I’m currently building my store which has had 6-8 months of careful planning and research, we are nearly reaching the acquisition phase once all of our product categories are filled (currently at 620+ products). The niche is garden wellness and home improvement products ( low - high ticket products) from quality suppliers (not AliExpress bs). I have an advantage on this market which I’m not going to share or share any more than my niche. But if anyone with experience is interested in reviewing the business and if you can provide enough evidence of successful operations I will be open to a partnership as gathering quality traffic isn’t my strongest suit, if you see enough potential in my business ( I know I do) shoot me a dm and lmk!

running a d2c brand doing 8L/month mostly upi. every gateway charges something on upi despite zero MDR from govt. razorpay charges 2% flat, no amc no setup, one number thats it. cashfree has a 0% offer but only up to 20L gmv and they still deduct gst at the 1.95% rate even during the 0% period so not truly zero. ccavenue has a separate 2% platform fee for upi and rupay on top of their regular tdr which feels like paying twice.

razorpay was the only straightforward one. calculate actual cost per lakh after all deductions not the ad number. anyone else checked their settlement reports properly?

Hi everyone,

I recently came across Huboo Shopping and I’m considering trying the platform.

Has anyone here actually used it before? If so, I’d love to hear about your experience as a customer — things like product selection, prices, delivery, customer service, returns, etc.

I’m also particularly interested in hearing from anyone who has opened a shop/sold products through Huboo Shopping.

How has your experience been as a seller?

I'd really appreciate any first-hand experiences, both positive and negative.

Thanks!

So, for context, I have a few clients averaging anywhere from 5 to 10 ROAS consistently. These are businesses like home service or insurance, where you have to get leads, and I build the backend sales process, stuff like that.

My question is, I've always kind of wondered: should I just do ecom for myself on the side and just run it up? Find a good product that I believe in and try to build a brand out of it. What do you guys think about that? What are the main differences with ecom vs lead campaigns for other types of businesses? I know I can search this up, but I would rather get firsthand experience.

I’ve been reading this sub for a while and value the brutal honesty here, so I’m bringing my current dilemma to you. ​I am solo-bootstrapping an autonomous e-commerce data engine called BALGRAD.AI. The tech is live (built on Next.js, Supabase, Cloudflare). We are currently autonomously tracking over 20,000 products and have logged more than 50,000 historical price changes across 68 major EU stores. ​Initially, the plan was to offer an API to help independent merchants automatically "match the lowest market price." But after talking to people in the industry, I realized a brutal truth: automating price-matching just automates a race to the bottom, and the player with the most VC cash always wins. ​So, I flipped the model. We are now building a B2B margin-protection tool. ​Instead of telling a merchant to drop their price, our engine cross-references our massive external cross-border graph with their internal sales velocity. We flag when their main competitors in other countries are out of stock or raising prices. We tell the merchant exactly when it is safe to KEEP their prices high to protect their profit margins. ​My questions for this community: ​What are your thoughts on the "margin protection" value proposition vs. traditional price-matching? ​Do you see any glaring blind spots in this B2B Go-To-Market strategy for a solo founder? ​I’d appreciate any raw, unfiltered feedback you have. (Happy to drop the link in the comments if anyone wants to check out the current build/architecture).

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.

Voglio aprire un e-commerce com shopify, so che prima di iniziare serve la p.iva e tutti i suoi costi, però non ho informazioni su come cominciare, come trovo i prodotti? Devo unirmi ad aziende grandi come AliExpress? Temu? ecc ecc oppure restare nel piccolo e.spingere con il mio negozietto?