Every list of the “best Shopify agencies in the US” is ordered by someone’s opinion. This one is ordered by the only public grade the platform itself gives: the Shopify Partner tier printed on each agency’s own website, checked on 26 September 2026. Platinum, Premier, Plus, Select — and the agencies that hold a partner badge but print no tier at all. It includes the Select tier, which the other tier-ranked lists leave out, and it includes us, on the same terms as everyone else. What the tiers measure, and what they do not, is explained in Shopify partner tiers explained; how to choose between agencies at the same tier is on our Shopify agency page.
Key takeaways
- Thirty-two US-facing Shopify agencies, grouped into the five tiers Shopify uses: 10 Platinum, 9 Premier, 7 Plus, 1 Select and 5 with a partner badge but no tier printed. Every tier, HQ and founding year below comes from the agency’s own site; nothing is taken from directories or other lists.
- Tiers are recalculated by Shopify every quarter on commercial activity — revenue brought to and kept on Shopify, and new merchants — not on build quality. A Platinum badge means an agency moves a great deal of Shopify revenue. It does not tell you who will write your theme.
- Select-tier agencies almost never print the badge, which is why they are missing from every other ranked list. The Shopify Partner Directory shows the current tier for any agency, including the ones on this page.
- Only one agency in the thirty-two publishes fixed price ranges on its site. The rest quote after a call.
How the tiers work, in one paragraph
Shopify’s partner programme has five tiers: Registered, Select, Plus, Premier and Platinum. An agency moves up by the revenue of the merchants it refers to Shopify, the revenue of the merchants it keeps supporting, and the number of new merchants it brings each year; Shopify’s Q3 2026 tiering guide says credentials are not evaluated this year at all. Tiers reset on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October, so a badge is a snapshot. The practical reading: Platinum and Premier agencies are large and move a lot of revenue; Plus and Select agencies are smaller or newer to the programme. Neither reading says anything about the engineer on your project, which is why the 14 hiring questions matter more than the badge.
Platinum Partners (10)
The top tier. These agencies state “Shopify Platinum Partner” on their own pages. Most are 50-plus people with enterprise and mid-market clients; several are also BigCommerce or Salesforce partners.
| Agency | Where (per its site) | Founded | What its site says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatta | Austin, TX | 2008 | Shopify Platinum Partner; also states Shopify Plus Partner |
| Arctic Grey | Not stated on the pages we read | — | Shopify Platinum Partner |
| Barrel | New York, NY | 2009 | Shopify Platinum Partner |
| Codal | Chicago, IL | — | Shopify Platinum Partner; BigCommerce Elite Partner |
| CQL | Chicago, IL (per its site) | 1995 | Shopify Plus Platinum Partner |
| Eastside Co | London, UK and New York, NY | 2012 | Shopify Platinum Partner |
| Praella | Not stated on the pages we read | — | Shopify Platinum Partner |
| Simplistic | Not stated on the pages we read | 2015 | Shopify Platinum Partner; also states Shopify Plus Partner |
| Solo Media Group | New York, Los Angeles, Miami | — | Shopify Platinum Partner, on its partner pages |
| Third and Grove | Not stated on the pages we read | — | “Shopify Platinum Partner — the top tier” |
Premier Partners (9)
The second tier, and where most of the well-known mid-market Shopify Plus agencies sit. Two of these print both “Plus Partner” and “Premier Partner” on different pages; we list the higher badge and say so.
| Agency | Where (per its site) | Founded | What its site says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netalico | New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami | 2013 | Shopify Plus Premier Partner |
| Shero Commerce | Red Hook, NY | 2010 | Shopify Premier Partner |
| DYODE | Orange County, CA | 2016 | Shopify Premier Partner; Plus Partner also appears |
| Electric Eye | Columbus, OH | 2016 | Shopify Premier Partners |
| Fyresite | Not stated on the pages we read | 2012 | Shopify Premier Partner and Shopify Plus Agency |
| Sweden Unlimited | New York, NY | — | Shopify Premier Agency |
| Ambaum | Not stated on the pages we read | 2016 | “Shopify Premier Partner agency built by merchants” |
| Digital Heroes | New York, NY | — | Shopify Premier Partner; Plus Partner also appears |
| Radiant | Not stated on the pages we read | 2018 | Shopify Premier Partner |
Plus Partners (7)
The third tier. Agencies here are typically 15–50 people with a Shopify Plus practice; several have a second office outside the US.
| Agency | Where (per its site) | Founded | What its site says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conspire | Los Angeles, CA | 2011 | Official Shopify Plus Agency Partner |
| Elogic | New York, NY; London; Amsterdam | 2009 | Shopify Plus Agency Partner |
| We Make Websites | London, UK and New York, NY | 2011 | Shopify Plus Partner |
| Makro | Montreal and Miami, FL | — | Shopify Plus Partner |
| Fuel Made | Not stated on the pages we read | 2011 | Shopify Plus Partner; Klaviyo Master Elite |
| DigitalSuits | Chicago, IL | 2018 | Shopify Plus Partner |
| GemFind | Newport Beach, CA | 1999 | Shopify Plus Partner (jewelry specialist) |
Select Partners (1 verified)
The fourth tier is the one every other ranked list skips, and the reason is mundane: Select-tier agencies rarely print the badge, so a list built from agency websites cannot see them. We are one, so here is the entry written the same way as the rest.
| Agency | Where (per its site) | Founded | What its site says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aqsa Shahzad Official | Sheridan, WY and Lahore | Shopify Partner since March 2022 | Shopify Select Partner; 5.0 from 5 reviews in the Partner Directory; Clutch Premier Verified; fixed price ranges published ($50k–$100k builds, $100k–$200k with integrations) |
To find other Select-tier agencies, open the Shopify Partner Directory, filter by service and location, and read the tier on each profile. The directory is also where you check that any badge on this page is still current, because Shopify may have moved an agency up or down since the last quarter.
Shopify Partners and Experts with no tier printed (5)
These agencies rank for Shopify agency searches and state a partner or Shopify Experts relationship, but no tier appears on the pages we read. That is not a mark against them; it means the directory is the only place to see the grade.
| Agency | Where (per its site) | Founded | What its site says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bigfolio | Los Angeles, CA | — | Shopify Experts; Shopify Partner |
| ConversionEX | Los Angeles, Miami, Austin | 2012 | Shopify Partner |
| Lounge Lizard | New York, NY | 1998 | No tier printed |
| First Pier | Portland, ME | 2009 | No tier printed |
| Sleepless Media | Scotts Valley, CA | — | No tier printed on the pages we read |
How to use this list
- Pick the tier that matches your size, not the highest one. A $3M brand is a small account at a Platinum agency and a primary account at a Plus or Select one; ask each shortlisted agency what their median client does in revenue.
- Ask every agency the same six questions: who is on the call, is the scope and price in writing, can the proof be checked outside their site, what does the badge measure, what happens on day 31, and what are the red flags. They are spelled out on our Shopify agency page and scored in the hiring guide.
- Check the tier in the directory on the day you sign, not the badge on the site. Tiers change on the first day of each quarter.
- Compare prices on scope, not on the quote. Only one agency here publishes ranges; for the others, what Shopify Plus agencies charge gives the market bands to test a proposal against.
- If your brand is in one vertical, the vertical lists — beauty, jewelry, pet — are shorter and name the case studies.
Method and what was left out
Each agency’s homepage and its about or partner pages were read on 26 September 2026 and the tier phrase, city and founding year were taken from that text only. Agencies whose sites could not be read (a bot wall returned 403 for several large ones, including Absolute Web, Americaneagle, Brainvire and Uncap) were left out rather than filled in from third-party lists; so were agencies whose tier phrase appeared only in a directory. UK-headquartered agencies are included only where the site names a US office. Founding years marked “—” were not stated on the pages read. This list will be re-checked after the 1 October tier reset; if an agency’s badge has changed, the row changes with it.
