The Ecomcrew Ecommerce Podcast

It takes more than a great idea to achieve success in the ecommerce ecosystem. As Ryan O'Connor will tell you, there have been plenty of hits and misses after he got his 'lightbulb moment' four years ago. Ryan is the co-founder of One Tribe Apparel and the guest for today's Under the Hood segment. His goal is to boost monthly revenue so that he can transition to doing the business full time. He's...

Greetings from Montreal! In the midst of shooting course videos and planning new content, we sat down to record this podcast. Both of us have considerable experience selling on Amazon and over time we have refined our strategies to be able to derive the best possible revenue potential from the products that we sell. This episode centers around a checklist of what Mike and his staff do in the days...

Hello everyone! It's Dave again bringing you what is perhaps our most special episode yet. Today we have Michael Jackness on the other end of the microphone. In these podcasts, we often hear Mike talk about his real-life experiences in running an ecommerce business. What many don't know is that he got his start in digital marketing as an online poker affiliate business back in the early 2000s. On...

If you're new to importing products from China, wiring money to a supplier you've never met face-to-face can be a scary prospect. Well, you can rest easy because the likelihood of you being scammed out of hundreds or thousands of dollars is low. But, resting easy doesn't mean you can be totally lax or just partially involved. Scams might be rare in China but they do exist and in today's episode, w...

The topic of today's podcast is something that I talk about a lot. You've probably heard free plus shipping offers being mentioned across the board - from podcasts to webinars to course videos. It's such an integral part of our marketing strategy that we feel it deserves its very own episode on the podcast. So, here we are. For the next half hour or so I will be talking about how we have sold prod...

Hi, it's Dave here. Mike is taking some much-needed time off at the moment so I'm taking the reins. Coincidentally, today's podcast topic is something that I'm in the best position to talk about - selling on Amazon Canada . If the accent isn't a giveaway already, I am Canadian myself and currently running my business out of Vancouver. So, let's start off with a question. Should you be selling in C...

When you're just starting as an ecommerce seller, do you improve your Amazon listing first or get started on Facebook ads? There's no right or wrong order here. The main thing to remember is that you need to plan out how you can get both done at some point. In this episode, we're gonna tackle the Facebook side of things. As you may recall, I had my good friend Dave Huss join me in a previous podca...

If you're that person who listens to one podcast a year, this is definitely the episode you should listen to. Together with me are Bernie Thompson and Paul Rafelson, members of the Online Merchants Guild (OMG), a non-profit organization that is working to change the law governing online sales tax collection. This podcast episode focuses on the aftermath of the South Dakota vs Wayfair case and how...

In this episode, I sat down with "Paid Traffic Guy" himself - Dave Huss. Dave helps online entrepreneurs bring in new customers by leveraging paid traffic and using retargeting to recover lost sales through Growth Scout . He's also an ecommerce entrepreneur with brands in the arts and crafts niche that have a massive following on their respective Facebook business pages. And this was the focal poi...

In this podcast, I'm joined by Mads Singers, a business coach who owns a management consulting firm specializing in ecommerce entrepreneurs. He also owns a VA company in Davao, Philippines. When you're a seven-figure Amazon seller, it's tough staying on top of every little business detail. And if you're anything like me, you experience separation anxiety whenever you need to hand over work to some...

Imagine having finally decided to take the plunge and sell on Amazon. You've figured out what to sell, you've placed your first order from a Chinese manufacturer, you've set up your listing. Your product arrives in FBA warehouses and just when you're ready to get your first sale, you notice that there are tons of other sellers on Amazon selling the exact same thing, and all for lower prices. You w...

If you're an entrepreneur who's been tinkering around with an awesome business idea but short on capital, we'd love to help. In this episode, I met up with three of my buddies in the industry, Greg Mercer from Jungle Scout, Steve Chou from My Wife Quit Her Job, and Scott Voelker from The Amazing Seller, to talk about our latest project called the 5 Minute Pitch . It's an opportunity for bootstrapp...

Last week, we hosted a webinar about importing products from China . Today we're going to talk about the nitty gritty of shipping products from China to western countries like the United States and Canada. Joining us in this episode is Noah Alhadeff. He's a sales manager at Freightos , a "digital freight marketplace" that connects importers to freight forwarders. Noah likens Freightos to Expedia i...

Prime Day has come and gone. Now, it's time to pull up our stats and see how we fared. In today's podcast episode, Dave and I do an apples to apples comparison of earnings over a week-long period, beginning on July 9th. In Amazon US, my products had a 158% uptick on July 16 to July 17 (actual Prime Day) compared to the same days during the previous week. Dave got a 160% uptick for his products on...

An ecommerce seller's journey is rarely a smooth one. If you've been a regular podcast listener, you would have heard me talk about Amazon suspending one of our best selling products. In this episode, I'm going to share more about that particular experience. A couple of weeks ago, our ColorIt gel pens were randomly flagged as hazardous materials, even though we've sent the documentation well in ad...

It's the middle of July. Man, where did the year go? So much has happened since I last gave you guys an update in April so this one is due. The last couple of months have a been marred by struggles. However, our wins definitely rank higher than our struggles. As a company, I'd say we are in a good place and poised to be in an even better one before the year is out. So, let's get to it. Here's a st...

Hey, it's Dave filling in for Mike. In today's podcast, I'm going to talk about my stint at Amazon last year. In January 2017, I got hired as a picker at one of their oversize FBA warehouses in Vancouver. I worked for 8 hours and was paid CA$13.75 an hour. I had originally intended to work there for two weeks but had to cut it short to a few days. Still, it was more than enough time to have a good...

This one definitely made my day. It is really rewarding to be able to help someone grow and improve their ecommerce business. And in this episode, I got to experience just that! I recently caught up with David Wilson to see how his ecommerce business is doing. If you guys can recall, David was struggling with a plateauing business when we talked to him last year. In parts 1 and 2 of this Under the...

Is email marketing dead? I certainly don't think so. Email marketing is responsible for generating about half of our company's revenue. Fortunately, my guest on today's podcast shares the same sentiment. In this episode, I'm talking to Xiaohui or better known as "X". He's an industry expert, who along with his team of email marketing specialists, are helping ecommerce businesses reap the benefits...

Creating a great launch strategy is key to being successful on Amazon. I interview an experienced Amazon PPC specialist who grew his entreprise into a seven-figure business through an Amazon launch strategy that played to his strengths and utilized some of the most helpful resources found on the platform itself. Chris Nowak is the founder of My PPC Pal , a tool that helps ecommerce business owners...

Ah...contests and giveaways. We now know that these are brilliant ways to increase interest in the brand and consequently boost sales. I remember the first giveaway we did for ColorIt back in the day. It was $600 dollars worth of product costs plus a couple of thousand for running Facebook ads with a massive 400 percent return on ad spend. In today's podcast, I'm joined by Steve Chou and Toni Ande...

"...I think under a million dollars, personally. I don't think that you should be trying to 'squeeze that lemon' much harder until you've re ally optimized Amazon. I think once you get beyond a million dollars, give or take,  in sales that's when you really need to start looking at other sales channels, whether its outside of Amazon.com and other marketplaces within Amazon or other sales channels...

Building a product brand is no easy task. When you don't have any experience selling physical products, where do you start? Richard Phillips is facing that dilemma. Richard has been in the affiliate marketing business and his shift into actually selling a physical product to make money has proven to be very challenging. Richard and I have a lot in common, one of which is the fact that we both got...

OnlineJobs.ph is a database of Filipino workers with a wide variety of skill sets. It has proven to be an invaluable resource for our company as many of the talented people now working for our company were found using the site. Our guest for today's episode is John Jonas, the founder of OnlineJobs.ph. He and I talk about how he turned a significant business need into something that's helping hundr...

In October 2016 Amazon laid down a rule that's a double edged sword-- incentivized reviews are no longer allowed . On the one hand, it gives sellers with higher quality products a more level playing field, but on the other hand, it makes getting genuine reviews increasingly hard. In this episode Dave and I talk about what you can do to generate reviews after Amazon banned incentivized reviews. We...