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  1. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I am considerably more expensive than eBay but try to stay cheaper than Amazon. At this point I don't care who else is selling similar products or niches. Most every product is for sale somewhere else but people don't just buy a product on price alone. Having their product ship from the US...
  2. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Nope
  3. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I've been waiting n vacation the last 3 weeks. Selling on your own site vs eBay/Amazon are two totally different animals. Selling on eBay/Amazon it is oftentimes a race to the bottom. On your own site you can sell those high competition products and...
  4. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Only way to know is test. Start your bids at .05-.10 a click and see what happens. Be sure to set up Google Shopping as well since your cost per conversions will normally be lower on shopping.
  5. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I use a shipping platform called shipping easy. I can ship at the same cost as buying labels from eBay/Amazon.
  6. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    In regards to selling fidget spinners yes it's a bad idea but not because the cpc is way up but because I don't do fad products. If you want to ride fad waves then you can certainly do so but the money you make will be entirely dependent on how close the fad is to the end when you get off...
  7. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    I basically just googled best way to set up Adwords. Read some articles from different places. As I came across something I didn't know how to do (remarketing for search campaigns for example) I would just google how to set it up. I would google conversion optimization tips for my site. I would...
  8. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    If you have sold online before or are willing to learn while providing good customer service than yes Amazon is king right now and you can totally kill it just selling on there. If you are just going to dabble in selling online then learning the ropes is better on eBay IMO. I don't sell...
  9. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    I handle my own PPC. I do minor tweaking once a week and on a larger scale once a month. I also use a program called ad hawk that does some of the more tedious optimization. It costs $400 a month and they send you optimization tips via their app. You either accept or reject the tip and it...
  10. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

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    Self fulfill from my own warehouse. I started out of my house/garage and went to a warehouse as needed. I did all the fulfillment myself up until a month ago when I hired an employee to do it. I have products that range in size from fitting into a usps cardboard envelope and boxes 16x12x12.
  11. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    As of what I would personally do now I'm just starting up websites. I have a few years of marketing/PPC experience under my belt so if you know nothing of that selling on eBay certainly isn't a bad place to start since they bring all the customers to you. 1. eBay competition doesn't matter to...
  12. Ecom man

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Just a quick update/ word of advice from my personal experience. Don't wait to hire! I waited to hire my first employee as long as possible until I literally couldn't handle the work anymore. Things were going undone and it was costing me money (wasted 45k in ad spend on Bing because their...
  13. Ecom man

    First True Venture into Importing & Growing a Business

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    Still using mainly Adwords and Bing a little. (Bing doesn't get near the search volume of Google) Products from the trade show are getting there. Have one new website up and running and bringing in about $100 a day in sales so far. Second site is in the works but I'm taking a vacation for the...
  14. Ecom man

    First True Venture into Importing & Growing a Business

    SOURCING EXECUTION 
    If you can ship it yourself and save $6-7 per item I would considering doing that for sales outside of Amazon. (At least at the beginning) Using FBA and having it ship from Amazon's warehouse is a huge boost when selling on Amazon but for sales on your own site self fulfillment would double...
  15. Ecom man

    First True Venture into Importing & Growing a Business

    SOURCING EXECUTION 
    Not a fan of the margins at all. I regularly spend 15-20% of my sales cost in ad spend. If your margin are only 20% it will basically prevent you from using Adwords unless your cost per conversion is amazingly low. Just curious... what is the size of the item?
  16. Ecom man

    Conversion Rate Tool for Adwords

    MARKETING 
    I don't understand what this tool does. It makes assumptions about conversion rates. It makes assumptions on your average CPC. Both assumptions are not going to be accurate so the end multiplication will be wrong as well. It just seems like a glorified calculator, $1 per click times 20 clicks...
  17. Ecom man

    PinBotAI - An intelligent Pinterest automation tool

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    Hey healzer, I would be interested in taking you up on the review offer if you have one left. I've had a Pinterest page set up for about a year but currently only have 700 followers. Sounds like a really useful tool to get followers up and thereby free traffic.
  18. Ecom man

    AdWords: Offense or Defense?

    MARKETING 
    Are the cards in google shopping? For the search term "Mother's Day cards" the only ads at the top of the page are google shopping so that could be the reason why you aren't getting any clicks. Have you done keyword research to see what additional keywords to add? Long tail, variations, etc...
  19. Ecom man

    Millennials

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    First Off, loved the video! It cracked me up! Now to the seriousness that this thread has become... I am of millennial age but can't stand 90%+ of my generation. I don't care what excuse you give for why you are the way you are. You are now an adult and there is only one person who can change...
  20. Ecom man

    AdWords: Offense or Defense?

    MARKETING 
    What match type are you using? If using broad I would recommend getting rid of them and using either exact, phrase or broad match modifier.

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