...and it turns out i'll be making 1.000€ (make that $1150) this september.
first goal: lose virginity by end of summer '16 - did it by may
second goal: make 1k a month beeing selfemployed by age 23 - im turning 23 on october 5th. i am not making 1k a month. yet.
so before i start this progress thread a few words about me:
been lurking for a few months and just created an account for this post. looking forward to tons of value to give and receive.
23 years old, male, studying engineering in berlin, germany (anyone here from berlin?)
wanted to be an entrepeneur since i was 16/17 but have always been to afraid to start anything.
this changed around march of this year when i choose to turn an idea of mine into reality by learning to write code and programm my own app.
mindgrowth launched yesterday for ios. feel free to check it out, i'd love some feedback.
this app is completely free and im allready planing the first update. so no monetarisation through this project yet. but maybe in the future, lets see how it sells.
pretty much when i got done with the biggest part of creating the app i found this sheet of paper from spring '16 that had some goals written on to it.
i made some money (over 1k/month) from freelancing this summer but that aint counting.
i got vacation from uni until mid october. so ill make this time count.
so i spend the last week thinking about how i could make 1k in one month (dropshipping, affiliate, coldcalling, etc.) and while taking a piss i looked up and saw the ceiling light of the toilet i was in.
lets build an online store specifying on selling cozy, relaxing, warm lights, really anything that increases cozyness.
action taken so far:
- registeres the domain cozylights.de (cost: 16€/$20 a year. wanted to go for cozylights.com but that domain was $1.500)
- been looking into dropshipping vs. reselling and decided i want to do reselling for the following reasons:
- i ordered 8 different bulbs (2 each), sockets(5) and rope/cable(20m) for 170€ (make that $190). i feel weird and dont really now if that was the best idea but whatever. loosing 170€ doesnt hurt that much. i will sell some of it somehow.
action planned for this weekend:
since i need to wait for product to arrive to take nice pictures ill spend the time with:
- building the onlinestore as far as possible. havent yet decided to got with wordpress + woocommerce (i worked with both before, so i know that stuff) or to go with shopify (web-adress leads to shopify atm. but that can change)
- learn basics about facebook advertising and prepare everything to start ads as soon as procuts can be shipped
action planned for monday until products arrive:
- learn more basics about light, bulbs and all that stuff
- but that knowledge into articles for the website
- google for more sellers and other ways to get cheap products
- in case i decide to go with wordpress: learn basic seo stuff and start working on that.
questions for you guys:
- wordpress + woocommerce or shopify for this project? anybody got experience?
have a great weekend, keep hustling, ill keep you all posted.
great to be here and thank you for any feedback/critique/help/comment
first goal: lose virginity by end of summer '16 - did it by may
second goal: make 1k a month beeing selfemployed by age 23 - im turning 23 on october 5th. i am not making 1k a month. yet.
so before i start this progress thread a few words about me:
been lurking for a few months and just created an account for this post. looking forward to tons of value to give and receive.
23 years old, male, studying engineering in berlin, germany (anyone here from berlin?)
wanted to be an entrepeneur since i was 16/17 but have always been to afraid to start anything.
this changed around march of this year when i choose to turn an idea of mine into reality by learning to write code and programm my own app.
mindgrowth launched yesterday for ios. feel free to check it out, i'd love some feedback.
this app is completely free and im allready planing the first update. so no monetarisation through this project yet. but maybe in the future, lets see how it sells.
pretty much when i got done with the biggest part of creating the app i found this sheet of paper from spring '16 that had some goals written on to it.
i made some money (over 1k/month) from freelancing this summer but that aint counting.
i got vacation from uni until mid october. so ill make this time count.
so i spend the last week thinking about how i could make 1k in one month (dropshipping, affiliate, coldcalling, etc.) and while taking a piss i looked up and saw the ceiling light of the toilet i was in.
lets build an online store specifying on selling cozy, relaxing, warm lights, really anything that increases cozyness.
action taken so far:
- registeres the domain cozylights.de (cost: 16€/$20 a year. wanted to go for cozylights.com but that domain was $1.500)
- been looking into dropshipping vs. reselling and decided i want to do reselling for the following reasons:
-bigger margins
-i feel more in control
-i am slightly overwhelmed by how you start a dropshipping business
- spend today on finding wholesale businesses selling the kind od bulbs and lamps i want to sell. this took around 7 hours and was a pain in the a$$. two possibilities:-i feel more in control
-i am slightly overwhelmed by how you start a dropshipping business
-by though alibaba for cheap prices but wait 20-30 days for products to be delivered
-by from german companies, pay double, delivery in 2-5 days.
i choose the latter since delivery by end of september is simply not possible right now-by from german companies, pay double, delivery in 2-5 days.
- i ordered 8 different bulbs (2 each), sockets(5) and rope/cable(20m) for 170€ (make that $190). i feel weird and dont really now if that was the best idea but whatever. loosing 170€ doesnt hurt that much. i will sell some of it somehow.
action planned for this weekend:
since i need to wait for product to arrive to take nice pictures ill spend the time with:
- building the onlinestore as far as possible. havent yet decided to got with wordpress + woocommerce (i worked with both before, so i know that stuff) or to go with shopify (web-adress leads to shopify atm. but that can change)
- learn basics about facebook advertising and prepare everything to start ads as soon as procuts can be shipped
action planned for monday until products arrive:
- learn more basics about light, bulbs and all that stuff
- but that knowledge into articles for the website
- google for more sellers and other ways to get cheap products
- in case i decide to go with wordpress: learn basic seo stuff and start working on that.
questions for you guys:
- wordpress + woocommerce or shopify for this project? anybody got experience?
have a great weekend, keep hustling, ill keep you all posted.
great to be here and thank you for any feedback/critique/help/comment
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