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. 

Yesterday I posted about how Shopify experts and agencies can create their own moats by becoming implementation specialists for a 1-2 well funded Shopify apps (most AI driven) with very thin or early stage partner programs. 

Merchants love these products… but implementation and optimization of value is the bottleneck. 

These teams are sprinting to ship features, win market share, and raise the next round.

They don’t all have the resources or internal skill sets to hand-hold thousands of merchants and deliver services at the level their tech demands. As the market forces a need for more of a service component for apps to be adopted, truth is, not all will pull it off internally even if they try.  

🔥 Consio: AI phone sales + voice commerce
→ Service gap: sales scripts, AI training, call workflow design

🔥 Reactiv: AI mobile shopping experiences
→ Service gap: mobile UX, CRO, personalized flows

🔥 Instant: AI Shopify site builder
→ Service gap: theme refinement, design, merchandising, AI workflows

🔥 Finaloop: real-time ecommerce accounting
→ Service gap: bookkeeping, finance ops, monthly accounting support

🔥 Stay AI:  subscriptions + retention
→ Service gap: lifecycle flows, churn reduction, subscription offer strategy

🔥 heatmap: revenue-based UX analytics
→ Service gap: CRO retainers, UX improvements, analytics setup

🔥 Siena AI: AI customer service
→ Service gap: CX playbooks, bot training, helpdesk workflows

🔥 MAI Agents: AI performance marketing (Google Ads automation)
→ Service gap: AI campaign strategy, creative production, data/analytics interpretation, Shopify + CRM integrations 

🔥 Konvo AI: proactive AI agents for e-commerce
→ Service gap: AI agent training, ecommerce conversational optimization, chatbot strategy and workflows, integration with support channels

🔥 Videowise: AI-optimized video commerce
→ Service gap: UGC production, AI-optimized video strategy, interactive shoppable video UX, analytics interpretation

🔥 ShopOS: AI operating system for ecommerce brands
→ Service gap: Ecommerce AI implementation strategy, workflow setup, Shopify + ShopOS integrations, data mapping & custom automations

Here’s the pattern:

The apps are funded. The demand is huge and clearly growing. The ecosystems are thin.
Agencies who specialize early win big.

What other apps/platforms could we add to this list?

If you run partnerships or support at one of these apps, DM me to reach a network of ambitious experts with proven track records, hungry to stand out.

Founder, shopexperts.com - commission-free Shopify expert services marketplace

The Shopify services economy is already a $30–40B market but...

…it’s being slowed down by platforms that tax the very experts keeping it alive.

Here’s what nobody talks about:
Shopify has 5M+ merchants
GMV just hit $292B
There are 100,000+ experts, agencies, and service providers in the ecosystem
And Shopify app partners have already earned $12.5B from Shopify merchants

So why are we still operating like it’s 2015?
Why are experts paying 10–20% commissions + fees, forever, just to get work?
Why are brands hitting paywalls just to see talent in a market with more supply than ever?
Why is discovery still happening in DMs, random referrals, and Slack threads?

It makes no sense. (to me)
And it’s slowing everyone down.

The truth:
The Shopify services layer is massive... and about to double.
My estimate: $30–40B in 2026 → $50–60B by 2030 as brands outsource more specialized skills.

But for that to happen efficiently, the ecosystem needs infrastructure that accelerates the flow of talent, not platforms that extract from it.

That’s why I’m building shopexperts

A global directory of Shopify freelancers, agencies, and service providers.
No commissions.
No paywalls.
No gatekeeping.
Just clean, open access to the people who actually move the needle.

If even 1–2% of this service economy flows through open directories instead of closed marketplaces, that’s a $300–800M opportunity, and a much healthier ecosystem for everyone.

The Shopify world doesn’t need another marketplace tax.
It needs a backbone.
And that’s what we’re building.

DM me if you want early access, or if you’re an expert who’s tired of giving away a cut of your work forever., or a brand tired a paying a premium on services to make up for expert commissions.

Founder, shopexperts.com - The only commission-free Shopify expert services marketplace

If you run a mid to large scale Shopify app or theme business and your agency partner program is a priority in 2026, get in touch with me today…I can help. 

We’re building app specific expert category pages at shopexperts for best in class apps (and themes). Experts listed on these pages are ranked by rating, reviews and expertise for brands to select and request services from them in seconds. 

We can put your app in front of 250+ experts and agencies, and 14k brands - and help you go from 1-1 to 1:many before the end of Q1. 

jon@shopexperts.com or DM and I’ll share a few app expert category pages we’ve already launched to help brands find exactly the right experts. 

#shopify

The Shopify Partner Program started with a simple insight:

Merchants didn’t need more software.
They needed someone to help IMPLEMENT it.

Harley and Tobi didn’t build this ecosystem on day one. They probably just emailed a few agencies in Ottawa who could jump in and help merchants get set up.

Those tiny moments turned into the billion-dollar partner network we’re all on here chattering about every day of the week. 

⸻

And I can see a similar pattern happening again, but this time with AI apps. The innovation is mind blowing. 

The hottest Shopify apps right now have raised $1M–$20M and some are aiming for the stars. 

Their biggest bottleneck?

Not engineering
Not demand 
Not product

Implementation. Most are as good at professional services as agencies would be at building world class tech. 

They can’t keep up with onboarding, integrations, AI setup, workflow design, optimization…
All the things great agencies are already world-class at.

Meanwhile, most agencies are stuck:
“Should we build our own app?”
“Should we do more marketing?”
“Should we niche down or go wide?”

No.
The real opportunity is this:

Become the white-glove implementation partner for a fast-scaling AI app.

Apps are desperate for it.
Merchants will pay for it.
And few are positioned for it.

⸻

Shopexperts.com is about to change that.

We’re building the first ecosystem that connects:

⚡ Funded AI apps who need implementation
⚡ Shopify experts/agencies who can deliver it
⚡ Merchants who need outcomes, not more code

Partner hubs.
Trust and transparency layers.
Implementation playbooks.
Commission free lead matching. 
Revenue for both sides.

We’re building this bridge for the next generation of partner programs in our ecosystem. 

If you’re an agency or freelancer and want a list of the 10 apps I think meet the criteria, shout out your favourite current app partner in the comments, and I’ll send you the list apps I think have the potential in described. 

If you’re a funded AI Shopify app founder, DM me. Let’s talk.

#shopify

Open article: shopexperts - Find the best Shopify experts by shopexperts.com

shopexperts - Find the best Shopify experts

In 2026 - shopexperts is looking to sponsor newsletters, podcasts, and events as well as collaborate on content marketing initiatives with top Shopify app and theme companies in the ecosystem.

We’re building the leading global services directory for Shopify brands - showcasing the best freelancers and agencies across every imaginable service a brand needs to be successful on Shopify. Commission free for experts, and no paywall to access vetted talent for brands. 

Who should we be talking to?

Looking for top tier Shopify app and theme companies to work with us on our new global Shopify services directory at shopexperts > https://lnkd.in/ekQhCqp8

We’re flipping the script on service marketplaces for Shopify brands and Shopify experts. 

How? 

- 100% commission free leads and public premium listing for Shopify experts (freelancers and agencies).

- No paywalls for brands to browse and hire the best vetted talent in the business, in minutes.

- 100% open, transparent and contextual for better hiring decision.

- Fast product iteration based on expert and brand feedback (yes we’re using app store research).

What we’re looking for:

- Well established app and theme teams (1000+ paid customers), across all categories, that have a network of vetted experts or service partners who want to amplify their partner program in 2026.

- Teams that get high volume support requests from brands to implement, manage and optimize apps/themes on Shopify stores, and can direct these brands to their app category page on shopexperts.

- Founder led teams that can move VERY fast with me on this. No circling back in Q2. We talk, we agree, we execute on this in a few hours or days, not weeks or months. 

What you get:

- Exposure on our directory with an app specific expert category page, and links from our home page and across our domain. 

- Visibility to our 220+ expert and agency community members to amplify your partner program. 

- A curated, hyper engaged and well reviewed list of experts for your clients to hire to support the best possible outcomes using your app + you can refer your existing top experts to be listed. 

Here’s an example: 

https://lnkd.in/eZAT3hik

Email me today - jon@shopexperts.com, or DM me with your call booking link if you see a fit and can move fast.

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Who has a solid and informed opinion on the outlook for premium Shopify themes (and theme companies) in 2026? Positive, negative.. neutral?

I have non technical opinions, curious what other experts think? I'll reply to all comments and sprinkle in my own views.

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