Do people really want to know which SKU or which variant of their product is making actual money? or can make them profitable? does it even matter to all digital or ecommerce sellers?
New to Reddit. Is there a way to mark threads as favourites? I’ve joined a few communities specifically to e-commerce, business and dropshipping in particular, but still seem to get quite a random and wide ranging set of threads on my feed. Is there an easy to follow onboarding process somewhere in the platform I should be using?
This is a new perspective I came up with so I'd like to hear your thoughts on it.
You sell athletic clothing.
Buyers see your ad for your storewide anniversary sale.
They go to your store.
They see best sellers, new arrivals, compression shirts sale, shorts sale, sports bras sale, shoes sale, etc.
Too many choices.
They just saw a sale and decided to show up.
Now they're presented with this obstacle course of going through every category to figure out what they want.
What if you made everything simple for them and let them shop by "use" too.
For example, when they enter your store, instead of presenting best sellers, new arrivals.... first, what if you started with
"Workout Sessions"
"Cardio Wear"
"Relaxed Homewear"
And my reasoning's straightforward.
People buy products to fulfill desires.
And if they feel like your product resonates with their desire, they will buy 9.9 times out of 10.
So help verbalize the desire for them and do it fast.
Hello everyone!
I’m currently reselling games and consoles on ebay and vinted, but I feel like I can’t express my creativity there. That's why I want to launch my own e-commerce store using Shopify.
I’ve seen a beginner guide on youtube by davie fogarty to understand how an independent e-commerce business works, but I still have a few questions:
Thanks to anyone that will reply!
Whether it’s reporting, inventory, customer service, or something else, what would you happily never do manually again?
hello everyone. i would love to hear more from people who actually built ecommerce store from scratch. what really work right for you when you were trying to get your first customers.
was it mostly trial and error or you immediately know what would work best from the start?
Hi everyone! I’m looking to pivot into e-commerce and would love some advice.
I’ve worked in influencer marketing for about 4 years but recently realized I’m burnt out and ready for something new. Last month, I started helping my family with their Shopify online store (with very little Shopify experience) and I’ve become really interested in the ecomm world ever since.
Before influencer marketing, I worked in UX Design for a year. I then joined a startup beauty brand as one of its first few employees so I wore lots of hats and got exposure to e-commerce before we had a dedicated team.
Some relevant experience I gained:
Once the brand built out an e-commerce team, I became really interested in what they did especially the mix of customer psychology, UX, merchandising, analytics and improving the overall online shopping experience.
I’m now looking at e-commerce coordinator roles and totally open to starting at the coordinator level so I can learn the field properly!
Based on all of this, do you think my background is transferable enough to land an e-commerce role in today’s market? What skills, tools or experience would you recommend I focus on to make the pivot and become a strong candidate for e-commerce coordinator roles?
Thank you so much!!
Hi
My name is Tarun i have a marketplace agency named Evara Ecom Solutions, we help sellers grow their business online in all the platforms
I want to teach new users how to earn their 1st 10 Lakh in e commerce from scratch without having a manufacturing unit or big warehouses.
If you’re the one who wants to start do DM will let you know everything
I am interested in starting an ecommerce website with my friend but my biggest struggle is finding a product to sell and that brought me here. I’ve been searching for like a week and I keep running into the same problem of people trying to sell a course or selling info on “winning products” which I’m pretty sure is just guru talk. So if someone could please help me on how to do product research I’d be grateful
Maybe unpopular opinion, but I think a lot of ecommerce stores try to solve a conversion problem by buying more traffic.
Store isn't growing? Increase Meta spend. Try Google Ads. Work on SEO. Find influencers... But if 1,000 people visit and barely anyone buys, I'm not sure bringing another 5,000 people in fixes much.
I've seen stores where the bigger problems are much more basic like the offer isn't that compelling, product pages leave obvious questions unanswered, shipping is a surprise at checkout, there's very little social proof, or the pricing just doesn't make sense compared to the alternatives. At that point, more traffic almost feels like paying to find out faster that something else is broken.
The counterargument I hear is that you need enough traffic before you can even know whether you have a conversion problem. And I think that's fair. You can't optimize a store around 50 visitors and call the data meaningful.
But I still wonder if ecommerce has become too focused on acquisition because traffic is easier to measure and scale than fixing the actual buying experience. If you had a store getting traffic but struggling to grow, where would you put the next $1,000?
More acquisition, or fixing conversion first? And at what point do you actually have enough traffic to make that call?
Dear all, I am looking for advise about entering a new market (Western European) with a product that is unfamiliar to that market. The product is a natural food product, which is exotic for the Western European market. I know this because I am a Western European and I sourced this product from abroad.
I personally believe in the benefits of this product and I think in the right niche it can thrive. It is a packaged, grain based product with a lot of health benefits. What are the best ways to introduce this product to new consumers?
The target consumers would be health conscious adults looking for all natural breakfast alternatives.
I am planning to open an e-commerce store and do delivery via postal services.
All advise is welcome 😄
What’s the biggest problem or very niche or basic problem you face, I’m looking for problems we have around in e-commerce selling, anything insightful.
Even if I don’t maybe someone will solv I’m looking for problems we face in e-commerce selling, whether they’re big, niche or basic. Anything insightful would be great. Even if I don’t solve it, someone else might. e it.
Hey! My wife and I are on to a business venture! Reselling liquidation on whatnot & eBay! Hoping to find a way into Amazon one day. Leave tips and hey if you need anything let me know!
We currently run on Spire and I am looking at options for e-commerce for two business that I consult for. I'm considering Skudora for one of them that is larger in size/sales volume. I have two questions:
Which couriers do you support through API connection and can I customize to have my own company delivery as an option?
Do you offer rates of shipping or do I have to have my own account for those shippers?
Hello there, I am starting to get my hands on ecommerce field. I have made a product but need tips/someone (business partner) to help start selling keychain. I have never met a good partner to kickstart ecommerce, because they lack commitment to this. Maybe I might be at fault too, because my lack of proactivity, but nonstop using social media to promote my product and networking just seems to consume so much energy from me, especially if I am introverted. I don't know whether some of you also had this experience of having uncommiting partners, or having too much expectations (i.e. being delusional), but I think I am having this problem.
I run a small shop selling sealed Japanese Pokémon TCG boxes to collectors in Thailand and SEA — arcen.shop. The angle: every box is priced off the verifiable Japan secondary market floor with a hard markup cap, and the full cost breakdown is shown on each product page.
Would appreciate any honest feedback — first impressions, whether the pricing transparency actually reads as trustworthy, anything confusing in browsing or checkout, and anything that would stop you from buying. Mobile or desktop, all criticism welcome.
Thanks.
This is a question we’ve been thinking about at Megamart.
It’s easy to say:
“People just aren’t used to shopping online.”
But our research suggests the problem may be deeper than that.
When someone goes to a physical shop, they get things that online shopping sometimes struggles to provide:
• They can see the product.
• They can touch it.
• They can ask questions.
• They can judge the seller.
• They can take the product home immediately.
• They feel more confident about what they are buying.
So perhaps the real challenge for ecommerce in Tanzania isn’t convincing people to stop shopping physically.
Perhaps it is removing the reasons they still need to.
For a customer in Dar es Salaam, saving a trip through traffic is valuable.
But convenience alone may not be enough.
If the customer doesn't trust the seller, can't understand the product, isn't confident about what will arrive, or doesn't know when the order will arrive, the convenience disappears.
This leads to an interesting question:
What would an online shopping experience need to do for you to choose it over visiting a physical shop?
At Megamart, we believe the future of ecommerce should be built around removing friction — not simply adding more technology.
And this conversation is bigger than Megamart.
It is about understanding how Tanzanians actually shop, what they trust, and what the future of retail in Tanzania could look like.
So let's start with one question:
What is the ONE thing that would make you choose online shopping over a physical store?
Trust?
Price?
Convenience?
Delivery?
Product variety?
Or something else?
Tell us why.
Hey everyone!
I’m a new Shopee seller from the Philippines and I’m currently in the very early stages of building my store.
I’ve already made a few deliveries, mainly to get familiar with the whole process such as packing, printing waybills, preparing orders, and handing parcels over to the courier. Now that I’ve gone through the process myself, I’m feeling much more confident and ready to take things more seriously.
I’d really appreciate hearing from experienced sellers about how you started.
A few things I’m particularly curious about:
How did you find your first reliable suppliers? Local wholesalers, distributors, China/Alibaba/1688, direct manufacturers, or something else?
How did you negotiate with suppliers once you started getting consistent orders?
How do you identify a potentially winning product before investing heavily in inventory?
What metrics do you look at — sales volume, reviews, competition, search volume, margins, repeat purchases, etc.?
Did you start with many different products and eventually narrow down to a few winners?
What mistakes did you make when you were starting that you wish you could have avoided?
At what point did you decide to buy inventory in larger quantities?
For Philippine sellers specifically, are there any sourcing strategies or supplier platforms that have worked particularly well for you?
Right now, my goal isn’t to get rich overnight. I want to learn the fundamentals, test products with small quantities, figure out what customers actually want, and gradually build something sustainable.
If you were starting your Shopee business again from zero today, what would you do differently?
Would really appreciate any advice, experiences, or lessons learned. Thanks po 😘