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The Best Ecommerce Web Design Agencies
A pretty storefront that doesn't sell is just an expensive lookbook. These agencies design stores that do both.
Ecommerce design is judged in revenue. Product pages, collection filters, cart, and checkout all have to work on a phone, load fast, and still feel like your brand. Then the work continues: new drops, sales, and apps that can slow everything down. The agencies below build and run online stores for DTC and retail brands, and most stay on after launch to keep improving conversion.
Best for
Each tab is a shortlist for one kind of store, drawn from the listings below.
Multi-region storefronts, currencies, and languages, plus a store your team can run.
CPG product pages, subscriptions, and shade-heavy catalogs.
Drop-style launches and product storytelling at scale.
Gear brands where the product needs explaining before it sells.
Agencies that can recommend a platform rather than default to one.
Store, SEO, and marketing handled by one team.
The ranking
The case for them
A Shopify Plus agency with offices in London and New York, working since 2009 for brands like Hasbro, Good American, A.P.C., Alessi, Pangaia, and Levi's. They specialize in international stores, with multiple currencies, languages, and regional storefronts, and keep optimizing after launch.
Look elsewhere if
you're on Adobe Commerce or another non-Shopify platform.
The case for them
A Shopify Plus partner focused on consumer packaged goods, with clients including McCormick, KIND Snacks, Sakara, and SmartyPants Vitamins. They moved Kite Hill from WordPress to a new Shopify store in eight weeks. Barrel also helps CPG brands show up in AI-driven product discovery, which is quickly becoming its own channel.
Look elsewhere if
you sell B2B industrial products or need a custom headless build.
The case for them
A Portland agency with commerce work for Nike.com and the SNKRS app, Levi's, Specialized, and Black Diamond. Best for large brands where the store has to launch products like campaigns, not just list them.
Look elsewhere if
you're a growing DTC brand with a mid-size budget.
The case for them
A studio in Marquette, Michigan, working since 2005, with clients including Peak Design and Audible. They build on Shopify, Webflow, and headless setups with Contentful, which suits brands that tell a lot of product stories alongside the store.
Look elsewhere if
you need performance marketing and paid media from the same team.
The case for them
A Los Angeles agency behind ecommerce redesigns for wet n wild, Splat hair color, Physicians Formula, and Lip Smacker. They work across Shopify, Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, and WooCommerce, so they can recommend a platform rather than default to one.
Look elsewhere if
you want an agency with a signature, award-show visual style.
The case for them
Builds on Shopify, WordPress, and Magento, and pairs store design with SEO and digital marketing under one team. Recent work includes a full Shopify rebuild for a power transmission components distributor, plus a custom store for Rollink as it entered the US market.
Look elsewhere if
you want a boutique team focused only on ecommerce.
The case for them
A Shopify-focused growth agency in Portland, Maine. Work includes Hyperlite's Shopify Plus site, along with performance marketing and automation, and a Shopify migration for Halcyon Yarn. A good fit for established brands that want the store, subscriptions, loyalty, and marketing handled together.
Look elsewhere if
you need a flagship brand experience with heavy custom motion.
Compare
Columns show the platforms and post-launch work each agency's listing names. No scores.
| # | Agency | Shopify / Shopify Plus | Other commerce platforms | Headless or custom | Marketing & CRO after launch | Named work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  We Make Websites | Hasbro, Good American, A.P.C., Alessi, Pangaia, Levi's | ||||
| 2 |  Barrel | McCormick, KIND Snacks, Sakara, SmartyPants Vitamins, Kite Hill | ||||
| 3 |  Instrument | Nike.com and SNKRS app, Levi's, Specialized, Black Diamond | ||||
| 4 |  Elegant Seagulls | Peak Design, Audible | ||||
| 5 |  SPINX Digital | wet n wild, Splat, Physicians Formula, Lip Smacker | ||||
| 6 |  Digital Silk | Rollink; Shopify rebuild for a power transmission distributor | ||||
| 7 |  First Pier | Hyperlite, Halcyon Yarn |
Method
Every agency here has live online stores in its portfolio. We looked at product and collection pages on mobile, how checkout and cart flows were handled, and whether the agency keeps working on conversion after launch. Each listing notes the platform and type of brand it fits best, because a Shopify Plus DTC brand and a global retailer with a custom storefront need different partners.
Quick picks
What you sell and where you sell it narrows the field fast.
Multi-region storefronts, currencies, and languages
Drop-style launches and storytelling at large scale
Product storytelling plus a store your team can run
Checklist
Ask any agency you're considering to walk you through how they handle each of these.
Sizing, materials, shipping, returns, and reviews should sit near the add-to-cart button, not three clicks away. This is where most sales are won or lost.
A store with 40 products and one with 4,000 need very different navigation. Ask how they'd structure filters and search for your catalog.
Every extra field costs sales. Ask which payment options, express checkouts, and one-page flows they'd use.
Reviews, loyalty, subscriptions, and personalization apps all add weight. Ask how they audit apps and keep page speed in check after launch.
Your team should be able to launch drops, sales, bundles, and landing pages without a developer.
The redesign is the starting point. Ask about A/B testing, conversion audits, and how they report on what's working.
Shopify Plus suits most DTC brands: it's fast to launch, has a huge app ecosystem, and is easy for teams to run. Adobe Commerce fits complex catalogs, heavy B2B logic, or deep ERP integrations. Headless setups make sense for large brands that need full control over the front end and content, and have the budget to maintain it.
A Shopify theme-based redesign can take six to ten weeks. A fully custom store or a platform migration usually takes three to six months, depending on catalog size, integrations, and data migration.
Not if the migration is planned well. A good agency maps every old URL to a new one with redirects, preserves product and collection content, and monitors search traffic for several weeks after launch. Ask to see their migration checklist.
It helps when the same team that designed the store tests and improves it, because they know why each decision was made. Several agencies on this list offer ongoing CRO retainers.
Live stores you can shop on your phone, not just screenshots. Add something to the cart, try the checkout, and test the filters. Then ask what changed for the client after launch.