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  1. SparksCW

    Selling unprofitable business

    I'm surprised it's not done that well, site looks okay and the product is cool (assuming there's not 100 other people with the same designs I guess) maybe coders don't like to impulsively buy t-shirts. Personally I'd say if I had the choice between trying to sell a business with no inventory...
  2. SparksCW

    From Hustle Burnout to Working 10hrs/week and Loving Life

    Interesting topic, resonates strongly. I feel like I work way more than I need to if i just tasked my team better and worked more efficiently myself. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about “lifestyle design” and have made steps to reduce/remove any work we do that requires me. Instead we’ll...
  3. SparksCW

    Why the Pareto "Tree" Principle is responsible for your business success (or failure)

    Great post and also weird as I was thinking similar today whilst following an ice cream truck home from the office. I noticed that it was a bit old and beat up. It wasn’t perfect, wasn’t flashy. But when he parks up at the beach and plays the tune the cash register starts ringing. Made me...
  4. SparksCW

    Unique E-Commerce Service - What do you think?

    I think he meant images in general usually suck, not yours. But he's onto something with the lifestyle images! This is a big problem for us. Imagine you do a 3D model of a television, great.. But if you could do a lifestyle version of that TV in a nice living room? that's an upsell...
  5. SparksCW

    Unique E-Commerce Service - What do you think?

    I checked the quote calculator out as well, really good..! Only thing I'd say now is I've got my price and I can put my details in, but then what? Are you going to email me asking for pictures? are you going to email me a copy of the quote? is the "final" quote going to differ to this price...
  6. SparksCW

    Unique E-Commerce Service - What do you think?

    Nice one, you don't hang about. Some good changes! I'd suggest changing "Our Process" to "How It Works" and put it as a top level category. On the how it works page either add one step to the process before the others which is along the lines of "send us some mobile phone pictures of your...
  7. SparksCW

    Unique E-Commerce Service - What do you think?

    People don't like waiting and they don't like putting details in without knowing roughly what it's going to cost. Plus if you really want to scale it then you need to find a way to productise it. What's your process to create the quote? Can you automate it? Can you create tiers? possibly if...
  8. SparksCW

    Unique E-Commerce Service - What do you think?

    It's probably worth a page on your site then just to make it clear. "Ultimate Guide To Displaying 360 Degree Product Images On Your eCommerce Website" that should eventually rank quite well for people looking for 360 degree product images too.. Can you speak to all the existing plug in...
  9. SparksCW

    Unique E-Commerce Service - What do you think?

    How about starting an affiliate scheme where you give X percent per order away to people who promote it for you? There are quite a few ecommerce, business etc blogs, it's a pretty unique and interesting concept so any blogger gets a win win with interesting content + potential affiliate...
  10. SparksCW

    Unique E-Commerce Service - What do you think?

    I think you should have plug ins made for woocommerce, magento, shopify etc... if its just a HTML viewer then it should be pretty easy but then you can target people per platform and it looks like it's a whole lot easier. Give the plug in away for free so they can easily display the 3D pictures...
  11. SparksCW

    Unique E-Commerce Service - What do you think?

    When I read your post I was a but dubious, but looking at your site it looks pretty realistic. My questions (as an ecom retailer) would be do i need a plug in / coding to display them on my website (if so will you make plugins/apps for the top platforms?) Will you do bulk discounts for...
  12. SparksCW

    $5000 to $30,000 per month - eCommerce Progress

    EXECUTION 
    Normally I would say that the problem is money and resources. But actually it's "Audience / Traffic", we have low traffic and no real audience (on our main brand, our sub-brand is doing much better and makes up most of our current revenues) - it does take money and resources to build that, but...
  13. SparksCW

    $5000 to $30,000 per month - eCommerce Progress

    EXECUTION 
    I can't believe it's nearly been a year since I last updated this thread despite being relatively active on here. We are still not in the big leagues, our best month has been $101,000 revenue which was nearly a year ago. However the past 4-5 months we've been making more profit from a lower...
  14. SparksCW

    What Do Productive People Do?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    Productive people delegate. Something that really helps me, but I don't actually do it regularly enough (habit!) is to start the day by planning the day, rather than diving right in. Certainly not a new idea, but I find if I plan my day before starting then I get more done. I also agree with...
  15. SparksCW

    Can I succeed as a tech blogger?

    Before doing anything you need to clear up with your employer exactly where your blog and posts come into this. You might find that there is a stipulation in your contract that says anything you create or invent whilst in their employment belongs to them, this makes your blog a very grey area...
  16. SparksCW

    Firing brother and manager over email/text

    PEOPLE 
    I would suggest firing the manager first. Deal with one thing at a time. If your brother and the manager are bouncing off each other than removing one of them might improve the situation enough for it to be handled better. Sometime tells me he won’t take too well to being “sacked” and if he...
  17. SparksCW

    Mixing Direct Sales & Affiliate Sales On One E-Com Site?

    Has anyone ever created an e-commerce store but mixed directly fulfilled products with affiliate links to Amazon? Let me set the scene in the way of a made up story: Mr Drone has an ecommerce store about drones, however he's quite a small company and can only really get some of the less...
  18. SparksCW

    How To Build An E-Commerce Business Without eBay or Amazon. [Blueprint]

    EXECUTION 
    There’s a lot of talk about eBay & Amazon businesses and the true risk associated when you sell products from other brand(s). I’ve seen first hand how eBay & Amazon sales can change drastically and we’ve been working hard to safeguard our business from online business from competition. Whilst...
  19. SparksCW

    SaaS Affiliate Scheme Advice

    SAAS / APPS 
    After a few months of hard work we've finally soft-launched our app. It's fully functional, works well, the sales site is done so we are ready to start getting users. Our strategy is to use strategic partnerships in our industry to help advertise the app. We've spoken to some top players and...
  20. SparksCW

    Making an app

    Apps are a great fastlane business, there are thousands of apps out there, a lot doing the same thing, a lot fail, some succeed. Same for any business though so don't let anyone put you off. I think the problem is a lot of developers know how to code, so they make apps that they think people...

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