Chris Malta's EBiz Insider Podcast

Minimum Advertised Price sounds like something cooked up by a committee of lawyers to keep you awake at night. And honestly, it kind of is. MAP, Minimum Advertised Price, is the lowest price a brand l...

14 Sep 20254min

Wholesalers aren't running adoption agencies for dreamers. They don't want to take a chance on you because you're passionate and you've got a killer idea. They move truckloads of product every day and...

14 Sep 20256min

Most ecommerce sellers lose sleep over finding customers. Cute. The real gatekeeper is your payment processor. That's the company that lets you take credit cards, and they judge harder than a reality ...

13 Sep 20254min

Most new sellers think shipping is a cakewalk. Slap on a label, toss the box at UPS, and boom, it's magically in Paris by breakfast. Sure. And unicorns handle customs paperwork. The moment you try int...

13 Sep 20254min

Every seller wants better pricing. That's obvious. The problem is that too many rookies treat negotiation like they're hustling at a garage sale. They think if they argue hard enough or push long enou...

6 Sep 20254min

Selling overseas feels like you just leveled up. Bigger reach, bigger orders, bigger bragging rights. But the honeymoon ends fast when you realize international shipping isn't just domestic shipping w...

6 Sep 20254min

Fraudulent orders are like termites. You don't notice them right away, but they quietly eat your profits from the inside. One day you think you've landed a big sale, and the next day you're staring at...

6 Sep 20254min

One of the fastest ways to kill a supplier relationship is by being the seller who doesn't follow up at all. The second fastest way? Being the seller who follows up so much that the supplier dreads se...

6 Sep 20254min