How much inventory to buy when starting a business? Many MOQs are 10,000, some 5,000. Found one for 2,500. At 2,500 im looking at about $5, $5.50 a piece At 5,000 im looking at $4.50 a piece One place is $5 for 5,000 as well One place says I could do $2.50 at 10,000 units Does it make sense to start at 10,000 units to get a better cost per unit? submitted by /u/ZebraChemical5746 …

How to get the cheapest shipping? I am selling my product on Shopify and TikTok Shop and use USPS ground advantage to ship each order. It costs around $4 a label and it really eats into my margins. I tried using PirateShip and Shipcenter for cheaper rates but it’s not much better. I also looked at USPS stamps but it doesn’t come with any parcel tracking. Does anyone here know th…

1076 session but only 4 sales this month My girlfriend launched this shop 1 month and a half ago after studied a lot of months the design, products, pages and text. She is promoting trough instagram ad and also tiktok ads, spent €250 in total. Her niche is very specific so a lot of people ask her messages about more info on products so she can see the real interest here but only 28 peo…

What sort of google ads CTR are people getting I’m getting around 10% Curious what other stores who run google search ads are getting. submitted by /u/Icy_Government_8599

Paying someone to create a store Hi all, Apologies if this post is not allowed. I am pretty new to ecomm. I have been seeing a lot of ads on my instagram with people advertising to create a store for me for a feee and profit share. I had a few questions on this: – are these companies legit? – why would they create stores for others when they can just do it themselves and keep …

XML Invoice? I’ve been looking into e-invoicing compliance for international merchants, and some countries (like Italy, Mexico, and parts of the EU) require invoices in XML format instead of PDFs. If you sell B2B in these regions, how do you handle this? Do you: Use an external accounting tool? Manually convert PDFs to XML? Would love your advice. Thank you …

Have you ever considered revenue-based loans to grow your business? (this is NOT a promotion, I’m genuinely curious and trying to learn) This is not a promotion, I’m just curious and would love to know, For those of you who don’t know, revenue-based loans are offered to business owners for a variety of reasons, but the deciding factor for the lender is how much revenue you generate (can you pay the loan back), and how much are you asking for. These loans are usually given as a pe…

Hi everyone, what’s your biggest struggle with product images? What’s your biggest struggle with product images? I built a tool that auto generates ad creatives & mockups. Need beta testers.” submitted by /u/Joshuajordanp

How to pick a 3PL fulfillment center for my DTC Shopify store? My shopify is doing well with 900 orders/mo, out of which 300 are to the US. Right now those are sent from our main warehouse internationally (main warehouse is not in US) but having a domestic 3PL would decrease shipping times a lot. I googled and have started speaking to 10 different companies offering fulfillment. They all have mostly the sam…

Can I please have some feedback on my website? It is all dummy content for now so please ignore the info on it. Hi everyone, I’m in the process of launching The Beauty Lab, a skincare e-commerce brand based in Melbourne, Australia. We’re looking to stock Korean and Japanese beauty brands.Our Shopify site is still in its early stages of development, but I’d love to get your feedback to ensure we’re on the right track before we launch. https://thebeautylab….

I’ve never paid for advertising- what kind of growth to expect if I do? I started a niche business about 10 years ago and have steadily grown it through organic social media posts and my newsletter (currently sitting at over 10k active subscribers). I’ve never been in a position to pay for ads because demand has matched or exceeded production. I hired a few new employees and purchased machinery this past year to inc…

Feedback and improvements Hi all, recently launched a website for my store and would love if i can get any sort of feedback about what im doing wrong/can improve. Category- Modest wear www.haneenabayas.com submitted by /u/abcdefg123456789876

Build better e-commerce site, by not building directly in Shopify Shopify is great, but their editor is mediocre. Anyone who has ever build an e-commerce knows you have to go into that liquid code to do get the detail you want. Also shopify themes are expensive and still not any easier to customize should you want more granular control. Here are the best ways to build your site with granular control, perfect f…

Reallocate Meta spend to Pinterest? Australian eCommerce brand I’m sure this question has been posted frequently. We are a beach products company based in Australia running digital ads only in Australia. Due to the growing instability and unpredictability of Meta’s ad platform, we are considering moving some spend to Pinterest. We believe our products and creatives would fit nicely in the Pinterest ecosyste…

Built to order/customizable products and how to manage SKU. Advice needed. Hi, I’m retailing for a manufacturer that builds light fixtures. Their product families can be pretty complex, and offer a wide variety of different options. They have all this information in a (https://i.imgur.com/sIAVwjT.png) (screenshot), with footnotes indicating constraints for certain combinations. Here are some of my current…

Favorite tools for your marketing? Ik tools aren’t the thing that make you money, but I’m sure there are LOTS of tools that help a lot. What are your favorites? submitted by /u/arthurluca101

Best online ( e-commerce ) business to start in the UK? I see lots of are doing really in online businesses making a huge profit from selling products online. Which one is good and you would recommend with £10K investment to start? submitted by /u/Ok_Swimming_5904

54 Add to Carts – 0 Conversions. How? This is my first genuine attempt at running an e-commerce store, so I was prepared to run into some roadblocks, but this one is kind of stumping me. I think I have a general enough sense of marketing to at least run a store close to profitable, but my conversions say otherwise. Made the store last weekend and I’ve spent about $120 on some test a…

3rd Party/affiliate offers on your site Hi all, I have a conumer electronics site I’ve recently acquired that sells headphones, earbuds, speakers, etc. I’ve mapped out plans for marketing, products, pricing, etc. and looking at other avenues to increase revenue. Has anyone any experience of working with any affiliate/3rd party complimentary services. E.g. I’m looking at providing an a…

Subscription Store Owners – How do you prevent failed payments from expired or invalid cards? Many subscriptions fail because cards expire or become invalid before renewal. Shopify Payments doesn’t support $0 pre-authorization, and a $1 pre-auth hurts conversion rates. How are you handling this? Any workarounds that work well for you? Looking for advice! submitted by /u/Protonu3102