Ecommerce SEO Agency in Austin
Austin brands launch fast on paid. Then the CAC math catches up.
Austin produces a steady stream of DTC food, beverage, supplement and lifestyle brands, most of them funded on paid acquisition. 7SEA runs ecommerce SEO for Austin Shopify stores: technical fixes, collection and product page work, and content that lowers blended acquisition cost.
In short
What is ecommerce SEO in Austin?
Ecommerce SEO in Austin is usually a second-stage decision. Brands here launch on paid to learn what sells, then look for a channel that does not get more expensive every quarter. Organic takes three to six months to show up and then keeps producing, which is what makes the unit economics work later.
Businesses worked with
400+
Running SEO programs
6 years
Google Partner and Shopify Partner
Partner
You own every account
No lock-in
Where the work goes
Where the work goes for an Austin store
Technical first, then collections, then content. Spending on content before a store can be crawled properly is the most common way ecommerce SEO budget disappears.
| Work | What it fixes | When it moves |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | Crawl, index, duplicate collections, speed | 4 to 8 weeks |
| Collections | Ingredient, format and use-case pages built around how buyers search | 3 to 6 months |
| Products | Titles, copy, schema and internal links on the pages that sell | 3 to 6 months |
| Content | Buying guides, comparisons and category explainers | 4 to 8 months |
| Links | Digital PR aimed at collection and product pages | Ongoing |
Case studies
Businesses we have done this for.
Three SEO programs, with the numbers in each case study rather than on this page.
Brazil
Riviera Master
Real estate agency on the Riviera de Sao Lourenco, Brazil. The numbers are in the case study.
View case study
Bangladesh
Color Experts
Photo editing company in Bangladesh serving clients worldwide. The numbers are in the case study.
View case study
Australia
Sunshine Ayurveda
Ayurveda wellness centre in Australia. The numbers are in the case study.
View case studyOn the ground
Why Austin brands come to SEO in year two
Where Austin ecommerce brands cluster
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East Austin
independent and craft DTC brands
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South Congress
retail and lifestyle brands with small catalogs
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Downtown
funded startups and corporate ecommerce teams
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The Domain
larger retail and corporate catalogs
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Round Rock
fulfilment and distribution-side operations
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Cedar Park
supplement and consumer goods manufacturers
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Dripping Springs
food, beverage and maker brands
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Georgetown
regional retailers building a direct channel
What is included
What the ecommerce SEO retainer covers, every month.
One scope, no add-on invoices later. Technical work is included rather than quoted separately once the audit finds something.
- Technical audit and the fixes, not just the list
- Crawl, index and speed issues resolved
- Collection pages built around how buyers search
- Product page titles, copy and schema
- Keyword map with cannibalisation cleaned up
- Internal linking across the catalog
- Buying guides and comparison content
- Product, FAQ and Breadcrumb schema
- AI search visibility and answer formatting
- Digital PR and link acquisition to money pages
- Google Search Console and analytics setup
- Monthly report on non-brand organic revenue
And what we will not do
- Buy links from networks or guest post farms
- Publish AI content at volume to hit a quota
- Report keyword rankings while revenue is flat
- Count brand searches as SEO results
- Promise a position or a timeline nobody controls
- Sell a rebuild when a targeted fix will do
Process
How the first six months actually run.
Technical first, because content on a store Google cannot crawl properly is wasted money.
01
Audit
Technical crawl, index coverage, current rankings and the commercial terms you are missing. Yours whether or not you continue.
Week 1
02
Keyword and page map
Every commercial term assigned to one page, with existing cannibalisation cleaned up first.
Weeks 2 to 3
03
Technical fixes
Crawl, index and speed issues resolved in order of impact. Theme-level changes come with an exact spec.
Months 1 to 2
04
Collections and products
Structure, copy and schema on the pages that sell, starting with the collections closest to ranking already.
Months 2 to 4
05
Content
Buying guides and comparisons that rank in their own right and link into the catalog.
Ongoing
06
Links and review
Acquisition aimed at money pages, reported monthly on non-brand organic revenue.
Monthly
Questions
Ecommerce SEO questions.
If yours is not here, send it. We answer these on the first call anyway.
How much does ecommerce SEO cost in Austin?
Austin retainers for ecommerce SEO typically run $1,500 to $5,000 a month. Ours is scoped after the audit, based on catalog size and technical debt. You approve the number before anything starts, on a rolling 30-day contract.
How long does ecommerce SEO take to work?
Technical fixes can move impressions within four to eight weeks. Collection and product page rankings take three to six months, and competitive category terms take longer. Any agency promising page one in ninety days is describing a brand term.
What is the difference between ecommerce SEO and regular SEO?
Regular SEO optimises a handful of pages. Ecommerce SEO handles hundreds or thousands, where the problems are duplicate collections, faceted navigation, thin product copy and internal linking at scale. The tactics overlap, the execution does not.
Who writes the content, the agency or the brand?
We do. Collection copy, product descriptions, buying guides and comparisons are written and published by us, with your approval before anything goes live. Nothing stalls waiting on your team to send text.
Will you fix our technical issues or just tell us about them?
We fix them. The audit exists to decide what to do, not to hand you a PDF. Where a change needs your developer or a theme edit, we write the exact spec and review it after.
How do you measure ecommerce SEO results?
Non-brand organic revenue first, then assisted conversions, then rankings by page. Brand traffic is excluded from reporting, because counting it makes every SEO program look like it is working.
What is your ecommerce SEO process in Austin?
Technical audit first, then a keyword and page map with cannibalisation cleaned up, then collection and product work, then content and links. The plan is shared for approval before any page is touched.
How much traffic does a store need before SEO is worth it?
Less than most founders think. What matters more is catalog depth and margin. An early Austin brand with twenty products and a clear category can rank faster than a larger store competing in a crowded one.
Which is better for an ecommerce store, SEO or paid ads?
Early-stage Austin brands usually need paid to learn what sells and SEO to stop paying for every order later. Running SEO alone at launch is slow; running paid alone at scale gets expensive. The sequencing matters more than the choice.
Do you work with WooCommerce or only Shopify?
Mostly Shopify, and we are a Shopify Partner, but the technical work on WooCommerce is similar enough that we take those too. The platform changes which problems appear, not the order they get fixed in.
Send us the store and the collections you want ranking.
We will come back with what is blocking organic revenue, in writing, before you spend anything. No deck and no sales rep.