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Starting a business Anonymous Thu Feb 26 16:02:49 2015 No.666059 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /biz/, I'm starting a business soon (applied for my business license yesterday), and I was wondering if any of yall have advice from person experiences?

My business will be centered towards importing wholesale from suppliers and I have ran two test runs that have shown profitability.

Pic unrelated, had it on my phone for whatever reason

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 26 16:19:08 2015 No.666067 Depends on what you're attempting to sell. What is it?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 26 16:22:17 2015 No.666070 >>666059 You must construct more pylons.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 26 16:33:41 2015 No.666090 >>666067 Lighting accessories, pretty much as specific as I'll get. I already have the brand and product branded, not trademarked or anything. >>666070 but anon I don't have that much mineral

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 26 16:56:53 2015 No.666112 >>666090 You require more minerals.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 26 17:13:29 2015 No.666130 >>666090 focus on maximizing each expo you generally want 3 peons per patch, which results generally in about 25

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 26 17:15:47 2015 No.666133 >>666059 After you acquire minerals for pylons, can you tell us a bit about these tests you've run? Basically, it seems, to me, like you're good to go, but there's a lot of info missing and you seem a tad unsure yourself.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 26 17:49:50 2015 No.666156 >>666059 try to scout for zerg rushes, even the best falter to their power and the unprepared usually rage quit. dont rage quit anon and scout ahead.

Anonymous Thu Feb 26 20:05:17 2015 No.666277

>>666133
Test # 1: 4 products purchased at $50/piece, $69/piece after shipping
Sell for $120/piece
Test # 2: 10 products at varying prices (two different types of product) coming to roughly $90/piece, sell for $145/piece averaged.
>>666156 but if I can't purchase more pylons how am I to buy a scouting unit to look for a Zerg rush? Use one of my mineral collectors and lose profit/second?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 26 20:07:05 2015 No.666280 >>666130 Im assuming expo = exposure? I have some local businesses looking into my product for affordability reasons vs the competitors

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 26 20:08:26 2015 No.666284 >>666277 I'm curious, are you selling online? How hard/easy was it to find customers the first time around?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 26 20:34:49 2015 No.666328 >>666284 Craigslist/Facebook is where all my sales originated from. Took 1 week to sell 4, and 2 weeks to sell the 10.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 26 20:53:14 2015 No.666345 >>666277 Need more vespene gas!

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 26 21:07:24 2015 No.666358 >>666345 But anon I'm not building anything that requires vespene gas..

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 02:33:49 2015 No.666659 File: 717 KB, 577x1177, 1423553780184.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Shameless bump

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 02:42:45 2015 No.666665 >>666659 >that pic Goddamit /tv/, that's going too far. But I laughed.

>>	Pizza Fund Manager !!n1HP3TUF4Ba Fri Feb 27 02:43:00 2015 No.666666 butts

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 02:43:14 2015 No.666667 I want to take many massive feminine amazon dicks in my mouth and anus. Even more than I want all of these 6's.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 02:44:06 2015 No.666668 File: 3 KB, 200x252, dubs.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>666666 hes right you know

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 03:02:07 2015 No.666679 >>666667 eat shit fag

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 04:08:01 2015 No.666698 >>666667 Just think, if you hadn't spent all that time thinking up that inane comment and typing it out, you might have got them.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 04:20:19 2015 No.666703 >>666059 >business license Kek. Stay free, America.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 04:42:32 2015 No.666716 File: 537 KB, 720x715, 0zS6ruQ.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>666666 this get

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 05:06:00 2015 No.666731 File: 14 KB, 311x434, Capturef.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>666666 Fuck you mods jk pls pic related

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 05:47:41 2015 No.666743 >>666358 If you want to build the powerful units which allow you to seize mineral patches (and therefore gain more profit) then you'll need vespene gas

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 05:48:43 2015 No.666744 >>666659 GOLIATH ONLINE

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 05:50:17 2015 No.666746 File: 53 KB, 300x562, about to make a point walk away.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>666666 The least intelligent post in the thread and it gets septs...

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 05:54:31 2015 No.666749 >>666277 I'm sorry I turned this into a dubs and pylon thread... Sounds like you've got shit sorted though. 👍 I guess, the only question is: Can you get pre -orders on shit before you import in bulk?

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 07:03:13 2015 No.666776 >>666666 Fuuuuuuck

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 07:55:40 2015 No.666801 >>666749 Also, can you help a brother out, and explain your facebook sales strategy a bit?

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 09:38:10 2015 No.666874 >>666666 DOUBLE DEVIL TRIPS GET E T

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 09:45:07 2015 No.666879 File: 94 KB, 950x534, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>666666

Anonymous Fri Feb 27 15:28:20 2015 No.667228

>>666749
I imagine I could, going to local businesses to try and get them to offer my product. Should be easy, because it is similar quality while half the price of the competitor. If I could sell 20 of my most profitable bar I would stand to make $6600, not including the other various sizes that I offer. Potentially more after brand is established.
>>666801 I joined local groups for my location that connects to thousands of people's pages with a single post, easiest way to spread the word.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 15:52:12 2015 No.667248 >>667228 Like facebook classified pages, or something else? I've actually had a bit of luck myself with fb yard sale pages. I just did $405 my first week. Hoping to hit some higher numbers next week.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 16:05:08 2015 No.667266 >>667248 Sort of, in my location there are like 20k people in a group that is made for posting what your selling, like Craigslist but with an audience.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 17:04:44 2015 No.667314 File: 559 KB, 768x784, wp_ss_20141210_0001.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>667266 Craigslist is dildos... Word brother! So, we're actually doing almost the same thing. Meet you at $1million dollars dude.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 17:26:54 2015 No.667363 Is there any way to make money off of all these free couches on craigslist? I bet I could get three a day and only spend a few hours.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 17:35:39 2015 No.667375 >>667363 Firewood or piss stain fetishists? As a legit business, you'd probably make a mint upcycling them with new hipster upholstery. That shit I'd like an art though.

Anonymous Fri Feb 27 17:43:47 2015 No.667384

>>667363
No, probably not.

Selling couches is hard as fuck and not consistent whatsoever.

They take up a lot of room, they can have bedbugs, holes, rips, broken springs and other nuisances and there's no real market for it except for the odd person here or there because most people looking to buy furniture would just buy it from a Retail Store.

You would probably have 3 couches lying around for months upon months before some guy lowballed you and you decided to sell them to him.

>>	naturalbornhustla Fri Feb 27 17:49:17 2015 No.667389 >>666666 I let this happen.... W-we let this happen...

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 27 17:53:34 2015 No.667395 >>666746 >actually naming your filenames fgt

>>	99.8% Feedback Sat Feb 28 02:15:38 2015 No.667812 >>666666 I was waiting for this get but I forgot...

>>	99.8% Feedback Sat Feb 28 02:17:21 2015 No.667813 File: 23 KB, 446x362, 1423443563905.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>667812 fuck, I could've used "butt"

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 09:30:08 2015 No.667958 >>667363 Maybe pick up free couches and regive them away but charge for delivery?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 09:43:56 2015 No.667966 File: 13 KB, 480x319, thdd.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>666666 So sayeth we all

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 09:51:54 2015 No.667970 >>666090 As a lighting distributor I will say the market is incredibly saturated. Also the lighting world is very political

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 10:51:05 2015 No.668010 File: 1.96 MB, 320x240, shaq-shoryukens-dudley-o.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>666666

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 10:55:24 2015 No.668012 >>668010 spurstalk crew checking in

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 12:41:07 2015 No.668090 File: 1.22 MB, 2244x1660, Vegeta3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>666666

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 28 12:47:44 2015 No.668097 >>666668 >>666666 fucking admins hijacking #gets with automated bullshit

>>	Pizza Fund Managers !!n1HP3TUF4Ba Sat Feb 28 18:30:22 2015 No.668453 File: 21 KB, 540x498, 1365200349334.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 18:27:36 2015 No.669401 File: 148 KB, 1067x1580, booty.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>666666 butts indeed.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 21:37:34 2015 No.669585 File: 3 KB, 125x120, 1423880328511s.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>666666

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 1 21:39:39 2015 No.669588 File: 76 KB, 294x274, 1351640510486.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>666666

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