Highstack

Too online for my own good
Internet businesses, money & attention

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

@laur3nzb Surprisingly, there haven't been any problems yet, the advertising is gaining momentum and I'm just counting the days of success...

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

Genuine question for European e-commerce founders

How the hell do you make the numbers work here?
VAT, advertising, shipping, returns, and then taxes on whatever profit is left

Are you running on huge margins, relying on volume, or am I missing something?

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

@wpsuite only 22 left
I already download the rest products of my supplier. I already have 11k products in my shop:)
I hope I'll build a big brand on east europe

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

Everyone talks about finding that one winning product in e-commerce
I launched a store with 6,000 products instead

Thought getting customers would be the hardest part
Turns out, everything is ready to go, and I'm just sitting here waiting for Google Merchant Center to approve my damn products

Didn't see that coming

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

@wpsuite Yes, thanks for the advice. I actually thought of that right away and have already fixed it! Getting a ban for a toy gun - that’s hilarious!

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

@zeeshangooglead Fair enough! Regardless of what product or service you’re dealing with?

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

ecom guys, how long y’all let google ads cook before calling it?

a week? a month? or just burn money till it works lol

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

@SpendrAgency Thanks for the advice. I’m more interested in learning about the practices of others than in finding an agency to take on my project.

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

@adcelerate360 Thanks guys! The restriction is finally gone, just waiting for Google to review all the products again and then I'm back in business :)

And yeah, happy to connect for sure!

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

Just set up a cloud server for my e-commerce project
Now I'm building my own system to automatically check supplier stock, update product availability in my store and track everything. Apparently launching an online store wasn't enough, now I'm building the tools to run it too :)

Let's see how this goes

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

Yeah, before the verification issue I only had around 80 products disapproved. One was literally a kids’ fishing game flagged as gambling, another was a toy pistol flagged as an actual weapon :)
So mostly small issues with product titles, since I imported everything straight from the supplier
Shouldn’t be too hard to fix

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

@SpendrAgency @wpsuite Yeah, planning to start with PMax using the product feed. budget is around $3k/month for now, just wanna see how it performs first

Might test Standard Shopping later too if needed :)

[Luca Valori @ValoriLuca]

They told me for years that dropshipping was dead, so based on the output I didn’t listened

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

Haters can always try to build something innovative themselves. Everything else is just talk

It’s a capitalist world. If you’re such a genius, go find a way to do it better than this “crazy” guy

[Dan Ellison @danellisona]

Stop calling Elon Musk crazy

He's taking risks you'll never have the courage to take

[Bony Ghadiya @bony_ghadiya_]

"Google ads takes too long to scale"

Wrong - we brought this brand from 0 to $11 million in just 5 months with Google Ads

I just made a 25 minute video explaining exactly how we did it

Like + Comment "Ecom" and I'll DM you the video guide for free!

(must be following)

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

@demonugc Good idea for getting views, but are they really printing money from videos like these?

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

Thanks! Most of the products were actually approved before, as you can see on the chart

The real issue turned out to be business verification. I made a tiny mistake in the name when submitting my business details and ID, and now I'm stuck waiting for Google to review everything again :)

Hopefully it'll be sorted out in monday

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

Weeks of building a Web3 business with pretty much zero results

Now there's a potential $13k campaign on the table

Nothing closed yet, but for the first time it feels like all that work might actually pay off

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

@ecomdiddy what geo?

[Highstack @H1ghstack]

Seagate yesterday reported:

Revenue: +61% YoY
EPS: +194% YoY
Free cash flow: $1.5B
Record profitability

Stock: -6% after hours

Imagine delivering the best profits in your company’s history and getting punished for it

Markets are hilarious