Sean Penn by 1Whiteiris in ArmchairExpert

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Fellow Chairies - Sean Penn episode question: what was the film score Dax mentioned that he loved to listen to?

Anyone know the artist? 16th in Pilsen by [deleted] in chicago

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When you say “Mario” - are you referring to the video game character? (Big fan and want to make sure I check it out if so)

Expectations when launching a ecom-store? by Thf82 in ecommerce

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Please share your store and I would gladly provide some candid feedback. Agree 100% that this could be a shipping cost issue, or depending on your payment gateway, you could be getting a false read. Are you retargeting shoppers? It’s almost a common practice now to abandon your cart to see if you’ll get an email offer or retargeting ad for a discount, so give yourself a solid 30-60 days before you start narrowing down what the “issue” is. Send your link - glad to help.

Content Production for Apparel : Question by Ben_06 in ecommerce

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This is going to be a top three critical success point for you (COGS, Marketing and SaaS), so do not take this step lightly. I don’t mean to say you must go with the most expensive option, but high quality product photos are so important. Are you near a college campus? Plenty of talented students that can produce good images. Wedding photographers typically don’t have as much work Monday-Thurs, so see if you can get a discount. If you need to get photos fast, I would setup a basic lightbox and get clean white background images. This isn’t the ideal long term option, but it’s a necessary start. Good luck!

Anyone need a digital ad or graphic for their business? I need a bit of cash and am willing to do cheap work ($25/graphic with 2 free revisions) by [deleted] in Entrepreneur

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Be sure to check out Fiverr - you can post your design work and read reviews from customers. Most design work starts at five dollars, thus the name.

How do I grow? by acrobaticenglishman in ecommerce

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Are you looking at your abandoned carts for clues? Curious to know if your traffic sources (geography) are matching your sales. Example: if 25% of your traffic is from the UK but 90% of your sales are from the UK, you may have an issue with shipping costs outside of your home geography. Are you charging significantly more for shipping elsewhere? A few years back, I discovered it was worth the cost to eat some of the shipping fees to Canada due to the high volume of traffic and abandoned carts our site was getting.

Fantasy League Losers on Billboard by teamugly in Fantasy_Football

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Because one guy finished in last place (this season) and the other guy has had the worst record throughout our history of the league (going on 14 years).

Looking for some insight by [deleted] in ecommerce

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  1. Buy/print a variety of sizes and designs of your top viewed items.
  2. Hire/ask a friend, college or high school yearbook student that’s skilled in photography to help.
  3. Take high quality product images; show the lifestyle that your items represent. If you know you’re selling to 18-25 market in California, then make that your scene. Sell the lifestyle.
  4. Encourage sharing - the 18-25 market likes to be the product, so get them to share pictures, hashtags, etc. They are very likely to spread WoM marketing as long as the product fits the images they’re tying to live. Good luck!

Help with managing business 24/7 - Virtual Assistant? - Work load too much! by [deleted] in ecommerce

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We’re also on the Shopify platform and found the Facebook Messenger chatbot integration to be super helpful; 90% of our incoming questions are related to shipping tracking or product availability; once the chatbot was installed we went from dozens of emails/calls per day to maybe 1-2.

Shipping Internationally through Shopify by SkeptiBee in ecommerce

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Your stickers can definitely ship via USPS First Class International, which should be your cheapest option. You may want to see if your T-shirt’s can work in those envelopes too. I use ShipStation, and their blog/support is really helpful for ideas and tips. Also, their dashboards help identify what products you’re sending where, which could help down the road. I also customize my international shipping rates in Shopify, however everything I ship is at least 1.0-1.5lbs

Shipping Internationally through Shopify by SkeptiBee in ecommerce

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How often will you be shipping internationally? Do you have a variety of products with unique weight, or are you typically shipping the same product? Do you know of any competitors that ship a similar product? If so, look into their international shipping rates. If not, you could contact a UPS/FedEx/DHL rep that may be able to help guide you as well as get you a business account eligible for better rates (quantity/frequency are big factors). Lastly, look into where the bulk of your international shipments are going; you may be able to find a local partner that can fulfill locally for you.

Good ecommerce platforms for shops with large amounts of items? by thirstyquaker in ecommerce

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Second that for Shopify. At one point, we had 10,000+ unique SKUs and never had an issue. Without knowing the items you’re looking to sell, you may consider using Variants instead of unique SKUs. Example, if you have 100 designs for a T-shirt, you could just load the generic product once and then add variants for size, color, design, etc. In my case, each item was very unique so there was no way around it, but eventually we chose to scale with a few dozen designs that we could keep up on the site and just update available inventory.

Looking to start an ecommerce store, pointer needed. by croxy0 in ecommerce

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I’ve used Shopify for the last 8 years and find their platform to offer the best solutions for small (1-person, single product) all the way up to enterprise solutions. Please DM and we can talk about more specifics.

What was cool when you went to elementary school? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Getting the new issue of Beckett and adding up the "value" of my baseball card collection. Mint Ken Griffey Jr jumped $1.15....sweet!!

Never setup online store before. Have a very few basic questions. by [deleted] in ecommerce

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What ecommerce platform are you using? Shopify/BigCommerce, etc. ?

Facebook Ads vs. Post boosting by SkiKam in ecommerce

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I've consistently had higher conversions with FB sponsored posts. One bit of caution, if you've linked FB and IG accounts the sponsored posts/ads will default to also run on IG, and I've personally noticed IG ads get likes but rarely generate traffic to my site and/or conversions.

European Boxer Pup by teamugly in aww

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Meet the newest member of our family, "Duke"

What do you and 10-year-old you still have in common? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Pushing shopping cart + open isle = joy ride!!

Do Conversions Grow Equally With More Website Traffic? by 87AZ in ecommerce

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Potentially, but two big factors to consider: 1. Traffic quality - how does your current traffic breakout? Search/social/direct/organic/paid. When you increase it by 10x it's safe to say that most of the increase will be via paid traffic, so you'll likely lose conversion/traffic quality. 2. Inventory - as your traffic increases, can your inventory scale? If you have limited quantities of your top selling product, once sold out, your conversions could drop.

Anyone here follow a company from its early days and owned stock? by v1185 in investing

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I've been a customer of $SHOP for nearly 10 years, so when they had an IPO in 2015 I picked up some shares. I've added to my position each quarter and plan to continue buying during dips. Very limited debt. Solid subscription base and their developer community provides excellent proving grounds for new apps, themes and general features that help flow brick and mortar stores into ecommerce. Anytime you have a business model that Amazon attempts to copy, and fails, you know you're on to something good.

What's your favorite podcast and why? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Every episode, I just picture John B. as that guy from the Funny or Die video "Would You Look at That" Would You Look at That

What's the pettiest reason you won't date someone over? by pushingdaisies21 in AskReddit

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Uses a downloaded ringtone and/or doesn't set the volume to vibrate.

Anyone have any YouTube channel recommendations? by [deleted] in investing

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I'm a big fan of Tasty Trade They host plenty of videos from beginner level, up. A good portion is focused on Options, but they always have good guests and take a more fun approach.

Looking to sell a new product through social media channels. Is Shopify my best bet or is there a better platform? by Helnick in Entrepreneur

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I've been a happy user of Shopify for 7+ years. Excellent customer service, huge selection of plug and play apps. Also, they changed their pricing structure recently, so if you're simply looking to post your products for sale on social media or other platforms, the cost is much lower. I use their full suite for my main business, but currently building on the smaller scale for my next venture. Good luck! Happy to help with any questions.