I help local service businesses increase visibility and revenue with a proven 3-step Local SEO approach.

1️⃣ Identify Opportunities
2️⃣ Improve Relevance
3️⃣ Build Authority

SEO takes time to show results, so I focus on strategies that deliver quick wins while working towards long-term success. My goal is to help local businesses get better rankings, more traffic, and increased revenue as quickly as possible.

Many of my clients offer high-quality services but struggle to get noticed by their ideal customers. That’s where I come in—I help them get in front of people actively searching for the services they provide.

Here are some results my clients have achieved:
✅ Ranked a Personal Injury Lawyer on Page 1 in 45 days
✅ Increased a Roofing Company’s organic traffic by 166% in 90 days
✅ Increased a Car Dealerships organic traffic by 108% in 12 months
✅ Increased a Tree Service Company’s organic traffic by 60% in 90 Days
✅ Ranked #1 for a highly competitive local keyword in 30 days

If you’re a local service business looking to enhance your online presence and drive more customers to your door, let’s connect.

P.S. Ready to take action? Book a complimentary discovery call to find out how we can help you achieve your goals: https://calendly.com/nick-meagher/30min

Nick Meagher

Jonathan Kennedy

Founder, AppStoreResearch | User Research Recruitment for eCommerce Saas

Founder with proven track record in the eCommerce space. Still building. 

What I’m working on:

- Building shopexperts.com - a commission-free Shopify expert network to help Shopify brands find the best service providers to help grow their brands. 

- Connecting Shopify app teams with brand owners and operators for 1-1 user research and sales calls - appstoreresearch.com

- Pre-seed/seed angel investor and private credit for Shopify apps and services based businesses - Open to advisory roles w/ or w out equity points. Open to cold inbound. 

email: jon@shopexperts.com


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Official Shopify experts since 2015. We help ambitious brands on Shopify and Shopify Plus scale up to 7-8 figures/year with fully managed design and dev operations. Fast turnarounds. 1/2 the cost of typical agency. 

My take on the Shopify Theme Marketplace in 2026

Shopify theme companies are increasingly frustrated with how the official marketplace has been managed and deprioritized. 

As growth slows and competition rises, the old “sell a premium theme and rely on marketplace traffic” playbook no longer works.

Key shifts:

	•	Marketplace validation is weaker. With hundreds of new themes and limited theme marketplace innovation from Shopify, being listed is no longer a strong quality signal. High-quality options now exist off-marketplace.

	•	Themes alone aren’t enough. Competing on design and features is commoditized. Brands now expect outcomes, not just templates - meaning theme companies must bundle services, customization, and possibly apps.

	•	Oversupply is real. With 1,000+ styles and cheaper custom builds, the market likely doesn’t need more themes. YoY declines across many theme businesses reflect this saturation.

	•	New entrants are more diversified. Recent theme companies launched knowing theme sales couldn’t be the sole revenue stream. Services and apps are core to their strategy.

	•	Founder-led teams have an edge. Many bigger theme companies have been acquired, and founder energy has been lost. Agile, founder-led brands have an opportunity to gain market share and partnerships.

	•	Brand matters now. Marketplace traffic once removed the need for strong branding. That’s changing. Building brand equity (beyond just the theme name) is critical. Truly Fine Pixels, Krown Themes, Brickspace Lab and Platter come to mind as founder-led theme companies investing in their brand. 

	•	Own your reviews. Theme marketplace reviews mainly serve Shopify’s ranking algorithm (same with apps). Theme companies should build independent review assets.

	•	Agencies and experts should bet on adaptable teams when choosing themes for their clients. Founder-led theme companies are more likely to adapt fast, evolve and deliver long-term value.

Bottom line: In 2026, successful theme companies won’t just sell themes - they’ll operate as outcome-driven, brand-led, service-enabled partners.

Agree or disagree? If you run an agency, how are you deciding which themes to recommend to brands?

#shopifythemes

Founder, shopexperts.com & appstoreresearch.com

Looking for top tier Shopify marketing agencies, freelancers, consultants and fractional talent in North America, Europe and South America to join the shopexperts network. (Edit: please respect these as criteria)

We’re a commission free, global Shopify services directory and community. Recently launched - our aim is to become the leading platform for brands on Shopify or who wish to migrate/launch in Shopify, to hire help for every imaginable service they might need. 

A few requirements:

- 100% focused on serving Shopify merchants 
- Clear and consistent digital footprint 
- The service business is your main thing (no sidequesters or moonlighters) 
- 5+ years experience delivering services
- Strong and specific positioning (not a generalist)
- Verifiable track record with brands (public case studies and reviews

Comment below. We will check your digital footprint and send the registration link. It’s not available on our website. 

Shopexperts.com

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Hire the Best Shopify Experts, Agencies and Service Providers | shopexperts

Best sources of Shopify app ideas 

- Any feature/function that Shopify invests in  - there’s opportunity for nimble, focused + entrepreneurial teams to dive deeper into problems and benefit from Shopify educating the market. Except for checkout stuff.. I’d stay away from what Shopify is world class at and where they make most of their revenue. 

- Any mid market app in the 10k-100k/month range that gets acquired. The acquisition often signals an exit of the founder, their energy, spirit and imminent degradation of support quality - 97% of the time. This presents very good opportunities to take market share as a new and entrepreneurial player. 

- AI Summaries of customer reviews of specific apps or across entire app categories, can raise hints and ideas for good feature ideas or differentiators in that category. 

- My favourite > actually meeting/interviewing  brand operators you’d love to be building for before you build - over the phone or in person. 

- Run an agency or freelance business and serve dozens, hundreds of brands to identify patterns and pain points that can be solved with apps. 

- I like the Whop app marketplace for innovative marketing app ideas that can be applied to the Shopify world. 

- Look beyond Shopify to other ecommerce app marketplaces that are in their early years - Klaviyo, Recharge, Triple Whale, Gorgias and Yotpo all have nascient app stores. You can build for them or map good app ideas back to the broader marketplace. 

Where did you get inspiration for your Shopify app idea? 

#shopify

Small wins compound in business - somewhere between year 2 and 10, things will take off for you, maybe. 😜

In the last two years I’ve seen (and served) some of the best early stage Shopify apps as customers of app store research. 

Most have driven exceptional growth primarily by filling their calendars with 1-1 meetings with brands (or agencies) for discovery, research and sales - these calls have become core to their strategy. 

They know that Investing in a merchant conversation engine is as close to silver bullet as they’re going to get in this industry. 

DM me if you want to connect with top brand owners/operators on Shopify Plus. Drop the beggar energy and get brands to apply to speak with you at app store research.

“When hiring experts, clarity is everything.
Be explicit about outcomes. 

Define what success looks like. Whenever possible, structure contracts around results — not just activity or spend.”

Read about the journey, early wins and lessons in the inspiring story of Ryan Weeks, founder at Around the Cycle on Shopify Plus.

#shopify

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From community development in Sudan to a 16-person bike business: Building a national consignment brand on Shopify | shopexperts

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