About Cassian™

We built Cassian™ because Shopify stores deserve better tools.

Founded in 2025 by people who ran Shopify stores and were tired of generic SEO tools that didn't understand ecommerce. We knew there had to be something better. So we built it.

The origin story

It started with a mistranslation.

In early 2025, our founder discovered that his German product pages had been silently mistranslating "gift" as "poison" for three months. Not a single tool caught it. His SEO dashboard showed a green checkmark. His translation app said everything was fine. His customers in Frankfurt knew better.

That was the moment Cassian was born. Not because the world needed another website scanner — it didn't — but because Shopify merchants deserved a tool that actually understood their store. One that could connect to the backend, compare it to the frontend, read every translation, check every link, and tell you what mattered in plain English. Every morning.

We started building. Six months later, Cassian scans 40+ things across 5 layers: technical health, content quality, translation accuracy, platform consistency, and LLM readiness. It produces a single score — the Cassian Score™ — and delivers a weekly digest of prioritised findings. No dashboards to check. No alerts to configure. Just a clear, specific report that tells you exactly what needs your attention.

Other tools scan your website. Cassian knows your store.

Our mission

Make every Shopify store healthier, one score at a time.

We believe that every store owner — from a solo founder shipping from their spare room to an enterprise with 50,000 SKUs — deserves the same depth of insight into their store's health. The Cassian Score makes that possible.

What we believe

Our values.

Specificity over generality

We never say "we found some issues." We say "we found 3 broken links on your top-selling products." Precision isn't a feature — it's the default.

Buy before build

We don't build infrastructure for the sake of it. We use the best tools available, prove value first, and only bring things in-house when the economics demand it.

Calm authority

We don't panic. We don't use exclamation marks in error messages. When something is wrong, we tell you clearly, specifically, and with a plan. Reassurance first, always.

Customer obsession

Every feature we ship starts with the same question: does this make our customers' stores healthier? If the answer isn't an obvious yes, it doesn't ship.

The team

Small team. Big ambition.

We're a focused team of builders who care deeply about ecommerce. Every person here has either run a store, built ecommerce tools, or both.

JP

James Parrott

Founder & CEO

Former Shopify merchant who spent too many hours debugging store issues that should have been caught automatically.

SR

Sarah Reeves

Head of Engineering

Previously built ecommerce infrastructure at scale. Believes the best code is the code you don't have to write.

MK

Marcus Kim

Head of Product

10 years in ecommerce analytics. Obsessed with making complex data feel simple and actionable.

AL

Amara Laurent

Head of AI

NLP researcher turned product builder. Leads the Cassian AI engine that powers every scan and score.

Our journey

From idea to 2,400+ stores.

1
2025

Cassian founded. First scan runs on a live Shopify store.

2
2025

Public launch. 5 tiers, 40+ checks, weekly digest.

3
2025

1,000 stores scanned in the first month.

4
2026

LLM Readiness scoring launched. Multi-site dashboard shipped.

5
2026

2,400+ stores trust Cassian with their weekly health reports.

Bootstrapped and profitable.

No venture capital. No board of directors telling us to chase growth at all costs. We grow because our product works and our customers tell other merchants about it. That's the only growth engine we need.

See what Cassian sees.

Scan your Shopify store for free. No credit card, no commitment, no generic advice.