u/thats_so_not_fetch

Was watching the livestream & heard the announcement before they paused the livestream. DAMN! So upsetting. I feel bad for everyone there. 😭

I make and sell clothing. I purchase the fabrics from different vendors in person in Los Angeles. However, there is a specific sequin fabric that I want to purchase directly from the manufacturer & save myself about 50% in costs. My LA vendor obviously won’t tell me who they source from but I know it’s overseas. I’ve already tried looking on Alibaba and cannot find it. I’ve been trying for months. I know this style isn’t exclusive to them but I cannot find their source.

Does anyone have any recommendations on where I can hire someone that would be able to help me find out?

Thanks!

Hi all! I’m taking my very first ever depo on Tuesday & it also happens to be on zoom. Can anyone share any tips they might have for a newbie? Maybe something that I haven’t thought of or wouldn’t have known without the experience. I’m very nervous and want to make sure I have my ducks in a row. If possible, tell me what your process looks like from time of start to finish. Thank you sooo much!

This is nothing more than a mini rant since I don’t have any entrepreneurial friends who’d understand. I’ve been running my business since 2020 & went full-time in 2022. For years I operated solely on organic traffic by constantly posting content, having constant new releases, etc. I gained a decent following & had repeat customers but I reached a point of burnout because my product is very labor intensive even with hiring help. I felt that the only way I could continue to scale would be to have new product every 2 weeks. But not all drops would be fruitful & I’d be left scrambling trying to keep the business afloat. The burn out caused me to produce less content which led to less traffic and sales. The burn out plus the economy shift was a recipe for disaster for my sales.

I was big on building all my sales by organic traffic which is why I never paid much attention to running ads. However, about 2.5 weeks ago, I decided to just go for it as a last attempt to save the business I have built & because I was at a near dead end in funds. I thought to myself that if this didn’t work out I could at least hold my head up high and say I tried every angle.

Fast forward to today, my ads have been performing well & I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I’ve just been kicking myself all week for not starting ads waaay sooner! I feel as if I was operating the last few years blindly & not very efficiently.

That is all, thank you for reading my rant!