Advertising business

[alice198]

I want to run online clothes store. How to gather for free 80,000 contacts to send them my welcome message?

 

[Mark T Jones]

I want to run online clothes store. How to gather for free 80,000 contacts to send them my welcome message?

You can buy lists from lots of places

They will mostly be garbage - inaccurate, out of date and - most of all - non compliant.

If they're free, they will be even worse.

Why do you think spamming thousands of uninterested people is any kind of marketing strategy?

 

[fisicx]

I know someone who has a list but there are only 79,990 contacts so unfortunately no good to you.

 

[Ozzy]

send them my welcome message?

Why would you send a 'welcome message' to people who don't care about your clothes store.
Surely it would be more beneficial to welcome your customers, and take up some advertising targeting people who are actually interested in the clothing you plan to sell?

 

[TCH]

what about amazon, eBay, depop, vinted, etsy

it isn't so random, you're engaging with people who are interested

and you can show them images

 

[alice198]

You can buy lists from lots of places

They will mostly be garbage - inaccurate, out of date and - most of all - non compliant.

If they're free, they will be even worse.

Why do you think spamming thousands of uninterested people is any kind of marketing strategy?

where can I get mail addresses B2C to advertise store? I've thought it's uncommon type of list, mostly they're B2B

 

[fisicx]

where can I get mail addresses B2C to advertise store? I've thought it's uncommon type of list, mostly they're B2B

Good lists will cost you thousands of pounds. And will be a waste of money.

I’m very confused. In your other thread you were promoting an affiliate product. In this thread you want to promote a clothing shop. Which one is it?

 

[alice198]

what about amazon, eBay, depop, vinted, etsy

it isn't so random, you're engaging with people who are interested

and you can show them images

how?

 

[WaveJumper]

Not sure you have the right strategy but one click on Google is all you need

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[fantheflames]

I completely understand the goal of promoting to 80,000 contacts, @alice198. Ideally, you want people to receive your offer that already have some interest in what you’re selling. If you grab 80,000 random contacts, you risk spam complaints, low open rates, and damaging your domain reputation before you've even started. I just wouldn't go there.

A better way to grow your list is through interest. You could run a small ad campaign offering a discount or freebie in exchange for email sign-ups. There's so many ways you could go about it. And like someone else mentioned, platforms like Vinted, Depop, or even TikTok can be great visibility builders depending on your niche.

 

[alice198]

Why would you send a 'welcome message' to people who don't care about your clothes store.
Surely it would be more beneficial to welcome your customers, and take up some advertising targeting people who are actually interested in the clothing you plan to sell?

yes, but how actually can I get for free database for these people? it's legal at all?

 

[Chris Ashdown]

Alice, you best way to start selling clothing is via Google where you pay a small fee and get your products shown on the Google site
Not being nasty but you really need to learn the basics of Advertising and Marketing as at present you appear to have no real idea of either. A online shop needs to show its goods to the public,
Are you able to afford to advertise your products or just hoping someone will find your site by luck
I reccomend you pay this £22 book on Amazon to learn the basics https://www.amazon.co.uk/Starting-B...mzn1.fos.95fd378e-6299-4723-b1f1-3952ffba15af

 

[Chris Ashdown]

Sorry Alice that does not look like a good book i suggested this may be better

Amazon.co.uk

 

[fisicx]

yes, but how actually can I get for free database for these people? it's legal at all?

You can’t. And even if you could it would be worthless.

If you want to promote your clothing website you will need to spend money. Lots of money.

 

[alice198]

You can’t. And even if you could it would be worthless.

If you want to promote your clothing website you will need to spend money. Lots of money.

 

[fisicx]

Consider also these free lists are almost certainly illegal as the customer details have been scraped or stolen.

 

[alice198]

Consider also these free lists are almost certainly illegal as the customer details have been scraped or stolen.

so where to get cheap, legal B2C list with more than 100 contacts ? ))

 

[fisicx]

so where to get cheap, legal B2C list with more than 100 contacts ? ))

You can’t. Any list worth having won’t be cheap.

In any case sending out a mailshot for a new clothing store is pointless. You need to gain interest using social media adverts and PPC on the search engines before even thinking about mailshots.

 

[alice198]

You can buy lists from lots of places

They will mostly be garbage - inaccurate, out of date and - most of all - non compliant.

If they're free, they will be even worse.

Why do you think spamming thousands of uninterested people is any kind of marketing strategy?

what channels to choose and to whom write? what could be the most effective?

 

[fisicx]

what channels to choose and to whom write? what could be the most effective?

Don't write to anybody!

You are fixated with writing to people to promote you clothing store. This is pointless. You need to spend money on marketing to make people aware of your shop.

But you also need to answer the question: are you dropshipping? Is anyone else selling the same products?

 

[alice198]

Don't write to anybody!

You are fixated with writing to people to promote you clothing store. This is pointless. You need to spend money on marketing to make people aware of your shop.

But you also need to answer the question: are you dropshipping? Is anyone else selling the same products?

yeah, I know but what would out the best? linkedin? specified members?
Making up own products is risky. Mostly people do not appreciate your own ideas.

 

[fisicx]

None of them!

forget the whole idea of writing to people.

Why don’t you answer the questions we ask?

 

[DontAsk]

Making up own products is risky. Mostly people do not appreciate your own ideas.

That's why you do market research and create a business plan before starting out.