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Herd are over the moon to be shortlisted for 3 UK Dev awards!
What a fantastic start to 2023 as our talented Herd celebrate the news that we’ve made the finals of this year’s UK Dev awards in not one, not two, but three categories for our outstanding Shopify Plus eCommerce development project with Steamforged Games.
As a leading Yorkshire Shopify Plus agency, we were keen to showcase one of our most recent outstanding Shopify Plus website developments which is now enjoying record results, with great potential for future growth across the globe.
Best website finalists
We are over the moon to hear that we have been shortlisted in three categories for our work with our tabletop gaming experience partner Steamforged Games Ltd:
🖥️ B2C Website of the Year – Igniting passion amongst tabletop gaming fans worldwide!
🛍️ Best Deployment of an eCommerce Platform – Shopify Plus multi-territory platform propels global eCommerce sales.
⚙️Best Site Migration -Transformational Shopify Plus migration exhilarates roleplaying fans across the globe.
Partner feedback
“Herd have been essential to the delivery of the Steamforged Games webstore on Shopify Plus. Acting as an extension to our teams, Herd has gone above and beyond our expectation to understand the brief and implement a bespoke online store that serves our global audience.
We continue to be thrilled with the creative and innovative ways in which Herd supports us on the journey of continued growth with both our B2C and B2B stores, offering solutions to present globally renown IPs to a new tabletop audience.
I would not hesitate to recommend Herd to any business looking to improve their online presence that results in increased ROI.
I look forward to continuing the partnership we have with Herd in the future.”
Steve Hough, Steamforged
Why we entered
Following our careful site migration to Shopify Plus and the launch of a fully responsive custom rebuild with complex integrations and outstanding UX, Steamforged soon started to reap the rewards of their new eCommerce site.
The results? We’ve seen outstanding performance in the first few months following launch with an impressive 126% uplift in conversions and 268% increase in global revenue!
Our Shopify expert developers and performance marketing team have positioned Steamforged at the forefront of the global tabletop gaming sector, safeguarding their future globally.
You can read more about this innovative project in our Steamforged Case Study.
Who are Herd?
Herd are an award-winning Shopify Plus agency. In other words, we grow Shopify giants. We design, build, and optimise beautiful eCommerce websites with unrivalled performance, allowing our partners to scale without limits. Our highly skilled Herd work with a variety of trusted brands across many industry sectors worldwide.
We started our journey in 2013 as a two-man band creating and optimising websites, and as we approach our 10th anniversary we’ve grown into a multi-disciplinary team of nearly 20 experts managing all aspects of digital from SEO, paid media, PR and content, strategy and consultancy, international expansion including translation and localisation, and web development, which together has afforded us the prestigious status of becoming only the second Shopify Plus partner agency in our locality.
“We are super proud of the outstanding and innovative work our talented team of Shopify developers are producing to design and craft bespoke Shopify and Shopify Plus stores, driving unrivalled results for our partners across the globe.
This is why we’re known in Yorkshire and beyond for #GrowingShopifyGiants and have our eyes firmly fixed on the prize of becoming the best Shopify Plus performance agency in the UK.” Managing Director, Tim Powell.
What we are proud of: we are proud of our culture, delivering transparency and value for our clients which leads to long-term partnerships.
Our mission: our mission is to become the leading Shopify agency in the UK for eCommerce and performance marketing.
Our environment: our team are based in our head office in Hessle, East Yorkshire – a collaborative, open plan environment. We have a great view of the Humber Bridge and being just off the A63 makes commuting easy for days when we come into the office.
Our team: our growing team is a great blend of personalities that gives us a unique, engaging and fun environment to be part of.
We like to work hard and play hard. We have a busy social calendar, there’s always something happening with organised team socials and events both on and offsite, driven by our dedicated people and culture team. We love to celebrate individual and team successes together with highlights such as Herd member of the month and Fizz Fridays.
Getting our work/life balance right is important – as such many of us finish at 12:30pm on Fridays, with the occasional trip to the local pub to start the weekend.
Find out more on our website about our team and our amazing work, or follow us on social over at LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook.
We are super excited to attend the award ceremony in February and would like to wish all the finalists the best of luck!
