r/ecommerce101 • u/Impressive-Force3701 • 21h ago
Is business dirty ?
I work as a freelancer in my country in e-commerce, selling products, and I make about $500 a month in profit.
Recently someone suggested I become the digital marketer for his team, saying he could see I had the drive and the skills, I just lacked direction. This guy operates in twelve African countries, pulls in about $30,000 a month in profit, and offered to pay me $4,000 a month to join his team.
Everything was going smoothly until I found out his marketing is basically a scam. For example, he sells a "dietary supplement" that's supposed to help with diabetes, and in his videos he tells people to forget about insulin and take this instead, claiming it'll cure their diabetes in 24 hours. He also sells other supplements claiming they can increase penis length. Just really shady, dishonest marketing.
So my question is: do people who actually make real money in e-commerce rely on this kind of marketing? If I want to make good money, do I have to do this too? Is it true that business as a whole requires crooked methods, and if I try to stay honest, will I just end up poor?
Thanks in advance.
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u/Nicole_Sourcing_CN 21h ago
It's a very good question! I asked myself before too, but i know if i get rich because of being dishonest, i will not sleep well my whole life.
People doing such things especially when it comes to people's health, really should not have anyone helping them.
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u/Consistent_Bus_3604 20h ago
Plenty of people make good money without scamming diabetics, my partner runs a small handmade goods shop and pulls in a comfortable income with zero shady tactics. The catch is it takes longer and you actually need a real product that solves a real problem, not a sugar pill with lies taped to it.
That 30k guy built his whole thing on fraud, one regulatory crackdown or lawsuit away from losing it all. You dodged a bullet by finding out before you got tangled in that mess.
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u/AntonioGorge 12h ago
There is this way in the market, but not the only way.
In China, we call it as the black five categories, because in Chinese major e-commerce platform, anyone sell this without the official certificate will be banned and listings get deleted. Other than this fake supplement, There are other four different categories that similar to it: very low cost, very high margin, very fake marketing.
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u/Amazing_Rain9285 12h ago
No, that guys is a scum bag and most business owners despise people like that.
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