Dog stuff. Snacks. Makeup. Gaming gear. Apartments. Cars. Everything has become a subscription box. It seems like the trend may have passed but companies like Dollar Shave Club are getting acquired by huge brands who either see subscriptions as an opportunity or threat to their business. Subscriptions can be useful for things we need every…
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How to spot a dropshipping site
I saw someone on Reddit mention a weekender-style bag and how they wanted to get it. The minute I landed on the site, I could tell it was a dropshipper. Since I work with a variety of eCommerce companies, it’s easy for me to tell the real thing from a dropshipper. But for many people…
Why Amazon Won’t Eat All of Ecommerce
The Amazon Advantage and how Nuancers, Curators, and Category Shifters will continue to innovate in the eCommerce space despite the market dominance of Retail Behemoths. I don’t like Amazon. Not just the fact that they’re a behemoth in online retail. It’s the lack of trust between customer and seller. I’ve noticed in the past year…
Beware dropshipping product reviews
Product reviews are not safe anymore. I’ve read a few articles recently talking about the proliferation in Facebook groups for buying fake 5 star reviews for Amazon listings. (If these journalists are finding them why doesn’t Amazon do something?) Dropshippers are also cashing in on “fake” reviews. Now I’m putting “fake” in quotations because I…
Friction isn’t always bad
Friction is a popular word in conversion optimization. On any site, we’re trying to make the process as friction-free as possible to make sure users have a great experience. We want them to get on the site, stay on the site, and take action. But can friction actually be a good thing? I think it…
Is it ethical to dropship?
For a while I’ve been interested in the proliferation of fly-by-night Shopify dropshipping stores and Amazon FBA sellers. Now that the Atlantic has published an article exposing just a few of the course sellers that promote these business models, more people are starting to learn about this industry. First off, the whole business model is…
Sustainable businesses are hard
I’m on a bit of a tear with eCommerce stores. I keep checking out the different eCommerce subreddits and see all of these dropshipping sites going up and the site owners posting “I have traffic but no sales, what’s wrong with my site?”. People share quick fixes like blurry logos or that the images are…
Dropshipping eCommerce Stores
I got the inspiration to write this after going through the eCommerce subreddit just now. There are lots of people posting for someone to critique their new site or asking for help on how to get traffic or why they have no sales. So far after looking at 4 sites they’re all Shopify dropshipping. I’m…