Shopify SEO Case Study
From outside the top 100 to #5 for a 12,000-search product term in about five weeks. 660 keywords on page one, 222 in the top 3.
This Shopify SEO case study covers PrimePutt, a direct-to-consumer putting mat brand. Measured in Ahrefs Site Explorer, the store moved from outside the top 100 to #5 for “putting green” in about five weeks, climbed from #13 to #2 for “indoor putting green” in 30 days, and now holds 660 page-one keywords with 222 in the top 3. Revenue is not quoted because no revenue report is on file.
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Figures describe one engagement within the window and tool named beside each one. Rankings move with competitors, algorithm updates and crawl timing, so results from one site do not predict results for another, and no ranking outcome can be projected with certainty.
Shopify stores win or lose on collection and product pages, and a single head term can decide a category. This engagement was measured in Ahrefs Site Explorer, with the position history captured as it moved.
The client
PrimePutt makes home putting mats for golfers who want to practice their stroke without heading to the course. The mats come in Standard and XL sizes and use USA-made nylon turf with a Stimpmeter rating of 9 to 11 feet. The company sells direct to golfers in the continental United States and offers free shipping, free returns and a 7-day free trial.
The starting point
The category head term, “putting green”, sat outside Google’s top 100 when tracking began, and “indoor putting green” was at #13. The store was competing against retailers and marketplaces with far larger catalogs.
The results
Search volumes are Ahrefs figures; other tools show different numbers for the same terms, so the tool is named with each one.
What the work covered
What this means for Shopify SEO
A Shopify store does not need a large catalog to take a head term; it needs the right collection page, clean crawl paths and content that links into it. The scope is on the ecommerce SEO page; the online printing case shows the same approach at enterprise scale.
Figures describe one engagement within the window and tool named beside each one. Rankings move with competitors, algorithm updates and crawl timing, so results from one site do not predict results for another, and no ranking outcome can be projected with certainty.