Sharing the Shopping Cart: The YouPay Story | #062 - a podcast by Nathan Bush
from 2021-03-14T19:00:35
In this episode of Add To Cart, we are joined by Matt Holme, the CEO and Founder of YouPay. YouPay allows users to share their filled out checkouts with others to pay on their behalf - think gifting for partners, buying office equipment or authorising kids payments. Matt talks us through how he came up with the idea while trying to buy a gift for his wife and the range of use cases the technology has. He also reveals his fascinating background as a FIFA video game nerd turned EA Sports employee.
Links from the episode:
Shopify & Milligram (sponsored)
Questions answered:
- What are the main use cases for YouPay?
- How did you go about getting your first round of venture funding?
- What’s your take on the future of buy now, pay later in Australia?
This episode was brought to you by…
Social enterprise, Free To Feed, connects refugees, people seeking asylum and new migrants to their communities using their skills… and delicious, delicious food. But when COVID hit, these community gatherings weren’t possible! By partnering with our packaging partners, Signet, Free to Feed were able to quickly move to online meal kits which were boxed up and delivered safely to homes all over Australia. Free to Feed keeps on delivering for the community! Visit signet.net.au/blog to find out more.
Stationery brand Milligram are the prodigal sons of Shopify. Starting life ten years ago as a Shopify store, before packing their bags for an adventure with another platform, Milligram are back over to Shopify Plus. Miligram now have over 100 employees and four physical stores, so they needed a platform that had integrated content and eCommerce, reduced technical debt, the ability to have promos live immediately and most of all, be reliable in peak season. As an added bonus, they were able to optimise their search bar conversion rate from 4% to almost 8% with Shopify Plus. Now that’s something to write home to mum about. To read more of Milligram’s story and see other case studies visit the customers sections on shopify.com.au/plus.
About your host: Nathan Bush from 12HIGH
Nathan Bush is the founder and lead strategist at eCommerce consultancy, 12HIGH. He has led eCommerce for businesses with revenue $100m+ and has been recognised as one of Australia’s Top 50 People in eCommerce four years in a row. You can contact Nathan on LinkedIn, Twitter or via email.
About your co-host: Matt Holme from YouPay
Matt is an award winning digital leader with upwards of 22 years experience in the web design, development and digital marketing space. He is an expert presenter, negotiator and business person with a unique balance of strategic and technical knowledge. Matt has a proven ability to grow a company from its infancy, disrupt an entire industry, while relying on the experience obtained as a Producer at a Fortune 500 company.
You can contact Matt at LinkedIn
Please contact us if you:
- Want to come on board as an Add To Cart sponsor
- Are interested in joining Add To Cart as a co-host
- Have any feedback or suggestions on how to make Add To Cart better
Email hello@addtocart.com.au We look forward to hearing from you!
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Further episodes of Add To Cart
Further podcasts by Nathan Bush
Website of Nathan Bush