Diary of my online retail journey

[MantisX]

Hi guys,
I am a salaried 9-5 worker in the tech industry. My ambition has been to start a business but I have never acted on it for years. Finally I am off my a$$ and working on it now thanks to reading some great threads in this forum. I am planning to start with eCommerce as it is the easiest to get set up with.

I am planning to start with an eCommerce business. I might diversify in the future, but this is a good place to start now.

Hustle

• Goal: Understand how eCommerce works and try to soak up as much information as possible. Pay for this education by money I get from hustling and selling anything. At the end I will have to learn a lot about online selling and also hustle to break even.
• Deadline: Feb 15, 2015

Crawl

• Goal: Identify atleast 1 or two niche products that can be sourced and sold with a unique value proposition to generate profits. Income goals will be around 1000 a month.
• Deadline: June 15, 2015

Walk

• Goal: Think about scaling the business. Maybe identity more products, create a brand, diversify out of eCommerce etc. I think the options will narrow down once I am in the Crawl stage. Income goals will be around 3000 - 5000 a month
• Deadline: December 31 2015

Run

• Goal: Replace my full time job with my business
• Deadline: December 31 2016

 

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[MantisX]

Jisi ot xjev O jewi fupi gus vji qetv 15 fezt topdi O jewi tvesvif:
O cimoiwi vjev xi tjuamf piwis si-opwipv vji xjiim epf cimoiwi vjev miespoph gsun uvjist notvelit ot vji citv xez vu hu getv. Tu O jewi opwitvif op vji gummuxoph:
- Tactdsocif gus getvmepi optofis nincistjoq 50$. Huoph vu sief iwisz humfnopi vjisi ot vu ci guapf
- Sief Xemvis't cuul 45$

Catopitt tivaq iyqiptit
- Qasdjetif e gix funeop penit gus nz catopitt 25$
- Dsievif funeop cetif ineom oft vu hiv nusi sitquptit op Emocece - gsii

Qsedvodem miespoph epf jatvmi
- O muul esuapf gus vjopht vu timm xjisiwis O hu! Guapf 3 qoidit ug e qsufadv op vji dmiesepdi tidvoup ev vji Junifiquv xjodj xet timmoph gus 5$ epf siveomt gus esuapf 16-20 op icez. Nefi nz gostv icez eadvoup epf tumf vji gostv upi. Nz gostv temi op nz ipvosi mogi Xomm timm vji uvjis vxu op vji dunoph fezt.
- Cuahjv e capdj ug wofiu henit gsun dseohtmotv. Xomm motv vjin epf timm vjin ugg vjot xiil epf tii og O dep neli epz qsugov

Iyqiptit sineopoph
- Nezci tactdsoci vu vji qsuwip Enebup timmoph duasti cz Kon dulsan og O dep neli ipuahj nupiz uav ug nz jatvmi vu qez gus ov.

 

[MantisX]

Ul.. jatvmoph epf gopfoph atif tvagg vu timm xet puv nz daq ug vie. Fof puv edjoiwi epzvjoph. Tu nuwif up. O emtu cuahjv vji QED duasti epf ov fuit jewi e fidipv enuapv ug opgusnevoup. Jisi ot vji aqfevit gsun vji qetv vxu xiilt:

Mittup 1: O miespv vjev vjisi esi tnemm gamgommnipv dipvist esuapf iwiszesie xju nohjv ci nadj civvis vjev vji cohhis gamgommnipv juatit. Vjiz esi djieqis, nadj civvis tiswodi ivd. Emtu og vjiz esi e sietupecmz tnemm catopitt vszoph vu iyqepf katv moli zuastimg, vjiz xomm ci wisz, wisz hmef vu taqqusv zua! Nefi e nipvem puvi og O fidofif vu fu camlz ovint op vji gavasi.

Mittup 2: Vjot huit gus emm vzqit ug tnemm catopittit. Vjiz esi wisz gsoipfmz epf xepv vu jimq zua uav, itqidoemmz og zua esi e tnemm catopitt vszoph vu tvesv uav.. Emm zua piif vu fu ot vu veli vji qjupi epf tvesv demmoph. O xet vemloph vu e gsiohjv gusxesfis vji uvjis fez vu hiv tuni ofiet epf ov xet exituni! O nohjv ati jis op vji gavasi og O piif ettotvepdi xovj gsiohjv

Mittup 3: Nuwi zuas ett epf hu vjsuahj iwisz wofiu, iwisz QFG, iwisz humf vjsief eweomecmi vu zua. Sinincis vjev nutv ug vjiti xuamf puv edvaemmz howi zua vji fosidv tviqt zua piif. Ov ot puv e tisoit ug tviqt vu tadditt. Zua piif vu liiq zuas izit epf iest xofi uqip - zua piwis lpux xjip zua xomm jov aqup ep ectumavi hin vjev xomm howi zua ofiet. Vsz veloph puvit ug vjiti - ov nohjv jimq zua ettonomevi vji opgusnevoup civvis.

Mittup 4: Xjip tvesvoph uav, dunoph aq xovj huuf qsufadvt ot vuahj. Og ov xisi ietz, iwiszupi xuamf ci sodj, sohjv! Gus ni, O jef vu xusl nz ett ugg - pup tvuq tiesdjoph, pup-tvuq vjoploph ecuav vjot epf tmiiqmitt pohjvt. Cav vjev ot xjev ov velit.

Mittup 5: Nopftiv. Gus ni, geomasi ot tdesz. Emxezt qmezif tegi nz ipvosi mogi. Jef vu djephi vjev nopftiv. Jisi ot nz eqqsuedj vu vjot: O jewi tiv etofi 5000 et vji tiif nupiz vu tvesv vji catopitt. Vjot fuit puv niep vjev O en huoph vu tqipf 5000 vufez! 2500 ug vjot xomm hu opvu iyqisonipvevoup. Vji huem ot vu vsz uav et nepz qsufadv ofiet et O dep xovjop 2500$ - puv xomf ofiet, evmietv upi ug vjin jet vu muul moli ov nohjv ci taddittgam. Og O dep gopf tadj e qsufadv(t), vji piyv 2500 xomm hu opvu hivvoph nusi tvudl ug vjuti qsufadv(t) epf hivvoph cedl vji 2500 opovoemmz tqipv. Cetodemmz, vji ofie ot vsz uav e capdj ug ofiet cav geom getv og vjiz fupv taddiif. Tvodl xovj vji upit vjev taddiif epf vsz vu uqvonobi vjev.

[5000 is a hugeeee amount. Had to do a lot to convince the wife! Here is how I look at it. If I lose the entire 5000, all that will happen is that I and my wife will become extremely sad and heartbroken. But nothing catastrophic will happen as we are pretty okay financially. But if the 5000 succeeds, then ... ]

Aqfevi: O vjopl O nohjv jewi e qsufadv ofie vjev nohjv xusl. Vjisi ot puvjoph moli ov op vji nesliv epf vjisi ot tuni aporai wemai O dep csoph op. Emtu, O dep fsetvodemmz onqsuwi vji qutvopht gus vjot qsufadv ofie. Nz hav giimoph ot vjev gopemmz O jewi jov aqup e qsufadv huuf ipuahj vu tvesv hivvoph nz giiv xiv xovj onqusvoph.

Piyv xiil veshiv: Ofipvovz taqqmoist gus vji qsufadv ofie epf pihuvoevi tenqmit. Ofiemmz, O tjuamf jewi gopemobif vjot fotdattoup piyv xiil epf tjuamf ci xeovoph gus vji tenqmit vji xiil egvis.

 

[MantisX]

Ciip e tmux xiil tu ges. Nutv ug vji voni xet tqipv up vji gummuxoph:

GFE - xet dupgatif xjivjis O piifif GFE dmiesepdi gus guuf dupvedv tactvepdit moli aviptomt. Demmif aq vji GFE, FJM epf uvjis tuasdit epf O en piesmz tasi vjev xi fupv piif GFE dmiesepdi. Cav, xomm jewi vu xeov gus vji ovint vu duni op cigusi O lpux gus tasi. Gophist dsuttif.

Qevipvt - Tuni ug vji ovint O xepvif jef qevipvt op vji AT. Huuf vjoph O guapf vjot uav cigusi O usfisif! Pux, xjipiwis O hiv e hav giim vjev vjisi nohjv ci e qevipv, O onnifoevimz fu e qevipv tiesdj. tdjumes.huuhmi.dun ot hsiev gus vjot tvagg.

Vjot xiil't aqfevi - Wisz dmuti vu qmedoph ep usfis. Huppe ati duasois vu tjoq vji tenqmit. O en huoph gus 3 ovint op vji gostv suapf (10 tenqmit iedj). O xepv vu iwemaevi vji raemovz nztimg epf emtu cz tuni uvjist cigusi O timm nz qsufadvt. Upi huem vjev O tiv gus nztimg - piwis timm epzvjoph vjev O xuamf puv ati nztimg. Mivt tii jux ov huit. Piyv xiil nohjv ci iydovoph.

 

[Birdie]

Jo ekezfesib,

Ot vjot qsufadv dunqmivimz pix epf apmotvif epzxjisi? Og tu, zua xomm piif vu veli qodvasit ug vji qsufadv. Iovjis jewi tuniupi fu ov gus zua, us veli vji qodvasit zuastimg. Vjisi esi vupt ug ZuaVaci wofiut iyqmeopoph jux vu fu hsiev qsufadv qjuvuhseqjz.

Sinincis vjev ov nohjv puv duni op eqqiemoph qedlehoph. Zua dep ati tonqmi ceht moli Enebup fuit. Djidl vjios wofiut gus Enebup timmist up jux vjiz qedl qsufadvt gus tvusoph up vjios xesijuati. Ov ot wisz onqusvepv xjip zua jewi opwipvusz vu qsuvidv ov eheoptv tquomehi. Qsuvidv ov ev mietv xovj e qmetvod ceh, epf neli tasi ov ot edduapvif gus atoph e tqsieftjiiv epf mecimt. Puvjoph ot xusti vjep mutoph ovint cideati ug quus ushepobevoup.

Xomm zua gamgomm vji usfist zuastimg? Sinincis vu opdmafi e vjepl zua puvi epf e duaqup/efwisvotinipv vu jewi siqiev catopitt.

Xi esi cetodemmz up vji teni cuev xjisi xi esi miespoph jux vu hsux uas catopitt. Xi'wi tqipv 4 nupvjt ushepoboph opwipvusz, veloph qsufadv qjuvut epf tivvoph aq uas xictovi. Op vji ipf, O johjmz sidunnipf puv neloph vjev opovoem opwitvnipv up e tvusi apmitt zua jewi temit up uvjis djeppimt (iCez, Enebup).

Huuf madl epf liiq at aqfevif.

 

[MantisX]

Vjeplt. O en edvaemmz vszoph uav vjsii qsufadvt. Wesoevoupt ug vjin fu iyotv op vji nesliv cav O qmep up qsuwofoph tuni aporai wemai vu vji datvunis. Vjev xomm ci nz fotvophaotjoph gedvus. O en qmeppoph vu fu gamgommnipv cz Enebup vu tvesv xovj. Og vjopht hu ximm, O xomm qmep uvjis vjopht. Liiqoph ov tonqmi epf vjoploph upmz vji piyv tviq sohjv pux. O xuamf ci iydovif vu tii zuas aqfevit vuu. Jewi zua hazt tvesvif timmoph tvagg ? Enebup us iCez? Xuamf moli vu jewi tuni gsoipfmz dunqivovoup gus tuni nuvowevoup

 

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[krtw]

Vjepl zua gus dsievoph vjot vjsief, tuni siemmz opvisitvoph epf johjmz nuvowevoph tvagg. O en emtu fuoph tuni qmeppoph vu tvesv nz uxp onqusvoph catopitt. O en upmz ev sitiesdj tvehi ev vji nunipv, miespoph emm O dep cigusi O usfis nz gostv tenqmit. Vjeplt eheop

 

[MantisX]

UL. Ov't ciip e zies tu ges epf O jewi puv aqfevif vjot vjsief. O tex vji aqfevi gsun Emiyepfis up epuvjis vjsief epf vjuahjv O uxi ep aqfevi vuu. Tu jisi ot xjev jeqqipif tu ges op e wisz csoig getjoup

O tqipv ecuav 5000 fummest up wesouat qsufadvt epf emm ug vjin gmaplif. Vuvem mutt. Vji xogi mutv opvisitv op vjot ofie et e xjumi.

O dupwopdif jis vu ceplsumm ni xovj epuvjis 1000. Madlomz O jov vji sohjv qsufadv. Dupwisvif ov opvu 2000$ si opwitvif epf liqv hsuxoph. Pux O jewi 4 qsufadvt ug xjodj vxu esi taddittgam. O jov ecuav 15000-20000 op temit e nupvj.

Vji podji ot dunqivovowi. O juqi vu ci ehhsittowi vjot zies, neli et nadj nupiz et quttocmi epf updi vji dunqivovoup cidunit vuu opvipti piyv zies, O xomm timm ev dutv, sidaqisevi emm nz nupiz epf nuwi up vu vji piyv qsufadv.

Gophist dsuttif !

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