[Brand Update] How one product saved our numbers

Hey Reader,

Five years ago, I started from scratch and built a 7-figure brand. I’ve been documenting its progress over the years.

In my latest brand year-in-review, I give an update on how my company is doing post-pandemic, how we kept our TACoS down, and the home run product that kept our numbers from dropping.

The brand, half a decade later

 

From the Blog

How to Flip Domain Names. With some research, a little forecasting, and a bit of good luck, flipping domains can be a highly profitable business.

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: What Sellers Need to Know. A high BSR means increased visibility in search results, which also means an increase in conversion and sales.

 

From the Podcast

E461: Reaching the Five-Year Mark (Annual Brand Update by Dave Bryant). From growing the team to developing my own inventory software, my company had quite a good year.

E319: Reviving the Online Aspect of Your Business. In this Under The Hood episode, Mike chats with the owner of a t-shirt business on how to give his online sales a much needed boost.

 

How Do You Find Your Next Home Run Product?

The inspiration for a great product can come from anywhere and at any time. A cutting-edge tool like Helium 10 makes sure you’ve got your bases covered.

Join us tomorrow, August 3, 2022 at 1 PM (PST), for a public webinar on product and keyword research in collaboration with Helium 10.

We’ll be joined by Brand Evangelist Shivali Patel as we explore the software’s unique features and how ecommerce entrepreneurs can use it to find great products and optimize listings.

Sign me up!

 

So Many Roaches

For our Secret Sauce last week, we dove into an unconventional take on product development that I’ve coined the “Cockroach Method”.

This approach focuses on oversized products and how you can make margins even with low volume shipments. It seems counterintuitive at first, but it’s worked for me over the years.

This method is just one of the lesser-known strategies we’re covering on our Secret Sauce sessions. EcomCrew Secret Sauce is a subscription where sellers get access to comprehensive mini-classes on key strategies in ecommerce, ones that you don’t get in how-to books or tutorial videos on YouTube.

And it’s not all about theories and “hacks.” We’ll actually use the strategies we teach in our own brands, and you’ll get an exclusive email every month, discussing how the techniques we use affected our numbers.

Even if you’re just signing up today, you can access the whole library of our previous classes.

Get the Secret Sauce.

 

Happy selling,

Dave

   

 

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