Paul
Anaheim,#2Consumer Suggestion
Sun, November 26, 2006
That wouldn't be so bad, if this whole fiasco cost you an hour of time and 50 cents for a phone call. You could write that off and walk away. But, from your story, it looks like months of time and thousands of dollars. Do you want to know the worst part? The idiot made something and delivered it to you. Plus, you signed a contract. The cops usually end up calling that kind of thing a business deal gone sour. That makes it a civil matter. Like small claims court. At best, you could go in and have your day in front of Judge Judy. Something like that. How much are other people making by selling toys on websites? You don't know, because you didn't check it out. There's so much that you don't understand about internet commerce. You jumped into the freakin' deep end of the lake. You have no idea what to do. For example, you don't auto-submit to 1500 search engines. You only need the top 3. And, you don't auto submit anything. Next, you need to realize that you pay to get traffic. Google adwords. Plus, you need to make a good site. Backlinks from page-rank 4 sites. Plus, you need to run google adsense. And, you need to get with yahoo and do the same thing. Google these things and spend a day reading. Meta tag optimization. Keyword analysis. Search engine optimization. Page ranking. Pay per click. Affiliate campaigns. I could give you a list of a dozen more things. But, once you start, you'll quickly see what you need. Plus, on top of all this crap that you have to do just to get people to come to your site, you still have to run the business side of it. Boxing up all the dildos and the anal lube and sending it all out. Plus, you gotta handle the merchant account nonsense. The list just goes on and on. Can you make money in the adult toy business online? Maybe. Maybe, if you got 50 grand, and two years of time to build your traffic. Maybe after all that time and money, you can finally start to see some kind of an income that you could live off of. The keyword is maybe. Remember, there are a million other people hustling off lotions and g-spot vibes. You're not alone, not by any means. The thing is, you didn't figure out any of this before you dived in and started spending money. Here's my advice. Forget the idiot. You followed this dumbass long enough. He's of no value. Get some books (library) and find out what you're up against. Don't follow any more assholes. Figure out this whole e-commerce thing for yourself. Then, if you still feel like you have the time and the money, get back in it again. Personally, I think that you're wasting both time and money. But, that's me. I only go with winning situations. At best, e-commerce is a long-shot. Have you thought about sex toy parties? It works like Avon, except your hustling vibrators door-to door. Women get together in groups and check the stuff out right there in person. If ten ladies each spend $100, you got a grand. At a 50% markup, you made $500. Do 2 or 3 of these a week, and it turns into 50K. Now, that you can do in 90 days. The investment is low. All you need to learn is how to sell the products and how to put together the groups of women and couples who will look at your display. The stuff kind of sells itself. It's not like running a life-insurance scam, or anything. For my money, that's what I'd be doing.