After failing for years, I did it. My store is 9 days old w/ $18,631.19 in sales & a 62.57% profit margin

[ms4runr2]

@joy1991 Congratulations!

 

[joy1991]

@ms4runr2 Thank you : )

 

[ms4runr2]

@joy1991 I especially liked your comment about "Gurus", there are too many people who fall for them and never realize what a waste of time they are.

 

[joy1991]

@ms4runr2 Amen

 

[farout]

@joy1991 That is a great struggle to success story.

 

[joy1991]

@farout Thank you for your kind words : )

 

[deficitdemolition]

@joy1991 Will you post updates on how this evolves? Great job so far!

 

[joy1991]

@deficitdemolition Yes : )

 

[ahdongliew]

@joy1991 Congrats, it's great to hear you're doing well. Can I ask if you sell your product on your own website or through places like eBay, Amazon etc

 

[joy1991]

@ahdongliew My own website. It’s a Shopify store

 

[lepomis]

@joy1991 What’s your store?

 

[joy1991]

@lepomis I’m keeping that private. There are a lot of sharks on this subreddit : )

 

[newmove]

@joy1991 Where's the sweaty part?

 

[joy1991]

@newmove I guess I consider eCom where you ship and store your own product, don’t have a get rich quick type of mindset and rely on sweaty marketing tactics kind do sweaty

 

[alex0909]

@joy1991 This isn’t a sweaty startup though surely?

 

[joy1991]

@alex0909 I guess I consider non-get rich quick Econ stores based on sweaty startup marketing tactics kind of sweaty : )

 

[angeluna]

@joy1991 Did you have to patent your product?

 

[joy1991]

@angeluna No.

I couldn’t get a utility patent. I didn’t innovate enough.

A design patent wouldn’t really protect against anything other than somebody trying to EXACTLY copy me.

I do have a trademark though for my brand name

 

[clh72481]

@joy1991 So happy to hear! This is my first time on reddit I was looking for insight into making an online store and this is really inspiring. I have been selling on eBay for about 8 years and I really want to jave my own store and it’s something I love so I started up a Shopify and nothing is happening I paid for ads and I constantly find myself confused on what the heck I’m actually doing. Do you think I should hire someone to help me?

 

[joy1991]

@clh72481 I don’t have any experience hiring people to help with things like this.

I’d work on figuring out what isn’t working. E.x. Is it your product? Is it your marking? I think the struggle to find the solution is where the value is : )