Jere Merivirta
Shopify consultant and founder of Merivirta Digital Oy
I have more than 17 years of experience in ecommerce and digital business development, and above all in Shopify stores. I have been a merchant myself and run the whole development of an online store, its daily operations and performance advertising.
Today I work in clients' teams as an outsourced ecommerce manager and Shopify expert: I develop the store, code and design, and take responsibility for growth. Merivirta Digital also builds its own Shopify apps and custom apps for many industries.
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- 100% focused on Shopify
- 17+ years in e-commerce
- 5 own Shopify apps
- 5.0 / 5 customer rating in testimonials
Professional profile
- 10 yrs of Shopify as a merchant, consultant and ecommerce provider
- 17 yrs of websites, online stores and digital marketing
- Dozens of industries, from consumer cosmetics to large industrial and wholesale stores
Full of ideas, yet analytical and results-driven. I combine technical skills, visual design and commercial thinking, so the same person understands the code, the look and the sales figures.
Core competences
- Shopify platform
- Ecommerce development
- Productisation
- Commercialising innovations
- Negotiation
- Digital marketing
- Consulting and training
- Graphic design
- Process automation
- Project management
Skills
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Shopify stores
Turnkey store builds, settings (taxes, payments, shipping, markets), migrations to Shopify from platforms such as WooCommerce and MyCashflow, and staff training.
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Theme development and coding
Liquid, HTML, CSS and JavaScript, theme customisation, speed optimisation (Core Web Vitals) and accessibility. A controlled workflow: theme code in GitHub and every change in a development theme first.
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Apps and integrations
Public Shopify App Store apps and custom apps, integrations with ERP, inventory, accounting, logistics and supplier feeds.
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Visual design
The look of the store, product pages and campaigns, creative ideas for many different industries.
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Digital marketing
Long experience of feed-based advertising (Google Shopping and Meta) as a merchant and consultant. Today it shows in stores and product data that we build ready for advertising.
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Search and AI optimisation
SEO and GEO: product data, structured data and content that search engines and AI assistants find.
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AI and automation
AI as help with product copy, translations and repetitive tasks, always approved by a person.
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Ecommerce management
Day-to-day operations, reporting, prioritising development and taking part in the team's meetings.
Education
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Bachelor of Business Administration (IT)
Business information technology
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki
Graduated 2018
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Vocational qualification in business information technology
Information technology services and marketing
Salon Kaupan ja Terveyden Ammattiopisto
Graduated 2006
Consulting
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Outsourced ecommerce manager
I work as part of your team with my own face, direct responsibility and a quick response: store development, daily operations and growth.
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Shopify sparring and strategy
Planning growth, assessing technical choices and mapping apps: what to do, in which order and what to leave out.
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Development projects
Store builds, migrations, themes and apps as projects. Projects are priced with a quote.
Monthly agreements
Want Jere in your company or team?
Get an experienced Shopify expert in your team for a fixed monthly price. Example packages, prices excluding VAT.
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Part-time eCom Lead
€1,900 / month + VAT
For smaller stores: technical upkeep, small development work and automation.
Example package
- Most popular
Outsourced Ecommerce Manager
€2,900 / month + VAT
For growth-minded stores: building or developing the store, coding, reporting and taking part in team meetings.
Example package
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Strategic Growth Lead
€4,900 / month + VAT
For growing companies whose main sales channel is the online store: all-round development and close digital sparring.
Example package
Projects and small jobs are priced with a quote.
Testimonials
What clients, partners and colleagues say about working with Jere and Merivirta Digital.
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”Merivirta Digital’s founder Jere is a rock-solid Shopify expert with a rare combination of deep technical expertise, commercial sense and a stylish visual eye. Jere is a productive yet very calm and analytical developer who is a pleasure to work with. Warmly recommended!”
Anna Kurkela Serial entrepreneur & founder of Papu Design Oy
Translated from Finnish
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”We have been really happy with the expertise and way of working of Merivirta Digital and Jere, and we warmly recommend them. We have been especially pleased with how effortlessly the collaboration works; it is as if they worked for us, and they are clearly part of our team.
Jere is truly self-directed, takes things on and is highly skilled. Merivirta Digital is just the partner our small team at Ceesta Oy needs.”
Taru From Entrepreneur & professional board member
Translated from Finnish
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”Merivirta Digital built us a new event ticket store and is currently in charge of migrating our entire online store to Shopify. Its founder Jere doesn’t feel like an outsourced partner; he is practically one of our own team, developing our business every day and taking overall responsibility for its growth.”
Christian From CEO, Founder Ceesta Oy
Translated from Finnish
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”Jere from Merivirta Digital works as our online store’s outsourced expert. He brought not only brilliant Shopify expertise but also a clear visual identity and new drive to our sales. Merivirta Digital also develops solutions to our team’s other challenges”
Jami Huovinen Chief Operating Officer, F-Musiikki Oy
Translated from Finnish
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”Merivirta Digital’s founder Jere worked in my team at Papu Design, responsible for the overall development of the online store as well as its daily operations.
Jere’s approach to work was exceptionally solution-oriented, knowledgeable and determined. He combines strong commercial vision, technical expertise and a deep understanding of digital marketing in a way that supports the long-term growth and development of an online store. He understands both business goals and customers’ needs extremely well and can build solutions that work even in a very challenging environment.
In addition to his professional expertise, Jere is a warm, approachable and trustworthy person, and working with him is easy and inspiring.
I warmly recommend Jere for a wide range of expert roles in online store development, digital commerce and marketing.”
Satu Takkinen CEO, Elävä Kauppa Oy
Translated from Finnish
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”Jere from Merivirta Digital has been a good help to us with the technical updates of our Shopify online store and various site editing needs. He takes things on flexibly and the collaboration has been effortless – we especially value that help is also available for individual, practical online store needs.”
Arja Anttila CEO, Tapio Anttila Collection
Translated from Finnish
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”The Shopify store for our technical product range came together in no time. SEO and Google Ads were put to work right away too, and all the Shopify fine-tuning and training were handled really quickly and to a high standard! I recommend Merivirta Digital to all businesses”
Kimmo Laihonen Entrepreneur, Kastelu.fi
Translated from Finnish
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”Working with Merivirta Digital’s founder Jere while he was Papu Design Oy’s e-commerce manager was very smooth. Jere can take overall responsibility for an online store and its results-driven advertising.”
Jussi Kurkela Serial entrepreneur
Translated from Finnish
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”Merivirta Digital’s founder Jere is a rock-solid Shopify expert with a rare combination of deep technical expertise, commercial sense and a stylish visual eye. Jere is a productive yet very calm and analytical developer who is a pleasure to work with. Warmly recommended!”
Anna Kurkela Serial entrepreneur & founder of Papu Design Oy
Translated from Finnish
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”The Shopify store for our technical product range came together in no time. SEO and Google Ads were put to work right away too, and all the Shopify fine-tuning and training were handled really quickly and to a high standard! I recommend Merivirta Digital to all businesses”
Kimmo Laihonen Entrepreneur, Kastelu.fi
Translated from Finnish
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”Merivirta Digital’s founder Jere worked in my team at Papu Design, responsible for the overall development of the online store as well as its daily operations.
Jere’s approach to work was exceptionally solution-oriented, knowledgeable and determined. He combines strong commercial vision, technical expertise and a deep understanding of digital marketing in a way that supports the long-term growth and development of an online store. He understands both business goals and customers’ needs extremely well and can build solutions that work even in a very challenging environment.
In addition to his professional expertise, Jere is a warm, approachable and trustworthy person, and working with him is easy and inspiring.
I warmly recommend Jere for a wide range of expert roles in online store development, digital commerce and marketing.”
Satu Takkinen CEO, Elävä Kauppa Oy
Translated from Finnish
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”Merivirta Digital built us a new event ticket store and is currently in charge of migrating our entire online store to Shopify. Its founder Jere doesn’t feel like an outsourced partner; he is practically one of our own team, developing our business every day and taking overall responsibility for its growth.”
Christian From CEO, Founder Ceesta Oy
Translated from Finnish
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”Jere from Merivirta Digital works as our online store’s outsourced expert. He brought not only brilliant Shopify expertise but also a clear visual identity and new drive to our sales. Merivirta Digital also develops solutions to our team’s other challenges”
Jami Huovinen Chief Operating Officer, F-Musiikki Oy
Translated from Finnish
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”We have been really happy with the expertise and way of working of Merivirta Digital and Jere, and we warmly recommend them. We have been especially pleased with how effortlessly the collaboration works; it is as if they worked for us, and they are clearly part of our team.
Jere is truly self-directed, takes things on and is highly skilled. Merivirta Digital is just the partner our small team at Ceesta Oy needs.”
Taru From Entrepreneur & professional board member
Translated from Finnish
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”Working with Merivirta Digital’s founder Jere while he was Papu Design Oy’s e-commerce manager was very smooth. Jere can take overall responsibility for an online store and its results-driven advertising.”
Jussi Kurkela Serial entrepreneur
Translated from Finnish
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”Jere from Merivirta Digital has been a good help to us with the technical updates of our Shopify online store and various site editing needs. He takes things on flexibly and the collaboration has been effortless – we especially value that help is also available for individual, practical online store needs.”
Arja Anttila CEO, Tapio Anttila Collection
Translated from Finnish
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”Merivirta Digital’s founder Jere is a rock-solid Shopify expert with a rare combination of deep technical expertise, commercial sense and a stylish visual eye. Jere is a productive yet very calm and analytical developer who is a pleasure to work with. Warmly recommended!”
Anna Kurkela Serial entrepreneur & founder of Papu Design Oy
Translated from Finnish
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”Jere from Merivirta Digital works as our online store’s outsourced expert. He brought not only brilliant Shopify expertise but also a clear visual identity and new drive to our sales. Merivirta Digital also develops solutions to our team’s other challenges”
Jami Huovinen Chief Operating Officer, F-Musiikki Oy
Translated from Finnish
-
”The Shopify store for our technical product range came together in no time. SEO and Google Ads were put to work right away too, and all the Shopify fine-tuning and training were handled really quickly and to a high standard! I recommend Merivirta Digital to all businesses”
Kimmo Laihonen Entrepreneur, Kastelu.fi
Translated from Finnish
-
”We have been really happy with the expertise and way of working of Merivirta Digital and Jere, and we warmly recommend them. We have been especially pleased with how effortlessly the collaboration works; it is as if they worked for us, and they are clearly part of our team.
Jere is truly self-directed, takes things on and is highly skilled. Merivirta Digital is just the partner our small team at Ceesta Oy needs.”
Taru From Entrepreneur & professional board member
Translated from Finnish
-
”Merivirta Digital’s founder Jere worked in my team at Papu Design, responsible for the overall development of the online store as well as its daily operations.
Jere’s approach to work was exceptionally solution-oriented, knowledgeable and determined. He combines strong commercial vision, technical expertise and a deep understanding of digital marketing in a way that supports the long-term growth and development of an online store. He understands both business goals and customers’ needs extremely well and can build solutions that work even in a very challenging environment.
In addition to his professional expertise, Jere is a warm, approachable and trustworthy person, and working with him is easy and inspiring.
I warmly recommend Jere for a wide range of expert roles in online store development, digital commerce and marketing.”
Satu Takkinen CEO, Elävä Kauppa Oy
Translated from Finnish
-
”Working with Merivirta Digital’s founder Jere while he was Papu Design Oy’s e-commerce manager was very smooth. Jere can take overall responsibility for an online store and its results-driven advertising.”
Jussi Kurkela Serial entrepreneur
Translated from Finnish
-
”Merivirta Digital built us a new event ticket store and is currently in charge of migrating our entire online store to Shopify. Its founder Jere doesn’t feel like an outsourced partner; he is practically one of our own team, developing our business every day and taking overall responsibility for its growth.”
Christian From CEO, Founder Ceesta Oy
Translated from Finnish
-
”Jere from Merivirta Digital has been a good help to us with the technical updates of our Shopify online store and various site editing needs. He takes things on flexibly and the collaboration has been effortless – we especially value that help is also available for individual, practical online store needs.”
Arja Anttila CEO, Tapio Anttila Collection
Translated from Finnish
