What did you think of Amazon’s answers to Congress’ questions? Do you think they were being candid and forthright? Let me know in the comments section below.
Welcome to the Ecomcrew podcast and hello from Melbourne, Australia! We're at the last stop for our holiday trip but I recorded a bunch of podcasts while we were still in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, and we've been saving today's episode for the big 300 milestone.
So in today's episode of the Ecomcrew podcast, I get to speak with a very special guest. He's one of my best friends, but we're not going to reveal who just yet to avoid spoilers for the audience. But our secret guest has been a very important person to Ecomcrew, and if you're one of the listeners that have been with us from the very beginning, you might know who I'm talking about.
We go over various topics like why he decided to start selling on Amazon full-time all those years ago, how running multiple businesses does not mean you're a great multitasker, and how we've changed and grown over so many years.
In this episode, I will be going over the top 10 things that we learned about Amazon when they appeared in court vs. Congress; where they had to answer a few questions about Online Platforms and Market Power. Unfortunately, Bezos didn't appear in court himself, but Amazon's lawyers took his place in the hot seat instead.
The lawyers were very careful with how they responded to the questions by Congress but nevertheless, there were countless fascinating insights revealed about Amazon and so, we broke down and summarized the most interesting of these points for sellers.
If you'd like to read the full article where I go more in-depth into the hearings and what we learn about Amazon, the full article is available here: https://www.ecomcrew.com/congress-amazon/
What did you think of Amazon’s answers to Congress’ questions? Do you think they were being candid and forthright? Let me know in the comments section below.
In this episode, I will be going over the top 10 things that we learned about Amazon when they appeared in court vs. Congress; where they had to answer a few questions about Online Platforms and Market Power. Unfortunately, Bezos didn't appear in court himself, but Amazon's lawyers took his place in the hot seat instead.
The lawyers were very careful with how they responded to the questions by Congress but nevertheless, there were countless fascinating insights revealed about Amazon and so, we broke down and summarized the most interesting of these points for sellers.
If you'd like to read the full article where I go more in-depth into the hearings and what we learn about Amazon, the full article is available here: https://www.ecomcrew.com/congress-amazon/
What did you think of Amazon’s answers to Congress’ questions? Do you think they were being candid and forthright? Let me know in the comments section below.
Hello from Asia! We’ve been here since the middle of December, spending the holidays over in Thailand. Now we’re in Ho Chi Minh City, exploring the capital and financial center of Vietnam.
I’ve been to quite a few places in Asia but I have to say that Chiang Mai, where we’ve been staying in while in Thailand, really stands out. This mountain city is a digital nomad’s paradise. In the weeks we were there, we’ve hung out with several ecommerce entrepreneurs who or are more less permanently settled in the area.
In this episode, I chat with one of the ‘locals’. Chris Cage channeled his passion for hiking to come up with Greenbelly Meals, a company that sells ready-to-eat backpacking meals. He takes me through how he started his business and how he plans to grow it in the years to come. And of course, he shares the perks of living and working in a tropical paradise.
Check out the timestamps below so you can dive into the parts you’re most interested in.
That’s it for this episode. Are you also living the digital nomad slash online entrepreneur lifestyle? Leave us a comment below and share your experience.
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Till next time, happy selling!
Happy New Years to all of our listeners out there! For today's episode of the Ecomcrew podcast, I have a chat with Paul Rafelson about the Online Merchant's Guild and any updates that came to fruition within the last year. Other than that, we go over various topics that will definitely interest online sellers within the US such as several tax issues, why you should join the Guild, and the influx of China sellers within Amazon.
If you're new to the podcast and haven't heard about the Online Merchant's Guild, it is a non-profit organization that gives sellers the opportunity to voice out their concerns on various legal issues, with an aim to make the business climate better for online sellers, whether on Amazon or on their own Shopify site. In our last podcast episode with them, we talked about Sales Tax — why it's such a complicated subject, the various states’ position on Sales Tax, and why it led to the birth of the Guild in the first place.
I highly encourage all of our listeners, whether you're a seller on Amazon or on your own Shopify site, to join the Online Merchant's Guild, because while we are used to solving various legal problems on our own, this is just something that we can't do by ourselves; it will be costly and ineffective. We need to grow our strength in numbers and support each other to make this online business climate better for sellers.
As always, here are the topics that Paul and I go over with timestamps:
If you want more information on the Online Merchant's Guild, feel free to send us an email at support@ecomcrew.com or visit their website to start making a change today. We'd love to hear from you.