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devcom

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About devcom

Engineering Consultant for Devcom Pty Ltd http://devcomsystems.com.au Subject expert in: electronics design embedded software/hardware design including C and VHDL digital systems design control theory web app design iOS app design

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    Comment #9538603

    I've only tried the Shopify forums, creating posts, replying to people. Was thinking about starting a facebook ad campaign but I don't know how effective that would be.

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    Ask HN: Cheap Internet marketing for bootstrapped Shopify app startup

    I've just created a new app for Shopify. What I really want to find out is if there is a cheap internet marketing company that can do the marketing for me. I think it basically nee…

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    Comment #5625104

    Truer word were never spoken. I will adjust the site. Thanks.

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    Comment #5623680

    Hey thanks! I haven't got any experience with reddit but I have heard that you can upset them easily. I will look at some of the other posts to get an idea of what is suitable. Stu…

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    Comment #5623602

    good point. I guess none of the items are really themed. But we could possibly add some themed artwork on the picture?

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    Comment #5623594

    Yeah we have purchased it. Hasn't come though yet apparently. I will chase that up. Thanks

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    Comment #5623587

    Not a lot! Struggling with marketing at the moment. We are running multiple facebook ads and we are about to approach our local newspaper. Not sure what else to do. Google Ads?

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    Comment #5623580

    Just facebook at the moment. Any other ideas?

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    Comment #5623486

    Yeah the 14 offers sold is just to make the website not look like a ghost town. Put some activity on it. That's great feedback on the sidebar thanks.

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    Comment #5623480

    We wanted to make ours more fun for the buyer and have a 'theme'. All our marketing has been aviation themed, such as "fly in for a great deal". At this stage we kind of went broad…

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    Comment #5623427

    Ok guest checkout is a good idea, totally overlooked that. Thanks. With the homepage do you mean just have the single deal. And remove the deals on the side?

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    Comment #5623357

    If you wouldn't mind I would love some feedback on this. I haven't made a sale yet and I am not sure why. ANY feedback is appreciated!

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    quote - "(can you target by people who have posted a link to an ebay item?)" That's a great idea. Your first two points are slowly dawning on me, I removed the people who liked eba…

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    Hi Scott, Thanks for the great advice and examples. It all seems to make perfect sense when someone spells it out for you. I spoke to one of my friends on the weekend and they said…

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    Comment #5419885

    I'll go first. I've updated the ad here are the words. Title: Always sell the hot items Content: The most current list of best selling products on auction sites. Selling hot produc…

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    Ask HN: Market to ebay sellers

    Hi, First, some context: I launched my web app a few days ago. My target market is eBay sellers. My app is a tool for them to find out which products are the most popular at the mo…

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    Comment #5254415

    Shamless on topic plug here. Some readers might be more familiar with ruby. Multi-threaded webscraping with the tor network with ruby - http://devcomsystems.com.au/2013/01/multi-th…