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An eCommerce podcast for store owners, hosted by 7-figure store owners Mike Jackness and Dave Bryant. We cover everything in eCommerce from Shopify, to Amazon FBA. From email marketing, to Facebook Ads. Never before has there been a podcast with store owners who are so candid. Subscribe to the Ecomcrew podcast today!

The Ecomcrew Ecommerce Podcast Mike Jackness and Dave Bryant | eCommerce, Shopify, and Amazon FBA Experts

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An eCommerce podcast for store owners, hosted by 7-figure store owners Mike Jackness and Dave Bryant. We cover everything in eCommerce from Shopify, to Amazon FBA. From email marketing, to Facebook Ads. Never before has there been a podcast with store owners who are so candid. Subscribe to the Ecomcrew podcast today!

    E542: How to Avoid Amazon's Newest Inventory Fees

    E542: How to Avoid Amazon's Newest Inventory Fees

    With Amazon's most complex fee increase ever going live, Mike and Dave talk about what this means for sellers, the pros and cons for each change, and how you can avoid the most detrimental fees to your bottom line. 
     
    Amazon today announced its biggest fee increase ever, and more aggravatingly, the most complex fee increase ever. 
     
    Dave and I will try to walk you through exactly what fees are changing and how it affects you. Warning—it's complex (probably deliberately by Amazon) and there's a lot to absorb.
     
    If any listeners would like to have a discussion about this, let me know by emailing us directly at support@ecomcrew.com. 
     
    Also, if you have any questions or any topics you’d like us to discuss on the podcast, you can email us directly as well!
     
    Also, we would really appreciate it if you would leave us a review on iTunes. 
     
    Thanks for listening!

    • 40 min
    E541: How Many People are Losing Money Selling on Amazon?

    E541: How Many People are Losing Money Selling on Amazon?

    In today's episode, Dave and I discuss why there are so many sellers on Amazon losing money on each product? Because the lower prices do not make any sense at all. 
     
    Today's topic is something that I've been thinking about for awhile: how many people are losing money selling on Amazon? 
     
    You're probably thinking that this question sounds ridiculous, but if you think about the increasing amount of competition and the higher platform fees, there does seem to be some basis for the question. 
     
    Which begs the question: how many people are losing money selling on Amazon? Are they selling old inventory that isn't profitable anymore? Is the competition everywhere at this point? 
     
    I thought this would be a topic that my partner Dave could chime in on from his perspective as a Canadian Seller, and also as someone who frequently visits China. 
     
    Timestamps: 
    Intro - 0:00  Catching up with Dave - 0:30  How Many People are Losing Money Selling on Amazon? - 1:55 The Types of Sellers Losing Money & Competition on Amazon - 3:57 Sacrificing Margins for Brand Equity - 6:04  Fishy Practices to Avoid Paying Duties - 8:00  The Chinese Government is Providing Subsidies for Exporters?? - 8:51 The Numbers Don't Make Sense - 11:02  Every Seller Has an Unprofitable SKU - 16:26 The Problem with Product Research Tools - 19:53 Bad Business People - 20:52  What Amazon's Q4 Earnings Report Tells Us - 23:09  Legacy Sellers Who've Suffered Through Events - 26:01 Shortened Product Life Cycles - 30:47  What should happen to old products? - 32:27 Prices are 20% lower than they should be - 33:37   
    If any listeners would like to have a discussion about this, let me know by emailing us directly at support@ecomcrew.com. 
     
    Also, if you have any questions or any topics you’d like us to discuss on the podcast, you can email us directly as well!
     
    Also, we would really appreciate it if you would leave us a review on iTunes. 
     
    Thanks for listening!
     

    • 37 min
    E540: Our Business Goals for 2024

    E540: Our Business Goals for 2024

    In this episode, Dave and I go through our list of business goals for 2024 for Ecomcrew, our personal business brands, and more! 
     
    Its been awhile since we've done an episode like this, but Dave and I thought of bringing it now since it was one of our more popular episodes from 2019.
     
    Some of these goals were aimed for ourselves personally and for the company. In this episode, we'll go through each goal and our plan for achieving each one. 
     
    If you have any questions or any topics you’d like us to discuss on the podcast, you can now email us directly at support@ecomcrew.com! Also, we would really appreciate it if you would leave us a review on iTunes. 
     
    Thanks for listening!

    • 37 min
    E539: How Leslie Pierson Built A Shark Tank Winning Business

    E539: How Leslie Pierson Built A Shark Tank Winning Business

    Leslie Pierson, Shark Tank Winner and founder of GoodHangUps, joins Mike on the podcast to talk about how she got started in eCommerce, how one unexpected night eventually lead her to appear on Shark Tank, and how she is technically her son's employee. 
     
    Shark Tank is one of the biggest reality TV shows that almost every business owner knows about. It's not everyday that we get to interview a winner on the podcast. 
     
    But Leslie Pierson isn't just a typical business owner: she's an Ecomcrew Premium member. 
     
    In this episode, we get to talk about the multiple things that led to how she built a Shark Tank Winning Business. From starting with selling laptop skins, to building a business out of a 7 year old's idea, Leslie covers her ecommerce journey from start to present. 
     
    Leslie, thank you for the absolutely delightful conversation, it's been my favourite episode to record out of all 500 or so episodes. I hope to see you more in person, and I wish you and your family all the best with Tacos vs. Burritos. 
     
    If you have any questions or any topics you’d like us to discuss on the podcast, you can now email us directly at support@ecomcrew.com! Also, we would really appreciate it if you would leave us a review on iTunes. 
     
    Thanks for listening!
     

    • 43 min
    E538: If You Were to Start All Over Again, What Would You Do Differently?

    E538: If You Were to Start All Over Again, What Would You Do Differently?

    Mike Beckham, a 9 Figure Business Owner, is on the podcast with Mike today to talk about what he'd do differently if he were to start building a 9 figure business all over again. We dive into how and why brand story is so important, and the uncommon mindset Mike Bekham uses to perpetuate business growth.
     
    Its hard enough trying to start an ecommerce business.
     
    Being a solopreneur means you'll have to be on top of your inventory levels, your PPC Campaigns, while also writing blog articles, making Youtube videos about your product and not to mention getting UGC from influencers. 
     
    But what does a 100+ person company look like? Better yet, what did it take to get to be able to sustain that level of overhead? 
     
    We've invited Mike Bekham, the co-founder of Simple Modern and 9 Figure Business Owner, to the podcast to ask him the golden question. If he had to do it all over again, what would he do differently? 
     
    We talk about how being part of a community and choosing the right niche can open up more growth opportunities than you realize, and how building a brand starts internally. 
     
    Here's some timestamps to help you along: 
    0:00 - Introduction  0:31 - Podcast Start  1:39 - Being a Part of an Amazon Community  6:55 - "What Would You Do Differently?" 7:44 - Playing to your strengths  8:34 - Choosing a product niche  14:53 - Product Differentiation 17:07 - Differentiation without millions in capital  24:13 - How Mike makes sure everyone's winning  30:42 - What Mike's learned over the years   
    Mike, thank you for coming on the podcast and sharing all of the things you'd consider heavily when starting over. I hope that everyone who listens enjoyed the episode as much as I had recording it with you, and wish you well for the rest of the year.  
     
     If you want to get in touch with Mike, you can find him at Linkedin or you can check out his Twitter. 
     
    If you have any questions or any topics you’d like us to discuss on the podcast, you can now email us directly at support@ecomcrew.com! Also, we would really appreciate it if you would leave us a review on iTunes. 
    Thanks for listening!
     

    • 34 min
    E537: How Going Into Retail Killed John Terry's Business

    E537: How Going Into Retail Killed John Terry's Business

    John Terry joins Mike in today's episode as a follow up from his Under the Hood Episode 417 where he talks about how COVID & the political climate affected his business, and how going into retail ultimately killed his consumer packaged goods (CPG) business.
     
    Today's episode is one that left me absolutely speechless during recording. 
     
    It's a hard topic to talk about when listing down a bunch of mistakes, but it's infinitely more difficult to talk about when the list of mistakes eventually lead to the death of your business. 
     
    Nevertheless, I commend John for coming on today to talk about how his business ended up this way, the "trap" of going into retail, and advice for those looking to expand into selling in any big box retailer. 
     
    Here's some timestamps to help you along: 
    0:00 - Introduction  2:47 - Podcast Start  3:03 - Under the Hood Overview 4:31 - Meeting with Walmart 7:16 - The Second Mistake  7:48 - Kroger Reaching Out  9:13 - Ordering Inventory for Retail  11:34 - Kroger Privacy Around Logistics 12:35 - Kroger's Costs  13:41 - Backing out from Kroger 14:42 - First Warning  15:10 - Skyrocketing costs 18:27 - Poor performance in Walmart 20:24 - The goal moving forward 21:36 - Buying back inventory from Walmart  22:25 - Why the product failed in retail 25:39 - Where to go from here 28:00 - Mike's advice 32:02 - John's advice to entrepreneurs  37:21 - John's public adjusting business   
    John, I can't thank you enough for coming on the podcast and sharing all of the painful things you went through. I hope that someone listens to the episode and knows not to get into retail for the prestige of it. 
     
    We hope today’s episode was useful to you. If you want to get in touch with John, you can find him at Linkedin or you can check out his company, Crossroads Insurance Recovery. If you want to check out John's previous episode, click here.
     
    If you have any questions or any topics you’d like us to discuss on the podcast, you can now email us directly at support@ecomcrew.com! Also, we would really appreciate it if you would leave us a review on iTunes. 
     
    Thanks for listening!

    • 41 min

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Great show

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Racist garbage.

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Ecomcrew has been our saving grace. The insights learned from this podcast are a huge part of how we have survived COVID and the inflationary recession that has followed. From marketing to logistics and much more, The Ecomcrew Podcast never disappoints in bringing fresh, actionable ideas to help your business to the next level. - John Terry, VP, Ketonia LLC

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