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Strategy, design and growth

Commerce built to perform.

We design and build Shopify stores for businesses that need the work done properly.

Hired by retail and wholesale teams across the UK and Europe.

Forty Clothing product photography from a parallel Shopify build.
Forty Clothing

Conversion moved from 0.8% to 4.6%. Online became half of retail sales.

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Teams we have worked with

  • Forty Clothing
    Fáilte Foods
    Surrey Cricket Club
    Bosie
    KeySafe
    Star Action Figures
    ROX
    Harris Tweed Scotland
    Forty Clothing
    Fáilte Foods
    Surrey Cricket Club
    Bosie
    KeySafe
    Star Action Figures
    ROX
    Harris Tweed Scotland
    Forty Clothing
    Fáilte Foods
    Surrey Cricket Club
    Bosie
    KeySafe
    Star Action Figures
    ROX
    Harris Tweed Scotland

Results from stores that are live.

These numbers come from published work. We would rather show four real outcomes than a wall of claims.

Selected work

A collector catalogue, wholesale food, streetwear, heritage knitwear and a cricket club. The brief changes. The standard does not.

All work
Warehouse photography for wholesale and B2B commerce.

Wholesale and B2B

Built for serious buying.

See the wholesale build
Forty Clothing retail store interior.

Retail and direct

A store that converts, then brings people back.

See the retail build

Apps and integrations

The stack around the store matters as much as the theme. These are tools we install, connect and keep honest.

How we connect systems
  • Shopify
    Business Central
    Odoo
    Patchworks
    SparkLayer
    Klaviyo
    Yotpo
    Recharge
    Matrixify
    Judge.me
    Shopify
    Business Central
    Odoo
    Patchworks
    SparkLayer
    Klaviyo
    Yotpo
    Recharge
    Matrixify
    Judge.me
    Shopify
    Business Central
    Odoo
    Patchworks
    SparkLayer
    Klaviyo
    Yotpo
    Recharge
    Matrixify
    Judge.me

What we bring to a store

Six kinds of work, done together. This is the difference between a theme and a store that can trade.

  • Experience

    We have done this for wholesale, sport, heritage and collector catalogues. The problems repeat, and we have already fixed them on a live store.

  • Shopify

    We know where Shopify and Shopify Plus carry the business, and where they need custom work. That includes companies, checkout rules and apps.

  • Structure

    Lines, variants, collections and pre-orders are decided before the theme. Star Action Figures is that kind of catalogue.

  • Design

    The store should look considered, and your team should be able to change it without a developer for every banner.

  • Customer experience

    The phone journey, the account, the reorder and the decision to buy. Forty Clothing moved conversion from 0.8% to 4.6%.

  • Integrations

    Business Central, Odoo and the feeds that keep stock and price honest. If those systems disagree, the store starts to lie.

Shopify support

The launch is the start, not the handoff.

A lot of stores go quiet once they are live. Support keeps someone on the store. Growth is for teams that want unlimited requests and conversion work in the same backlog.

Growth subscription

Unlimited requests. One flat fee. Most tasks in one to three days.

A senior Shopify team that builds what you ask for and finds what to fix next. Development, conversion work, support and a monthly review against your baseline.

From £3,000a month

No contract. Pause or cancel with 30 days notice.

  • One or two active tasks at a time
  • Monthly conversion recommendations
  • Priority response when something breaks
  • Growth and Growth Plus plans

Lighter packages

Need monitoring and a steadier monthly cadence first? Start here and move up when the store needs more.

  • MaintainStable stores that need someone watching, not a growth programme.£400 a month
  • OptimiseGrowing stores that want two improvements shipped every month.£1,000 a month
  • AccelerateScaling stores that want four improvements a month and a closer rhythm.£2,000 a month
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What clients say

  • From the outset, parallel took the time to understand our business, how we operate and what we actually needed from the new site.

    Star Action Figures

    Wayne Collins

    Founder and Director

  • parallel played a crucial role in our transition from Magento to Shopify Plus. We have kept working together on retention and sales.

    Fáilte Foods

    Grant Rennie

    Director

  • It was great to deal with someone from start to finish. He has never backed down from a challenge and always found a solution.

    Surrey Cricket Club

    Samuel

    Commerce director

  • We were incredibly impressed with the seamless redesign and migration of our website.

    ROX

    Kyron Keogh

    Owner

From the work

All insights

Questions before the call

If yours is not here, send it. The first conversation is for the messy version of the problem.

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How long does a Shopify build take?

A focused store is often eight to fourteen weeks. A wholesale migration with an ERP takes longer. After the first call we will tell you which one you are in.

Do you only work on Shopify Plus?

We build on Shopify and Shopify Plus. Plus is the right call when you need company accounts, heavier checkout rules or a larger operation.

Who will we actually work with?

You work with Matthew Collins and the people building the store. The project is not passed to an account manager who was not in the room.

Can you look after the store after launch?

Yes. Support starts at £400 a month and runs month to month. Packages and the Growth subscription are on the support page.

Tell us where you are stuck.

Send the store URL. We will tell you what we would fix first, and whether a build, a migration or support is the right start.

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