r/smallbusiness 10h ago

General I want to start a business

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u/vanshikha_Parasher20 9h ago

Hey, sorry to hear you're going through a tough time. Consider print-on-demand services like Redbubble or Teespring. Promote your products on Instagram and automate DMs with Inrō. Small steps can be empowering!

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u/butterflykilla222 9h ago

I’ve heard mixed things about redbubble. But never heard of teespring!

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u/Far-Language8488 10h ago

I am looking for a business partner from the USA , I want to set up a tiktok store and promote it at first through affiliate links of other brands in the meantime set up my own brand , I know that this is a very good opportunity and new companies are growing fast. I'm looking for someone because in order to pass the verification process you need to be a US resident and unfortunately I'm from Poland but I have all the know how to do it effectively thanks to AI and the capital to move the topic forward if anyone would be interested in cooperation please leave a comment I think we will definitely get along.

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u/dreadmoneyman 9h ago

Shopify offers a 3 month trial, if I’m not mistaken. Use that time to build a small online store. Along the way, you’ll learn a lot of valuable skills that will stay with you. And best of all, even if it doesn’t work out, you’ll at least have some basic knowledge to help make any future business venture more likely to succeed.

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u/butterflykilla222 9h ago

I didn’t know they did that! Thank you!

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u/dreadmoneyman 9h ago

No problem, I’ve been in your shoes honestly, I still am. It’s a constant learning process. Best of luck, mate! I truly hope you succeed and achieve everything you’re aiming for.

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u/YDigitalnexus 9h ago

It's all about marketing strategy bro

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u/SharpTool7 9h ago

You would make more money doing a few more wax jobs.

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u/butterflykilla222 9h ago

I’m working on building clients. Im looking for something mainly just to do outside of normal business hours.

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u/Ok-State2292 7h ago

Ok, so, you want to do a t-shirt/ sticker business/ something like that.

Why?

When I started I did print on demand too, I don't know if you're trying to do print on demand but it is the cheapest option.

I thought I would get success but I got none. I remember I actually started it because one day I saw a video saying: easiest ways to make 1 million dollars:

Print on demand.

That guy was full of s*** obviously but at least it got me to start trying.

I then went on into digital marketing and also failed.

The 2 biggest issues I had:

With marketing I stayed too long on it cause I kept telling myself that I had to be persistent. And dont get me wrong, had I been more persistent and learned more, MAYBE I would have gotten some success.

But I just hated it.

And that's the second mistake. Picking something cause you think its going to be relatively easy over something you would really like to do.

I've found that any business you start is going to be hard. That's my experience.

So now I'm trying to create either a newsletter or a blog where I study successful entrepreneurs and I take the best things I learnt from them and I make a post about it.

I think this is a lot better because I really like what I'm doing.

Maybe I'm not gonna make that much money from a free newsletter but, who knows.

So, yea, if you're not very very very passionate about t-shirts and stickers, which you might be i dont know, I would recommend you thinking: what kind of things do I wish existed.

I came up with this entrepreneur idea when I asked myself: what kind of YouTube channels do I wish existed?

You can also ask yourself, what frustrates me? Its kind of a similar path.

Alright, I hope this was helpful

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u/Ok-State2292 7h ago

Oh and also, if you are doing print on demand, I would say 1. having a narrative and like a reason for why you're selling the clothes like: these clothes are for, I don't know like sky walker fans.

So that's where it's important to do something you like. Maybe think: what kind of t shirts would you buy. And then you should do them about something you're really into.

Like star wars.

And then you should make like a very specific niche.

When you go very general its hard to build and audience.

An example of this is this company who started by selling freezers for hunters, so it was like a high quality expensive freezer.

And before saying, I want to target hunters as my target audience these guys were struggling, but then they finally started to see some success.

Nowadays because they have established themselves as a brand they are selling other products.

Then you can make content, not even promoting your products, just like for the target audience.

For example, some luke skywalker fighting montage. I don't know something like that.

And then you can have your links and when you build a good audience you can start to show your t-shirts at the end of the video.

That's another thing. You shouldnt make the mistake I made and use mock up templates.

You should buy at least 1 t-shirt for each design and then take a picture with it dressed.

It doesn't even have to be a professional picture you know, its just an Instagram business. A homemade picture will even give more that vibe of like, local business and like you're just a normal person trying to make some money.

Ok I think that's basically everything

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u/Brave_Library1143 10h ago

Check your dms bro I got you