SEEKING WORK | Greece | Remote only | Ecommerce Architect / Marketing Operations
Looking for companies in the B2B/D2C e-commerce sector in niche markets.
I have more than 10 years of experience in the software and marketing aspects of B2B/B2C e-commerce (Europe & US). For the past 2 years, I took a deep dive into D2C as a Technical Co-Founder of a fragrance-related brand (https://yuma.gr), successfully positioning us in the premium market at the lowest cost possible, by developing the e-commerce and ERP platform in-house.
I can handle all aspects of e-commerce with a focus on growth. Examples include:
- Extensive Google & Facebook Ads automation at scale via their APIs
- Distributed bots for scraping millions of SKUs daily for dynamic pricing
- Deep & proven knowledge of e-commerce & ERP architecture & development
- Complex and custom-made solutions (e.g., in-house developed Klaviyo alternative)
- Creative approaches to streamlining internal operations
- Frontend performance & SEO micro-optimization
- Landing page optimization for conversions
I prefer long-term commitments and typically work on projects for 6 months to 1 year, as I treat each project as my own. Having developed my D2C brand to a technical level that now requires only maintenance and marketing, my schedule has become more flexible. I'm ready to help companies in different markets while expanding my skills and knowledge.
Technologies: [Go, Postgresql, Python, Typescript, ...], [React, Next.js, Flask/Starlette, Hasura, Node.js/Bun], [LLM, Vector DBs, RAG], [Ecommerce & ERP Architecture, Front End Performance Optimization, SEO, CS/SS Tracking, Google & Facebook Ads + their APIs], [Any type of Bots at scale], [Linux desktop & server, A bit of networks, Docker, VPS, CI/CD, AWS/GCP]
Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hambos22/
Email: me@cpoul.dev
Looking for companies in the B2B/D2C e-commerce sector in niche markets.
Location: Greece
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: [Go, Postgresql, Python, Typescript, ...], [React, Next.js, Flask/Starlette, Hasura, Node.js/Bun],[LLM, Vector DBs, RAG], [Ecommerce & ERP Architecture, Front End Performance Optimization, SEO, CS/SS Tracking, Google & Facebook Ads + their APIs], [Any type of Bots at scale], [Linux desktop & server, A bit of networks, Docker, VPS, CI/CD, AWS/GCP]
Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hambos22/
Email: me@cpoul.dev
I have more than 10 years of experience in the software and marketing aspects of B2B/B2C e-commerce (Europe & US). For the past 2 years, I took a deep dive into D2C as a Technical Co-Founder of a fragrance-related brand (https://yuma.gr), successfully positioning us in the premium market at the lowest cost possible, by developing the e-commerce and ERP platform in-house.
I can handle all aspects of e-commerce with a focus on growth. Examples include:
- Extensive Google & Facebook Ads automation at scale via their APIs
- Distributed bots for scraping millions of SKUs daily for dynamic pricing
- Deep & proven knowledge of e-commerce & ERP architecture & development
- Complex and custom-made solutions (e.g., in-house developed Klaviyo alternative)
- Creative approaches to streamlining internal operations
- Frontend performance & SEO micro-optimization
- Landing page optimization for conversions
I prefer long-term commitments and typically work on projects for 6 months to 1 year, as I treat each project as my own. Having developed my D2C brand to a technical level that now requires only maintenance and marketing, my schedule has become more flexible. I'm ready to help companies in different markets while expanding my skills and knowledge.
I'm currently in the same position regarding 8mm digital8. After researching, I believe the best way to digitize these is to obtain a compatible used camcorder with a DV/Firewire port, then install a DV/Firewire PCI card to stream and record the video to your PC.
You’re right.
But even better than trying to get a compatible PCI card, find an older MacBook Pro that has built in FireWire ports and use something like iMovie to direct rip the DV content.
Unfortunately, it has to be done in real-time even though it’s digital data. I haven’t heard anyone use a high speed tape drive for them but it would be theoretically possible.
Also, that setup is a pretty good way to digitize Hi8 analog tapes. And I think you can use some of the camcorders as analog to digital converters of an analog video stream (eg, an attached vcr).
Sounds daunting compared to my limited experience:
Friend brings over MiniDV camera and a tape, and asks if I can transfer it to a PC.
"I don't know, but we can try!"
It took longer to rummage through the cabling collection for the right FireWire cable than to get it working, plugged straight into the front of a Q6600 box running Windows Vista or 7, with whatever software Microsoft included by default.
Even the tape transport controls worked perfectly from the GUI on the PC.
It had two FireWire ports -- one on the sound card, and one on the motherboard. IIRC, the one on the motherboard was used for the front panel connector.
And maybe I'm old-fashioned, but the last thing I think when I need to connect up some old gear is "I have just the answer! I'll buy a whole 'nother laptop!"
I mean: They still make PCIe Firewire cards in factories every day -- or at least, they once made enough of them that plenty are still kicking around for not very much money.
And it may be 2025, but they definitely do still make desktop computers (with industry-standard expansion slots, even!) in factories every day.
There is a way to go from mini dv to thunderbolt. Apple made adapters for Firewire to Thunderbolt 2, and Thunderbolt 2 to 3. These can be chained to do what you want. See this video/channel for more details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT0oDYbqwwk
In papers maybe, but in the streets, Ecstasy is the pill form of MDMA and is usually cut with other substances (e.g., speed, LSD, etc.). Therefore, when saying "Ecstasy," someone would expect a pill in a funny shape, whereas with "MDMA," they would expect powder.
I would never expect powder when I said MDMA, I would expect crystals or pills. Ecstasy is often said to be cut with other substances, but almost never is, because most other drugs are more expensive and less potent than MDMA. There are often impure batches containing meth or other amphetamines, often other "designer drugs" being pressed into pills and sold as ecstasy while not being MDMA, but rarely intentionally cutting the MDMA with other drugs.
Drug pro-tip: anything powder is garbage, crack comes in rocks (crack users aren't all that picky though, from beeswax to swiss cheese to chalk, from white as snow to bright yellow, usually off-white, it comes in a variety of appearances and textures and users savor the cut - the most favored stuff is usually not the purest), coke comes in chunks (white, off-white, even yellowish, good quality stuff has a flaky structure and pearlescent shine), heroin comes in chunks (from white to tan to black, occasionally gooey), weed comes in nuggets (but used to come in chunks, maybe still does if reggies/illegal weed still exists in your area), meth is long usually clear crystals, molly is shorter and more cuboid crystals, usually colored (pink, tan/brown, only very rarely clear).
You are right, I used the wrong wording here. I meant crystals, not powder. I used the word 'powder' unconsciously because when I was raving, I would break those crystals into powder form to control the dosage better.
Anyway, regarding the difference between ecstasy and MDMA, from personal experience, I cannot remember a time when the effects were the same. Every time I took a pill, the effect was totally different from MDMA. MDMA provided a more 'pure' experience, whereas with advertised 'ecstasy' pills, I experienced hallucinations, memory loss, and a very heavy hangover.
I've been running my brand of scented products and cosmetics (https://yuma.gr) for 2 years now. 2 months ago we completed a rebranding and we're steadily gaining national consumer awareness of our existence as a brand.
From the top of my head, in order of importance:
1. Your perspective is unique - no one else shares your exact point of view. Try everything.
2. Master digital marketing: Google & Facebook Ads, Server Side Tracking, Google Tag Manager, and Analytics. Recommended communities:
Thanks! This is solid. Good luck with your store. Btw when I open the website, I’d expect it to show me English descriptions (ideally it recognizes my country)
I want to share my experience with D2C (direct to client) brand email marketing. Initially, I was creating HTML emails with react-email and sending them through Postmark's broadcast stream. The open rates were very good - 40-50%, and it had solid deliverability.
When we wanted to improve our marketing automation, I decided to try Klaviyo because many people online recommended it. I spent around 500 euros and 3-4 days to integrate it with my custom ecommerce platform. After sending 2 campaigns, the open rate dropped to 15%. Later I discovered Klaviyo put us on a shared IP with not-so-good senders, so my emails were going to spam folder.
This made me think - how difficult would it be to build some of Klaviyo's features myself? Especially because I was already collecting customer behavior data like item views and checkout steps.
I connected everything to Postmark and used their webhooks for analytics (opens, clicks, spam). Now I have a good in-house email marketing system that costs only $20 per month on Postmark, and my open rates are back to normal, as the profits too.
Sometimes the "simple" (hah) solution is the best one.
I'm building an inhouse ERP/CRM/warehouse mobile app/ecommerce platform/MOps for my small biz which I have with my wife (own brand of cosmetics, home fragrance, skin etc..) with the hope that it will allow us scale with the minimum employees, the maximum productivity and the lowest cost.
150+ postgres tables, a huge backend dashboard, an optimized storefront, Hasura, Go, React/Typescript/Next.js and a myriad of integrations.
Abandoned my professional career for this one to chase the dream and got sciatica while in the process :)
For discoverability you should check overseerr, which is pluggable via API to sonarr and radarr
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