The Shopify podcast for ecommerce founders and store owners. Twice-weekly strategies on Shopify SEO, conversions, marketing, and scaling your online brand. Host Nick Trueman interviews successful Shopify brand founders, ecommerce growth experts, and top Shopify app creators every Friday. Tuesday Tea Break Talks deliver quick Shopify updates, marketing tips, and actionable tactics. With 400+ episodes and 15+ years in ecommerce and digital marketing, Nick delivers the strategies behind real…
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Most Shopify brands use Google Ads to drive sales. The fastest-growing brands use it to build a DTC brand. Google Ads has become one of the most powerful ways for ecommerce brands to find new customers - but many Shopify stores are still optimising for short-term ROAS instead of long-term growth. In this episode, Nick explains why most Shopify brands get Google Ads wrong and how successful DTC…
When customers can buy the same products from dozens of retailers, your Shopify store needs to give them a reason to choose you. In this episode, Nick is joined by Alan Dowell from Escentual, an online beauty retailer specialising in fragrance, skincare and cosmetics, to discuss how brands can differentiate in crowded markets, build customer trust and turn more first-time buyers into loyal…
Most Shopify brands don't have a traffic problem. They have a conversion problem. After auditing 50 Shopify stores and analysing hundreds of ecommerce experiences, Nick reveals the biggest mistakes that stop visitors from becoming customers. In this episode, you'll discover the product page, trust, UX and conversion issues that could be costing your Shopify store sales - and the changes successful…
Your Shopify discount strategy could be costing you sales and profit. Want to test smarter promotions on your Shopify store? Try 506’s Shopify apps with an extended 30-day free trial using code WWS. Should you offer 10% off, give customers a free gift or encourage shoppers to spend more to unlock a better deal? In this episode, Nick is joined by Charlie Tyler from 506, the team behind EasyGift,…
Your Shopify store could be invisible to the next generation of shoppers. As more customers start searching through ChatGPT and AI tools instead of traditional search engines, Shopify brands need to understand one important question: can AI actually find, understand and recommend your products? In this episode, Nick breaks down why some Shopify products are appearing in AI search results while…
Your Shopify growth could be limited by something customers never see: your fulfilment operation. Before building Ships A Lot, twin brothers Max and Zach Zitney were Shopify merchants themselves. They experienced first-hand how warehouse problems, rising shipping costs and unreliable fulfilment could damage margins, customer experience and growth. In this episode, Max and Zach reveal the…
Most Shopify brands do not need to send more emails. They need better automations. Omnisend analysed 27 billion emails and found that automated messages generated 37% of email sales from just 2% of sends. In this Tea Break Talk, Nick breaks down the three Shopify email automations every ecommerce brand should build first - welcome flows, abandoned cart emails and browse abandonment. You’ll learn…
A bad customer review might have nothing to do with your product. Alan Grimsley from Inventory Planner joins Nick to explain why 77% of negative reviews can be traced back to operational problems - and the five Shopify inventory mistakes that quietly damage cash flow, sales and customer trust. Drawing on his experience across PayPal, Shopify and Sage, Alan explains how overstock, stockouts,…
Stop experimenting with AI and start using it to produce measurable results in your Shopify business. Nick Trueman shares 19 practical ways to use Shopify AI to increase sales, save time, reduce costs and remove repetitive work. From Shopify Sidekick, ChatGPT and Claude to customer support, email marketing, product imagery and sales forecasting, this episode explains what you can implement right…
A successful Shopify store can generate sales. A strong DTC brand gives customers a reason to choose you, remember you and buy again. Nadine Killoran joins Nick Trueman to explain how ecommerce businesses can move beyond building a good store and create a brand with long-term customer loyalty. Drawing on her experience with brands including Absolute Collagen, Aion Bank and MYJAR, Nadine shares…
Shopify brands fail to harness to power of AOV increases through Upsells and Cross-Sells. This week, Nick unveils his top tips and methods he has actively seen brands deploy to increase AOV. You've got the sale, why not sell another product for the same advertising and delivery cost? The logic is sound, but execution is where it falls down. In this episode, you'll learn: - Different ways you can…
From all of our recent Shopify store owners and marketing guests, here are the top bits of advice from the experts! This week, we're combining the top pieces of advice from all of our guests. From marketing and warehousing to practical growth tips for your Shopify store. In this episode, you'll learn: Key wins for your Shopify marketing and operations How to grow your Shopify store more quickly…
