Shopify case study - importing glasses made $2400

[sWALK90]

Just a good article i found on shopify for those that want to import and start a store....this is a good break down on what to do...

Imported Gaming Glasses With Alibaba and Made $2,416.51

Link: https://www.shopify.com/blog/75644165-how-i-imported-gaming-glasses-with-alibaba-and-made-2-416-51-in-5-weeks

 

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[The-J]

@Phones

Treating it like a real business will net you far more than $2400 a month

 

[JokerCrazyBeatz]

Exactly what i was looking for

 

[JDx]

Perfectly documented. Thank you for sharing.

 

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[Awaken]

This is as close as it gets to a step-by-step guide for anyone trying his luck with shopify/ordering from alibaba.
Awesome find!

 

[ZCP]

Those needing a 'step by step' no longer have an excuse.

 

[Tapp001]

I'm getting the feeling that number of extra services this guy used are not strictly necessary, and that this article is stuffed to the brim with affiliate links. Not that this devalues the basic content, which is pretty awesome.

 

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[sWALK90]

@Phones

Treating it like a real business will net you far more than $2400 a month

exactly... it didn't seem like he was really trying ..he just threw this together in 5 weeks and quit.

 

[SenGracic]

Amazing post ! Thanks.

 

[sWALK90]

Those needing a 'step by step' no longer have an excuse.

Nah they will be like ,what shopify plan he used?
Who did he ship with?
What time did he wake up in the morning?
Who was he banking with?

lol people waste all their time on the wrong things and never make any progress....

 

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[Posiedon]

Amazing post. Though I have no intentions currently of doing any importing business this post contains a wealth of information which can be applied elsewhere in different forms. Thanks for sharing!

 

[eTox]

This is at such a perfect time.

However,

I cant do it. Im not in the States or Canada atm.

LOLz




THIS SHOULD BE MARKED GOLD!!!

 

[Awaken]

exactly... it didn't seem like he was really trying ..he just threw this together in 5 weeks and quit.

As this was just a casestudy, I think the purpose was to show how "easy" it is to get your first sales within a couple of weeks from scratch.
They even raffled the business off afterwards, some young girl from Vancouver won it I think!

 

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[sWALK90]

I'm getting the feeling that number of extra services this guy used are not strictly necessary, and that this article is stuffed to the brim with affiliate links. Not that this devalues the basic content, which is pretty awesome.

Well the links were links to the actually sites and not so much affiliate links, i looked at them all...i wouldn't of posted it if it was lol but yes some of the stuff was extra

 

[eTox]

Well the links were links to the actually sites and not so much affiliate links, i looked at them all...i wouldn't of posted it if it was lol but yes some of the stuff was extra

I think you did an amazing job! Thank you for sharing it, I was looking exactly for it, and there is so much actionable info there too.

 

[BellaPippin]

Just read that yesterday, I had seen the matcha one they did before and this one is even more detailed. Very good read. Makes me feel that "how come it looks so easy, I haven't got any sales yet!" kinda feeling but my experiment right now doesn't have the branding to start with, since the product isn't that good to start with. Comparing this I like how he came up with a different audience for an existing product and found a way of marketing it to a specific niche. I need to get more creative!

 

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[GregK]

Great find, thanks for sharing. So much potential and opportunity. Just gotta sit down, focus, and keep tweaking!

 

[sWALK90]

Amazing post. Though I have no intentions currently of doing any importing business this post contains a wealth of information which can be applied elsewhere in different forms. Thanks for sharing!

no prob

 

[Carnage]

$344 of that was profit. Doesn't seem like much, but it is actually great for first month getting everything set up.

 

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[sWALK90]

Just read that yesterday, I had seen the matcha one they did before and this one is even more detailed. Very good read. Makes me feel that "how come it looks so easy, I haven't got any sales yet!" kinda feeling but my experiment right now doesn't have the branding to start with, since the product isn't that good to start with. Comparing this I like how he came up with a different audience for an existing product and found a way of marketing it to a specific niche. I need to get more creative!

Find different groups and try to figure out how they can benefit from it .

 

[WebWizards]

Thanks for sharing

 

[sWALK90]

$344 of that was profit. Doesn't seem like much, but it is actually great for first month getting everything set up.

Yea once you throw social networks ,fine tune advertising and build a good name for your self..it could make 30 times that...off some glasses lol..

Just shows you can sell almost anything if its done right..

 

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[Insaint]

This type of glasses has been marketed to gamers for at least 1-2 years, just search for 'Gunnar' on Amazon. So this is not about finding a different audience for an existing product, this is about execution. There are still tons of people within the existing audience that have never heard of established products like this. Reach them with a nice product and you will do very well for yourself.

It makes me wonder why the guys doing these case studies are still working at Shopify.

 

[samsara]

This:

So this is not about finding a different audience for an existing product, this is about execution.

 

[KLaw]

Thanks for sharing. I'm curious what some of the others think about this article. @Walter Hay @Vigilante etc.. donation coming ur way. Thanks again.

 

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[AllenCrawley]

Thanks for sharing

Use the "Like/Thanks" button.

 

[AllenCrawley]

Thanks for sharing. I'm curious what some of the others think about this article. @Walter Hay @Vigilante etc.. donation coming ur way. Thanks again.

Hmmm... what does their opinion on this matter? It's a case study with step by step instructions. You don't need them to validate the idea. It's been proven via execution.

 

[KLaw]

Hmmm... what does their opinion on this matter? It's a case study with step by step instructions. You don't need them to validate the idea. It's been proven via execution.

Who said anything about validation? I am simply curious about their thoughts about the article and process. The guy in the article did it one time. They've done it 100s of times. I respect their proven experience.

 

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[sWALK90]

lol ,sure the guy knows what he is doing being that he is on the content team of shopify...i mean he writes about this daily being that it is his job ...

 

[Sanj Modha]

There's another post about Green Tea. Well worth the read.

I've seen Corey post a few times in FB groups. He runs a lot more than this.