What Lift Studio does

Lift Studio is a private, boutique digital agency and consultancy founded in 2017/2018 and headquartered in Panama City, with a secondary operational hub in Madrid, Spain. The firm specializes in Shopify-based e-commerce development, process automation, and ongoing digital asset management, and is a certified Shopify Partner (Select status). It targets small and medium businesses across Latin America, with documented engagements spanning floral design, retail/grocery, cosmetics, food, fashion, technology, home goods, and wellness verticals. Service offerings include Shopify store development and migration, automated workflows built on Shopify Flow (with integrations into tools such as Trello, Slack, Asana, and Cowlendar), continuous digital ecosystem operation, and strategic advisory ('Asesorías').

The company generates revenue through fixed-scope project engagements (priced from under $5K to over $40K with milestone billing) and recurring monthly retainer plans that cover ongoing optimization, prioritized backlog execution, and metric reporting. Leadership consists of Daniel Agüero (CEO, Panama) and Sarah Agüero (COO, Madrid), with a small delivery team. Distribution is sales-led and direct, leveraging website quote forms, WhatsApp, email, SEO, and content marketing; no paid advertising or intermediary channels are used. The firm markets an AI-assisted service layer for email automation and predictive analytics but discloses no proprietary AI models, AI/ML hires, or patents, and AI is positioned as a productivity multiplier rather than a core product.

Name

Lift Studio

Legal name

Lift Studio

Website

https://somoslift.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lift Studio is a Panama- and Madrid-based Shopify Partner agency and consultancy that builds, automates, and manages e-commerce ecosystems for SMB clients across Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad De Panamá

HQ country

Panama

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Project-based Development: Fixed-scope projects with defined deliverables, timelines, and quality assurance. Quoted by scope with payment milestones and clear exclusions.
2. Monthly Retainer Plans: Recurring monthly plans providing continuous capacity, prioritized backlog, and metric reporting. Many clients transition from projects to retainers for ongoing optimization.
3. Consulting and Advisory Services: Strategy, diagnosis, prioritization, and measurement support for digital transformation decisions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lift Studio is a digital agency and consultancy that builds, optimizes, and advises on Shopify e-commerce stores for Latin American businesses. Its four service lines are: Shopify store development (creation, migration, and optimization), process automation (workflows connecting sales, marketing, operations, and support tools), digital asset management (ongoing operation of sites, integrations, tracking, performance, and security), and strategic consulting/advisory on digital transformation decisions.

Product overview

Lift Studio is a digital agency and consulting firm that operates as a unified service offering around Shopify e-commerce development and optimization. The portfolio consists of four core services: (1) Desarrollo de tiendas Shopify for building, migrating, and optimizing Shopify stores, (2) Automatización de procesos for connecting sales, marketing, operations, and support tools into automated workflows, (3) Gestión de activos digitales for ongoing digital ecosystem operation including maintenance and performance optimization, and (4) Asesorías for strategic consulting on technology decisions. The agency showcases client projects including Lumina Skincare (cosmetics), Verde Mercado (food/e-commerce), Aria Studio (fashion with local payments), Nodo Tech (technology with bundles/upsells), Casa Nórdica (home goods with extensive catalog), and Raíz (wellness with subscriptions). Lift Studio also produces educational blog content on Shopify capabilities, e-commerce strategies, and AI-powered business optimization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Desarrollo de tiendas Shopify (Shopify Store Development)

Quantifiable outcome

• +129% sales growth for ANISKA client (Jun 2025–May 2026 vs Jun 2024–May 2025)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ShopifycoreTechnology or IntegrationCertified Shopify Partner with select status. All core services (development, automation, optimization, digital asset management) are built on the Shopify platform. The partnership provides access to Shopify's ecosystem, integrations, and official support channels.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SmartBug Media: Full-service digital marketing agency with strong HubSpot and Shopify alignment, providing inbound marketing, automation, and revenue operations. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the SMB/mid-market digital growth services space, overlapping on automation and Shopify retainer work.
• Dept Agency: Large global digital agency with full-service commerce, marketing, and engineering capabilities including dedicated Shopify practice. Comparable as a much larger incumbent offering overlapping Shopify and e-commerce services, but to enterprise clients at a different scale.
• Huge (Huge Inc.): Global digital experience agency delivering commerce, design, and engineering for major brands. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the digital commerce services market that Lift Studio operates in, but at enterprise scale and price points.

Others

• Pixel Union: Shopify theme and app developer building storefront templates and extensions for the Shopify ecosystem. Comparable as a Shopify ecosystem partner and adjacent enabler of the same merchant base that Lift Studio builds custom stores and automations for.

Direct peers

• Corra: Shopify Plus Platinum partner providing commerce strategy, design, development, and ongoing optimization for enterprise and DTC brands. Directly comparable in Shopify-centric execution plus strategic advisory, akin to Lift Studio's 'build + advise' positioning.
• York & Curtis: Boutique Shopify Plus agency providing strategy, design, and development for growing DTC brands. Directly comparable as a smaller, specialist Shopify agency competing on expertise and boutique service rather than scale.
• Eastside Co: UK-based Shopify Plus agency focused on end-to-end Shopify design, build, and CRO for retail and DTC brands. Directly comparable to Lift Studio as a boutique Shopify-specialist agency executing theme work, integrations, and ongoing optimization for SMB/mid-market merchants.
• OuterBox: Digital marketing and e-commerce agency specializing in Shopify and Shopify Plus design, development, and SEO services. Directly comparable boutique-to-mid-market Shopify agency with retainer-style engagements and similar SMB/DTC client mix.
• SwiftOtter: Established Shopify Plus agency offering design, development, and performance optimization for Shopify merchants. Directly comparable in core Shopify-only delivery model, retainer-style engagements, and SMB/mid-market customer profile.

Emerging players

• Storetasker: Marketplace/network connecting merchants to vetted Shopify experts for projects and retainers. Adjacent to Lift Studio's services offering but distributes via a talent-marketplace model rather than a direct boutique delivery model; competes for the same LATAM Shopify demand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/somoslift

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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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