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E-commerce SEO

E-commerce SEO

SEO strategy built for online stores. Product page optimization, category structure, and technical SEO that drives qualified buyers to your products.

15+ Years Experience 300+ Businesses Helped 5 Stars (35+ Reviews)

The actual SEO process

8 steps. No mystery. No confusion.

Figure out how you make money

Before touching your website: which services are profitable? Which calls do you want more of? How do people currently find you? If I don't know what a "good lead" looks like, SEO turns into guesswork.

Make sure leads can be tracked

Call tracking (which calls came from Google), form tracking, lead tracking events. If I can't see calls turning into money, everything else is noise.

Fix what quietly costs you leads

Pages that load too slow, confusing service descriptions, missing trust signals (reviews, photos, credentials), contact info buried or inconsistent. A small fix here often produces more revenue than months of "content."

Go after searches that mean business

Emergency and high-intent searches, location-specific intent, problem-based queries. I'd rather rank for 10 keywords that produce calls than 1,000 that don't.

Build pages people actually want to read

Service pages that answer real buyer questions, location pages that prove you're actually local, content that reduces doubt and gets the phone ringing.

Make Google trust you more

Cleaning up citations, strengthening your Google Business Profile, earning real links and mentions, building authority. No tricks. No shortcuts. No spam.

Watch what turns into money

Rankings checked. Traffic monitored. But calls and booked jobs matter most. If something brings wrong leads, I adjust. If something works, I double down. SEO isn't "set it and forget it." It's steer and correct.

Straight talk

No fluff reports. "This page is working, let's expand it." "These calls aren't closing, intake needs fixing." "This keyword looks good but isn't worth the effort." If something isn't paying off, I say it.

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Who you're hiring

Why should you trust me?

Google did.

I didn't learn SEO from a blog. I worked with Google directly. They featured me on their Google Activate program all over Europe. If Google trusted me to represent them, you can trust me to rank you on them.

Kristian featured on Google Activate billboard in Bilbao

Before you hire anyone

E-commerce SEO red flags

Getting an online store to rank on Google is very different from ranking a regular website. The person you hire needs to understand how people shop online, not just how to write blog posts. Before you invest in e-commerce SEO, check for these:

They write essays on your product pages

Someone searching "buy Nike Air Max size 10" is ready to buy. They don't want to read 1,000 words. If your SEO provider is stuffing product pages with blog-style content, they don't understand how online shoppers behave.

They only optimize individual products

Your category pages ("Men's Running Shoes," "Kitchen Appliances") often bring in more search traffic than any single product. If they're only working on product pages and ignoring how your store is organized, they're missing the bigger opportunity.

Your products don't show prices and stars in Google

Search for any popular product on Google. See how some results show the price, availability, and review stars right in the listing? Those get way more clicks. If your products aren't showing that information, you're losing clicks to competitors who do.

Ask: "Can you show me how much revenue your SEO brought a client?"

Traffic means nothing if nobody buys. A good e-commerce SEO provider can show you exactly how much revenue came from organic search for a real client. If they can only show you traffic charts, they're measuring the wrong thing.

They don't mention your duplicate page problem

Every online store creates duplicate pages without realizing it. Color variations, size filters, sort options: each one can create a separate page that Google sees as a copy. If they haven't brought this up, they don't understand e-commerce stores.

Your product pages take forever to load

Online shoppers are impatient. If your product pages take more than 3 seconds to load because of uncompressed images and heavy scripts, people leave before they see the price. Ask: "How will you make my product pages faster?"

They celebrate traffic that doesn't buy

Getting 10,000 visitors who browse and leave is worse than getting 500 who buy. Ask: "How do you make sure the traffic you bring is from people ready to purchase?" If they can't answer clearly, they'll bring you window shoppers.

They don't plan for Black Friday in July

SEO takes months to build. If they're not preparing your holiday and seasonal pages months before the rush, you'll watch your competitors take all the search traffic while your pages are still too new to rank.

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Problems I solve every day

Sound familiar?

“People can't find my products on Google, so I'm spending a fortune on ads”

If your products don't show up in organic search, every sale costs you ad money. Here's how I'll break that cycle:

  • Optimize your product pages so they rank for the terms people use when they're ready to buy
  • Structure your categories so Google understands your entire catalog
  • Add the right data markup so your products show prices and reviews in search results
  • Build authority so Google trusts your store over the competition

“I get traffic to my store but nobody buys anything”

Traffic without sales usually means you're attracting browsers, not buyers. Here's how I'll fix that:

  • Shift your SEO focus to keywords people use when they're ready to purchase, not just research
  • Optimize your product pages for conversions, not just rankings
  • Fix site speed issues that cause shoppers to abandon before they buy
  • Track which search terms actually lead to sales so we double down on what works

“My competitors show up in Google Shopping but I don't”

Google Shopping results get some of the highest click-through rates in e-commerce. If you're not there, you're handing those clicks to competitors:

  • Set up and optimize your product data so Google can feature your items
  • Make sure every product has the right information: price, availability, images, and reviews
  • Fix technical issues that prevent your products from appearing in shopping results
  • Monitor performance so you know which products are gaining visibility and which need work

Built on tools the industry trusts

I use the same tools Fortune 500 companies pay six figures for, and I know how to read every report they produce

Ahrefs, SEMrush, Screaming Frog, Google Search Console, GA4, Surfer SEO, PageSpeed Insights. These aren't decorations on a proposal. They're tools I use every day to make real decisions about your rankings.

Most agencies hand you an automated report and call it strategy. I dig into the data, find what your competitors are doing right, and build a plan that specifically targets the gaps in your market.

15 years of reading SEO data. Not guessing. Reading.

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Webflow
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Stripe
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Claude
Notion
Hotjar
Microsoft Clarity
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Google Ads
Google Analytics
HubSpot
Figma
React
Node.js
Tailwind CSS
Shopify
Webflow
Vercel
Stripe
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Claude
Notion
Hotjar
Microsoft Clarity
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Semrush
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Google Ads
Google Analytics
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Figma
React
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Tailwind CSS
Shopify
Webflow
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Stripe
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Claude
Notion
Hotjar
Microsoft Clarity
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Featured E-commerce SEO Case Study

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E-commerce SEO Case Study: From $28,800 in Annual Ad Spend to 7,500+ Monthly Organic Visitors

How I eliminated $28,800 in annual Google Ads and built 1,106 organic rankings for a board game retailer. Real e-commerce SEO results in 5 months.

Result
Stopped paying $2,400/month in ads, now gets 7,500 visitors free
$28,800/yr
Ad Spend Saved
1,106
Organic Keywords
7,500+
Monthly Visitors
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Simply works for your small business

Small Business E-commerce SEO That Drives Sales

I optimize your product pages, fix your store structure, and make sure the right shoppers find you on Google.

Optimize every product

Products show up when shoppers search

Most product pages copy the manufacturer's description, identical to every other store. I write unique titles, descriptions, and meta data that tell Google why yours should rank.

Fix the structure

Shoppers and Google can navigate your store easily

A confusing category tree buries products where nobody finds them. I restructure it to match how people actually search and link your strongest pages to your money pages.

Add rich results

Prices, ratings, and availability right in Google

Schema markup puts star ratings, prices, and stock status in your search listing. Competitors without it show plain blue links. Shoppers click the one with more information.

Make it fast

Every page loads fast, even with hundreds of products

Online stores are heavy by nature. Hundreds of images, filters, and scripts add up. Every extra second costs you sales. I fix the bottlenecks.

Track real sales

You see exactly which searches produce revenue

If you can't trace a sale back to the keyword that brought the customer, you're flying blind. I set up tracking so every SEO decision is backed by real sales data.

Find what they missed

Product and keyword opportunities competitors overlooked

I analyze what your competitors rank for and what they don't. Long-tail product searches and buying-intent keywords they're ignoring are revenue sitting on the table.

30-day proof period

Measurable progress or your money back

Give me 30 days. If nothing measurably improves, I refund every dollar. Month-to-month, cancel with 30 days notice. You stay because it's working.

Always Included in Every SEO Package

Technical audit document (50+ checkpoints) Custom keyword research report Monthly performance dashboard Schema markup on every key page Google Business Profile optimization Content strategy roadmap Every optimization lives on your site Full transparency, no black-box SEO Month-to-month, cancel anytime Technical audit document (50+ checkpoints) Custom keyword research report Monthly performance dashboard Schema markup on every key page Google Business Profile optimization Content strategy roadmap Every optimization lives on your site Full transparency, no black-box SEO Month-to-month, cancel anytime Technical audit document (50+ checkpoints) Custom keyword research report Monthly performance dashboard Schema markup on every key page Google Business Profile optimization Content strategy roadmap Every optimization lives on your site Full transparency, no black-box SEO Month-to-month, cancel anytime Technical audit document (50+ checkpoints) Custom keyword research report Monthly performance dashboard Schema markup on every key page Google Business Profile optimization Content strategy roadmap Every optimization lives on your site Full transparency, no black-box SEO Month-to-month, cancel anytime Technical audit document (50+ checkpoints) Custom keyword research report Monthly performance dashboard Schema markup on every key page Google Business Profile optimization Content strategy roadmap Every optimization lives on your site Full transparency, no black-box SEO Month-to-month, cancel anytime Technical audit document (50+ checkpoints) Custom keyword research report Monthly performance dashboard Schema markup on every key page Google Business Profile optimization Content strategy roadmap Every optimization lives on your site Full transparency, no black-box SEO Month-to-month, cancel anytime

Why DMS?

DMS vs Agency vs DIY

An honest comparison so you can decide what's right for your business.

Recommended
DMS

Direct access. Real rankings.

From $2,800/mo

  • Kristian builds your SEO strategy personally
  • 50-200 keywords tracked from day one
  • 30-Day Proof Period: see progress or get a full refund
30-Day Guarantee No Contracts
Typical SEO Agency

Reports without results.

$3,000-$10,000/mo

  • Junior staff execute templated playbooks
  • 6-12 month contracts before you see results
  • Vanity metrics instead of revenue tracking
DIY SEO

Tools without the strategy.

Semrush $130/mo + 10-20 hrs/wk

  • Full control over your content
  • Steep learning curve on technical SEO
  • Months of trial-and-error before traction

Business Terms

6 comparisons
DMS

Monthly investment

From $2,800/mo

Contract length

Month-to-month

Who does the work

Kristian, directly

Communication

Direct access, same-day response

Hidden costs

None. Transparent pricing.

What you own when done

Everything: code, content, accounts

Agency

Monthly investment

$3,000-$10,000/mo

Contract length

6-12 month lock-in

Who does the work

Junior staff / account manager

Communication

Through account manager

Hidden costs

Onboarding, setup fees, exit penalties

What you own when done

Often held hostage or locked in

DIY

Monthly investment

$130/mo + 10-20 hrs/wk

Contract length

N/A

Who does the work

You

Communication

Forums and documentation

Hidden costs

Your time (at your hourly rate)

What you own when done

Everything

"Two agencies couldn't get us past page 3. Kristian got us to #2."

#13 to #2 in 60 days

Colorado business owner

Trust & Risk

7 comparisons
DMS

Guarantee

30-Day Proof Period, full refund

Risk if it fails

Full refund, no hard feelings

Pricing transparency

Published on website

Data and asset ownership

100% yours, always

Reporting

Revenue-focused metrics

Accountability

Cancel anytime

Third-party ranking

#1 on Clutch (verified reviews)

Agency

Guarantee

None

Risk if it fails

Locked in 6-12 months, still paying

Pricing transparency

"Call for a quote"

Data and asset ownership

Often retained by agency

Reporting

Vanity metrics (impressions, clicks)

Accountability

Early termination fees

Third-party ranking

Varies

DIY

Guarantee

None

Risk if it fails

Lost months of your time

Pricing transparency

Clear tool pricing

Data and asset ownership

100% yours

Reporting

Self-interpreted analytics

Accountability

Only yourself

Third-party ranking

N/A

Results & Quality

5 comparisons
DMS

Time to first results

45-60 days

Keywords tracked

50-200 tracked

Content volume

8-20 articles/month

Technical SEO

Full audit + ongoing fixes

Link building

3-8 quality backlinks/month

Agency

Time to first results

6-12 months

Keywords tracked

10-100 (when disclosed)

Content volume

0-4 articles/month (when included)

Technical SEO

Initial audit, slow fixes

Link building

Often outsourced, risky quality

DIY

Time to first results

6-18 months (if ever)

Keywords tracked

Depends on tool plan

Content volume

As many as you can write

Technical SEO

Plugin-based, limited depth

Link building

Manual outreach (time-intensive)

Choose DMS if...

You want rankings that drive revenue, not just reports. Direct access to a strategist who's accountable for results, backed by a money-back guarantee.

Choose DIY if...

You have the time to learn SEO properly and don't mind a slower ramp. Tools like Semrush give you data, but you'll need to learn how to act on it.

Consider an agency if...

You need large-scale SEO across many domains or markets. Be prepared for contracts and the reality that your project may land on a junior's desk.

Based on published SEO pricing from Colorado agencies (March 2026). 18 agencies researched Including Boulder SEO Marketing, Peaks Digital, RedBrick Web Solutions, Volume Nine, Clicta Digital, and 3 others.

Start Your 30-Day Proof Period

Month-to-month. 30-day proof period with full refund.

Common questions

E-commerce SEO FAQs

Quick answers to help you decide.

Regular SEO optimizes a handful of service pages and blog posts. E-commerce SEO deals with hundreds or thousands of product pages, category structures, faceted navigation, duplicate content from filters, and product schema markup. The technical complexity is higher, and the strategy revolves around buying intent, not just informational searches.

Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Magento, custom-built stores. The platform matters less than the strategy. That said, each platform has specific technical limitations and SEO quirks I account for. Shopify handles canonical tags differently than WooCommerce. Magento has layered navigation issues. I adjust the approach to fit your platform.

Yes. Product feed optimization is part of e-commerce SEO. I structure your product data for Google Shopping, Meta Catalog, and other comparison engines. Clean titles, accurate categories, proper GTINs, and optimized images make the difference between your products showing up in Shopping results or getting buried.

Unique product descriptions (not manufacturer copy-paste), proper schema markup for price, availability, and reviews, optimized title tags and meta descriptions, internal linking from relevant category pages, and image optimization with descriptive alt text. The goal is getting each product page to rank for what someone would actually type when ready to buy.

Product variations (size, color, material) create duplicate content problems that confuse Google. I use canonical tags, structured URL parameters, and proper indexation controls so Google understands which version to rank. For stores with thousands of SKUs, this alone can change how much of your catalog actually gets indexed.

That depends on your margins, average order value, and competition. I focus on keywords with buying intent, not just traffic volume. A product page ranking #1 for "buy [your product]" is worth more than 10,000 visitors from informational searches. I track revenue from organic search directly, so you see real dollar impact, not just ranking reports.

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Kristian Kreaktive

Founder & Lead Strategist at Digital Marketing Services

Ranked #1 freelance web designer by Clutch. 17+ years building websites and SEO strategies that bring real results for small businesses.

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