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Hi everyone, nice to meet you all! I'm Dawn, and I literally finished reading TMF *this morning* but oh my god it completely cracked open my perspective on my business, and made me realise how seriously I need to get in the fastlane
A little background (I'm not sure how much is appropriate to share here? Please let me know if I can give more information)
I design cute gift merchandise/stationery on a small scale which I sell through Etsy, using Instagram to build my following and drive sales. I've been in business for almost 6 months and have had reasonable success, with about 500 sales (all direct) and made about £3,500 profit with zero initial capital (I walked out of my job with no savings, not the best starting point but I made it work!). Most profits I've been recycling back into the business to expand my product range.
Now that I have some inventory, a decent fan base & know there is demand for my products, I am looking at the wholesale route (thank you @Scot for a great thread I read earlier!) Plus seeking other ways to scale the business & grow my brand big, definitely internationally. Getting wholesale down is my first priority, but potentially also licensing in the future.
As I said, until finishing TMF today I didn't realise how small I'd been playing & I'm ready to smash 2019! I'd love everyone's advice, feedback, suggestions etc and I'm so excited to have discovered this forum
A little background (I'm not sure how much is appropriate to share here? Please let me know if I can give more information)
I design cute gift merchandise/stationery on a small scale which I sell through Etsy, using Instagram to build my following and drive sales. I've been in business for almost 6 months and have had reasonable success, with about 500 sales (all direct) and made about £3,500 profit with zero initial capital (I walked out of my job with no savings, not the best starting point but I made it work!). Most profits I've been recycling back into the business to expand my product range.
Now that I have some inventory, a decent fan base & know there is demand for my products, I am looking at the wholesale route (thank you @Scot for a great thread I read earlier!) Plus seeking other ways to scale the business & grow my brand big, definitely internationally. Getting wholesale down is my first priority, but potentially also licensing in the future.
As I said, until finishing TMF today I didn't realise how small I'd been playing & I'm ready to smash 2019! I'd love everyone's advice, feedback, suggestions etc and I'm so excited to have discovered this forum
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