Marketplace Tuesday! (May 29, 2018) Entrepreneur |
- Marketplace Tuesday! (May 29, 2018)
- Problem. Solved. I was frustrated this product didn’t exist, so I made it! Now Dwypers has officially launched.
- Guys, don’t miss local SEO if you want local customers!
- I want to reads books of stories of building empires - not self-improvement.
- Having A Great Product Is Not Enough
- Hi there! I built an app that lets you create single purpose email addresses to protect your identity
- Reddit helped get the first few installs of my ecommerce “call me back” app; $100,000 in sales later, this is what I learned.
- I have the desire to run my own business but can’t figure out what business...have you had this problem?
- Advice for a 17 entrepreneur who wants to work on something, just don't know on what
- Reverse Engineering B2B SaaS Growth Strategies
- Looking for a manufacturer
- I want to meet and network with an artist I admire after their gallery show, do you have tips on how I can do this without being rude?
- Will build an Access Database for free
- Social media connects us with 'friends', followers and colleagues, but it can be hard to connect with people around our interests or passions. So I decided to take on the challenge myself.
- How to attract investing money?
- Launched a service for business owners and freelancers. Thoughts/criticism?
- What is your technology/app stack?
- Hey Reddit, I am building a nutrition supplement company. I have officially launched the first product, and more to come. I would love some feedback on this business
- What are the "gold standard" small-scale start ups that can be run in any small to medium sized city?
- Need a logo or Help with your brand? This company is great.
- Anyone here built an app from scratch, on their own?
- How to make sure my dropshipper always ships the product?
- Building a Dropship Business to Flip
- Looking For Feedback On My Site (Party Niche)
- What are some eCommerce functions that I should include?
| Marketplace Tuesday! (May 29, 2018) Posted: 29 May 2018 06:06 AM PDT Please use this thread to post any Jobs that you're looking to fill (including interns), or services you're looking to render to other members. We do this to not overflow the subreddit with personal offerings (such logo design, SEO, etc) so please try to limit the offerings to this weekly thread. Since this thread can fill up quickly, consider sorting the comments by "new" (instead of "best" or "top") to see the newest posts. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 May 2018 09:42 AM PDT The complete, disposable diaper kit that fits in your back pocket. https://dwypers.com/ About a year ago, during my second pregnancy, I decided to "solve a problem" that I had with my first baby. A complete, disposable diaper kit that was small enough to fit in my back pocket didn't exist... so I made one! I'm an engineer by trade so built a machine to make these suckers and worked with a multitude of manufacturers to get it close to perfect. Sold out of my first batch in two days and just got a new, larger shipment of film for my my next batch. I'm selling them for $3/pouch (after research on pricing, this seemed to be the sweet spot for convenience-minded, intown parents representing the majority of my customers) with a 60% margin at low volumes. Fully self-funded, but (full disclosure) supported financially by my husband while mother of two young babies and starting this company from my guest room. So! What would be YOUR advice for next steps? I have some large retailers already interested. Worried that they will scrape my profits clean and wondering if anyone has sold exclusively through ecommerce successfully. Any advice on getting on "Father's Day 2018 Gift Lists"? Oh, and I have a utility patent pending. ;) [link] [comments]  |
| Guys, don’t miss local SEO if you want local customers! Posted: 29 May 2018 09:36 AM PDT I am writing this post, because I see so many people struggling with traffic. Although local SEO is such a "pretty easy to get traffic source", only a very few people are using it. However, everyone can use it, you don't even need a physical store. When it comes to SEO people are not doing anything, because they are thinking it will cost them a 5000 $ SEO Manager or it is too difficult since they need to get backlinks and stuff. The truth is, for most local companies, you can do very good even without a single Backlink. SEO is not that hard folks. I will try to summarize some basic steps which should help you with this: 1. Create a Google My Business Account. Upload around 30 picture of your store or your service and (very important) name these pictures as what they are. A very good approach is to upload these kind of pictures: You while you're working, Pictures of your staff, a few while they are working and one nice Team picture, Your store from the inside and from the outside, Your products or services, Your customers (if they allow it) If you are working as a service area business, which means you have no physical store, just upload pictures while you are working or your desk or your dog or a plant and stuff like that. 2. Try to get as many reviews as possible. Now, don't do Blackhat SEO here, dont buy reviews. Just ask your customers for reviews or if you just starting out, offer some free services for example, in Facebook Groups and ask people to rate your free service. Trust me they will happily give your 5 stars. And most important in terms of reviews: Write an answer for everyone of them. 3. Take care of NAP. NAP stands for name, address, phone. Write those things into your footer and into your Google My Business Account. Then, create citations on pages like Yelp, Facebook, Google+. Citations are directories where you can list your business for free. Google needs to determine, if your business is legit and if you have a consistent citation structure on every page, you're good to go. 4. For your Website, Check that you have the following things: 4.1 Use just one H1 Title for every page, not more! 4.2 Divide your Content with H2 titles. 4.3 Have at least 300 words on every page, if you have pages with less then 300 words -> De-index them. 4.4 Make your Images smaller with Tinyjpg.com so your page loads faster. 4.5 Since you are trying to rank locally, write a little bit about your hometown, say where you are located, say where you did some work or show off your work. Post a picture of your Hometown and most importantly: Name these pictures as what they are. Do this in the file name and in the alt tags as well. For example <img src="/img/dublin-city-center" alt="city center of dublin" title="dublin city center"> This way Search Engines can easily understand where you are located. Also use hints in your text. For example: If you are located in Chicago: Our Office is located in Oakland, near the Burnham Park just around 31st Street. In this sentence I used three things that search engines connect with chicago. 4.6 Use an URL structure, that will show search engines that you offer a pretty in depth service. How to do that? Imagine you are a local Designer, now you url structure looks like this: Now this url structure doesn't tell google anything about what you do. Even if you use a perfect Keyword structure for the rest of your page. Instead do this: www.domain.com/service/logo-design-london www.domain.com/service/broschure-design-london www.domain.com/service/web-design-london www.domain.com/service/Illustrations-london This shows search engines not only what you do, but also where you do it. If you have more then one city, do this: www.domain.com/london/service/logo-design www.domain.com/berlin/service/logo-design (For every City Page use different content, never copy and past content from one page to another. Never!) 4.7 Use external Links. Link around 3 times per thousand words to high authoritive websites like wikipedia. For example, our chicago based designer could use the word "burnham park" to link to the wikipedia page of burnham park. 4.8 Don't stress out too much about your text, write naturally. If you are a designer in chicago, you will easily place words associated with that in your text. You don't need to freak out and you don't need to write like this: I am a chicago based designer and as a chicago based designer I am here to help you with design in chicago (because I am in chicago). Instead use words that google associates with your business. For example, a designer should talk about typography and colours. Also a word like portfolio should find its place somewhere on the page. 4.9 Have an in-depth about us page. At least 300 words, 1 Picture and your NAP. Remember (Name, address, phone) and remember describe that picture and use a proper alt tag. 4.10 Make sure your website has a 404 page, where your visitors are able to go back to your Homepage or to other helpful ressources. 4.11 For Keywords, use this scheme: Homepage = Main Service + City Service Pages = Service + City Now this should give you a good starting point. If you want to read some more details check my blog post. Otherwise good luck everyone! [link] [comments]  |
| I want to reads books of stories of building empires - not self-improvement. Posted: 28 May 2018 06:38 PM PDT Earlier today, I was walking about and talking to myself trying to determine what I really want to read - and it occurred to me that there are 4 pillars of life which matter to me: Adventure, Travelling, Hanging out with a good group of friends, Creating and building Stuff. From there, I realized what I want to read most about at this junction in my life is stories of people becoming successful - now or far in the past. I want to read about people who created empires, build vast businesses and did extraordinary things; I want to read their stories from start to finish and then what they did with their wealth and power. I want to see the struggles and wonders and awe of them going from (likely) a nobody to a somebody and everything they went through and then where they ended up and what they're doing now. I like to think I'm a very proficient Googler. However, I found that as I search the internet, 99.9% of the books that come up happen to be self-improvement books. I don't want that. I've already read dozens of self-improvement books and now everything is redundant. I want to read the stories of the highly successful people that have written these books from "regular teen" to 10+ millionaire. Please help me find books of stories of success. My girlfriend told me that the Paypal Wars would be a good start and so I plan to read that soon, but I'd love a larger list than just one so I have plenty of material going forward. What story books have you read that you think fall into this category and why? Thank you Reddit. [link] [comments]  |
| Having A Great Product Is Not Enough Posted: 29 May 2018 07:55 AM PDT I've Messed Up A Lot I've started probably a dozen "businesses" in the past 4-5 years, and not one of them met my expectations. The reason for that is simple. My expectations were built based on how great I thought the product was, and I always thought it was pretty great. Your first assumption may be that I was wrong about my product - that I overestimated the value I had to offer - but looking back at these failures it's pretty clear what went wrong: having a great product is not enough, you have to know how to sell it as well. Quick Note Before Jumping In Believe it or not, this behemoth is the condensed version of the write-up. If you'd like a version that's twice the length with pretty pictures and such, you can find it on the medium post below. https://medium.com/@bradleyszoke/having-a-great-product-is-not-enough-10b2de656ad2 Selling A Product Without Losing All Of Your Friends Many entrepreneurs are guilty of this, including myself. You create something you're proud of and you come out of the gates hot. Your Facebook friends, your grandmother, the guy in the bathroom stall next to you - they all get pitched to. The problem with this is, getting pitched to sucks. What's in it for them? The honor of using your product? No, that's lame. You can't just go straight for the kill. In the wise words of Chuck Rhoades from Billions, "A good matador doesn't kill a fresh bull. You wait until he's been stuck a few times." This imagery is probably a bit too aggressive when being used in regards to selling, but it's a cool quote and a great show so I'm keeping it. The problem with selling so aggressively is that you haven't taken time to do the legwork necessary to actually earn this person's trust - and I don't say that from a manipulative point of view. Sales is not manipulative. You're not trying to trick them into trusting you. The only way you'll succeed in selling is if you truly gain an understanding of your customer's problems and how to solve them. There has to be a system in place. Closing the sale is in that system, but it's not until later. The 4 Steps To Selling Your Product
Capture Your Customer's Attention Let's go back to why just pitching to a potential customer right out of the gates is lame. It's lame because there's nothing in it for them. So to make it less lame, we balance the scales a bit. Offer them something of value. Check out any of your favorite businesses and you'll find some example of this. Whether it's the free samples at Sams, a free audio book at Audible, or HubSpot Academy at, well, HubSpot. Companies don't give away this stuff because they're generous. The opposite of that really. They give it away because it accomplishes the first step of making a sale: capturing your attention. Convert Visitors To Leads Just because you've got their attention doesn't mean you're going to get a sale. You have to be sure you've captured the attention of someone who is actually interested in your product. That's the difference between a visitor and a lead. A visitor is just someone who is checking out what you've got, a lead is someone who has expressed interest in your product. Converting a visitor to a lead is often combined into one step. It's why Audible offers a free audiobook instead of a free $50 Visa Card. The latter would probably attract just as much attention, but it couldn't confirm that the visitor is actually interested in their product. Make sure your initial value offering (lead-gen) is something that not only grabs attention, but confirms interest in your product. Oh, and also be sure to get their contact info. No point in getting them to stop by if you'll never speak again. Close The Sale Now it's finally time to sell. You're not just pitching to grandma anymore, you've got someone who fits your target demographic and has expressed interest in your product. That helps a lot. Still, don't go straight for the close. Take a note from SPIN Selling - make a genuine effort to get to know your customer, so that you can give a genuine explanation as to who you'll solve their problems. Create A Friend Congrats on making the sale! Now what? Customers will turn into one of the three F's:
If you disappoint your customer, you'll get a foe. If you meet expectations, you'll get a fan. If you exceed expectations, you've got a friend. Fans are a neutral party here, they just quietly enjoy your offering. Friends and foes are the loud minorities. They're the reasons every product with a 5 star review system has the bulk of its reviews as 5 stars or 1 stars. People only speak about a product if they're passionate about it. Make sure they're passionate for the right reasons. Wrapping Things Up (TLDR)
--- This isn't a final or complete guide to selling by any means. If it was I'd be signing a book deal, not posting on reddit. I do think it's a great overview for newcomers of the general concepts of marketing and selling though, and I hope you enjoyed and got something out of it! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 May 2018 04:47 AM PDT The app is called Ninja Masker and it comes with a chrome extension that detects email inputs and creates single purpose email addresses that will forward all emails to your personal account. You can easily disable or delete them whenever you feel like not receiving any more emails from a specific sender. Go check it out and tell me what you think! https://tryninja.io [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 May 2018 10:34 AM PDT About 1 month ago I wrote a blog post about how my bidet business got a huge increase in online conversions when I replaced my business phone number with a "call me back" button (linked here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/8brjty/i_replaced_my_phone_number_with_a_call_me_back/). I proceeded to create a small Shopify app for this so other online stores could also leverage my tactic. From that blog post I got a few dozen installs so I thought I'd share the results with the Reddit community since it was this community that helped me get my first installs. There is some great points I learned myself from my customers on why they were so successful with it. To be clear the 100K was generated for our merchant customers, not our app subscription revenue. In the past 4-5 weeks these 6 businesses alone have generated over $100,000 in extra revenue.
What I learned:
Who this call-back request app works best for: The biggest and most obvious pattern is the type of products these stores sell. They sell high ticket items. The minimum priced items starts at $200 and goes all the way up to $8000. The reason why a "call me back" app works so well is because people, interested in spending this amount of money on a store they may never have heard of, need some way to building trust with the business. The challenge with online commerce is it's hard to build that initial trust with sent you can't see or hear. With the call back app customers can request to speak with someone from the business. Also, it may seem like customers are asking questions about specifications, warranties or shipping times (all stuff you may already have listed on your site's FAQs) but subconsciously the customer is sizing you up to see if they can trust you with their money, and whether you're the right person to solve their needs. Which leads to the other pattern I noticed. These businesses that enjoy the most success from their Raven Call Back app were business owners who took that call back very seriously. They would call back as soon as they could, and understood that they needed to put their best foot forward over the phone so the customer could hear in their voice why they were the best person to fill their need. If your online store fits the pattern noted from the 6 examples and you want to try it out for yourself, here is the link to the app: https://apps.shopify.com/raven Either way, I'd love to hear your thoughts on my observations. Thanks for reading! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 May 2018 06:56 AM PDT I'm currently a tax accountant working for a top 20 firm in the US. I've passed the CPA exam and I am a few classes away from having my Master's in Tax and my CPA license. I've always wanted to be my own boss and run my own business but to be honest, I have never been quite sure what business I wanted to run. Sure, in a little while I'll have the qualifications to open my own CPA firm but I'm not so sure that's what I would like to do. Did any of you successful entrepreneurs struggle with what business to start when you were starting out? Any advice on how to figure out what would be right for me would be much appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Advice for a 17 entrepreneur who wants to work on something, just don't know on what Posted: 29 May 2018 10:40 AM PDT Hello, I have this wantrepreneurship problem. I want to start doing something and working on to something, but I don't know what I could work on. I have no clue what I'm good at, since I just don't find what I want to do in life. I like to think I would like to be a gene engineer or aerospace engineer, but deep in my heart I still want to be an entrepreneur. Any advice is appreciated, summer is coming and I would really need to find something I could work on and develop. [link] [comments]  |
| Reverse Engineering B2B SaaS Growth Strategies Posted: 29 May 2018 08:01 AM PDT An analysis of B2B growth strategies that worked for projects listed on Indiehackers.com In order to design better products for our B2B SaaS customers, I've been analyzing the interviews on IndieHackers of B2B products that make at least $10k/mo. Looking for proven & actionable marketing strategies that other B2B startups can apply to grow their business. I've summarised the findings in this list of 19 (in no particular order) actionable growth strategies that worked for those companies and that you can apply to grow your B2B product. Enjoy!
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| Posted: 29 May 2018 12:48 PM PDT I have a prototype of my product, drawings, and now I need a manufacturer but have no clue where to start. My product is a hand fan holster. It's make out of fabric with a clip to clip it to your waist band. The clip is can be made out of plastic. No idea how to search for this or find someone who can make this. Any help would be appreciated [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 May 2018 12:14 PM PDT I know this is probably a dumb question, but I'm a shy person and I struggle with this sort of thing. In a few days I'm going to visit an art gallery where a local artist I greatly admire will be presenting his work. I would love to speak with him solely for the sake of knowing more about his life and the way he thinks, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't also interested in networking. I want to ask for advice, maybe even get him to see my work (I would lose it if he followed me on social media), I want to get him to remember me. But I don't want to do that in a rude way. In a way I feel kind of guilty about this becauce it feels like I have an ulterior motive for wanting to see him. But at the same time I know that I should be realistic and recognize that this is an opportunity that I may not get again, at least not for some time. Is it appropriate for me to try to ask for advice from him, whether it's a critique of artwork or the paths that he took to become a professional artist? If it's okay, do you have advice for how I could do this politely and not be off-putting? [link] [comments]  |
| Will build an Access Database for free Posted: 29 May 2018 11:23 AM PDT I'm looking to improve my skills in Access and network a little. So PM me if you need a database for something and I will let you know if I can build it for you. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 May 2018 01:56 PM PDT Hi there, I'm the Co-Founder of a new platform called WONDR - here are some design concepts of the platform if you'd rather not visit our site at the moment. I know this is a long post, so just to say, please feel free to reach out to me or have your say below. Redditors have been a hugely helpful and constructive community for my journey so far, and with the quality of this sub, I'd be very interested to hear your ideas or constructive criticism. If there's anything I've missed or that grabs your interest, I'm more than happy to answer any questions. So here we go: 1) What is it? We help bridge gaps in knowledge, to encourage people to follow their interests by connecting them with like-minded people. We have combined social bookmarking and an interest-based social network to bring people together for meaningful sharing and discussion. 2) What gets me up in the morning? My vision and motivation comes from recognising that, while we are hyper-connected in the 21st Century, it's difficult to build meaningful new relationships with like-minded people who can support and nurture each others interests or passions. After speaking with numerous people I saw a behaviour that is best summed up with this quote "Where there is a gap in knowledge, fear fills the void." People were turning themselves off from interests and opportunities because they couldn't see how to make it successful or because they didn't have a network (friends, family, teachers) who supported their interest. Ultimately our goal is to help people do more of what they enjoy in their lives. We have created a short Manifesto too. It would be great to hear from people who've turned their interests into lifelong pursuits or careers - feel free to comment below and share that inspiration :) 3) When did I start? I bootstrapped the idea for 2 years. Then I raised investment and we've recently launched our Beta version (development beginning from around Nov 2017). During that time we've been continuously shaping and developing the MVP with the help of the community. 4) The long term plan
While we cater for all interests, our focus is on supporting people interested in Environmental topics. Our early adopters have primarily shared and discussing these subjects. It seems that a network for these sorts of topics doesn't really exist at the moment, insights get lost in forums and people don't know what others are doing to improve the planet from around the world - we hope to begin solving that problem. Plus, it's a fundamentally important subject for the planet that we'd love to support.
5) The journey so far I'll turn these experiences into lessons I've learnt too (LL), which I hope are helpful to others: Most positive - Raising finance. LL: Have a real-life prototype / focus on qualitative insights from initial users and get to know them personally / highlight the market opp in a well-researched business plan for credibility.
LL: Don't be afraid to reach out and politely ask people for their thoughts. Engage and show you care helps build trust and can be the most rewarding interaction in this line of work.
LL: Look for insights not for feedback, do a lot of interviews and look for patterns in the social problems they face, be objective and don't ask ice-cream questions (everyone likes ice-cream). Most negative - Releasing feature updates and hearing we've under-served people. LL: These are just the lessons of learning so it's important to create with the least amount of time and effort (easier said than done sometimes). So, embrace the issues when you get things wrong and get laser-focused on the '5 whys' to mitigate misunderstanding of the user's core problems.
LL: look for people who align with the culture you want to create, who share the same values for how you want to build and who want to join you in solving the problem. This does not mean find people with the same personality - on the contrary, diversity is essential to good idea generation - but alignment of values and culture is a must. 6a) If I could start again
LL: You may know the problem you want to solve, but how you execute is the biggest threat to your idea and human behaviour is an exceptionally complex thing. In order to engineer a strong UX (user experience) that satisfies the behavioural intricacies of people, make the purpose of features very, very obvious (biggest lesson learnt and still learning). LL: I'd also niche hard and focus on the very very very small before trying to attempt anything at scale - helping one small group before attempting many communities. I'd tell myself not to worry about the long term interests I cater for, they will always grow out of the community that enjoys what you have to offer - we have 150 with just a modest user size. People are very diverse and interesting creatures. Topics will always grow organically. 6b) The Reading List (Mostly tech orientated) Reading would have been another thing I'd of done a lot earlier. As a first timer in startup-land I'd recommend these to anyone and wish I'd read them in that first month too (above). Some may not be helpful for the more experienced of you, but I'd say if you haven't read them regardless of which stage you're at they are most certainly a read. Platform Design and Models Lean Startup by Eric Ries - 101 for startups. Simple as that. Matchmakers by David Evans - How to formulate platforms to grow and satisfy two-sided models Platform Revolution by Geoffrey Parker - Academic analysis of platform models with case studies Platform Scale by Sangeet Choudary - Further academic analysis of platform models with case studies Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug - Better ways to design UX that is simple to understand Lean Analytics by Alistair Croll - Ways to build a product with data validation and product market fit at the core of your decision making process Behavioural Insight Hooked by Nir Eyal - How apps and communities create repeatable behaviour for retention and user value Contagious by Jonah Berger - How brands use a 6 step approach to tell their stories and create organic growth Stick with It - How community can power platforms and human behaviour (offline and online) The Membership Economy - Subscription models and how to nurture them Lean Customer Development by Cindy Alvarez - Great practical tips on how to conduct user investigation/interviews for achieving useful insights I hope there's some helpful pieces in there for you too. I'd also be more than happy to answer any questions, if people want to ask anything. If any of you lovely lot are interested too, it would be to awesome to hear what would surprise or delight you as a member of WONDR? And any advice you could share with me to further grow a positive and collaborative community. I look forward to hearing from you. [link] [comments]  |
| How to attract investing money? Posted: 29 May 2018 01:42 PM PDT Hello all, I have my own brand in an industry I don't want to mention 😊. But it has to do with physical products. I've invested about 12k already but I need more. Way more. I need something like 125k But I don't know where to start. I think going to the bank is my last resort. What is your experience with investors? How did you get extra money? (Crowdfunding is not really possible with my product) And what are the risks? Will I be held accountable with my private money and goods? I can get money from family but that's not enough, that will also be another 10k probably. I'm from Europe so it might be a little different here. But I'd still love to hear your stories and advice! Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Launched a service for business owners and freelancers. Thoughts/criticism? Posted: 29 May 2018 06:31 AM PDT Hi everyone! I represent a new freelance aggregator service with AI. It's called Periodix. Currently, Periodix collected freelance jobs and its artificial intelligence immediately matches the background and the preferences of the freelancer with the client needs. The AI-mechanized lead generation service is fit for freelancers that work on a project to project basis and always look for new jobs. Periodix shows projects on Upwork, but we will add ZipRecruiter and other job sites soon. The feed of jobs is matched to the user's interests. It updates every minute. Users can see the possibility of getting the job calculated by AI of Periodix. The unique Periodix algorithm displays in a percentage of how the position fits the freelancer's skills and interests. Benefits of Periodix with AI: 1) Automates the search of projects. 2) Saves users' time by finding a job with the high chances to be hired. 3) Predicts hiring behaviors (Shows a freelancers position among freelancers that were applied to a project) We're a start-up, and it's our first version at the moment. If it sounds up your alley, go to http://periodix.net/ and sign up to join. And tell us what you think! We'd love to make a service that you love. [link] [comments]  |
| What is your technology/app stack? Posted: 29 May 2018 12:26 PM PDT I'm just curious what is everyone using in terms of day to day productivity apps and collaboration apps. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 May 2018 12:03 PM PDT The website is www.NutriCatalyst.com We are also available on amazon. The first supplement we have launched is Spirulina. It is a healthy, vegan supplement that boosts energy and is full of protein and vitamins. We plan on adding a new product very soon. Any sort of feedback on the business, and website would be great. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 May 2018 02:57 PM PDT What do I mean by gold standard small businesses? When someone recommends a reliable compact car most people typically say "Get a honda civic or a toyota corolla." In fact, I just asked 9 people around the office and every answer was one of those two. When people recommend a progressive rock band most people will say "Start with Pink Floyd!" Ok, you get the point. Staples. Old reliables. Think of how there's always a dry cleaner place somewhere that always seems to hang on. Or that guy who does everyone's taxes that everyone seems to know. In the world of small business, ecommerce and retail, what are the old reliables that may not get you rich, but will always be reliable to provide a livable income? Or if ran as a part time scale, provide learning experience and a nice side income? I'm thinking of businesses like house painting, snow removal, lawncare etc. I have an ample amount of free time and a thirst to learn something new that has potential to earn some side money. (Or more!) For me personally, I'm not overly invested in any specific niche or market so I don't know what I would WANT to do. Things I've thought of just to spitball and think outloud if you don't mind indulging me. Areas of interest:
I'm not sure in what avenue I want to go and to what depth but I'm curious about the topic in general of reliables that are always around. I'm not looking for a quick huge score and retire on a sailboat, but I want to make some extra money while learning business skills and something tangible at the same time. [link] [comments]  |
| Need a logo or Help with your brand? This company is great. Posted: 29 May 2018 11:21 AM PDT I am starting a business and needed help with figuring out brand related things, logos, designs and the general feel that I want my company to represent. Pearywinkle is awesome I found them on google and they pretty much helped me get all of my web and design needs. Plus their pricing is great and they really care about helping you get what you need. Just thought id throw this out there because they treated me very well. Check them out www.pearywinkle.com. [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone here built an app from scratch, on their own? Posted: 29 May 2018 05:19 AM PDT So i've got an idea for a saas app. I have little programming knowledge but can't afford to pay a developer to build this. The app will need a database and api's. Has anyone ever built something like this from scratch, learning as they go? Or should I just leave it to the pros? [link] [comments]  |
| How to make sure my dropshipper always ships the product? Posted: 29 May 2018 11:09 AM PDT I'm dropshipping for an Etsy creator. For every item that sells on the website I created, I get 50 percent of the sale. He has the incentive to ship the product to get more money. I also have the incentive to be fare and send him half of the money to continue doing business. I just wish this whole process could be automatic. Now I wish I was a programmer lol. [link] [comments]  |
| Building a Dropship Business to Flip Posted: 29 May 2018 11:09 AM PDT I was thinking about building a website that would take advantage of a dropship supplier that I have made contacts with, but I'm not sure if I want to continue the business on long term. My question for all of you guys, have you ever built a dropship ecommerce site with the full intentions of flipping it after it was finished? What do you think that a site like this would sell for, with a ready build dropship ecommerce site with supplier relations and product listed all good to go? Background: I'm a webmaster and marketing manager for an outdoors company and looking for some fun projects to work on during the slow period in the summer when all overtime is cut. I like building websites and building marketing campaigns but I'm worried about dumping a bunch of time and money into a project without a level of guarantee that I could turn a profit. Thank you for your time. [link] [comments]  |
| Looking For Feedback On My Site (Party Niche) Posted: 29 May 2018 11:01 AM PDT Shots No Chaser is a party and lifestyle brand and we sell our flagship product on Amazon where we have been doing about 8-10k a month in sales on that 1 product(45% profit margins). Now we are working on getting steady sales on our Shopify store and have expanded our product lines by adding apparel and smoking/drinking accessories. We want to soon begin spending heavily on paid traffic and would like some feedback on the overall site layout and design. All constructive criticism is welcome. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| What are some eCommerce functions that I should include? Posted: 29 May 2018 10:55 AM PDT The title said it all. What functions does all the success eCommerce should have? [link] [comments]  |
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