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Slightly off-topic, but any personal experiences on how to get involved in the ecom space? Or if you can point me to any online forums, that would also be appre

Slightly off-topic, but any personal experiences on how to get involved in the ecom space? Or if you can point me to any online forums, that would also be appreciated. I'm aware of ecom-reddit. I'd love to hear stories on running a online store, consulting in the space or building software around the platforms (like Shopify).

treyfitty 6y ago
I own a small e-commerce brand for men’s skincare. Getting the store up and running from a design, legal, inventory, and finance perspective is pretty straightforward. It’s the marketing that’s very tough. It’s not unusual for “small brands” to spend $10k per month just on Ads. Depending on your market, there are different “critical thresholds” to pass in order to make it worthwhile.
grwthckrmstr 6y ago
Hey! I've written extensively about my experience building a Shopify app. Check it out, hope it helps :) https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/building-your-first-micro-saas-app-on-shopify https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/building-your-first-micro-s...
Ologn 6y ago
I posted about this a few days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24246341 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24246341 I would stress the end part. Think now of what success is. "Success" means you are still making small margins, but your volume is increasing and you have outgrown your closet or garage, and probably need to sublease a space and hire someone part-time to accept deliveries from wholesalers and to ship items out. The leap to space rental and wages will probably flatten any margin you have to zero initially. The business is low margin, high volume, and niches where the margins are wide are usually narrowed over time, I know people doing this and it has happened in many fields. So consider what the likely course is now. It will mean years of growth but low margins and grinding.

treyfitty 6y ago

I own a small e-commerce brand for men’s skincare. Getting the store up and running from a design, legal, inventory, and finance perspective is pretty straightforward. It’s the marketing that’s very tough. It’s not unusual for “small brands” to spend $10k per month just on Ads. Depending on your market, there are different “critical thresholds” to pass in order to make it worthwhile.

grwthckrmstr 6y ago

Hey! I've written extensively about my experience building a Shopify app. Check it out, hope it helps :) https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/building-your-first-micro-saas-app-on-shopify https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/building-your-first-micro-s...

Ologn 6y ago

I posted about this a few days ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24246341 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24246341 I would stress the end part. Think now of what success is. "Success" means you are still making small margins, but your volume is increasing and you have outgrown your closet or garage, and probably need to sublease a space and hire someone part-time to accept deliveries from wholesalers and to ship items out. The leap to space rental and wages will probably flatten any margin you have to zero initially. The business is low margin, high volume, and niches where the margins are wide are usually narrowed over time, I know people doing this and it has happened in many fields. So consider what the likely course is now. It will mean years of growth but low margins and grinding.