EP 050: How Corey Ferreira started a profitable ecommerce brand in 5 weeks with Alibaba
Summary: <a href="http://www.envision.io/50" target="_blank">envision.io/50</a> Corey Ferreira works on the Shopify content team, and he recently published a huge, in-depth <a href="https://www.shopify.com/blog/75644165-how-i-imported-gaming-glasses-with-alibaba-and-made-2-416-51-in-5-weeks" target="_blank">case study</a> showing exactly how he started a profitable ecommerce store with products he imported through Alibaba. I had Corey on the show to talk about how he built this business, how Shopify is going to give the business away to a lucky winner (you can enter the drawing <a href="https://www.shopify.com/blog/75644165-how-i-imported-gaming-glasses-with-alibaba-and-made-2-416-51-in-5-weeks#winthisbusiness" target="_blank">here</a>), and how the new owner could potentially grow the business from here. Links mentioned on the show: <a href="http://embolden.co">Embolden.co</a> <a href="https://www.shopify.com/blog/75644165-how-i-imported-gaming-glasses-with-alibaba-and-made-2-416-51-in-5-weeks#totalsales" target="_blank">Case study on the Shopify blog</a> <a href="https://www.fiverr.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Fiverr</a> <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Twitch</a> <a href="https://www.shopify.com/blog/76042117-how-one-shopify-employee-built-a-profitable-business-in-5-weeks-selling-gaming-glasses-from-china" target="_blank">Shopify Masters episode</a> <a href="http://www.alibaba.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Alibaba</a> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/shutupandtakemymoney/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">/r/shutupandtakemymoney</a> <a href="http://www.choosemuse.com/" rel="nofollow">Muse</a> <a href="http://www.calm.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Calm</a> <a href="https://www.headspace.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Headspace</a> <a href="https://www.shopify.com/blog" rel="nofollow">Shopify blog</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/coreyvf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">@coreyvf</a>
