Cutting a creative-test cycle from 28 to 9 days.
How the operating team tightened the brief, cadence, and reporting loop before scaling a campaign.
Coming soonFirm / Ecomma Desk
Ecommerce buying, selling, and operating guides.
Practical guides and analysis from the people reviewing deals and running ecommerce businesses: diligence, valuation, handoffs, operations, and market choices.
Watch the existing source-video testimonials from Sam Henkes, Markus Ganterer and David Streeter. Assess them alongside the buyer diligence checklist.
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Look at the Machine
Business continuity during a transition is a different ball game in ecommerce.
Wassim Moumneh · The Ecomma Desk · August 2026More from the desk
Published guides and analysis.
Read the published articles below. Unpublished topics at the end of the grid are marked Coming soon.
BuyEveryone Gets the Price Wrong
Why buyers misprice an established ecommerce business, and what to work out before you offer.
Leo Vainio · The Ecomma Desk · August 2026
OperateThe case for and against AI content
Why we use AI to write product copy, and where we refuse to.
Idris Hussain · The Ecomma Desk · July 2026
OperateThe operator playbook for the first 30 days after acquiring a D2C brand
The operating sequence we run in the first 30 days of a hold.
Vivekk Nigam · The Ecomma Desk · June 2026BuyEcommerce business due diligence checklist
Verify the financials, customers, channels, suppliers, operating systems, and transferable assets behind an ecommerce acquisition.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · August 2026SellHow to prepare an ecommerce business for sale
Build clean financials, a buyer-ready evidence room, transferable accounts, documented operations, and a handover that works without the founder.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · August 2026InvestmentsShopify Exchange alternatives: where to buy or sell a store now
Shopify closed Exchange and deleted every listing. What replaced it, what each route costs, and how to pick one. Written by a buyer, not a marketplace.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · August 2026InvestmentsEmpire Flippers alternatives for ecommerce buyers
A source-linked shortlist of marketplace, advisory and operator routes, with their scope and commercial interests made explicit.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · August 2026InvestmentsBuying an ecommerce business in the UAE
Choose a counterparty, identify licensing questions and confirm the approvals needed for the proposed purchase.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · September 2026InvestmentsShopify businesses for sale: private catalogue
How to request the private catalogue, share buying criteria and verify a suitable opportunity. Ongoing operations are optional by separate agreement.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · September 2026InvestmentsFlippa vs Empire Flippers vs Acquire.com
Compare official fee structures, screening and support, then agree who operates after closing.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · September 2026InvestmentsPrebuilt Shopify stores: costs and buying choices
Compare setup with a trading business and budget for platform costs, marketing, working capital and optional operations.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · August 2026InvestmentsPrebuilt Shopify stores: buyer due diligence
A buyer inspection method for deliverables, checkout, costs and trading claims. No named supplier test or vendor rating.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · September 2026InvestmentsDropshipping stores for sale: diligence guide
Trace supplier continuity, contribution margin, payment timing and channel dependence before agreeing a purchase.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · September 2026InvestmentsReady made ecommerce stores: the names decoded
Translate ready made, premade, prebuilt and turnkey into scope, trading evidence and support terms.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · September 2026InvestmentsBuying a Shopify store abroad: transfer guide
Plan asset and account handovers around the buyer, transaction structure and provider approvals.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · August 2026InvestmentsShopify stores for sale in Australia: what you are actually buying
Where stores are listed, what transfers and what does not, and what breaks in the first ninety days. From a firm that buys these businesses and runs them.
The Ecomma deal team · The Ecomma Desk · August 2026Where the next acquisition cohort is coming from.
Category mix, seller motivation, and the signals the investments team watches before a first call.
Coming soonThe four-question diligence call we do not skip.
Channel concentration, supplier exposure, working capital, and founder transition. The order matters.
Coming soonWhat broke in a holiday season and what changed.
Inventory planning, supplier accountability, and the operating playbook update that followed.
Coming soonThe difference between a good business and a clean handoff.
Why documentation, reporting rhythm, supplier transferability, and support scope change buyer confidence.
Coming soonHow category pressure shows up before valuation.
A market-read format for demand shifts, channel costs, and category-specific diligence questions.
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