Free masterclass · AI for e-commerce

How to grow an online store with AI: more buyers, more orders, more profit.

Running a Shopify, WooCommerce or any other online store? This free masterclass shows how the three parts of a store link up, the numbers that run each one, and where AI does the work, with the free and paid e-commerce courses that build each part.

  • Turn visitors into buyersThe buyer journey, the conversion funnel and the six front-end sales engines.
  • Bring in more buyersContent, ad creative and email built as repeatable pipelines, not blank chats.
  • Keep more of every saleWhere the money goes, what discounts really cost, and stock that never runs out.

David Tainsh · 20+ years in e-commerce, agencies and consultancy — Free to watch

Watch: an introduction to AI for e-commerce, by David Tainsh.

The example store in the video uses £. The numbers work the same in any currency.

What kind of store do you run?

One playbook for every kind of online store.

What you sell changes. How visitors become buyers, how marketing brings them in and how the back end protects your profit works the same way, on any platform.

Shopify

Grow a Shopify store

Product pages, apps, checkout and email flows that turn more visitors into orders.

WooCommerce

Grow a WooCommerce store

The same funnel, sales engines and pipelines, built on WordPress.

Starting out

Start an online store

Know the numbers before you spend on ads: conversion rate, order value and margin.

DTC brands

Direct-to-consumer brands

Pages, ads and emails written in your customers’ own words, in one brand voice.

Subscriptions and repeat

Repeat-purchase products

Replenishment and win-back flows that bring customers back on time.

Freelancers and agencies

Working on client stores

A repeatable way to find a client store’s biggest leak and fix it with AI.

What the masterclass covers

How to grow an online store with AI, in five parts.

Every idea comes with a diagram, and every term is explained the first time it appears.

  • 01
    How AI fits into an online store

    Your store’s files go in, Claude drafts, you check and decide. Why a saved pipeline beats a blank chat every time.

  • 02
    The front end: turn more visitors into buyers

    The buyer journey, the conversion funnel, and six sales engines from product pages to abandoned-cart recovery.

  • 03
    Marketing pipelines: bring in more buyers

    Content for Google and AI search, ad creative you can test, and six automated email and SMS flows.

  • 04
    The back end: keep more profit from every sale

    Where the money from one order goes, what a discount really costs, stock, suppliers and customer service.

  • 05
    Where to go next

    The free and full courses that build each part of your store with AI.

Start with the numbers

Revenue comes from three numbers.

Marketing brings the visitors. The front end controls the other two: how many visitors buy, and how much they spend.

Visitors×Conversion rate×Average order value=Revenue
Example storeVisitorsConversion rateOrder valueRevenue
Starting point10,0002.0%$60$12,000
Conversion rate rises10,0002.5%$60$15,000
Order value rises 10%10,0002.0%$66$13,200
Both10,0002.5%$66$16,500 (+37.5%)

Same visitors, same ad spend. But revenue is not profit: on a 40% margin, a 20% sale has to double your orders just to stand still.

The front end

Six sales engines that turn visitors into orders.

Each one moves conversion rate, order value, or both. Measure your funnel first, then fix the step that loses the most people.

Engine 1

Product pages

Copy and FAQs drafted from your product facts, with delivery and returns next to the button.

Engine 2

Search and navigation

Collections named the way customers search, and site-search terms read as free research.

Engine 3

Reviews and proof

Themes summarised across hundreds of real reviews, shown near the price.

Engine 4

Order value offers

Cross-sells, upsells, bundles and order bumps, each checked against your margin.

Engine 5

Cart and checkout

Every step audited for the missing information that makes buyers leave.

Engine 6

Recovery

An abandoned-cart sequence that reminds and reassures before it ever offers a discount.

How the courses work

One knowledge base feeds every pipeline.

Write your store’s facts once: catalogue, customer voice, brand voice and policies. Every course then runs the same five steps, so quality doesn’t depend on the day.

  • 1
    Inputs

    Your store files: products, reviews, policies and brand voice.

  • 2
    AI drafts

    Claude follows a saved prompt and reads the same files every time.

  • 3
    You check

    Facts, prices and claims against your files. Claude never invents a feature.

  • 4
    Publish

    To your website, ad account or email platform.

  • 5
    Measure

    Visits, clicks and orders from each asset, fed back in as new inputs.

Quick answers

AI for e-commerce: common questions.

How can AI help an online store?

AI is good at the writing and sorting work a store runs on: product copy, review summaries, content pages, ad briefs, email flows, support replies and stock flags. It drafts from your store’s files, and you check and decide before anything goes live.

How do I increase my store’s conversion rate?

Measure each step of your funnel first: visits, product views, add-to-carts, checkouts and orders. Fix the step with the lowest rate, which is often the product page, then change one thing at a time. The free Product Page Teardown course is a good start.

What is a good conversion rate for e-commerce?

It varies by product, price and traffic source, so compare your store against itself month on month. The example store in the masterclass converts at 2%, and lifting that to 2.5% adds 25% more revenue from the same visitors.

Does it work with Shopify and WooCommerce?

Yes. The methods work on any platform. Shopify, WooCommerce and Google Analytics 4 all report the funnel numbers the courses use, and the prompts work from exports any platform can produce.

How do I know if my ads are making money?

Work out your break-even ROAS: 1 divided by your gross margin. At a 40% margin you need $2.50 back for every $1 of ads just to break even. The masterclass walks through the maths.

Will AI make things up about my products?

Not if it works from your files. Every course has Claude read your catalogue, reviews and policies, and every draft is checked against them before it goes live. AI never commits money or changes prices on its own.

How much do the e-commerce courses cost?

The starter courses are free. The four full courses are $28.95 each, and the complete AI For E-Commerce programme is $197. All come with lifetime access.

Which course should I take first?

The AI E-Commerce Free Course, which goes deeper into everything in this masterclass. Then pick the free course for the part of your store losing the most, and build it in full when you are ready.

Ready to grow your store? Start with the free course.

Three short lessons that go deeper into everything in this masterclass. Then pick the free course for the part of your store losing the most.

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