First Pier is a Portland, Maine ecommerce agency that builds and grows Shopify and Shopify Plus stores for DTC and retail brands. Clutch ranks us a top company across national and regional categories in 2026 — for Shopify development, ecommerce development, ecommerce marketing, performance reporting, conversion research, and design. The rating underneath all of it is 4.9 out of 5 from 23 verified client reviews.
Below is every current Clutch badge, pulled straight from Clutch. Each one traces back to the same place: clients who were interviewed directly about work we actually shipped.
Current Clutch badges — Maine, Portland, United States & Global
How this works
Clutch does not take our word for any of this. Reviewers are interviewed directly and each review is verified before it publishes. A Top Company badge means ranking in the top 15 of a category, and badges are specific to both a category and a location — which is why one firm can hold several at once.
First Pier holds Premier Verified status on Clutch. That means Clutch independently confirmed our legal registration in Maine and pulled a Creditsafe credit rating before any of it went live.
The recognition
Badges arrive one category at a time. Read together, they map fairly closely to what we actually do all day.
Top Shopify Company in the United States (2026) · Top Shopify Company (2026) · Top E-Commerce Developers in the United States (2026) — and the same two categories in 2024 and 2023.
Top Ecommerce Marketing Agency in the United States (2026), plus 2024 and 2023 · Top Digital Marketing Company for Ecommerce in Maine · Top Digital Marketing Company in Maine and in Portland (2026).
Top Conversion Rate Auditing Services Company (2026) · Top Conversion Research Services Company (2026) · Top Performance Reporting Services Company in the United States (2026).
Top Design Company in Maine and in Portland (2026) · Top Web Design Company in Maine and in Portland (2026) · Top Web Design Company for Food & Beverage in the United States.
Top E-Commerce Developers for Food & Beverage (2026), nationally and worldwide — the categories where much of our Maine and New England work lands.
2026 Top Company in Maine for SEO, Email Marketing, Web Design, Digital Marketing and Design — and in Portland for Shopify, Web Design, Digital Marketing, Full-Service Digital and Design. Clutch has named us a Top Company in Maine as far back as 2021.
Clutch Global — Fall 2023, Spring 2024 and Fall 2024 · Clutch Champion — Spring 2024 · Clutch 1000 — 2025.
The proof
Awards are a lagging indicator. These are the leading one.
Hyperlite Mountain Gear
A product finder quiz lifted conversion rate 450% for quiz takers over all traffic, with a 200% lift in average order size and a 76% completion rate. Separate conversion work moved the rate another 32%.
Shelter Tools
Catalog optimization lifted conversion 74%, online store sales 56% and orders 97%. Performance marketing added 94% more orders year over year at 5x blended ROAS.
Wyman's
A subscription program raised revenue per user 160%, customer lifetime value 400% and return customer rate 300%.
Versa Gripps
A Weebly-to-Shopify migration produced 55% more orders and 66% more revenue. Growth marketing then held 6x blended ROAS at three times the ad spend.
Ragged Coast Chocolates
A 40% lift in Q4 sales at 9x average ROAS, with 46% of it going to new customer acquisition.
Gneiss Spice
57% more orders year over year at 6x blended ROAS, with 90% of new customers arriving through Meta.
Questions
Yes. Clutch interviews clients directly and verifies each review before publishing it. First Pier holds Premier Verified status, meaning Clutch also confirmed the company's legal registration in Maine and its Creditsafe credit rating. The profile currently shows 4.9 out of 5 across 23 reviews.
It means ranking in the top 15 of a category on Clutch. Badges are specific to a category and a location, so a firm can hold several at once. First Pier holds 2026 Top Company badges nationally, in Maine and in Portland.
Shopify and Shopify Plus builds, replatforming and migrations, and the growth work that follows — SEO, email and SMS, paid media, and conversion optimization. The 2026 badges reflect that split: Top Shopify Company and Top E-Commerce Developers in the United States alongside Top Ecommerce Marketing Agency.
Yes, and it is separately award-winning. Clutch named First Pier a 2026 Top Design Company and Top Web Design Company in both Maine and Portland, plus Top Web Design Company for Food & Beverage in the United States. Recent identity, packaging and collateral work includes Sissle & Daughters, Ravenstone, Field Floral Studio, Viand Mercantile, Becoming Jewelry and Two Fat Cats Bakery.
Portland, Maine. Clutch has recognized First Pier as a Top Company in Maine as far back as 2021, and in 2026 across five Maine categories and five Portland categories.
Since 2009 — 17 years.
Yes. Most of the 2026 recognition is national or worldwide, including Top Shopify Company in the United States and Clutch Global honors in 2023 and 2024. Clients range from Maine specialty retailers to outdoor brands shipping nationwide.
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