Le ndaba ivela kuMichael Mackay, usomabhizinisi ophumelelayo okhiqize u- $ 757k ekuthengiseni ngonyaka wakhe wokuqala futhi wenyusa ibhizinisi lakhe lafika ku- $ 2M eminyakeni emibili edlule ngokuqhuba izitolo zakwaShopify.
UMichael usanda kuthuthela efulethini lakhe elisha imizuzu engama-30 ukusuka eManhattan, wabonga kakhulu ngalokho e-commerce akwazile ukumnika yona, nokusebenza naye. I-CJ Dropshipping umlethele ingcebo eningi. Le ndaba imayelana nendlela uMichael aliqala ngayo futhi alikhulisa ngayo ibhizinisi lakhe lokuwa phansi, nokuthi wathatha igxathu elikhulu kanjani okholweni lwakhe.
Qala kusuka kuziro
Emuva ngo-August ka-2017, uMichael usanda kuthola umsebenzi omusha sha wokusebenzela ukuqala kwezobuchwepheshe eManhattan edolobheni laseNew York, futhi enye yezidingo zalo msebenzi ukuthi kufanele athuthele e-NYC ukuze abe seduze nomphakathi. Bekungumholo omuhle impela owawubalelwa ku-$120k base salary plus commission.
Kwakuyisikhathi esincane kakhulu futhi kwakumnandi kakhulu. Kodwa uMichael wayengenakho ukonga kwangaphambilini noma okunye okunjalo kunoma yimuphi omunye umsebenzi, ngakho ukuhlala eManhattan kwakunzima ukubhekana nakho ekuqaleni. Kwadingeka ukuthi angene efulethini elincane elingamamitha-skwele angu-300 elingakwazi ngisho nokulingana nombhede kulo, bekufanele abe nomunye waleyo mibhede eyi-murphy owayidonsa odongeni.
Kwakuwuhlobo lwe-hysterical, kodwa kwakudingeka akhokhe ngaphezu kwe-$ 2ka ngenyanga kulokho futhi wayengenayo enye inketho. Kwagcizelela uMichael ngakho waqala ukufuna ezinye izindlela zokwenza imali ukuze angezelele iholo lakhe, ngokusebenzisa i-side hustle noma into enjalo.
Njengabaningi benu, uMichael wabheka i-Amazon FBA, wabheka ukumaketha okuhlobene. Ngemuva kokubuka amavidiyo ambalwa e-YouTube, wayazi lokho Shopify dropshipping kwakuyindlela okufanele ahambe ngayo, ngoba wayethanda ngempela ukuba nekhono lokulawula kakhulu kuzo zonke izici zebhizinisi.
Ukuthengisa kokuqala
NgoSepthemba 2017, uMicheal wethule amawebhusayithi ambalwa. Wayengazi nhlobo ukuthi wenzani, futhi wethula cishe izitolo eziyisi-6 noma eziyisi-7 ngaphambi kokuthi aqale ukwenza imali. Yini njalo. wayethola ukuthengiswa lapha nalaphaya ngezikhathi ezithile kodwa konke kwakuyinhlanhla ngempela.
Ngemva kokuzama ukwehluleka kwakhe izikhathi eziningi, kwakungo-April noma ngoMeyi ka-2018, uMichael ekugcineni wethula ifaneli yamahhala yokuthumela ethengisa lesi sihlilingi esincane esincane. Kwakuwucezu oluphelele lwemfucumfucu, kodwa empeleni kwaqala impumelelo yakhe kwezentengiselwano ye-e-commerce okwakuyisikhathi esikahle kuye ngoba izinto zazingahambi kahle emsebenzini.
UMichael wasebenzisa wonke amandla akhe kanye naso sonke isikhathi sakhe samahhala efunda indlela yokwakha ibhizinisi le-e-commerce ngokusemthethweni elingathatha umsebenzi wakhe wesikhathi esigcwele futhi umphathi wakhe wayeseqala ukuqaphela ngakho banikeza uMichael isiphetho ngolunye usuku. Kwakufana nesonto lokuqala likaJuni 2018, uMicheal kwadingeka avale amadili amaningi kangaka phakathi nesonto elilandelayo, noma ngabe bazomlahla ekupheleni kwesonto.
Izithiyo emsebenzini
Ngakho-ke uMichael wavele wawuyeka lowo msebenzi ngaleso sikhathi futhi wanquma ukwenza Shopify e-commerce ngokugcwele. Futhi ngaleso sikhathi, wayenza cishe inkulungwane yamadola ngosuku ngenzuzo, uhlobo olungaguquki. Kepha lokho kwaphela amasonto ambalwa, wabe eseqala ukubona ukuthi umphakeli wakhe u-Aliexpress wayenyusa amanani alezi zihlilingi.
Amadola ambalwa lapha nalaphaya njalo emavikini ambalwa, futhi ngesikhathi eyeka ukuthengisa lowo mkhiqizo, uMichael wayemubi ekwenzeni izinombolo futhi waqaphela ukuthi empeleni ulahlekelwe cishe u-$10k kulowo mkhiqizo. Kwathi lapho engenamsebenzi, engenamawebhusayithi aphumelelayo noma imikhiqizo esebenzayo, waba nenhlanhla, uMichael kwadingeka aphume eManhattan ayohlala efulethini elincane likamngane wakhe eBronx.
Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakumele aqale ukushayela i-Uber, lapho avele wayiyisa kwelinye izinga ngokwehla ngobuhlakani bephazili.
Iphuzu lokuguqula nezinselele
Cishe ngo-Okthoba 2018, uMichael waqala le webhusayithi, i-tidesupply.com, okwakuyisitolo sakhe sokuqala esijwayelekile, futhi yaqala ngempumelelo enkulu. Kwakuyi-Q4, okwakuyisikhathi esihle sokuqala ibhizinisi futhi waqala ukuhlola noma yimiphi imikhiqizo ayecabanga ukuthi ipholile ngempela. Kepha asheshe akuqaphela ukuthi ngenkathi wenza isitolo esijwayelekile sokwehla, usebenzelana nabo bonke abahlinzeki be-Aliexpress nokuphatha ngamunye futhi wonke ama-oda wamakhasimende kuyiphupho elibi ngokuphelele.
Ukuze kube nokulungile noma kucace ngaphandle futhi kube lula, abahlinzeki abaningi be-Aliexpress bangabakhohlisi abaqondile, abanye babo baqamba amanga ngokuphelele ngokuthi bayithathaphi imikhiqizo futhi baqamba amanga ngezikhathi zokuthumela, futhi abambalwa babo nje. ungathumeli ngisho nama-oda owafaka kuwo futhi kuthatha izinyanga ukubuyisela leyo mali.
Impumelelo nge-CJ Dropshipping
Ngasekupheleni kukaDisemba 2018, yileyo ndlela uMichael athola ngayo i-CJ Dropshipping futhi wayexhunywe ebhethini. Into enhle ngokusebenza ne-CJ, ikakhulukazi ngesitolo esijwayelekile sokwehla kwempahla ukuthi bakuvumela ukuthi uthole imikhiqizo eminingi njalo ngosuku olulodwa, futhi bakwenzela wonke umsebenzi ofana nawo njengokuxhuma ngokuzenzakalelayo imikhiqizo yakho esitolo sakho nokuthumela ama-oda wamakhasimende akho ngokuzenzakalelayo. nsuku zonke.
Ake sithi ushaye inkulungwane yamadola ekuthengisweni emikhiqizweni eyi-6, okumele ukwenze ukungena kudeshibhodi ye-CJ Dropshipping futhi uqhubeke uvote ukugcwalisa yonke leyo miyalo, futhi izocutshungulwa phakathi kwezinsuku ezi-5 bese ithunyelwa amakhasimende zingakapheli izinsuku eziyi-15-20, okuyinto enhle kakhulu ebhizinisini le-dropshipping.
UMichael usesebenze ne-CJ Dropshipping unyaka nesigamu manje. Ngo-2019 ku-tidesuppy.com, wafinyelela cishe ku-$800k, futhi usanda kukhuphuka ekhuphuka esuka lapho.
Isiza asisahlali bukhoma ngoba uMichael wabhekana nezinkinga ezithile ngabacubunguli bokukhokha kanye nokuvalwa kwe-akhawunti ye-Facebook Ad, ngakho-ke ubeseshintshele ekulahleni okuningi kwesitolo somkhiqizo owodwa. Futhi noma enze nje uhlobo lokwakha isitolo esisha esijwayelekile sokwehla, ubheke ngabomvu ukukhuphula lo khiye phambili nge-CJ Dropshipping.
Igama lokugcina
Uma unanoma yimiphi imibuzo maqondana nokwehla ngokujwayelekile, zizwe ukhululekile ukufinyelela kuphrofayili kaMichael ku-Instagram noma ku-Facebook futhi angakujabulela ukuphendula noma iyiphi yaleyo mibuzo.
- I-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.mackay.752
- I-Instagram: @michaelmackdawg
