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Ecommerce agency, Birmingham, West Midlands

Ecommerce stores built to perform, by a Birmingham agency

AskTheDev is a senior-led ecommerce agency in Birmingham and an official Shopify Partner. We build fast, conversion-focused online stores and the marketing that grows them, and the developer you meet is the one doing the work.

Developer in a brick warehouse studio reviewing a fashion store on his laptop and the mobile version on his phone

+156%conversion rate, Luxe Living

  • Official Shopify Partner
  • 100% senior-led, no junior hand-offs
  • A senior developer replies within one working day

Platforms we build on

  • Shopify
  • Shopify Plus
  • WooCommerce
  • Adobe Commerce
  • BigCommerce
  • Next.js / Hydrogen
  • Klaviyo

Selected results

Selected results from client stores

Results reported by our clients.
Bright living room with a curved cream sofa and oak coffee table, a mood image for a home furnishings brand

Shopify Plus

Luxe Living

Home furnishings

A Shopify Plus store for a home furnishings brand.

conversion rate
increase of 156 percent in conversion rate
average order value
increase of 42 percent in average order value
  • Woman working out at home with resistance bands and a shaker bottle, a mood image for a fitness brand

    WooCommerce

    DTC fitness

    FreshFit Co

    conversion rate
    increase of 203 percent in conversion rate
    average order value
    increase of 28 percent in average order value
  • Sprinter running on an athletics track at sunset, a mood image for a sports brand

    Paid media

    Performance athletics

    Peak Sports

    return on ad spend
    8 times return on ad spend
    conversion rate
    increase of 178 percent in conversion rate

Results vary by brand, starting point and budget.

Why AskTheDev

Why brands choose a senior‑led ecommerce agency

  • Senior people, start to finish.

    You'll speak to the developer building your store, not an account manager relaying messages. No junior hand-offs.

  • Prices you can see.

    Guide prices are published. Your fixed price is agreed in the proposal before work starts.

  • Performance first.

    Every build targets a 100 Lighthouse score and a sub-one-second load, because slow stores lose sales.

Shopper on a sofa paying on a simple mobile checkout, bank card in hand

Sub-one-second loadTarget on every build

Lighthouse target on every buildTarget
100
page load targetTarget
Under 1 second
reply time from a senior developer
1 working day
platforms we build on
6 or more

How we're different

How we're different

A fair look at how we work next to a typical agency setup.

AskTheDev

  • Who does the work: Senior developers and designers
  • Pricing: Guide prices published, fixed price agreed
  • Contact: Direct line to your senior lead
  • Performance: Every build targets a 100 Lighthouse score
  • Reply time: One working day

A typical agency setup

  • Who does the work: Often juniors, managed by an account manager
  • Pricing: Day rates and estimates that can drift
  • Contact: Messages often relayed through an account manager
  • Performance: Speed can be treated as an afterthought
  • Reply time: Varies

Process

How a project works

  1. Discover

    A free call to understand your store, your numbers and your goals.

  2. Plan and propose

    A written scope, timeline and fixed price. No surprises later.

  3. Design and build

    Senior designers and developers build it, with regular check-ins you can see.

  4. Launch and grow

    We launch, monitor and keep improving through SEO, PPC and email.

Pricing

Transparent guide prices

Retainers from £750 a month. Fixed price agreed in your proposal.

See guide prices from £2,500

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Ready to build a faster store?

Tell us about your store and your goals. A senior developer replies within one working day.

Senior developer replies within one working day · Official Shopify Partner