The Ecomcrew Ecommerce Podcast

Being among the 100 fastest-growing private companies of 2020 in America is no small feat, but behind the scenes, things aren't as pretty as they seem. In this catch-up episode, Victor Delacruz of Christian Planner is back to share his experiences after our hour-long Under the Hood episode a couple of years ago. We chat about his company's immense growth in revenue, losing a key business partner,...

Our EcomCrew family is growing year after year, and we've been welcoming new members since we first launched. However, despite the unique individuals who join the community, we've been noticing some questions that are constantly recurring be it in our exclusive Facebook group, in the emails, or during our monthly webinars. So Dave and I decided to pool together the top 5 questions that our Premium...

We've talked about buying and selling e-commerce businesses before, but in this episode, we are joined by a respected lawyer in the field who will help us understand the technicalities of the legal side of the process. John Di Giacomo is a partner at Revision Legal and is also an adjunct professor of law at Michigan University. He is an expert in intellectual property law, corporate law, internet...

As e-commerce sellers, we can become attached to our businesses, especially when we built them from the ground up. However, at some point in time, we have to let them go to move on to better projects or, as it was in my case, to let go of some of the stress that comes with running multiple businesses.   There are good reasons for selling your business, and our guest for this episode knows them all...

Amazon sellers use various software as tools to help grow their businesses and make the processes smoother. If you've ever wondered which ones are used by most sellers, you're not alone. To settle this matter, we've decided to conduct a survey that will give us a list of the most popular Amazon seller software. We've created a total of four categories, which we discuss in detail in this episode. T...

Welcome to Episode 348 of the EcomCrew Podcast! It's Dave here! I'm taking over the podcast recording today to share with you some advertising methods you can use after the busy season is over. I know you're still tired with all the preparations for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and it's not the best time to experiment with your ad campaigns. But after the dust has settled, you might want to try...

Cory Stout is perhaps the most frequent guest of the EcomCrew podcast. He did a Roadshow with us as well as a two-part Under the Hood segment . In this episode, I talk to him again to see how his business is doing and how my advice to him almost three years ago worked out. We also talk about the future of ecommerce, his plans for the next year, and other random stuff about being an entrepreneur in...

Many people who have not been in the ecommerce business themselves have these expectations about the industry that are almost instantly shattered once they try it out themselves. One of the biggest myths in running an ecommerce business is that it's an easy thing to do because you have the potential to earn while you sleep. What they don't know is that unless you learn to manage your processes and...

Welcome to the EcomCrew Podcast, and we have a special episode for you today! Brad Bernhart, our first Under the Hood guest, is back to give us updates on how his business is doing. We get to revisit my advice to him, whether or not he was able to implement them, and how it turned out. We started this segment in January 2018, hoping to help out our fellow entrepreneurs improve their businesses whi...

Welcome to Episode 344 of the EcomCrew podcast! Dave and I are back with our usual banters and some sweet tactics for you to try out to improve your revenue on Amazon. One of the wisest things you can do as an entrepreneur is to take note of the things that worked for other sellers and try implementing them into your own business. In this episode, Dave and I talk about 7 Amazon hacks we've used fo...

While COVID-19 has caused some serious drawbacks to a lot of businesses all around the world, there are some lucky business owners out there who, instead of experiencing loss, have seen their revenues rise instead. Chris Cage's company, Greenbelly , is one such business. It seems like so long ago when Chris and I saw each other, and with all the things going on, I felt like we needed to catch up t...

Welcome to Episode 342 of the EcomCrew podcast! Dave and I sit down to reminisce about our biggest business mistakes and what we did to remedy them. This episode is not exactly fun for us, but we did learn our lessons from the mistakes that we made, and we hope you will too. Timestamps: Why we're doing this podcast - 3:40 Mistake #1: My hiring dilemma - 4:09 Mistake #2: Dave hires too quickly - 7:...

With the holidays just around the corner, Dave and I thought it would be the perfect time to talk about seasonal products, their pros and cons, and the best ways to optimize them for maximum profit. But we aren't just talking about Christmas lights and "4th of July" merch. We acknowledge that there's a seasonality factor to every product, and we discuss this using our own brands as examples. Times...

Email marketing is still important, but that alone is no longer enough these days. Ecommerce business owners need to look into all the possible communication channels that may be used to improve customer relations. In this episode, our guest is the co-founder and CEO of Omnisend, Rytis Lauris. He talks about omnichannel marketing and how businesses can make the most out of various channels of comm...

Welcome to Episode 339 of the EcomCrew podcast! In this episode, we decided to have a little fun by talking about the funny (albeit stressful) customer experiences we had while running our ecommerce business. Joining me in the podcast is Meredith Erin, co-founder of Boredwalk, a company that sells creative apparel. Meredith started the business in 2014 right in their garage together with her now-h...

Welcome to Episode 338 of the EcomCrew podcast! Today, Dave and I are doing something new. We're not just gonna be talking about ecommerce. We're also gonna dive into the business books that shaped us into the people we are today. These books were highly influential especially as to how we handle our teams and operate our businesses in general. We talk about some highlights of the books and how we...

Welcome to Episode 337! Today, I'm joined by returning guest and fellow friend in the industry who recently became a dad, Jeff Oxford!  Jeff is the founder of 180 Marketing , a site dedicated to helping ecommerce brands with their SEO needs and challenges. Jeff's an expert in ecommerce SEO, and we can't think of anyone else better suited to tell us about link building than him.  In this episode, w...

Welcome to E336 of the EcomCrew podcast! After a long time, Dave and I are finally doing a podcast together, and we're talking about something juicy. Some big players in Amazon recently had charges filed against them, which exposed some of the illegal practices sellers do to get their listings to rank higher. In a saturated market such as Amazon, some people are bound to resort to black hat tactic...

Welcome to E335 of the EcomCrew podcast! This is a special episode because it's the first time that we have a returning guest from our Under the Hood segment. We started doing Under the Hood back in 2018 to give free hour-long advice to other ecommerce sellers and feature them on our podcast. This year, we're touching base with our past guests to see how they're doing and how our advice impacted t...

Hello and welcome to E334 of the EcomCrew podcast! Today, I am joined by Judson Morgan, who is an actor, entrepreneur, and more importantly, the founder of Butter, a video ad agency that helps ecommerce businesses tell their brand and product stories through high-quality videos. In this episode, Judson and I talk about What a video is worth - 4:18  How other platforms adapted to the rise of video...

When we first heard of the existence of COVID-19 earlier this year, most of us didn't think that we would still need to be at home past the middle of 2020. Aside from our ability to be outside and be with people, the pandemic has also impacted the economy significantly. Many businesses had to declare bankruptcy, and millions of people around the world were laid off. In this episode, Mike sits down...

Because of how important Amazon is to ecommerce sellers, it's important to keep up-to-date with the latest changes that affect how we should behave in order to remain compliant with Amazon's policies. There's only a few people out there who would be a better fit for giving us these updates than Seller Labs' Jeff Cohen. In this episode, Jeff talks about: Restrictions in sending messages to customer...

Welcome to E331 of the EcomCrew Podcast! In this episode, we have a husband-and-wife duo who share their ecommerce journey with us. Deeanne and Garret Akerson had full-time jobs and two small kids when they first recognized the need to make high-quality and comfortable clothing for pregnant and lactating mothers. Born out of the desire to make motherhood easier, they made it their business' missio...

Welcome to E330 of the EcomCrew podcast! Today I'm joined by Aaron Rubin, the founder and CEO of ShipHero. Aaron has years of experience in ecommerce and has mastered the art of fulfillment. His business is all about making it easier for other ecommerce entrepreneurs to manage their own inventories and make fulfillment a breeze. Business owners may not be thinking much about how to ship their prod...

Hello, everyone! Welcome to E329 of the Ecomcrew Podcast, and part 2 of our content-development topic. Dave and I delve deeper into the hows of creating great content that bring in the much-needed organic traffic for your ecommerce site. Relying solely on paid advertisements isn't a good tactic for any business. A collection of helpful content in your site not only brings leads in but also helps y...