Case study

Built Different: a pack builder, then the media behind it

Built Different make t-shirts that fit big, tall and broad men, sizes L to 6XL. A fifteen million pound business running on a Shopify store that had never been built to convert. We rebuilt it, added a pack builder, then took on the media behind it.

Client
Built Different
Sector
Big and tall menswear
Services
Web Design and Development, Paid Media
Working together
June 2025 to now
Live site
built-different.co
Built Different t-shirts for big and tall men
0% from 2.4%, a 33% uplift site conversion rate
0x average return on retargeting spend
0x new customer acquisition return on prospecting spend
0 months working together

The brief

Built Different had already solved the hard part. They make t-shirts that fit big, tall and broad men in sizes L to 6XL, a genuinely underserved market, and they had grown to fifteen million a year in revenue and a place on the FEBE Growth 100 list of Britain’s fastest growing private companies.

What they did not have was a website that matched. The store was Shopify, but basic and outdated, with no conversion work behind it and no sensible way to buy more than one item. On a business that size, every point of conversion rate is a large number.

What we did

We rebuilt the store around how people actually buy from a range like this, then built a pack builder from scratch. It turned out to be the single biggest revenue driver on the site, which makes sense for a brand where a customer who finds a fit that works rarely wants just the one.

The site came first on purpose. Running the conversion work against the media strategy that was already in place meant the change could be measured rather than assumed. Once it was proven, we took on Meta and Google too, so the site and the accounts are now run by the same team.

How it went.

  1. June 2025

    The rebuild

    We took a basic, outdated Shopify store and rebuilt it around conversion rather than decoration.

  2. The pack builder

    Built from scratch

    Multi-buy bundling, built for a range where customers rarely buy one item. It became the single biggest revenue driver on the site.

  3. Then the media

    Meta and Google

    Deliberately second, so the conversion work could be measured against the media strategy that was already running.

  4. Now

    Both together

    The site and the accounts run as one thing, which is the only way a conversion gain shows up in the return.

Site conversion rate, before and after the rebuild
The same figures as a table
Before the rebuild2.4%
After the rebuild3.2%

Two measured points, on a business already turning over fifteen million a year. Nought point eight of a percentage point sounds small until you apply it to that.

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Before

What we walked into

  • A basic, outdated Shopify store carrying a fifteen million pound business
  • No conversion rate work of any kind
  • No way to buy more than one item sensibly
  • Media running against a site that undid its work
Now

What it looks like today

  • A store rebuilt around how people actually buy multipacks
  • A pack builder that is now the biggest single revenue driver
  • Conversion rate at 3.2%, up from 2.4%
  • Meta and Google run by the same team that built the site
Two men on the beach wearing Built Different polo shirts

Working with the Signal team has been amazing for us. They have helped grow our business massively, and we can rely on them to always come up with new ideas and strategies.

Matt, Founder, Built Different

The services behind it.

Platforms and tools

Shopify Meta Ads Google Ads

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