Grant Chen – EcomCrew https://www.ecomcrew.com Start and Grow Your Ecommerce and Amazon Business Fri, 09 Jun 2023 09:32:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecomcrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/favicon-36x36.png Grant Chen – EcomCrew https://www.ecomcrew.com 32 32 An eCommerce podcast for store owners, hosted by 7-figure store owners Mike Jackness and Dave Bryant. We cover everything in eCommerce from Shopify, to Amazon FBA. From email marketing, to Facebook Ads. Never before has there been a podcast with store owners who are so candid. Subscribe to the EcomCrew podcast today! Mike Jackness clean Mike Jackness jackness@mac.com jackness@mac.com (Mike Jackness) 2019 EcomCrew The EcomCrew Ecommerce Podcast Grant Chen – EcomCrew http://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/d/b/9/edb97b89fcf18835/ecomcrewpodcastmikedavepic.jpg https://www.ecomcrew.com support@ecomcrew.com San Diego, CA Twice Weekly 226445030 British Columbia is Taxing Global Digital Ad Spend https://www.ecomcrew.com/british-columbia-begins-taxing-global-digital-advertising-sales/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/british-columbia-begins-taxing-global-digital-advertising-sales/#comments Mon, 06 Mar 2023 22:55:18 +0000 https://www.ecomcrew.com/?p=38302 British Columbia has determined that many forms of digital advertising, including Amazon advertising, are now subject to 7% PST. The decision to tax all advertising, regardless of location, is one of the most aggressive in North America. At first, charging PST on advertising may seem a nuanced decision with little implications for individual businesses affected …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/british-columbia-begins-taxing-global-digital-advertising-sales/feed/ 6 38302 How to Make Money as a Seller From Free Shipping https://www.ecomcrew.com/how-to-make-money-as-a-seller-from-free-shipping/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/how-to-make-money-as-a-seller-from-free-shipping/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2021 22:27:47 +0000 /?p=1188 Let's face it, as ecommerce sellers, we hate free shipping. Okay, hate might be a strong word. Let's use the phrase: Grudgingly bear with it because it improves conversions even though 80% of buyers would actually save money by not subsidizing a guy on a farm in South Dakota instead. In a fair world, everyone pays exactly …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/how-to-make-money-as-a-seller-from-free-shipping/feed/ 4 1188 Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage is Driving My Restaurant Out of Business https://www.ecomcrew.com/seattles-15-minimum-wage-is-driving-our-restaurant-out-of-business/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/seattles-15-minimum-wage-is-driving-our-restaurant-out-of-business/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:57:19 +0000 /?p=972 Note: This article has been edited, and re-edited for clarity and to clear up confusions. As a second generation Chinese American, I've always felt like a product of the American dream: immigrant comes to America in the 80s, goes to college, lands a good job and creates a successful life for a family of four. So when I told my dad that …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/seattles-15-minimum-wage-is-driving-our-restaurant-out-of-business/feed/ 42 972 Episode 4: Shipping Insights with James Peacock of inXpress https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-4-shipping-insights-with-james-peacock-of-inxpress/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-4-shipping-insights-with-james-peacock-of-inxpress/#respond Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:00:56 +0000 /?p=820 On our podcast today we play host to James Peacock, president of the Arizona branch of inXpress, the international shipping guru that has saved both Grant and myself tons of money shipping overseas. What makes his website great is the fact that it requires no extra fees. You only pay when you ship, and the …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/episode-4-shipping-insights-with-james-peacock-of-inxpress/feed/ 0 On our podcast today we play host to James Peacock, president of the Arizona branch of inXpress, the international shipping guru that has saved both Grant and myself tons of money shipping overseas. What makes his website great is the fact that it requ... James offers up some insightful tidbits of business information that can help you conquer the biggest challenge of e-commerce: Shipping! “People use our account as a barometer to see what kind of deals you’ll be getting,” James says as he explains the price of goods both domestically and abroad. “Every small to mid-size company are all receiving a discount…the problem is that, because international is the smallest amount of their shipping volume, the discount equals the volume. So if you have low volume, you have low discounts. We’re saving people over 40% [internationally] on top of their discounts from USPS.”
Beyond telling you how to save money, James also shares his opinion on:

The cost benefits of air shipping over sea shipping and vice-versa
The pros and cons of purchasing from overseas vendors, including China, Canada, and Europe
The meaning of “all-in pricing” when it comes to security, fees, and taxes involved with importing and exporting abroad
How you can save money on your logistics by shopping for smart shippers

To learn more about James and his work with inXpress, tune in today and visit his website at www.intlshippingrates.com. You can also reach him directly by phone at 480-405-6390 or online at james.peacock@inxpress.com.
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Full Podcast Audio Transcription
Intro:    Welcome to the Ecom Crew podcast with your hosts, Mike Jackness and Grant Yuan.  Here you will learn the lessons, tips, and tricks that these ecommerce pros have learned over their years running and growing their very own seven-figure ecommerce businesses.  Each week, we dig into the ins and out of ecommerce, the truth about affiliate marketing, how to build your own brand and sell on Amazon, and how we’ve stumbled and then quickly rose to success.  The world of ecommerce is changing rapidly, and here you’ll find the trusted resources you need to take your business to the next level.  All right, enough of the fluff.  Let’s get over to your hosts, Mike Jackness and Grant Yuan.
Mike:   All right, I’m proud to bring on James Peacock with inXpress.  Just a quick overview of how you can get ahold of James: you can reach out to him at intlshippingrates.com or you can give him a call at 480-405-6390 or james.peacock.inxpress.com.  James is the president of the Arizona franchise out there and we’ve been working with him now for a little while.  He’s helped us tremendously in saving on some international shipping rates.  They’re an international consolidator, which we’ve been talking a lot about on the podcast so we thought it would be a great fit to bring him on today.  And with that, I want to introduce James and let him tell you a little bit about his company.
James:  Great, Mike, thanks.
Mike:   Yeah.
James:  My name is James Peacock.  I’m the president of inXpress in Arizona, and inXpress essentially is a global sales partner for DHL Express.  And what we do is we use the group purchase power, you know, that focused on small to mid-size companies to reduce their international shipping costs.  So, you know, keeping it very simple, how this thing works is out system ties to DHL.  We request an account on behalf of the company and what DHL does,]]> Mike Jackness clean 43:34 820 Day 9: I Launched a New Shopify Store and it Killed my Conversions https://www.ecomcrew.com/launched-shopify-store-killed-conversions/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/launched-shopify-store-killed-conversions/#respond Mon, 16 Nov 2015 08:39:56 +0000 /?p=700 This post is part of How to Run a Chop Shop, a real life blog series on attempting to turn around a struggling ecommerce store purchased in Feb of 2015 into a profitable online business in 365 days.  Sales to date: $20,815.45 For our regular readers, it might turn into a running joke that the “Day X” designations are …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/launched-shopify-store-killed-conversions/feed/ 0 700 The Overhyped Myth of Remarketing and Inflated Numbers https://www.ecomcrew.com/the-overhyped-myth-of-remarketing-and-inflated-numbers/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/the-overhyped-myth-of-remarketing-and-inflated-numbers/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:53:02 +0000 /?p=577 I generally write best when I'm pissed off about something. Like most of you, I've heard crazy numbers thrown around from remarketers and retargeting platforms with claims of over 50% conversions, 20% click through rates and all sorts of magic numbers that give me an excited tingling in my pants like the red blooded American capitalist …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/the-overhyped-myth-of-remarketing-and-inflated-numbers/feed/ 1 577 Follow Up: BigCommerce Checkout Code https://www.ecomcrew.com/follow-up-bigcommerce-checkout-code/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/follow-up-bigcommerce-checkout-code/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:15:27 +0000 /?p=474 As a result of Mike's recent post on how he increased his conversions 30% on BigCommerce, I was inspired to see if we would try and squeeze out a little more juice out of the default BigCommerce checkout. After a little bit of wrangling, I believe we've made an even better update on a critical …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/follow-up-bigcommerce-checkout-code/feed/ 2 474 Today, I Bought a $240,000 Domain for $6,876. A Three Year Story. https://www.ecomcrew.com/today-i-just-bought-a-240000-domain-for-6786-a-three-year-story/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/today-i-just-bought-a-240000-domain-for-6786-a-three-year-story/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:39:09 +0000 /?p=428 Today was an interesting day. I had a doctor's appointment in the afternoon, I was trying to schedule a time to meet with another business partner on an Amazon FBA project and somewhere between the two, a domain auction was ending for a domain that I had been following for awhile. By awhile, I mean …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/today-i-just-bought-a-240000-domain-for-6786-a-three-year-story/feed/ 7 428 Day 8: Soft Launching of our Store on Shopify https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-8-soft-launching-of-our-store-on-shopify/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-8-soft-launching-of-our-store-on-shopify/#respond Sun, 23 Aug 2015 23:47:17 +0000 /?p=412 Sales to Date: $13,627.25 The day your store goes live is one of the greatest and most terrifying days of a store owner's life. It's where dreams can finally start becoming a reality and it's also when the buck stops here. To me, opening a new business should be approached much like getting married, because …

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]]> https://www.ecomcrew.com/day-8-soft-launching-of-our-store-on-shopify/feed/ 0 412 The Most Effective Way to Interview an SEO Agency? With Another SEO Expert. https://www.ecomcrew.com/the-most-effective-way-to-interview-an-seo-agency-with-another-seo/ https://www.ecomcrew.com/the-most-effective-way-to-interview-an-seo-agency-with-another-seo/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2015 21:58:39 +0000 /?p=406 Hi, name is Grant. I'm an “SEO Expert”. You should believe me, because I said so. Right? The ugly truth of the SEO industry is that there are no barriers to entry. It's the Yelp of the food critic industry- everyone with an opinion is suddenly an expert. Much like Yelp, it's an industry ripe for abuse by …

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