Packaging question I’ll be starting my run on Amazon FBA soon and noticed that having a brand really helps with sales and other things. To the ones of you who did their own branding, how did you ‘create’ the packaging? The manufacturer will custom my product with stickers with my logo, but what about the box/bag? Thank you in advance for replies submitted by …

How to Future-Proof a Supplement Brand as a Trend Fades? Hey everyone, I run a small supplement business that started with a trendy product. It did well initially, but I’ve noticed sales slowing down, and the trend is losing traction in markets like the US. Even some of the big players who were successful with this product have stopped running ads for it. I’m trying to future-proof my brand before the…

Where to find QA inspectors in China? I’m buying from alibaba and as my volume increases I’d like to hire a QA inspector, how do you find a trustworthy one? Does he need to be from the same city as the manufacturer? submitted by /u/ZexitoD

Help – Importing from Alibaba Guys i visited Alibaba to search for few manufacturers who manufacture/ship jewellery. But the shipping duration i feel like is too much(from china to india). It’s a bit over a month. And i feel like shipping charges for per item are high as well, is there any solution/workaround for this? I’m just few weeks in my business and I cannot have my c…

How do you do competitive price tracking? Hi everyone, happy holidays! 🎄 I’ve been thinking about how to stay competitive with pricing. One challenge we’ve faced is keeping track of the competitors’ prices, which can be time-consuming and tricky. I’d love to hear from others in the community about how you manage this! Specifically, I’m curious about: How do you currently track competit…

Has anybody had a brick and mortar, closed it and gone strictly e-commerce and then opened a b&m years later? Is clicks & bricks worth it? Background I had a successful brick and mortar back in the 90’s and early 2000’s. First website went live in 1995. Closed the bricks in 2003 and kept e-commerce going. Closing the bricks was mainly due to local competition from relaxed vendor territory restrictions. Basically, malls, were excluded from territory rules. It killed a lot of us. Man…

Looking for Feedback on my clothing brand store and ordering process – Any Suggestions? theboroboro.com The site is mostly designed for mobile as hardly anyone visits on desktop. I started my small brand a while ago but it was just a bit of fun then I saw potential with the brand. We made a decent profit. I tweaked the design and ordering process on the website over the last few weeks. I am focusing on sustainable custom-made cloth…

Still need to learn GA4 but could someone explain what events are I assumed that they were how many times people someone saw any one of my links on the serp since it was alot higher number. submitted by /u/No_Pass1204

How does your company find influencers to work with? I know it has been asked before but what is your process to finding influencers to work with? Have you used any type of agency and if so, how was the return and experience? What is your typical payment and/or Commission structure? submitted by /u/CatholicJew

Plug and play e-com vs own website + escrow Good evening, I have several finalised products I am ready to sell online. I do not know whether to chose a service like Shopify, connect my own domain, and make a cookie-cutter website where Shopify handles everything or create my own web page + portfolio and handle transactions through an escrow service and invoicing. If anyone has done anythi…

Looking for Feedback on My Product, Angle, and Strategy. Hi everyone. I’m new to ecom and could really use some more experienced insights on my store, product, and marketing approach. I’m at a point where I feel kinda lost. The next step isn’t clear to me. I don’t know if I should change product (again), focus insane amounts on the research before hand and try it all again, or keep going with this pro…

E-commerce with brick and mortar store for show? There was a new grant recently launched in my county for small business owners. Basically it’s targeting women business owners, minority owned businesses that are trying to bring tech to commercialization. I can’t really think of how I’d benefit my county unless I brought my e-commerce site to a brick and mortar set up. Maybe set up shop where a…

Please critique my ecom website We launched a functional womens’ clothing brand a month ago, and so far we’ve been getting good responses about the product from friends and family. However, we still have yet to find our first “true customer” (i.e. someone we don’t know). We’ve just started running ads and do social media posts, looking into influencers as well. We design and p…

Anyone buying stock on alibaba? How you deal with shipping costs to UK? Prices looks ok, but shipping costs are incredibly high! And on top of that there is customs duty to pay which makes price high and its no point to sell it… is there a way to reduce these costs??? There should be some.. if you buy something for 10£, after shipping and customs end up paying 50-60£ per unit which is 5-6x initial price submit…

Escrow payments for Marketplace Hi It’ all in the question, I want to make some SaaS marketplace with sellers and buyers, something like Upwork, but for the payment system I’m not sure know what architecture/solutions would better do the job. I first tried to use checkout.com , Stripe is not available where I am (don’t want to use their Atlas solution for the moment) and for P…

Any good shipping options (consolidated shipping) from EU to UAE, KSA, Qatar? Hi, We are getting some good traction in the middle east and I would like to ask if anyone knows any good shipping options from the EU to these countries? I was looking at fulfilment centers but they All require you to open a company in the middle east which is a bit early right now Thanks submitted by /u/EverydayMustBeFriday

Chargeback advice Hello all! I’m looking for some advice for a fraudulent charge back I recently got on my e-commerce store. The total was a $1675 chargeback Backstory: I sold the customer a body kit for his car, he claims one of our parts did not fit because he had done some prior modifications to his car and that our part did not cover a line created by this m…

Opinions on Customizable e-commerce Platforms I’d love to hear some opinions or past/current experience with different e-commerce platforms that are customizable. I have past experience in e-commerce working for a mid-level site that was custom coded initially in ColdFusion then moved to vb.net. I have experience in several languages and don’t mind learning something new, currently use PHP …

I need your help guys!!again…plz Hey guys, I need your help..again. I am 21 Y.O Korean, so I don’t know well about U.S Ecom ecosystem. I’m curious about how e-commerce websites showcase people using their products. Do they typically pay influencers to feature the product, or are there specific platforms where they collect real user reviews and content? Would love to hear your…

Ideas (and experiences) to gain sales for Xmax to New Years Time frame? Hi— new to DTC and this is our first holiday season. Pre holiday seemed good, and now there is a lull. What are your strategies for shopping fatigue (ad wise etc). Sees like people may have some extra cash and they may be home with time to spend online. Creative ideas are welcome! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! submitted by /u/joellehaus …