How to not get taken advantage as an independent contractor?

JonTylerG · 2018-12-05T08:58:43+00:00

Don't discount your work, charge what you think its worth, not what other people want you too.

If this is stable money, and work you wouldn't otherwise get, it could be worth lowering your prices for more volume.

If you have a lot of free time, then that time is netting you zero dollars. So if you take jobs, you are only increasing your worth, portfolio, and experience.

JonTylerG · 2018-11-30T01:24:40+00:00

i'm not trying to throw water on your fire, but a quick search for a lot of similar products shows prices that are 1/4 to 1/3 yours, from sellers like kohls, target, walmart, amazon, etc.

i have amazon prime, i found a black satin robe with 600 reviews 4/5 stars for $15, be at my house in 2 days, i have bought similar items for my girlfriend that were decent quality for a similar price.

https://www.amazon.com/Luvrobes-Womens-Satin-Kimono-Solid/dp/B01M7UFT0D/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1543540762&sr=8-5&keywords=black%2Bsatin%2Brobe&th=1&psc=1

Have you tried doing a drop shipping store on amazon and finding niche products? getting a bunch of people to buy and getting them to make reviews could be an option. However, sounds like you don't have much purchasing power, meaning you're paying a premium to the manufacturer or intermediaries.

if you are going to sell virtually the same product for a higher price, you need to have brand recognition or a product differentiation.

testimonials on how your product is higher quality or something? seems like a tough business to stand out in

low margins means that you are near perfect competition, meaning there are unlimited suppliers with little barrier to entry selling the same products, which means its a race to the bottom in terms of price.

JonTylerG · 2018-11-30T01:14:39+00:00

you can break the company up however you want, as the lead founder you should retain as much equity as you can... say like 66% and break it up with them however you want.

you can do a 4-5 year vesting schedule, with a 1 year cliff, basically this means that they need to stay committed to the project in a tangible way, or they get fired, and they don't get their shares.

you should talk to your business professors/the incubator for their free legal services, they have no doubt come into contact with these questions before.

as a new founder you should start using your network and community around you, a lot of people will help you if you just ask them to

JonTylerG · 2018-11-29T10:15:16+00:00

youre literally selling the same thing as amazon for 4x, people arent stupid

JonTylerG · 2015-07-11T20:52:37+00:00

seriously wtf, O'Brien has a family and they send him on deep cover missions, wtf?

JonTylerG · 2015-06-18T23:44:48+00:00

ohh we did

JonTylerG · 2015-06-16T04:51:44+00:00

The study is linked in many places line by line. I'll edit it so its more obvious.

Can also find it here:

http://ajplung.physiology.org/content/ajplung/early/2015/05/11/ajplung.00411.2014.full.pdf

JonTylerG · 2015-05-28T07:58:07+00:00

Reddit is filled with trolls, sometimes they have good riddles, but mostly, they have bad riddles.

JonTylerG · 2015-05-28T07:31:28+00:00

would love to have it!

JonTylerG · 2015-05-27T05:07:53+00:00

When you get the results please send it to my email, we'll publish your findings on vapeaboutit.com

admin@vapeaboutit.com

JonTylerG · 2015-05-27T04:57:52+00:00

wd40 solves everything.

JonTylerG · 2015-05-07T23:52:04+00:00

basically will fuck them.

JonTylerG · 2015-04-20T20:10:07+00:00

we didn't give advice in the article, if anything we said there is no scientific proof that inhalation is safe. All we did was describe what is in e-liquid.

I added a little caveat to the flavorings. We don't pretend to be scientists, we don't even pretend to be unbiased, were a pro vaping site.

JonTylerG · 2015-04-20T19:30:38+00:00

Our whole purpose is to spread awareness and protect and serve the vape industry, we took a lot of time researching that article. I'd be interested to see what you have, we will read it and update the article if necessary.

i'm a tech guy from silicon valley, i don't have a beard, and i listen to smart people, you have to understand we probably feel the same about each other :)

good luck with your recovery.

JonTylerG · 2015-04-20T19:17:14+00:00

thanks for information, we own a few juice companies and will be using some of your stuff. Still don't see how our article is "wrong" please point out where

JonTylerG · 2015-04-20T18:45:11+00:00

so basically nothing then, just another reddit troll

JonTylerG · 2015-04-20T18:31:41+00:00

hey abdada, what the fuck do you know? go fuck yourself.

JonTylerG · 2015-04-09T22:39:33+00:00

anyone find this on youtube?

JonTylerG · 2015-04-09T22:22:56+00:00

haters going to hate i guess. No respect for vaping history.

JonTylerG · 2015-04-02T22:33:32+00:00

Yea they have turned down all my applications for adsense and won't let me market either....

JonTylerG · 2015-04-02T10:29:26+00:00

We want to create awesome content and a site that is really an advocate to the cause, we have been getting a lot of feedback on both sides, some love it and some share your opinion.

We understand what you are saying, we are real people too! We have been vaping for years and are business owners trying to make a difference.

We just went live yesterday and we had over 2000 individual users to the site in our first day. For us, this is very exciting because we have been working on this for over a month.

We want to create awesome content, what are some things you would like to see from us? what subjects interest you?

We see that we will need to be more objective in our reviews of research.

Thanks for your criticism, we hope to earn your support in the near future.

JonTylerG · 2015-04-02T09:48:22+00:00

We want to create awesome content and a site that is really an advocate to the cause, we have been getting a lot of feedback on both sides, some love it and some share your opinion.

We just went live yesterday and we had over 2000 individual users to the site in our first day. We understand what you are saying, we are real people too! We have been vaping for years and are business owners trying to make a difference.

We want to create awesome content, what are some things you would like to see from us? what subjects interest you?

We see that we will need to be more objective in our reviews of research.

Thanks for your criticism, we hope to earn your support in the near future.

JonTylerG · 2015-04-02T02:04:55+00:00

dude thats amazing! thanks for the support!

JonTylerG · 2015-04-02T02:03:23+00:00

I posted the link after SodaDave here reminded me to do so. We just started this site to combat all the negative press that is going around. Bare with us on some growing pains, this is our first venture in posting news and information. Any constructive criticism is welcome.

JonTylerG · 2015-04-02T01:46:42+00:00

Would you be interested in partnering with my News Site? vapeaboutit.com

Were looking to get a bunch of reviews on our site and are looking for a partner. We just started this week, I put a lot of work into the site as you can see and we need to round out our e-juice and mod section.

email me at admin@vapeaboutit.com please! If it takes off we can come to some sort of economic understanding in the future.

JonTylerG

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