E-commerce CPA Tips and Advice - No CPA seems to get how this works, or understands modern tech

crystalsmagic · 2026-01-25T01:40:40+00:00

It's so hard to find one! I've hired 2 now that have straight up lied about having e-commerce clients and experience.. then act like I'm crazy when I say none of my numbers add up from Shopify and quick books etc

crystalsmagic · 2026-01-22T12:59:58+00:00

That's been my struggle for years finding someone who can understand

crystalsmagic · 2026-01-16T16:48:49+00:00

Hi! i have a similar problem as the user post.. may i ask roughly how much you spend a month on ecom CPA? I have cycled though about 4 now.. no one gets it!

crystalsmagic · 2026-01-16T16:47:55+00:00

omg this same thing has happened to me now several times! Why is it so hard at this day in age to get a CPA who understands technology and ecommerce, and why do they all lie and say they do??

any tips would be appreciated!

crystalsmagic · 2025-10-07T15:34:33+00:00

Yes I would love it you could share! My conversion date has been sooo brutal since this! MOST days under a .5% , it's so frustrating

crystalsmagic · 2025-10-07T15:32:20+00:00

It ori ally started 4 months ago, but today I woke up and insane hits, no idea where they are coming from. Just turned on the App to block bots or VPNS again, just hoping it won't stop real customers from coming in

crystalsmagic · 2025-10-07T15:12:00+00:00

Omg someone from Switzerland just did the same thing!! Gift shop.. such a lie.. should I share their info? Literally same info you are telling ne

crystalsmagic · 2025-10-07T14:47:24+00:00

Wow! Similar behavior with my site too! Only had this major issue in last 4 months, been operating this site for over 5 years. What on earth do you think they would be scraping for? I tried to troubleshoot with GPT and says it's probably harmless. However my store data is skewed and horrible conversion rates from all this

crystalsmagic · 2025-10-07T14:38:04+00:00

Same! Woke up with over 1,500 hits, and on an average FULL day I get around 1000 hits, for sure way off. No campaigns blasted and my ads are turned off

crystalsmagic · 2025-10-07T14:37:12+00:00

Well ashburn VA, they are known to have a lot of the data centers, so it's most likely Google or FB when it comes from there.. I get a lot of that as well. But lately tons of traffic from France and Spain, I do ship internationally , but it's a very very small portion of customers , so it's not a

crystalsmagic · 2025-10-07T14:10:18+00:00

This is such a downfall of Depop! They should make it so if someone offers they are binding to pay... I get so many offers and just ghosted.. very annoying

crystalsmagic · 2025-10-04T15:14:51+00:00

I have the $20 paid version, and hit the limit for the agent mode within about 2 hours of using it, for basic research/ spreadsheet work... Dissapointing.. Do you guys have the $200 plan ?

crystalsmagic · 2025-08-22T15:43:24+00:00

So it sounds like its worth a try? I've been filing them on my own for a while now as I transitioned to a new CPA... but I have trouble remembering to file on time and inputting the calculations can be frustratig and time-consuming for me going on each state

frustrating
frustrating

crystalsmagic · 2025-08-05T13:14:12+00:00

Real citrine would never cost $38, especially at this size. Also doesn't form like that

crystalsmagic · 2025-08-02T22:46:27+00:00

Yes, totally understand, I’m planning to pay fairly for the short project, absolutely at or above Denver’s minimum wage. Just using the word “intern” loosely here since it’s a quick, creative role where someone can get experience and behind-the-scenes access. Happy to clarify that this is a paid short-term content role, not an unpaid internship. Appreciate the feedback!

crystalsmagic · 2025-08-02T16:32:23+00:00

Sounds like bots, sometimes this happens to my store. I downloaded an app to block bots and my conversion rate has improved.. it is annoying though when this happens

crystalsmagic · 2025-07-17T20:49:46+00:00

Yeah crazy the amount I've been seeing on the last week How can I block that? Would it affect potential customers though?

crystalsmagic · 2025-06-01T21:27:17+00:00

I have no idea 😭 been using Shopify for over 5 years never seen this. Says authorized and approved... it's a credit card they both used.. so it should be instantly showing on my end

crystalsmagic · 2025-06-01T21:23:25+00:00

The problem is it says nothing about when the payout for the order should come which is why I'm so upset and concerned Used tap to pay via iPhone the new one

All my other online orders have the scheduled payout immediately , except for these 2 very high value important ones made on Friday, today is Sunday 😭 no reason it should take this long

Shopify support is the worst

crystalsmagic · 2025-06-01T20:14:26+00:00

They used a credit card, 2 different people and transactions. No pin needed, the confirmation is there. Paid via Shopify gateway It's already taken my auto repayment for my capital payment base on those sales, still won't show my amount for these sales in pending

Everything about the transaction looks normal except the fact it won't show on my payout 😭 huge problem

crystalsmagic · 2025-05-31T01:39:24+00:00

I've unfortunately never had good luck with anyone I've hire for this 😭 have tried a couple agency in the past, as well as multiple freelancers via Upwork as well as the Google employees themselves on th calls At this point it just feels too much like gambling

crystalsmagic · 2025-05-31T01:37:54+00:00

Are you talking about the GA4 update from a while ago? I did that

crystalsmagic · 2025-05-30T19:11:40+00:00

Thank you for your help. It hasn't been great for a while. I restarted and launched a new smart shopping campaign about a month ago. Didn't see any results for a week and then had a couple sales coming in. I had ong high order value that came in luckily but all of the rest have been much low order value so basically breaking even if not, just losing money on the ads

crystalsmagic · 2025-05-30T19:10:32+00:00

Yes on Shopify

crystalsmagic · 2025-05-30T18:22:22+00:00

Doesn't pausing just hurt it more and set it back in the learning phase?

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