The Shaw Consultancy logo Founder-led e-commerce consultancy

See where your business is losing growth — and fix the right things first.

The Shaw Consultancy helps small and growing product brands get clearer on what matters most — covering how customers find you, what makes them buy, and whether they come back.

Founder-led One person, one point of contact, from the first conversation to the final recommendation.
Human-first AI supports speed and structure, but judgement, tone, and prioritisation stay human.
Best fit Product brands at founder stage or early growth that want clearer priorities before committing to more tooling or channels.
Founder-led support Work directly with Alexandra.
Tailored, not templated Advice shaped to your business and stage.
Human judgement stays central Technology strengthens the work without flattening it.
Clear priorities Useful next steps, not more noise.
The 3Cs, plainly put

A simple way to see where growth is being lost.

The 3Cs framework is the consultancy’s shorthand for the three places growth usually breaks down. It is not jargon for its own sake. It is a practical way to work out whether the business needs better demand quality, better conversion, or a stronger repeat-purchase engine first.

Connect

Are the right people finding and trusting you?

This covers visibility, proposition clarity, search, content, paid demand, and the early trust signals that determine whether attention becomes qualified interest.

Convert

Does the site turn demand into action?

This is where friction, unclear offers, weak landing pages, checkout leakage, and muddled prioritisation start costing real revenue.

Continuously Engage

Do customers come back, buy again, and hear the right message?

This covers lifecycle, retention, segmentation, post-purchase thinking, and whether the customer relationship strengthens after the first order.

Client perspective

What clients notice first when the work is useful.

The feedback tends to land in the same places: clearer priorities, calmer decision-making, and a stronger sense that the work fits the business rather than a template.

“Alexandra brought clarity very quickly. We stopped treating every channel task as equally urgent and focused on the few fixes that were genuinely holding revenue back.”
Founder DTC beauty brand
“The work felt commercially grounded from day one. It was not a generic audit. It was a sensible plan we could act on immediately, with a clear reason for the order of work.”
Head of E-commerce Independent apparel brand
“What stood out was the judgement. AI supported the analysis, but the recommendations still felt considered, brand-aware, and realistic for the stage we were at.”
Managing Director Growing product business

Where the work usually helps first

The first job is usually not adding more activity. It is getting clearer on what matters, what is underperforming, and what deserves attention now.

Clearer strategic direction

When growth feels busy but not well joined up, the work starts by clarifying priorities, sequencing, and trade-offs.

Stronger customer journey

When site, CRM, content, and conversion work do not feel like one joined experience, the customer journey needs a more thoughtful view.

More thoughtful AI use

When the team feels pressure to move faster with AI, the work helps define where it is genuinely useful and where human review should stay central.

How the work usually starts

The offers are designed to create clarity first, then move into practical support once the right next step is clear.

01

Local Business Pilot

An approachable starting point for brands that want an experienced outside view before committing to anything larger.

02

3Cs Growth Review

A structured look at customer, company, and competition to sharpen direction and prioritisation.

03

AI Readiness Review

A calmer way to decide where AI should help, what should stay human-led, and what guardrails the brand needs.

04

Monthly Advisory

Ongoing founder-led strategic input for businesses that want continuity, sharper decisions, and a trusted outside view.

Human judgement, strengthened by AI

A more thoughtful way to get outside perspective.

Shaw Consultancy is built around the idea that better digital performance starts with better thinking. AI can speed up synthesis and analysis, but the work still needs context, taste, commercial judgement, and brand awareness.

  1. Listen properly Start with the business, the pressures, and the question that needs answering.
  2. Diagnose clearly Use structured review and smart analysis to identify what matters most.
  3. Recommend realistically Translate findings into priorities that fit the business rather than a generic wish list.
  4. Stay close to action Keep the next step clear, proportionate, and useful from the first conversation onward.
Founder relationship

The person and the method should be easy to understand.

The strongest top-level story is not channels or software. It is Alexandra’s perspective, how the consultancy works, and the kind of support clients can expect from the first conversation onwards.

Next step

Better digital decisions start with a clearer view.

If something feels unclear, stuck, or underpowered, that is enough to start. The first step is a low-pressure conversation about the business, what matters now, and what kind of support is proportionate.

You do not need a polished brief. A few honest details are enough to make the next step more useful.

Start with the contact page

Use the full contact and booking page to share context, choose the right starting point, or book an introductory call.

Messages are reviewed personally, and if there is a good fit, the next step will be kept clear and proportionate.