E-Commerce Journey

FromChinaWithTea said:

Should I add my pictures on Pinterest via my shop? That way my link seems to be added.

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Yes take advantage of all the social media. Also if you haven`t you can make a Facebook page and other stuffs related to it (or at least this kind of social interaction).
Get a twitter account(if you have not already) and tweet about new products, prices or just sharing a picture
Also a Youtube channel with diverse recipes in how to make specific tea and such.
Hope these gives you plenty of more ideas in the future
These are just the tip of the iceberg
All of these(and the other ideas that I made your head to work at) will create momentum and lift the business very well

FlashCavDesign said:

Yes take advantage of all the social media. Also if you haven`t you can make a Facebook page and other stuffs related to it (or at least this kind of social interaction).
Get a twitter account(if you have not already) and tweet about new products, prices or just sharing a picture
Also a Youtube channel with diverse recipes in how to make specific tea and such.
Hope these gives you plenty of more ideas in the future
These are just the tip of the iceberg
All of these(and the other ideas that I made your head to work at) will create momentum and lift the business very well

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All Social accounts are already made
Last night we did a few videos of "Blooming Tea" its like a small ball if tea that you put in to hot water, then a flower blossom in the glass.

Good luck to you and your wife on this journey mate You've shared your niche here which is more than enough, don't share your site here imo. Subscribed to see you progress

Thanks for all the good wishes!

It looks like we are kicking off mid next week, I bloody cant wait I think I have "recruited" a solid affiliate, we talked on Skype and I like the questions he asked me about our business. I have offered him a higher % of sales than I originally intended. Hopefully he is willing to help iron out stuff in the beginning.

We did a photo session last night of 15 new products, they are now being photo shopped in order to look good. We try to keep the color of the teas as original as possible, while at the same time display it as good as we can.

It was mainly some tea canisters, some crafts from Yunnan province and some black tea - and of course my favorite - Long Jing grade AAAA, 2014 harvest.

We also sold 5kg of "Jasmine White Tea" and a few kg's of Oolong tea.

This weekend we will focus on getting all content written and iron out minor bugs, which is still present.

I have read A LOT about viral marketing and it seems like a good option as I don't have experience with PPC. However, I will do a few campaigns on FB and I think I will try POF as well, I really like the target options.

Things are starting to get hot...

Last week we sold quite a lot of tea, total profit of $1200. Whats even more exciting is that I am in dialog with several members from here, they seem to be very serious about get something going.

Our ecommerce shop should be ready to accept sales this week!
I already have an affiliate waiting. We are still busy taking pictures and write descriptions.

As soon as we are ready, I will attack Instagram and Pinterest.

So far we have stuck to the plan and things are moving in the right direction.

All credit goes to my wife
She have really held things well together during our initial planning.

Stay tuned for more good news.

Sounds like a really exciting journey, best of luck! Following this.