You seem distracted by 'shiny object syndrome'.
I've never run the numbers on eCommerce, as its not my jam, but it appears 3 out of 5 post on this forum reference it. That's a lot of competition, just on this forum, let alone the rest of the internet.
What makes you think you can get into this space to do it better / add more value than everyone else?
I've got a mate with a business cleaning garbage bins... from the outside looking in, its a terrible business, smelly, menial work, until I watched him clean mine the other day.
One truck, a pressure cleaner and 5 minutes work = $8. I still thought to myself, that's a crappy job, I wouldn't do it.
Then I saw him drive 20 metres down the street, 5 minutes work = $8... i watched him for about 30 minutes, following a the bin truck around, making about $100 an hour.
Last time i spoke to him, he had two new trucks each with new employees making $30 an hour each, as he stayed home doing the books, and scaling his business out.
Long story short, if I were you, I'd stay in the gutter cleaning business and figure out how to scale it out. Factoring in peoples inherent laziness, lack of equipment (ladders), lack of time, and fear of heights, there's a captive market there.
I've never run the numbers on eCommerce, as its not my jam, but it appears 3 out of 5 post on this forum reference it. That's a lot of competition, just on this forum, let alone the rest of the internet.
What makes you think you can get into this space to do it better / add more value than everyone else?
I've got a mate with a business cleaning garbage bins... from the outside looking in, its a terrible business, smelly, menial work, until I watched him clean mine the other day.
One truck, a pressure cleaner and 5 minutes work = $8. I still thought to myself, that's a crappy job, I wouldn't do it.
Then I saw him drive 20 metres down the street, 5 minutes work = $8... i watched him for about 30 minutes, following a the bin truck around, making about $100 an hour.
Last time i spoke to him, he had two new trucks each with new employees making $30 an hour each, as he stayed home doing the books, and scaling his business out.
Long story short, if I were you, I'd stay in the gutter cleaning business and figure out how to scale it out. Factoring in peoples inherent laziness, lack of equipment (ladders), lack of time, and fear of heights, there's a captive market there.
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