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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th May 2017, 03:15 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 1,884
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Is working online that hard?

Its actually very hard to make "a little" online. Why? Because everyone has access to everything. The money doesn't distribute evenly among the millions of online entrepreneurs and the inequalities...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th May 2017, 03:00 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 2,363
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: I want to make big money like this guy made 2 million - is it possible blogging?

If you ask these kind of questions you really have a very, very long path ahead of you.

Internet businesses (in terms of "solopreneurs") are a lot about thinking out of the box and 100%...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th April 2017, 04:59 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 301
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: So Much Information

I run a little (~130 people) mastermind group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/110529802750143/

You can also check my YouTube channel (link in signature).

The most important thing...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 10th April 2017, 12:47 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 160
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Shipping Time

You can divide shipping times with three different methods:

1. Paying for express delivery (only makes sense for light/small and EXPENSIVE products)
2. Dropshipping from a location within your...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 5th April 2017, 12:15 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 487
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: New to dropshipping; what would make you want to purchase (and purchase again) from my store?

It seems like you are using the Brooklyn theme, I personally would choose another one for this type of store, but your overall store looks quite nice.

The top right corner is a little bit hard to...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 4th April 2017, 12:55 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 690
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: New to dropshipping

What do you expect? That you can dropship (no risks and absolutely easy) and STILL have the best prices to offer? Of course people who source the REAL wholesalers/manufacturers outperform you in this...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 31st March 2017, 05:52 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,442
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Why 95% of the people never will be successful or get rich!

At some point its not enough to just DO something, but do it BETTER.

When I hear people saying "just believe in yourself", "just imagine your success", "start and you will win" this all sounds...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 31st March 2017, 11:46 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 703
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: My First Dropshipping Store

Thats true, I do the same service and it takes me a similar amount of time.



Sure, its https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChp_LFhlvLzfNY87njGy-Ww
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 29th March 2017, 11:31 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,147
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: The ugly reality behind Instagram influencers!

Strange, because I made more than $300,000 in sales through influencer and affiliate marketing, with a profit of at least 30-40%.

Another thing is your approach: you said that you setup a store,...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 29th March 2017, 11:24 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 703
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: My First Dropshipping Store

I can absolutely agree with anything dave said (even though I wouldn't have started with trust badges because this is the least thing of all the stuff mentioned you should worry about).

The...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 19th March 2017, 04:34 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 469
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: ecommerce or ebay for first timer

On eBay, the cheapest listing usually wins. People on there are looking for bargains, not the best quality possible. Therefore, be ready to enter a price war. Price wars are impossible to win when...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 18th March 2017, 04:27 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 714
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Need help with my dropshipping business

Its easy to make money illegally (which I assume you did since the stuff was most likely counterfeit). So be happy that they only closed your account without Nike or Adidas leaving you with a fine...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 15th March 2017, 01:45 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 504
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: How To Sell Your Own Online Marketing Course!

Exactly. According to the comments and (positive) activity below these videos it seems that people really get blinded by this kind of stuff.
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 10th March 2017, 06:45 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 175
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: How do you "label" a white label product?

"Labelling" in this case doesnt only mean to just put the informational label on it, but eventually also using your own color scheme, print logos on it etc., basically changing the overall appearance...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th March 2017, 02:07 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 504
Posted By Splatterfox
How To Sell Your Own Online Marketing Course!

For all the people just starting out selling their own courses or planning to do so, I just list you the perfect formula that YOU need to use in order to drive sales like crazy:

1) Shoot a...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 24th February 2017, 03:25 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 350
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Almost brand new, can you help me figure out which way is up?

I don't really like the affiliate model where you basically imitate a store and then redirect your users to a REAL platform like AliExpress. It causes a lot of confusion and margins are substantially...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 24th February 2017, 02:21 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 350
Posted By Splatterfox
RE: Almost brand new, can you help me figure out which way is up?

First of all: don't expect a course that gets you a super easy way of building your business. Don't fall for programs that advertise the super cool and easy "dropship lifestyle" where you can work...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 22nd February 2017, 02:16 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 408
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Dropship vs. Self Maintained Store

I mean indirectly it is, because you normally have very poor product pictures (just the sample ones everyone uses) and you have insane delivery times on your sales page.



Take a look at...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 21st February 2017, 02:01 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 408
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Dropship vs. Self Maintained Store

It highly depends on your goals and products.

If you have like 500 articles in mind, then a stock-based model is hardly possible. If its only 10, then you should definetly consider buying stock...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th February 2017, 04:48 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,790
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: The Exact Step By Step Formula To Make A Million Dollars By Next Week

I partly disagree, I don't think that most people know what to do.

They know the theory of what should eventually make you somewhat the amount of money that it made someone else.

Its actually...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 20th February 2017, 03:37 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,200
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Ecommerce, self taught? Or get a mentor?

Well, since I regularly "teach" and help people myself it may sound a bit like self advertising but here is the thing:

When I started with eCommerce 3 years ago (with Shopify around 1.5) there...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th February 2017, 08:28 AM
Replies: 76
Views: 3,221
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: What are the big methods to make money in 2017?

Forget about "methods" and follow something that you are passionate about, that you are good at or that you see real demand/potential in.

"Methods" are usually for those who have no idea where to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 13th February 2017, 06:02 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,093
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Here's an 100% outsourced way to earn a living online. Suggest yours.

I don't understand this HUGE obsession with passive income, scaling, leverage, outsourcing - avoiding ANYTHING that is real personal work.

I mean sure, these things are great and should, sooner or...
Forum: Mind Warriors 2nd February 2017, 02:59 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 678
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Why Majority Struggling Online And Offline

I think people should start spending time on strategizing, learning real skills and building their businesses on a daily basis.

I know so many people being theoretical experts in entrepreneurship...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st February 2017, 03:56 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,498
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Places to find freelance work (... for arbitrage)

Its not only about Craigslist not being super professional, its also about the fact that everyone does this. In the internet age simple arbitrage is something that everyone can do and therefore...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 28th January 2017, 01:31 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 278
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Aliexpress

Just do what dave said. Don't feel somewhat bounded to AliExpress and platforms thelike. This is stuff for beginners, to test the waters at most. If you are serious about the business you don't just...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th January 2017, 01:54 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 254
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: I'm New: Is it possible to pay an employee based on profit percentage?

Exactly that.

The sad truth is that many many people rely solely on people willing to do hardwork on a commission basis.

As long as you cannot put anything significant (!) to the table, I can...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th January 2017, 12:01 PM
Replies: 169
Views: 4,353
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Can Anyone Be Successful At Internet Marketing?

I think what Frank means is that IM is not for anybody and not everyone should go for it until he dies, just to desperately work in this industry.

Motivation and all is great, but only if you have...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th January 2017, 11:16 AM
Replies: 169
Views: 4,353
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Can Anyone Be Successful At Internet Marketing?

In my opinion the plain and absolute statement of "anyone can become rich/successful with IM" without adding a lot of "if's" onto it is an invention of people wanting to sell their courses and...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 26th January 2017, 11:11 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 417
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Finally started, looking for input/critique

Definetly a general store.

There is a pretty easy way to identify a niche: in a niche you have just a few (or in some rare occasions zero) DIRECT competition. Maybe you know these wooden...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th January 2017, 11:03 AM
Replies: 169
Views: 4,353
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Can Anyone Be Successful At Internet Marketing?

Of course, you CAN. This is why I said everyone CAN be successful in IM theoretically but the reality does (and always will) look different :P
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th January 2017, 10:48 AM
Replies: 169
Views: 4,353
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Can Anyone Be Successful At Internet Marketing?

You know that you can develop these three things (knowledge, skills, attitude) right?

Reading some more of your comments in this thread I'm closer to your opinion than you might think though....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th January 2017, 09:32 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 186
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Is it safe to receive via personal payments when selling services?

And somehow everyone thinks its not neccessary to register a business or pay taxes if you are doing business online. I don't know why many people think common rules and laws don't apply if you do...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 24th January 2017, 02:41 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 2,385
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: $200,000 With eCommerce/Shopify - Q&A For You!

Thanks mate!

In order to look trustworthy you have to improve your overall site. Many people tend to reduce "trustworthiness" to a few artificial badges, but customers feel the difference. Make...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 24th January 2017, 02:31 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 792
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Newbie in dropshipping and i got some problems with facebook ad

I agree. Personally I use(d) both and like both, but depending on your product Google is the way to go. Facebook is good for products your customer might not know yet or "impulse" buying decisions....
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st January 2017, 12:30 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 299
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Shopify Store Dropshipping

First of all, the $5 method is somewhat good to identify a fitting audience/adset to your product, but merely enough to drive significant traffic with the possibility of optimizing your store based...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 18th January 2017, 12:26 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 346
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: How to starts ecommerce business?

Well, then you have a long and hard road in front of you - but at the same time one with a huge potential.

First you have to identify what the aim of your business should be:

1. Clothing...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 11th January 2017, 09:58 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,070
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: An interesting Aliexpress trend

This is exactly what I mention for like half a year now (when I started giving advise about E-Commerce in several forums etc.)

It may be pure fraud, yes, but it may also be helplessness of people...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th January 2017, 03:51 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 186
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: How can I find & convince Internet Marketers to my Affiliate dating program?

Its a common misconception that people out there are just waiting for vendors products - there are thousands of vendors out there selling provenly converting products at attractive commissions. You...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th January 2017, 03:45 AM
Replies: 177
Views: 11,711
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Affiliate Marketing is dead

Affiliate marketing never was and never will be "dead" - it depends how you execute it.

Sure, if you go for the mass only, hosting hundreds of websites with thin content, chances are that others...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th January 2017, 09:29 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,721
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Are you frustrated, confused, and upset that you can't make money online?

Thats a really, really accurate and well-written post, I completely agree.

What most entrepreneurs (and "wantrepreneurs") miss out, is their part in the value creation chain and their own ideas...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 7th January 2017, 04:57 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,282
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Reliable, no fuss Shopify gateways for drop shipping

Thats why it makes sense to have two payment gateways (for example Stripe + PayPal). If you only use PayPal (which many people do though) and they limit you, you have a problem.
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 6th January 2017, 09:08 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,282
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Reliable, no fuss Shopify gateways for drop shipping

There is no real way around this, currently there is no payment gateway actively supporting dropshipping. They either tolerate (PayPal) it or forbid it completely (Stripe). But you will always face...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 6th January 2017, 02:54 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 975
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Difficulties in Dropshipping business

If you want to buy stock upfront then don't store it in China, store it in the country you wanna sell (for example US). You can use the Amazon warehouse or some other fulfillment centers for that.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th January 2017, 11:20 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 2,904
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: 12 Years of internet marketing failure.

I cannot speak for yourself of course, but most internet marketers I know are basically chasing the "perfect" business all the time.

They go like this: "oh, simple directory businesses are so easy...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 5th January 2017, 08:55 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 479
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Splitting profits for a clothing store

1. This is more complex then you might think: there are product costs, shipping costs, marketing costs, server/store costs, fees, chargeback costs and more. You will have to keep track of everything,...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 4th January 2017, 01:21 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 975
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Difficulties in Dropshipping business

THANK YOU, very well said.

The difficulties in dropshipping are, you might already expect, finding a somewhat desirable product and marketing it accordingly.

Many people watch some FB Ads...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 2nd January 2017, 05:17 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 14,831
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Dropshipping from Walmart and other similar retailers

Sorry but Walmart itself is a pure retail platform, there is no way to require something like "custom packaging" - as long as you don't repack yourself.

And I would actually be kinda pissed if I...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 2nd January 2017, 05:13 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 133
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Does anyone have experience with Chinese imports into the UK/EU?

I absolutely agree with Walter. This kind of approach may work out a few times, but especially if you plan to do longterm business (what your ultimate goal should be anyway) you better start off...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 30th December 2016, 02:28 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 451
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Shopify and Paypal

PayPal is great as long as everything works fine. But as any other payment provider, they hate doing business with dropshippers. So chances are quite high that sooner or later your account will be...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 29th December 2016, 09:26 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,206
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Took some time but we did it-our first store

2Checkout is really bad, they require a signed agreement off (all) your dropshippers (besides a lot of minor stuff like confirmed address data, scope of business etc.)

Possibly there is a...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 29th December 2016, 08:49 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 417
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Finally started, looking for input/critique

Cool thing that you decided to get started!

Your store is a typical kind of "hybrid" wanting to please several store categories and consumer types. By offering multiple categories but only a few...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 28th December 2016, 07:51 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 672
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: I have a million dollars idea & A PLAN OF ACTION!

Like the other guys said, this is very unpredictable based on the limited and vague information you give. Sure, you don't want to name the product, but its hard to give a concrete answer based on...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 28th December 2016, 07:41 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,206
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Took some time but we did it-our first store

Definetly true. Payment companies simply hate dropshipping, especially if you do it straight from China. That's why I would try to find a PayPal alternative as soon as possible. Once they limit your...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 27th December 2016, 09:50 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,206
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: Took some time but we did it-our first store

Thats true, but I wouldn't dropship to Amazon from AliExpress suppliers. I'd definetly stay within your country because Amazon can be really harsh when it comes to customer satisfaction. PayPal can...
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 22nd December 2016, 03:21 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 335
Posted By Splatterfox
Re: What Are The Best Practices To Reduce Cart Abandonment Rates On An Ecommerce Store?

First of all, you need to know that a certain abandoned cart rate is normal. The exact percentage depends on the business of course, but usually around 10% is normal (100 add to carts, 10 purchases)....
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