day 3: starting a SA ecomm store 🇿🇦

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The video provides a raw and honest look into the early struggles of starting an e-commerce business, which resonates with aspiring entrepreneurs. The creator's willingness to share both the financial outlay and the lack of immediate success makes the content relatable and authentic.

Summary

The creator is documenting their journey of starting an e-commerce store in South Africa. On day three, they have spent 600 rand on ads but have only made one sale, resulting in a small loss. They plan to let the ads continue running until the weekend to gather data and optimize future campaigns.

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1Starting day 3 of dropshipping
2Ads are running but no sales today
3Spent 600 rand on ads, only one sale so far
4Currently at a small loss
5Deciding to let ads run until the weekend for data
6Focusing on testing and optimizing ads

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day 3: starting a SA ecomm store 🇿🇦

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#shopify #ecommerce #business #southafricabusiness #marketing

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So today is day three of dropshipping. Uh, my ads running, but I haven't made a single sale today. So I'm still only on that one sale from yesterday or no, I mean Tuesday. So far I spent like 600 rand on ads. Um, haven't made a single another sale yet. Only made that one sale, 688 rand in revenue. So we actually we actually losing, but I'm gonna let these ads still run for until the weekend ends because there's no reason in stopping the ads now. I mean, I don't really mind running these ads of the week, cause then I can actually test it. I can see who's watching the ads, I can see who's clicking through on the ads. And that just allows me to make better ads in the next campaign. So I'm gonna let these ads run for a bit. Them go, go, and then, yeah, um, hopefully, um, I'm just hoping for another one sale. I know hope is not a very good thing to count on, but I have faith and I believe that this is eventually gonna, it's just the testing phase now. We're in the testing phase. It's testing a creators, testing different targeting groups, just test, test, test. I've been watching a lot of ads recently. And yeah, we just working on, um, optimising each and every single time. So yeah, this is the end. I'll see y'all guys tomorrow for day four of building a successful e-commerce store in South Africa. And yeah, hope blessed day. See ya.