Buying Shopify businesses since 2021 · Top Rated Plus on Upwork

We buy, build and
automate Shopify businesses.

Two operators, not a fund. We acquire e-commerce stores outright, then grow them with the same automation playbook we run on our own portfolio — and on $21M+ of client revenue every year.

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$21M+Client revenue managed per year
100%Job Success on Upwork
41+Projects delivered
5Apps on the Shopify App Store
What we take off your plate
Our story

Two finance grads who got bored of spreadsheets.

Artikuno started the way most good businesses do — as a side project that got out of hand. Konstantin was finishing an MSc in Finance at St Andrews and a second master's at Oxford. Anton had come out of Warwick Business School and into a finance job. Both of us spent our days modelling other people's businesses, and our evenings building our own Shopify stores.

The stores worked. What surprised us was why they worked: not clever marketing, but relentless removal of manual work. Every process we automated gave us back hours, and those hours went straight back into growth. By 2021 we'd stopped treating it as a side project and founded Artikuno to do it properly — buying e-commerce businesses outright and running that same playbook on them.

Along the way, store owners started asking whether we'd run the playbook on their stores. That became Artikuno Automation: 41 projects, 100% Job Success and Top Rated Plus status on Upwork, and five apps published on the Shopify App Store. Today the two halves feed each other — what we learn operating client stores makes the businesses we buy better, and vice versa.

We're still just two operators with a small team, based between Vienna and London. When you talk to Artikuno, you're talking to the people who'd actually be buying your store.

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Konstantin Hilverth

Co-founder

MSc in Finance from the University of St Andrews and a second master's from Oxford. Leads valuation, deal structuring and due diligence — and built multiple Shopify stores with Anton before Artikuno existed.

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Anton Gamolski

Co-founder

BSc from Warwick Business School, then a stint in finance before going all-in on e-commerce. Leads operations and automation — the person most clients on Upwork end up working with directly.

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You

Shopify store owner

Built something good and wondering what's next? That's the conversation we most like having — whether or not it ends in a deal.

Buy & build

Acquire the store. Then actually grow it.

Most aggregators buy and squeeze. We buy and build — because we hold what we acquire, the only thing that pays off is genuine growth.

The buy: three steps, under 21 days

1

First contact

You tell us about the store. We take a high-level look at your key metrics and come back within 48 hours on whether there's a fit — honestly, and quickly, either way.

2

Due diligence

An efficient but thorough look at product, supplier, logistics, marketing and financials. We've done this enough times to know what matters and to skip what doesn't.

3

Acquisition

We acquire via an asset deal with a simple, transparent structure and upfront cash. Stay involved afterwards or move on to the next thing — both are genuinely fine with us.

What we look for

Annual revenue between €1M and €5M
Lasting product-market fit
15%+ profit margin
Shopify or Shopify Plus at the core

Outside these numbers? Still worth a message — we've made exceptions for stores we liked.

How we add value

Marketing channels

Most Shopify businesses generate 90%+ of revenue from Facebook & Instagram ads, which makes them over-dependent and fragile. Diversifying that is usually the single biggest unlock.

Automation & customer service

We automate 90–95% of email tickets with rules, macro libraries and chat flows — lower cost per ticket, faster replies, happier customers.

Logistics & cash flow

Competitive shipping times through our fulfilment network, and a shorter cash conversion cycle so the business stops fighting its own liquidity.

Our services

Not selling? We'll automate it instead.

Everything we do to the stores we buy, we also do for store owners who want to keep theirs. Six pillars, one obsession: freeing up your time while the store performs better.

Shopify automation

Automate up to 97% of store operations — order flows, back-office busywork, the recurring tasks that quietly eat your week.

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CRM optimization

Automate 90–95% of email tickets with Gorgias rules, macro libraries and chat flows. We're a Gorgias Certified Services Partner.

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Marketing optimization

Campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, Google and TikTok that scale, pause and duplicate themselves based on rules you set once.

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Logistics optimization

From inventory management to fulfilment — cutting average delivery cost and time by optimising couriers and routes.

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Financial optimization

Automated PayPal operations, working capital cycles, FX matching, affiliate payouts and revenue-based financing.

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Tech solutions

Custom Shopify apps, theme development, API integrations, migrations and dashboards — built by a team that's shipped five apps.

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Our clients

Don't take our word for it. Take Upwork's.

Every review below is verified on our public Upwork agency profile — real contracts, real payments, real clients.

100% Job Success · Top Rated Plus · 5.0 average
Hydrogen auf Shopify Migration
$10,855
★★★★★ 5.0 · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
“Artikuno with Kruxi & Anton at the helm and the entire team do an absolutely great job. We switched our online store from Shopify Hydrogen to Shopify Liquid — the whole process was accompanied professionally, quickly, conscientiously and without errors. What feels like a ‘new’ store! They are available 24/7, always friendly, solution-oriented, and have extensive knowledge of all topics concerning Shopify as a store system. Competent company and highly recommended!”
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Christopher
Horando.de
Shopify Store & E-commerce Management
$42,309
★★★★★ 5.0 · Oct 2023 – May 2026
“Working with Anton and the team at Artikuno has genuinely been one of the best business decisions I've made. I've been working with them for nearly three years now. Their expertise goes far beyond what most agencies offer — inventory forecasting, supplier negotiations, CRO implementation, web design, copywriting, Google Ads, shipping and logistics strategy, AI automation. If you're looking for a team that truly understands e-commerce from every angle and can help you scale, optimize, automate, and grow your business, I cannot recommend Artikuno highly enough. Working with them has been an 11/10 experience.”
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Aditya
The Love Blanket
Shopify UI/UX & CRO Full Package
$4,000
★★★★★ 5.0 · Aug 2024 – Oct 2024
“Anton and his team at Artikuno were an absolute pleasure to work with. They are highly skilled and knowledgeable about all things E-commerce. When I say all things, I mean everything! From CRO, CRM, Media Buying Across Multiple Platforms, Payment Providers, Funding and Financing, Selling E-commerce Brands and much, much more! They have helped me automate everything and made scaling my brand exponentially easier and faster!”
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Peter S.
Verified Upwork client
Deutscher Shopify Experte für Consulting
$1,692
★★★★★ 5.0 · Mar 2024 – Apr 2024
“Collaborating with Kruxi and his team was a very pleasant experience. They quickly developed a business-oriented approach of all our requirements. Communication is really smooth and given the many years experience with Shopify and ecommerce in general they were able to answer all our questions very competently.”
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Carmen
greenville.de
Shopify Store Audit & CRO Testing
$400
★★★★★ 5.0 · Mar 2024
“I've collaborated with Anton on three different projects, and I must say, he's the finest talent I've encountered on Upwork. What sets him apart is his remarkable background as the proprietor of numerous thriving Shopify stores — he conducted an exhaustive audit and testing of my store, offering valuable advice on several critical aspects such as conversion rate optimization, email/SMS marketing, and shipping. Finding someone like him has indeed been a stroke of luck.”
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Verified Upwork client
Collaborative · Detail oriented
Sales Funnel Optimization
$1,227
★★★★★ 5.0 · Nov 2024 – Jul 2025
“Anton is great. He's very responsive and works hard to keep projects moving and complete them on time.”
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Verified Upwork client
Clear communicator · Reliable
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Questions

Frequently asked.

Shopify and Shopify Plus businesses doing roughly €1M–€5M a year with a 15%+ profit margin and genuine, lasting product-market fit. If your store sits outside those numbers it's still worth messaging us — we've made exceptions for businesses we liked.

Under 21 days from first contact to close in most cases. We come back to you within 48 hours of your first message, due diligence takes 2–14 days depending on how organised your data is, and finalising takes another week or so.

No. We're flexible on this and genuinely mean it — some sellers want to stay involved in the parts they enjoy, others want a clean break to start the next thing. Both work for us, and it's a conversation rather than a condition.

At minimum: revenue figures and your total marketing and supplier spend. Beyond that, the more you have the smoother it goes — screenshots and exports of revenue and cost figures, and any spreadsheets combining them. We'll guide you through exactly what's needed.

Yes. Artikuno Automation runs the same playbook on stores their owners are keeping — CRM, marketing, logistics, cash flow, tech. It's the same two founders and the same team, verifiable on our Upwork profile.

Everything is checkable. Our Upwork agency profile shows 100% Job Success, Top Rated Plus status and every review on this page. We're a Gorgias Certified Services Partner, we've published five apps on the Shopify App Store, and Artikuno is a registered UK company.