eCommerce Growth Agency Manchester | Shopify, Magento & Hyvä

We build eCommerce sites for your next nice problem

Most agencies treat site speed as housekeeping. We treat it as your first conversion win.

We rebuilt Helmet City’s frontend on Hyvä and took four seconds off the load time. Conversion went up 16% and engagement 21%, and that was before we had run a single test on the site.

We’re an Adobe Commerce, Magento and Shopify agency for growing ecommerce brands. Usually that’s a business doing £2m online and upwards, with an ecommerce manager or director who already owns the number. They want a specialist alongside them, not more headcount. We work UK-wide. If you’d rather do this in a room than on a call, we’re also an ecommerce agency in Manchester, five minutes from Piccadilly.

Home and garden, lifestyle, sports and fitness, fashion, health and beauty, pet. We work out what’s holding your numbers back and fix that, and we don’t disappear at launch.

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Creating Award-winning Customer Experiences.

Northern Digital Awards – Best Small Digital Agency of the Year

Best Small Digital Agency of the Year 2025 DIY, HOME, FURNITURE & INTERIOR DESIGN ECOMMERCE WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

The Drum Recommends Digital Awards – Finalist 2019

The Drum Recommended Digital Agency Awards – Finalist 2018

Success Stories

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AutoID

Retained CRO, metadata recovery & navigation rebuild on Shopify Plus.

UX and Rebuild Support

Helmet City

Magento 2 Hyvä rebuild with retained CRO & search optimisation

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Reliant

Hyvä front-end rebuild for UK based technology retailer

Support UX Design & Rebuild

Robinsons of Bawtry

Migration from Aero Commerce to Shopify with ongoing CRO

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Our Process

Talk first. Fix fast.

We begin with the NNP Workshop: a focused look at your site, your data and the things getting in the way. You’ll receive clear insights, prioritised actions, and a practical plan to move forward with confidence.

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Build it right, build it fast.

We develop sites built for performance. UX, design, and development are handled in-house by one team working closely together. We select the platform that best suits your business needs, then configure and optimise it to deliver results.

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2

Optimise what’s live

Going live is a milestone, not the endpoint. We continue improving performance through speed enhancements, journey refinement, testing, and selective use of tools such as Hyvä when they offer clear advantages.

Let’s optimise what’s live

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Stick around for the growth.

We stay involved to support ongoing improvements, technical updates, and performance tracking. Our goal is to ensure sustained progress and prepare your site for whatever comes next.

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Ready for better problems?

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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. These are the platforms and tools we know inside out.

I like working with Actuate because they care about what they do, they clarify the detail to get the job done right.

Catherine Lund-Barker Elcometer

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

eCommerce growth agency