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 …

My phone battery is dying from alibaba Can’t post image but I noticed my phone battery going down rapidly since I installed Alibaba two days ago. I just saw it was on all day long with 22h working in background, taking down one fourth of my fully charged battery. Does anyone know why? And is it normal? submitted by /u/ZexitoD

What is generating these info? Results of looking up my products on Google is showing this: https://snipboard.io/rqMH2C.jpg It’s listed on several products and I’ve searched high and low and can’t find that anywhere. I need to remove the shipping and return. Does anyone know? submitted by /u/Avatar-Tee

Sole trader – where to get returns? I’m just starting to sell on ebay but how do i manage returns??? I mean i don’t want disclose my personal address where i live, PO box is also expensive. What can i do? submitted by /u/hgkw17

3PL that ships Globally from China? So I guess this is the million dollar question I find handling shipping, shipping rates the hardest part of this business Am losing tons of sales because of shippin My product is orices around 70 dollars and weights 3 kg I tried Shipbob Floship NSS SFC Need a really reliable 3PL that offer consistent, Competitive rates Like this is the one thing…

How to Handle Returns? I’m currently starting to run a small Shopify shop. I’m trying to understand what is a good way to manage customer returns? What is the way that you guarantee that returns meet standards or making sure items are clearly used? What are the platforms to check the legitimacy of the return itself? submitted by /u/KaiMou

Is SEO for fashion worth it? A common refrain for SEO is that it takes time and that long tail of organic reach is worth it. But if 80% of the product changes every season (6 months) does that nerf the benefits? Any SEO folks who work with fashion brands care to chime in? submitted by /u/ksiu1

Is it worth paying for analytics and conversion analysis with Lucky Orange? Hi everyone, I’m currently using Lucky Orange for heatmaps, and it’s great—I can see where my customers are going on the site and where they’re dropping off. They recently offered me an option to get analytics or have someone from Fiverr analyze the data and give me suggestions for improving conversions. Here’s my question: Is this really necess…

About how many sales do you get a month and when did you start? Anybody not spend miney on ads? submitted by /u/No_Pass1204

What are everyone’s thoughts on selling lower priced items on Amazon? A lot of the guru Youtubers out there used to suggest starting with selling products over $20, now it seems they are saying the price point should be over $50. Do you all agree that it’s difficult to make money on lower priced items? Do you have a limit on how low you will go for products you’ll sell on Amazon? For example, say you have a higher…

Incorporating for newbie ecom? I’m new to ecommerce and am looking to the value of a corporation for liability protection. I am from Canada and understand that Canadian corporations differs from the American LLC. As such, should I register one from Canada anyway? Or I’ve seen services that allow for non-US and non-Singaporean users to register for the country’s respective cor…

Anyone knows what platform this store’s website is hosted on? I want to create something like this but I dont know what platform it is hosted on. I know for sure sure it’s not wordpress or shopify. The website is: https://www.talkingkidsbooks.com/special/ submitted by /u/Owie35y

I think SEO services are a scam…prove to me otherwise I know they probably work, but anyone saying “it’s a long game, you just have to spend the money and trust that it’ll work” makes me suspicious… Like, yeah, it works, but if I’m also pushing hard at PPC ads, that gets my name out there, so people might search for me and click on my site “organically” a few months after they search me. Also, th…

How’s everybody’s Q4 going? We run a fashion brand, typically geared towards men. Last year’s in November we had our first $5K+ day ever, December was our best month by far in 4 years. However, this year is much worse we are around 35% down YoY. Anybody else is experiencing some drop in sales in comparison to last year? is it the general market that became a bit worse or t…