REAL GROWTH BEGINS
WITH REPEAT BUSINESS
BUILD YOUR ECOMMERCE BRAND FOR THE HAUL. PROFITABLY. SUSTAINABLY.
I help founders and leadership teams prioritise turning first-time
customers into repeat buyers to create predictable, compounding revenue
Rivki Stoll :: Private White VC"Working with Ian is probably the best thing
that has happened to us in the last 6 years."
Why do founders hire me
rather than an agency?
Because I'm focused on the big picture of business.
Let's call it proper ecommerce growth.
I'm not trying to sell you a site redesign, Meta playbook or professing to be an retention expert because I'm busy designing Klaviyo flows... I've built my own ecommerce business from scratch. I've learned the hard way too.
25 years senior-level expertise creating ecommerce growth frameworks, knowing how to target the right audiences, connect with customers in a more meaningful way and convert more existing shoppers into repeat buyers... on repeat.
Doing the work across over 350 brands teaches you a lot about why people buy (and why they don't).
I'm hired to help answer the big picture question 'to build our ecommerce business, what should we be doing better to grow sales AND our bank balance?'
I'm not going to drown you in a playbook of ecommerce retention marketing best-practices that sound great, but do very little for your business or your bank account. More importantly, I'm not going to outsource or give you a great sales pitch and then hand over the 'work' to a marketing junior.
Building For Repeat Business
The Core Component of Ecommerce Growth
Do fundamental changes need to be made to grow your ecommerce business?
It's my job to figure out what those changes are and to lead the change-making process. You're managing a machine. At each stage of the customer journey, through ads, social posts, product pages your job is to make sure the components are synced and costs are lean. I'm here to show you exactly how.
Don't overcomplicate ecommerce. Keep this simple. The fundamentals are straightforward. You either sell based on price (good luck with that one) and struggle for buy-in or you build based on trust and belief. Before people buy from you, first of all they need to buy into you.
I help brands fix retention at the root level
Not with discount codes.
Not with gimmicks.
Not with abandoned cart tricks.
My work focuses on the fundamentals that drive long-term, profitable growth:
- Emotional connection
- Expectation setting
- Onboarding and first-use experience
- Messaging and communication
- Subscription psychology
- Customer journey clarity
- Habit loops and identity
- Experience design
- Churn analysis
- Product-market alignment
Retention is not a channel.
Retention is a business philosophy.
BRING 25 YEARS OF ECOMMERCE GROWTH
EXPERTISE TO YOUR BUSINESS
This is what I've been doing for over 25 years, building and growing ecommerce brands. The past 15 years running my consultancy (and before that when I ran my own ecommerce business) helping brands focus on the work that helps scale sales profitably and sustainably across all channels
- How do you make use of all the customer insights and data available to you?
- What way can you learn what's stopping people buying from you again?
- Who are your ideal customers? How do you target them and how?
- Are you positioning your products correctly for your target market?
- Is your Google/Meta ads strategy working effectively to drive new customer acquisition?
- What works? How impactful are the changes you make to your store in order to drive sales?
- What to do when margins are stripped? How do you compete against cheaper competitors?
- Are you making best selection and use of today's marketing technology?
With limited time or resource are their smarter ways to grow than pushing more money into ads? Let's find out.
NEW CUSTOMERS GROW YOUR SALES
LOYAL CUSTOMERS GROW YOUR BANK BALANCE
Through a structured and continual process of optimisation, growth, the cost to grow and understanding how to scale, becomes a lot, lot easier.
- You learn to target better.
- You learn to sell better.
- You learn to serve better.
- You learn how to sell again...and again...and again...
It's what future investors or buyers love to see.
No playbooks or best-practices, this is retention-first growth strategy designed specifically for your brand

Ian Rhodes
Ecommerce Growth
Consultancy & Coaching

TEGEN WILLS :: FOUNDER OF TEGEN ACCESsORIES"I recommend working with Ian if you want to grow your ecommerce brand long-term, focusing on profit and building a loyal customer base."

ECOMMERCE RETENTION LESSONS
A weekly exploration into why customers return, how brands
build loyalty and the value of building a retention-first business
Your Instagram Shows Your Soul. Your Shopify Store Shows… Nothing.
The Unretainables… Customers You Don’t Want Are Costing You More Than You Think
No, Klaviyo Post-Purchase Flows Will Not Solve Your Customer Retention Problem
Why every ecommerce brand should be engineered for repeat business
Beyond the Subscription: More Repeat Business Strategies For Ecommerce
Going Retention-First … and why the domain switch from ecommercegrowth.com to retention.co.uk?
“He will help you understand your online customers better than you ever thought possible.”OWEN WHITEHEAD :: SUNBELT RENTALS
Sat Sindhar - MD at People®"His understanding of the customers
thought process is exceptional"
