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Built by Founders,
for Founders

Shopbrew started because the advice available to Shopify builders was either too generic to be useful or too expensive to access. We built the community we wished existed on day one.

Why Shopbrew Exists

In 2021, our founder was running a Shopify store doing £600K/year and hitting the same wall every growing brand hits: the advice online was either too surface-level to act on, or behind a £10K mastermind fee paywall.

The best insights weren't in courses. They were in DMs. In WhatsApp threads. In conversations between trusted peers who actually shared real numbers and real failures.

Shopbrew is the attempt to make those conversations available to everyone building on Shopify — regardless of revenue stage, budget, or network.

Mission

Build the most valuable community in the Shopify ecosystem.

Vision

A world where the knowledge to build a great Shopify business is accessible to any serious founder, not just the well-connected.

Values

Radical transparency. Practical over theoretical. Community before company.

"Build the most valuable Shopify community"

Not the biggest. The most valuable. Quality of conversation over quantity of members.

2,400+
Members
80+
Episodes
30+
Events

How We Got Here

From a WhatsApp group to the UK's leading Shopify founder community in 4 years.

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2021
The WhatsApp Group
Started as a 12-person WhatsApp thread of London-based Shopify founders sharing what was actually working. Within 3 months, 60 people were asking to join.
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2022
First Podcast Episode
Launched the Shopbrew Podcast with zero budget and one microphone. Episode 1 hit 2,000 downloads in week one. We knew we were onto something.
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2023
First Live Events
Hosted our first in-person meetup in Shoreditch. 45 founders showed up. The conversation went on until 1am. We booked the next one before we left.
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2024
Community Platform Launch
Moved to a dedicated community platform. Added job board, resource library, and virtual events. Grew from 400 to 1,500 members in 12 months.
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2025–Now
2,400+ Members & Growing
Now the UK's leading Shopify founder community with members from 30+ countries, 80+ podcast episodes, and 30+ live events delivered.

The People Behind Shopbrew

We're a small team of Shopify operators who run this as a community first, business second.

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Dan McCarthy
Founder & Host

Former Shopify merchant (scaled a pet accessories brand to £2.1M before exit). Started Shopbrew after spending years looking for a community worth being part of. Now runs the podcast, events, and community strategy full-time.

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Rachael Singh
Head of Community & Events

Ex-Klaviyo and ex-agency operator with 8 years running ecommerce communities. Rachael designs every event format, manages member relationships, and ensures Shopbrew stays a community rather than just a platform.

You're exactly who
we built this for.

If you're serious about growing on Shopify and tired of advice that sounds good but doesn't work — come join us.

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