How to get through the most difficult moments when starting Amazon alone

I came into contact with Amazon after graduating in 2015, and I fell into the pit and never got out. It has been 6 years since I graduated, and I have only done one thing, Amazon.

I worked in the company for the first three years. Unfortunately, I have been working in the same company. I feel that the experience I can learn is getting more and more bottlenecked. The salary is also very average. I can support myself but I am not rich. Although I have created a profit of 180,000 yuan/month, the 2% commission is too low, and the commission salary is also pitifully low. But I was not worldly at that time, so I thought it was OK. I have always felt that there is a lot of luck involved. I can only achieve such results when I encounter good products . Anyway, I am not very confident. So I still have to compare more. It is helpful for me to change jobs.

In 2019, my boyfriend encouraged me to start my own business, so I went out with my only 100,000 yuan. It is a taboo to enter a comfort zone when starting a business alone. The original poster did something wrong from the beginning. She even had the idea of ​​starting a business alone. She should have done some preparations before resigning. After resigning, she had to devote herself to the business. It is more difficult to get back to work after playing around for a few months than before. Half of the passion for entrepreneurship has been lost by playing around. Therefore, it is not recommended to do this when starting a business alone.

I had already registered the store before I resigned. After I quit, the store was on the right track. Then I spent more time on product selection and promotion. Maybe my advantage lies in product selection and market sensitivity. It may also be good luck. After 3 or 4 months, I selected a hot-selling summer product. Yes, it was the 19-year-old neck hanging fan. At that time, when the previous one had not become a hot-selling product, I was the third one to put this product on the market. Then it became a hot-selling product. It was the first pot of gold I earned. The available funds doubled compared to before. Only then did I really see the money. Unfortunately, the product was too popular. Less than 2 months later, it experienced a series of bad reviews, complaints about second-hand goods, and finally died and was complained about appearance infringement. That's how the first hot-selling product ended. Fortunately, my inventory is well controlled and there is basically no unsalable inventory.

A solo worker is a jack of all trades. He needs to know how to register a store, select products, purchase, ship, promote, and provide after-sales service. He needs to know how to deal with being screwed and file complaints. A solo worker cannot stop working. Whenever he has free time, he needs to go to the market, select products, learn new knowledge, and communicate with people.

When I was working alone, I never stopped selecting products from the market. I was lucky, and one of the five products in the second half of the year was a small hit. Fortunately, this product had a long life cycle, which also allowed me to make the first 1 million yuan in my life.

But that's how life is, with ups and downs. At the end of the year, I unexpectedly found out that I was pregnant. The pregnancy reaction was too severe, and there was no one to take care of the child after I became pregnant. I took care of the child by myself for another half a year, which broke all my plans. There were also many problems with the connection during this period, but I was really powerless and nothing was done about it, which meant that I had to start all over again.

In March 21, I was finally able to start going back to work. Except for the shop which was still there, everything really started from scratch, but everything was different. After 2 years, plus the impact of the epidemic, you will find that it is really difficult.

Today, I face all the problems of a self-employed person. I am busy all day long, but I still feel inexplicably guilty and anxious.

I write down my current situation to sort out my thoughts and to hope for more discussions.

1. Logistics and shipping costs are expensive, and Amazon is in a state of internal competition, so it is always difficult to raise prices. The profit is extremely low. Even if there are hundreds of orders a day, you still don’t see any money. As everyone says, you will find that in the end you only make a lot of money from unsold inventory.