Creating new e-commerce business questions

Hi guys!
So I've always wondered how you, professionals, make your e-commerce businesses grow quickly.
I mean - I know how to set up a store - but there is, almost always, some competition nowadays, especially in dropshipping and other reselling businesses.
So the true question is: how to promote?
Do you recommend buying social media accounts? Or should I buy a couple thousand subscribers for a "just started" account on each platform?
I think I need some "likes" and "subs" to gain some brand trust. Nobody wants to buy anything when my account has 5 subscribers. But I want to know which method is better, quicker and safer.
Can I simply buy an IG account around my niche, delete all stuff, change the account name, and start promoting my stuff?
Or maybe I should start accounts from scratch and run a couple of Meta ad campaigns?

Interesting

Benny Smith said:

So the true question is: how to promote?

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Wherever you distribute information about your store, always offer discounts to customers. For a subscription, for a confirmed like, for 10 purchases, for 10 requests, for 10 clients brought in. For example. Then they will start telling each other about your store and over time you will acquire regular customers. But this is not a matter of one day or one month.