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Ecommerce Conversations

Practical Ecommerce
E-Commerce
Ecommerce
Walmart Marketplace
Amazon
Shopify
Entrepreneurship
Beardbrand
Meta Ads
Artificial Intelligence
Customer Experience
Email Marketing
Influencer Marketing
Customer Acquisition Cost
Social Media Marketing
Tiktok Shop
Ecommerce Business
Inventory Management
Content Creation
Marketing Strategies
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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 ... more

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Customer phone support has been a huge burden for Beardbrand, host Eric Bandholz's company, with its small staff. 

His solution was an AI voice bot, which he recently built in about a day. He used Grok Bot, xAI’s agent platform, and SpaceXAI’s Grok ... more

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Alex Walser launched his North Carolina-based marketing agency, Savant Syndicate, in 2024. The firm manages advertising campaigns for ecommerce brands, with a focus on Google Ads.

He says YouTube ads provide the most upside, especially YouTube TV. "... more

Please enjoy this episode first aired in February 2023.

Zach Stuck is an agency founder turned ecommerce owner. The agency, called Homestead, runs marketing campaigns for direct-to-consumer businesses. And lessons from those campaigns drive his seco... more

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We asked Rok Hladnik, an ecommerce merchant turned agency owner, how to launch a new product line without confusing existing customers and diverting staff. 

He advised creating a new brand. "There's nothing wrong with applying learnings to a new com... more

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Recent Guests

Alex Walser
Founder of Savant Syndicate, a marketing agency focused on paid media for ecommerce brands
Savant Syndicate
Episode: Agency Founder Touts YouTube TV Ads
Zach Stuck
Founder of Homestead and an ecommerce owner building and acquiring direct-to-consumer brands
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Episode: Profit from Paid Acquisition Key for Ecom Owner (Encore)
Rok Hladnik
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Hal Smith
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Episode: Grow or Die, Says Momentum Shake Founder (Encore)
Paul Jauregui
Founder of BK Beauty
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Episode: BK Beauty Doubles Down on TikTok Shop
John Roman
Founder, BattlBox
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Episode: BattlBox's Path from YouTube to Netflix
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Host

Eric Bandholz
Host of Ecommerce Conversations

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 50 ratings
  • Great energy

    Always such great energy !

    Arshad

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Arshad Bahl
    United Statesa year ago
  • Love the direct and to the point conversations. It’s easy to understand and implement on my own.

    Audible
    5
    Robert Davis
    United States2 years ago
  • Great topics

    Love the direct and to the point conversations. It’s easy to understand and implement on my own.

    Audible
    5
    Robert Davis
    United States2 years ago
  • One of the best if not the best in ecom. Casual and laid back interviews with well balance energy. Fun intro. Easy to enjoy. It's like having a conversation over beer.

    Audible
    5
    cheesyrolls
    United States2 years ago
  • The ELI5 of eCom

    One of the best if not the best in ecom. Casual and laid back interviews with well balance energy. Fun intro. Easy to enjoy. It's like having a conversation over beer.

    Audible
    5
    cheesyrolls
    United States2 years ago

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Shows high energy with practical, actionable advice.
Guests are relatable founders rather than theoretical experts.
Audience appreciates transparency about struggles and real-world outcomes.
Hosts questions guests with clarity, enabling authentic conversations.
Content is direct and useful for operators seeking concrete tactics.

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Profit from Paid Acquisition Key for Ecom Owner (Encore)
Q: How do you stand out?
Stuck recommends identifying the problem the product solves and testing different customer types, hooks, and angles. Even a seemingly simple product can address a specific customer need, and ads can start with headline overlays on existing product images.
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Q: What does a good landing page look like?
Stuck says the page should educate visitors about the problem the product solves before showing its price. He favors clear headlines and list-style pages that explain several reasons to buy, with a call to action that leads to the product page.
Agency Founder Touts YouTube TV Ads
Q: Can you buy ads that just get placed on YouTube TV?
Walser says advertisers can target TV devices by excluding mobile, tablet, and computer placements, or use a connected TV advertising platform for premium placements.
Agency Founder Touts YouTube TV Ads
Q: How are you technically utilizing Cloud Cowork to analyze data, and how are you pumping the data in?
Walser describes connecting tools and platforms, organizing shared project context, and using a terminal-based AI system with a database to consolidate campaign information and analyze performance.
BattlBox's Path from YouTube to Netflix
Q: How did you get the opportunity to buy the business back and regain control?
After a rocky period with partners and competing visions, we explored multiple exits; a SPAC deal fell through, and private equity proved too risky for the team. We pursued a traditional bank-financed buyback, leveraging SBA funding and a line of credit to regain control.

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What is Ecommerce Conversations about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Ecommerce Conversations delivers practical, in-the-trenches insights from ecommerce founders and executives, focusing on building, growing, and sustaining online businesses. Episodes routinely cover customer acquisition, pricing and margins, on-site conversion, fulfillment, and platform strategies (Shopify, Etsy, TikTok Shop), often with real-world case studies from brands like Beardbrand, Printful, and Ollie. The show blends tactical, data-driven guidance with candid reflections on scaling challenges, channel experimentation, and profitability, making it a valuable resource for operators evaluating new tactics, partnerships, or investment avenues. A standout throughline is a founder-led, no-nonsense approach that emphasizes actionable advi... more

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Recent guests on Ecommerce Conversations include:

1. Alex Walser
2. Zach Stuck
3. Rok Hladnik
4. Neville Medhora
5. Hal Smith
6. Mike Tecku
7. Paul Jauregui
8. John Roman

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