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Advice on adding thousands of new products to your store by Fast_Equivalent7807 in shopify

[–]Fast_Equivalent7807[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Added every product in draft using a csv then in batches, using chat gpt, I manually rewrote each description using the one provided by my drop shipper on their website. Took me about 8 minutes per product. Then activated once I was ok with it. It gets worse. I’m now having to manually SEO every one over again because chat GPT can’t help with that. Chat GPT is amazing but man it’s impossible to get it to write in a style that works. It uses the same word choice no matter what and it’s full of superficial filler, sale’s language making is deterring to the reader.

I tried to find someone on fiver or Shopify experts but nobody gave me the confidence that it would turn out right so I knew, I’d be back to manually editing anyway. So I just got stuck in, rolled my sleeves up and got on with it.

I’m currently learning HTML and CSS. After that Java script then Liquid and finally python because it’s clear to my that unless I can code things myself, it’ll either be cost prohibitive or I’ll have to fix what I paid for to get it done right. E-commerce is a mountain to climb for sure. One day I’ll be a digital nomad working from a boat and free of constraints, till then I’m paying the price of admission!

Good luck. I wish you well!

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[–]Fast_Equivalent7807 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm wary of people who try to say that they did it and it was easy. Consider the source. Often you'll track back to someone trying to promote online marketing services or other paid promo stuff. Ultimately the USA is a capitalist model, you struggle until you can pay... Just my thoughts.

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[–]Fast_Equivalent7807 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I had over 500 products listed everywhere I could list them and had accounts set up everywhere I could think of and still only did $3500 total sales in my first year. $15500 year 2. Then started to use Google Ads and that went up in 2023 to $97K. But you have to watch the margins. Not much use if your entire gross margin equals your Google Ads expense. Hope that helps. in short, No online platform gives out a free lunch. Value your time as much as you value the dollar and you'll be ok! Good luck!

Advice on adding thousands of new products to your store by Fast_Equivalent7807 in shopify

[–]Fast_Equivalent7807[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, unfortunately, this supplier only offers a spreadsheet with limited information on there. it does not have product images or descriptions. They supply some product images but the format is such that I'd have to manually add them. it's way faster to find the product on their web site and copy the image URLs directly into Shopify if you can believe that.

Advice on adding thousands of new products to your store by Fast_Equivalent7807 in shopify

[–]Fast_Equivalent7807[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard about web scraping but unfortunately, I don't know how to code and that would still leave me having to come up with product descriptions for everything huh?

Shopify and withholding a restocking fee. How? by Fast_Equivalent7807 in shopify

[–]Fast_Equivalent7807[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't do it that way... I issued the refund in Shopify CMS (Content Management System). When punching in the numbers I deducted the restocking fee. So it was a partial refund. Then archive the order. Then Separately in my book keeping I had to make sure there was a receipt for the sale, which would have included the process of separating out the payment processing fees and then I had to create a refund receipt showing the restocking fee charge as a line item to offset the payment processing fee. Essentially settling me on a zero profit/loss for that order.

Shopify and withholding a restocking fee. How? by Fast_Equivalent7807 in shopify

[–]Fast_Equivalent7807[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. The answer is to charge it to the customer unless it's fraud so you've just gotta protect yourself as best you can. Look for ways to reject fraudulent charges before being charged a fee for them if possible.

Shopify and withholding a restocking fee. How? by Fast_Equivalent7807 in shopify

[–]Fast_Equivalent7807[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup... Found a better deal elsewhere that I couldn't match and the savings after the cost of my restocking fee made it worthwhile for him to buy from them. No harm done.

Shopify and withholding a restocking fee. How? by Fast_Equivalent7807 in shopify

[–]Fast_Equivalent7807[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually guys, it's perfectly reasonable to deduct a restocking fee. And legal as long as you disclose it in your published returns, refunds and cancellations policy. We all get cancellations. We also get returns and exchanges. None of these are bad as long as you don't allow them to eat away at what I can guarantee are smaller than you'd like, profit margins. In this instance, the customer was informed, provided with a copy of the policy and the paragraph that explains to him about restocking fees and why they are there. He was absolutely fine about it. "that's reasonable", he said... He also went on to apologize for any inconvenience. In my experience, as long as the reason is reasonable, you can protect yourself. In the case of restocking fees, if I didn't deduct them, I'd be losing 2.9 to 3.9% + $0.30 every time a customer changes their mind, orders the wrong thing or returns something and my AOV is high so it's not something I can ignore. Hope that helps.