our process includes:
RevitaLash, a global beauty brand, needed a UK store that matched their international site without the wait. The brief was speed, polish, and subscriptions from day one.
We built it on Shopify Plus. The new store loaded 80% faster than the US site, sales rose 15%, and it was converting from the moment it went live.
That’s the Shopify Plus advantage in the right hands. Enterprise power, launched fast, built to trade.
15%
A purpose-built UK store gave the brand a dedicated, optimised presence in one of its key markets.
80%
A lean, performance-first Shopify Plus build outperformed the global brand’s own US platform from day one.
3.6%
The new store converted immediately, no bedding-in period, no soft launch, just results from the moment it went live.
The enterprise tier of Shopify, built for high-volume brands. More automation, more customisation, dedicated support, and the reliability to handle serious traffic.
If you are scaling fast or running high volumes, yes. The automation and checkout control usually pay for themselves. We will help you weigh it up honestly.
Yes. AutoID run on Shopify Plus with our support, and we handle migrations from other platforms end to end.
Checkout, automation with Shopify Flow, B2B, and custom integrations. Plus gives you far more control than standard Shopify.
Later than most people think. Plus earns its cost when you hit a specific wall, not when you hit a revenue number. Usually that wall is a checkout you can’t change, API limits you keep bumping into, or a B2B side of the business that needs its own pricing and catalogue. If standard Shopify still does the job, stay on it. We’ve written the longer version of this in when should you move to Shopify Plus.
Everything a shopper sees can look identical. The differences sit behind it. Plus opens up the checkout, which standard Shopify keeps locked down. You also get Shopify Functions for custom discount and shipping logic, Flow for automation, higher API limits, and expansion stores for other regions. If none of those are things you’re currently fighting, Plus won’t feel like an upgrade.
Revitalash went live in six weeks. That was a UK launch with subscriptions, built alongside an existing US site. Six weeks is quick and it isn’t the default. A build with heavy ERP integration or a large catalogue takes longer. We’ll tell you which one you’re looking at before you commit, not halfway through.
Not on its own. Plus doesn’t ship a faster frontend. Speed comes from how the store is built. Revitalash loads 80% faster than the US site it sits next to. AutoID’s load time dropped 38% after we rebuilt the navigation and cleaned up the theme. Same platform, different build. That’s the whole point.
Yes. Plus includes B2B, so you can run company accounts, price lists and payment terms without paying for a second platform. Worth knowing before you sign anything: Shopify has been opening parts of B2B up beyond Plus. We covered what that means in Shopify B2B is no longer just for Plus brands.
No. Shopify Markets handles multiple currencies and regions on the standard plan. What Plus adds is expansion stores, and you want those when a region needs its own catalogue, checkout or brand rather than just its own currency. Revitalash is a UK store running alongside a US one.