Online shop started out from a hobby, where to start.
A bit longer than one year ago i moved to Japan and at same time i got new hobby, japanese teas and tea ware. Several month ago i got introduced to a local teashop man and that's where this idea appeared. With his help i started my own internet tea shop. Now i'm having big problems on deciding what exactly i should do next. Product itself should be at least not worse than similar sites, those few people who actually trusted my site and bought gave positive reviews and some of them ordered several times already. At least this part is fine
I have little to no experience in marketing, only some really basic web developing skills. I was able to setup and slightly modify Opencart for my needs, but no heavy custom design is possibly for me. Waiting now for next version with build-in affiliate system and can invest in custom design. Since next version will have major changes and old design templates will probably need quite a lot of fixing.
Before this message will become too long What i did so far, started google ad-words, similar ad program in russian network and facebook ad's for now with low bids. Posted few messages on tea related forums without violating their rules and checking for questions. There is sooo much material on internet marketing, i will get old when i finish reading and decide what should be first thing to do.
My goal is to grow this project and rise it from a hobby addition to a small business that can support me and my wife. For me lower paid work that i enjoy is a lot better than higher paid but like a prison
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My english might be a bit bad
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