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  1. SparksCW

    Is there any free e-commerce platform?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    What exactly is "free"? I have two stores on Magento. That's free. Except the high quality Magento specific hosting, £xxxx+ modules required to make it best in industry, numerous £££ to developer, £60 /mo for reviews integration, £30 /mo exit intent etc etc. The list goes on. My third store...
  2. SparksCW

    Taking The Week Off To Work Smarter

    MINDSET 
    As a Fastlaner in training we're all bombarded with content, videos and posts about working hard from various people we no doubt follow on YouTube & Facebook etc. Doing what others won't so we can live like others don't etc. We work all day, and all evening, sometimes into the early hours. We...
  3. SparksCW

    HUSTLE your way up!!! TEENS, no more EXCUSES! EXAMPLE INCLUDED!

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Great post, and this applies to anyone at any age or stage. I've been meaning to get loads of stuff listed but have been putting it off due to working on the business, however you've spurred me on and I've pictured about $600 of stuff to go on eBay tomorrow. I'll get back to the eBay flipping...
  4. SparksCW

    Has anyone in physical product sales actually got a profitable website?

    HOT! 
    Ah sorry I thought you were just trying to work out how the 8M could be made up. My mistake. There's no way of knowing unless you befriend one of the site management team somehow, highly unlikely. We use software to see a competitors keyword rankings, back links etc and can gauge an idea of...
  5. SparksCW

    Has anyone in physical product sales actually got a profitable website?

    HOT! 
    They also own this brand. Battery Manufacturers and Distributors | Enix-Energies.com NX is their own brand also. Which appears to be sold B2B all over the place. Farnell list them (CPC etc.) so there is a lot more to their sales than their own online presence. I wouldn't mind betting they...
  6. SparksCW

    Has anyone in physical product sales actually got a profitable website?

    HOT! 
    They have a massive Amazon UK store. AllBatteries @ Amazon.co.uk:
  7. SparksCW

    My Moleskine Notebook is in the Trash

    HOT! 
    I'm big into technology, I have MacBooks, PC's, iPads, iPhones etc. Love Trello, it's amazing and it's used daily for goals, targets, communication between me and my staff, thoughts, planning, site ideas, everything. But as much as I try to take my iPad etc out with me, it's just hassle. I...
  8. SparksCW

    Has anyone in physical product sales actually got a profitable website?

    HOT! 
    I've just credit checked them and can safely say that they're doing alright. So in that case I would reverse engineer this. Look at everything they sell, do you have the same range? same categories? same solutions Are the prices similar enough? What are they doing online? offline? How can...
  9. SparksCW

    Has anyone in physical product sales actually got a profitable website?

    HOT! 
    It's not a problem. Website prices can be higher thats fine and understandable, however you cross-sell from eBay and Amazon with a discount code that brings it back to a decent price, no eBay fees and no PPC fees. Customer is happy as they get a special code that makes the website prices...
  10. SparksCW

    UNSCRIPTED: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship

    Excellent, hope it's available in the UK from day 1. Would love a paper copy as soon as it's released.
  11. SparksCW

    Has anyone in physical product sales actually got a profitable website?

    HOT! 
    Your website looks really good, clean, easy to use, looks very professional. Is it tied in with eBay and Amazon so all updates on the website affect all channels? all stock managed between sites? I noticed that you have no category descriptions, no content, etc. I can't imagine it's too hard...
  12. SparksCW

    AndyTalks with @srtricky about "Give them what they want. Sell them what they need."

    MARKETING 
    Thanks again Andy, another quality post. "Give them what they want, sell them what they need." This comment alone has just changed all of the pictures and descriptions on some eBay targeted lower-end product bundles I'm working on. Now my products will be completely unique and stand out...
  13. SparksCW

    Implementing fastlane ideas to an old school industry

    IDEA 
    Awesome quote! To the OP... you will never fast lane that business. Ever. Why? Because it sounds like you work for someone else. Someone else who is old skool and doing their thing. That means you'll need to convince them and others to change, they won't see it the same way you do. There...
  14. SparksCW

    You may call me crazy

    EXECUTION 
    Sounds like you're very busy! I have plenty of ideas but just keep digging deeper in my existing niches. Making the sites better, stronger and more stabile whilst increasing sales. Might write a short e-book to help others with what I've learnt, if I started my e-commerce journey with the...
  15. SparksCW

    Freedom as an entrepreneur (Amusing PM w/Freelancer)

    MINDSET 
    Love this. This is literally life summed in in one sentence.
  16. SparksCW

    Freedom as an entrepreneur (Amusing PM w/Freelancer)

    MINDSET 
    Great post but here's something really important.... When you quit the "job" and become "free" then your "boss" = your customers and gaining them is solely down to you. (even when you have a team, you're in charge). Be it customers, sales, referrals, YouTube views.. money comes solely from...
  17. SparksCW

    E-commerce Lessons Learned

    Still learning but. 1. Sell something your customers can't easily buy from within a 5 mile radius of their home. If they can, you better have a bloody good reason why they should buy it from you instead. 2. The devil is in the detail. Every page, product, meta tag, image description must be...
  18. SparksCW

    Made a slow lane mistake, what now?

    What are you trying to achieve? £450 at 5% over 30 years is less than £2000 and that's assuming you can achieve 5% Just cash it out and invest it in something that might actually make you some money. Look at starting a business, or putting that into books/courses that will teach you better...
  19. SparksCW

    Perfectionism vs. Shooting From the Hip in Business

    Tough question! I would suggest having a decent platform to start from, but maybe not perfect from the start as perfection is really an evolution. And as evolution is always evolving perfection is never truly achieved for long. Going in un prepared in anything is a bad idea. So you must have...
  20. SparksCW

    Where to go with idea to make weapons safer for law enforcement?

    IDEA 
    I'm sure you don't want to give the idea away, but what sort of product is it, it might help people point you in the right direction as you'd need to speak to very different people depending on what it is. Is it electronics? or is it a plastic/metal item? or an information product? do you need...

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