Episodes
How to Grow Your eCommerce Business is sponsored by the multi-channel eCommerce Business Vendlab (⁠⁠⁠www.vendlab.com⁠⁠⁠). Contact us if you want to discuss growing your eCommerce business. In this podcast, we discuss why we think that Shopify is the best eCommerce platform for most sellers. This is because it offers an intuitive, user-friendly interface and powerful tools for inventory management, marketing, and customer engagement. Its scalability and extensive app ecosystem make it...
Published 11/15/24
How to Grow Your eCommerce Business is sponsored by the multi-channel eCommerce Business Vendlab (⁠⁠www.vendlab.com⁠⁠). Contact us if you want to discuss growing your eCommerce business. In this episode, we explore the different Amazon fulfilment methods—FBA, FBM, and SFP—and how they can help boost your sales. We’ll explore the advantages of each approach, from Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) to managing your own shipments (FBM) and discuss which option will be right for your business. In...
Published 11/05/24
How to Grow Your eCommerce Business is sponsored by the multi-channel eCommerce Business Vendlab (⁠www.vendlab.com⁠). Contact us if you want to talk about grow your eCommerce business. Shipping is often an afterthought but is vital to the growth and success of any eCommerce business. It serves as the final touchpoint between the seller and the customer and significantly impacts customer satisfaction and retention. Efficient and reliable shipping solutions can enhance the shopping experience,...
Published 10/29/24
How to Grow Your eCommerce Business is sponsored by the multi-channel eCommerce Business Vendlab (www.vendlab.com). Contact us if you want to talk about grow your eCommerce business. In this episode, we discuss creating a winning pricing strategy across your eCommerce business. Questions we cover are: - Why is pricing important - Can small differences in pricing make big differences? - Is pricing the only important thing? - What are the differences between pricing as a retailer or a...
Published 10/22/24
In this episode, we’re unlocking the secrets of harnessing Google Shopping to boost your e-commerce growth. Whether you’re starting or looking to scale, Google Shopping offers incredible opportunities to reach potential customers. We’ll cover everything from setting up your campaigns to optimising your product listings for maximum visibility. Plus, we’ll share real-world examples, expert tips, and common pitfalls to avoid. So, if you’re ready to turn clicks into conversions, you’rein the...
Published 10/15/24
How to grow your eCommerce business is sponsored by multi-channel eCommerce experts at Vendlab. Please email us to talk about growing your eCommerce business. Joshua George is the founder of ClickSlice and an expert on Shopify SEO. In this episode, we talk about the continuing importance of SEO as a sales driver for eCommerce stores and how Shopify store owners can get ahead. Topics include: How important is SEO these days? What is a healthy SEO/Paid search split What are the most...
Published 09/24/24
In this episode, we'll explore the intricacies of U.S. sales tax with Jared Smithson from RJM Tax Exemption. We'll cover everything from the basics of what it is and how it works to the specific challenges businesses face in staying compliant across different states. We’ll also explore how exemptions work, the importance of proper documentation, and the steps you can take to avoid costly penalties. Whether you're a business owner, accountant, or just someone who wants to understand sales tax...
Published 09/04/24
Valon Xhafa from Behamics was an AI professional before it was all the rage! His company makes a range of tools which use AI to help sellers understand their performance and optimise eCommerce stores. In this interview Trevor and Valon talk about the many ways which AI can be used to grow eCommerce sales including SEO, content creation, merchandising and conversion rate optimisation. How to Grow to Your eCommerce Business is sponsored by VendLab, the multi-channel eCommerce experts.
Published 08/29/24
This episode is sponsored by Fabrikatör (www.fabrikator.io/), the #1 Inventory Management Software For Shopify. Fabrikatör helps direct-to-consumer ecommerce businesses make wise and confident supply decisions. It also has excellent features for boosting revenue, such as allowing customers to buy products they love when they are out of stock. In this episode, we talk about best practices for DTC brands and how Fabrikatör helps companies to optimise their inventory...
Published 08/20/24
The unboxing experience is a vital and often ignored part of the consumer experience. In this episode of the How to Grow Your eCommerce Business Podcast, Trevor talks to Tyler DeLarm from UnDigital about optimising your unboxing to increase the return order rate. How to Grow to Your eCommerce Business is sponsored by Vendlab, the multi-channel eCommerce experts.
Published 07/10/24
How to Grow Your eCommerce Business is sponsored by the multi-channel eCommerce agency Vendlab.com. Are you fed up with the hassle of shipping your inventory in bulk from the Far East? Happily, there is an alternative to storing all the money in stock and waiting three months for it to arrive. Portless enables stock to be stored in China and shipped directly to consumers in five days or less! Shipping costs are not much higher for small items than local fulfilment. Sound too good to be...
Published 05/29/24
The How to Grow your eCommerce Business is sponsored by the eCommerce Growth Agency Vendlab.com. Ayat Shukairy is a conversion rate optimisation expert and the founder of Invesp.com. In this podcast, we discuss the process for increasing website conversion rates and the things that every website owner should do today to turn more browsers into buyers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ecommerce-odyssey-podcast/message
Published 05/22/24
How to Grow your eCommerce Business is sponsored by the eCommerce Growth Agency www.Vendlab.com. Even Haim is a 7 Figure eCommerce seller and the founder of reconvert.com,seven-figure eCommerce seller and the founder of ⁠reconvert.com,⁠ the top-selling the top selling Upselling app on the Shopify marketplace. In this recording, Even shares his tips on how optimising your site for upselling can grow your sales by up to 10%. --- Send in a voice message:...
Published 05/16/24
Amazon warehouses frequently lose and damage stock. Will Cooper from Rev Up Technology estimates this can be as much as 3% of sales. Unfortunately, Amazon does not always reimburse merchants, which is a hidden cost of doing business. Even if you know the reimbursement process, getting around to it is difficult, which is where companies like Rev Up come in. They take the whole process off your hands for a small commission. In this episode, I talk to Will about why sellers who are making...
Published 03/24/24
In this episode of How to Grow Your eCommerce Business, Trevor talks to Matt Harrison from Next Net Media about the ensuring importance of link building for SEO and how to create a successful link building campaign in 2024. Topics include: What is link building? Is link building still important? How should people prioritise link building when doing SEO? Are there different types of links? What kinds of links should you avoid? How do you determine what type of link building you...
Published 03/04/24
Alex Back is a serial eCommerce entrepreneur. His latest venture, Couch.com is an online platform for matching customers with their perfect couches. In this podcast, Trevor from Vendlab talks to Alex about how he has been using AI to launch his new venture. He shares tips for how other entrepreneurs can leverage AI to save time and grow sales. Here are some of the things we talked about: What is AI? What is the difference between AI and machine learning? What AI help with in the...
Published 02/29/24
In this episode of the How to Grow Your eCommerce Business podcast, Trevor talks to Sena Wheeler from Sena Sea (https://www.senasea.com/) about how she built a successful business selling wild Alaskan fish. Here is what we talked about: How did you start your business? How do you deliver your fish? How do you differentiate your business? Do you also sell Wholesale? How do you promote your business? What channels do you use? Do you get a lot of repeat business? I hear you do a...
Published 02/21/24
Dan LeBlanc is the founder of Daacity, a SaaS company which enables businesses to combine their data from different sales channel into a single, holistic view of performance. In this Episode, Trevor and Dan talk about the importance of accurate reporting in helping companies understand their business, customers and product performance. Things we discussed: What is the problem that you fix? How did you get into doing this? What are the problems that you face in doing this? Does the data...
Published 02/12/24
Trevor talks to Anatoliy Labinskiy from The GSM Growth Agency about how to allocate ad spend to get the best performance across multiple ad platforms including Facebook, Google and TikTok. Things we discuss: What do we mean by ad spend? Which channels do you recommend to merchants in order of priority? Why? How do you measure performance? ROI? How would you allocate the budget based on performance? How would you know it is working? As a rule of thumb, what percentage of sale...
Published 02/05/24
Anita Mar is a trademark expert from Trademark Angel. In this episode we cover everything eCommerce businesses need to know about trademarks including: What are trademarks? What does a trademark allow you do to? What is the difference between trademarks, copyright and patents. what are the benefits of trademark registration? Can companies do it themselves of do they need you What kind of businesses do you work with Should I register my trademark name or logo? What is the process...
Published 01/20/24
Robb Green is an entrepreneur with many strings to his bow. Not only has he successfully launched 17 brands on Amazon, but he is also a successful podcaster (https://therobbgreenshow.com/). Robb has lots of great advice on launching and running a successful business. Here are some of the things we talk about: Robb's business journey. How he launched his first brand What he looks for in a brand His main channels? The role does data plays in marketing. How he manages his business? ...
Published 01/06/24
Ciara Stockeland is a profit strategist and self-styled 'Inventory Genius'. She helps business owners who sell physical inventory to create more profit and keep more cash. Ciara makes lots of sense! We discuss: Her business story Why does she focus on inventory? When talking to a business, what are the first thing she looks at Common solutions she gives her clients. Attributes of successful businesses        What are the top things that inventory businesses should do...
Published 12/16/23
Get our eCommerce book:  https://vendlab.com/buy-our-how-to-grow-your-ecommerce-business-book/ In this week's podcast, Trevor talk to Matt Putra from Eightx about how to manage cashflows for eCommerce business. Questions we discuss: · What is cash flow? · What problems can people have? · How to avoid problems these problems · Tips for optimising cashflow · How can eCommerce businesses get funds to grow? · 2023 is going to be a shitshow – what advice do you have for businesses? · What...
Published 12/18/22
Matt Orlic is a successful Entrepreneur and sports enthusiast.  He has launched 26 companies is 10 verticals.   In this interview, Matt discusses with Trevor his formula for success!
Published 12/11/22