Episode 89: The Technology Stack

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We get a lot of questions about what services and applications we use in our day to day business. Today I'm going to give our listeners a list of tools and services that really help us stay on top of our business. To begin with, we have four brands under the EcomCrew umbrella. The four brands are Colorit.com, Icewraps.com, Wild Baby, and Tactical.com. We use all these tools to run every brand and keep track of our customers' needs.

Here is a list of those tools:

Shopify -- Every brand we have is built on Shopify. It is the best platform we have found for running an ecommerce business. I will explain how we came to that conclusion during the episode.

Stamped.io -- We use Stamped.io to get good quality reviews. Of course, they are a sponsor of the podcast, but we use their service because it is the best value.

Zipify Pages -- If we are running a promotion or sale, Zipify is the tool we use to build the landing page.

Shoelace -- This app allows us to create retargeting ads fast and easy!

Rewind -- A tool we use to make sure we have system backups.

Skubana -- This app gathers up our orders and distributes them to the right fulfillment station. It is a big time saver. I'm a little frustrated with Skubana, to be honest, but I will get into that during the episode.

Klaviyo -- If you are a long time listener, you know I use Klaviyo a lot. It is a time-saving tool that makes email marketing a lot easier.

ClickFunnels -- ClickFunnels is a service that helps keep track of our special promotion and contest email campaigns.

AdEspresso -- An essential tool for creating great Facebook ads.

Quickbooks Online -- The service we use to keep our books.

Gleam.io and Up-Viral -- We use both for contest promotions.

Phone.com -- This app redirects customer service calls to personal or designated phone numbers, so we can settle customer issues more efficiently.

Sellics -- An Amazon based tool that is similar to Skubana.

Splitly -- A split testing app.

Jungle Scout -- A service we use to research new products and current market trends.

RestockPro -- A tool that helps track our inventory and helps us plan reorders with plenty of time to spare!

Basecamp -- The newest addition to our toolbox. Basecamp is a project management tool that allows us to keep in touch with all team members, no matter where they are based.

So there you have it, our list of tools and services that help us keep the EcomCrew machine humming.

I recently did some traveling on the east coast and I attended an EcommerceFuel meetup and met some great people. So hello, to all of you I met up with earlier!

We have also released our first course on EcomCrew.com! The course is called Build A $1,000,000 Private Label Business Importing Kickass Products From China, if you are interested in the importing business, check out the link below.

As a reminder, I will be speaking at Global Sources (discount code: ec350) during October 17-19 and I will be attending and speaking at EcomerceFuel Live during January 11-13. Please keep in mind that with all this travel the live Facebook shows will be postponed, but there will still be pre-recorded episodes.

In closing, we also have a second sponsor for this episode, AsiaInspection. Dave and I both use AsiaInspection for our overseas shipments. They provide a very important service for anyone needing to double check the quality of their shipments.

Resources Mentioned Today:

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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. Thanks for listening!

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