Harley Finkelstein, Shopify President, cheered for Kurt Elster, the host of The Unofficial Shopify Podcast on Twitter for completing two million downloads. Elster took to Twitter to share the news on Monday. He wrote, “Our humble podcast for entrepreneurs using @shopify hit 2 million downloads today”. Quoting the tweet, Finkelstein said, “Well deserved! @kurtinc has been hustling for the @Shopify community since day 1”.
Well deserved! @kurtinc has been hustling for the @Shopify community since day 1. https://t.co/WrTUbVGUy0
— Harley Finkelstein (@harleyf) August 28, 2022
Congratulatory messages poured in for Elster. The official Twitter account of Shopify Partners also reacted to Elster’s tweet. “Wow. Congratulations!,” wrote Shopify Partners.
Wow. Congratulations!
— Shopify Partners (@ShopifyPartners) August 29, 2022
“Your podcast was one of the foundational pieces of media I consumed when I was REALLY learning marketing. Appreciate all your hard work on there,” wrote a user named Jacob Sappington.
“Congrats Kurt. You’ve been one of the originals working hard from the beginning,” wrote another Twitter user named Chathri Ali. Replying to a tweet, Elster wrote that it took 419 episodes and 7.8 years to achieve this feat.
About The Unofficial Shopify Podcast
The Unofficial Shopify Podcast drops a new episode every Tuesday. Besides a website, it is also available on Apple podcasts. “Discover new opportunities to grow your store from the world’s most successful Shopify entrepreneurs. Hosted by Kurt Elster, an ecommerce industry insider and 10-year Shopify Partner. The Unofficial Shopify Podcast is NOT authorized, endorsed, or sponsored by Shopify; It’s a no holds barred discussion of ecommerce growth strategy & tactic,” mentions its website.
Creator Economy
Earlier, Finkelstein heaped praise on American YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson after his YouTube channel ‘MrBeast’ crossed 100 million subscribers. He recalled how MrBeast grew over time as he had only three million YouTube subscribers at the time of joining Shopify.
“Shopify is obsessed with entrepreneurs – Jimmy is one of the world’s biggest creators and one of the most epic entrepreneurs. MrBeast has been on Shopify since he had 3M subs on YouTube – and he just hit 100M. Congrats on 100M Shopify!!!” Finkelstein captioned a video on Twitter.
Wow, this is huge🚨 @MrBeast just hit 100M subs on YouTube – one of the world’s biggest creators and one of the most exciting entrepreneurs on the planet. He’s been a @Shopify merchant since he had 3M subs.
— Harley Finkelstein (@harleyf) August 5, 2022
Congrats on 100M @MrBeast!
Shopify 🤝 Creators
More to come 👀 pic.twitter.com/TZwkx4T2YP
Shopify values the content creator economy like no other platform. In his post, Finkelstein also posted a ‘hand-shaking emoji’ between Shopify and Creators to emphasize on the Shopify’s motive.
MrBeast uses Shopify to sell his merchandise. After crossing 100 million subscribers, he is planning to expand his Shopify business by introducing some other products.
“I have personally been using Shopify to sell merch since we had three million subscribers, which is crazy because we are on a 100 million. Now, we also use it to sell our chocolate bars and so much more,” he was heard saying in the video.
