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Case study: Ecommerce, household appliances

Ecommerce Turnaround with Strategic SEO

A once successful online store came to us with falling sales, weak search performance and no clear plan. We found three core problems: thin content, weak category pages and too few backlinks. Fixing them more than doubled daily clicks and grew monthly revenue from $300k to $540k.

Monthly revenue, up from $300k
$540k
Growth in monthly revenue
+80%
Daily clicks from organic search
2x+

Background

Where the client started

The client is a well known ecommerce seller of high quality household appliances. We keep their name private so their competition doesn't catch on.

Despite a long record of success, their sales and visibility were shrinking, which put their market position at risk. They hired us to rebuild their SEO approach from the ground up.

The challenges

  • Declining sales: monthly revenue had fallen to $300k, well below its peak.
  • Poor SEO performance: thin product pages, weak category pages and many underperforming URLs.
  • Lack of backlinks: very few quality sites linked to the store.
  • Technical inefficiencies: the in-house developer had no SEO training.

The objectives

  1. Find and fix the root causes of the sales decline.
  2. Rebuild category and product content around real buyer searches.
  3. Earn authority with quality backlinks and set the team up to keep the gains.

The strategy

What we did

  1. Comprehensive content strategy

    • A content audit to find gaps
    • Keyword research with advanced tools
    • New content for product pages, blog posts and category descriptions
  2. Technical SEO overhaul

    • Restructured site architecture for easier navigation by shoppers and crawlers
    • Faster load times through image compression, browser caching and lighter JavaScript
    • Responsive, mobile optimized pages in line with mobile first indexing
  3. Backlink acquisition campaign

    • Outreach to authoritative industry sites for guest posts and links
    • Infographics and whitepapers that earn links naturally
  4. Continuous performance analysis

    • Regular reporting on traffic, conversion rates and keyword rankings
    • Ongoing iteration based on analytics and algorithm changes
  5. Training and support

    • Ongoing SEO education for the client's developer so the team could maintain the gains

The results

What changed

  • Daily clicks more than doubled

    Better category pages and fresh content pulled in far more qualified shoppers from organic search.

  • Revenue grew from $300k to $540k a month

    More visibility on buying keywords turned directly into sales.

  • A foundation for continued growth

    With the root causes fixed, the store regained its market position and its team knows how to protect it.

By fixing the root causes instead of the symptoms, we restored this store's market position and gave it a base for continued growth.

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