James Lovett

@BladeoftheS But aren’t they one of the biggest employers now? And pretty sure they pay their employees. Local councils ruined the high street and every government for the last 30 years has allowed big corps to not pay tax - any of them could change that but don’t!

Before Amazon you bought it from the store and they had to pay tax, and they had to rent the store and they had to pay their employees. Now they don't do any of that.

There are 550,000 new University students in the UK every year. Amazon alone could fund 200,000 of them if it paid taxes in the UK. This is how we funded higher education, the billionaires and their companies paid tax. Now they don't and you pay for the rest of your life.

@The_Forty_Four @piggycoops did you sell him your old magnets?

Head would be on mars if I supported a big 6 club and my manager was pissing about with magnets whilst 2-0 down away to Grimsby😂😂😂

@JoeWelstead Even more annoying if you can’t buy it on Amazon 👀

I get absurdly annoyed if I have to purchase products from an ecom store that doesn't have any quickpay options. ShopPay / ApplePay ftw

@janggal1804 @ryantaylor48

They pour soda over a frog and then start cooking… 🐸🔥 You have to see how it turns out. 👀 Watch now & tell me if you’d try it!

@TheFigen_ @ryantaylor48 this will be your kid!

OMG a boy who wants to show his mother the frog he caught in the garden gives her the shock of her life. 😂

@TW11DDY More fun watching Isak tho

Could watch Lewis-Skelly play football all day 🤤

@MistressofLunar @Artemisfornow How did you manage that? Looking to do the same in our new property.

@Artemisfornow Had my smart meter removed after moving in to a property that already had one.

SMART METERS - First the carrot and now the stick. Because you didn’t behave! Ofgem has issued an urgent warning to “act now” and get a smart meter. RTS electricity meters—will stop working from June 2025 due to the axing of their radio signals. Bit by bit …

@dramirez1786 @BillDA Thanks David, happy to chat @BillDA and see if we can help!

@BillDA @jameslovett for the launch DM me, and I’ll send you details for agency who handle all the VAT requirements

Can anyone help me launch on Amazon FBA UK / Europe? We need help with VAT registration, and also product registration to clear UK customs. Absolutely willing to pay an expert to help us get this dialed in...

@ehawk90 Huge pain in the ass, basically deferred until delivered but doesn’t affect all transactions. Massive nightmare when trying to compare business reports sales data to transaction reports data - all over the place

What are these "new" deferred transactions? is this a way of Amazon holding onto more cash for longer? Doesn't seem to explicitly say when the funds get released....

@the_alex_d_ @PhilKiel is your man

Looking for a good Meta & Google ad agency based in the UK ideally. Need to be heavily involved in creative strategy not just media buying side. Drop me a DM or comment below.

@Don_JR24 @GavinSweeneyy Or brands are fed up of resellers causing them headaches and want rid - long overdue

@GavinSweeneyy Amazon wants to control all the brands eventually all sellers will probably get kicked out or leave voluntarily.

Mattel gone

@ryantaylor48 That's what she said

Back home on the carpet ♥️🖤

@PhilKiel 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Zero ad spend 👻 Also I’ve got a full head of hair ✅

@peterczepiga Enjoyed this disclaimer at the top, maybe just maybe it’s the redcued calories delivering the weight loss 🤣

Has anyone checked in on the Obvi ad account lately...lol I have mixed thoughts: - They have clearly mastered AI-generated creative at scale in a really remarkable way - This is probably the necessary approach in order to scale a brand to their size in such a competitive category on Meta - The above fact is something that brand owners are often unable to reconcile if they don't come from a performance marketing background - This is why most brands fail - If we produced ads like this for our clients, most would not be happy (with either the designs or how aggressive the copy is) - I will be incorporating some of the creative lessons learned here into the brand that I own, where I have 100% control

@TaylorHoliday @joshjames776 @BeauchampAndrew Once you’ve got the brand up and running you don’t need to invest more in. It’s the taking cash out of the brand that was the issue but if your not doing that then you can grow it without having to worry about earning from it

@joshjames776 @jameslovett @BeauchampAndrew Why would you take the money from a thing making money and invest it into a thing that doesn’t? Why not just reinvest and grow the thing that is working?

30%... That's the percentage of EBITDA that most eCommerce businesses are able to distribute at year end. Make $3M in profit: $1M for the tax man $1M for inventory (probably more if you are growing fast) $1M left over to distribute. Rough. Alternatively agency businesses can often distribute upwards of 80% of net income because of the lack of working capital requirements in the business model.

@BeauchampAndrew @TaylorHoliday Spot on. I’ve done both and there are pros and cons on either side. The real win is to do both and live off the agency money whilst the brand grows

@TaylorHoliday The grass is truly always greener. Ask most agency owners and they wish they’d started a brand. Vice versa apparently also true. Truly pros & cons to each. Agencies: great cash flow, poor scale, poor exit op Brands: poor cash flow, scale better, exit potential Accurate, ish?

@PhilKiel Yeah I’d say it’s probably higher, I reckon it’s around 60% that are late. Pain in the arse

@jameslovett I’d guess 50% or less. What do you think?

Secret hack to get the best out of your agency or contractor: you won’t believe it! 😱 Pay your invoices on time.

@tombrown Not always, we started with 12 month deals which were better for us but quickly realised brands didn’t want to be tied in or had been burnt in the past. Shorter term deals were more appealing and our retention has remained the same

@jameslovett So true and so pleased to hear it, James Has it always been that way for you guys?

Run from any tech provider pushing you into a 12-month contract. I won’t sign contracts with apps anymore – things move and change too fast. If you want the business, you need to earn your keep.