In today's episode, you'll be listening in on a coaching session with Donnie Lawson. Donnie is in the planning stages of setting up his ecommerce business, and you'll hear us talk about the criteria he used to choose his niche, how he's finding suppliers, some tips for how to build credibility when approaching wholesalers as a new business, and tons of other great discussion.

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Links referenced during the show:

	Out of the Sandbox Shopify Themes (my favorite themes)
	The Product Listing Ads Guide
	The Google Shopping Shopify App

Other resources mentioned:

	The $100 Startup, by Chris Guillebeau

Quote of the week:
"When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say 'wow, that was an adventure,' not 'wow, I sure felt safe.'"

~ Tom Preston-Werner
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EP 020: An Ecommerce Coaching Session with Donnie Lawson

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Topics covered in this episode:

	How Ken and his family designed and manufactured a brand new product in the pet industry
	Dealing with intellectual property issues for new products (like patents and trademarks)
	How offering a more generous return policy actually correlated with a reduction in returns and more positive reviews
	Scaling a new ecommerce business while continuing to work a regular job

Links mentioned on the show:

	Shopify Entrepreneurs Facebook group
	The Cost of Obtaining a Patent in the US
	How to add a wholesale area to your store without an app
	Shopafree
	WheekyPets.com

64: Inventing a new product and selling it online, with Ken Foster

Topics covered in this episode:

	Differences between dropshipping and buying wholesale
	Pros and cons of drop shipping and scenarios when you might want to try it
	Tips to be successful with dropshipping
	How the "free plus shipping" model works and things to consider before trying it
	Pros and cons of buying wholesale
	Tips for improving your packaging
	What makes buying wholesale a better model than dropshipping
	Growth hacks to help you improve your SEO by getting a few easy high-level backlinks

Links mentioned on the show:

	Survival Knife Experts
	Anton Method
	Johnny FD / Blog about selling drop shipping store
	Stock Sync
	Oberlo
	AliExpress
	Strikingly
	Profitable eCommerce
	The Ultimate Guide to Dropshipping
	Lumi
	Packlane
	Pakible
	KWFinder
	SEMrush
	Get 15% off KWFinder
	1 Password
	Dashlane
	Reddit
	Shopify Apps

63: Dropshipping vs. buying wholesale, with Richard Lazazzera

Shabbir began selling a product that brought in $5996.13 in revenue during the first 50 days. Leighton checks in with Shabbir to see how things are going a few months later.
Topics covered in this episode:

	Some lessons that Shabbir has learned through this seeming “failure”
	Any time an ecommerce venture doesn’t go how you wanted it to, it’s a disappointment and can be discouraging. Hear how Shabbir takes his experience to fine-tune what works for him and his current life circumstances.

Links mentioned on the show:

	Sign up to be notified about my ecommerce coaching program
	Making $5996.13 In 50 Days Selling On Amazon FBA
	Original Podcast with Shabbir Nooruddin
	Review Kick
	The Amazing Seller
	Fish Finder Source
	Empire Flippers

EP 020: An Ecommerce Coaching Session with Donnie Lawson

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