8, 9, and 10 figure brands:

If your traffic isn't converting into enough new customers, repeat purchases, or subscriptions...

We'll build and run 5 Backend Profit Systems™ that generate 10X our fees in net-new revenue in 90 days, or you don’t pay.

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Our team has driven over $50,000,000 in attributed revenue for 50+ brands over the past 6 years.

Madhappy
Travel + Leisure
Solawave
Tiege Hanley
Flaviar
BeautyStat
Scosche
Mito Red Light
Flow Neuroscience
Halo
Kava Haven
Miko
Spring and Mulberry
JTX Fitness

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You already know you could be making more from your existing traffic and customers

But you haven’t found the right operators to take ownership. Your in-house team is stretched, while the agencies, freelancers, or consultants you’ve tried haven’t quite nailed your brand voice, design, or product details.

Flow projects stay “in progress,” and revenue still depends too heavily on promotions. Pull back on discounts and open rates might hold, but clicks, conversions, and sales drop. You need senior retention experts in your corner who can move quickly, protect your brand, and drive measurable revenue and profit growth year after year.

That’s where we come in. We’ll build and run 5 Backend Profit Email/SMS Systems™ to help you turn more of your traffic into customers and more of those customers into repeat buyers, so you can scale profitably.

With ZHS Ecom, you get…

  • Senior retention expertise and decisive recommendations.
  • Full ownership of strategy, execution, and results.
  • A partner who works alongside your existing team and frees up your time.
  • Copy and creative that nail your brand voice and product details.
  • Fast implementation using your existing tech stack.
  • Compelling offers that don’t depend on deeper discounts.
  • A short, 1-time sprint to prove ROI before a long-term partnership.

Results we've delivered

Here's what happens when one team actually owns your retention.

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Here’s How the 5 Backend Profit Systems™ Actually Work

Our 5 Backend Profit Email/SMS Systems™ turn more of your existing traffic into subscribers, buyers, and repeat customers. We put offer strategy to work across signups, campaigns, flows, repeat purchases, and subscriptions, with one team accountable for execution and results.

System A: Remove the Bottlenecks Holding Back Your Email & SMS List Growth

Weak signup offers and easy-to-ignore forms let interested shoppers leave without subscribing.

  • Build compelling signup offers around your products and customers.
  • Optimize popups, footer forms, and checkout opt-ins to capture more subscribers.
  • Run consistent split tests to maximize email and SMS opt-ins.

Bring interested shoppers back to buy through email and SMS, without paying for another ad click to reach them.

System B: Drive Immediate Cash Flow and Build Automations That Keep Selling

Close the gaps between campaign sends with offers and automated follow-up that give interested shoppers a reason to act.

  • Plan and execute campaigns around launches, inventory, and sales priorities, with room for last-minute changes.
  • Develop and test campaign and flow offers that turn interest into purchases.
  • Build, test, and improve automations for new subscribers, product interest, and abandoned checkouts.

Generate sales today and keep converting interested shoppers between campaigns, without making your team chase each opportunity.

System C: Get the Right Message to the Right Buyer at the Right Time

Sending everyone the same pitch ignores where they are in the buying journey.

  • Use browsing behavior, purchase history, and preferences to sharpen targeting and timing.
  • Match messages and offers to first-time shoppers, repeat buyers, and subscription customers.
  • Recommend products that build on what each customer already owns.

Increase sales per send by matching the message and offer to the buyer and the moment.

System D: Increase Repeat Purchases Without Relying on Constant Discounts

Repeated discounts can train customers to wait for the next sale, eroding margins and weakening full-price demand.

  • Build and test offers that drive repeat purchases and subscription signups.
  • Show customers how to get more value from what they’ve already bought.
  • Reinforce product value with customer stories and useful, shareable content.

Earn more from each customer while protecting your margins and giving them reasons to choose your brand at full price.

System E: Put One Team in Charge of Strategy, Execution, and Results

When nobody owns the whole program, you spend your day coordinating people, chasing deliverables, and getting tools to work together.

  • Own your email/SMS strategy, production, testing, and reporting.
  • Optimize your loyalty, review, subscription, and identity-resolution tools to work together across campaigns and flows.
  • Set clear priorities, track results, and drive improvements alongside your existing team.

Reclaim time for the highest-value work in your business, with one team accountable for execution, follow-through, and results.

Zach Schieffer, Founder of ZHS Ecom

Why I built ZHS Ecom

I'm Zach, and I started ZHS Ecom after studying statistics and machine learning at Carnegie Mellon, where I learned to treat everything as a system you can measure and improve. That's exactly how our team approaches your email and SMS.

Over the past six years, we've driven more than $50 million in attributed revenue for over fifty DTC brands, and the average one has stayed with us well past a year and a half. That kind of retention only happens when the work is genuinely good and the relationship is genuinely close.

So think of us as the retention team you don't have to hire. We keep the roster deliberately small, which means the people on your account are senior operators who know your business, your voice, and your numbers, instead of junior staff you get passed between.

Zach SchiefferFounder, ZHS Ecom

Frequently asked questions

How do I know this will work for our brand?

We start with your traffic, customer base, margins, and current email/SMS performance. Your free audit identifies the gaps and opportunities, and your 90-day gameplan shows how we would address them.

The potential and timeline depend on your starting point. We’ll explain what needs improving, what we recommend doing first, and the expected impact before you decide to work with us. You can also explore our client results to see the work behind the numbers.

Why ZHS instead of another agency, an in-house hire, or AI tools?

With ZHS, strategy, offers, copy, design, technical execution, and reporting sit with one senior retention team. We take responsibility for getting the work live, testing it, and improving the program over time.

When comparing options, look at who will own each part of that work and how much management your team will need to provide. We bring those capabilities together and work alongside your existing people, freeing them to spend more time on the rest of the business.

Will your team get our brand voice and design right?

We start by learning your products, customers, brand voice, and design guidelines. Early creative examples help us get aligned before we build out the wider program.

You review the copy and designs before they go live, and we handle revisions based on your feedback. That gives you control over how your brand shows up without having to write and design everything yourself. Our client email designs show how that work adapts across brands.

What will your team own, and what stays with ours?

We handle the email/SMS strategy, offer planning, copy, design, builds, testing, and reporting within the scope we agree together. Your team provides brand assets, product and business context, access, feedback, and approvals.

We review your existing program and agree on responsibilities before taking over the work, including how we’ll collaborate with your current team. The copy, designs, and automations we build are yours to keep.

Can you work with our existing tools, even if our setup is a mess?

Yes. We’re platform agnostic, with experience across tools including Klaviyo, Shopify, Postscript, Attentive, WooCommerce, and BigCommerce.

We review your existing platforms, integrations, and customer data, then build the plan around your business. If a tool needs replacing or an integration needs additional work, we’ll explain the recommendation and scope before you commit.

What does it cost, and what are we committing to?

Initial engagements typically range from the mid-four to low-five figures and run for 30–90 days. The scope, investment, and timeline depend on your brand, your current setup, and what you want to achieve.

We’ll recommend a starting point based on your audit and talk through the initial scope and any longer-term options before you commit.

How does the guarantee work?

For qualifying engagements, we guarantee 10X our fees in net-new revenue. If we fall short of the agreed target, we’ll refund our fees in proportion to the shortfall.

We’ll explain how the guarantee applies to your engagement before you commit.

What are the next steps?

Book a short discovery call so we can learn about your brand, current email/SMS setup, and growth goals.

From there, we’ll audit your account and walk you through a 90-day gameplan on a second call. Whether we work together or not, you’ll leave with the audit and gameplan.

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Interested in learning more?

Next steps are 2 short calls. Whether we work together or not, you'll leave with a free end-to-end account audit and a 90-day gameplan to grow your email/SMS revenue and improve retention.

Call 1: Discovery

We talk through your brand, your current email/SMS setup, and your growth goals.

In between: We do the work

Our team audits your account, identifies the biggest opportunities, and builds your 90-day gameplan.

Call 2: Audit and gameplan

We walk you through the findings and priorities, then discuss whether working together makes sense.

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