Winning With Shopify

Kicking off September with a Lightning Episode!Nick is off sick this week and he has lost his voice, so our Production Director, Byron, has stepped in as we didn't want to miss a week!In this episode, Byron is joined by Nathan Hirsch. Nathan is a lifelong entrepreneur and currently the CEO of EcomBalance and Outsource School. Before EcomBalance and Outsource School, Nathan founded FreeUp.net in 2015 with an initial $5,000 investment, scaling it to $12 million in yearly revenue, and having it acquired in 2019!EcomBalance - https://ecombalance.com/This episode is brought to you by Inventory Planner. Start your 14-day free trial now at https://www.inventory-planner.com/trialSupport the show

August is almost a distant memory but it has been a month full of amazing guests!To finish off a great month we are joined by Tom, the Co-founder & CEO of Jebbit and this episode is all about setting up your business for a cookieless world.Nick and Tom dive into what Zero Party Data is, how to make sure your business strives in a cookieless world and much more!Jebbit - https://www.jebbit.com/Support the show

August has been fun!Today, we are joined by Gaurav, Founder & CPO of Avataar Shopify app & other headless ecosystems. In this episode Nick and Gaurav discuss a variety of topics from Customer centricity and the complexity around consumer decisions, to the Global shift in consumer behaviour and the impact on businesses. They delve into Augmented Reality in retail: benefits, use cases, consumer reactions and much more!You can check them and their Shopify app out here - https://www.avataar.ai/Want to get involved in the podcast? Enquire here! https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

Make Your First Million on Shopify - Top Tips To Get There Quickly!On this episode, Nick shares his top tips to help you make your first million on Shopify! If you are planning to launch your store or recently launched your store and looking to grow, this is an episode not to be missed. Topics include finding the right products, testing the market, branding, running ads, email marketing and much more! Rising acquisition costs and the return to in-store shopping have eCommerce marketers double-clicking on their retention strategy. Now more than ever, brands need to focus on lifetime value. Yotpo is proud to announce Yotpo Subscriptions on Shopify, making retention easy and affordable for growing brands. Take 8 minutes, or less, to add a recurring revenue channel to your business. Download Yotpo Subscriptions from the Shopify App Store today  apps.shopify.com/yotpo-subscriptionWant to get involved in the podcast? Enquire here! https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

This week on the show is a topic we haven’t discussed before and is all about how to manage inventory and stock!We get asked a lot of inventory related questions by the WWS community, so wanted to bring on Charles at EasyScan to share his knowledge on inventory management and 5 ways to make sure your inventory is setup for the long haul!If you are having issues with managing stock and inventory at the moment, this episode is not to be missed!Charles is the Product Manager at EasyScan, and has 5 years of hands-on retail experience, plus 7 years of software development, primarily focused on e-commerce. This has set him up perfectly to Product Manage the best Shopify inventory embedded app on the App Store, EasyScan: SKU and Barcode. EasyScan has an impressive 5/5 stars from over 43 reviews and is the No.1 go to super app for everything fulfilment and inventory management on Shopify.You can check out EasySan here: https://apps.shopify.com/easyscan-inventory-and-orderRising acquisition costs and the return to in-store shopping have eCommerce marketers double-clicking on their retention strategy. Now more than ever, brands need to focus on lifetime value. Yotpo is proud to announce Yotpo Subscriptions on Shopify, making retention easy and affordable for growing brands. Take 8 minutes, or less, to add a recurring revenue channel to your business. Download Yotpo Subscriptions from the Shopify App Store today  apps.shopify.com/yotpo-subscriptionWant to get involved in the podcast? Enquire here! https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

This week is our final episode of our Subscription series with Recharge. In this episode, our special guest is Lindsay who is the CEO & Founder of Bite. Bite is an incredible plastic-free sustainable business that is scaling rapidly with the subscription model!Lindsay discusses with Nick how the business was started, how the products are created, how she has implemented the subscription model to grow her business and everything that is involved with building a mission-driven brand!If you’re interested in how to build and scale a sustainable and mission-driven business, this episode is not to be missed!You can check them out here: https://bitetoothpastebits.com/Interested in building subscriptions into your business? Check out how can help Recharge here: rechargepayments.comWant to get involved in the podcast? Enquire here! https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

For our fourth part of our Subscription series with Recharge, we are joined by Ruoting Sun, VP of Product Marketing at Recharge to discuss the value of subscriptions, building SMS into your business and how to increase customer retention. Also Nick and Ruoting discuss how e-commerce and Shopify’s evolution since the pandemic and predictions of the future e-commerce subscription space.Interested in building subscriptions into your business? Check out how can help Recharge here: rechargepayments.comWant to get involved in the podcast? Enquire here! https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

Stephen Tracy, Founder of Keap Candles, shares his journey from tech to crafting a mission-driven candle brand focused on genuine connections. He discusses the booming subscription market and innovative strategies to foster customer loyalty. Key topics include the crucial role of personalized interactions, the importance of authenticity in marketing, and moving away from social media to build deeper community ties. Stephen emphasizes that thoughtful customer engagement is key for sustainable growth and transforming customers into advocates.

This episode is not to be missed - We are joined today by Lisa Mastela - Founder & CEO of Bumpin Blends!Lisa has a fantastic story of how she started Bumpin Blends and bootstrapped it to 7 figures! Nick and Lisa delve into how she runs an almost entirely subscription-based business, how the predictability of subscriptions can be beneficial for customers & the business, creating a community beyond your product and lots more! Check out Bumpin Blends below and Lisa has given all Winning With Shopify listeners 20% off ANY Bumpin Blends bundle with code: WINNING https://bumpinblends.com/Interested in building subscriptions into your business? Check out how can help Recharge here: rechargepayments.comWant to get involved in the podcast? Enquire here! https://winningwithshopify.com/Support the show

On this episode we have Lindy Crea - VP of Partnerships at Recharge on the show to share her insights on the e-commerce industry and why the subscription business model isn’t to be ignored!With years of experience in the subscription and payment space, Lindy discusses the benefits of having a subscription model in your business, how to increase customer retention and how you can take your store to the next level through subscriptions.You can find out more about them here: rechargepayments.comWant to get involved in the podcast? You can here! https://winningwithshopify.comSupport the show