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by spiredigital 13y ago
Thanks! I have a hunch that this way of selling might get more traction in the future as well. When you're selling a business, usually the more attention and publicity you get the more buyers (and higher price) you're likely to
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by spiredigital 13y ago
Thanks kposehn! But that is a little deceiving. Direct traffic makes up about 40% of the revenue. But about 1/2 of that is phone traffic that we get because we take phone orders via our site, which appears as direct. So 20% is true
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by spiredigital 13y ago
Shopify and I collaborated to put out a drop shipping specific book which really gets into the nuts and bolts of drop shipping vs. general eCommerce. It's free, and you can read it via the link below. The eBook on my site discusses d
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by spiredigital 13y ago
Hey all - OP here. I know drop shipping sites tend to illicit some curiosity (as well as a lot of skepticism) online, so I'm happy to answer any questions as honestly as I can here in the comments.
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The Open Book Sale of My $600K eCommerce Store, With Financials(ecommercefuel.com)
177 points by spiredigital 13y ago|72 comments
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by spiredigital 13y ago
Drop shipping eCommerces sites. I've been doing this for 5+ years full-time. Starting out - like anything - you need to do a lot of the legwork yourself but now I only spend a few hours a week managing my team and it provides a healt
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Google's New Keyword Planner: What You Need to Know(ecommercefuel.com)
1 points by spiredigital 13y ago|0 comments
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by spiredigital 13y ago
Didn't know too much about Marissa before reading this piece, but it's an amazingly well done investigate story on her childhood, days at Google and how she eventually rose to run Yahoo! Impressive reporting by Business Insider.
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Behind Marissa Mayer's Rise to Power(businessinsider.com)
5 points by spiredigital 13y ago|1 comments
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by spiredigital 13y ago
I'd say I was much less productive. Usually when we were pushing 80 hours weeks, we were getting ready for a big conference that our bank put on - and cranking out loads of monotonous pitch books that didn't require too much ment
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by spiredigital 13y ago
I made good money for my region, but it wasn't extrodinary given the hours I worked. By the end of the my two years I had enough to live (without any income) for at least 2 years as a single guy - so a good little nut. :-) But I real
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by spiredigital 13y ago
Right out of college I took an investment banking job, and it didn't take me too long to realize it definitely was NOT what I wanted to be doing for the next 10 to 20 years of my life. I had it relatively easy - working for a small fir
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How I Manufactured a Product in China(buildmyonlinestore.com)
1 points by spiredigital 13y ago|0 comments
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by spiredigital 13y ago
Hey smalboy! OP here. To your question: Haven't started using the disavow tool quite yet, no. When we really went through and did our initial clean-up, it was before the tool was released. I need to go back through the audit we did and
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by spiredigital 13y ago
Good, valid advice. Thank you. For now, at least, the pop-up has been disabled.
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by spiredigital 13y ago
OP here. And not necessarily. You can be "over-optimized" without being spammy. Over-optimized refers to having your SEO optimized to rank for a very specific, targeted term. Take "trolling motors" as that's the site of mine that was pen
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by spiredigital 13y ago
Hey! OP of the article here. And good call - you may be right. HOWEVER, if you download the eBook and don't think it's one of the best free resources you've ever received, let me know and I'll send you $10 via PayPal for the hassle. ;-)
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Swimming with Crocodiles (cbsnews.com)
2 points by spiredigital 14y ago|0 comments
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by spiredigital 14y ago
Agreed! I love eCommHub, and use them for one of my sites. Kurt and the team over there are great and have built a solid service. Hopefully we can get them included.
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by spiredigital 14y ago
DOBA's interface can be convenient because they integrate seamlessly with big suppliers, but they have a limited number of end-suppliers and the service is more expensive. So while I'm sure some people have used them successfully, I think
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by spiredigital 14y ago
Thanks sayemm!
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by spiredigital 14y ago
Wow, thanks watershawl - really appreciate the vote of confidence. And thanks for reading as well! The more you share what you're doing, the more it will ultimately end up coming back to help you out. Just look at Nathan Barry: his trans
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by spiredigital 14y ago
Thanks! You're right - most of the information is publicly available, and we just consolidated it into one spot. Some aspects are a bit harder to find publicly - like some of the tricker aspects of managing the logistics of operating a dr
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by spiredigital 14y ago
You're very welcome! I'd be wondering the the same kind of thing if I were you. :-)
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by spiredigital 14y ago
Good feedback - we'll have to incorporate this into our 1st round of revisions. Drop shipping is a fulfillment model where a merchant doesn't carry any inventory. Instead, they only purchase an item from a wholesaler when they receive an o
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by spiredigital 14y ago
Mark's co-author, Andrew, here. I just published a really length reply above, so hopefully that answers your question. In a nutshell, just like in business the biggest secret sauce is hard work and consistency - it's not like we're giving
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by spiredigital 14y ago
Co-author here, and a totally valid question! I started my blog about eCommerce / drop shipping for a number of reasons: 1) To expand my professional network and opportunities I just finished co-writing a book with Shopify on drop shippin
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by spiredigital 14y ago
It's incredibly easy to be fooled into thinking design is so paramount, when really it's usability and a clear, powerful message is really what you should be focusing on. I'm sure I'm not the only person to make this mistake. If you have a
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Replacing Our $5,000 Design with a Stock Template: A Relaunch Case Study(ecommercefuel.com)
3 points by spiredigital 14y ago|1 comments
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by spiredigital 14y ago
Awesome Mark! Glad it didn't creep you out too much. For the record, while I did have an agenda in mind, I also DID like the blog and genuinely enjoyed sharing your stuff. I think you can't authentically get behind the content and qualit

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