In this episode, we interviewed Ritoban Chakrabarti, a 7-fig ecom entrepreneur, digital marketeer, affiliate marketing guru and India's biggest ecom youtuber. He is the Founder of MarkAce and Flying Start Online Inc. and runs multiple 7-fig ecom brands in the US.

In this interview, we spoke about how he started his online journey back in 2007 with affiliate marketing, web development, SaaS, and so many more things before settling with an Internet marketing company and e-commerce. He is the true pioneer of online passive income in India.

In this interview, Rito shares:-
How did entrepreneurship happen to him?
How are things different now from when he started?
His No.1 recommendation on how to start.
What are the top things to consider before starting something new?
His No.1 learning with Facebook advertising.
What does patience mean in ecom or any other online business?
If there's a great product that's bound to sell, will it work in the first few days or take time?
One advice for people struggling in their ecom journey.

References:
Rito’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/rito.ban
YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/FlyingStartOnline
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritobanc
MarkAce Website: http://markace.com/


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If you want my team and me to help you start, scale and grow your eCommerce, Dropshipping or Print on Demand business from scratch, apply for our group mentorship programme here: https://digitaldukaandaar.com/apply

And for those of you looking to get started with your eCommerce Store, I personally use and highly recommend Shopify. You can go to https://nishkarshsharma.com/shopify and get started with your 14-day trial. 

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In this episode, we interviewed Garvit Arora, a journalism student who started as an Ecom entrepreneur and later ventured into Digital Marketing and made a name for himself. As of today, he runs an Indian Digital Marketing agency, DSG Allure that has made over INR 50 crore in sales for his clients.


In this interview, we spoke about how he started his ecom store at an early age, his business approach, his struggles, his outlook towards life and business. 

In this interview, Garvit shares:-
His personal transition from journalism to ecom to DM agency. 
How ecom started for him. His approach towards research and managing RTOs.
How can ecom beginners research products on IndiaMart?
Recommendation for people starting out- Dropshipping or Pvt. Label Brand?
How to build a brand, initial investment and approach?
How can companies increase prepaid orders in India where COD is very popular?
His experience with upselling and adding funnels in the Indian ecom space.
His experience with softwares like OneClickUpsell.
No.1 advice for budding ecom entrepreneurs.

References:
Garvit’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arora_garvit7/ 
Linkedin: https://in.linkedin.com/in/garvitarora
DSG Allure Website: https://www.dsgallure.com/
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Want to get started with your eCommerce business?
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If you want my team and me to help you start, scale and grow your eCommerce, Dropshipping or Print on Demand business from scratch, apply for our group mentorship programme here: https://digitaldukaandaar.com/apply

And for those of you looking to get started with your eCommerce Store, I personally use and highly recommend Shopify. You can go to https://nishkarshsharma.com/shopify and get started with your 14-day trial. 

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In this episode, we interviewed Ali Lokhandwala, a 21 yr old Amazon FBA seller and training expert. He comes from an entrepreneurial background in Gujarat and runs a successful business on Amazon worth millions of dollars in revenue.


In this interview, we spoke about his journey in the e-com space, trying out different things and finally making it huge with Amazon FBA. He shared his experience and the right practices to win as an Amazon seller.


In this interview, Ali shares:-
How did e-com happen to him?
What urged him to start earning while he was still in college?
How did he source products and found suppliers?
Where should a beginner ship products from- India or China?
What kept him going after incurring losses in the beginning?
How to plan finances for a new private label brand?
How to keep track of profits and losses?
His product research methodology and recommendations for beginners.
How to manage a new listing and sell it?
Process to follow after receiving products from suppliers.
Methods used to get his products fulfilled.
How to minimize risks involved with Amazon?
Does getting fake reviews on Amazon listings work?
How to deal with the market competition with big players in your niche?
Brands to look up to for a newcomer on Amazon.
The right approach for entrepreneurs with a small budget.
What platforms to look up to for apparels?
No. 1 advice for anyone who wants to start selling on Amazon.

References:
Ali’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alilokhandwalaofficial/
References: OMS Guru, Jungle Scout, Helium Tan, MamaEarth
 
Want to get started with your eCommerce business?
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If you want my team and me to help you start, scale and grow your eCommerce, Dropshipping or Print on Demand business from scratch, apply for our group mentorship programme here: https://digitaldukaandaar.com/apply

And for those of you looking to get started with your eCommerce Store, I highly use and recommend Shopify. You can go to https://nishkarshsharma.com/shopify and get started with your 14-day trial. 

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In this episode, we interviewed Hirav Jain, a Commerce graduate turned entrepreneur. He is the Founder of Ecomgenzy that provides design based solution to help e-commerce entrepreneurs start and scale their businesses.

In this interview, we spoke about his journey from coming from a commerce background to starting a design company and all the nuances related to developing designs that sell.

In this interview, Hirav shares:-
His background story and why did he choose this business?
What ingredients/ qualities help a design selll?
What is his strategy in finding good designs?
Sources/platforms for design inspiration.
How many designs does one need to become profitable?
Should a POD store start a general store or a niche store?
What niches worked best for him or his clients?
How much should a good design cost?
His experience with design freelancers on Fiverr/ Upwork, etc.
How to approach sales for a POD business?
His opinion about entrepreneurs who make their own designs to save for ads.
What are the services he provide?
One piece of advice for the podcast listeners.

References:
Hirav’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hirav_jain/
Ecomgenzy insta: https://www.instagram.com/ecomgenzy/
Website: https://www.ecomgenzy.com/

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Want to get started with your eCommerce business?
Join the 5-Day eCom freedom challenge: http://joinefc.in  

If you want my team and me to help you start, scale and grow your eCommerce, Dropshipping or Print on Demand business from scratch, apply for our group mentorship programme here: https://digitaldukaandaar.com/apply

And for those of you looking to get started with your eCommerce Store, I highly use and recommend Shopify. You can go to https://nishkarshsharma.com/shopify and get started with your 14-day trial. 

Nishkarsh’s Social Media Profiles:
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigitalDukaandaar/videos  

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In this episode, we interviewed Fahad Siraj, an Indian Chartered Accountant turned e-com entrpreneur based out of Dubai. He is currently running various coaching brands that are aimed at helping 9to5 executives run microservice based agencies.

In this interview, we spoke about his journey from coming from a finance background to starting his e-commerce business to becoming an e-com coach and how he is helping a lot of people find success online.


In this interview, Fahad shares:-
His journey from e-commerce to mentorship.
How are things different in Dubai in terms of business and exposure as compared to India?
How did he start micro-service?
How does this model work?
2 ways e-com entrepreneurs mess up with any business idea.
His approach to market research.
His strategy for reaching out to people.
Does he use automation or write manual messages?
Using LinkedIn, BuiltWith and email as a business tool.
His business style.
Most valuable advice for e-com entrepreneurs out there.

References:
Fahad’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fahadecom/
Email: [email protected]
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfzZtzkOOTnjyeVTf79-lBA/
Website: https://www.enormemarketing.com/partner
References: enormemarketing.com 
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Want to get started with your eCommerce business?
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If you want my team and me to help you start, scale and grow your eCommerce, Dropshipping or Print on Demand business from scratch, apply for our group mentorship programme here: https://digitaldukaandaar.com/apply

And for those of you looking to get started with your eCommerce Store, I highly use and recommend Shopify. You can go to https://nishkarshsharma.com/shopify and get started with your 14-day trial. 

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In this episode, I have discussed e-commerce diversification, a very important strategy for businesses. The current pandemic situation has negatively impacted a lot of businesses, particularly the dropshipping ecom segment has faced a lot of issues due to lockdowns. And, the only solution to these challenging times is E-commerce Diversification..

In this interview, I spoke about the benefits of diversifying your business. Being dependent on a single source of income is never a good choice and some day you are going to face challenges if you don’t develop multiple sources of revenue.

In this interview, I have shared:-
The meaning of e-commerce diversification.
Benefits of diversifying your business. 
Examples of people from my circle who have benefitted from diversifying their businesses.
How to diversify your business?
Why test different businesses? Why diversify?
My personal experience with diversification.
Success can have various paths. Choose your own.
How to apply diversification in every aspect of your life?
Mind setup needed for business diversification.

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And for those of you looking to get started with your eCommerce Store, I highly use and recommend Shopify. You can go to https://nishkarshsharma.com/shopify and get started with your 14-day trial. 

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In this episode, we interviewed KC Chow who started Email Marketing as a side hustle during college in 2017 and later went on to build a multi 7-fig email marketing agency.

In this interview, we spoke about his journey towards building a successful agency, his ideas and learnings of email marketing and how it can be helpful for entrepreneurs in the e-commerce space.

In this interview, KC shares:-
Biggest mistakes made by e-com entrepreneurs in terms of backend profit maximization.
Have his clients been facing any dip in revenue due to IOS 14 updates.
The biggest mistakes businesses make in email marketing.
What percent of extra revenue can be obtained by utilizing backend profit systems like email marketing?
What kind of emails to send to our mailing list with examples.
Apart from email marketing, what other sources to use for backend profit maximization?
The best email sequence
Frequency of emails to our mailing list.
How to approach starting sending emails to one’s mailing list?
How to clean the mailing list for unresponsive members?
How to address the falling conversion rates with Privy
The right time to start email marketing.
How many emails to schedule and the gap between the two emails?
No.1 advice to the podcast listeners.

References:
KC’s FB: https://www.facebook.com/chow.k.chin
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kokchinchow
Website: https://kcchow.agency/
References: https://omnisend.com. 

Use the referral code NISHKARSH10 to avail a 10% discount on all KC Chow Marketing Services.

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And for those of you looking to get started with your eCommerce Store, I highly use and recommend Shopify. You can go to https://nishkarshsharma.com/shopify and get started with your 14-day trial. 

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In this episode, we interviewed Mayank Agarwal, a qualified Chartered Accountant and the Co-Founder of Olambit Services, a CA firm specialising in taxation for e-commerce brands.

In this interview, we spoke about the nuances of taxation for starting an e-commerce business and how to go about it

In this interview, Mayank shares:-
•Biggest mistakes made by e-com entrepreneurs in terms of taxation.
•What are the things to take into account when starting an e-commerce business?
•How to choose the kind of entity to register: Sole Proprietorship/Pvt. Ltd./LLP?
•Since international dropshipping is outside the purview of Import/Export from India, is it possible to get returns on GST payments to Facebook?
•How does the case differ in the case of Indian dropshipping?
•How does Equalization Levy work?
•Risks involved for entrepreneurs in case of non-payment of taxes.
•How does opening an entity in the US/ UK work?
•Difference between Federal Tax, State Tax and Sales Tax?
•How to get profits back to India if the company is based in the US/UK?
•How does taxation work for money received from abroad?
•Tax slabs in India for different kinds of entities.
•A valuable piece of advice for the listeners.

References:
Mayank’s FB: https://www.facebook.com/mayank.agarwal.3591
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mayank.agarwal4/
Website: https://olambit.com/

Want to get started with your eCommerce business?
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And for those of you looking to get started with your eCommerce Store, I highly use and recommend Shopify. You can go to https://nishkarshsharma.com/shopify and get started with your 14-day trial. 

Nishkarsh’s Social Media Profiles:
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In this episode, we interviewed Ab Ozturk who started as an Accountant with General Electric and later ventured into ecommerce. As of today, he runs an 8-Figure eCommerce business.

In this interview, we spoke about how he started his ecommerce journey, his personal struggles, his approach towards problem solving and management which has been the recipe for his success in online businesses.

In this interview, Ab shares:-
• His personal transition from finance to e-commerce. 
• His struggles with dropshipping.
• His approach towards ecommerce and how he found success. 
• His suggestions for people starting now.
• How should an entrepreneur treat his customers better other than answering their queries and solving their problems.
• His approach to referral marketing and what has worked for him. BONUS Strategy included.
• Can people with financial resources be successful by hiring people to do their jobs without understanding the business?
• Value bombs of personal learnings about life and management.

References:
Ab’s FB: https://www.facebook.com/ab.ozturk.7
Books: The 1 Page Marketing Plan/ The War of Art/ 7 Steps to Freedom


Want to get started with your eCommerce business?
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And for those of you looking to get started with your eCommerce Store, I highly use and recommend Shopify. You can go to https://nishkarshsharma.com/shopify and get started with your 14-day trial. 

Nishkarsh’s Social Media Profiles:
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigitalDukaandaar/videos  

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In this episode, we interviewed Alex Fedotoff who is known as the King of Scaling Facebook Ads. Alex has been one of our mentors and has helped us scale our eCommerce business. 

In this interview, we spoke about how he started his e-commerce journey with no knowledge of online advertising or even working knowledge of the English language to building a $100mn business.

In this interview, Alex shares:-
• How he started his journey in the e-com space 6 years ago.
• How has the e-com space changed since he achieved his first 6 figures back in 2017-18.
• An example of a high ticket dropshipping product and his approach towards the market research of such a product. 
• How to find such high ticket products online. How does he do it?
• How to approach online marketing, particularly with Facebook’s stricter policies and account bans? His take on IOS14.
• Any dip in his sales due to Facebook stricter policies. How to overcome this?
• Change in mindset from 6 figures to 9 figures in revenue.
• How to deal with haters?
• One message for the people listening to this podcast.

References:
https://au.mihigh.com/
https://www.carbon38.com/product/infared-sauna-blanket-v3
https://higherdose.com/products/infrared-sauna-blanket-v3
https://pmdbeauty.com/shop

Want to get started with your eCommerce business?
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By the way, this link above is an affiliate link, which means that I earn a commission if you do end up signing up for Shopify and upgrading to a paid plan. It’s at no extra cost to you, and please if you have any questions related to Shopify, please let me know and I’d be happy to answer them for you.

Alex’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexfedotofff/

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