Cities like ATL, Dallas, etc are filled with old school tech companies or non tech companies with technology departments so they are usually out of touch with how to deliver software in a modern manner.
6 Figures 6 Certs Random Thoughts Thread
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Cities like ATL, Dallas, etc are filled with old school tech companies or non tech companies with technology departments so they are usually out of touch with how to deliver software in a modern manner.
Back in the bag. Let's get it.
What are you trying to do and what city you in
Mastamimd
Ain't shyt
Mechanical Engineering and in Houston Texas
Grizzly
Home Run Hitter
On Feb. 22nd, I surpassed $10k sales on Ebay so far for the year. After this past weekend, I'm about to hit $15k sales.
I ran a markdown sale on my Ebay and Shopify stores and did $1300+ total ($1100+ on Ebay, $200 on Shopify). I can definitely surpass $15k before the month is over if I list more and ramp up my marketing just a bit.
Started experimenting running Pinterest ads @ $5 a day (Fri-Mon). Got 42 clicks and I think one sale on Ebay from it? The listing that I pointed the traffic to sold but I'm not sure if it was from Pinterest because Ebay doesn't give you those analytics. I paused that ad and now I'm sending all that traffic to my Shopify site where I can get more in-depth data. One of my rules of thumb is to never use Facebook or Google ads for Ebay listings. The same applies for Pinterest as well now. The item might sell but if I have multiple quantities listed and the item sells consistently already how would I know if it was the ad that did that job? Unless I'm missing something on Ebay or Pinterest that gives you this information? Maybe one of ya'll can hip me.
I ran a markdown sale on my Ebay and Shopify stores and did $1300+ total ($1100+ on Ebay, $200 on Shopify). I can definitely surpass $15k before the month is over if I list more and ramp up my marketing just a bit.
Started experimenting running Pinterest ads @ $5 a day (Fri-Mon). Got 42 clicks and I think one sale on Ebay from it? The listing that I pointed the traffic to sold but I'm not sure if it was from Pinterest because Ebay doesn't give you those analytics. I paused that ad and now I'm sending all that traffic to my Shopify site where I can get more in-depth data. One of my rules of thumb is to never use Facebook or Google ads for Ebay listings. The same applies for Pinterest as well now. The item might sell but if I have multiple quantities listed and the item sells consistently already how would I know if it was the ad that did that job? Unless I'm missing something on Ebay or Pinterest that gives you this information? Maybe one of ya'll can hip me.
Grizzly
Home Run Hitter
If you sell online, please have multiple forms of contact up on your site so people that want to do business with you can actually reach you. There's this one supplier that I've been trying to lock down for the past couple days but I only have an email on them. Wish they had a phone number or fax number up but they literally have no other contacts. There's multiple people speaking their good graces though which is the only reason I'm still pursuing them. I already have two suppliers for my site and they're A1 but this one would complete the trifecta.
Next is customer service. This goes a long way and I don't think it's emphasized enough in some of these Ebay or Shopify courses I run across. Just by being professional and not talking to people like they're a burden I get so much extra business pointed my way.
One buyer from the UK was getting ready to purchase from me and found my item on another site for almost 3x less than what I have it up for. I sell it for $52 and they found it for $19. They still decided to purchase from me because I was kind and answered all of their questions quickly when they messaged me. This other buyer purchased from me and saw that my shipping address was in NJ. They're located in Cali but they told me they were originally from out here. Through talking to them I found out that we went to the same high school. This person said that they're going to purchase more items from my store simply because of that connection. The sale was already made but I wasn't cold towards them afterwards now I have a loyal customer. I get a lot of positive ratings highlighting my shipping times and customer service. There's a chat bot on my site so customers can hit me up through Facebook Messenger if they have any questions. Be accessible and be cordial. If customers give you issues try to handle it amicably and if they continue with the fukk shyt, cease communication and raise the issue with customer service.
Next is customer service. This goes a long way and I don't think it's emphasized enough in some of these Ebay or Shopify courses I run across. Just by being professional and not talking to people like they're a burden I get so much extra business pointed my way.
One buyer from the UK was getting ready to purchase from me and found my item on another site for almost 3x less than what I have it up for. I sell it for $52 and they found it for $19. They still decided to purchase from me because I was kind and answered all of their questions quickly when they messaged me. This other buyer purchased from me and saw that my shipping address was in NJ. They're located in Cali but they told me they were originally from out here. Through talking to them I found out that we went to the same high school. This person said that they're going to purchase more items from my store simply because of that connection. The sale was already made but I wasn't cold towards them afterwards now I have a loyal customer. I get a lot of positive ratings highlighting my shipping times and customer service. There's a chat bot on my site so customers can hit me up through Facebook Messenger if they have any questions. Be accessible and be cordial. If customers give you issues try to handle it amicably and if they continue with the fukk shyt, cease communication and raise the issue with customer service.
How is your branding and marketing set up?
Do you run all of your sites/businesses under the same name across all platforms?
Do the items you sell on Ebay vary from what you sell on Shopify? I know you were saying before that you had two different ebay stores so I would assume they're different products on each one...?
Also, how is the Amazon light box working for you? Has it made any significant changes in your sales that you noticed?
Not familiar with the area houstin is a gas an energy town, Dallas may be better for you.
Grizzly
Home Run Hitter
I have one LLC that I use to open accounts with suppliers
There are two brands that I operate under. One for my main Ebay store and another for my website. My Ebay has a Pinterest and my website has a Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. I have a designer I work with that handles the initial branding like logos and banners and I handle all of the other graphics. Different brand = Different niche.
The Amazon Photo Studio is for my second Ebay account. I haven't started listing on it but I was able to take some pictures and the quality is amazing. It's definitely worth the investment. If you want an idea of the picture quality, look at any of the "AmazonBasics" stock photos. It's like that, just a bit more realistic without the over-editing.
Are you still using your iPhone camera?
And I don't expect you to tell me exactly where you found yours, but when it comes to finding suppliers can you give any tips other than Alibaba/Aliexpress?
Grizzly
Home Run Hitter
Yup. Just the iPhone.
About that other shyt, pm me. I'll get you headed in the right direction.
Bless ya boy too on the PM breh
Mastamimd
Ain't shyt
I might have to make that move man
If you aint got kids i say go for it.