SHOPIFY AGENCY IN VANCOUVER, BC

A Vancouver Shopify agency for Canadian brands, at home and in the US.

Skynify has been based in Vancouver since Dair Rose founded it in 2018. We grew Haven Sleep Co, the Canadian mattress brand, from $20K to $500K a month in six months, and redesigned the product page of Lonsdale Leather in Vancouver. We know what selling from Canada takes now: US orders that arrive with no duty bill, shipping that doesn't depend on one carrier, and a Made in Canada story shoppers can actually see.

30-minute call with Dair
The founder, not a sales rep.
BRANDS WE'VE WORKED WITH
  • Tuff Crowd
  • Rüfüs Du Sol
  • Haven Sleep Co
  • Amourprints
  • Soul Comfort
  • Boss Dog & Boss Cat
  • Second Slumber
  • Dloria
  • Kydeco
  • Model Home Accents

Including Canadian brands Haven Sleep Co and Lonsdale Leather. 100+ brands since 2018. Read our reviews on Shopify (opens in a new tab).

IN SHORT

Skynify is a Shopify growth agency in Vancouver, British Columbia, founded by Dair Rose in 2018. We grow Canadian Shopify brands with ads, store improvements and email and SMS, in Canada and in the US.

CANADIAN BRANDS
Haven Sleep Co, the Canadian mattress brand from Dragons' Den, grew from $20K to $500K a month in six months after we rebuilt its ads and email. In Vancouver, we redesigned Lonsdale Leather's product page.
SELLING TO THE US
Since August 29, 2025, parcels from Canada no longer enter the US duty-free. We set up US prices, duties paid at checkout and shipping, so US customers never get a bill at the door.
WHERE WE ARE
Vancouver, on Pacific time. Every strategy call is with Dair, on Google Meet.
WHAT CANADIAN BRANDS RUN INTO

Growing from Canada has its own problems.

The ones we plan for from the first week.

Not sure where your store loses sales? Ask Dair →

US orders that arrive with a bill

Since duty-free shipping to the US ended, a customer asked to pay duty at the door can refuse the parcel. The duty has to be paid at checkout or built into the price.

HOW WE FIX IT A US checkout with duties paid

Shipping that eats the margin

Shipping across Canada can cost more than the margin on the product, and one carrier can stop for weeks. Rates and free shipping have to follow real costs.

HOW WE FIX IT Shipping set up by region

Made in Canada that nobody notices

Most Canadians say they'd rather buy Canadian, but many can't tell which products are. It has to show in the ad and next to the price.

HOW WE FIX IT Ads and pages that show it

A smaller home market

Most Canadian brands that keep growing end up selling to the US. Ads and prices have to work on both sides of the border, with each country measured on its own.

HOW WE FIX IT Ads for Canada and the US
INSIDE THE WORK

What growing from Canada takes now.

Three things a Canadian Shopify brand has to get right, and that agencies outside Canada rarely plan for.

SELLING TO THE US

US customers should never get a duty bill at the door.

Until August 2025, most orders from a Canadian store crossed into the US duty-free, as long as they were worth under $800. That ended on August 29, 2025, and it has not come back. Whether an order pays duty now depends on what the product is and where it was made, and a customer asked to pay at the door can refuse the parcel, which leaves you paying for shipping both ways.

So the duty is settled before the parcel ships. With Shopify Payments, US shoppers see prices in US dollars, and Shopify can calculate duties and import taxes at checkout from each product's HS code (its customs code) and country of origin, with labels from a carrier that supports duty-paid shipping. Or you build the duty into your US prices. Brands with steady US sales can also keep stock in a US warehouse, so orders ship inside the US: faster, with one import instead of one per order. More in selling internationally.

  • Prices in US dollars for US shoppers
  • Duties paid at checkout or built into the price
  • A US warehouse once US sales are steady
A Canadian store as a US shopper sees it: prices in US dollars, duties paid at checkout, and the delivery time shown before checkout.
MADE IN CANADA

Canadians want to buy Canadian. Make it obvious.

In a TD survey run by Leger in January 2026, 63% of Canadians said their commitment to buying Canadian was stronger than the year before. BDC found that nearly six in ten would pay more for local or Canadian-made products, 23% more on average among them. Yet only about four in ten said Canadian-made products are easy to identify.

So we put it where the decision happens: in the first line of your Canadian ads, next to the price on product pages, in your Shopping titles and in the welcome email. US shoppers get a different first line, about the product and the delivery, because their reason to buy is different. Each version is tested in its own country, so results from one market never hide a problem in the other.

  • "Made in Canada" in ads, product pages and Shopping titles
  • A different first line for US shoppers
  • Canada and the US tested apart
The same ad for two countries: the Canadian version leads with where it is made, and the US version with the product and delivery.
SHIPPING

A shipping plan that never depends on one carrier.

Canada Post was on strike from November 15 to December 17, 2024, through Black Friday and the start of the holiday rush, and Canada Post said the backlog ran to a couple of million parcels. Another strike started in September 2025 and ran into November. A new contract, ratified in June 2026, runs to January 2029, so this season should be calmer. Still, two holiday seasons in a row showed what relying on one carrier can cost a store in its best weeks.

Canada is also expensive to ship across, so a free-shipping offer that works in Vancouver can lose money on an order to Halifax. We connect a second carrier in Shopify before peak season, set shipping rates and free-shipping thresholds by region from what delivery really costs, and show delivery dates next to Add to cart, so customers know when it arrives before they pay. More in store setup.

  • A second carrier ready before peak season
  • Rates and free shipping set by region
  • Delivery dates shown before checkout
The shipping checks we run for a Canadian store before Black Friday: a backup carrier, rates by region, US orders on duty-paid labels and delivery dates shoppers can see.
CLIENT RESULTS

Results from our clients.

All case studies →

Haven Sleep Co case study

Mattresses and sleep
$20K to $500K per month

We rebuilt their ads and their email marketing so they worked together.

WHAT CLIENTS SAY ON SHOPIFY Read all 8 reviews
  • “Dair has been great to work with. We operate a furniture store doing $1m+ annually. He’s helped transform our website and has in turn increased our conversion rate by over 100%. Would highly recommend for ad strategy and web design.”
    Oakton HomeReview on Shopify · Oct 2026
  • “We grew our small family mattress business, mostly with the efforts of Dair and his team. $20M in sales and a deal on Dragon's Den.”
    Haven Sleep CoReview on Shopify · Aug 2026
  • “Great experience working with Dair. He’s gone above and beyond for us on multiple occasions and I would undoubtedly recommend him to anyone looking to level up from a website and marketing perspective.”
    Luxe Furniture For LessReview on Shopify · May 2026
  • “If you want a trustworthy partner to go above and beyond your social media marketing needs look no further! Absolute experts in their field and can solve any size problem that may come up. Best part, they will dramatically boost your sales! 5 stars, 10/10 A+ partners.”
    KyDecoReview on Shopify · Feb 2026
WATCH

A Canadian brand that went national.

Haven Sleep Co's founder on building a mattress brand from a garage.

PODCAST · 47 MIN

Scott Amis: From a Garage Full of Mattresses to $1.7k AOV at Haven Sleep Co

Haven Sleep Co's founder on growing from a garage full of mattresses to a $1.7K average order. Read how we worked together in the Haven Sleep Co case study.

WHAT WE DO

What we do for Canadian Shopify brands.

One team for your ads, your store and your email, in Canada and in the US, working to the same profit targets.

Facebook and Instagram ads that find new buyers, with budgets set by your margins.

FacebookInstagram

Shopping and search ads that reach people already looking for what you sell, managed for profit.

ShoppingPerformance MaxSearch

Local prices, duties, shipping, SEO, ads and email for each new country, opened one market at a time.

Shopify MarketsDuties & taxesInternational SEO

Custom features, app clean-ups and launch prep for Shopify stores, built on a copy of your theme and priced before work starts.

ShopifyShopify PlusGA4

Product and landing pages redesigned to turn visitors into buyers, then tested to prove which version makes more money.

A/B testingHeatmaps

Automated emails and texts that bring past customers back to buy again, without paying for more ads.

EmailSMSKlaviyoOmnisend
FAQ

Questions from Canadian brands.

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Yes. Dair Rose founded Skynify in Vancouver in 2018, and the company is still based here, on Pacific time. Every strategy call is with Dair, on Google Meet.

Haven Sleep Co, the Canadian mattress brand from Dragons' Den, which grew from $20K to $500K a month in six months after we rebuilt its ads and email. And Lonsdale Leather in Vancouver, whose product page we redesigned to make buying leather by weight and size simple.

Often, yes. Since August 29, 2025, parcels from Canada no longer enter the US duty-free under $800, and the duty depends on the product and where it was made. Shopify can charge it at checkout, or you can build it into your US prices, so the customer never pays at the door.

It's worth having one ready before peak season. Canada Post was on strike from November 15 to December 17, 2024, and again from September 2025. Its new contract runs to January 2029, which makes a strike this season unlikely, but a second carrier connected in Shopify also lets you compare rates by region and switch the same day if anything goes wrong.

To Canadian shoppers, it's worth testing first. In BDC's survey, nearly six in ten Canadians would pay more for local or Canadian-made products, but only about four in ten find them easy to identify. We test it in the first line of your Canadian ads and next to the price, apart from your US ads.

Growing a Shopify brand from Canada?

Book a 30-minute call with Dair. Bring your numbers and leave knowing what he'd fix first, in Canada and in the US.