LocalFlower.ca — Impressions Up 51× in 30 Days
A 30-day SEO sprint took daily Google Search impressions from 550 to 28,000 — on-page work, commercial-intent targeting and clean indexation.
- 51× impressions
- 28,000 daily impressions
- 30 days to results
Trusted by ecommerce brands across Canada
Certified partners & the stack we work with
Official Shopify Partner — certified SEO for Shopify & Shopify Plus stores.
Meta Business Partner — paid social & conversion tracking on Facebook and Instagram.
Klaviyo Partner — email & SMS automation that turns traffic into repeat revenue.
WooCommerce experts — SEO-friendly WordPress ecommerce builds and migrations.
WordPress specialists — fast, optimized sites built for organic growth.
Cloudflare — CDN, caching and security for fast, resilient store performance.
Powered by Ahrefs — data-driven keyword research & backlink analysis.
Why It Matters
When Agency, When Freelancer, When Both
Agencies and freelancers solve different problems. A good freelancer is cheaper per hour and deeper in their specialty. A good agency covers more ground, ships across disciplines, and keeps running when one person is on vacation. Both can fail you — pick the failure mode you can afford.
Scope & Coverage
Agencies cover technical, content, link building, CRO and reporting under one roof. Freelancers typically own one of those well and pass the rest along.
Cost & Margin
Freelancers are cheaper per hour, but you pay the project-management overhead yourself. Agency rates include strategy and PM — useful if you don’t have an in-house SEO lead.
Depth vs Breadth
A senior freelancer in a single specialty (technical SEO, content, link building) often outperforms a junior agency team in that specialty. The reverse is true once a project spans multiple disciplines.
Accountability
Agencies are easier to hold to a scope of work. Freelancers depend on personal accountability — great with the right person, brittle with the wrong one.
Continuity Risk
A freelancer going on holiday or moving on stops your work. Agencies have continuity, but they also have turnover — ask who’ll actually do the work.
When To Use Both
Many Canadian stores get the best results with an agency owning strategy + technical + reporting, and a specialist freelancer for deep work like digital PR or schema engineering.
Selected case studies
HBDepot.ca — Organic Traffic Up 24×
Rebuilt the SEO foundation — templates, schema, faceted nav, content. 260 keywords reached Google’s Top 3 in six months.
- 24× organic traffic
- 260 keywords in Top 3
- 6 mo to results
CanadaTables.com — From Zero to 85,500 Impressions
Custom epoxy and live-edge tables. Built organic search from scratch to 600 daily impressions and 1,520 clicks over seven months — entirely through SEO.
- 85,500 impressions
- 1,520 clicks driven
- 17.8 avg position
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does ecommerce SEO take to show results?
Technical fixes usually move rankings within 4–8 weeks. Meaningful organic-revenue growth compounds over 4–6 months as pages gain authority. Stores with existing brand traffic move faster than brand-new launches.
How much does Ecommerce SEO Agency vs Freelancer cost?
Most engagements run between CAD $1,500 and $7,500/month depending on store size, platform and ambition. One-off audits start at CAD $1,500. See SEO Packages for the tier breakdown.
Do you work with my platform?
Yes. Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Squarespace, Wix, headless and SFCC all covered.
Can you work with our existing dev team?
Yes — that’s actually our preferred mode. We brief SEO requirements as tickets with mock-ups, schema specs and acceptance criteria your engineers can pick up. If you don’t have a dev team, we ship the changes ourselves.
How is success measured?
Monthly: organic-attributed revenue (the headline), sessions, conversion rate, top moving and decaying keywords, Core Web Vitals trend, content shipped and backlinks earned. We don’t report on vanity metrics.
Do you require a long-term contract?
No. All retainers are month-to-month with 30-day cancellation. We earn the engagement each month. Pricing is locked for 12 months when you start.
Free SEO Help Sizing
Tell us about your store
Wondering whether you need an agency, a freelancer, or some combination? We’ll review your store and reply within one business day with an honest recommendation — even when the honest answer is ‘not us’.
Free offer Get a free SEO help-sizing call — we’ll tell you whether agency, freelancer or in-house hire makes the most sense for your situation.