{"podcast":{"title":"Ecommerce Conversations","slug":"ecommerce-conversations-963613","podcast_index_feed_id":963613,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1995667.rss","website_url":"https://www.practicalecommerce.com/tag/podcasts","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/srxg8w1mhya5utiagezo6tpdn7gx?.jpg","author":"Practical Ecommerce","episode_count":587,"summary":"Ecommerce Conversations is the long-running weekly podcast from Practical Ecommerce, hosted by ecommerce entrepreneur Eric Bandholz. •• Listen in as Eric interviews in-the-trenches founders and executives who address the essentials of launching, growing, and sustaining an online business. Hear their successes, mistakes, and plans — addressing customer acquisition, web traffic, marketing tactics, on-site conversion, shipping, favorite tools, funding, obstacles, and much more. •• New episodes every Friday. Subscribe to the podcast here, and then read a condensed transcript at https://www.PracticalEcommerce.com/tag/podcasts.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ecommerce-conversations-963613"},"episode":{"title":"Inside Beardbrand's Expansion Plan","slug":"inside-beardbrand-s-expansion-plan","published_at":"2026-05-08T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ecommerce-conversations-963613/inside-beardbrand-s-expansion-plan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ecommerce-conversations-963613","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1995667/episodes/19140359-inside-beardbrand-s-expansion-plan.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1995667/episodes/19140359-inside-beardbrand-s-expansion-plan.mp3","summary":"We've hit a plateau at Beardbrand, the direct-to-consumer business I launched 15 years ago. Our revenue is down from its peak. We've made mistakes. The beard care space has dried up. We've moved from a blue ocean of growth and opportunity to a red ocean of fierce competition. If Beardbrand grows, a competitor loses, and vice versa. In this episode, I'll depart from my typical interview format and share our plans for moving Beardbrand forward. My goal is to help other merchants in similar ci...","meta_description":"We've hit a plateau at Beardbrand, the direct-to-consumer business I launched 15 years ago. Our revenue is down from its peak. We've made mistakes. The be…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1974,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ecommerce-conversations-963613/episodes/inside-beardbrand-s-expansion-plan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ecommerce-conversations-963613/inside-beardbrand-s-expansion-plan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}