Shopify + Facebook + Fidget Spinners
QUICK BACKGROUND
Like many, I’m new to affiliate marketing but not new to entrepreneurship. I currently own a moderately successful local services business, but am wanting to increase income and gain more mobility.
While studying affiliate marketing, I saw Sapven’s post about doing $846,365 in 9 months with ecom and thought I would try my luck.
I started to research various niches and decided to jump on the Fidget Spinner fad.
I’m sharing my niche/numbers, etc, for a few reasons: 1) This will be short lived, 2) I’m not making a lot of money… in fact, I’m pretty sure I’m operating at a loss right now, 3) The market is already saturated, and 4) I want to LEARN as much as I can from this experiment. I can’t do that unless I’m an open book!
WHY FIDGET SPINNERS?
I chose Fidget Spinners for a few reasons:
- High demand
- Can dropship from AliExpress
- It will be short lived (This might just be me, but knowing this reduces pressure to make mega-millions and creates space to lose money while I learn)
SETUP
Here’s a quick list of everything I’ve done to set up for this experiment:
- Launched Shopify Store
- Added trust badges, free worldwide shipping, a 14-day money back guarantee to increase conversions
- Setup theme with ...