Hey Budai Nation,

Welcome back to The Ecom Show!

I’m Daniel Budai and I’ve got Sadie Redinger, the Vice President of Online Sales and Marketing of CKK Home Décor here with me today. CKK Home Décor is a home decor brand that designs, distributes, and wholesales home decor products. They have two boutique lines, Top Shelf Barware & Stonebriar Collection, that concentrate on the smaller mom-and-pop stores.

Top Shelf is CKK Home Décor’s higher-end boutique glassware line that features unique hand-painted glasses. And the Stonebriar Collection is CKK Home Décor’s higher-end boutique line, featuring artisan-style craftsmanship, rich finishes, and bold colors.

While CKK Home Décor may have initially started out as wholesalers and distributors, they’ve now successfully expanded into the B2C market with their two boutique lines. Their B2C success can be credited to their multichannel sales approach. CKK Home Décor is easily and widely available to customers through popular websites like Target, Home Depot, Walmart, and Amazon. They also have their own Shopify storefront. Join us in today’s episode to learn more about using a multichannel approach to sell your products.

Before we dive right in, here’s a quick recap of The Ecom Show for all our new listeners out there.

The Ecom Show is an e-commerce podcast show started by Daniel Budai, the show host and founder of Budai Media. Budai Media is a retention marketing agency that helps e-commerce businesses increase their revenue through email and SMS marketing. Budai Media has worked with over 125+ businesses in the last four years and generated over 35M+ in additional sales revenue. The Ecom Show was started as a way to build an open space for hungry and ambitious e-com entrepreneurs to gain real-life value through experiential learning.

Tune into this episode to learn more about:

✅Sadie’s Journey Into eCommerce Marketing & Sales

✅How CKK Home Décor Expanded From Retail to eCommerce

✅An Overview of Selling Through Amazon FBA

✅Tips for Selling on Walmart, Target, & Home Depot

✅Sadie’s #1 Tip for Professionals Getting Into eCommerce Marketing

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Hey Budai Nation,

I’m Daniel Budai and I have Zachary Lipari, the founder of Superare joining me for this episode of The Ecom Show.

Started in 2011 out of love for combat sports and grown into a leader in the industry, Superare has the best gear and apparel for the gym or the streets. They’ve got retail outlets in New York and LA, and they’ve got a killer online presence which makes them the go-to brand for fight apparel for fighters across the world.

Superare has had a very interesting journey over the last 12 years. They didn’t start out as a brand, they started as a sports shop selling fight gear and apparel. After spending years understanding what their customers love and prefer, they started developing their own product line, and there’s been no looking back ever since. Superare has built a cult following by developing a creative line of fight products and apparel that draw inspiration from pop culture, and athletes. Their excellent customer service, innovative marketing, and versatile range of products have made them a go-to brand for fighters from across the world.

Visit Superare to learn more about them.

Before we get started, here’s a quick introduction of us for all the new listeners!

Budai Media is an e-commerce retention marketing agency founded by our podcast host, Daniel Budai. We help businesses hyper-scale with the help of personalized email and SMS marketing campaigns. In the last 4 years, we have worked with over 125+ companies and generated over 35M+ in additional sales revenue.

Helping e-commerce businesses grow has always been a cause that Budai Media has strongly resonated with; we have several initiatives that help us pursue this cause by making valuable, verified, and actionable resources readily available to e-commerce entrepreneurs. We release new episodes every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Tune in to this episode to learn more about:

🥊Superare’s Journey Over the Last 12 Years

🥊How Zachary Transitioned From Retail to Online

🥊How to Manage Customer Returns and Sizing Issues With an Online Sports Store

🥊Superare’s Strategy for Building an Online Sports Brand

🥊Why Hiring Your Customers Is a Great Idea

🥊Zachary’s Advice to New Business Owners

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Hey Budai Nation,

Welcome back to The Ecom Show! This episode is precious and by precious we mean really precious because we’re going to be uncovering the world of luxury e-commerce jewelry.

We’ve got Itzik (Isaac) Polnauer from the legacy high-end jewelry brand Leibish. This world-renowned jewelry brand was founded back in 1979 and has customers from around the globe. Started by Itzik’s father, this business originally catered to a B2B clientele. However, the business made the brave and innovative move of adopting a B2C strategy by launching an online storefront in 1998. This close-knit family business is a leading supplier of colored diamonds to retailers, distributors, and clients from around the world. In the last 33 years, this business has managed to create a stellar mark for itself.

Click here to visit Leibish and learn more about their story.

Before we dive right in, here’s a quick recap of The Ecom Show for all our new listeners out there.

The Ecom Show is an e-commerce podcast show started by Daniel Budai, the show host and founder of Budai Media. Budai Media is a retention marketing agency that helps e-commerce businesses increase their revenue through email and SMS marketing. Budai Media has worked with over 125+ businesses in the last four years and generated over 35M+ in additional sales revenue. The Ecom Show was started as a way to build an open space for hungry and ambitious e-com entrepreneurs to gain real-life value through experiential learning.

Tune in to this episode to learn more about:

💎How Leibish Entered the World of eCommerce in 1998

💎How to Add Value to Your Customers

💎How to Build Trust While Selling a Luxury Product Online

💎How Does Retention Marketing Work for Luxury Jewelry Brands

💎The Challenges Leibish Faced While Entering the US Market

💎Itzik’s Advice to eCom Owners Interested in Selling Luxury Goods

Thanks for tuning in! Don’t forget we have a brand new episode headed your way tomorrow.

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Hey Budai Nation,

Today we’ve got a food e-commerce store from the land of the food itself! We’d like to extend a warm welcome to Clive D’Souza, the founder of Vvegano. Vvegano is India’s #1 Vegan Marketplace, and in today’s episode, we’re going to uncover more about how the vegan trend is disrupting the Indian food market.

India’s got a population of over 1.3 billion people, making it a huge market for any business. Clive noticed that there was a growing interest in the vegan lifestyle in India, and he realized that there was a clear need for food businesses that cater to it, which led him to launch Vvegano. Vvegano sells a host of vegan items like protein, mock meat, groceries, and even pet food through its online marketplace. Their goal is to decrease the overall animal consumption in India by providing vegan alternatives to mainstream consumables. Through their marketing initiatives and diverse product line, they’ve been able to appeal to both vegan and flexitarian markets and have created a big mark in India’s growing vegan industry.

Visit Vvegano to learn more about them.

Before we dive right in, here’s a quick recap of The Ecom Show for all our new listeners out there.

The Ecom Show is an e-commerce podcast show started by Daniel Budai, the show host and founder of Budai Media. Budai Media is a retention marketing agency that helps e-commerce businesses increase their revenue through email and SMS marketing. Budai Media has worked with over 125+ businesses in the last four years and generated over 35M+ in additional sales revenue. The Ecom Show was started as a way to build an open space for hungry and ambitious e-com entrepreneurs to gain real-life value through experiential learning.

Join Daniel and Clive in this episode as they discuss:

🌱 The Story Behind How Clive Founded Vvegano

🌱 How Big Is India’s Vegan Market

🌱 Vvegano’s Plans for the Future

🌱 How Vvegano Became India’s #1 Vegan Marketplace

🌱 Clive’s Advice to eCommerce Owners

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Hey Budai Nation,

Welcome to our 150th episode! 🎉

What better way to celebrate this milestone than with expert tips from two marketers from one of the fastest-growing companies? We’ve got Frank Dorval (VP of Marketing) and Brett Vance (VP of Growth) at Sheets & Giggles joining us for today’s episode.

Sheets & Giggles is one of the fastest-growing bedding brands, and their secret weapon is humor! Formed on the foundation of great copy, amazing work culture, and a ton of puns, Sheets & Giggles has made its way onto the Inc5000 list.

We’ve got the vice president’s of their growth and marketing team here with us today to spill the beans on their fast-growing success and to share some expert and proven branding strategies to help small businesses grow.

Before we get started here’s a quick recap about us for all the new listeners out there.

The Ecom Show is an e-commerce podcast started by Daniel Budai, the founder of Budai Media. After working with hundreds of e-commerce entrepreneurs, and e-commerce professionals, Daniel realized that everyone has a story to tell, and the best way to learn about something you love is through other people that have been doing what you love as well. He started The Ecom Show to create a space for e-commerce entrepreneurs and professionals to learn, share, and grow through real-life experiences. We’re proud and humbled to have been doing this for 150 episodes and look forward to having all our listeners join us on the journey to the next 150.

Budai Media is a retention marketing agency that works with e-commerce businesses to help them accelerate their growth by maximizing their customer lifetime value. In the last 4 years, Budai Media has generated over $35M+ in additional sales revenue and ventured into its own content and learning vertical to help individuals interested in e-commerce and retention marketing learn at their own pace.

Visit our website to learn more about us.

Join Daniel, Frank, and Brett in this episode to learn more about:

✅Sheets & Giggles’ Open Team Culture

✅Sheets & Giggles’ Marketing and Distribution Strategy

✅Sheets & Giggles’ Retention Marketing Stack

✅The Secret Behind Sheets & Giggles’ 50% Retention Marketing Rate

✅The Power of Good Copywriting

✅Frank & Brett’s #1 Tip for E-Com Marketers

Thanks for tuning in. If you enjoyed listening to this, please leave us a quick review and help us grow so we can continue doing more of what we love.

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Hey Budai Nation,

Welcome back to The Ecom Show! This is the first time that we have guests from China joining us on the show. Jimmy and Grace work at Dwarf Lab; an extremely fascinating brand that creates smart telescopes.

Dwarf Lab is a technology-driven optical team with an obsessive compulsion for innovation. Their journey started four years ago when they created microscopes for mobile phones. Inspired by this success they were keen to innovate further and ventured into the space of creating portable smart telescopes.

Dwarf Lab has raised over $1.7M+ since they started, and with over 5000+ backers they’ve managed to collect 500% of their initial goal. They’ve not only successfully rolled out their first portable telescope, but they’ve also collected the feedback they’ve received from their first launch to improve their product and released their new and improved second version.

Before we get started, here’s a quick introduction of us for all the new listeners!

Budai Media is an e-commerce retention marketing agency founded by our podcast host, Daniel Budai. We help businesses hyper-scale with the help of personalized email and SMS marketing campaigns. In the last 4 years, we have worked with over 125+ companies and generated over 35M+ in additional sales revenue.

Helping e-commerce businesses grow has always been a cause that Budai Media has strongly resonated with; we have several initiatives that help us pursue this cause by making valuable, verified, and actionable resources readily available to e-commerce entrepreneurs. We release new episodes every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.

We’ve also got a special 50-point checklist to help e-commerce businesses audit their Klaviyo setup. Click here to download it.

Tune in to this episode to learn more about:

⭐How Dwarf Lab Raised Over $1.7M+ Through Crowdfunding

⭐Difference Between Indiegogo and Kickstarter

⭐How to Retain Your Crowdfunding User Base

⭐How Dwarf Lab Promotes Their Product Campaign on Social Media

⭐The Biggest Challenge for Technical E-CommerBusinesses

⭐Dwarf Lab Advise to eCommerce Businesses Looking To Raise Funds Through Crowdfunding

Thanks for listening, if you enjoyed this episode please make sure to leave us a review.

We’ll see you back here tomorrow with our super special 150th episode!

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#148 Craig Leslie From the Bean Coffee Company: Serial Entrepreneur’s Advice to Selling on Shopify & Amazon

Skincare, Food, Coffee… No, I'm not just naming the three most booming industries in the e-commerce world, I’m actually listing down all the industries that Craig has managed to find success in.

Welcome to The Ecom Show, our guest for today is Craig Leslie the Director of Ecommerce at San Diego Coffee, Tea, & Spice, the parent company of the brand, The Bean Coffee Company, an e-commerce store that provides organic, micro-roasted coffee beans straight to your doorstep. Craig is a serial entrepreneur that’s started and provided consultancy to several businesses in the food, restaurant, skincare, and now, coffee space. He has experience in building both offline and e-commerce brands. He’s an experienced and proven entrepreneur with a lot of valuable lessons and effective strategies to help startups grow.

Before we dive right in here’s a quick recap of The Ecom Show for all our new listeners out there.

The Ecom Show is an e-commerce podcast show started by Daniel Budai, the show host and founder of Budai Media. Budai Media is a retention marketing agency that helps e-commerce businesses increase their revenue through email and SMS marketing. Budai Media has worked with over 125+ businesses in the last four years and generated over 35M+ in additional sales revenue. The Ecom Show was started as a way to build an open space for hungry and ambitious e-com entrepreneurs to gain real-life value through experiential learning.

Join Daniel and Craig in this episode as they discuss:

⭐Craig’s Entrepreneurial Journey

⭐How Social Consciousness Helps Brands Appeal to Customers

⭐The Nuances of Building a Sustainable Coffee Brand

⭐Craig’s Advice for Sellers Selling on Both Amazon and Shopify

⭐Tools That Have Helped Craig Grow His Shopify Store

⭐Craig’s Advice for New Business Owners

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Hey Budai Nation,

Welcome back to The Ecom Show! Our guest for today is Steve Appleton, the founder of Really Good E-Bikes. Steve is a living example of how great business ideas can come at any age. Steve left his full-time job in real estate development, and ventured into entrepreneurship in his mid 50’s by starting his very own dropshipping business selling e-bikes!

Most of our guests on The Ecom Show sell daily consumer products. However, Steve’s business is unique. Steve is in the high-ticket product niche of the e-commerce world as his average order value is over $1500! His business model and approach to e-commerce is very different as his focus is not on volume but rather the value of each sale. Watch this episode to learn more about the nuances of running a high-ticket dropshipping business.

Before we get started, here’s a quick introduction of us for all the new listeners!

Budai Media is an e-commerce retention marketing agency founded by our podcast host, Daniel Budai. We help businesses hyper-scale with the help of personalized email and SMS marketing campaigns. In the last 4 years, we have worked with over 125+ companies and generated over 35M+ in additional sales revenue.

Helping e-commerce businesses grow has always been a cause that Budai Media has strongly resonated with; we have several initiatives that help us pursue this cause by making valuable, verified, and actionable resources readily available to e-commerce entrepreneurs. We release new episodes every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Apart from this, check out my $37M 50-point email marketing cheatsheet, and learn how we helped more than 100 e-commerce businesses make more profit.

Join Daniel and Steve in this episode as they discuss more:

✅Steve’s Inspiration Behind Starting Really Good E-Bikes

✅How to Dropship a High-Ticket Product

✅How to Set Your Dropshipping E-Com Store Apart

✅Steve’s Advice to Entrepreneurs Looking To Start a High-Ticket eCommerce Brand

Thanks for tuning in!

If you’re keen on learning about retention marketing, we recently released a three-hour mini-course containing all the information you need to get started. This mini-course comes packed with real-life case studies, proven strategies, and many helpful resources from experienced email marketers. Find the mini-course here.

Visit Really Good E-Bikes to learn more about Steve’s store.

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Hey Budai Nation and Willy Wonka Fans,

We’ve got a super exciting and tasty product that we’ll unravel in today’s episode of The Ecom Show! Justin Frank, the founder of Yes Cacao, is here with us to talk about how his brand is revolutionizing the chocolate industry.

Yes Cacao is the world’s first chocolate brand that uses organic, raw, wild-harvested Cacao from Ecuadorian Jungles and infuses it with the goodness of botanicals to create healthy chocolate bars that boost your endurance, increase your brain-power, and help you relax.

Click here to try their deliciously healthy chocolates at 20% off. Or, copy paste this link in your browser's address bar: https://www.yescacao.com/discount/BUDAI20

Justin’s always been fascinated by how different kinds of food and herbs can affect specific parts of your body. He got the idea to start Yes Cacao while learning about Chinese medicine. He observed how many people failed to stick to natural medicine because it involved taking multiple pills and was determined to find a more accessible and more fun solution to this problem. That’s when he began experimenting with something that everyone loves- chocolate. The rest was history!

Justin and his wife are both co-founders of Yes Cacao. Together they’ve managed to get this business crowdfunded through successful Kickstarter campaigns, brought their brand in over 170+ retail stores, and pivoted it in a completely new direction by moving entirely online. Watch this episode to learn more about their journey.

Before we get started, here’s a quick introduction of us for all the new listeners!

Budai Media is an e-commerce retention marketing agency founded by our podcast host, Daniel Budai. We help businesses hyper-scale with the help of personalized email and SMS marketing campaigns. In the last 4 years, we have worked with over 125+ companies and generated over 35M+ in additional sales revenue.

Helping e-commerce businesses grow has always been a cause that Budai Media has strongly resonated with; we have several initiatives that help us pursue this cause by making valuable, verified, and actionable resources readily available to e-commerce entrepreneurs. We release new episodes every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Apart from this, we’ve even got a mini-course that teaches you the A-Z of email marketing!

Click here to sign up for our mini-course.

✅How Justin Got the Idea Behind Starting a Botanical Chocolate Brand

✅How to Crowdfund Your Business Using Kickstarter

✅How Yes Cacao Pivoted From Selling in 170+ Retail Stores to Building Their Own eCommerce Store

✅Selling on eCommerce vs. Selling in Retail Stores

✅Yes Cacao’s Marketing Strategy

✅How Yes Cacao’s Product Range Supports Different Wellness Needs

Thanks for tuning in. If you enjoyed listening to this, remember we have a new episode headed your way tomorrow!

If you’re keen on learning about retention marketing, we recently released a three-hour mini-course containing all the information you need to get started. This mini-course comes packed with real-life case studies, proven strategies, and many helpful resources from experienced email marketers. Find the mini-course here.

We have a special surprise for all our listeners!

Get your hands on Yes Cacao’s deliciously healthy chocolate bars at 20% off by using the code: BUDAI20.

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Do you love snacking but hate having to stock up? If yes, then you’ll love the guests we have on today’s episode.

Anthony and Rodney are the founders of Munch Addict --- a snack subscription box service that ensures you’re never left hungry with an empty pantry by sending you a variety of International snacks and candy on the regular. What makes their service even more unique? They also have a store service that lets you order extra units of your favorite snacks.

In today’s episode, Anthony and Rodney share the story of how they started Munch Addict, and walk us through all the different retention strategies that they’ve used to grow their subscription-based brand.

Before we get started here’s a quick introduction of us for all the new listeners out there!

In the last 4 years, Budai Media has worked with over 125+ businesses and generated over 35M+ in additional sales revenue. Helping e-commerce businesses grow has always been a cause that Budai Media has strongly resonated with, in fact, we have several initiatives that help us pursue this cause by making valuable, verified, and actionable resources readily available to e-commerce entrepreneurs.

Our founder, Daniel Budai started The Ecom Show to create a platform where e-commerce owners can share their success stories with other founders. We release new episodes every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Apart from this, we’ve even got a mini-course, several case studies, an active Youtube channel, newsletters, and blogs to help anyone and everyone interested in e-commerce retention marketing learn through their preferred channel

Visit our website to learn more about us.

Here are a few highlights from this episode:

✅How Munch Addict Started

✅What Are the Challenges of Entering the Food eCommerce Industry

✅How Munch Addict Subscription Box Stands Out

✅Navigating Corporate Gifting

✅How Google Knowledge Panel Can Help Grow Your Reach

✅Munch Addicts Marketing Strategy

✅How Email Marketing Boosts Retention for Subscription Boxes

✅Creating a Rewards Program for Your Subscription Business

If you’re keen on learning about retention marketing, we recently released a three-hour mini-course that contains all the info you need to get started. This mini-course comes packed with real-life case studies, proven strategies, and a ton of helpful resources from experienced email marketers. Find the mini-course here.

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