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Episode 46: Amazon Policy Change for Reviews Oct 06, 2016

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Today we are talking about the new policy change from Amazon that impacts product reviews. Amazon announced that they will no longer accept reviews from people who have received the product for free or at a discount.

For many people who sell on Amazon, the "pay to play" type model was widely used. While we think it's a good move for Amazon, we acknowledge that it will greatly impact sellers who use Amazon.

Today's topics:

Possible ways the new policy may or may not affect those who used incentivized reviews in the past
How this change may impact our strategies
Our plans and new product launch strategies going forward
Ways we plan to get reviews under the new guidelines
What this policy change means for white label sellers and those just getting started with Amazon
How other policies have made doing business on Amazon more difficult
The importance of finding other methods besides Amazon to get buyers to your website

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Episode 45: Our Predictions for E-Commerce Amazon Sep 29, 2016

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We're back for a new episode. Today we're discussing part 2 of our last topic. The last time we discussed our predictions we spoke about eCommerce in general. So today's topic is Our Predictions for eCommerce: Amazon. The subject of Amazon is so in depth that its own episode.

On today's episode we'll talk about what Amazon is facing in the next few years, and what sort of reactions a seller might see to that market.

Here are today's topics:

The inventory issues Amazon appears to be having.
The increase in storage fees.
The benefits of sellers having warehouses.
Amazon's achilles heel and how the competition is exploiting it.
The raise of "crap reviews" and why it's becoming a problem.
The "Groupon effect" comes to Amazon.
Amazon's growing product expansion.
How that expansion affects other sellers.
Amazon's brick and mortar stores.
The customers Amazon have a hard time reaching (or may never reach.)
The differences between A, B, and C grade malls.
How the mall grade affects brick and mortar availability.
The importance of niche marketing in eCommerce.
The challenges a newcomer will see in the future.

We don't see Amazon going away, but it will adapt to this highly competitive climate. E-Commerce is an evolving business and it is adapting with its market. These are just our opinions and observations, but maybe we will encourage you to form your own opinions and observations.

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Episode 44: The Evolution and Future of Ecommerce Sep 08, 2016

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On today's episode we discuss the future of ecommerce. We talk about what we notice in the market right now. We also discuss our future plans for our businesses.

This will be a part one on this subject. Part two will focus on our predictions about business on Amazon.

The topics we discussed today:

Why Amazon's trade deal with China will cause trouble for American manufacturers.
The things that Mike thinks will set China back in a "take over."
Signs that retail stores are dying.
Automation's role in retail shopping and production.
Will Facebook still be king of advertising?
How PPC (pay per click) is becoming a unsavory business practice.
Why SEO will phase out.
Why arbitration sellers will have stricter guidelines and licensing.
The reasons we moved away from Amazon and focused on personal selling platforms.

Our predictions for Amazon are a whole episode in itself, so tune in for part two of this topic. Our Predictions for eCommerce: Amazon.

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Episode 43: BigCommerce vs Shopify Sep 01, 2016

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During today's episode we talk about the common debate e-commerce founders have: Shopify or BigCommerce. In recent developments BigCommerce has made some polarizing changes to their services. The changes have alienated theme developers and price changes have alienated users. This has caused many users to move their business to Shopify.

We discuss this shift and compare Shopify and BigCommerce. We have both had experience with both sites so our conversation is more of a pro and con list.

The questions we answer today are:

Which site has the most capacity for products that require lots of options (ex: color choice).
Which site is most common (thus easier to work with for others)?
Which site makes managing orders easier.
Which site allows the best customer follow-up process.
Which site offers the best coupon or sale options to a customer.

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