For many merchants, design is the single hardest part of setting up and running a Shopify store.

Chris Pointer of Pointer Creative has 16+ years of design experience. His agency works exclusively on Shopify and has produced custom themes for the NY Times, Death Wish Coffee, and others. In this episode, he teaches us how to approach design, communicate what we want to designers, and when & why to go totally custom.

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Whether you're a wholesaler looking to start selling to your customers online, a manufacturer wanting to increase the orders coming through your website, or an online retailer looking to branch out into B2B sales, today's episode will take you through the key considerations to making B2B eCommerce a success for your business.

Today's guest, Chloë Thomas, is an eCommerce expert focused on eCommerce strategy and marketing, to help eCommerce people make better decisions as they build their path to success. Author of several books, keynote speaker, advisor, and host of the eCommerce MasterPlan Podcast. Her latest book is an Amazon.com bestseller – B2B eCommerce MasterPlan: How to make Wholesale eCommerce A key part of your business to Business Sales Growth.

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If coming up with a good product idea is hard, then turning it into a successful brand is harder.

Nicholas Galekovic, the entrepreneur behind Beard King, joins us to discuss a journey that went from his bathroom, to Shark Tank, to a viral-success product that has resulted in a seven-figure business in less than five years.

In today's episode, Nicholas Galekovic walks through his journey bootstrapping for "sink share" with his flagship product, the Beard Bib.

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"Is dropshipping dead?"

That was one of the most common questions I got toward the end of the last year.

Here's the thing– I don't know! Is it? Why are you asking me? There are certainly people more suited to answer this than me.

To find out, we're talking to Tomas Slimas, Chief Marketing Officer at Oberlo. He should know– Oberlo users have dropshipped more than 100 million products during the last 24 months.

In today's episode, you'll learn the answer, as well as what it takes to become a successful dropshipper, and even how dropshipping can scale your existing store.

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Doing business online without retaining an Internet lawyer is the equivalent of playing Russian Roulette– things tend not to end well. The days of the Internet being the Wild West are long gone. The empire is striking back! You need an experienced Internet attorney to guide you through the ever-growing collection of newly enacted laws and regulations governments are launching to address online legal issues.

In this episode, Richard Chapo, a business lawyer with a sense of humor and 25 years of experience, walks us through business entity formation, copyright and trademark registration and enforcement, DMCA compliance, and the one thing you need to know about your Privacy Policy.

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Ever wonder what it's like to be married to an entrepreneur? Or how a self-employed couple make it work and what the potential pitfalls may be?

My wife and I both are business owners who work together, and we make it work, but not without a few key considerations.

In this bonus episode, my wife and I discuss our unconventional relationship from our bedroom.

If you've ever had a brilliant million dollar idea for a product, you've wondered, "How do I get it manufactured?"

To do that, you'll need to find a manufacturer who will work with you. And that's where the nightmare starts for many entrepreneurs. That's when you discover that for most people it's a web of miscommunications, middlemen, and missed deadlines.

So how do you do it right? How do you avoid the pitfalls that have befallen so many crowdfunded products?

Our guest today has brought dozens of products to market, run three ecommerce companies (sold one), and been a part of projects on Kickstarter raising over seven figures.

Nathan Resnick joins us today from his new company, Sourcify, a platform that makes manufacturing easy.

Having helped hundreds of companies manufacture products around the world, Nathan is going to discuss with us how to find, vet, and build a relationship with a factory so that you can turn your idea into a real product.

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As you grow your business, you'll soon need to start delegating things. First is usually fulfillment, and soon after is customer support.

So how do you get customer support off of your plate while providing an amazing experience for your customers?

The answer might be automation.

I first met today's guest while speaking at the Day With Shopify tour, and immediately knew that he'd made something special.

Romain Lapeyre joins us today to discuss customer support automation. After all, he cofounded a customer support automation platform, raised $1.5 million, and niched down on Shopify in the process. Their product, Gorgias, helps Shopify merchants manage all their support requests in one place, and automatically respond to common questions.

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The hardest part of building a brand is often attracting an audience.

After all, if no one has heard of you, how will you sell to them?

That’s why it’s been no surprise to me that over the last two years, I’ve helped quite a few successful Amazon sellers expand onto Shopify.

Starting in a marketplace like Amazon customers find you more easily, and rapidly validate your product-market fit.

Once validated, you can then leverage Amazon to grow your Shopify store.

But it’s not all roses and sunshine. There are some issues too.

Today’s guest is a successful Amazon seller, Shopify merchant, and former Amazon FBA consultant. Noah Deligio will tell us, form his personal experience, how best to leverage both Amazon and Shopify for your business.