New Seller Need Help Hello I am a new seller, please help me. I mainly sell on Amazon and Etsy, I live in Canada and ship most orders to USA. They sell for 20$ and 5$ shipping. I got a email recently from a customer wanting to buy 16 units, he was asking if we can make the sale through some other platform other then etsy or amazon to avoid fees and save money. What …

Importing Luxury 100% Cotton Goods and Products to the US Hello Everyone, I am new to the importing Industry. I have an idea about importing Luxury cotton goods from Egypt obviously I’m from Egypt and my home town there is a textile hub literally with some factories spanning 1000 hectares so any textile product could be made from very high quality and strict standards to medium – low quality generic st…

CRM recommandation for B2C ecommerce store Hey everyone! As the title says, I’m looking for an easy to implement CRM for a custom made platform (no shopify, woocommerce, etc.. so it needs to have good API integration). To give a bit more context, we’re launching a sales program in which we basically want to create different offers for certain products and then create cohorts of customer…

How long does it usually take to get a sale whrn selling high ticket products? So i have started selling products that costs $200+ (not 1000+) for people who sold in that price range how long did it take to get a sale? I have optimized my product page to make it look as branded as possible submitted by /u/Lbjandjordanfan

What mistakes to avoid Hi. I opened my first e-commerce shop last year with no experience. I managed to create a brand around one product and through whisper marketing/promotion on one forum I managed to get about 400 orders fulfilled. At the time I had no idea how to develop the shop, I thought advertising on Meta would be a good idea but everyone on Reddit was writi…

Looking for advice. (Low-cost, low-volume sales) I’m a machinist developing only two products to sell, and they are for a very limited enthusiast market (unlikely to sell more than a hundred units). What I need is an affordable and effective way to have the customers place their orders, process them, and then I would ship the orders out to the customers personally. I don’t plan to maintain an …

Why did you get into e-commerce? What are your reasons? And what drew you to starting an e commerce brand vs a different type of business using your skills? For example you could use your marketing skills and start a b2b agency instead. If you could start over would you do it the same? submitted by /u/Connect_Tomato6303

What is the best & easiest tool to send email campaigns to send email marketing? Hey all- as the title says, what is the best & easiest tool to send email campaigns for email marketing especially for E-commerce? And what kind of emails should I be sending! submitted by /u/Independent_Fix_489

Just asking… Has anyone faced any issues due to faulty notification system or delayed notifications? submitted by /u/Sad_Cupcake6518

What would be better? I have a couple options for pricing for my subscription business. Customers will either: Pay $6 a month plus .76 in shipping (which they find out at checkout) Pay $7 a month but you get free shipping My business model is built on acquiring as many subscribers as possible and then upselling so my goal here is to go with the pricing model that wil…

Am I being overcharged for photography? I’m paying a guy right now around 2k a month to produce around 10 lifestyle product images per month that are used in blogs, social media etc…Am I being overcharged? submitted by /u/Moronicon

Shopify or square space? Which do you like better? Starting an online store for handmade jewelry etc. Pros and cons to either? Thanks! submitted by /u/OutsiderArtshop

Business Idea Problem I have a specific business idea that requires multiple brands to be advertised on my website. The only problem I’m facing is the money. If I were to promote specific brand on my website in return for commission, how much I go about handling the payout? For example, it would be easy if after every purchase the money goes to the brand owner, and t…

I have experience in marketing and want to start a business with it, should I jump in ecom or just start an agency doing it for others? I ran a little local business and my favorite part by far was the marketing, I then got really tired of the service I was supplying, it was very time intensive. Ive had a job doing marketing for a while and feel like I’m ready do run a business using this skill. Im very experienced in organic and paid social. Would it be wiser to start a busine…

Shopify CSV to BigCommerce Hello all, my website is a UTV parts store with most products containing multiple options. Most of the stores we are a dealer for use Shopify and send us CSV lists to import regularly. We would love the simplicity of adding products by the thousands instead of how we have been but we cannot seem to format from Shopify to BigCommerce correctly, m…

Why are so many e-commerce job postings unrealistic? I’ve been in e-commerce for over 4 years now, primarily in fashion, with a focus on operations. I am wanting a raise so looking for a new job to get a big salary increase. I’ve been seeing a lot of e-commerce job postings, especially in the fashion industry, that the job expectations and responsibilities are completely unrealistic. For example,…

What months of the year perform worst for your store? I’ve been in business since October. And each month grossed 40-50k, this month has been about half that at 20k gross.. I’m grinding just as hard, is this a customer related thing? Obviously people react differently to economical changes but just curious – what months performance is the worst for you guys? submitted by /u/No_Bison_534

Has anyone made a Square website? How is the SEO? Has anyone used Square (not Squarespace), to build an e-commerce site? How was your experience with search engine rankings? Was search engine ranking as good or okay compared to Shopify or Ecwid? I am looking to start a website and want something with with good search engine rankings cheaper than Shopify since I want to make a couple sites to se…

Help with question about selling cannabis themed apparel on my website – payment portal First off this is definitely not a promotional post. I’d rather remain anon but the only way I saw that I could post was through my original / official account. I have a cannabis review site that is attempting to sell shirt designs. I have a company overhauling the site to update some sections and improve seo. I’ve had nothing but problems atte…

Where/How to start Hello guys, I am new to ecommerce but I would like to start learning about it. Currently in college, I don’t have a lot of money to invest but I am not expecting results immediately, I just need a starting point. How can I find it? Thanks a lot! submitted by /u/daviddxd1