Meet HipVan
HipVan is a Singapore-based online furniture and homeware brand that helps homeowners create inspiring spaces with stylish, affordable furniture and furnishings. Its website features a wide range of home categories, including sofas, dining sets, beds, mattresses, lighting, décor and more.
The initial challenge
HipVan partnered with First Page to grow organic revenue from non-branded search while strengthening visibility across high-value furniture categories.
The challenge was not simply to increase traffic, but to improve commercial search performance in an increasingly competitive furniture landscape. Organic growth was clustered around a limited number of categories, while several key search terms had declined year-on-year.
At the same time, duplicate and overlapping category structures were diluting search visibility. This created keyword cannibalisation issues, reduced clarity for search engines, and made it harder for priority commercial pages to rank consistently.
Competition was also intensifying, with other furniture retailers investing heavily in content authority, buying guides and AI-search visibility.









