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Episode 9: Grant and Mike's Fireside Chat
Episode 9: Grant and Mike's Fireside Chat
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31 minutes
Released:
Dec 24, 2015
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Today we are giving you the Grant and Mike fireside chat as we take a look at how things have been going for us for the past 30 days and talk about some of our goals for 2016. For both of us
sales have been going really well and we have some exciting things to look forward to as we head into the new year.
Grant explains that sales have exploded over the holiday buying period at CuttingBoard.com. Things are also going well at sister site ChoppingBlocks.com. He talks about other Amazon projects he has going on too. Grant notes that container pricing has dropped and talks about the impact of decreased shipping costs. His long-term goal is not to have to package anything himself ever again.
Mike has seen substantial growth in sales as well. He has taken a major step in his business by eliminating dealing with third-party items from Amazon. Mike has replaced those third-party items with items that have his brand name. He has also hired his second full time employee and moved operations to a larger space which allows for a better office environment. Mike’s long-term goal is to not have to ever move again. He explains his plans to use third-party fulfillment going forward.
We also take the wraps off some new things we’ve been working on:
Grant has a supplier lined up his leatherjacket.com domain and believes he will be able to carve out a great small niche in the business.
Mike has launched colorIt.com, which offers high-end premium coloring books for adults. He will round out the brand with journals, sketchbooks and other items.
We also talk a bit about logistics, which we will get into greater detail on the next Ecom Crew podcast episode.
Mentioned on this podcast:
CuttingBoard.com
ChoppingBlocks.com
Ironlinx
Fulfillment by Amazon
StitchLabs
ColorIt.com
If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast please go to ecomcrew.com and fill out the contact form. Also we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes.
sales have been going really well and we have some exciting things to look forward to as we head into the new year.
Grant explains that sales have exploded over the holiday buying period at CuttingBoard.com. Things are also going well at sister site ChoppingBlocks.com. He talks about other Amazon projects he has going on too. Grant notes that container pricing has dropped and talks about the impact of decreased shipping costs. His long-term goal is not to have to package anything himself ever again.
Mike has seen substantial growth in sales as well. He has taken a major step in his business by eliminating dealing with third-party items from Amazon. Mike has replaced those third-party items with items that have his brand name. He has also hired his second full time employee and moved operations to a larger space which allows for a better office environment. Mike’s long-term goal is to not have to ever move again. He explains his plans to use third-party fulfillment going forward.
We also take the wraps off some new things we’ve been working on:
Grant has a supplier lined up his leatherjacket.com domain and believes he will be able to carve out a great small niche in the business.
Mike has launched colorIt.com, which offers high-end premium coloring books for adults. He will round out the brand with journals, sketchbooks and other items.
We also talk a bit about logistics, which we will get into greater detail on the next Ecom Crew podcast episode.
Mentioned on this podcast:
CuttingBoard.com
ChoppingBlocks.com
Ironlinx
Fulfillment by Amazon
StitchLabs
ColorIt.com
If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast please go to ecomcrew.com and fill out the contact form. Also we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes.
Released:
Dec 24, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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