The Ecomm Analyst

Growing stores, one honest take at a time.

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  • Triple Whale alternatives for Google Ads-heavy brands

    Triple Whale grew up around Meta-heavy Shopify brands, and a lot of its product shows it, from creative reporting to views-based attribution. Brands whose budget runs mostly through Google Search,…


  • Triple Whale alternatives for influencer and affiliate tracking

    Triple Whale connects to affiliate networks. Its integrations page lists ShareASale, Awin and Rakuten, alongside review and survey tools like Fairing and KnoCommerce. So the reason to look elsewhere for…


  • What to check before switching from Polar Analytics

    Leaving Polar Analytics is more involved than leaving a dashboard app, because Polar tends to become plumbing. Your data sits in a dedicated Snowflake database, your metric definitions live in…


  • Is Polar Analytics’ attribution accurate?

    Polar Analytics’ attribution is built on sound pieces, and it is accurate to the degree its inputs are. It reconciles to your actual orders, it deduplicates the conversions that Meta,…


  • Polar Analytics alternatives that offer MCP

    Polar Analytics has gone further into MCP than most of its competitors. Its pricing page lists a product called Polar Headless MCP, which includes a dedicated Snowflake warehouse, more than…


  • Polar Analytics alternatives for creative analytics

    Polar Analytics treats creative as one more dataset in its BI workspace. Its site has a creative solution page, and its connector directory includes design and creative tools like Canva,…


  • Polar Analytics alternatives for LTV and cohort analysis

    Cohort analysis is one of the things Polar Analytics does well. Its own customer reviews mention using it for cohort updates, its semantic layer defines new versus returning customers once…


  • Northbeam alternatives for high-AOV brands

    Northbeam handles long purchase cycles better than most tools. Its docs describe an indefinite attribution window, and its accrual accounting mode credits revenue back to the days the contributing touchpoints…


  • Northbeam alternatives with no annual contract

    Northbeam is not always an annual contract. Its FAQ describes the Starter plan, listed at $1,500 a month, as month-to-month, usage-based pricing for Shopify brands in the early growth stage.…


  • Northbeam alternatives for multi-store brands

    Northbeam’s pricing page says international or multi-store setups go through its sales team. Its Starter plan, listed at $1,500 a month, is described as month-to-month pricing for Shopify brands, and…


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About

Six years in e-commerce. Three Shopify stores across different niches, one scaled past seven figures. I’ve tested hundreds of ad creatives, obsessed over email flows, and learned more from my failures than my wins.

Now I focus on conversion optimization, retention marketing, and the analytics behind it all. This blog is where I share what actually works, backed by real numbers. No fluff, no guru energy.