Fractional E-Commerce & Growth Leadership

E-Commerce & Digital Growth.Without The Full-Time Overhead.

Direct access to an experienced operator helping brands build, fix, and scale e-commerce through fractional leadership and hands-on execution.

15+ years across startups, growth-stage brands, consumer businesses and global organizations

Jon Bullinger, founder and operator behind Rooted Essence
Jon BullingerFounder · Operator · Growth Partner
Experience

Brands I've helped grow.

Companies I've worked for, worked with, or helped grow — from startups and consumer brands to global organizations.

  • Intel logo
  • Yakima logo
  • NuNaturals logo
  • Barlean's logo
  • DermTech logo
  • CENTR logo
  • Youth & Earth logo
  • Yéyo Tequila logo
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15+

Years Of E-Commerce Leadership

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Online Revenue Generated

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Orders Managed

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Industries & Global Markets

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Multi-Channel Expertise

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Areas Of Focus

Strategy. Execution.Real results.

E-Comm Strategy & Growth

Where the growth actually is, and the plan to go get it.

Amazon & Marketplace Strategy

Amazon channel strategy, listings, advertising and profitability.

DTC & Shopify Growth

Storefront, merchandising and growth on channels you own.

Customer Acquisition & Performance Marketing

Paid and organic spend judged on what it returns.

Conversion Rate Optimization

Fix the leaks between traffic and checkout.

Retention, Email & Lifecycle

Repeat purchase, email and lifecycle flows that keep customers.

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What I Do

Where I can help.

01

E-Commerce Leadership

Fractional leadership for companies that need senior experience without adding another full-time executive.

  • Strategy
  • P&L
  • Team leadership
  • Technology
  • Operations
  • Roadmaps
02

Digital Growth

Find where growth is being left on the table and build practical plans to capture it.

  • Customer acquisition
  • Conversion
  • Retention
  • Marketplace strategy
  • DTC
  • Performance marketing
03

Build + Fix

Sometimes the strategy isn't the problem. Execution is. I step into existing operations, find what's broken and help get the work done.

  • Diagnostics
  • Prioritization
  • Hands-on execution
04

Brand + Go-To-Market

I've worked both sides: growing established companies and building a consumer brand from zero.

  • Positioning
  • Launches
  • DTC strategy
  • Customer experience
Success Stories

A few things I've worked on.

Real stories, not a resume. Each one covers my role, what the business needed, and what changed — with approved details only.

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Global Organization

Intel

Digital and e-commerce work inside a global technology organization.

  • Approved impact point pending.
  • Approved impact point pending.

The Challenge

Approved challenge summary will be added here.

What I Worked On

  • Approved scope of work will be added here.

The Outcome

Approved outcome details will be added here.

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Barlean's logo

Consumer Brand

Barlean's

E-commerce and marketplace growth for an established wellness brand.

  • Approved impact point pending.
  • Approved impact point pending.

The Challenge

Approved challenge summary will be added here.

What I Worked On

  • Approved scope of work will be added here.

The Outcome

Approved outcome details will be added here.

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DermTech logo

Health & Science

DermTech

Digital growth and customer acquisition support.

  • Approved impact point pending.
  • Approved impact point pending.

The Challenge

Approved challenge summary will be added here.

What I Worked On

  • Approved scope of work will be added here.

The Outcome

Approved outcome details will be added here.

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NuNaturals logo

Consumer Brand

NuNaturals

DTC and marketplace channel leadership.

  • Approved impact point pending.
  • Approved impact point pending.

The Challenge

Approved challenge summary will be added here.

What I Worked On

  • Approved scope of work will be added here.

The Outcome

Approved outcome details will be added here.

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Yakima logo

Outdoor & Lifestyle

Yakima

E-commerce leadership across owned and third-party channels.

  • Approved impact point pending.
  • Approved impact point pending.

The Challenge

Approved challenge summary will be added here.

What I Worked On

  • Approved scope of work will be added here.

The Outcome

Approved outcome details will be added here.

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Yéyo Tequila logo

Founder

Yéyo Tequila

Founded the brand and built it from the ground up.

  • Approved impact point pending.
  • Approved impact point pending.

The Challenge

Approved challenge summary will be added here.

What I Worked On

  • Approved scope of work will be added here.

The Outcome

Approved outcome details will be added here.

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Founder Perspective

I don't just advise founders.I am one.

Alongside my e-commerce career, I founded Yéyo Tequila and built the brand from the ground up.

That means I've dealt with the same things founders and leadership teams deal with every day: budgets, inventory, distributors, technology, marketing, customers, hiring, cash flow, growth, and making decisions when there isn't a perfect answer.

I care about what actually works, not what looks good in a PowerPoint.

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Senior experience.Fractional commitment.

Not every company needs another full-time executive or a large agency team. Sometimes you need direct access to an experienced operator who can understand the business quickly, identify what matters, and help move it forward.

I work with a small number of companies on a fractional or project basis.

01

Start With The Problem

No predetermined playbook. Understand what's actually happening first.

02

Prioritize What Matters

Focus resources on the few things capable of materially moving the business.

03

Stay Close To Execution

Strategy matters, but somebody still has to make things happen.

Who This Is For

We should probably talk if…

  • 01Your e-commerce business has stalled.
  • 02You need experienced e-commerce leadership but aren't ready for another full-time executive.
  • 03You're spending money on digital but aren't sure what's actually working.
  • 04Your team has plenty of ideas but needs help prioritizing them.
  • 05You're preparing to launch or scale DTC.
  • 06You know something isn't working but need an outside perspective to figure out what.

If one of those sounds familiar, let's have a conversation.

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About

About Jon Bullinger

I'm the operator behind Rooted Essence, with 15+ years across digital marketing, e-commerce, consumer brands and entrepreneurship.

I've held leadership roles and worked with established organizations, and I built Yéyo Tequila from the ground up — which taught me more about running a business than any strategy deck ever did.

Rooted Essence is intentionally direct: you work with me, not a layered agency team. I combine senior-level judgment with practical, hands-on execution across startups, growth-stage businesses and global organizations.

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Let's talk.

Have an e-commerce or growth problem you're trying to solve? Schedule a direct 30-minute intro with Jon. No hard sell. Just a useful first conversation.