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
How Shopify and Magento Actually Compare for SEO
Most ‘Shopify vs Magento’ comparisons are written for people choosing a platform from scratch. In real life, our Canadian clients are choosing between living with what they have and migrating. So we compare them through the lens of what actually moves organic revenue.
URL Structure & Indexation
Shopify ships opinionated /collections/ and /products/ URLs with strict canonical rules. Magento gives you total control — and the rope to hang yourself with at scale.
Faceted Navigation
Magento’s layered nav is its biggest SEO trap — we cover it on our Magento SEO page. Shopify’s filter parameters are easier to control but lack Magento’s flexibility for ranking filtered combinations.
Core Web Vitals
Shopify ships on a global CDN with sane defaults; Magento’s performance depends entirely on hosting, caching and module discipline. Out of the box Shopify wins, with Magento taking it back at enterprise scale.
Schema & Rich Results
Both platforms can do Product / Offer / Breadcrumb schema. Both also ship themes and modules that get it wrong. Audit yours regardless of which platform you’re on.
Content & Category-Page Control
Magento gives you full category copy templating and structured content. Shopify is more restrictive — many stores ship one-line category pages by default.
Migration Risk
Moving off either platform is a major SEO project. Shopify Plus → Magento is the heavier migration; the reverse is more common and a structured SEO plan during cutover decides whether traffic survives.
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 Shopify vs Magento SEO Comparison 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 Platform Consultation
Tell us about your store
Stuck between Shopify and Magento — or wondering if a migration would help? We’ll review your store and reply within one business day with an honest read on which platform fits your situation.
Free offer Get a free platform consultation — we’ll tell you honestly whether you should migrate or stay put.