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Show HN: My new side business

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Re: Show HN: My new side business

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My $0.02 is that daily deal sites like this are tough to market, as you're only real ongoing customer base are those who want discounts. The tricky part is that they're a very diverse customer base so you can't base your pitch on what the products are and who should get the message. Like other people here have mentioned - if you had a niche it could make things easier. Ie: if you're providing deals on baking products…

My thoughts, too.

Plus, it'll be very difficult to get repeat business. I run a couple ecommerce sites and repeat purchases / customer loyalty is a major part of sales. If your products don't have a central theme (i.e. target a focused segment), it is unlikely that a customer who bought random product A would be interested in random product B.

Re: Show HN: My new side business

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How much traffic? A lot of competition in that space won't help.

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?

That's why you don't have a lot of sales then.

I wouldn't be rushing to spend big on ads until the site was settled and smooth. If you can get a few niche products running at once and get some ads promoting that field, you might have some luck.

Re: Show HN: My new side business

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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.

Integrity is a handy thing in business. Just hide the "X amount shown" until it's greater than 10. Don't put a false number there.

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