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HOMEPAGE Shopify Platinum & AEM-to-Contentful Agency | Third and Grove (https://thirdandgrove.com)
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Shopify Platinum & AEM-to-Contentful Agency | Third and Grove

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Third and Grove is the Shopify Platinum agency for beauty, CPG, apparel, footwear, and outdoor brands — and the team enterprises call to move off Adobe Experience Manager onto Contentful.

H1 BUILDINGDELIGHTFULSHOPIFYEXPERIENCESTHAT PERFORM
H2 Partnering with ambitious brands
H2 Keep the enterprise muscle. Lose the AEM overhead.
H2 Keep the enterprise muscle. Lose the AEM overhead.
H2 We bring your website to the next level with our partnerships and platform ingenuity:
H2 Our Best Thinking
HEADING_REPEATED_BODY Migrate from AEM to Contentful | Third and Grove (https://thirdandgrove.com/aem-to-contentful/)
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Migrate from AEM to Contentful | Third and Grove

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Third and Grove moves enterprise brands off Adobe Experience Manager onto Contentful. AI has collapsed the migration risk, and we run it with you after.

H1 Your release calendar shouldn't own your speed to market.
H2 You already know why you're here
H2 You already know why you're here
H2 Be honest about what you're actually using.
H2 Be honest about what you're actually using.
H2 Where the difference actually shows up
H2 Where the difference actually shows up
H2 The real risk is standing still.
H2 The real risk is standing still.
H2 Migration timelines used to be what teams dread. AI changed that.
H2 Migration timelines used to be what teams dread. AI changed that.
H2 We know AEM cold. We just don't sell it.
H2 We know AEM cold. We just don't sell it.
H2 A business case first, then a migration.
H2 A business case first, then a migration.
H3 01Speed to market
H3 01Speed to market
H3 02Key-person risk
H3 02Key-person risk
H3 03The dependency tax
H3 03The dependency tax
H3 01Integrations
H3 01Integrations
H3 02Multi-brand velocity
H3 02Multi-brand velocity
H3 03Performance
H3 03Performance
H3 01Build the case
H3 01Build the case
H3 02Model the content
H3 02Model the content
H3 03Migrate in phases
H3 03Migrate in phases
H3 04Change management as a real track
H3 04Change management as a real track
NAV_HEADER_HEADING_REPEATED_BODY Insights | Third and Grove (https://thirdandgrove.com/insights/)
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Insights | Third and Grove

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Your way to a better website. Boost your technology, marketing, and creative success with monthly insights from Third and Grove.

H1 Your way to a better website. Boost your technology, marketing, and creative success with monthly insights from Third and Grove.
H2 Our Best Thinking
NAV_HEADER_HEADING_REPEATED_BODY Our Partners and Expertise | Third and Grove (https://thirdandgrove.com/partners/)
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Our Partners and Expertise | Third and Grove

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We work closely together with our ecosystem of partners (Drupal, WordPress, Shopify, and more) giving you all the platforms, services and tools you need to

H1 Discover how we do big things
H2 Inspired by technology, curiosity, and the company we keep.
H2 Inspired by technology, curiosity, and the company we keep.
H2 We partner with the best
H2 Our Best Thinking
H3 Shopify Plus
H3 Shopify Plus
H3 Drupal
H3 Drupal
H3 Contentful
H3 Contentful
H3 WordPress
H3 WordPress
H3 01Make it, don’t take it
H3 01Make it, don’t take it
H3 02Moving at the speed of commerce
H3 02Moving at the speed of commerce
H3 03Mapping the future of composable
H3 03Mapping the future of composable
H3 04Meet the (marketing) moment
H3 04Meet the (marketing) moment
📝 The Narrative — clean text per page (Info Density · Semantic Coherence)
HOMEPAGE (https://thirdandgrove.com) Shopify Platinum & AEM-to-Contentful Agency | Third and Grove
[H1] BUILDINGDELIGHTFULSHOPIFYEXPERIENCESTHAT PERFORM
+ For beauty, CPG, apparel, footwear & outdoor brands+ For beauty, CPG, apparel, footwear & outdoor brandsThe AEM-to-Contentful migration team for enterprise brands.The AEM-to-Contentful migration team for enterprise brands.
[H2] Partnering with ambitious brands
[IMG: A large matte-black block with a single small glowing orange square, illustrating paying for an entire platform while using only a fraction of it.]
Still on Adobe Experience Manager?Still on Adobe Experience Manager?
[H2] Keep the enterprise muscle. Lose the AEM overhead.
[H2] Keep the enterprise muscle. Lose the AEM overhead.
Renewal invoices that read like ransom notes. A dev ticket to change a headline. Upgrades that eat quarters. If that's your AEM experience, there's a way out. We move enterprise brands onto Contentful — content modeling, migration, and the managed services to run it after — without your marketing team losing a beat.Renewal invoices that read like ransom notes. A dev ticket to change a headline. Upgrades that eat quarters. If that's your AEM experience, there's a way out. We move enterprise brands onto Contentful — content modeling, migration, and the managed services to run it after — without your marketing team losing a beat.Plan your AEM exitbeFEARLESSon theDIGITALFRONTIERbeFEARLESSon theDIGITALFRONTIERbeFEARLESSon theDIGITALFRONTIERbeFEARLESSon theDIGITALFRONTIERWhat they say1  -  51 of 5“In TAG we trust!”Sarah MorabitoDirector, D2C Retail, Dansko“This is my third replatform with the brand. These projects are incredibly complex. We are so grateful to have the very best team and partner for this project.”Erin GiovinoDirector of Ecommerce & Digital Marketing, First Aid Beauty“I admire TAG for their close collaboration and strategic recommendations. The entire TAG team is so great to work with.”Kathy EspinosaDigital Product Manager, AMOREPACIFIC“Third and Grove has risen as our go-to digital partner. They understand the brand vision and have the capabilities to get us there.”Mike HoeferDirector of Web, King Arthur Baking Company“Thank you TAG and to the collective Dansko teams for their dedication and efforts in making the migration to Shopify a huge success!”Sarah MorabitoDirector, D2C Retail, Dansko
[H2] We bring your website to the next level with our partnerships and platform ingenuity:
SHOPIFY PLUSCONTENTFULDRUPALWORDPRESSWe share the same vision: building and driving digital momentum for our clients.We share the same vision: building and driving digital momentum for our clients.View all our friendsAll the stuff we're good atAll the stuff we're good atFrom commerce to B2B, we craft exceptional experiences that leave a lasting impact on our clients and their customers.From commerce to B2B, we craft exceptional experiences that leave a lasting impact on our clients and their customers.View all servicesSupport & OptimizationUI/UX DesignDiscoverySEOMigrationFront-End DevSupport & OptimizationUI/UX DesignDiscoverySEOMigrationFront-End DevSupport & OptimizationUI/UX DesignDiscoverySEOMigrationFront-End DevKPI DefinitionUser TestingMarketingADABack-End DeveCommerceKPI DefinitionUser TestingMarketingADABack-End DeveCommerceKPI DefinitionUser TestingMarketingADABack-End DeveCommerce
[H2] Our Best Thinking
See all articlesIs Your Shopify Store Ready for Agentic Commerce and UCP?Feb 26, 2026Read MoreThe DTC Marketer’s Guide to Winning AEOBuilding Loyalty Through Subscriptions & MembershipsYou Can’t Optimize What You Can’t See: Solving the Attribution Black HoleGet in touchHave a project in mind?Have a project in mind?Work with usWarning: Contacting Third and Grove may cause awesomeness. Side effects include a website too good to ignore. Proceed at your own risk.
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SUB-PAGE (https://thirdandgrove.com/aem-to-contentful/) Migrate from AEM to Contentful | Third and Grove
AEM → Contentful
[H1] Your release calendar shouldn't own your speed to market.
If a simple content change needs a developer and a deploy, that's not a quality gate — it's a tax. We move enterprise brands off Adobe Experience Manager onto Contentful, and run it with you after.
[H2] You already know why you're here
[H2] You already know why you're here
[H3] 01Speed to market
[H3] 01Speed to market
Simple changes take two to four times longer than they should. A seasonal campaign shouldn't wait on a deploy — but on AEM, somehow, it does.Simple changes take two to four times longer than they should. A seasonal campaign shouldn't wait on a deploy — but on AEM, somehow, it does.
[H3] 02Key-person risk
[H3] 02Key-person risk
Your velocity bottlenecks on one or two scarce AEM specialists. React and Next.js talent is abundant and built for iteration. You're one resignation away from a problem.Your velocity bottlenecks on one or two scarce AEM specialists. React and Next.js talent is abundant and built for iteration. You're one resignation away from a problem.
[H3] 03The dependency tax
[H3] 03The dependency tax
You're paying enterprise-platform money and still can't ship a landing page without a developer. That's the permanent cost of a monolith built to manage armies of people doing production work.You're paying enterprise-platform money and still can't ship a landing page without a developer. That's the permanent cost of a monolith built to manage armies of people doing production work.
[IMG: A large matte-black block with a single small glowing orange square, illustrating paying for an entire platform while using only a fraction of it.]
[H2] Be honest about what you're actually using.
[H2] Be honest about what you're actually using.
Adobe Experience Manager earns its price in exactly one case: you're all-in on Adobe Marketing Cloud — personalization, Target, campaign orchestration, the full profile graph — and using it hard. If that's you, keep it, and we'll tell you so. But most brands we talk to are paying for that entire ecosystem to run a content management system. If you're carrying AEM's weight, integration complexity, and infrastructure cost without leaning on Adobe's marketing machine, you're paying for the suite and using the CMS. That's the tell that it's time to leave.Adobe Experience Manager earns its price in exactly one case: you're all-in on Adobe Marketing Cloud — personalization, Target, campaign orchestration, the full profile graph — and using it hard. If that's you, keep it, and we'll tell you so. But most brands we talk to are paying for that entire ecosystem to run a content management system. If you're carrying AEM's weight, integration complexity, and infrastructure cost without leaning on Adobe's marketing machine, you're paying for the suite and using the CMS. That's the tell that it's time to leave.
[H2] Where the difference actually shows up
[H2] Where the difference actually shows up
[H3] 01Integrations
[H3] 01Integrations
AEM wants to own your data — syncing your whole SAP/commerce catalog into its repository, where pricing goes stale and the sync connector becomes a permanent line item. Contentful references the SKU and composes live data at the edge. The price on the page is the real price, with nothing to keep in sync.AEM wants to own your data — syncing your whole SAP/commerce catalog into its repository, where pricing goes stale and the sync connector becomes a permanent line item. Contentful references the SKU and composes live data at the edge. The price on the page is the real price, with nothing to keep in sync.
[H3] 02Multi-brand velocity
[H3] 02Multi-brand velocity
Launching a brand on AEM means Multi-Site Manager, Live Copies, Java, and infrastructure — months of it. On Contentful you clone a content model into a new Space and point your existing design system at it. New brand sites in weeks, not quarters.Launching a brand on AEM means Multi-Site Manager, Live Copies, Java, and infrastructure — months of it. On Contentful you clone a content model into a new Space and point your existing design system at it. New brand sites in weeks, not quarters.
[H3] 03Performance
[H3] 03Performance
AEM's dispatcher-and-DAM stack fights you for Core Web Vitals. Contentful's CDN-first Images API serves modern formats and device-right sizes by default — green Lighthouse scores on image-heavy pages, without the optimization tax.AEM's dispatcher-and-DAM stack fights you for Core Web Vitals. Contentful's CDN-first Images API serves modern formats and device-right sizes by default — green Lighthouse scores on image-heavy pages, without the optimization tax.For the full technical breakdown, read our engineering team's analysis →
[IMG: A cracked grey stone monolith beside bright modular blocks breaking free, illustrating moving from a heavy legacy CMS to a lighter modern one.]
[H2] The real risk is standing still.
[H2] The real risk is standing still.
Marketing work is splitting in two: production is going to AI, judgment stays human. The legacy monoliths were built for the production era — to coordinate large teams doing manual work. Contentful is the infrastructure for what comes next. Treating this as "system A to system B" turns a strategic move into an IT chore. The strategic frame is simpler: the platform you're on was built for a way of working that's ending.Marketing work is splitting in two: production is going to AI, judgment stays human. The legacy monoliths were built for the production era — to coordinate large teams doing manual work. Contentful is the infrastructure for what comes next. Treating this as "system A to system B" turns a strategic move into an IT chore. The strategic frame is simpler: the platform you're on was built for a way of working that's ending.
[IMG: A solid black block dissolving into particles that reassemble into a clean modular cube, illustrating a controlled, low-risk migration.]
[H2] Migration timelines used to be what teams dread. AI changed that.
[H2] Migration timelines used to be what teams dread. AI changed that.
The migration cost curve has collapsed. AI compresses development hours by 70–80%. We proved it on ourselves: we replatformed thirdandgrove.com from Drupal to Contentful in 11 hours.At the same time, we continued to see that a human in the loop is necessary. AI tools are only as good as the experienced team guiding them on execution.The migration cost curve has collapsed. AI compresses development hours by 70–80%. We proved it on ourselves: we replatformed thirdandgrove.com from Drupal to Contentful in 11 hours.At the same time, we continued to see that a human in the loop is necessary. AI tools are only as good as the experienced team guiding them on execution.To replatform our own site, Drupal → Contentful11 hrsFewer development hours on client work, with AI70–80%
[IMG: A black block and an orange block balanced on a wooden fulcrum, illustrating a fair, impartial comparison of two platforms.]
[H2] We know AEM cold. We just don't sell it.
[H2] We know AEM cold. We just don't sell it.
Third and Grove has no AEM practice — and never will. But our VP of Engineering ran AEM engineering teams for years, so we know exactly what you're carrying and what it costs to leave — he wrote the definitive public breakdown of where each platform actually wins. Founded in 2013, we became one of the top Drupal shops in the world, then deliberately walked away from monolithic platforms to focus on Contentful. That's the seat a vendor can't hold: an independent partner who has actually run both platforms at scale, telling you the truth about the trade-offs. From Adobe it sounds like sour grapes. From us it's diligence.Third and Grove has no AEM practice — and never will. But our VP of Engineering ran AEM engineering teams for years, so we know exactly what you're carrying and what it costs to leave — he wrote the definitive public breakdown of where each platform actually wins. Founded in 2013, we became one of the top Drupal shops in the world, then deliberately walked away from monolithic platforms to focus on Contentful. That's the seat a vendor can't hold: an independent partner who has actually run both platforms at scale, telling you the truth about the trade-offs. From Adobe it sounds like sour grapes. From us it's diligence.
[H2] A business case first, then a migration.
[H2] A business case first, then a migration.
[H3] 01Build the case
[H3] 01Build the case
A focused discovery or POC produces a board-ready case for change: the ROI math, the risk-of-inaction analysis, and a migration roadmap. The build doesn't earn budget — the case does.A focused discovery or POC produces a board-ready case for change: the ROI math, the risk-of-inaction analysis, and a migration roadmap. The build doesn't earn budget — the case does.
[H3] 02Model the content
[H3] 02Model the content
We design a Contentful content model around how your team actually works — not a copy-paste of your AEM tree. Content model and visual layer become two faster, parallel tracks.We design a Contentful content model around how your team actually works — not a copy-paste of your AEM tree. Content model and visual layer become two faster, parallel tracks.
[H3] 03Migrate in phases
[H3] 03Migrate in phases
Section by section, both systems live. No big-bang cutover, no content freeze that drags on for a quarter. AI lets us rehearse before we commit.Section by section, both systems live. No big-bang cutover, no content freeze that drags on for a quarter. AI lets us rehearse before we commit.
[H3] 04Change management as a real track
[H3] 04Change management as a real track
The content production process will change — that's the point. We make process its own work track with its own owner, and we train your team to work the way marketers actually work now: alongside AI. Surprises kill replatforms. Change, planned for, doesn't.The content production process will change — that's the point. We make process its own work track with its own owner, and we train your team to work the way marketers actually work now: alongside AI. Surprises kill replatforms. Change, planned for, doesn't.Get a straight answer about your AEM exit.Get a straight answer about your AEM exit.Talk to usThirty minutes. We'll tell you what a migration would actually involve for your stack — including whether you should do it at all.
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SUB-PAGE (https://thirdandgrove.com/insights/) Insights | Third and Grove
Insights
[H1] Your way to a better website. Boost your technology, marketing, and creative success with monthly insights from Third and Grove.
[H2] Our Best Thinking
What "AI Ready" Actually Means for an Ecommerce Brand in 2026Why Enterprise Migrations Fail, and How to De-Risk a Salesforce Commerce Cloud Move to ShopifyThe AEO Hype Cycle: What's Real and What's Being OversoldIs Your CMS Quietly Killing Your Marketing Velocity?The AI Vendor Pitch That Almost Tanked a Major Beauty BrandYour Marketing Team Isn't Slow. Your CMS Is.What Actually Changes on Your Product Pages When You Optimize for AI SearchShopify Just Made Your Store a Data Source for AI. Here's Why That Matters.Five AEO + GEO Questions Shopify Merchants Keep Asking (And the Answers We Give)AI and the Creative Edge: Elevating Brand Strategy and Visual Content at ScaleWhere Salesforce Commerce Cloud Falls Short for Growing Ecommerce BrandsBrooks Glycerin Flex Named a Webby HonoreeRunning Multiple CMS Platforms Is Costing You More Than You ThinkThe Launch Is the Starting Line, Not the Finish LineHow to Get the Most Out of a Big Content Investment in 2026Your Content Production Bottleneck Is a Revenue Problem, Not a Staffing ProblemThe AEO + GEO Playbook for Shopify BrandsYour CMS Wasn't Built for the Content You're Creating NowAEM vs. Contentful: Three Things Enterprise Brands Get Wrong About This DecisionShopify's New Customer Accounts: What Enterprise Brands Need to Know Before They SwitchEvery Week Your Launch Slips Is a Week Your Competitor Doesn'tIs Your Shopify Store Ready for Agentic Commerce and UCP?AI Is Everywhere in Ecommerce Right Now. Here's What Actually Matters for Your Brand.Your Backlog Isn't a Strategy Problem. It's a Throughput ProblemPreparing for Universal Commerce ProtocolFrom Legacy Complexity to Modern Agility: What a Successful SFCC to Shopify Migration Really Looks LikeFinding Home in the Digital Space: A Creative's Journey at TAGHow TAG Helped Deliver Drupal's Biggest Performance LeapThe Hidden Cost of a Bad Content ModelYou’re Not Burned Out, Your Content Ops Are BrokenShopify UX That Actually Converts: Winter Editions Insights for Fashion & Beauty BrandsYou Can’t Optimize What You Can’t See: Solving the Attribution Black HoleHow to Choose an Agency That Won't Disappear After LaunchPreparing for Agentic Shopping: Key Takeaways from Our ‘Shopify Meets ChatGPT’ RoundtableWhen Promos Break: Why Lean Teams Need Execution PartnersHow TAG Brings AI Tactics and Values Together for Shopify ClientsMaximizing Profitability This BFCMThe New Playbook: A Q&A on the Ecom & Shopify LandscapeTAG and Elva Earn Shopify Platinum Partner StatusThe DTC Marketer’s Guide to Winning AEORinging in a New Era with ElvaBuilding Loyalty Through Subscriptions & MembershipsOnboarding: A Ticket to Belonging5 UX Lessons from Ulta BeautyUnifying DTC and B2B on Shopify for Scalable GrowthImproving Drupal Performance with PHP FibersShopify Editions: Enterprise Gets Serious, AI Gets PersonalThe Shopify Conversion Illusion: Why your data’s lying (and what to do about it)Security First API Integrations: Lean on Your BFFHow to Achieve Vacation ModeIt Starts with UsFixing Drupal's 'Legacy' ProblemTeam Building Through Shared ValuesWhy You Need a Drupal Certified PartnerDecision Guide: Can Your Shopify Plus Theme Be Saved?Do's and Don'ts of GitHub Copilot (For Drupal Developers)Third and Grove Earns Acquia Top Partner of the Year Award for 2023Rethinking AI for Your 2024 Marketing StrategyLooking Back On the Year TAG Turned 10Skipping Discovery: The Silent Killer of Website ProjectsA Closer Look at Drupal's New Major Release CycleThird and Grove Wins 2023 Acquia Engage AwardFigma Is Your Friend5 Things to Demand From Your Drupal Editorial ExperienceWhat to Do After a Website DisasterDebunking 4 Common Myths of Composable ArchitecturesWCAG 2.2: Raising the Bar for Web AccessibilityWhat’s Next for Drupal 10?5 Exciting New Shopify Features in 2023Shoptalk 2023: Key Takeaways for Retail Industry Leaders4 Considerations in 2023 Before Picking Sitecore over AcquiaTAG Celebrates Award-Winning Website DesignsTapping the Power of Fluid TypographyA Year in Review: 2022Developing A New Pantheon Workflow Powered by GitHub ActionsMigrating from Oracle Commerce Cloud to Shopify PlusShopify Unite: Toronto RecapMaking the Switch to Google Analytics 4Top 6 Tips & Tricks for BFCM 2022Clutch Recognizes Third and Grove as Massachusetts’ Leading Web Developer for 2022Drupal 9 Migration Challenges: Tales from the Drupal 8 CryptHow to go from Regional to National with a Beloved Food & Bev Brand3 Tips to Improve User Experience Brought to You By an American IconDrupalCon Portland 2022 Recap5 Reasons to Upgrade to Shopify Online Store 2.0How to Motivate Teams Working RemotelyThird and Grove Earns Acquia Top Partner of the Year Award for 2021How to Compete in the Crowded Sustainable IndustryLong(er)-Term Support for Drupal 10Shopify eCommerce Trends to Watch for in 2022Shopify’s The Future of Commerce in 2022 ReportDAM Evaluation Toolkit 2021A Year in Review for 2021Investing in the FutureElite Partner Status with AcquiaAcquia Engage 2021 Finalist: Go Green, or Go HomeShop Pay: The Quiet Online Payment Revolution that Everyone is MissingWhen You Should Be Using Acquia MigrateHow to Stay Compliant When the Rules Are Always ChangingWhat Widen brings to the only Enterprise-grade Open DXPAccessibility is For EveryoneQuick Ecommerce Wins with PersonalizationTactics to Drive Conversions and Engagement on Your Bank SiteShopify Unite 2021: Online Store 2.0Issue Queue Analysis by TAG's Drupal Core ContributorPage Experience As a Ranking Factor: What You Need To KnowCritical: Core Web Vitals on Shopify PlusIntegrating Klaviyo into your Shopify EcosystemThe Hidden Insights in Shopify's Q1 EarningsThe State of Headless in 2021Why the Composable Enterprise MattersCore Web Vitals in DrupalCovid Made Your Customers Smarter Than YouWait, Shopify Plus Can Do That?3 Tools to Create an Investor Relations Portal on Your SiteLifting the Veil behind the Acquia Redesign. How did we do it?Our 5 Must-Consume Digital B2B Lead Gen Resources for 2021Effective Brand Storytelling With ShopifyTop 5 Gatsby Sites of 2020Drupal 9 Upgrade ConsiderationsThird and Grove wins prestigious Acquia Top Drupal Contributor AwardTop 11 Tips for Leveling Up Your D2C5 Ways To Improve Your Checkout FunnelSurvive and Thrive in a Hybrid YearTry These 3 Enhancements Before Upgrading to GA 360Ask a Core Maintainer Anything 2020Transitional Experiences Are Not the FutureWhat the Hell is Google Analytics 4?The Coming Onslaught of B2B Ecommerce Marketplace CompetitionThe Best Shopify Sites of 2020 (According to Us)Third and Grove 2020: A Year in ReviewNix the Band-Aid ApproachBest of Acquia Engage 2020Crush this Year's Black Friday and Cyber MondaySeven Pillars of a Global Digital PlatformThe D2C Playbook for ShopifyAcquia Engage 2020 Winner: The Carlyle GroupAcquia Engage 2020 Winner: CloudHealth by VMwareHow to Tame a Wild West Contentful and Gatsby Website (Using Our Gatsby Audit Checklist)A Sure-Fire Migration Approach to Drupal 8 & Drupal 9Acquia Engage 2020 Award NominationsFive considerations for Custom Versus Off-The-Shelf SaaS eCommerce MiddlewareWhat's Going On With Drupal 10?Tricks to Make your Gatsby Localization Project a SuccessAlways Better Together: Using HubSpot With eCommerce PlatformsFreedom of Choice: Dealing With Variant Limits in ShopifyOur Favorite Shopify Plus Sites of 2020Six Must-Watch eCommerce Trends for Specialty Brands in 20206 Acquia Cloud Features You’re Not Using—But Still Paying ForKey Strategies for Increasing Your Website's Opt-In RatesChoosing the Right Website Analytics PlatformYour Guide to Website Accessibility in 2020The (Surprising) Results Are in From Our Q2 2020 Modern Digital Experience Platform SurveyWhat Every Nonprofit Marketer Needs to Know About Drupal 9 in Three MinutesPaid Search & Nonprofits: Your Guide To Google Ad GrantsFrom GDPR to LGPD: Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados ComplianceWebsite Reporting with Google Analytics & Google Data StudioThe Truth About Whether to Make Your Nonprofit Drupal Website HeadlessGoogle Analytics Customizations & Advanced FeaturesSetting Up Your Google Analytics Account for SuccessFive Tactics to Generate More B2B Leads with DrupalA New Type of Google Analytics Property: Exploring Google Analytics 4A New Way Of Looking At Page Speed: Google’s Core Web Vitals MeasurementsThe Three Things Exciting Us About Drupal 9Four Critical Strategies for Building Multi-Brand Experiences With Shopify PlusSEO Recommendations for Expanding in ChinaHow to Get Your Ongoing Support and Optimization Efforts UnstuckUsing Shopify to Rebound from Dramatic Revenue LossSeven Crucial Steps Digital Marketers Must Take Right Now to Thrive in a Post-Coronavirus WorldHow a Leading B2B Company Added Commerce to Their Digital EcosystemHow to Choose a Digital Experience PlatformUpdate 2020: Should You Upgrade to Drupal 8 or Wait for Drupal 9?Quarantine Tips from our TAG TeammatesHow to Digitize your Conference or Live EventWhen to do Production ReleasesIntegrating Drupal + SoftripThe Definitive Gatsby Performance GuideShopify Plus is the Enterprise Commerce Platform of the FutureDon't Expose Your Brand: What CCPA Privacy Changes Really Look Like in 2020From a Drupal 9 Architect: When Will Drupal 9 Really be Ready?What everyone is missing about the 2020 Gartner DXP reportHow to Recover After a Painful Drupal 8 MigrationShopify Plus vs. Magento in 2020 (Magento Wins in Only 2 Cases)10 Gatsby Sites to Inspire You in 2020Third and Grove 2019: A Year in ReviewShopify Plus vs. Salesforce Commerce CloudHow to Choose Your Best Commerce Platform in 2020What You Need To Know About the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)4 Simple CRO Tactics to Crush 2020Ready For the Ball: TAG’s New Brand ExplainedKing Arthur Flour Wins Drupal's Most Prestigious AwardSix Must-Dos to Successfully Integrate Shopify and SAPWhy Open DXP is the Only DXP You Should ConsiderGiving It All AwayIt *IS* Possible — Achieving Flawless Performance with Our New SiteShould You Jump Ship Before Drupal 9?The Definitive Readiness Guide for Drupal 9Building Our New Site with Gatsby and DrupalHeadless Rises: A Field Guide to the CMS Apocalypse5 Tips to Build a Scalable Multisite on Drupal 8How to Crush Peak on Shopify Plus and Not Stress (too much)How the Mautic Acquisition Changed Everything About Acquia vs. AEM5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Site to Drupal 8, then 9Our 10 Favorite Shopify Plus FeaturesIs Google Analytics 360 Worth the Price Tag?5 Areas Where We Want to See Act-On Improve9 Principles for Drupal Support Projects that Drive ResultsAnnouncing the ACF Integration for Acquia + BigCommerceHow Enterprise Companies Can Develop an Effective Digital StrategyIf You Upgrade to Magento 2 for These 8 Reasons—You’re DoomedShould You Upgrade to Magento 2? Not a Chance.What Your Magento-Loving IT Team Doesn’t Want You to Know About Shopify PlusShould You Upgrade to Drupal 8 or Wait for Drupal 9?AEM vs. Drupal (AEM Wins in Only 3 Cases)Future-Proof Your CMS: 5 Indicators to Go HeadlessAcquia Drupal + BigCommerce: Should You Go Headless or Side-by-Side?Why Acquia + BigCommerce Will Succeed Where Others Have FailedThe 15 Things Your AEM Team Says Drupal Can't Do, But Can5 Years Later: Why We Keep Going Back to AcquiaThe Two Areas for Improving Site NavigationDispelling the 4 Biggest Myths About Shopify PlusHow To: Flawless Integration Between Shopify and the AS/400Drupal + Magento IntegrationDrupal + Hybris Integration GuideGet in touchHave a project in mind?Have a project in mind?Work with usWarning: Contacting Third and Grove may cause awesomeness. Side effects include a website too good to ignore. Proceed at your own risk.
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SUB-PAGE (https://thirdandgrove.com/partners/) Our Partners and Expertise | Third and Grove
Partners & platforms
[H1] Discover how we do big things
Tap the power of our platform expertise and partner network. We’re here to build and drive your digital momentum.Better togetherBetter togetherThird and Grove’s partner network is built on strong ties to the best of modern tech.Third and Grove’s partner network is built on strong ties to the best of modern tech.
[H3] Shopify Plus
[H3] Shopify Plus
The best ecommerce platform for high-growth businesses. We’re proud to be a premier Shopify partner.The best ecommerce platform for high-growth businesses. We’re proud to be a premier Shopify partner.See our expertise
[H3] Drupal
[H3] Drupal
If you use Drupal today, you’re already using our code. (You’re welcome.) We’re a Top Tier Certified Drupal Partner.If you use Drupal today, you’re already using our code. (You’re welcome.) We’re a Top Tier Certified Drupal Partner.See our expertise
[H3] Contentful
[H3] Contentful
As a Silver Contentful Partner, we empower enterprises with next-gen composable content platforms.As a Silver Contentful Partner, we empower enterprises with next-gen composable content platforms.See our expertise
[H3] WordPress
[H3] WordPress
Go big on WordPress. Our WP Engine and Pantheon partnerships: Your guarantee of world-class service.Go big on WordPress. Our WP Engine and Pantheon partnerships: Your guarantee of world-class service.See our expertiseHow we workHow we work
[H2] Inspired by technology, curiosity, and the company we keep.
[H2] Inspired by technology, curiosity, and the company we keep.
[H3] 01Make it, don’t take it
[H3] 01Make it, don’t take it
Shaping the future of open source? Check. We’re a Top Tier Partner with a core maintainer in-house. Because the grass is greener where you water it.Shaping the future of open source? Check. We’re a Top Tier Partner with a core maintainer in-house. Because the grass is greener where you water it.
[H3] 02Moving at the speed of commerce
[H3] 02Moving at the speed of commerce
Through our partnership with Shopify Plus, and integration partners from Algolia to Zendesk, we maintain the connections and track record to redefine enterprise retail.Through our partnership with Shopify Plus, and integration partners from Algolia to Zendesk, we maintain the connections and track record to redefine enterprise retail.
[H3] 03Mapping the future of composable
[H3] 03Mapping the future of composable
Considering headless, composable, or MACH? We’re here to help you embrace the future of CMS and commerce. We’re experts in Contentful development and experienced with frameworks like Next.js and React for your headless CMS.Considering headless, composable, or MACH? We’re here to help you embrace the future of CMS and commerce. We’re experts in Contentful development and experienced with frameworks like Next.js and React for your headless CMS.
[H3] 04Meet the (marketing) moment
[H3] 04Meet the (marketing) moment
As a Google Partner Agency, we specialize in Google Ads to maximize campaign success and grow your client base. Go for SEO gold – we’ll back you up with our Semrush credentials.As a Google Partner Agency, we specialize in Google Ads to maximize campaign success and grow your client base. Go for SEO gold – we’ll back you up with our Semrush credentials.
[H2] We partner with the best
“It’s an amazing team at TAG. Tons of fun projects and genuinely good people. A highly regarded Shopify Plus partner.”“It’s an amazing team at TAG. Tons of fun projects and genuinely good people. A highly regarded Shopify Plus partner.”Nick ThomsonNick ThomsonFormer Sr. Partner Manager, Shopify PlusFormer Sr. Partner Manager, Shopify Plus
[H2] Our Best Thinking
See all articlesThird and Grove Earns Acquia Top Partner of the Year Award for 2023Feb 29, 2024Read MoreShopify Unite: Toronto Recap5 Exciting New Shopify Features in 2023A Closer Look at Drupal's New Major Release CycleDrop us a lineHave a project in mind?Have a project in mind?Work with usContacting Third and Grove may cause awesomeness. Side effects include a website too good to ignore. Proceed at your own risk.
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🛡️ Trust Signals — reviews, proof links, trust-theatre flag (Trust & Proof)
69Review mentions (all pages)
0External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 3 0
/aem-to-contentful/ 8 0
/insights/ 57 0
/partners/ 1 0
🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps (Identity & Authority)
Homepage — no schema detected (entity gap)
/aem-to-contentful/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/insights/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/partners/ — no schema detected (entity gap)

Your Diagnosis

Before revealing the machine’s verdict, predict the BS score for each signal. Higher = more BS (more fluff, less verifiable substance). Drag each slider, then submit to compare your judgment against the engine.

Information Density 0 / 30
Read the Narrative & headings: do hard facts (prices, dates, numbers) outweigh fluff power-words?
Semantic Coherence 0 / 20
Compare the homepage promise against the sub-page reality. Do they hold the same line?
Trust & Proof 0 / 20
Weigh review mentions against actual external proof links. Claims without verification = theatre.
Commodity Fingerprint 0 / 15
Check headings & narrative against the industry clichés in the setup above.
Identity & Authority 0 / 15
Inspect the schema: is there real Organization/Person identity with sameAs links, or gaps?
Your predicted BS score 0 / 100
💡 Stuck? Reveal the heuristic lens — how the deterministic page-auditor reads each signal (no AI, pure pattern rules)

These are the structural rules a local, deterministic auditor applies — the same lens you can use to judge each signal. They describe what to look for, not this company’s result.

Information Density

Classify each sentence as substantive or hollow. Grounding markers — numbers, currencies, dates, technical units, named entities — outweigh marketing adjectives. When fluff sits right next to hard evidence, the fluff is forgiven.

Semantic Alignment

Pull the main entities out of the H1, then check whether they actually recur through the body. A page that announces one thing and then talks about another drifts. Headings with no real sentences underneath read as pseudo-substance.

Trust & Proof

Count trust words (review, testimonial, rating, verified) against real outbound proof links (Google, Trustpilot, Clutch, G2, Yelp). Lots of trust language with zero verification links is trust theatre. Unlinked logo galleries count against it.

Commodity Fingerprint

Look at how much sentence length varies. Natural writing varies its rhythm; templated or mass-produced copy is statistically uniform. Very low variation reads as commodity content — unless unique named entities break the pattern.

Identity & Authority

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Want to apply this lens yourself? The free BS Indicator Chrome extension runs these heuristic checks live on any page. Bear in mind it is a single-page, deterministic tool — it relies only on pattern rules for the page in front of it and does not perform the cross-page semantic correlation this audit uses, so its readout is a starting lens, not the full verdict.

B
BS Level
Marketing, SEO & Advertising Agencies
45.2 Avg BS

Based on 1830 businesses audited.

BS Detector

Marketing, SEO & Advertising Agencies BS: Third and Grove (thirdandgrove.com)

https://thirdandgrove.com 📍 Industry: Marketing, SEO & Advertising Agencies
23 BS / 100

Third and Grove is an outlier that backs its technical arrogance with verifiable expertise and recent evidence. The BS score is driven down by a refusal to use standard agency fluff in favor of technical deep-dives and specific platform tier badges. It is a ‘High-Signal’ site that treats the user as an informed enterprise buyer rather than a marketing novice.

Info Density Power-words vs. Substance ratio.
7
23% BS
Semantic Coherence Homepage promise vs. Sub-page reality.
1
5% BS
Trust & Proof Verifiable evidence vs. Trust Theatre.
5
25% BS
Commodity Fingerprint Detection of industry clichés/templates.
4
27% BS
Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
6
40% BS

Implement Organization and Person schema with sameAs links to the LinkedIn profiles of the mentioned core maintainers and leadership team. Add external proof paths (outbound links) for the specific metrics mentioned in the AEM-to-Contentful case study to reduce the trust theatre flag. Fix the duplicate H2 heading tags in the site structure to align technical execution with the agency’s positioning as a high-end dev shop. Replace the generic ‘Warning: Contacting Third and Grove may cause awesomeness’ footer text with a specific, measurable service level agreement (SLA) or response time guarantee.

The site fits the Marketing and Advertising Agency category perfectly, specifically as a high-end technical implementation partner for enterprise ecommerce. The content focuses heavily on platform-specific expertise (Shopify, Contentful, Drupal) and the strategic business case for migration, rather than generic creative services.

“The score of 23 represents a 'Low BS' profile, primarily earned through high information density and a clear, consistent identity across pages. The points lost (the 'BS' remaining) are due to minor technical gaps in schema implementation and the use of standard agency trust theatre patterns that lack direct external verification links. The extremely fresh content (June 2026 temporal anchor vs. early 2026 insights) reinforces the site's substance.”

Verified Analysis Date: June 19, 2026 © 1EuroSEO Independent Evaluator — Non-Sponsored Result