EBOW DIGITAL LTD

What EBOW DIGITAL LTD does

Ebow Digital (legal entity: More Fresh Thought Ltd.) is a Dublin-headquartered full-service digital marketing and technology agency founded in 1999 by David Douglas. The firm operates across Ireland, the UK, the USA, and additional geographies including Canada, Brazil, Germany, and India, with physical offices/hot-desk space in Dublin, London, and (planned) Manchester. It serves enterprise and mid-market clients across government and public sector (notably a 10+ year relationship with the Irish Health Service Executive), tourism and hospitality (Trinity College Dublin, Emerald Park, MoLI), food and beverage / agribusiness (Kerrygold, Carbery, Synergy, Kepak, Ornua), financial services (Utmost International, J.P. Morgan), and sports (Cricket Ireland, SWING Golf), with a named client base of 50+ organisations.

Ebow's core products span digital strategy, creative campaigns, website design and development, SEO, paid social media management, content marketing, and managed WordPress VIP hosting. The agency's technical stack is built primarily on WordPress CMS with WordPress VIP enterprise hosting (Ebow is Ireland's only WordPress VIP Silver Partner Agency), supplemented by Angular-based Single Page Applications with Server Side Rendering, headless CMS architectures, and custom API integrations. Notable technical deliveries include the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland (250M+ searchable words via knowledge graph and semantic search), the VisitTrinity / Book of Kells Experience platform with integrated ticketing and booking, and the 360Me AI wellness platform brand and app.

Ebow operates a professional services + managed services revenue model. Fees are quoted on a per-project or monthly retainer basis with no public pricing; revenue is generated through project-based digital marketing engagements and ongoing retainer relationships for hosting, content, and campaign management. Distribution is sales-led — primarily direct enterprise field sales, supplemented by inside sales and event-driven demand generation, with relationships built through industry events (Dublin Tech Summit, WordCamp EU, SXSW London) and the Prosper² partner network of 2,000+ member companies. In August 2024, founder David Douglas sold a 51% controlling stake to Prosper² (Isle of Man), with proceeds funding a planned headcount doubling, US/UK/European expansion, and acquisitions under the Ebow Group umbrella.

Name

EBOW DIGITAL LTD

Legal name

More Fresh Thought Ltd.

Website

https://ebowdigital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ebow Digital is a Dublin-headquartered full-service digital marketing and technology agency founded in 1999, serving enterprise and mid-market clients across Ireland, the UK, and the USA with WordPress VIP-based web development, creative campaigns, SEO, and managed hosting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Digital Marketing and Creative Services: Ebow Digital generates revenue through project-based and retainer-based digital marketing services including website design and development, brand strategy, SEO, social media campaigns, content creation, and paid media management. Services are priced as project fees or monthly retainers for ongoing client engagements.
2. Website Hosting and Technology Services: As a WordPress VIP Silver Partner Agency, Ebow provides managed hosting services and technical platform management as part of their web project delivery and ongoing client retainers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ebow Digital is a full-service Irish digital marketing agency that delivers end-to-end digital solutions including website design and development, brand strategy, SEO, social media and paid media campaigns, content creation, and enterprise WordPress VIP hosting. The agency targets enterprise and mid-market organisations across Ireland, the UK and the USA, combining creative strategy with technical implementation on WordPress CMS, headless CMS architectures, and AI-enabled solutions for clients such as HSE, Trinity College Dublin, Emerald Park, and SWING Golf Ireland.

Product overview

Ebow Digital is a full-service digital marketing and technology agency operating as a unified offering with specialized modules. Their core services encompass digital strategy, creative campaigns, web design and development, social media marketing, SEO, and paid media. They leverage WordPress VIP hosting as their preferred enterprise platform and incorporate AI capabilities through client projects like the 360Me wellness platform. Key client projects include the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland (knowledge graph archive), VisitTrinity, Emerald Park, SWING Golf, and HSE public health campaigns. The agency has integrated tools including GatherContent, ClickDimensions, Gravity Forms, Google Analytics, and booking platforms like Ticketsolve and Net Affinity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital Marketing Services Full-service digital marketing agency offering strategy, creative campaigns, web design, development, social media, SEO, paid media, and content marketing for enterprise and mid-market clients across Ireland, UK and USA.
• Website Design and Development Custom website design and development services delivered mobile-first, accessible (WCAG 2.1 AA) and built on WordPress CMS with WordPress VIP hosting for enterprise clients.
• WordPress VIP Managed Hosting Managed WordPress hosting via the WordPress VIP partnership including enterprise security, proprietary CDN, automatic scaling, code scanning, SOC 1/SOC 2 certified origin data centres, and developer tools for high-volume traffic websites.
• SEO and Search Marketing Search engine optimisation and paid search services including technical SEO, content strategy, and authority building for improved organic visibility.
• Paid Social Media Management Paid social advertising management across Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Reddit including campaign planning, execution, optimisation, and reporting.

Quantifiable outcome

• Emerald Park: 9.1M page views, 2m 39s average engagement time, 9.95% conversion rate after website relaunch
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability8 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Song (formerly Rothco): Global creative and digital transformation arm of Accenture with a long-standing Dublin office (formerly Rothco). Competes with Ebow for major Irish enterprise and government pitches at the upper end of scale.
• Deloitte Digital: Global digital consultancy with Irish practice offering strategy, creative, and technology at scale. Competes with Ebow for enterprise digital transformation mandates, particularly in regulated sectors.
• VML: Global digital agency (formed from Wunderman Thompson + VMLY&R) with Irish and UK presence competing for the same enterprise brand, CRM, and digital experience briefs Ebow targets.

Direct peers

• Impression: UK digital marketing agency of similar scale specialising in SEO, paid media, content, and digital PR for enterprise clients. Direct peer across Ebow's UK growth corridor (Manchester, London).
• Croud: UK-headquartered digital marketing agency using a global 'Croudie' network model for SEO, paid media, content, and analytics. Direct peer on enterprise digital marketing services and operating model.
• Human Made: UK-based WordPress VIP partner agency delivering enterprise WordPress builds and platform engineering. Direct peer on the WPVIP agency partnership axis that underpins Ebow's hosting and CMS narrative.
• 10up: Global WordPress VIP partner agency providing enterprise WordPress design, development, and hosting. Direct peer on the WPVIP stack that Ebow uses to differentiate against generalist digital agencies.
• Core: Irish creative and digital agency headquartered in Dublin, competing for the same blue-chip Irish enterprise and government creative briefs that drive Ebow's HSE- and Trinity-style wins.
• Bray Leino: UK integrated digital and creative agency of comparable scale offering strategy, creative, content, and digital campaigns. Comparable on full-service enterprise client model.
• Wolfgang Digital: Dublin-based digital marketing agency of comparable size offering SEO, paid media, content, and web strategy to enterprise and mid-market clients in Ireland, UK, and US. Closest head-to-head competitor for Irish enterprise accounts and talent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ebowdigital
• Instagraminstagram.com/ebowdigital

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 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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