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  1. i_like_quinoa

    What have you learned this year? (Updated: 2024)

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    What I learned in 2024: Do not give up. It's really obvious but I think I started to know what this really means to me, having tried and stopped and tried again for several years. I only started getting consistent results, when I kept at it. Make business decisons that also alleviate your...
  2. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

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    I also made a gmail add on for myself which uses AI to draft automatic customer email replies. I got irritated by constantly moving back and forth between windows and resetting prompts. So just figured I'd make one myself. so that was pretty cool
  3. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

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    You are correct in that the barrier to entry is low. With a low barrier to entry, there's also a lot of trash, poorly made stores and boring / standard products. So I have addressed that by building a branded store with unique products, which is relatively difficult to find.
  4. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    okay an update. I am actually profitable now. i am regularly making like $20-30 profit a day, which is pretty solid. i havent been in this log because i was just too busy with focusing on dropshiping. But I can make a quick summary of what I have learnt or done since my last post: Fixed my...
  5. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

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    In the negative by a approx 200-300 with a handful of sales. I am glad I am making sales but I'd obviously like to be profitable. I have 50 subscribers to my journal now. It's just posting on forums and whatever.
  6. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

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    GOT MY FIRST SALE TODAY! pretty stoked tbh. anyways, moving on and hoping I can get sale no.2 soon.
  7. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

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    Also, it's been exactly a month since I launched my journal / newsletter and I have gained 20 or so subscribers, which is not bad. I probably would've preferred double that but that's okay. I am sure there will be big weeks and small weeks scattered along the way.
  8. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Update: So it's been 3 days since my last update and my impressions has just hit 10 fold, so looking at 1000's, which is good. This tells me either 2 things - a) my product title optimisation has worked and is capturing more impressions and / or b) Google needed some time to put my products...
  9. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

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    Update: Launched yesterday on Google ads. not much traction so far - had to improve product titles to increase the impressions because I jumped the gun initially. I realised my impressions were too low (even if it was first day). So updated the product titles and was able to double my...
  10. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Also Newsletter / Journal is at 20 followers now :)
  11. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

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    Update: MY GMC HAS BEEN APPROVED!!!!!?????? This was 5 months of work. Hopefully, it doesn't change. I have also been getting DM's on reddit for people asking me questions about ecomm, which is nice because i guess it means I am providing some sort of value even though I am not an expert and I...
  12. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Update: Starting to build my shopify store. It should be a breeze. What's not a breeze is picking a brand name that fits an identity and making sure it has ".com" available. Product Research is continuing. I am jealous of those that can read english and mandarin. There's some great products on...
  13. i_like_quinoa

    Marketing & Selling on Reddit? (Without Pissing People Off)

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    That's really impressive. I can only get like 10 at a time, even though I get 30 upvotes on a post. How did you introduce the link? Was it like a reply to a top comment?
  14. i_like_quinoa

    Marketing & Selling on Reddit? (Without Pissing People Off)

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    Given reddit is community driven, you could just continue to build a loyal and engaging relationship with your community and add them to various aspects of your funnel (ie. newsletter, email lists) and keep building that relationship with the occasional pitch. People (including myself as a...
  15. i_like_quinoa

    Marketing & Selling on Reddit? (Without Pissing People Off)

    MARKETING 
    This was a really great thread to read. I have been using reddit to grow my newsletter on a new reddit account and it has worked reasonably well. I had to be really careful reading the subreddit rules and just made valuable posts and at the end, I would say something like "follow my journey...
  16. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    There's a lot, but I'll start with those that come to my head: Let your winners continue to run. No need to pause ad to improve content or scale. Invest in product photography soon as you see a winner Test products that are highly abundant in variations and designs, and that the supplying...
  17. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Update: Continuing Product research. I am hoping to have a list of 250+ products to test. No luck with GMC atm. I am also growing my newsletter, which I am framing as a journal for the above journey. Hopefully, it can pay off long term. Currently 12 subscribers atm.
  18. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

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    it really depends. On Ali Express, you don't really need permission. But on any other platforms like Etsy or your local manufacturers, it's good to ask for permission. I have done it on Etsy and they're pretty chill - provided you that clearly highlight how it benefits them (e.g. $$$$$$).
  19. i_like_quinoa

    How would you grow a loyal following for your newsletter?

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    Thats a really good vid. But I think I will be going one step further and just post status updates as a way to passively grow my brand and ALSO do the work, which is where most of my brainpower will go. The brand stuff isn't a priority.
  20. i_like_quinoa

    Watch me go from $3.50 to $1K per month

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    A pretty ambitious and silly goal, but f**k it - I am going to go for it. I am going to see if I can build a consistent dropshipping store that brings me $1K per month in profit. I have tried dropshipping before with various levels of success and failure. The difference this time? No...

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