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7 Best eCommerce Agencies (2025): The Expert Guide

  • November 13, 2025
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Your eCommerce business is stuck. Amazon sales plateaued six months ago. Your Shopify store converts at 1.2% when the top sellers are over 3%. You’re running ads across Google, Meta, and Amazon but can’t tell which channels actually drive profit. Meanwhile, you’re juggling three different agencies who don’t talk to each other, each optimizing their silo while your overall profitability declines.

eCommerce success in 2025 demands integrated, multi-channel strategies that most agencies can’t deliver. The old model of hiring separate specialists for Amazon, paid social, and your DTC store creates fragmented customer experiences and wasted ad spend.

Between marketplace algorithm changes, rising acquisition costs, and customers shopping across multiple touchpoints before buying, brands need partners who orchestrate growth across the complete eCommerce ecosystem.

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We’ve taken a close look at the top eCommerce agencies based on multi-channel expertise, proven growth results, technology capabilities, and ability to manage the full customer journey from marketplace discovery to DTC retention.

Whether you’re a seven-figure brand hitting growth ceilings or an established business struggling with channel coordination, this guide breaks down the 7 agencies actually delivering integrated eCommerce growth in 2025.

The Complete List: 7 Best eCommerce Agencies

1. Canopy Management

Built for Amazon. Designed for Growth.

Canopy Management delivers end-to-end eCommerce growth, leading the industry in Amazon marketplace strategy while powering expansion through Shopify, Meta, and Google. Canopy’s full-funnel approach, from marketplace optimization to customer acquisition, has generated over $3.3 billion in partner revenue and made them the trusted growth engine for brands worldwide.

What separates Canopy from traditional eCommerce agencies is a marketplace-first approach to integrated growth. While other agencies evolved from web development or digital marketing backgrounds, Canopy has built their expertise on deep Amazon marketplace knowledge, then expanded that intelligence across every channel that matters. 

This gives Canopy a fundamental understanding that most agencies lack: marketplaces like Amazon and Walmart are product search engines where customers start their buying journey, not afterthoughts to your DTC strategy.

Canopy’s partners achieve an 84% average year-over-year profit increase because they optimize the complete customer journey. When someone discovers your product on Amazon, researches your brand on Google, browses your Shopify store, and finally converts through a Meta retargeting ad, Canopy can orchestrate every touchpoint to work together. 

Canopy’s team of former Amazonians and eCommerce professionals manages your entire ecosystem, from marketplace dominance to paid acquisition to retention marketing, ensuring every channel compounds the others’ effectiveness.

Best For: eCommerce brand entrepreneurs and growing businesses ($30K-$1.5M monthly revenue) seeking strategic growth across Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, Meta, and Google with comprehensive protection, optimization, and full-funnel customer acquisition.

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2. Amazon Growth Lab

Specialized eCommerce agency founded in 2012 with 98% client retention rate, delivering 10x revenue growth for clients. AI-powered PPC management with personalized playbooks for each client, achieving page 1 rankings within 4 weeks.

Best For: Startups through enterprise brands seeking full-suite eCommerce services with hands-on strategic support, rapid results, and comprehensive brand storytelling across Amazon and beyond.

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3. Trellis

eCommerce agency focusing on optimizing the entire customer journey from exploration to retention using data and analytics. Works across Shopify, Magento, and BigCommerce with a holistic approach.

Best For: Brands prioritizing data-driven customer journey optimization with comprehensive strategy, marketing, creativity, and development capabilities.

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4. Inflow

Growth-focused Denver-based agency founded in 2007 specializing in traffic acquisition and site optimization for product-based DTC and B2B brands across Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, and BigCommerce.

Best For: Brands with existing traffic that need conversion optimization, technical SEO, and smarter paid search strategies without spreading resources thin.

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5. BellaVix

Amazon and Walmart marketplace agency with over 20 years of combined eCommerce experience, specializing in operational excellence and performance-driven PPC management across Seller Central and Vendor Central.

Best For: Established brands seeking data-driven marketplace growth with emphasis on advertising efficiency, operational optimization, and scalable account management systems.

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6. Stryde

Utah-based eCommerce marketing agency focusing on growing DTC brands, particularly in fashion, baby, home goods, and lifestyle industries with practical, results-oriented approach.

Best For: Emerging DTC brands wanting practical partners with deep understanding of eCommerce business models and consumer engagement strategies.

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7. Nuanced Media

Boutique full-service eCommerce agency founded in 2010, Amazon Verified SPN Partner specializing in multi-channel strategies across both owned and third-party channels with hundreds of millions in sales.

Best For: eCommerce brands selling across Amazon and DTC channels looking to optimize and scale presence on both marketplaces and their own websites.

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How to Choose the Right eCommerce Agency in 2025

The eCommerce agency landscape has fragmented into specialists who excel in one area but can’t orchestrate integrated growth. Here’s what actually matters:

Prioritize True Multi-Channel Orchestration

Most agencies claim “multi-channel expertise” but really just offer fragmented services across different platforms. Your Amazon team doesn’t talk to your Shopify team, who doesn’t coordinate with your paid social team.

This creates disjointed customer experiences and prevents channels from amplifying each other. The right agency orchestrates your complete ecosystem, using marketplace performance data to inform DTC strategies, leveraging brand awareness from paid social to boost marketplace conversion, and creating cohesive customer journeys across every touchpoint.

Demand Marketplace-First Thinking

Here’s what most DTC-focused agencies miss: Amazon, Shopify, Walmart, and other marketplaces are product search engines where customers start their buying journey with high purchase intent. If your agency treats marketplaces as separate from your “core” DTC strategy, they fundamentally misunderstand modern eCommerce. The best agencies start with marketplace dominance, then amplify through paid channels and owned properties, because that’s how customers actually shop in 2025.

Verify Proprietary Technology Capabilities

Every agency has access to Shopify, Google Ads, and Amazon Seller Central. The difference comes from proprietary platforms that aggregate data, automate optimization, and provide insights competitors can’t match. For example, Canopy Management’s C.A.T. platform represents a $2.1M investment. Spreadsheet-based management simply can’t compete with real-time, AI-powered optimization across multiple channels.

Look for Profit Focus, Not Revenue Theater

Revenue growth means nothing if you’re unprofitable. The right agency obsesses over unit economics, customer acquisition cost relative to lifetime value, and total profitability across all channels. Agencies pitching “guaranteed revenue increases” without discussing margin impact aren’t partners, they’re vendors optimizing the wrong metrics.

What Makes Canopy Different

Most eCommerce agencies evolved from web development shops or digital marketing firms. They bolted on marketplace services as clients demanded them, creating fragmented operations where Amazon specialists don’t understand paid social and DTC teams don’t grasp marketplace algorithms.

Canopy Management is built the opposite way.

Canopy started with deep Amazon expertise, understanding marketplace algorithms, product discovery, and conversion optimization at the most granular level. Then they expanded that marketplace intelligence across every customer acquisition channel, creating integrated strategies where marketplace performance, paid social, Google campaigns, and DTC optimization work as a unified growth system.

Canopy’s 99.1% retention rate exists because their partners see compounding results as channels reinforce each other. When Canopy optimizes a brand’s Amazon presence, it improves the overall Google Shopping performance. When Canopy drives Meta traffic to your Shopify store, it builds the brand awareness that boosts marketplace conversion rates. That’s the difference between fragmented services and true orchestration.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a full-service eCommerce agency do?

Full-service eCommerce agencies manage the complete digital commerce ecosystem including marketplace management (Amazon, Walmart), DTC platform optimization (Shopify, Magento), paid advertising across channels (Google, Meta, Amazon PPC), SEO, generative search, content marketing, conversion rate optimization, email marketing, and analytics. 

The best agencies orchestrate these services as integrated strategies rather than fragmented offerings, ensuring marketplace performance informs DTC tactics, paid advertising reinforces organic growth, and customer data flows across all channels. Services should include strategic planning, creative development, technical implementation, ongoing optimization, and performance analytics. True full-service means handling both strategy and execution across your complete eCommerce presence.

How much does an eCommerce agency cost?

eCommerce agency pricing varies significantly by scope and business size. Comprehensive multi-channel management for established brands typically costs $5,000-$20,000+ monthly, structured as percentage of revenue (10-15%), flat retainers, or hybrid models combining base fees with performance incentives. 

Marketplace-only management (Amazon or Walmart) ranges $3,000-$10,000+ monthly depending on catalog size and advertising spend. DTC-focused services (Shopify optimization, paid social, email marketing) typically cost $4,000-$15,000+ monthly. Enterprise brands generating $30K-$1.5M monthly revenue often work on custom pricing tied to business outcomes. The investment should deliver efficiency improvements and growth exceeding the management fees, typically achieving 3:1 or better ROI within 90-120 days.

Should I hire an eCommerce agency or build an in-house team?

The decision depends on business stage, growth velocity, and resource availability. Agencies make sense when you’re generating $50K+ monthly revenue but lack bandwidth to manage multiple channels effectively, need specialized expertise across marketplaces and paid channels that’s expensive to hire in-house, want faster results without the 3-6 month hiring and training timeline, or require flexibility to scale services up and down seasonally. 

In-house teams are an occasional fit for extremely large operations ($5M+ monthly) where management fees would exceed salaries, brands with highly unique processes requiring deep institutional knowledge, or businesses with slower growth timelines allowing gradual team building. Many successful brands use hybrid models, maintaining strategic in-house leadership while outsourcing specialized execution (PPC management, creative production, technical optimization) to expert agencies.

How long does it take to see results from an eCommerce agency?

Timeline varies significantly by channel and starting point. Marketplace optimization (Amazon, Walmart) shows initial improvements within 30-60 days for established accounts through listing optimization, advertising refinement, and account health improvements. DTC optimization including conversion rate improvements and site enhancements delivers measurable results within 45-75 days. 

Paid advertising campaigns show performance data within 2-4 weeks but require 60-90 days for meaningful optimization and scaling. SEO and organic traffic growth requires 90-120 days minimum for ranking improvements. The first 30 days focus on comprehensive audits, strategy development, and baseline measurement. Months 2-3 implement optimizations and test approaches. Sustainable growth and compounding results emerge after 90+ days of integrated execution across channels.

What’s the difference between an eCommerce agency and a digital marketing agency?

eCommerce agencies specialize in driving online sales through product-focused strategies including marketplace optimization (Amazon, Walmart), shopping feed management, product listing optimization, conversion rate optimization for product pages, and understanding of platform-specific algorithms and policies. Digital marketing agencies focus broadly on brand awareness, lead generation, content marketing, and general website traffic without deep product commerce expertise. eCommerce agencies understand unit economics, profit margins, inventory management integration, and sales velocity, while digital agencies prioritize awareness metrics and lead quality. 

The best eCommerce agencies combine marketplace expertise (often missing from digital agencies) with paid acquisition strategies, creating integrated approaches where product discovery, advertising, and conversion work together. Businesses selling physical products online benefit most from specialized eCommerce agencies understanding platform-specific best practices.

Can an eCommerce agency help with both Amazon and Shopify?

The best eCommerce agencies in 2025 not only can but must manage both marketplaces and DTC platforms as integrated strategies. Amazon and Walmart represent product search engines where customers with high purchase intent start their journey, while Shopify (or other DTC platforms) provide brand-building opportunities, higher margins, and customer data ownership. 

Smart agencies use marketplace dominance to drive brand awareness, retarget marketplace browsers to DTC properties for higher-margin conversions, leverage customer data from DTC to improve marketplace targeting, and create cohesive experiences across all touchpoints. Fragmented approaches where separate agencies manage Amazon and Shopify waste budget through poor coordination and prevent channels from amplifying each other. Integrated management typically delivers 25-35% better overall efficiency by optimizing the complete customer journey rather than individual siloed channels.

Ready to Transform Your eCommerce Growth?

The right agency partnership changes how you compete across every channel that matters. While others are optimizing individual platforms in silos, the best agencies are building integrated growth systems where marketplaces, paid channels, and owned properties compound each other’s effectiveness.

At Canopy Management, we don’t manage platforms separately. We orchestrate your complete eCommerce ecosystem, from Amazon and Walmart dominance to Shopify optimization to strategic paid acquisition across Meta and Google. Our marketplace-first, full-funnel approach has helped partners achieve 84% average year-over-year profit increases while maintaining 99.1% retention.

Ready to see what integrated eCommerce growth looks like? Let’s talk about your specific situation.

Canopy Management delivers end-to-end eCommerce growth, leading the industry in Amazon marketplace strategy while powering expansion through Shopify, Meta, and Google. Our full-funnel approach — from marketplace optimization to customer acquisition — has generated over $3.3 billion in partner revenue and made us the trusted growth engine for brands worldwide.

Thinking About Hiring an Amazon Management Agency?

Canopy’s Partners Achieve an Average 84% Profit Increase!

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