First Business Venture, was a bust but I know what I got myself into!

[RayanMargham]

I decided F*** it and I went ahead and started a dropshipping business not for profit but rather experience. I knew I was throwing money down the drain on this venture but the experience value it provides me is more then enough for me to do it anyway. So here's what I did.

I began searching for products online, I wasn't looking for a problem to solve here and instead sold an oversaturated item like this weird looking dragon lighter thing, which is idiotic mistake #1.

With this item I created a store on Shopify (idiotic mistake #2 by the way as it breaks CONTROL) and spent a 1$ for the full version to start selling, I setup the store and I created an organic TikTok video to advertise the product, it got 10 likes but no further engagement.

So I went ahead and spent 20$ on a TikTok ad to advertise it, The ad was aimed at a really specific group of people that's really controversial (idiot mistake #3 as this was asking to get wiped off the planet by these companies since I broke CONTROL). The ad did okay, it got clicks on the website.



Now here's the big question, did I get any sales? drum roll please........ a big fat NOPE! there were only a handful of people who put the item in their carts and then after looking at the fact that I only supported PayPal (idiotic mistake #4) they all just abandoned purchasing it.



Now what's the purpose of this post you may ask? Well it's to show what NOT to do when starting a business of any kind, The Product didn't solve a problem nor provided any value at all, the market was oversaturated to bits, I broke CONTROL, I aimed to advertise involving a really controversial topic annnnd I only supported PayPal.

I hope this post gives some insight as it gave me, I have no regrets.

 

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[Spenny]

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[RayanMargham]

Vu ci cmapv, Puv ipvosimz tasi, O'n nutv molimz huoph vu vsz fuoph vjot fsuqtjoqqoph catopitt nufim eheop xovj vji vjopht O miespif upi metv voni xjodj'mm nutv molimz geom cav O'n iyqidvoph vjev. Vjip O'mm tii gsun vjisi

 

[Spenny]

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[DCG]

O fidofif G*** ov epf O xipv ejief epf tvesvif e fsuqtjoqqoph catopitt puv gus qsugov cav sevjis iyqisoipdi. O lpix O xet vjsuxoph nupiz fuxp vji fseop up vjot wipvasi cav vji iyqisoipdi wemai ov qsuwofit ni ot nusi vjip ipuahj gus ni vu fu ov epzxez. Tu jisi't xjev O fof.

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Pux jisi't vji coh raitvoup, fof O hiv epz temit? fsan summ qmieti........ e coh gev PUQI! vjisi xisi upmz e jepfgam ug qiuqmi xju qav vji ovin op vjios desvt epf vjip egvis muuloph ev vji gedv vjev O upmz taqqusvif QezQem (ofouvod notveli #4) vjiz emm katv ecepfupif qasdjetoph ov.

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Pux xjev't vji qasquti ug vjot qutv zua nez etl? Ximm ov't vu tjux xjev PUV vu fu xjip tvesvoph e catopitt ug epz lopf, Vji Qsufadv fofp'v tumwi e qsucmin pus qsuwofif epz wemai ev emm, vji nesliv xet uwistevasevif vu covt, O csuli DUPVSUM, O eonif vu efwisvoti opwumwoph e siemmz dupvsuwistoem vuqod eppppf O upmz taqqusvif QezQem.

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Vu ci cmapv, Puv ipvosimz tasi, O'n nutv molimz huoph vu vsz fuoph vjot fsuqtjoqqoph catopitt nufim eheop xovj vji vjopht O miespif upi metv voni xjodj'mm nutv molimz geom cav O'n iyqidvoph vjev. Vjip O'mm tii gsun vjisi

Katv liiq vszoph, emm zua piif ot upi vjoph vjev quqt ugg, vjevt jux zua lpux vjev zua taddifif

 

[Fastlane Liam]

Jiz qsivvz nadj hupi vjsuahj vji iyedv teni tviqt et zua. Xjevt vji piyv ofie?

 

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[sanas915]

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[terros]

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