What SideShow Media does

SideShow Media is a privately held Dutch creative agency headquartered at Wilhelminaplein 1, Rotterdam, that has been operating since 2008 (KVK registration 24331830). The company sells professional services — web design, e-commerce development, digital strategy, SEO optimization, WordPress-based development, digital marketing, and analytics — to business clients in the Netherlands, primarily small and medium-sized businesses operating in the Dutch-speaking market. Its marketing is conducted through a Dutch-language website (sideshowmedia.nl) supported by social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, with lead generation driven by direct website consultation and inbound contact (085-06 03 454). The testimonials displayed on the website use identical placeholder text attributed to named individuals at third-party brands, suggesting the public-facing customer proof points are not substantive.

The company's core technology is built on WordPress, which it markets as the world's most widely used website platform and selects for ease of client-side management. The service portfolio is structured around three primary deliverables — Strategie (strategy), Webdesign (web design), and E-commerce — supported by four enabling modules: SEO Optimalisatie, WordPress development, Digital Marketing (delivered through a partnership with Adbrains, providing Google Ads management with machine learning capabilities), and Uitgebreide Analytics (Google Analytics 4 integration). Digital marketing is therefore a resold capability rather than an in-house build, and analytics relies on the GA4 platform.

SideShow Media operates a sales-led, project-based business model with fixed upfront pricing (described in Dutch as 'Vaste prijs') and no published rate card. Revenue streams are one-time project fees for design/e-commerce builds and professional services fees for digital marketing. The company is independently owned, with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, headcount, or financial figures. Geographic scope is domestic Netherlands, with no stated global footprint or expansion plans beyond Western Europe.

Name

SideShow Media

Legal name

SideShow Media

Website

https://sideshowmedia.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SideShow Media is a Rotterdam-based Dutch creative agency that provides custom web design, e-commerce, SEO, WordPress development, digital marketing, and analytics services to SMBs in the Netherlands on a fixed-price, project basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oud-beijerland

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Web Design Services: Custom web design solutions tailored to client target audiences and market positioning. Project-based pricing with fixed rates.
2. E-commerce Solutions: Custom e-commerce website development including seamless checkout processes and optimized product displays.
3. Digital Marketing Services: Digital marketing services provided through partnership with Adbrains, including machine learning capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SideShow Media is a creative agency that designs and builds custom websites, e-commerce stores, and digital marketing programs for businesses. Deliverables include a strategic growth roadmap, audience-aligned web designs, conversion-optimized online shops with seamless checkout, SEO-optimized builds on WordPress, and analytics-driven performance reporting, with paid media executed through its Adbrains partner.

Product overview

SideShow Media is a creative agency based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, operating as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The company's core portfolio consists of three primary services — Strategie (strategy), Webdesign (web design), and E-commerce — supported by four additional service modules: SEO Optimalisatie, Development (WordPress-based), Digital Marketing (via Adbrains), and Uitgebreide Analytics (GA4). Strategy serves as the foundational consulting layer that defines the growth approach, while Webdesign and E-commerce represent the primary execution deliverables, with SEO, WordPress development, digital marketing, and analytics functioning as complementary enabling services that reinforce the core design and e-commerce products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Adbrains: Digital marketing partner offering intelligent and machine learning solutions for digital marketing campaigns.

Products and services

• Strategie (Strategy) Strategic consulting that develops a 'keystone' growth strategy tailored to the client's target audience and market, helping businesses define online goals and growth trajectory. Intended for Dutch business clients seeking a digital roadmap before design or e-commerce execution.
• Webdesign (Web Design) Custom web design service creating unique, audience-aligned designs intended to help businesses attract customers and achieve online goals through visually striking and intuitive websites. Targeted at SMB and mid-market businesses establishing or refreshing their online presence.
• E-commerce E-commerce solution covering seamless checkout flows, optimized product displays, and tailored sales funnels intended to build online stores that convert visitors into customers. Built for businesses launching or upgrading a webshop.
• SEO Optimalisatie (SEO Optimization) SEO optimization service designed to ensure websites are optimized both in design and technically so they are optimally indexed by search engines. Delivered to businesses alongside web design and e-commerce projects.
• Development (WordPress) Website development service building all sites on WordPress, which the company describes as the world's most widely used website platform, chosen for its ease of management. Delivered to business clients requiring maintainable website builds.
• Digital Marketing Digital marketing service offered in partnership with Adbrains, providing intelligent and machine-learning-based capabilities (including Google Ads management) intended to drive advertising performance for business clients.
• Uitgebreide Analytics (Analytics) Analytics service using Google Analytics 4 (GA4) intended to provide in-depth insight into visitor statistics and business performance metrics for clients of the agency's web and e-commerce builds.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AdbrainscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSideShow Media partners with Adbrains to offer intelligent digital marketing services including machine learning capabilities. Adbrains provides Google Ads management services. The partnership enables SideShow Media to offer comprehensive digital marketing solutions to their web design and e-commerce clients.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Dept Agency: Large, Amsterdam-based global digital creative agency offering end-to-end services spanning strategy, design, engineering, and marketing. Comparable as a Dutch-headquartered agency operating across the same digital creation and marketing stack as SideShow Media, but at far greater scale and breadth.
• TamTam: Established Dutch digital agency delivering strategy, design, content, and digital marketing for ambitious brands. Operates in the same Dutch SMB-to-mid-market segment and overlaps heavily on web design, e-commerce, and online marketing services.

Direct peers

• WE ARE YOU: Rotterdam-based creative agency providing branding, web design, and digital marketing to Dutch clients. Directly comparable in scale, geography, and service mix to SideShow Media, including strategy, design, and online growth offerings.
• TRIMM: Dutch digital agency focused on online marketing, web design, and e-commerce solutions for SMB clients. Comparable offering mix to SideShow Media, particularly around marketing-led web projects for Dutch SMEs.
• WebFX: US-based full-service digital agency offering web design, SEO, and digital marketing for SMBs. Closely mirrors SideShow Media's strategy-plus-execution-plus-marketing bundle, though at much larger scale and with a US SMB focus.
• Thrive Internet Marketing Agency: Full-service digital marketing agency providing web design, SEO, and paid media to SMB clients. Comparable business model to SideShow Media's bundled approach of combining web design execution with digital marketing services.
• 10up: WordPress-specialist digital agency delivering design, engineering, and digital marketing on the same platform SideShow Media builds on. Highly comparable on technology stack and full-service agency model, though at enterprise scale.
• Blue Fountain Media: Digital agency offering web design, branding, and digital marketing to mid-market and SMB clients. Comparable service mix and SMB-targeting motion to SideShow Media's bundled strategy/design/marketing positioning.
• Lounge Lizard: Digital agency specializing in web design and digital marketing for SMB and mid-market clients. Comparable on the strategy-plus-design-plus-marketing bundle and the fixed-scope project delivery model SideShow Media employs.

Others

• Adbrains: Dutch digital marketing and Google Ads specialist that is SideShow Media's named strategic partner for paid media. Adjacent rather than directly competitive, but a critical ecosystem counterpart whose positioning and capabilities overlap with SideShow's marketing offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sideshowmedianl
• Facebookfacebook.com/sideshowmedia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sideshow-media-bv

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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