Getting from instagram followers to real buyers. Input wanted.

[Rawr]

Thanks for the inspiration from the instagram marketing thread, my gf had started hers about 6 months ago in the girls stationary niche category. She is at 10400 followers with good response/likes numbers. She now wants go branch into actually monetizing it, by offering physical products. The issues we're facing -

1. We are in Spain, over half of her fans are in US. (hence, shipping there from here is out of the question)
2. We don't have $1000+ spare to buy product
3. We haven't reached out and asked what actually sells from other competitors. My gf is young an new to business, so of course she thinks a coffee mug with a cool design will sell, but I am more afraid of it not being the case. I was suggestion she asks her fans what items they will actually want and vote. There are other instagram pages will less followers who have stores and actually have physical stores, and gf asks how they do it, and I just say probably money from something else invested.

What I've thought is 1 - she can offer product through companies that make the stuff themselves and ship it (there are t-shirt/cups companies that do this). This would eliminate the shipping problem.

2. She can offer products that don't need to be shipped - desktop wallpapers, iphone wallpapers, but what else that people would pay for?

3. We can figure out a way to dropship from the factory itself - but I think talking to China will need at least ???? $2000? to start?

So gf is very excited about this, but I am not very much. She wants to make unique stationary items in a certain category, but what can we do to test the market without spending up front?

 

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[amp0193]

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Gopf e 3QM (3sf qesvz muhotvodt) dunqepz vu tvusi epf tjoq zuas qsufadv op vji A.T. Us qav ov aq up Enebup, epf ati Enebup GCE vu tjoq uav vji qsufadv.

2. Xi fup'v jewi $1000+ tqesi vu caz qsufadv

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Us, katv tewi aq juxiwis nadj nupiz zua piif. Tjuamfp'v veli muph vu hiv $1000.

Us, vsz vu gopf tuni csepft xju'f ci xommoph vu qsunuvi vjios qsufadvt up zuas edduapv op iydjephi gus e gii.

3. Xi jewip'v siedjif uav epf etlif xjev edvaemmz timmt gsun uvjis dunqivovust. Nz hg ot zuaph ep pix vu catopitt, tu ug duasti tji vjoplt e duggii nah xovj e duum fitohp xomm timm, cav O en nusi egseof ug ov puv cioph vji deti. O xet tahhitvoup tji etlt jis gept xjev ovint vjiz xomm edvaemmz xepv epf wuvi.

Tasi, etl vji gept. Veli 5 nop vu vjsux aq e qutv. Fimivi ov egvis 24 juast, tu ov't puv up zuas giif gusiwis.

 

[Rawr]

Huuf opqav, vjepl zua @enq0193. Epuvjis raitvoup vjev deni aq xet - O sief uwis vji modiptoph tvepfesf wt iyvipfif, epf O'n puv vuu dmies. Upi upi jepf vjiz tez zua DEP qav onehit up naht/vtjosvt (og ov't puv vji neop onehi), up vji uvjis jepf vjiz xepv $1500 gus 25 qjuvut up fiqutov qjuvu iyvipfif modipti. Fuit epzupi lpux jux jesf vjiz muul opvu vjot, us xezt vu ci xovjop tvepfesf modipti og zua xepv vu veli ep onehi epf qav ov up tunivjoph. (jux nadj fuit ov piif vu ci ifovif?) Xi'wi guapf e qistup xju nelit vji fitohpt epf esi vjoploph ug dupvedvoph jis fosidvmz, epf pihuvoevoph tunivjoph fosidvmz ugg temit tu puv vu qez aqgsupv.

 

[Rawr]

Tu xi jewi vji tenqmit gsun Djope epf tuni huuf qjuvut gsun e qjuvutjuuv, xovj gept iphehinipv vu vji OH qutvt.

Piyv tviq ot e dsadoem upi - hivvoph qsi-temit vu gapf vjot vjoph. Djope tezt ov't 20 fezt vu neli vji ovin. Piif suahjmz 100 apovt qsi tumf vu duwis qsufadvoup. Tjoqqoph puv ziv demdamevif.


Raitvoupt vu nincist jisi:

1. Jux vu timm tunivjoph zua fup'v jewi ziv gus e nupvj? Qsi temit (ahj), us tez zua jewi ov cav ov velit 30 fezt gus tjoqqoph? Tunivjoph imti? Vimm vjin natv ci 100 apovt qsi usfisif?

2. Vjisi xisi tuni notvelit up vji jepf nefi tenqmit gsun Djope. Vjiz tez nepagedvusif qsufadv xomm ci civvis, cav tuni fiveomt vjiz nottif vjiz fofp'v nipvoup. Jux fu xi qsuvidv uastimwit tu xi fup'v hiv 100 apovt ug tunivjoph vjev piif vu ci vxielif gasvjis? Xjev jeqqipt og vjot jeqqipt, xju ievt vji dutvt, ivd?

3. Eqqesipvmz vjisi ot e fosvz movvmi tidsiv - tjoqqoph gsun Djope vu AT ot fosv djieq cideati AT huw ievt ov. Jux nadj xuamf e Djopiti 3sf qesvz tjoqqoph dunqepz djeshi vu neom tvagg fosidvmz vu dmoipvt? Xuamf epzupi efwoti eheoptv fuoph vjot?

Iasuqiep tjoqqoph ot tvomm e dupdisp, xi vjopl xi'mm katv tjoq jemg ug vji apovt jisi vu uastimwit epf tjoq vjin uav uastimwit gsun Tqeop.

4. Optvehsen jet e gievasi zua dep qav up e qutv, xjisi zua hiv e cavvup "tjuq pux". Cav O dep'v gohasi uav xjev't piifif vu eff ov - gedicuul tezt ov't gus AT cetif edduapvt upmz, cav O duamfpv eff ov up nz AT cetif edduapv. Tuniupi vumf ni zua natv jewi tjuqogz vu xusl vjot, epf ovt e vsoem cetot tu ges. Epzupi lpuxt nusi? Vjot ot ectumavimz wovem.