Ecommerce becoming depressing?

[silvermusic]

You see thats my point, Yes I have been in B&M, retail and Ecommerce since we had dial up, one of my previous companies reached £1M turnover, but the market changed, dramatically, but what I didn't do is spend then next 8 years moaning about it.

Adapt, innovate or get a job but don't spend your valuable time moaning about the market, if you don't like it, don't do it, no one owes you business, either go and get it or get a job!

I've changed what I sell several times, over the last 12 years in my own business, currently I'm very happy with my own product range. Knowing when to move on is the key, some folk will however sit and do nothing. I've got a brand new product range and separate web site for it going live well in time for Christmas. I'm super excited, more so than I've been for years.

 

[finleydesign]

I've changed what I sell several times, over the last 12 years in my own business, currently I'm very happy with my own product range. Knowing when to move on is the key, some folk will however sit and do nothing. I've got a brand new product range and separate web site for it going live well in time for Christmas. I'm super excited, more so than I've been for years.

Then your the sort of character that will succeed as you have the drive and ability to adapt to demand, some folk will not just sit and do nothing, they sit do nothing and moan about everyone else who's getting on with the business

 

[deniser]

Adapt, innovate or get a job but don't spend your valuable time moaning about the market, if you don't like it, don't do it, no one owes you business, either go and get it or get a job!

I couldn't agree more. It sometimes helps to get it off your chest though and have a good moan. We have gone in completely new directions since making that post, Google has benefited us majorly in its 20 May algorithm change and I have been making the most of the media giving radio interviews etc. I am a do-er, not a moaner on the whole but that was a bad day!

 

[finleydesign]

I couldn't agree more. It sometimes helps to get it off your chest though and have a good moan. We have gone in completely new directions since making that post, Google has benefited us majorly in its 20 May algorithm change and I have been making the most of the media giving radio interviews etc. I am a do-er, not a moaner on the whole but that was a bad day!

Good for you! But try and remember it shouldn't be on your chest in the first place, running your own business is never going to be a run in the park, it will drive you too breakdown at times and will reward you at times, ultimately though it's the ones that jump up every morning with a smile that will win

 

[Page]

I couldn't agree more. It sometimes helps to get it off your chest though and have a good moan. We have gone in completely new directions since making that post, Google has benefited us majorly in its 20 May algorithm change and I have been making the most of the media giving radio interviews etc. I am a do-er, not a moaner on the whole but that was a bad day!

And I can confirm that from the many excellent posts and questions of the years

But hey you are far more than a doer IMHO

You are also an ideas person - combine the two through in a bit of admin and management skills - and you are fine - be it ecommerce or selling hot dogs

 

[rockylee]

we totally agree with you, it is hard to do business compared to several years ago, but to be honest, basically, every field is fierce competitive, maybe we can adjust our minds, and think positive side, move forward

 

[Page]

we totally agree with you, it is hard to do business compared to several years ago, but to be honest, basically, every field is fierce competitive, maybe we can adjust our minds, and think positive side, move forward

Well in the early days the pioneers got the early mover advantage - remember when the big stores did not have websites - but plenty of smaller and start up people did - ah fun times and we were all learning together

Then we throw in the barrier of entries having coming right down and we are entering a pretty saturated marketplace

As we have move into new lines for ourselves and trod on other toes - others have moved into ours and stood on ours

So in a way it is becoming more expensive and harder to do the same level of trade

And so we slowly move to the stage that other businesses have been in - where those that get it right or have the right business model will survive and the rest will go to the wall

But the nature of ecommerce is that it is very easy to keep on doing business at a low level due to the low costs for small player
Bedroom - laptop - done
With say a shop - there were certain core costs and if these were not met then you had to move on