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Running a Shopify store? You already know success isn't about finding the right app—it's about knowing which strategies actually work at your specific stage of growth.I'm Steve Hutt, and I've lived every level of the ecommerce journey. From eBay Power Seller shipping products from my garage, to co-founding and scaling VisionPros.com (an optical DTC startup) through to a successful exit, then spending 6+ years as a Shopify Merchant Success Manager helping 100+ brands from startup to enterprise scale, including working with teams at Tentree, Dr. Squatch, Bulletproof Coffee, Salt & Straw Ice Cream, MUD/WTR, Bokksu, and many more.Here's what makes this podcast different: I've been on both sides of the table.6+ years working inside Shopify gave me access to what's coming before most merchants know it exists. Building, scaling, and successfully exiting my own ecommerce businesses taught me what actually works when your money and reputation are on the line. That combination of insider a
Unknown Host hosts eCommerce Fastlane: Shopify Growth Strategies—Where AI Efficiency Meets Human Connection, a business show with 461 episodes published.
ChatGPT and Google's AI are recommending products right now, and Shopify brands with messy, scattered product data are the ones getting skipped. In this episode, Trevor Chester, director of partnerships at Plytix, breaks
Show notesAI voice agents are recovering 35% of abandoned Shopify carts, and most operators haven't noticed yet. In this solo episode, Steve Hutt breaks down: Why AI voice beats email recovery flows by 3x on abandoned carts (and t
Show notesMeta and Google CACs keep climbing, so Shopify brands are paying micro-influencers in product, not cash. In this episode, William Gasner, co-founder and CMO of Stack Influence, breaks down: Why the product-for-post model
Show notesAI just delivered a stranger to your Shopify store who has zero brand context — and the first 48 hours after purchase decide whether they ever come back. In this solo episode, Steve Hutt unpacks fresh Shopify data and br
Show notesYour ads are hyper-personalized. Your Shopify storefront isn't. That mismatch is leaking conversions for 7-figure brands. In this episode, Kratik Agrawal, founder and CEO of Kinect (YC-backed), breaks down: How real-time
Show notesYour strongest Meta ads signal is sitting in Shopify, not the pixel, and most brands are leaving it untapped. In this episode, Tiago Costa, co-founder and CEO of FULLVENUE (the team behind Clustie), breaks down: The two
Show notesScaling your Shopify brand to Amazon, Walmart, or TikTok Shop with revenue climbing but profit flat? You've hit the freelancer fragmentation trap. In this episode, Saad Sohail Khan, founder and CEO of Spectrum BPO, break
Show notesOut of millions of Shopify merchants, only 30 went live with OpenAI's Instant Checkout before it got killed six months later. Here's what actually happened with agentic commerce, and what to do about it. In this solo epi
Show notesA mom influencer with 3,000 followers pocketed $9K in fraudulent affiliate commissions in 90 days. If you run a Shopify affiliate program, you're likely overpaying too. In this episode, Yash Chavan, founder of Saathi (an
Show notesShopify's free inventory tool Stocky shuts down August 31—and most of the 100,000+ merchants using it don't have a replacement plan yet. In this episode, Riikka Söderlund, COO of Katana, breaks down: Why Shopify brands u
Show notesSpending more on ads than ever but not seeing profit? Most Shopify brands trust their ROAS dashboards over their P&L—and it's costing them. In this episode, Matt Raminick, founder and CEO of Sunnyside, breaks down: Why c
Show notesYour Shopify store is now live inside ChatGPT, Copilot, and Google AI Mode—and most merchants have no idea it happened. In this solo episode, Steve breaks down what Shopify's agentic storefronts launch actually means for
Show notesThree dashboards, three different numbers—if your Meta, Google, and Shopify analytics can't agree on conversions, you're making spend decisions on broken data. In this episode, Sean Larkin, Chief Product Officer at OpenS
Show notesRevenue rising, profit shrinking? Your Shopify brand may have a profitability problem disguised as a growth problem. In this episode, Ben Dyer, Head of Growth at Webtopia — managing $100M+ in ad spend for D2C brands — br
Show notesYour email list generates $0.08 per subscriber on average—but Shopify brands with the right retention system are hitting $0.40. In this episode, Tris Dyer, founder of Oaks Email Studio, a boutique Klaviyo retention agenc
Show notesRevenue climbing, dashboards green, bank account still running dry—Shopify brands can have an 8x ROAS and still lose $100K a month. In this episode, Adam Callinan, CEO of Pentane and co-founder of the $60M Bottlekeeper b
Show notesShopify brands are stacking AI tools and wasting money. If you're not sure what to actually spend on AI at your revenue stage, this episode cuts through the noise. In this solo episode, Steve breaks down: A stage-by-stag
Show notesBlind discounting is quietly destroying your Shopify margins—even when customers were already ready to buy. In this episode, Muhammed Tüfekyapan, founder of Growth Suite, breaks down: Why "walkaway customers" and dedicat
Show notesSix-month window to rank in AI search before enterprises catch up—if your Shopify brand isn't showing up in ChatGPT or Perplexity product recommendations yet, this is your roadmap. In this episode, Ivan Slobodin, Directo
Show notesDTC brands struggling in 2025: there's a $5.9 trillion wholesale opportunity you're missing while chasing the $1.3 trillion online market. In this episode, Meghann Butcher, founder of RepSpark, breaks down: How 80,000+ r
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