Ecommerce marketing platformCASE STUDY
How an ecommerce marketing platform tripled its top-3 rankings in France
This ecommerce marketing platform leads its category in North America. In Europe, its translated pages sat on page three of Google in France. The client asked us to keep its name private.
By Maeva Cifuentes, Founder and CEO · Published October 2026 · 4-minute read3.2xtop-3 keyword rankings in FranceWithin six months
+60%organic conversions in FranceYear one
+108%German blog trafficFirst three months after launch
Ecommerce marketing platform · 3.2x top-3 rankings in France · +60% organic conversionsGet a proposal
CLIENTEcommerce marketing platform, name withheld
MARKETFrance, then Germany, Italy and Spain
SERVICESInternational SEO, content creation
TIMELINENine months in France, then three more markets
THE CHALLENGE
Translated pages sat on page three in France.
01
Entrenched local competitors
European rivals had years of local-language content, local brand recognition and far larger publishing teams.02
Translated pages stuck on page three
Translated versions of English pages ranked in the mid-20s in France for the terms buyers search before choosing a platform.03
A lean budget and tight rules
The budget covered about two new articles per market each month. Company policy ruled out link building, and legal blocked comparison articles that named competitors.WHAT WE DID
What we changed to move France from page three to page one.
Each move links to the service behind it, so you can see what a program like this includes.
01
Wrote each market from scratch
Native writers built every article around local search habits, retail calendars, regulations and customer examples.CONTENT CREATION →02
Focused the budget on a few topic clusters
We picked the clusters closest to the product and finished each one before starting the next.SEO STRATEGY →03
Re-optimized existing pages
We refreshed existing pages alongside new ones. One French planning article grew its clicks 3.8x.CONTENT CREATION →04
Proved the model, then scaled it
After nine months in France, we launched the German blog from zero, then Italy and Spain.INTERNATIONAL SEO →05
Reported against local rivals
Quarterly reports covered rankings, estimated traffic and AI answer presence against the main local rivals in each market.ANALYTICS AND REPORTING →RESULTS
France moved from page three to page one, and conversions followed.
AGAINST THE LARGEST LOCAL RIVAL15xmore page updates from the rival.Its estimated traffic fell 41% in France and Germany, while the client grew 41% in the UK and 36% in Germany.
+506%organic impressions in France in year one
6.8xranked keywords in France in year one
+98%blog clicks in Spain in the latest quarter, with +61% in Germany and +40% in Italy
1stin AI answer presence among tracked competitors in all five markets
INTERNATIONAL SEO
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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
1. A 30-minute call about your markets and goals.
2. We show you the gap and what we would do about it.
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