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  • 🧠 CHAPTER 6: The Modern Buyer Brain: THE NEW LOYALTY: BEYOND POINTS & DISCOUNTS
    Modern Buyer Brain: Chapter 6

    The reason your Shopify customers are not loyal is because you're rewarding the wrong behavior.


    Points and discounts were built for a world that no longer exists. Today’s buyers want emotion, recognition, surprise, and belonging. In this episode, we uncover why emotional loyalty outperforms transactional rewards, how brands like Chewy and Starbucks turn small moments into lifelong fans, and how Shopify businesses can build real advocacy without bribing customers.

    If you want customers who choose you proudly, not reluctantly, this is the episode to hear.

     

    🧠 This is part of a 9-part series pulled from this full interview: https://www.shopify1percent.com/future-of-the-buyer-brain-shopify-evolution/

    🫶 Support the amazing sponsors that make this show possible 🫶

    Omnisend - I personally use Omnisend for every Shopify store I manage! I’ve tried them all and Omnisend is hands down the easiest way to set up email and sms automations and campaigns, leverage segmentation to personalize them, and A/B test everything to optimize conversion. The push notifications and gamified email collection tools are just the icing on the cake 🤌

    (plus most report paying about half the price of Klaviyo 🤫)

    🚨Listeners (YOU) get an exclusive 30% OFF for 3 MONTHS: https://shopify1percent.com/omnisend

     

    Bold Commerce - Maximize your Shopify sales with Bold's suite of powerful apps. From AI Upselling, to powerful Subscriptions, Memberships, and VIP Pricing tools, Bold has everything you need to Maximize your Shopify revenue!

    Try Bold apps for free here: shopify1percent.com/bold

    19 min
  • 🧠 CHAPTER 5: The Modern Buyer Brain: WHY MARKETING MUST CHANGE
    Modern Buyer Brain: Chapter 5

    Here is a question most Shopify founders avoid. What if your marketing strategy is perfectly optimized for the wrong era of ecommerce? Most brands chase cheap CAC, tweak ads daily, and underinvest in the customers who already love them. The result is predictable. Growth stalls. Churn rises. Referrals disappear.

    In this episode, we unpack why marketing must evolve, how member marketing delivers the highest ROI, and how engineered exclusivity and referrals can transform your Shopify business. If you want a smarter and more resilient way to scale, this conversation will change your thinking.


    🧠 This is part of a 9-part series pulled from this full interview: https://www.shopify1percent.com/future-of-the-buyer-brain-shopify-evolution/

    🫶 Support the amazing sponsors that make this show possible 🫶

    Omnisend - I personally use Omnisend for every Shopify store I manage! I’ve tried them all and Omnisend is hands down the easiest way to set up email and sms automations and campaigns, leverage segmentation to personalize them, and A/B test everything to optimize conversion. The push notifications and gamified email collection tools are just the icing on the cake 🤌

    (plus most report paying about half the price of Klaviyo 🤫)

    🚨Listeners (YOU) get an exclusive 30% OFF for 3 MONTHS: https://shopify1percent.com/omnisend

     

    Bold Commerce - Maximize your Shopify sales with Bold's suite of powerful apps. From AI Upselling, to powerful Subscriptions, Memberships, and VIP Pricing tools, Bold has everything you need to Maximize your Shopify revenue!

    Try Bold apps for free here: shopify1percent.com/bold

    20 min
  • 🧠 CHAPTER 4: The Modern Buyer Brain: SUBSCRIPTION FATIGUE & HOW TO BEAT IT
    Modern Buyer Brain: Chapter 4

    The real reason your Shopify subscription growth stalled has nothing to do with your product and everything to do with predictable human psychology.


    Most brands hit the same wall around six or seven cycles, watching customers cancel even when the product works perfectly. That is subscription fatigue.

    In this episode, we dig into why perceived value always decays over time and how top Shopify brands beat fatigue with layered value, emotional benefits, and membership design. If you want subscribers who stay for years, not months, this episode gives you the playbook.

     

    🧠 This is part of a 9-part series pulled from this full interview: https://www.shopify1percent.com/future-of-the-buyer-brain-shopify-evolution/

    🫶 Support the amazing sponsors that make this show possible 🫶

    Omnisend - I personally use Omnisend for every Shopify store I manage! I’ve tried them all and Omnisend is hands down the easiest way to set up email and sms automations and campaigns, leverage segmentation to personalize them, and A/B test everything to optimize conversion. The push notifications and gamified email collection tools are just the icing on the cake 🤌

    (plus most report paying about half the price of Klaviyo 🤫)

    🚨Listeners (YOU) get an exclusive 30% OFF for 3 MONTHS: https://shopify1percent.com/omnisend

     

    Bold Commerce - Maximize your Shopify sales with Bold's suite of powerful apps. From AI Upselling, to powerful Subscriptions, Memberships, and VIP Pricing tools, Bold has everything you need to Maximize your Shopify revenue!

    Try Bold apps for free here: shopify1percent.com/bold

    15 min
  • 🧠 CHAPTER 3: The Modern Buyer Brain: ACQUISITION = RETENTION
    Modern Buyer Brain: Chapter 3

    What if the biggest retention problem in your Shopify business is not retention at all, but the customers you are acquiring in the first place?

    Most brands obsess over CAC and conversion, then panic when churn hits, never realizing the two are inseparable.

    Acquisition is retention.

    In this episode, I break down why the customer you attract determines the customer you keep, how the post-checkout dopamine spike shapes long-term loyalty, and how smart onboarding can lift retention before the first order even ships.

    If you want to stop fighting churn and start engineering loyalty, this Shopify episode is your blueprint.

     

    🧠 This is part of a 9-part series pulled from this full interview: https://www.shopify1percent.com/future-of-the-buyer-brain-shopify-evolution/

    🫶 Support the amazing sponsors that make this show possible 🫶

    Omnisend - I personally use Omnisend for every Shopify store I manage! I’ve tried them all and Omnisend is hands down the easiest way to set up email and sms automations and campaigns, leverage segmentation to personalize them, and A/B test everything to optimize conversion. The push notifications and gamified email collection tools are just the icing on the cake 🤌

    (plus most report paying about half the price of Klaviyo 🤫)

    🚨Listeners (YOU) get an exclusive 30% OFF for 3 MONTHS: https://shopify1percent.com/omnisend

     

    Bold Commerce - Maximize your Shopify sales with Bold's suite of powerful apps. From AI Upselling, to powerful Subscriptions, Memberships, and VIP Pricing tools, Bold has everything you need to Maximize your Shopify revenue!

    Try Bold apps for free here: shopify1percent.com/bold

    18 min
  • 🧠 CHAPTER 2: The Modern Buyer Brain: THE SWITCH FROM SERVICE, TO STATUS
    Modern Buyer Brain: Chapter 2

    What if the reason your Shopify customers aren’t loyal has nothing to do with your service and everything to do with the status your brand fails to create?

    Most of us work hard to respond faster, offer better support, and throw in discounts, yet loyalty still slips away. The problem is simple. Service is expected. Status is desired. In this episode, I break down how modern buyers crave identity, recognition, and belonging, and how to design a Shopify membership experience people are proud to join.

    If you want customers who stay because it feels like who they are, not because you gave them 10 percent off, this episode will show you the path.

    🧠 This is part of a 9-part series pulled from this full interview: https://www.shopify1percent.com/future-of-the-buyer-brain-shopify-evolution/

    🫶 Support the amazing sponsors that make this show possible 🫶

    Omnisend - I personally use Omnisend for every Shopify store I manage! I’ve tried them all and Omnisend is hands down the easiest way to set up email and sms automations and campaigns, leverage segmentation to personalize them, and A/B test everything to optimize conversion. The push notifications and gamified email collection tools are just the icing on the cake 🤌

    (plus most report paying about half the price of Klaviyo 🤫)

    🚨Listeners (YOU) get an exclusive 30% OFF for 3 MONTHS: https://shopify1percent.com/omnisend

     

    Bold Commerce - Maximize your Shopify sales with Bold's suite of powerful apps. From AI Upselling, to powerful Subscriptions, Memberships, and VIP Pricing tools, Bold has everything you need to Maximize your Shopify revenue!

    Try Bold apps for free here: shopify1percent.com/bold

    14 min
  • 🧠 CHAPTER 1: The Modern Buyer Brain: PLAYING DEFENCE VS DESIGNING MEMBERSHIP
    Modern Buyer Brain: Chapter 1

    What if your Shopify brand is not losing customers because of churn, but because you never designed something worth staying for in the first place?


    Most brands play defence. They plug holes, fight cancellations, and scramble for acquisition wins while ignoring the identity, psychology, and membership experience customers actually want.

    In this episode, I break down why real loyalty starts at the moment of excitement after checkout, how to rethink retention at the acquisition level, and what it looks like to build a membership people proudly belong to. If you want your Shopify business to stop reacting and start compounding, this is the episode to listen to.

     

    🧠 This is part of a 9-part series pulled from this full interview: https://www.shopify1percent.com/future-of-the-buyer-brain-shopify-evolution/

     

    🫶 Support the amazing sponsors that make this show possible 🫶

    Omnisend - I personally use Omnisend for every Shopify store I manage! I’ve tried them all and Omnisend is hands down the easiest way to set up email and sms automations and campaigns, leverage segmentation to personalize them, and A/B test everything to optimize conversion. The push notifications and gamified email collection tools are just the icing on the cake 🤌

    (plus most report paying about half the price of Klaviyo 🤫)

    🚨Listeners (YOU) get an exclusive 30% OFF for 3 MONTHS: https://shopify1percent.com/omnisend

     

    Bold Commerce - Maximize your Shopify sales with Bold's suite of powerful apps. From AI Upselling, to powerful Subscriptions, Memberships, and VIP Pricing tools, Bold has everything you need to Maximize your Shopify revenue!

    Try Bold apps for free here: shopify1percent.com/bold

    16 min
  • The Modern "Buyer Brain" 🧠 - How Shopify Brands are Evolving to Serve the Customer of the Future.

    What if I told you the future of Shopify success has nothing to do with discounts, funnels, or “crushing Q4”… and everything to do with psychology? In this episode we "flipped the mics" and sit on the other side getting interviewed.  We unpacked what loyalty actually looks like in 2025 and beyond, why customers are less loyal than a distracted goldfish, why 76 percent of buyers expect personalization instantly, and why paid membership can 4x your revenue. If you run a Shopify business and you want to stop guessing how loyalty works, this episode will change the way you build your brand forever.

    Key Take-aways
    • Why most Shopify brands accidentally train their customers to leave.

    • The psychological reason loyalty is no longer about points or discounts.

    • How onboarding shapes retention before the first order even ships.

    • Why the modern buyer brain is overloaded and how Shopify brands can win with simplicity.

    • How sunk cost fallacy creates irrational loyalty and how to ethically engineer it.

    • Why membership ecosystems are the future of Shopify growth.

    • The subscription death curve and the only way to escape it.

    • Why referral-driven growth is the survival strategy for the next generation of Shopify brands.

    • How to layer value so customers stay because it feels like who they are, not because of a coupon.

      🫶 Support the amazing sponsors that make this show possible 🫶

      Omnisend - I personally use Omnisend for every Shopify store I manage! I’ve tried them all and Omnisend is hands down the easiest way to set up email and sms automations and campaigns, leverage segmentation to personalize them, and A/B test everything to optimize conversion. The push notifications and gamified email collection tools are just the icing on the cake 🤌

      (plus most report paying about half the price of Klaviyo 🤫)

      🚨Listeners (YOU) get an exclusive 30% OFF for 3 MONTHS: https://shopify1percent.com/omnisend

       

      Bold Commerce - Maximize your Shopify sales with Bold's suite of powerful apps. From AI Upselling, to powerful Subscriptions, Memberships, and VIP Pricing tools, Bold has everything you need to Maximize your Shopify revenue!

      Try Bold apps for free here: shopify1percent.com/bold


      Resources & Links Mentioned in the Show

      Bold Commerce Apps: https://www.boldcommerce.com/shopify

      Shopify Plus Info: https://www.shopify.com/plus
      Amazon Prime (membership breakdown): https://www.mckinsey.com
      Accenture Consumer Values Report: https://www.accenture.com
      Havas Meaningful Brands Study: https://meaningful-brands.com
      Peloton Membership Info: https://www.onepeloton.com
      Starbucks Rewards Program: https://www.starbucks.ca/rewards
      Chewy Customer Care Stories: https://www.chewy.com

      1 hr 22 min
    • POV: Your "Beautiful" Shopify Acquisition Strategy Leads to a Leaky Bucket. 😨

      Join the upcoming webinar with todays guest on December 16: https://bit.ly/stop-the-leak-dec-16


      POV: Your beautifully crafted acquisition strategy is basically a leaky bucket and you’ve been pouring money into Facebook’s pockets for years.

      Here’s the punchline. Up to 70 percent of customers who click cancel are not actually done with you. They’re confused, overwhelmed, or have three months of product piling up under their sink. And when you intervene properly, brands consistently save 25 to 40 percent of those would-be churned subscribers. If you care about LTV, retention, or keeping your Shopify business from quietly bleeding out, this episode is not optional.

      SPECIAL WEBINAR

      Don't miss our LIVE webinar with today's guest today as we go deep cancellations flows, show you exactly how to set them up, what works best, what doesn't and exactly how the best brands on Shopify set up theirs! Plus it's live, so you can ask any questions you like. 

      REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/stop-the-leak-dec-16

      Key Take-aways
      • The cancel click is not the end. It is the beginning of the most valuable conversation in your Shopify business.

      • Up to 70 percent of cancellation attempts are misdiagnosed and fully preventable with the right flow.

      • Personalization beats blanket offers every time. One-size-fits-all cancellation flows are revenue murder.

      • The best Shopify brands treat cancellation as a retention engine, not a customer exit.

      • Skip and pause offers save more subscribers than heavy discounts and avoid training customers to game the system.

      • AI generated offer copy can increase save rates by up to 7 percent without changing the offer itself.

      • Cancellation feedback is a goldmine for fixing product, onboarding, acquisition, and CX issues.

      • The ProsperStack and Bold Subscriptions integration gives Shopify brands a native, no-code solution to stop churn fast.

      • Winback campaigns can recover a massive percentage of “not now” customers who left for temporary reasons.

      • You cannot fix churn if you are acquiring the wrong customer in the first place.

         

        🫶 Support the amazing sponsors that make this show possible 🫶


        Omnisend - I personally use Omnisend for every Shopify store I manage! I’ve tried them all and Omnisend is hands down the easiest way to set up email and sms automations and campaigns, leverage segmentation to personalize them, and A/B test everything to optimize conversion. The push notifications and gamified email collection tools are just the icing on the cake 🤌

        (plus most report paying about half the price of Klaviyo 🤫)

        🚨Listeners (YOU) get an exclusive 30% OFF for 3 MONTHS: https://shopify1percent.com/omnisend

         

        Bold Commerce - Maximize your Shopify sales with Bold's suite of powerful apps. From AI Upselling, to powerful Subscriptions, Memberships, and VIP Pricing tools, Bold has everything you need to Maximize your Shopify revenue!

        Try Bold apps for free here: shopify1percent.com/bold

         

        Resources & Links Mentioned in the Show
        • ProsperStack: https://prosperstack.com
        • Tony Sternberg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonysternberg/
        • ProsperStack Blog on the Peak End Rule: https://prosperstack.com/blog
        • Bold Subscriptions for Shopify: https://boldcommerce.com/shopify/subscriptions
        • Bold Commerce Apps: https://www.boldcommerce.com/shopify
        • Webinar Registration. Stop the Cancel: https://boldcommerce.com/shopify/churn-prevention
        • Patrick Campbell and ProfitWell: https://www.profitwell.com
        • SEMrush: https://www.semrush.com
        • Charity Water: https://www.charitywater.org
        • SPECIAL WEBINAR: 

          Don't miss our LIVE webinar with Tony from this episode! We're going deep cancellations flows to show you exactly how to set them up, what works best, what doesn't and exactly how the best brands on Shopify set up theirs! Plus it's live, so you can ask any questions you like. 

          REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/stop-the-leak-dec-16

          48 min
        • 🤔 Is Your Shopify Store Designed to Convert, or Just Look Pretty?

          If you’re not A/B testing your Shopify store, you’re basically running your business on “I think this looks nice.” Spoiler alert. That is not a strategy. Brands that consistently A/B test see conversion lifts anywhere from 27 percent to 550 percent 🤯.  Today I sit down with Phill Moorman, the new CEO of Shogun, one of the original Shopify app giants, to talk about why testing, personalization, and AI might be the most profitable things you are still avoiding. We cover the tools, the workflows, the psychology, and yes, the excuses… and why they’re killing your growth.

          Key Take-aways
          • Why gut-driven Shopify decisions are silently destroying your conversion rate

          • How A/B testing can realistically increase your revenue by 20 to 50 percent

          • The easiest things to test that almost always boost performance

          • How Shopify merchants can personalize pages for cities, states, campaigns, or even influencer traffic

          • Why segmentation matters when paid acquisition is getting more expensive every quarter

          • How Shogun’s AI Section Builder can create custom sections in seconds

          • When to test, when to personalize, and when to step away and rethink the funnel entirely

          • How to avoid “vanity metrics” and actually test for revenue

          • Why some brands reject designs that convert better and how to avoid making “pretty but poor” pages

            🫶 Support the amazing sponsors that make this show possible 🫶


            Omnisend - I personally use Omnisend for every Shopify store I manage! I’ve tried them all and Omnisend is hands down the easiest way to set up email and sms automations and campaigns, leverage segmentation to personalize them, and A/B test everything to optimize conversion. The push notifications and gamified email collection tools are just the icing on the cake 🤌

            (plus most report paying about half the price of Klaviyo 🤫)

            🚨Listeners (YOU) get an exclusive 30% OFF for 3 MONTHS: https://shopify1percent.com/omnisend

             

            Bold Commerce - Maximize your Shopify sales with Bold's suite of powerful apps. From AI Upselling, to powerful Subscriptions, Memberships, and VIP Pricing tools, Bold has everything you need to Maximize your Shopify revenue!

            Try Bold apps for free here: shopify1percent.com/bold

             

            Resources & Links Mentioned in the Show

            Shogun Homepage

            https://getshogun.com

            Shogun A/B Testing App

            https://apps.shopify.com/shogun-ab-testing

            Shogun Personalization App

            https://apps.shopify.com/shogun-personalization

            Shogun Page Builder

            https://apps.shopify.com/shogun

            Shogun AI Section Builder (launching soon)

            https://getshogun.com

            VideoWise

            https://www.videowise.com

            Super Affiliate

            https://superaffiliates.com

            Shopify

            https://www.shopify.com

            Bold Commerce Apps

            https://www.boldcommerce.com/shopify

            Phill Moorman on LinkedIn

            https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-moorman-growth-marketing/

            56 min
          • Shopify Growth Secrets from the World’s LARGEST Shopify Agency co-founder: Mac King 📈

            Ever wonder why 97% of Shopify store visitors leave without buying anything? Yep… ninety-seven percent. That’s like running a retail store where almost everyone walks in, looks around, and says “nah.” In this episode, I sit down with Mac King, Co-Founder and CRO of Domaine—the world’s largest Shopify agency managing over $6 billion GMV—to talk about how brands can still crush it even in a slow economy. We get into why AI search traffic is exploding (and how to hack it before your competitors do), why blogs are suddenly cool again, and how “taste” might secretly be your biggest conversion lever. If you want to future-proof your Shopify store and outsmart the slowdown, this is the one you don’t skip.

            Key Take-aways
            • Why “taste” is the new conversion strategy (and no, it’s not something you can A/B test).

            • How AI search is the next SEO land grab, and the simple hacks to rank before everyone else figures it out.

            • Why blogs are back—and how creating real content (not AI sludge) gets you surfaced in ChatGPT and Google’s AI results.

            • Why first-party data is your most valuable Shopify asset, and how to actually use it for personalized experiences.

            • Simple UX tweaks (like ditching your cart page) that boost conversion instantly.

            • How Domaine consistently delivers 85% of projects on budget—in an industry famous for the opposite.

            • The mindset shift from “merchant” to “brand,” and why the words you use internally shape your customer experience externally.

            • Why subscriptions are no longer enough, and what “predictive reorder” programs mean for the future of Shopify retention.

              🫶 Support the amazing sponsors that make this show possible 🫶

              Omnisend - I personally use Omnisend for every Shopify store I manage! I’ve tried them all and Omnisend is hands down the easiest way to set up email and sms automations and campaigns, leverage segmentation to personalize them, and A/B test everything to optimize conversion. The push notifications and gamified email collection tools are just the icing on the cake 🤌

              (plus most report paying about half the price of Klaviyo 🤫)

              🚨Listeners (YOU) get an exclusive 30% OFF for 3 MONTHS: https://shopify1percent.com/omnisend

               

              Bold Commerce - Maximize your Shopify sales with Bold's suite of powerful apps. From AI Upselling, to powerful Subscriptions, Memberships, and VIP Pricing tools, Bold has everything you need to Maximize your Shopify revenue!

              Try Bold apps for free here: shopify1percent.com/bold

               

              Resources & Links Mentioned in the Show
              • Mac King on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mackenziepking/
              • Domaine (Shopify Agency): https://www.meetdomaine.com
              • Domaine Studio (for SMB brands): https://www.meetdomaine.com/studio
              • Bold Commerce Apps for Shopify: https://www.boldcommerce.com/shopify
              • Shopify Plus Partner Info: https://www.shopify.com/plus
              • Klaviyo Personalization API: https://www.klaviyo.com
              • UserTesting (A/B testing tool): https://www.usertesting.com
              • Reactive (Mobile App for Shopify Brands): https://www.reactiv.ai/
              • Fellow Coffee Products (example brand): https://www.grammarly.com
              • 1 hr 9 min

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