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Placing the order

Placing the order

by | Aug 31, 2017 | Inventory, Shipping, Suppliers

Things have been a bit quieter the past few weeks, as I took a well-needed holiday.  This was the first holiday since starting up this business where I actually felt like I took a break from work.  This was possibly down to there not being much to do, as I...

Responses from suppliers

by | Jul 21, 2017 | Inventory, Shipping, Suppliers

It’s been a few weeks since I spoke about contacting suppliers for my new product and you may be wondering what happened next. (The short version is, I narrowed them down, ordered samples, then went on holiday while I waited for them to arrive, but I’m guessing you’d...

Re-ordering – what I’m NOT doing differently

by | Apr 26, 2017 | Shipping, Suppliers

This has been an exciting week.  We’ve now sold enough boxes of swaddles that I’ve had to place a new order.  I had a few things to think about before re-ordering. When I first set out on this venture, my biggest fear was not selling anything (or not selling many).  I...
Hello China (or 你好中国)

Hello China (or 你好中国)

by | Nov 20, 2016 | Shipping, Suppliers

There are different methods to choosing what products to sell, depending on who you speak to.  I tried paying for a service where someone tells you what products are ‘hot’, where you can source them, how much you should be paying, how much you can charge for them,...