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by random_visitor
2129 days ago
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My friend started a somewhat similar business 2 years ago. He started supplying RC parts and laterally moved into other categories. He's now dropped out of college and hired 2 more people to get stuff imported. Whenever I talk to him he has a similar opinion that dropshippers are one way or the other getting in his way (take order for X, don't deliver. People are now hesitant to order X from other suppliers). His clients stay for a long time but getting more is always an uphill battle. Whenever I see him moving into a new field with a handful of offerings and make profit, it makes me realize how many more business in niche areas can pop up in every country, that too by only putting some effort in effective fulfillment and maintaining relationships. |
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Unfortunately, becoming extremely physically ill, of which I'm still barely moving towards recovery from, and having absolutely abhorrent and parasitic parents kinda ruined everything at the same time. Always hurts to think of what could've been, but life is strange ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I've definitely developed an absolutely pessimistic, utterly cynical view towards all of the people that are coincidentally mostly my same age with their whole "build up your own brand, sell your own product" when it's just them hiring a graphic artist that they're paying practically nothing to slap "their brand" only widely available mass produced China junk/apparel. I completely realize it's not a healthy quality/habit in any way, and I actively try to fight back against the feeling... but sometimes the pettiness/fakeness of it all is just too much.
Edit - just as it popped back into my thoughts... for two years after I'd completely taken down all of my listings/sale fronts, every few months I'd get some random emails of people still trying to get the more niche things I'd sold, or old customers coming back. I guess eBay caches stuff in some weird ways with regards to Google searches. As I for the most part had everything still laying around, I filled around 20 of those orders. Eventually, things did completely stop popping back into my life, haha.