I'm Jandre, founder of V8 Media (Top 1% Digital Agency) & V8 Capital. We've worked with over 500 businesses since 2018 and generated nearly 1.4 billion in sales for small DTC brands. Through investing in and scaling multiple businesses, I’ve discovered patterns in what separates high-performing e-commerce stores from the rest — and today’s episode is packed with those insights.
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🗒️ What You're Going to Learn in This Video:
In this episode, we sit down with Michael Pretorius, E-Commerce Manager at CUM Books — South Africa’s largest Christian bookstore with 34 stores nationwide. We unpack exactly how CUM Books has scaled its online store, balanced pricing against Takealot and Amazon, leveraged Google Performance Max, and engineered conversion growth through apps, email automation, and smarter checkout experiences. Michael also shares practical insights on free shipping thresholds, payment gateways that boost revenue, omnichannel customer data, and how they approach Black Friday without racing to the bottom.
⏱ Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro & welcome
0:32 – Who is CUM Books & how they compete in a crowded market
1:40 – The #1 acquisition channel & why Google PMAX leads the strategy
3:00 – What really matters in performance marketing metrics
4:40 – Email marketing frequency, engagement & the welcome series
6:00 – The 80/20 rule & top-selling categories
7:00 – Why free shipping is set at R500 and how pricing decisions are made
8:45 – Shipping options: courier vs Pargo vs in-store pickup
10:00 – Meta ads strategy & lead gen campaigns
11:00 – Klaviyo automations that drive the most revenue
12:10 – Shopify vs Magento: why they switched and what changed
13:20 – Conversion rate boosts: new theme, new gateway, new approach
14:50 – Why Stitch increased revenue & the impact of Apple/Capitec Pay
16:40 – The power of offering multiple payment gateways
18:00 – Black Friday strategy (and why they don’t discount all month)
20:00 – Where TikTok fits in (and why they’re not rushing in)
22:00 – Unifying in-store + online customer data
24:00 – The must-have Shopify apps they use today
26:00 – Heatmaps, UX insights & customer behaviour tracking
27:40 – Final lessons for e-commerce founders & marketers
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