Ecommerce Conversations
Practical Ecommerce
Ecommerce Conversations is the long-running weekly podcast from Practical Ecommerce, hosted by ecommerce entrepreneur Eric Bandholz. •• Listen in as Eric interviews in-the-trenches founders and executives who address the essentials of launching, growing, and sustaining an online business. Hear their successes, mistakes, and plans — addressing customer acquisition, web traffic, marketing tactics, on-site conversion, shipping, favorite tools, funding, obstacles, and much more. •• New episodes every Friday. Subscribe to the podcast here, and then read a condensed transcript at https://www.PracticalEcommerce.com/tag/podcasts.
Episodes
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May 14, 2014 • 14min
Wired Magazine's Chris Anderson on 'The Long Tail'
Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine discusses niche markets, changes in the marketplace, and more.
May 14, 2014 • 15min
Website Profile: Christmasnightinc.com
Claire Henderson is the owner and president of ChristmasNightInc.com, a business and website that have evolved through the years, but simple principles have guided her business since its inception: Know your product, know your market and provide great customer service.
May 14, 2014 • 17min
AbleCommerce’s Mike Randolph
Mike Randolph is the founder and CEO of AbleCommerce. He discusses the merits of a software shopping cart solution, how that differs from hosted solutions like Yahoo! Stores and various trends he sees in the ecommerce landscape that ecommerce owners need to be aware of.
May 14, 2014 • 15min
GoECart’s Manish Chowdhary
Manish Chowdhary of GoECart outlines in great detail his vision of the future of online shopping carts as well as discussed some of the differences between software solutions and hosted cart solutions.
May 14, 2014 • 12min
Yahoo’s Dimitri Krakovsky
Dimitri Krakovsky is the vice president of product, Yahoo! Small Business. He discusses the merits of a hosted shopping cart solution and various trends he sees in the ecommerce landscape that ecommerce owners need to be aware of.
May 14, 2014 • 15min
ProStore’s Julian Green
Julian Green, director of ProStores, discusses the landscape of shopping cart options for small ecommerce businesses, some of the merits of a hosted solution and trends that might impact ecommerce owners.
May 14, 2014 • 12min
Authorize.Net’s Corey Koenig
Corey Koenig, channel sales manager for Authorize.Net, provides an interesting insight into the landscape of shopping carts and what a payment gateway like Authorize.Net is concerned about. Koenig also discusses PCI compliance, something each ecommerce merchant is required to follow.
May 14, 2014 • 10min
Shopping-cart-reviews.com’s Mark Baartse
Mark Baartse, the creator and operator of Shopping-Cart-Reviews.com visits about different shopping cart software, how to choose software, and what people can expect from Shopping-Cart-Reviews.com.
May 13, 2014 • 28min
Buysafe.com Chairman Steve Woda
Steve Woda, the chairman and founder of Buysafe.com, talks about merchant credibility and Buysafe.com’s efforts to make Internet shopping a safer experience.
May 13, 2014 • 24min
Zoovy CEO David Steel
David Steel, CEO of Zoovy.com, talks about internet auction services, Zoovy.com, and touches on some new Web 2.0 topics such as the use of AJAX.
