Case Study – E-commerce

4.9x SEO traffic in one year across a network of 5 e-commerce sites selling nets and canvases

An e-commerce business, 5 specialized boutiques (shade nets, camouflage nets, coconut coir mats) in 3 markets (France, Germany, Spain). Astrak took over the entire SEO scope and increased combined organic traffic from 2,199 to 10,747 clicks in the last 28 days.

x4,9total organic clicks in one year
10 747clicks over the last 28 days (vs 2,199)
390,000impressions Google (vs. 99.6K)
5Continuous pilot sites in 3 countries
The context

5 niche boutiques, untapped potential

Our client manages a network of online stores specializing in technical nets and canvases: shading, camouflage, and coconut fiber canvas, sold in France and internationally. The catalog was solid, but organic visibility was stagnant. Three main obstacles were hindering growth.

📝

Texts that are too generic

The datasheets and category pages repeated a generic discourse, without an angle, without a clear research intention and without semantic depth on business queries.

🔗

A lack of authority

Few qualified backlinks pointed to the sites. In competitive markets like camouflage, it's impossible to rank sustainably without a strong link profile.

Gear

A technical base to refine

Several technical points were limiting exploration and indexing, thus hindering the content and link-building efforts already undertaken.

Our intervention

What we did, on the 5 sites, continuously

No endless audits or slides. Theophile, our SEO Team Lead, managed the entire scope with a constant iteration logic: we produce, we push to production, we measure, we adjust. All rolled out simultaneously across the 5 stores.

01

Rewriting and upgrading content

We have revised the historical texts, which were too generic, to make them unique, oriented towards research intent, and semantically enriched. Each page now targets queries with real commercial potential. See our approach to SEO copywriting.

02

A reworked SEO strategy

Reprioritize high-impact business pages, structure internal linking, and make clear decisions between the FR, DE, and ES markets to focus efforts where they yield the most.

03

Acquiring high-quality backlinks

We've reviewed the netlinking from top to bottom: selection of truly relevant domains, editorial placements, and stopping low-value links. The objective is to build lasting authority rather than disposable volume. Our backlinking expertise.

04

Continuous technical cleaning

Corrections of blocking points for exploration and indexing, so that every published content and every acquired link has its full effect. Our approach to technical SEO.

Theophile Take Bekima, Team Lead SEO at Astrak

Theophile Take Bekima

Team Lead SEO – Astrak

«The potential was there from the start. Our work consisted of making each piece of content useful and unique, supporting it all with truly high-quality links, and iterating relentlessly across the 5 sites in parallel. The results followed.»

The results

Organic traffic multiplied by 4.9 across the entire network

Google Search Console data, last 28 days compared to the same period last year. The aggregate of the 5 sites went from 2,199 to 10,747 organic clicks.

+389%
of cumulative organic clicks, a traffic increase of 4.9 times in one year
x3,9
Google impressions, from 99.6k to nearly 390k on the network
5 / 5
sites in progress, including a new store starting from scratch
Site-by-site

The detail of the progress, shop by shop

Each site has its own curve, but the dynamic is the same everywhere. Here are the Search Console figures for the last 28 days, with a reminder of the same period a year earlier.

tarnnetz.com Germany

Camouflage nets – German market
942
Clicks
vs 319 x2,9
37.6k
Impressions
vs 9.67
8,1
My position.
vs 14
Google Search Console Evolution of tarnnetz.com over 28 days See tarnnetz.com

camouflage-net.com Spain

Camouflage nets – Spanish market
863
Clicks
vs 220 x3,9
33.5k
Impressions
vs 12.4k
6,4
My position.
vs 13,8
Evolution of red-de-camuflaje.com on Google Search Console over 28 days See camouflage-net.com

my-coconut-web.com France

Coconut mats and rugs – French market
3 690
Clicks
vs 948 x3,9
125,000
Impressions
vs 29.2k
6,9
My position.
vs 10,9
Google Search Console evolution of ma-toile-coco.fr over 28 days See my-toile-coco.fr →

mon-ombrage.fr France

Shade sails and nets – French market
402
Clicks
vs 0 new
17.9k
Impressions
vs 0
14,8
My position.
under construction
Evolution Google Search Console for mon-ombrage.fr over 28 days See my-ombrage.fr →

the-camouflage-net.com France

Camouflage nets – French market
4 850
Clicks
vs 712 x6,8
176,000
Impressions
vs 48,300
9,1
My position.
vs 50,5
Evolution Google Search Console de le-filet-de-camouflage.fr sur 28 jours View le-camouflage-net.fr →
It's not seasonality

Real underlying progress, not a seasonal spike

The question often comes up in this type of niche: what if it's just a seasonal effect? The answer is in the numbers. Each graph compares the last 28 days to the same period a year earlier, accounting for seasonality. The solid line consistently outperforms last year's dotted line.

The sharpest acceleration coincides with the May Google update, which rewarded months of background work on content, links, and technical aspects. When the foundations are healthy, an update becomes an accelerator, not a threat.

In a comparable period, the network handles nearly 5 times last year's traffic. This is a sign of a sustained increase in authority, not just a demand peak.

Are you managing one or more e-commerce sites that you want to take off?

We can apply the same method to your catalog: useful content, quality link building, and a healthy technical foundation, in continuous iteration. Let's talk about your goals.

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Theophile Take Bekima, Team Lead SEO Astrak

Theophile Take Bekima

Team Lead SEO at Astrak

Theophile manages Astrak's SEO team and coordinates our clients' organic growth strategies. He led the support for this network of 5 stores, from editorial redesign to backlink acquisition, including technical optimizations.

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