12 Ecommerce Management Software Success Stories [2024]

Updated: November 19th, 2023
Start An Ecommerce Management Software

Here are some real life success stories of starting a ecommerce management software:

1. ShipHero ($28.8M/year)

Nicholas Daniel-Richards and Aaron Rubin founded ShipHero in 2013 after experiencing frustrations with legacy warehousing software. They saw a market for a more accessible solution that could work on iPhones or tablets, offering features like order management and integration with e-commerce channels. Since then, ShipHero has grown to bootstrapped revenues of $30 million annually, processing over $5 billion of e-commerce gross merchandise volume annually.

How much they make: $28.8M/year
Current team size: 193

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How We Started A $30M/Year Warehouse Management Software And Outsourced Ecommerce Fulfillment Business

ShipHero co-founders built their successful e-commerce fulfillment business, offering warehouse management software and outsourced eCommerce fulfillment, growing revenues from zero to $30 million annually, processing over $5 billion of e-commerce gross merchandise volume (GMV) annually while only having received $435,000 in outside capital investment.

About
Aaron started ShipHero about 11 years ago
Revenue
Aaron grew the business to $2.4M/month
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2. Xena Intelligence ($300K/year)

Akhil Nair and Dhvanish ‘Danny’ Shah started off by taking up marketing and operations projects with small businesses in the Greater Boston area. They realized that many small businesses lacked the resources to hire consultants, so they decided to build a tech platform to automate data analytics using machine learning and AI. They have already had over 50 businesses take their free assessment test and have made $23,000 in revenue within a month of launching their product.

How much they make: $300K/year
How much did it cost to start: $10K
Current team size: 3

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How Two Friends From India Bootstrapped A Management Consulting Business

Two friends from India co-founded a management consulting firm that offers free basic business assessment tools and paid in-depth analysis tests, with 50 businesses taking the free assessment test and 4 clients paying for the in-depth analysis test, resulting in $23,000 in revenue in just a month.

About
Akhil started Xena Intelligence over 3 years ago
Revenue
Akhil grew the business to $25K/month
Costs
It cost Akhil $10000 to start the business
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So... can you actually make money with a ecommerce management software?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

  1. Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
  2. Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
  3. Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

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3. Prolific Zone ($1.66M/year)

Quin Amorim, the founder of Prolific Zone, came up with the idea for his eCommerce agency after successfully selling products online for over 25 years. He realized his passion for creating and launching products and brands online and decided to help others do the same. With a team of 18 people and a customer retention rate of over 80%, Prolific Zone generates an impressive average of $140K per month without spending a single dollar on advertising.

How much they make: $1.66M/year
How much did it cost to start: $3K
Current team size: 15

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From Selling On eBay To Starting A $1.6M/Year eCommerce Agency

Prolific Zone is an eCommerce agency founded by Quin Amorim that has experienced significant growth, with a team of 18 people, a customer retention rate of over 80%, and generating an average of $140K per month helping brands sell their products internationally through Amazon and Walmart.

About
Quin started Prolific Zone over 5 years ago
Revenue
Quin grew the business to $138K/month
Costs
It cost Quin $3000 to start the business
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4. Mazing ($120K/year)

Marco, the founder of MazingXR, came up with the idea for his business after attending a startup event and reconnecting with a talented software developer named Stefan. They saw the potential for augmented reality and spent two months researching and developing their product before launching. They focused on sales and meeting potential customers in person to attract and retain them.

How much they make: $120K/year
How much did it cost to start: $100
Current team size: 3

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We Developed A $120K/Year Augmented Reality Solution For E-commerce

MazingXR is an augmented reality solution for e-commerce that generates $120k/year, and has grown from an MVP to a team of 9 people, with a focus on organic growth, personal customer connections, and continuing to develop the innovative potential of AR and NFTs.

About
Marco started Mazing almost 4 years ago
Revenue
Marco grew the business to $10K/month
Costs
It cost Marco $100 to start the business
Read by 2,472 founders

So... can you actually make money with a ecommerce management software?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

  1. Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
  2. Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
  3. Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

Start Now

5. Ultra Growth Marketing ($720K/year)

Matthew Larsen, the founder of Ultra Growth Marketing, came up with the idea for his business after realizing the need for a comprehensive eCommerce marketing book specifically tailored to eCommerce store owners. He decided to write a step-by-step guide with over 75,000 words, offering actionable advice to help business owners create multi-million dollar eCommerce stores. Through Facebook lead generation ads, Larsen was able to give away over 17,000 free copies of his book and capture valuable leads, resulting in over $60,000 per month in recurring revenue.

How much they make: $720K/year
How much did it cost to start: $100
Current team size: 3

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I Published An Ebook That Drove $42K/Month To My Agency [Canada]

Matthew Larsen's Ultra Growth Marketing earns over $60,000/month in recurring revenue by giving away his eCommerce Marketing Book for free and then capturing leads using Facebook's Lead Generation ads, resulting in over 19,000 downloads in the first month since its launch.

About
Matthew started Ultra Growth Marketing about 2 years ago
Revenue
Matthew grew the business to $60K/month
Costs
It cost Matthew $100 to start the business
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6. Triple Whale ($12.7M/year)

Triple Whale, a Columbus, Ohio-based startup, offers a direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform that combines a store owner's analytics into a single service.

The platform helps e-commerce businesses make data-driven decisions to optimize their marketing efforts and performance.

By integrating data from popular apps such as Shopify, Facebook, and Google, Triple Whale helps store owners find the data points they need to make the right decisions.

With this platform, DTC founders can quickly uncover new and important insights into their customer data, improve their conversion numbers, and gain better insights from their marketing campaigns.

  • Maxx and his co-founders grew several Shopify brands to 8-figures.

  • Their journey to success was littered with countless hours of manual labor, as they had to painstakingly input data into spreadsheets to extract valuable insights.

  • After an extensive search for an automated solution, they were unable to find one that suited their needs.

  • They decided to develop an in-house tool to streamline the process and soon after attaining success realized they could transform the tool into a significantly more lucrative and impactful SaaS business.

  • Triple Whale quickly evolved into a SaaS startup.

  • Two years later, over 5,000+ DTC brands use our software to manage and automate analytics, attribution, merchandising, and forecasting.

How much they make: $12.7M/year
How much did it cost to start: $1
Current team size: 89

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An Operating System for Ecommerce

Triple Whale, an operating system for e-commerce founded by AJ Orbach, Maxx Blank, and Ivan Chernykh, has over 2,500 Shopify merchants as clients just one year after its inception and is seeing steady revenue growth of around 30% month-on-month.

About
AJ started Triple Whale about 3 years ago
Revenue
AJ grew the business to $1.06M/month
Costs
It cost AJ $1 to start the business
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So... can you actually make money with a ecommerce management software?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

  1. Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
  2. Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
  3. Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

Start Now

7. Bagisto ($600K/year)

Saurav Pathak, the Chief Product Officer of Bagisto, came up with the idea for the open-source e-commerce platform after realizing there was a huge gap between demand and supply for platform-driven e-commerce solutions. With the goal of making it simple for developers to create their own online stores, Bagisto has generated over $1 million in revenue and has a user base of 200,000.

How much they make: $600K/year
How much did it cost to start: $10K
Current team size: 47

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How We Built A MillIon Dollar Ecommerce Platform [India]

Open-source e-commerce platform Bagisto has generated over $1 million in revenue in the past four years, with $350,000 annual recurring revenue for the past two years, has over 70,000 downloads, 5,000 Github stars, 5,000 community members globally, and over 150 contributors enhancing its features.

About
Saurav started Bagisto over 5 years ago
Revenue
Saurav grew the business to $50K/month
Costs
It cost Saurav $10000 to start the business
Read by 4,182 founders

8. Drip ($24.4M/year)

How much they make: $24.4M/year
Current team size: 142

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Rob Walling of Drip
About
John started Drip about 12 years ago
Revenue
John grew the business to $2.03M/month
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