Podcast · 62 episodes
Shopify1Percent - The Best Shopify Podcast To Make Your Ecommerce Business 1% Better Every Episode
by Jay Myers · English
The Best Shopify podcast for Growth 📈. Join the top Shopify brands and ecommece operators as we dive into what really grows your Shopify business! The Best Shopify podcast for ecommerce brands and operators who want real growth. Hosted by Jay Myers, a 17-year Shopify vet and co-founder of Bold Commerce, Shopify1Percent is built for serious Shopify merchants who want practical advice, not theory, and proven strategies used by the best brands on Shopify. Jay has run stores on Shopify since 2009, and co-founded Bold Commerce in 2012, becoming one of the largest Shopify partners ever. Since 2012, over 800,000 Shopify stores have used Bold apps to increase sales, and now Jay is helping stores grow through his weekly podcast. Our goal with this show is to interview the absolute very best in the Shopify space to give you actionable advice on how to grow your Shopify store to the very best it can be!
Latest episodes
The $3 Box Insert That Kept Shopify Customers Coming BackHow Shopify merchants can grow profitably by focusing on repeat commerce and customer experience after the first purchase, not just acquiring more traffic.22 Sep 2026 · 1 h
What Happens When AI, or a Shopify App Deletes Your Data?Shopify has no true “undo/rollback” for many store changes (especially deleted products and app-caused modifications).18 Sep 2026 · 35 min
A $300 Template Beat His $100,000 Shopify StoreHow “pretty” Shopify stores can underperform because customers infer price/premium from design, and how to use data (and persona segmentation) to find profitable customer cohorts; includes guidance…9 Sep 2026 · 56 min
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The $3 Box Insert That Kept Shopify Customers Coming BackHow Shopify merchants can grow profitably by focusing on repeat commerce and customer experience after the first purchase, not just acquiring more traffic.22 Sep 2026 · 1 h · 20 chapters
What Happens When AI, or a Shopify App Deletes Your Data?Shopify has no true “undo/rollback” for many store changes (especially deleted products and app-caused modifications).18 Sep 2026 · 35 min · 17 chapters
A $300 Template Beat His $100,000 Shopify StoreHow “pretty” Shopify stores can underperform because customers infer price/premium from design, and how to use data (and persona segmentation) to find profitable customer cohorts; includes guidance…9 Sep 2026 · 56 min · 17 chapters
Your Shopify Support Data Is Worth MillionsAI customer support as a company-wide “intelligence layer” that turns Shopify support inbox data into real-time insights for product, marketing, retention, and operations—rather than just cutting…24 Aug 2026 · 52 min · 26 chapters
More 5-Star Reviews Won't Fix What AI Says About Your Shopify Store. Here's Why.How Google’s AI “analyze reviews” in Chrome (Gemini in Chrome, Chrome store review summaries, and broader Google commerce data) can generate misleading pros/cons about Shopify products, and why…13 Aug 2026 · 28 min · 11 chapters
The Shopify Retention Math Nobody RunsRetention “math” for Shopify/e-commerce—why most customers never reach order #2, and how to engineer the first 90 days to drive repeat purchases and LTV.11 Aug 2026 · 1 h 13 min · 24 chapters
5 Ways to Turn a Basic Shopify Subscription Into a Membership People Actually WantThe episode argues that most Shopify “subscribe and save” setups fail because they look like billing checkboxes, not compelling memberships.4 Aug 2026 · 26 min · 10 chapters
Hello? Can I Speak To a Human Please? (Why The Biggest Opportunity on Shopify Right Now Isn't AI)The episode argues that Shopify merchants should prioritize real human outreach over AI chatbots for abandoned checkout recovery and other revenue opportunities, emphasizing compliance and…28 Jul 2026 · 1 h 5 min · 25 chapters
REPEAT COMMERCE: 04 - How To Improve Your "Second Order" Rate.Repeat commerce episode 4 focuses on improving “second order” rate by replacing static reorder reminders (e.g., a universal 30-day email) with behavior-based timing and lower reorder friction.24 Jul 2026 · 28 min · 11 chapters
REPEAT COMMERCE: 03 - The Repeat Rate Shopify Doesn’t Show YouShopify’s “returning customer rate/repeat rate” blends different behaviors (old one-time buyers who resurface, long-lapsed buyers, and subscription renewals), so it doesn’t measure whether customers…17 Jul 2026 · 27 min · 6 chapters
REPEAT COMMERCE: 02 - Run The Math Before You Raise The Ad BudgetChallenges the widely repeated retention stat (5% retention lift = 25–95% profit gain) by showing how to run retention math using Shopify data before increasing ad budgets; introduces a “retention…14 Jul 2026 · 27 min · 10 chapters
The ONE Thing AI Can't Copy About Your Shopify Store - with Matt EdmundsonMatt Edmundson argues AI can’t copy the “moat” of a founder’s authentic voice and story, and that Shopify businesses should build audience + repeat purchase, not rely on one-time ad acquisition.7 Jul 2026 · 1 h 2 min · 27 chapters
REPEAT COMMERCE: 01 - What Number Predicts If Your Shopify Store Survives?Repeat commerce for Shopify brands—how to measure repeat purchase rate and revenue share, and why retention must be designed from day one.1 Jul 2026 · 24 min · 14 chapters
What If "Shop by Color" Was the Most Valuable Spot on Your Shopify Site?Hoppin’s “infinite color search” for Shopify replaces text-based color filters with a color wheel that lets shoppers dial in exact shades (including multi-color products) and helps merchants…26 Jun 2026 · 42 min · 19 chapters
SPECIAL EPISODE: Shopify Editions Spring 2026. What You Need To Know.Shopify Editions Spring 2026—11 Shopify updates focused on AI shopping, marketing automation, analytics, store management, B2B, international selling, retail/POS, and higher-tier enterprise features.21 Jun 2026 · 54 min · 26 chapters
The Repeat Commerce Playbook: w/ Ron Shah (Obvi CEO) & Paul Chambers (SubSummit CEO)Repeat revenue under rising acquisition costs and AI-driven discovery; why subscriptions face “fatigue,” and how “predicted commerce” (adaptive, usage-based reorder nudges) can drive more repeat…15 Jun 2026 · 59 min · 23 chapters
Where Your Shopify Store Is Leaking Money (and how to fix it)The episode explains why Shopify stores “leak money” and how to fix it using a CRO framework focused on revenue levers: buy now (conversion rate), buy more (AOV via…9 Jun 2026 · 54 min · 24 chapters
"The AI Mirror Test". Become the Store AI Recommends (Before Your Competitor Does)How to become the Shopify store that AI shopping agents recommend (the “AI mirror test”) by ensuring AI can read your products and that your Shopify “agentic storefronts” are enabled.3 Jun 2026 · 30 min · 17 chapters
What's Working For Influencer Marketing in 2026, and How Shopify Brands Are Using "The Influencer Pyramid".The episode discusses what’s working in influencer marketing in 2026, focusing on Shopify brands and “the influencer pyramid” (top/mid/funnel creators plus bottom-funnel coupon/code affiliates).28 May 2026 · 1 h 9 min · 35 chapters
Why Are Shopify Brands Quietly Spending Millions on... Postcards?Shopify brands using Postpilot to run programmatic direct mail (postcards) as a measurable performance channel for retention and cold acquisition, amid rising paid acquisition costs and AI-driven…27 Apr 2026 · 47 min · 15 chapters
Have Shopify Brands A/B Tested Themselves Into Invisibility? Philip Jackson calls it "The Sea of Sameness"Shopify brands have “A/B tested themselves into sameness,” making stores look and sound interchangeable.9 Apr 2026 · 56 min · 24 chapters
Run a Shopify Referral Program That Actually Crushes! (And Why Loyal Points Almost Never Work)How to run a Shopify referral program that drives real growth, why loyalty points often underperform, and how to structure incentives, timing, and messaging.26 Mar 2026 · 48 min · 20 chapters
What We've Been Quietly Building The Last Year!Bold’s first new app in nine years, “Repeat” (an AI reorder agent) launched after a year of building/testing.10 Mar 2026 · 33 min · 12 chapters
Build a Shopify Business You Can Actually Sell One Day.How Shopify/e-commerce founders can prepare to sell (or raise investment) and increase valuation, including misconceptions, what buyers pay for, deal “red flags,” and how to work with…26 Feb 2026 · 44 min · 18 chapters