E-commerce Marketing · Shopify & DTC brands

E-commerce marketing that lowers CAC and grows lifetime value.

Founded in 2017, Startup Slang is a Shopify-focused, AI-first agency serving brands across Canada, the US & Europe. Every service we offer is built to move one of three numbers: customer acquisition cost, conversion rate or retention.

The three levers

Acquire for less. Convert more. Keep them longer.

GrowthPaid adsUGC videoInfluencersShopify CROStore optimizationEmail & SMSLoyalty

Pillar 1

Lower your customer acquisition cost

Every new customer costs money to win. These services bring that cost down.

Pillar 2

Convert more of the traffic you already pay for

More buyers from the same traffic means every marketing dollar goes further.

Pillar 3

Keep customers buying (retention)

Repeat customers raise lifetime value and make acquisition more affordable.

Process

How we work

Our AI-first team starts with your numbers, then puts budget behind the levers that will move them.

01

Diagnose

We review your store data, channels and unit economics to find the weakest of the three levers.

02

Plan

A roadmap across acquisition, conversion and retention, agreed with you.

03

Build & launch

Campaigns, store changes and flows shipped in focused sprints.

04

Measure

Blended reporting from your store, not just platform dashboards.

05

Iterate

Budget and effort move to what works.

06

Scale

Proven channels and programs grow with your brand.

Proof

Selected work

Building or replatforming? Visit our Shopify agency page.

FAQ

What does an e-commerce marketing agency do?

It plans and runs the marketing that grows an online store: paid ads, creative, influencer and creator programs, conversion rate optimization, email and SMS, and loyalty. We organise all of it around three numbers: customer acquisition cost, conversion rate and retention.

How do you lower customer acquisition cost?

By improving creative and targeting in paid media, adding UGC and creator content, and converting more of the traffic you already pay for. A better conversion rate lowers CAC even when ad costs stay the same.

Which matters more: CAC, conversion rate or retention?

They work together. We look at your numbers first and start with the weakest lever, since improving one often makes the others easier.

Do you only work with Shopify?

Shopify and Shopify Plus are our focus, and we also work with BigCommerce and headless builds. Most marketing services, like paid ads and email, work on any platform.

Which regions do you serve?

We have served brands across Canada, the US and Europe since 2017, with offices in Toronto and Montreal.

Next step

Grow profitably. Let’s talk.

Founded in 2017, serving brands across Canada, the US & Europe. Every engagement is scoped to your store, margins and goals; results depend on product, offer, market and spend, and are never guaranteed.