What would you do? (small website with e-commerce.) thank you all in advance for guidance. Been lurking on this sub, but it’s my first time posting here. We have a very basic squarespace website, which is mainly just some information given on the homepage, email collection for a newsletter, and an FAQ. We have about 500,000 followers on social and are about to do our first merch drop. I’m comfort…

Misrepresentation Suspension-Google Merchant Center I’m at my wits end and can’t figure out why my site keeps getting denied during review. My account is now suspended and can’t request any further reviews. I guess my only option at this point is to create another account in Google Merchant Center and submit it through the new account, but I can’t figure out what I need to fix to get it approved?…

Customer support question Hi which is the most effective way of setting up customer support on the ecom store. Should I have my email there, use ai chatbot etc? submitted by /u/Professional-Soup-47

How do I know which CPA is proper to scale my Facebook ad campaigns Hi, I’m starting in this e-commerce World, and I don’t know anything about Facebook ad campaigns. I have a product that costs 20$ and gives 5$ profit, and I can pay 7$/day for advertising. How do I know if I should invest more in ads? Which CPA is normal? Or Which CPA should I aim for? submitted by /u/Ok118

E-commerce alternatives for beginners I currently run an online party supplies store on Weebly with around 1,500 products in stock, but I’m looking to migrate to a new platform. I need features like multilingual support, a rewards system, a newsletter, blogging, billing integration, and other tools that will help the business grow. Keeping costs low is important in the early stages…

How do you guys handle bulk product listings? I’ve been working on automating product listings for e-commerce stores. It’s always seemed like one of the most tedious parts of running a shop—getting product descriptions right, tagging, categorizing, and uploading them one by one. I built an AI tool that can automate this process in seconds, but I’m curious—how do you guys tackle product list…

Which is better to sell Which site is better to sell on Amazon or your own website ???? submitted by /u/Altruistic_Lab1068

After Valentine’s Day trend in Meta Paid ads & Google paid ads: Everything seems to be a bit slow on meta ads after valentine’s day week however results were good on Google ads especially in gifting brands like jewellery, personalised prank gifting, flowers & bouquet and other lifestyle ecom brands. A few of our ecommerce brands have seen a 40% dip also after 14th Feb. However, we did not slow down to prepa…

Why Are So Many Seeking Advice on Starting E-commerce with No Budget or Skills? I’ve noticed a lot of people asking for advice on starting an e-commerce business with little to no money or technical knowledge. Here’s my take: The idea of the “garage entrepreneur” has somehow found its way into the e-commerce world. Many people think they can make a lot of money (or even get rich) with little to no investment and minimal ski…

How do you handle your customer inquiries? I’m setting up a business and not sure what’s the best mode of contact should be? Which works the best for you so far? Are you using emails, or just phone calls? Also, what’s the most inquiries are about? Do you use any tool to track all these? Appreciate your help. Thanks! submitted by /u/productman2217

I’m building an AI tool for e-commerce sellers, be brutally honest, would you use this? Hey guys, I’m developing a tool that lets e-commerce sellers instantly create product visuals with AI. Instead of using photographers or Photoshop, you just write prompt for the scene, generate the image and you can overlay your product onto it, realistic lifestyle images. The goal is to help small business owners create professional looking vis…

Paying someone to do SEO for you versus doing it yourself: what’s been your experience? I have an agency doing my Google ads which is giving me really amazing results, they do SEO also, but charge around $350 an hour, so I’m a bit hesitant, especially since I hear SEO is all about the long game (so it’ll tie up my cash for a few months at least). How hard is it to do quality SEO myself, and how long should it take? Context: I run a…

Has anyone sold a business and successfully transferred ownership from one Meta Business Suite to another? I can find how to transfer the FB Page and Meta Ad Account but can’t find how to business itself. No matter what I do, the account is “Owned by: Not My Company LLC” Flippa actually says Meta doesn’t do this which I have a hard time believing that’s current info. Very appreciative for any help on this. submitted by /u/CRA2759

Do you sleep? (honestly) Hey there fellas, I know it’s a random question, but I was wondering how many of you here still make time to sleep. I had just re-read some of my notes from a few months ago and I had something wrote down about how having +8h of sleep gives you the upper hand in business. Do you feel it’s true? submitted by /u/arthurluca101

Anyone here run a decently profitable business in a niche you have no knowledge or interest in? Guy here. Found a business in female accessories – I found a big market and easy to SEO. It seems that majority of people are marketing the business in social media. But I have SEO background and saw that it’s very very easy to rank for the term which 5000+ monthly searches which for me is an excellent market for a micro niche. Trouble is I have…

What software for market and product research is a must ? I am looking to start an e-commerce business, and it seems everyone is pushing helium10, jungle scout, click-funnels etc. It seems to never end with subscription products, which add up fast. So What are the absolut must haves and what do the costs per month/year ? For context I am considering Shopify, TikTok Shop and FBA. submitted by /…

Shipping strategy? So I planned to test my products before sending them in bulk, selling in the US, production in Europe. I’ve received few orders enough to validate one product, its still slow ( less than 30 order/month) I’m delivering directly to customer which is costly and impossible. Any better solution? 3pl I’ve found are beneficial after reaching a high num…

Ad templates worth the buy? Since I‘m almost about to launch my first ever store, I start getting tons of ads from people selling 500+ ad templates for like 20€. Is it worth the buy and testing or not? Has anyone made any experience? submitted by /u/Albertvierstein

How much time do you spend packaging? I need tips on how to optimise it submitted by /u/Proof-Bed-6928

eCommerce in KSA Hi everyone! I have recently moved to Riyadh and currently seeing a great boom of ecommerce here. Anyone here who is currently working in Riyadh and building ecom business here? Would be happy to connect submitted by /u/Batman-Me