Episodes

A mom influencer with 3,000 followers pocketed $9K in fraudulent affiliate commissions in 90 days. If you run a Shopify affiliate program, you're likely overpaying too. In this episode, Yash Chavan, founder of Saathi (and Saral), breaks down: Why most affiliate dashboards lie about incrementality, and how to identify affiliates intercepting sales you'd already close The post-purchase survey method that surfaces influencer-driven sales your click tracking misses entirely A 3-step audit for $1...

Shopify's free inventory tool Stocky shuts down August 31—and most of the 100,000+ merchants using it don't have a replacement plan yet. In this episode, Riikka Söderlund, COO of Katana, breaks down: Why Shopify brands unknowingly sell at a loss—and how real-time COGS visibility fixes it How inventory accuracy now directly affects Google Shopping placement and AI product discovery How to connect Shopify, Amazon, B2B wholesale, and POS in one central system—without replacing your tech stack ...

Spending more on ads than ever but not seeing profit? Most Shopify brands trust their ROAS dashboards over their P&L—and it's costing them. In this episode, Matt Raminick, founder and CEO of Sunnyside, breaks down: Why chasing ROAS without tracking contribution margin leaves lifestyle brands unprofitable at scale The Profit360 framework that connects your P&L, creative strategy, and channel execution in one system How Brixton ended Q1 25–30% above revenue goal by focusing creative spend on t...

Your Shopify store is now live inside ChatGPT, Copilot, and Google AI Mode—and most merchants have no idea it happened. In this solo episode, Steve breaks down what Shopify's agentic storefronts launch actually means for your business: Why AI-referred shoppers convert 31% higher than other traffic sources—and how to show up before competitors do The Universal Commerce Protocol Shopify co-built with Google, Walmart, and Visa that's quietly reshaping product discovery Three actions to take thi...

Three dashboards, three different numbers—if your Meta, Google, and Shopify analytics can't agree on conversions, you're making spend decisions on broken data. In this episode, Sean Larkin, Chief Product Officer at OpenSend and founder of Fueled, breaks down: Why browser pixels are losing catastrophic signal—and how server-side tracking typically recovers 20–30% ROAS on Meta How a single app install can silently kill your ad signal for days without you ever knowing Why the Fueled + OpenSend ...

Revenue rising, profit shrinking? Your Shopify brand may have a profitability problem disguised as a growth problem. In this episode, Ben Dyer, Head of Growth at Webtopia — managing $100M+ in ad spend for D2C brands — breaks down: Why ROAS is a vanity metric — and what contribution margin and CAC actually reveal about true business health How one haircare brand cut branded search waste, shifted to non-brand targeting, and drove 74% revenue growth The content-led Meta strategy (post-Andromeda...

Your email list generates $0.08 per subscriber on average—but Shopify brands with the right retention system are hitting $0.40. In this episode, Tris Dyer, founder of Oaks Email Studio, a boutique Klaviyo retention agency, breaks down: Why retention is a financial discipline—and why tracking revenue per recipient (not open rates) reveals what's actually broken The Hydrinity skincare case study: 194% lift in campaign conversion value by building product-aware lifecycle journeys How AI-powered...

Revenue climbing, dashboards green, bank account still running dry—Shopify brands can have an 8x ROAS and still lose $100K a month. In this episode, Adam Callinan, CEO of Pentane and co-founder of the $60M Bottlekeeper brand, breaks down: Why ad platform metrics are always missing context—and how hidden fixed and variable costs quietly destroy margins How one DTC brand went from losing $100K/month at an 8x ROAS to $50K monthly profit in 90 days The Profit Pyramid: why founders who optimize t...

Shopify brands are stacking AI tools and wasting money. If you're not sure what to actually spend on AI at your revenue stage, this episode cuts through the noise. In this solo episode, Steve breaks down: A stage-by-stage AI investment framework from under $500K to $50M+ in annual revenue with realistic monthly budget ranges Why one well-implemented AI system trained on your data outperforms 10 underutilized tools every time The compounding filter—how to tell if an AI investment gets smarter...

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 buyers need completely different treatment—and how behavior tracking tells them apart in real time How single-use discount codes that truly expire stop coupon leakage to Honey and Capital One Shopping Why most brands see recovered sales within hours of installing Growth Su...

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 Product at Searchable.com, breaks down: Why the next 6-12 months offer a rare chance to rank alongside Nike and Sony in AI platforms before competition intensifies How automation runs hundreds of prompts daily across 9 AI platforms vs the 10-20 you'd do manually Why bran...

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+ retailers actively discover and order from emerging brands through B2B platforms The operational backbone that turns chaotic wholesale order management into automated fulfillment Why adding wholesale legitimizes DTC brands and opens revenue channels beyond paid acquisition Wh...

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 manufacturing for Lululemon and Calvin Klein) off directories, and how customs data from Vietnam, Mexico, India, and China reveals actual factory quality The compliance risk that cost brands hundreds of thousands: how US DNA testing on Xinjiang cotton caught unsuspecting bra...

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 "WELCOME10" to unique codes prevents coupon abuse while enabling targeted offers for new subscribers, win-back campaigns, and VIP segments—without the CFO panic about unlimited liability Why 46% of distributed codes expire unused (revealing hidden opportunities in your c...

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 most Shopify brands' analytics, bypassing Apple ITP and ad blockers to achieve 100% order relay from Shopify to your marketing channels Why Littledata's unified data layer synchronizes customer behavior, loyalty tiers, and product metafields across Meta, Google, and Klaviyo ...

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 locations, affiliate commissions, click-through traffic, and even trade show attendance create instant compliance requirements Why Amazon FBA sellers get blindsided when launching Shopify stores—Amazon handles sales tax automatically while Shopify puts the burden entirely o...

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 launch a single test, using research to understand customer psychology instead of copying competitors The Intrasite Funnel diagnostic framework that reveals the four critical metrics Shopify's analytics completely miss (including the product discovery gap) How conversion rate ...

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 convert 5x better than Google clicks while 56% of searches result in zero clicks The revenue optimization framework that helped brands scale past 8 figures: converting just 3 more customers per 100 visitors doubles your ability to buy market share How to diagnose revenue leak...

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 strategically timing inventory to avoid cash pressure (the inbound spike happened one week later than last year) How international markets exploded with Canada up 400% and Australia 250%, creating immediate expansion opportunities you can execute this quarter The exact m...

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 support tickets—using wired connections that work with legacy hardware worth thousands Why 1-hour local delivery via Uber Direct integration matters more in the final December week (retail's biggest) than during Black Friday weekend How to enroll in-store customers into ...

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 restocking delays to inventory write-offs that silently destroy profit margins How 50-500% return volume spikes in January-February create your biggest hidden opportunity to recover margin (not just process faster) The 5-minute Shopify integration that turns return data into ac...

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 query tools—no more babysitting or constant prompting required for repetitive tasks The exact process one D2C fitness brand used to identify influencers from their top 5% customers in 5 minutes (previously took a team of interns months) Why the disconnect between data scienti...

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 growth—loyalty platforms and coupon sites intercept checkout without creating value The search-first framework that generated $10M in real revenue—reverse-engineer where customers already look for solutions, then build direct creator relationships How to audit your top ...

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 the integrated SEO + paid media approach that's reducing customer acquisition costs by treating channels as complementary systems, not competing budgets How to extract actionable BFCM insights within 1-2 weeks while you still have Q4 runway to capitalize on Christmas traffi...