The JetRails Podcast

If you ship with a carrier like UPS or FedEx, it's likely that you're paying more in fees than you should be. For instance, if a shipment, such as an overnight shipment, is late, you may be entitled to a full refund. Tune in to learn more about where you may be overpaying your shipping carrier, and how to recoup those funds.

Guest: Jose Li, Founder & CEO, 71lbs

Host: Robert Rand, Director of Partnerships & Alliances, JetRails

Shoppers expect orders to arrive at their doorstep quickly and cheaply. It's put a lot of pressure on merchants to compete. It's also brought challenges regarding eCommerce profitability. Learn more about the issues that ShipBob saw shoppers and sellers facing, and techniques for addressing those challenges.

Guest: George Wojciechowski, Co-Founder, ShipBob

Host: Robert Rand, Director of Partnerships & Alliances, JetRails

Online shoppers have been given ample reason to fear privacy and fraud in recent years. They’ve watched behemoths like Target and Home Depot suffer data breaches. So why should they feel comfortable and confident to make a purchase on your website? Tune in to learn about how merchants are building trust and improving their conversion rates.

Special Guests: Eric Thorson + Mark Wilkinson, Norton Shopping Guarantee

Host: Robert Rand, JetRails

Amazon figured out that if you let shoppers know when they can expect to receive a product, it cuts down on friction and helps improve conversion rates.

We're excited to share firsthand feedback from a long-time eCommerce merchant on the impacts of adding this feature to his website. If you're into chess, you'll appreciate this guest's ability to think a few moves ahead! We've also brought on the founder of the tech company that's making this tech available to more and more eCommerce shops.

Guests:

Raphael Neff, ChessHouse.com

Akhilesh Srivastava, Fenix Commerce

Host:

Robert Rand, JetRails

You spend lots of money driving shoppers to your eCommerce website, whether through paid ads, or organic advertising. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss how to convert more of those website visitors into customers, including by meeting expectations being set by titans of the eCommerce industry, like Amazon.

Hosts: Tom Puchalski and Robert Rand of JetRails.com

Guest: Jay Omar of Bolt.com

Magento is one of the most robust and popular eCommerce platforms available. Learn about key differences between the free Open Source version of Magento, and the paid Commerce version, including ways that merchants using the more popular Magento Open Source version have been adding Enterprise features and functionalities to their stores.

Hosts:

- Tom Puchalski, JetRails

- Robert Rand, JetRails

Guest:

- Alex Povolotski, Collins Harper

Product and Store reviews are some of the most important indicators that shoppers use when making a purchase. James Denker of Trustpilot, a veteran of the tech industry, joined to discuss where online review technology started, where it is now, and where it's headed. If you're an eCommerce merchant and trying to determine how to use reviews to your advantage, you won't want to miss this episode of The JetRails Podcast.

Guest: James Denker Jr., Senior Partner Manager @ Trustpilot

Host: Robert Rand, Director of Partnerships @ JetRails

With Magento, you can import and export data through a variety of methods, including Flat File Uploads and Downloads, Direct Database Connections, and working with Magento's API. In this episode of The JetRails Podcast, we look at the pros and cons of each.

Host:

- Robert Rand, JetRails

Guests:

- Chris Frigo, Technical Team Lead @ 121eCommerce

- Ryan Lunka, COO, nChannel

When Magento 2 was first released, it was buggy and not well received. Since, it's become a stable platform with many benefits and improvements over Magento 1. With each passing year, it's become stronger and has remained an industry leader. Listen in to learn more about incremental updates that have continued to add to the value proposition of Magento 2.

Hosts: Tom Puchalski & Robert Rand of JetRails

Special Guest: Alex Povolotski of Collins Harper

To learn about Magento 2.3.1 you can visit: https://jetrails.com/blog/magento-2-3-1-to-be-released-in-march-2019/

and for info about Magento 2.3.2, be sure to check out: https://jetrails.com/blog/magento-2-3-2-release-date/

An introduction to Season 1 of the JetRails podcast, a new advertising-free show with important tips and insights into eCommerce, digital marketing, and web hosting.

You can visit https://jetrails.com/podcast/ to learn more about The JetRails Podcast.