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2026 Shopify Build Award for Merchant Impact

Shopify presented the award at DotDev in Toronto on 22 July 2026. It's the first joint Build Award Shopify has ever given, and the first time one has gone to agencies from the Asia-Pacific region. We're pretty proud of that.

Prosper Digital and Elephant Room have been named joint winners of the 2026 Shopify Build Award for Merchant Impact, for our shared work with Australian fashion brand Lioness.

We won the 2026 Shopify Build Award for Merchant Impact

The first-ever joint award, and a perfect picture of the ecosystem at its best: two partner-friends who share clients and build better together.

Creating impactful work as partnered specialists

Adam got his start helping his parents—clothing sellers in Manchester—build their online store, and turned that passion into a 40-person Sydney agency.

Jacob's saw Shopify's future before most, backing it early. A few years ago he narrowed the agency down to what it does best: Shopify design and build.

The work that won it

We moved Lioness to a lightweight Shopify 2.0 theme with a full look and feel refresh, custom mega navigation, upgraded collection and product pages, and a redesigned cart drawer. Speed and conversion came first, with no regression of existing features, and a roadmap set for cross-sell, loyalty and international rollout.

In the first six weeks after launch, compared with the same period a year earlier:

  • + 113%

    increase in total sales

  • + 74%

    increase in conversion rate

Read the full Lioness case study
The work that won it

What does it mean to win a Build Award from Shopify?

The Build Awards aren't handed out for the biggest name or the flashiest launch. Shopify gives them to the partners turning bold ideas into the tools, storefronts, and experiences that push commerce forward.


The Merchant Impact award goes to the work behind real commercial results. For us, this is the kind of award we are proud to win. It's a testiment for how we show up for our clients – asking "if this was may business, would I..."

Impact

What measurable results were created through the partnership. We care about revenue, conversion, and growth you can measure.

Craft

Shopify-native design and build, done to a standard the platform holds up as best practice.

Partnership

The first joint win in the category, the best results come from teams who build better together.

2026 Build Award Winners for Merchant success awarded to Jacob Osborne & Adam Sharon-Zipser

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Frequently Asked Questions

What Shopify award did Prosper Digital win?

Prosper Digital and Elephant Room jointly won the 2026 Shopify Build Award for Merchant Impact for our work with Lioness. Read Shopify's 2026 Build Awards announcement.

Was Prosper Digital the first Australian agency to win a Shopify Build Award?

Prosper Digital and Elephant Room were the first agencies from the Asia-Pacific region to receive a Shopify Build Award. It was also Shopify's first joint Build Award.

Why did Prosper Digital win the Merchant Impact award?

Shopify recognised the measurable results delivered for Lioness and the collaboration between Prosper Digital and Elephant Room. Our Shopify 2.0 project helped Lioness lift total sales by 113% and conversion rate by 74% in the first six weeks, compared with the previous year.

What work did Prosper Digital do for Lioness?

We migrated Lioness from Shopify 1.0 to Shopify 2.0 and delivered UX design, Shopify development, performance optimisation, CRO improvements, redesigned product and collection pages, new cart functionality and a cleaner, more maintainable theme foundation.

Is Prosper Digital an Australian Shopify Plus agency?

Yes. We're an award-winning Australian Shopify Plus agency and Platinum Shopify Partner with studios in Sydney and Melbourne, specialising in Shopify strategy, UX design, development, migrations, integrations and conversion rate optimisation.