EcommCowboy — Presented by Slash

Episode · 2026-02-25

The Art of the Undercut

The Art of the Undercut | Dove's "Too Honest" Campaign | James Camp of APFX Joins (2.24.26)

Rundown

The hosts and guest James Camp from APFX discuss AI's impact on ecommerce operations and content creation, pricing strategy, the failed Dove campaign, and emerging subscription health products.

Guests James Camp

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Takes from this episode

AI should be used as a tool in human-in-the-loop workflows to enhance creativity while maintaining authentic voice and quality

The magic of that is that it is James. It is my brain. It is my thoughts. It is just my new paintbrush.
Creative·17:20

Raising prices may be more impactful to profitability than optimizing conversion rates, even if it reduces volume

We doubled the price on certain products and conversion rate dropped a little bit and our bottom line we had less fulfillments with a lot more bottom line.
Finance & Exits·26:00

Manufactured viral campaigns based on UGC lack authenticity and don't resonate with audiences

they just tried to kind of manufacture this virality and tried to almost will it into existence... It just didn't work at all.
Creative·52:00