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Kurt Elster, Paul Reda · Business

The Unofficial Shopify Podcast

NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY, SUBSCRIBE FOR UNBEATABLE ECOM RECON – Every Tuesday since 2014, host Kurt Elster shares the Shopify success stories that nobody tells you about, straight from the entrepreneurs living it. Subscribe for a raw look at what it really takes to succeed on Shopify.

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The €330M Exit Guy Shares His Europe Playbook

06 Jan 2026
47m
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The episode features Christian Erthel, a serial entrepreneur, who shares insights into building and scaling e-commerce brands, particularly in the European market. Erthel recounts the story of HelloBody, a German Shopify store that achieved a $330 million exit, and his current venture, Meller sunglasses. He emphasizes ...

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$1.7M BFCM: Inside Montana Knife Company's Black Friday

30 Dec 2025
53m
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In this episode of The Unofficial Shopify Podcast, Kurt Elster interviews Brandon Horoho, co-founder of Montana Knife Company (MKC), to dissect their Black Friday success, which saw $1.72 million in sales, doubling the previous year's performance. Brandon shares insights into their strategy of catering to four distinct...

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Native A/B Testing Hits Shopify: What You Need to Know

22 Dec 2025
32m
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SHOPIFY EDITIONS WINTER '26

16 Dec 2025
39m
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Why Your Creative Strategy Is Burning Cash

09 Dec 2025
55m
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In this episode of the podcast, Kurt Elster interviews Nehal Kazim from Ad Pros about performance marketing, specifically focusing on Meta ads and strategies for achieving unreasonable growth for businesses already generating significant revenue. Nehal defines unreasonable growth as adding a million dollars a month in ...

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She Sold 250K Shampoo Bars Without Amazon or Ads

02 Dec 2025
48m
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In this episode of The Unofficial Shopify Podcast, Kurt Elster interviews Kate Assaraf, the founder of DIP Haircare, about her success in selling a quarter million shampoo bars in four years without relying on traditional advertising methods like Meta ads, Amazon listings, or influencer partnerships. Kate shares her mo...

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What Discounts Actually Make People Buy (Study)

25 Nov 2025
41m
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In this episode of The Unofficial Shopify Podcast, Kurt Elster interviews Kara Marin from Seguno about discount codes. They discuss findings from an analysis of 162,000 discount code sets, revealing that 20% off is the most popular discount, followed by 10%. The conversation covers the use of unique discount codes vers...

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This Founder Automated Influencer Outreach Completely

18 Nov 2025
45m
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The podcast explores the use of AI agents in e-commerce, focusing on how they can automate tasks and improve efficiency. Bora Celik, founder of Agentic, discusses how his company builds custom AI bots for clients, using the example of Harney & Sons Tea, where AI agents automate influencer outreach and analytics reporti...

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Buff Clucks: From Homework Assignment to 7-Figure Chicken Brand

11 Nov 2025
48m
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What's New in Shopify: November 2025

04 Nov 2025
35m
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In this episode of the Unofficial Shopify Podcast, Kurt Elster and Paul Reda discuss recent Shopify feature updates, including the increased variant limit, the new theme code editor, and the unlisted product status. They explore the implications of these changes for merchants, offering insights and workarounds. They al...

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Black Friday Starts Early: The 3-Week Email Strategy

28 Oct 2025
50m
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Accessibility: Bet Hannon's 4-Step Fix

21 Oct 2025
44m
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Smart Marketer Live 2025

14 Oct 2025
57m
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Jomboy's 3-in-1 Store + ChatGPT Shopping Arrives

07 Oct 2025
40m
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SEO Is Dead. Long Live GEO. w/ Domaine's Mac King

30 Sep 2025
51m
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In this episode of The Unofficial Shopify Podcast, Kurt Elster interviews Mac King from Domain about optimizing for AI search, a concept they term "AI search optimization" due to the lack of a settled acronym. They discuss how AI search optimization is largely SEO, with an additional 30% specific to the AI world, empha...

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Jamil Bhuya: Why Store Owners Can't See Conversion Killers

23 Sep 2025
49m
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Bots, Fraud, & Other Online Store BS

16 Sep 2025
43m
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The $720K Exit That Disappeared

09 Sep 2025
43m
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They Bought a 'Hated' Shopify App for 2X Revenue (Now Worth Millions)

02 Sep 2025
48m
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In this episode of The Unofficial Shopify Podcast, Kurt Elster interviews Andrew Le and Tu Pham, the co-founders of Cleverific, an order editing app for Shopify. They discuss their journey of acquiring the Edit Order app, their initial plans, including rewriting the app in Rails, and the importance of customer support....

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Why Shopify's Shipping Just Got Way Better

26 Aug 2025
42m
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