Episodes

Feb. 17, 2026

Stop Giving Discounts To Customers Who Were Already Going To Buy

Blind discounting is quietly destroying your Shopify margins—even when customers were already ready to buy. In this episode, Muhammed Tüfekyapan, founder of Growth Suite, breaks down: Why "walkaway customers" and dedicated bu...
Feb. 10, 2026

Why Your Best Content Is Invisible in AI Search (And How to Fix It)

Six-month window to rank in AI search before enterprises catch up—if your Shopify brand isn't showing up in ChatGPT or Perplexity product recommendations yet, this is your roadmap. In this episode, Ivan Slobodin, Director of ...
Feb. 3, 2026

Why Your $100 DTC Orders Can't Compete with $10K Wholesale Relationships

DTC brands struggling in 2025: there's a $5.9 trillion wholesale opportunity you're missing while chasing the $1.3 trillion online market. In this episode, Meghann Butcher, founder of RepSpark, breaks down: How 80,000+ retail...
Jan. 27, 2026

Why Alibaba Shows You The Wrong Suppliers First (And What Top Brands Do Instead)

Alibaba makes 90% of revenue from supplier advertising—meaning the factories you see first simply paid the most to rank there. In this episode, discover: Why Alibaba's pay-to-rank model keeps premium suppliers (like those man...
Jan. 20, 2026

162,000 Discount Codes Analyzed: The Unique Strategy That's Secretly Driving Shopify's Top Brands

Most Shopify stores are bleeding margin with generic discount codes that get scraped, shared, and abused—while missing the strategic segmentation that actually drives conversions. In this episode, discover: How switching from...
Jan. 13, 2026

Why Shopify Brands Need a Data Layer (Not Just Better Tracking)

When Facebook shows 50 sales, Google Analytics shows 35, and Shopify shows 68 — which number do you trust to scale profitably? In this episode, discover: How server-side tracking eliminates the 20-30% revenue gap plaguing mos...
Jan. 6, 2026

The Hidden Nexus Trap Costing Shopify Sellers Thousands

Most Shopify sellers have no idea they're breaking tax laws until it's too late—and the penalties are brutal. In this episode, discover: Four types of nexus that trigger tax obligations beyond economic thresholds: physical lo...
Dec. 30, 2025

Why Conversion Rate Is a Vanity Metric (And the 4 Numbers That Actually Matter)

Most CRO agencies chase test velocity while your conversion problems go undiagnosed—here's the research framework that changes everything. In this episode, discover: Why 80% of optimization work should happen before you launc...
Dec. 23, 2025

Why 56% of Searches Now Skip Your Store—And How to Show Up in AI Answers

AI is reshaping customer discovery, and if you're not showing up in ChatGPT or Perplexity recommendations, you're invisible. In this episode, discover: Why Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) matters now—AI recommendations conve...
Dec. 16, 2025

Inside BFCM 2025: What ShipBob Saw Across Millions Of Orders (And What Brands Need to Know for 2026)

Shopify merchants generated $14 billion over BFCM weekend—but the real test starts now with fulfillment execution and operational strategy. In this episode, discover: Why apparel, beauty, and toys grew 20-40% YoY while you're...
Dec. 10, 2025

1-Hour Delivery Meets Bulletproof Hardware: Shopify Winter Editions 2026

Bluetooth scanners failing during your busiest checkout rush is about to become a problem of the past. In this episode, discover: How Shopify's new POS Hub eliminates the wireless peripheral failures that generate most retail...
Dec. 4, 2025

The $250K Problem Hiding In Your Warehouse Corner

Most DTC brands lose 15-30% of their margin to return processing mistakes they don't even know they're making. In this episode, discover: Why the "chaos corner" in your warehouse costs more than the actual refunds—from restoc...
Dec. 2, 2025

AI Agents That Actually Work: How DTC Brands Save 200+ Hours Monthly (Without Engineers)

Most e-commerce teams are drowning in manual work that AI should be handling—but there's a massive gap between AI hype and AI that actually works. In this episode, discover: How autonomous agents differ from chatbots and quer...
Nov. 25, 2025

The $20 Billion Affiliate Mistake: Stop Paying for Customers Who Were Already Buying

You're paying affiliate commissions on customers who were already buying from you—Josh Kennedy calls this the "$20 billion mistake." In this episode, discover: Why 2/3 of affiliate partnerships drain profit instead of driving...
Nov. 18, 2025

Customer Acquisition Costs Keep Rising—The Multi-Channel Fix Most Brands Are Missing

The customer acquisition playbook that built your business three years ago is actively bleeding money today. In this episode, discover: Why single-channel strategies are crushing margins as CPMs creep up year over year—and th...
Nov. 11, 2025

The 2 Discount Types Every Shopify Merchant Needs for BFCM (+ Why Most Are Using the Wrong One)

Here's what most brands get wrong about discounting: they launch site-wide sales that spike orders for a few days, then train customers to never buy at full price again. In this episode, discover: Why quantity-based discounti...
Nov. 7, 2025

Stop Guessing on Ad Creative: AI Consumer Agents Predict Purchase Intent Before You Launch

Most founders don't realize they're stuck in the ad creative grind until they're months deep into it. Everyone's chasing the same AI tools to pump out images and copy, but here's what they're missing: the real bottleneck isn'...
Nov. 5, 2025

From App Chaos to Conversion Engine: Building Shopify Stores That Scale

Here's what most founders don't realize until they're deep in the scaling trenches: that DIY Shopify store that got you to $2-3M? It's probably your biggest bottleneck right now. Your site's crawling from app bloat, conversio...
Oct. 28, 2025

Your Phone Number Is Killing Your Conversions: How AI Voice Agents Turn Missed Calls Into Revenue

Every time your phone rings and goes to voicemail, you're losing a customer forever. Research shows that more than 80% of potential buyers who hit voicemail don't call back—they head straight to Google and find your competito...
Oct. 23, 2025

The Launch Revolution: Building Emotional Loyalty Through Drops

Every Shopify brand scaling beyond six figures eventually faces this moment: you've got a product people actually want, demand is building, and you decide to run a launch. Then the site crashes, bots clear out inventory in se...
Oct. 21, 2025

Scale Beyond Paid Ads: How SARAL’s InfluencerOS Delivers Predictable Growth for Shopify Brands

As Q4 heats up and ad costs keep climbing, most Shopify brands are stuck in the same exhausting cycle—pouring more money into Meta and TikTok ads while watching their CAC creep higher every month. You know you need to diversi...
Oct. 16, 2025

Chaos-Proof Your Q4: ShipBob’s Fulfillment Playbook for Fast-Growing Shopify Brands

As Q4 heats up, Shopify brands are facing some serious pressure—rising fulfillment costs, shifting global tariffs, and the growing complexity of scaling operations beyond your garage or living room. Today's guest knows this s...
Oct. 14, 2025

Scale Smarter, Not Harder: The 10-Minute Shopify Workweek Using AI Agents With Thinkr

Welcome to eCommerce Fastlane! Q4 is in full swing, and with it comes mounting pressure for Shopify brands—admin demands are cutting into margins, operations are getting more complex, and there's a constant buzz about AI: is ...
Oct. 10, 2025

Winning The Checkout: Real-World eCommerce Fixes that Convert Customers and Build Loyalty

Welcome to eCommerce Fastlane! As Q4 ramps up, Shopify brands face mounting challenges: acquisition costs are climbing, and customer expectations keep rising. How do you keep growing—in conversions, loyalty, and lifetime valu...