eCommerce Fastlane

Hosted BySteve Hutt

Shopify Experts Share Strategies for Acquisition, Conversion, Retention | Grow Your Shopify Store with DTC Marketing Tips with Steve Hutt, the host of eCommerce Fastlane – your go-to podcast for proven strategies and actionable insights to accelerate your Shopify store's growth. As a seasoned ecommerce entrepreneur, I'm passionate about empowering online retailers to boost traffic, conversions, and lifetime customer value. One reviewer described the show as having an "impressive level of content that is accessible for beginners, but even more rewarding for deep e-commerce experts who want to get into the weeds of marketing & operations and translate these strategies into actions." Since 2016, eCommerce Fastlane has been the pit-stop for Shopify entrepreneurs and marketers looking to thrive in the co...


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eCommerce Fastlane | $100K in Amazon Sales and Still Owing Amazon Money: Why Your Payouts Don’t Match Your Sales

Payouts never match your sales report? If you sell on Shopify, Amazon or TikTok Shop, here’s where the money actually goes. In this episode, Stefan Dobrev, Sales and Onboarding...

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eCommerce Fastlane | $100K in Amazon Sales and Still Owing Amazon Money: Why Your Payouts Don’t Match Your Sales
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eCommerce Fastlane | Test Your Ads on Simulated Customers Before You Spend a Dollar This BFCM

Test your Shopify ad creative on simulated customers before a dollar of ad spend, right as Black Friday CAC climbs. In this episode, Tamera Montagna, founder and CEO of...

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eCommerce Fastlane | Test Your Ads on Simulated Customers Before You Spend a Dollar This BFCM
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eCommerce Fastlane | Copy of a Copy: Why Weak Product Descriptions Make Your Shopify Store Invisible to AI

Supplier copy is hiding your Shopify store from AI search: identical product descriptions give ChatGPT no reason to recommend you. In this episode, Jim Boudreau, founder and CEO of...

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eCommerce Fastlane | Copy of a Copy: Why Weak Product Descriptions Make Your Shopify Store Invisible to AI
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eCommerce Fastlane | Why 9 Out of 10 A/B Tests Fail (and How Shopify Brands Pick the Ones That Win)

Nine out of ten A/B tests on Shopify stores lose to the original, so the win is picking the right test before BFCM. In this episode, Jeffrey Lin, founder...

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eCommerce Fastlane | Why 9 Out of 10 A/B Tests Fail (and How Shopify Brands Pick the Ones That Win)
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eCommerce Fastlane | Your Black Friday Popup Discount Is Probably Too Big

Your Black Friday popup discount is probably too big: for Shopify brands, 10% email offers beat 15% on signups and revenue per visitor. In this episode, Taras Talimonchuk, CMO...

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eCommerce Fastlane | Your Black Friday Popup Discount Is Probably Too Big
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eCommerce Fastlane | The AI Shopper Landed. Now What?

AI shoppers land on your Shopify product page with one question left, and if you can’t answer it, they go back to ChatGPT. In this solo episode, I break...

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eCommerce Fastlane | The AI Shopper Landed. Now What?
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eCommerce Fastlane | The Hidden Cost of Fraud Protection: Good Orders You’re Declining Before BFCM

Shopify flagged the order as high risk. Cancel it or ship it? For most Shopify brands, that guess is quietly costing real revenue, and BFCM is about to multiply...

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eCommerce Fastlane | The Hidden Cost of Fraud Protection: Good Orders You’re Declining Before BFCM
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eCommerce Fastlane | Why 73% of Your Declined Orders Are Actually Good Customers

About 73% of declined orders are good customers, so your Shopify fraud rules may be rejecting buyers you paid to acquire. In this episode, Nicole Jass, SVP of Enterprise...

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eCommerce Fastlane | Why 73% of Your Declined Orders Are Actually Good Customers
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eCommerce Fastlane | The Affiliate Channel Most Brands Ignore: One Partner Driving $120K a Month

Up to 90% of affiliate applications add no value, yet paid search partners drive six figures a month for scaling DTC brands. In this episode, Joshua Kennedy, founder of...

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eCommerce Fastlane
eCommerce Fastlane | The Affiliate Channel Most Brands Ignore: One Partner Driving $120K a Month
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eCommerce Fastlane | The Cheap Ad Inventory Everyone’s Ignoring While They Fight Over TikTok

Shopify retargeting stuck on one channel? A 4-person brand hit 35x ROAS running ads across social, email, and display. In this episode, Lizzie Chapman, VP of Technology Partnerships and...

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eCommerce Fastlane | The Cheap Ad Inventory Everyone's Ignoring While They Fight Over TikTok
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eCommerce Fastlane | Why a Bootstrapped Product Guide Spends More on Bing Than Google (And Converts 3x Better)

Shoppers often choose your product on a comparison site before reaching Amazon or Shopify, and most brands never see it. In this episode, Tigran Egoyan, Founder and Chief Growth...

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eCommerce Fastlane | Why a Bootstrapped Product Guide Spends More on Bing Than Google (And Converts 3x Better)
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eCommerce Fastlane | An Agency Charges $3,000 Per Listing. That’s What Monte Desai Charges Per Year.

Weak product images cost Shopify brands sales every day, and agencies charge $3,000 per listing to fix them. In this episode, Monte Desai, co-founder of Pixii, breaks down: How...

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eCommerce Fastlane | An Agency Charges $3,000 Per Listing. That's What Monte Desai Charges Per Year.
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eCommerce Fastlane | Multichannel Inventory: What Breaks When Shopify, Amazon, And TikTok Stop Talking

Selling on Shopify, Amazon, and wholesale but still running inventory from spreadsheets? That disconnect is quietly costing your product brand time, money, and customers. In this episode, Ben Hussey,...

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eCommerce Fastlane
eCommerce Fastlane | Multichannel Inventory: What Breaks When Shopify, Amazon, And TikTok Stop Talking
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eCommerce Fastlane | Pre-Orders And Back In Stock Alerts: Restocked 500, Emailed 10,000

Sold out does not have to mean lost sales. Out-of-stock product pages leak demand every week that Shopify brands could capture with preorders. In this episode, Sandesh Kulai, CEO...

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eCommerce Fastlane | Pre-Orders And Back In Stock Alerts: Restocked 500, Emailed 10,000
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eCommerce Fastlane | The 2-Week Holiday Test That Decides What Your Store Is Worth

Your Shopify store’s revenue isn’t what buyers pay for. After 72 acquisitions, here’s what actually sets your exit valuation. In this episode, Bawar Ahmad, founder at eComma, breaks down:...

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eCommerce Fastlane
eCommerce Fastlane | The 2-Week Holiday Test That Decides What Your Store Is Worth
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