Welcome to episode 70 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week, Bjork chats with Steve Chou from MyWifeQuitHerJob.com about building two eCommerce businesses - one that sells physical products, and the other that sells digital products.

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Steve’s wife Jennifer decided to quit her job in 2007, and within one year replaced her six-figure income with an eCommerce business selling physical products. Steve started blogging about how she did it and later quit his job - fully replacing his salary - with an eCommerce business selling digital products.

These two businesses had one thing in common: they were eCommerce businesses. Everything else, from the customer acquisition to the time it took to generate a decent income, varied widely. However, Steve and his wife have learned a lot over the last few years running their two eCommerce businesses, and today Steve is here to share some of his knowledge with us.

In this episode, Steve shares:

• What two businesses he and his wife run
• Why one business wasn’t as profitable as the other in the beginning
• How to find what products to sell
• What it’s like working with vendors in foreign countries
• Whether he would recommend selling physical or digital products
• What the best way is to sell your first physical product
• What FBA is and why you might use it
• Why they stopped selling on eBay
• How he markets their digital and physical products

 

Resources:

• osCommerce
• Shopify
• Squarespace
• TeraPeak
• Jungle Scout
• Alibaba
• Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
• s2Member
• Fulfillment by Amazon
• Ecwid
• Klaviyo
• ConvertKit
• How to add a Facebook pixel to your website
• Bumblebee Linens
• MyWifeQuitHerJob.com

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