8 Ecommerce Management Services Success Stories [2024]

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

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

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 services?

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

But how?

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  2. Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
  3. Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

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3. 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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4. MohitEcommerce ($27.6K/year)

Mohit, the founder of MohitEcommerce, came up with the idea for his business after gaining experience in the eCommerce field and working with various online marketplaces in India. He saw a growing need among small businesses to navigate marketplace policies and set up their businesses online. Mohit started providing seller services and business consultancy through his website, attracting customers through his expertise and practical approach.

How much they make: $27.6K/year
How much did it cost to start: $900
Current team size: 3

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I Built A Profitable Business Helping E-Commerce Stores In India

MohitEcommerce founder Mohit shares his experience of starting and scaling an eCommerce service business in India, offering Amazon and Flipkart seller training and account management services, and generating $2k to $3k per month, mainly during the pandemic when small businesses were turning to eCommerce marketplaces.

About
Mohit started MohitEcommerce over 4 years ago
Revenue
Mohit grew the business to $2.3K/month
Costs
It cost Mohit $900 to start the business
Read by 2,373 founders

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

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. 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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