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Good luck man.
Good luck man.
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.That is legal? For example- I can take say Dial soap and call it say CLEAN soap and sell it? That makes no sense at all. It sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.
No ... There are manufacturers that create products for multiple vendors (e.g. Dial, Dove, Zest, etc.), you can buy some of the same variations from these manufacturers and brand them as your own. Here is an example www.twincraft.com
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I don't have time to read the other replies, but I suggest you reread this 100 times. Maybe read the lyrics to the Beatles Revolution.The world needs ditch diggers also.
I don't have time to read the other replies, but I suggest you reread this 100 times. Maybe read the lyrics to the Beatles Revolution.
My point is just start doing something. Start mowing lawns, washing windows, fixing cars. Actual actions lead to actual ideas.
Move. Stop stopping.
No small business can't scale. Paul Mitchell did not build an empire out of $700. You have to wait until you find the 1 billion dollar market before you try anything. I am giving up on my product because it has been done before and I can't improve on it.I had a small lawn care business at age 12 lol, washed cars ect. Also, I work in management in a corporate bank. The hours will not work and theres no reason to make them work. These kind of small business's cant really be scaled and there is almost no barrier to entry. Maybe you should take some time to read the book again before giving advice or making stupid remarks...
No small business can't scale. Paul Mitchell did not build an empire out of $700. You have to wait until you find the 1 billion dollar market before you try anything. I am giving up on my product because it has been done before and I can't improve on it.
No small business can't scale. Paul Mitchell did not build an empire out of $700. You have to wait until you find the 1 billion dollar market before you try anything. I am giving up on my product because it has been done before and I can't improve on it.
These kind of small business's cant really be scaled and there is almost no barrier to entry.
I had a small lawn care business at age 12 lol, washed cars ect. Also, I work in management in a corporate bank. The hours will not work and theres no reason to make them work. These kind of small business's cant really be scaled and there is almost no barrier to entry.
Did you ever think that the barrier to entry is not an event? It is a PROCESS. I think that has been mentioned once or twice around here...I think..That is the real problem though. There is no longer a barrier to entry anymore so that goes against one of the lesson in the book. That is why I am asking for someones personal experience. If the market is flooded with crappy Ecom stores it might not be the way to go anymore because even if you were to find a killer niche and product to sell someone else will just come in right behind you and put up the same store in hours. They can undercut prices and kill any margins at any time... That is a problem.
I had a small lawn care business at age 12 lol, washed cars ect. Also, I work in management in a corporate bank. The hours will not work and theres no reason to make them work. These kind of small business's cant really be scaled and there is almost no barrier to entry. Maybe you should take some time to read the book again before giving advice or making stupid remarks...
That is the real problem though. There is no longer a barrier to entry anymore so that goes against one of the lesson in the book. That is why I am asking for someones personal experience. If the market is flooded with crappy Ecom stores it might not be the way to go anymore because even if you were to find a killer niche and product to sell someone else will just come in right behind you and put up the same store in hours. They can undercut prices and kill any margins at any time... That is a problem.
Also, regarding drop-shipping, unless you get companies to drop-ship exclusively for you (which is difficult, but you might have better luck trying to convince local retailers to ship for you, rather than using one of those large warehouse drop-shippers).
If there are other sites selling the same product(s) as you, you have very little to compete on other than price.
I ran a dropshipping website for a while a few years back (the site was called Alpine Camping Supply - I ended up selling it for a small amount of cash to recoupe some costs, and it's since been shut down), and other sites buying products from the same dropshippers were literally selling products for only pennies more than what the dropshippper charged. Tough to compete with that.
that's completely false. eCommerce is thriving more then anything right now. the problem isn't with eCommerce but with the products people try to sell on their eCommerce websites. most of the time the products are extremely generic and can easily be found else were by others. it all depends on what industry your trying to go into. me personally i'm in the athletic footwear industry. billion dollar industry and it's something that amazon can't just sell on their site and offer a cheaper price because it's a lot more difficult and the entry barrier is a lot higher as well. if your trying to sell using eCommerce make sure its something unique as well as very niche. the higher to entry barrier is for your eCommerce is the more likely you are to succeed in your endeavor.Regarding your statement about eCommerce being a thing of the past - it's completely true that competing with Amazon is incredibly difficult. Most small eCommerce sites that are successful sell their own products.
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