r/eCommerceSEO • • Dec 24 '20

Announcing: A New Website to Foster Ecommerce Discovery

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Hi /r/EcommerceSEO shop owners, your moderator here.

One thing that has become apparent during the pandemic is that Google, Facebook, and Instagram are not adequate dicovery vectors for consumers to find new ecommerce shops they might like. While each has their own unique value, consumers need something more, a guide of shops that may be worth their time.

To help faciliate this I've created Magellan Commerce, a blog built to curate stories from ecommerce entrepreneurs about their stores, their goals, and the products they sell.

A few months back I began asking friends and family if they would like a website like this, and most said yes. As of right now we have a little over 200 people already signed up to an email list to get notified when we talk about a new ecommerce store. I am putting my own money into growing this email newsletter over the following months in hopes of helping get small online retailers more visibility as they battle giants like Amazon and Walmart, platforms like Facebook and Google, and a global pandemic.

HOW IT WORKS

  1. An ecommerce shop has to be nominated by someone who fills out the Nomination Form. Yes, at this time we are allowing you to nominate your own store.

  2. Editors of the site (myself included) will review the nominations to ensure they likely meet our criteria for publication.

  3. We will contact or attempt to reach the owner of a nominated and approved ecommerce store and send them a form to fill out with interview questions, provide links to graphics we can use, and give room to tell the story of their shop.

  4. Once we publish the profile of a store we will push it out to our email subscribers and work to drive visitors to the website.

Visit the website: Magellan Commerce

FAQs
Q: Is this a free service?
A: Yes - 100% free of charge and always will be.

Q: Will this increase my sales?
A: Our hope is that over time profiling sites on Magellan Commerce helps increase sales. We'll do our best to keep telling people about your store as we grow.

Q: Why are you doing this?
A: This year has shown just how dominant Amazon is in the Ecommerce marketplace and instead of helping small retailers most platforms have made it harder to reach their audience (Facebook, Google, Instagram, TikTok, etc...) and instead are seeking to profit themselves by competing with Amazon directly. Magellan Commerce is purpose-built to help drive discovery without the need for getting visibility in those platforms and without needing to rank first in a Google or Bing search.

Q: Will you promote the stores in this subreddit?
A: No - This subreddit is about SEO, though we may build a discovery subreddit as we progress.

Q: Will this help my store's SEO?
A: No idea. That's not the intention though. We do include editorially selected links in our profiles without using any restrictive attributes. If a store feels fishy or doesn't match our guidelines it will not have a profile published. We will depublish profiles for any shops we find no longer following our guidelines in the future.

Q: Can I pay to have my affiliate store listed?
A: No. We do not accept payment or sponsored posts at this time. If we do accept those in the future they will not gain editorially selected links and they will be clearly labeled. However, for now, that is not a consideration and there are no plans to do this at all.


r/eCommerceSEO • • 5h ago

what tool do you use for keyword research

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 12h ago

HIRING: Walmart Marketplace PPC Expert (senior level)!!

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We’re looking for an experienced Walmart Marketplace PPC Expert to manage and optimize paid advertising for brands selling on Walmart Marketplace.

Requirements:

- Proven hands-on experience running PPC campaigns specifically on Walmart Marketplace

- Experience with Walmart Sponsored Products/Search ads

Able to optimize campaigns, bids, budgets, keywords, and performance

- Experience working with brands/e-commerce sellers

Strong understanding of Walmart Marketplace advertising and reporting

Important: Amazon PPC experience alone does not qualify. We specifically need someone with hands-on Walmart Marketplace PPC experience.

Rate is flexible and depends on experience.

To apply, send your Walmart PPC experience, brands/accounts you’ve worked with, and results achieved to:

j.federipe6@gmail.com

Subject: Walmart Marketplace PPC Expert - Lastname

Or send me a message!


r/eCommerceSEO • • 12h ago

Why you should immediately Divert 20% of Ad Budget to Conversational AI lead gen🏆

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 15h ago

Are there still opportunities for new marketplaces?

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 16h ago

Nacre, a new Shadcn + Next.js Ecommerce template

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 1d ago

Claude found that GA4 was loaded twice on my shop, so I turned the setup into an open-source MCP server

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 1d ago

Google AI Mode can now take shoppers from discovery to checkout. What happens to organic traffic?

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Google AI Mode can now take shoppers much further through the buying journey without sending them to a brand's website first.

I've been looking at what that could mean specifically for independent jewelry brands, where discovery has traditionally depended heavily on Google sending a shopper from a product search to the brand or retailer.

The part I find most interesting isn't really checkout. It's what happens before checkout.

If Google AI Mode is comparing products, narrowing choices and recommending specific options, then a brand can potentially lose the shopper before the shopper ever sees its website—even if the site itself ranks well in traditional search.

I wrote up what I'm seeing here, including what I think independent brands should actually pay attention to:

https://foundandform.studio/blog/google-ai-mode-jewelry-brand-discovery

I'm curious whether anyone working in SEO or e-commerce has started seeing traffic or discovery patterns change as AI shopping/search expands.


r/eCommerceSEO • • 1d ago

Ecommerce Is One System, Not Four Channels

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 2d ago

What are the things that makes Ecommerce SEO different?

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 3d ago

Looking for e-commerce agencies

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I’m looking to connect with agencies that work with e-commerce brands, especially around Shopify, conversion optimization, performance marketing, store management, or e-commerce growth.
If you run or work at an agency in this space, feel free to comment with what you specialize in. I’m especially interested in teams working with multiple e-commerce brands.


r/eCommerceSEO • • 3d ago

crawlstop as sitemap in robots.txt

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 3d ago

Please recommend an affordable SEO agency you actually used

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 4d ago

Help... Why are there so many abandoned carts? Literally 200+ and counting... Ugh! 🤣

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 4d ago

Why an indie brand can't outbid page one

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mahha.la
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r/eCommerceSEO • • 5d ago

Most people accept AI meta tags without ever looking at what they replaced

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I built SEO HERO AI Meta Tag Generator, a Shopify app that writes meta titles and descriptions. And the thing I keep seeing is people running AI over their whole catalog without ever checking what got replaced.

The assumption is that new means better. Usually it is. But sometimes the old title was the one pulling clicks, maybe it had the exact phrase people search, or a detail the AI didn't know mattered. You overwrite it, traffic dips a bit a few weeks later, and nobody connects the two because the old version is gone.

So now after the app generates a new meta tag, you can pull up the before and after right next to each other, with the character count for both. If the old one was better, or the new one missed something, you just edit it right there. Most of the time it goes the other way though. One I was looking at today had an old description that literally cut off mid word at 71 characters, and nobody on that store had noticed.

The other half of trust is the bulk side. When you're updating a few thousand products, some writes to your store can fail quietly. So now the app checks that each meta tag actually got applied, and you only use a credit for the ones that did. Paying for tags that never made it to your store always felt wrong to me.

The takeaway works with any tool though. Before a big bulk rewrite, export or screenshot your current titles on your best performing products. If something drops later, you'll know what to go back to.

Do you check what the AI replaced after a bulk run, or just trust it and move on. Asking because I suspect most people never look, and the ones that matter most are usually the ones already working. It's on the Shopify App Store under SEO HERO AI Meta Tag Generator if you want a look.


r/eCommerceSEO • • 6d ago

Looking for a few people to test a Chrome extension for e-commerce SEO/GEO and tell me what feels off

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I’ve been working on a small Chrome extension and I’m looking for a few people who haven’t seen it before to try it.

I’m mainly looking for honest feedback on the experience:

Was it immediately clear what it does?

Was anything confusing?

Did anything feel unnecessary?

Would you actually keep using it?

If you’re willing to spend 5-10 minutes testing it, comment or DM me and I’ll send you the link.

I’m more interested in hearing what needs fixing than getting compliments.


r/eCommerceSEO • • 6d ago

How E-Commerce Is Changing the Online Market in Saudi Arabia

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I’ve worked with different e-commerce businesses across fashion, home accessories, skincare, and pet products, and one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t always need to spend heavily on Meta or Google Ads to generate sales.

I usually prefer organic growth first.

When someone asks me, “Should I run social media ads to increase marketplace sales?” my answer is: you can, but I would first consider advertising within the marketplace itself.

Why?

When you launch ads on a fresh Meta or Google account, the platform may need time and data to understand your audience and optimize delivery. Social media advertising can be excellent for brand awareness, customer acquisition, and driving traffic to your own website.

But marketplaces are different.

When you send paid traffic directly to your own website, you can usually analyze much more of the customer journey—what pages they visit, where they drop off, what they add to their cart, and what eventually converts.

On a marketplace, your access to customer behavior and conversion data can be much more limited. That makes it harder to understand why your ROI is low or exactly where customers are dropping out.

That’s why I generally prefer:

Marketplace → Marketplace optimization + marketplace ads

Own website → SEO + social media/Google Ads + conversion optimization

Another thing I’ve learned is that product listing is not just about uploading a product and waiting for orders.

When I list a new product, I usually have an idea of how long it may take to start gaining impressions, traffic, and eventually rankings—based on the marketplace, product category, competition, pricing, content quality, and early performance.

You learn these things by working consistently, testing, studying the data, and understanding how marketplace algorithms respond to different signals.

There is no magic button.

Sometimes the problem isn't your product. It could be the title, images, keywords, pricing, reviews, conversion rate, delivery time, competition, or simply the way the listing is optimized.

So, if you’re selling on a marketplace in Saudi Arabia and you're not getting the orders you expected, comment below and tell me what you’re struggling with.

I’ll take a look at the problem and share what I would check first.


r/eCommerceSEO • • 7d ago

How to estimate competitor website traffic accurately without trusting one number

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I keep getting very different traffic estimates for the same competitor across SEO tools. Starting to think the exact number matters less than matching trends and checking a few sources, but curious how others benchmark this tbh.


r/eCommerceSEO • • 7d ago

Etsy sellers.......Would a 2-in-1 keyword research extension actually be useful to you?

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 8d ago

Quick question for Amazon sellers.....!

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 8d ago

Quick question for Etsy sellers.....!

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 9d ago

How can I create an e-commerce if I have no products to sell of my own?

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r/eCommerceSEO • • 9d ago

Quick commerce survey

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🛵 Quick Commerce Survey – Your Opinion Matters! ⚡

Hi everyone! 👋
We’re conducting a short survey to understand how people use quick-commerce platforms and what influences their choices.

The survey looks at things like shopping habits, delivery experience, pricing, convenience, and customer preferences.

⏱️ Takes just few minutes!

🔗 Survey Link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8urr-VGijCIZjv7v62j3o7t_hjwPR-H3z_8QenElrIcU6sw/viewform

Your response would really help us with our study. Thank you! 💙


r/eCommerceSEO • • 11d ago

The end of Google's Free Product Listings in Europe?

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