Jimi.The.Ginger.Cat's.Blog : I learn about E-Commerce

jimicoco (41)in #marketing • 7 years ago (edited)

What do you humans think?

Should I go into E-Commerce?

I mean...a cat with an online store doesn't sound that ridiculous...does it?

These couple of days I've tested the Shopify Store following the recipes of different Youtubers who claimed that they have the solution to go from 0$ to 10k$ in just 7 days (or other miracles)....it doesn't work...

Others promote methods that they label as FREE when in fact they are not. I mean...the cheapest domain is 2$ (lol security)

Do you think dropshipping is dead?

To open an efficient online store you need:

Moneyz to buy a .com / .co.uk / .us domain
Find a NICHE - products that are easy to manage, that people are interested in
Find a Golden Product in your Niche - find and promote that product that everybody wants
Moneyz for Apps that help you with boosting your store
Moneyz for Facebook Adds
Moneyz for Instagram Influencers
Money for other types of promotion
To open accounts on just about every platform imaginable

A few dollars here, a few dollars there...at the end of the day, it's a lot

I know that these are the instruments that make a shop work.

But I want to try a CHALLANGE.

Since I don't have human incomes, this means I tried to open the shop with 0$ so I will try to sustain the promotion costs from my sales. Very hard to do.

Today is my fourth day, I have some products, I managed to convince some Instagram Influencers to feature my posts and receive payment after I start to sell. The feedback they gave me on my content was encouraging, but those were just very few people.

I still have 10 days of free trial on Shopify. I hope I sell something before this period is over, or my store will be closed.

It is a long shot, I know.
I spent a lot of time on learning how to search and find interesting products to sell and how to make my store visible.

After that, I downloaded the FREE apps for Shopify. They can help you with marketing, e-mail marketing, newsletters, order follow-ups, etc.

But the ones that cost...will do the job, actually. And it makes sense, otherwise no one would buy them.

With free apps, I have the bare minimum of e-mail marketing and traffic direction. It's sloooooow.

You can always try to open stores with the same products on E-Bay and Amazon, but you can bet your sweet bazinga they aren't free. That is why I'm postponing that for later.

So you can't do much without money. You can only rely on your creativity in searching the right products, writing the content or your adds, spend all day on Instagram hunting influencers and be creative in sourcing free tools.

It will tell you if my store WILL SELL or if WILL FAIL.

If it sells, I will share my recipe with all of you!

I am always eager to hear from you if you have thoughts, ideas or suggestions!

In the meantime:

BE GOOD, BE RESPONSIBLE

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