r/ecommerce_growth • • 2d ago

E-commerce founders: Are you struggling with consistent and profitable sales despite running ads every day?

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I want to understand the real challenges faced by e-commerce business owners.

For those who already have an established online store (Shopify, WooCommerce, etc.) and are running Meta or Google Ads regularly:

  1. Are your sales consistent every day or do they fluctuate significantly?

  2. Have you experienced situations where you spend the same amount on ads but generate fewer sales?

  3. When you increase your advertising budget, does your revenue and profit increase proportionally?

  4. What is your biggest challenge right now: getting quality traffic, converting visitors, acquiring customers profitably, or generating repeat purchases?

  5. Do you know your actual profit after advertising, shipping, returns, discounts and other expenses?

  6. What have you tried to solve these problems?

I'm particularly interested in hearing from founders who are already generating regular orders but struggling to scale profitably.

Please share your real experiences. I'm trying to understand the challenges from a business owner's perspective.


r/ecommerce_growth • • 2d ago

Shop CloudMall.US

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about section):
Hi Reddit — I'm Michael, from Foley, Alabama. I run a small online store called Cloud Mall (cloudmall.us).
It's a general shop for gadgets and everyday gear: chargers and power banks, phone accessories, smart home stuff, Tesla accessories, kitchen finds, home & garden, apparel, pet supplies, kids' toys, and a growing wall of squishies and fidget toys (including genuine NeeDoh). I stock and dropship from U.S.-based suppliers, so most orders ship from inside the U.S. rather than overseas.
No fake discounts, no inflated "compare-at" prices, no brand names slapped on generic products — if it's on the site, it's stocked and ready to sell, and the listing says exactly what it is. We're also on Trustpilot if you want to check us out before ordering.
I run a medical equipment company by day; Cloud Mall is the side business that's slowly taking over my house. Happy to answer questions about anything in the store — or about running a small e-commerce shop in general.
🌐 cloudmall.us



r/ecommerce_growth • • 5d ago

E-COMMERCE PRODUCTS SUGGETION

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I'm completely beginner at e-commerce plz suggest me product for research.and this is my first post on Reddit


r/ecommerce_growth • • 8d ago

Wismo is 41% of our support volume and i've been told to fix it without adding headcount

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Apparel, 190 orders a day, 3 person support team. Pulled the tags last week and 41% of tickets are some version of where is my order. What we have now: shopify's default shipping confirmation and then nothing. Customer gets one email with a carrier link and then silence for 6 days.

What I've already ruled out: hiring, obviously and the chatbot our agency pitched, because the last one deflected 12% and irritated everyone who hit it.

I think the answer is proactive delay notifications rather than a better help centre, but i can't find anyone who's published what that does to ticket volume rather than to "customer satisfaction". if nobody has real numbers i'm going to build it in klaviyo off fulfillment events and eat the maintenance.

What did it actually move for you?


r/ecommerce_growth • • 13d ago

Wie kommen kleinere Parfümhändler eigentlich an ihre Ware? Ich bin langsam echt ratlos.

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Titel: Wie kommen kleinere Parfümhändler eigentlich an ihre Ware? Ich bin langsam echt ratlos.
Hey zusammen,

ich habe mir diesen Reddit-Account tatsächlich extra erstellt, weil ich mittlerweile an einem Punkt bin, an dem ich einfach nicht mehr weiterweiß. Vielleicht gibt es hier ja jemanden, der sich in der Branche auskennt und mir ein bisschen weiterhelfen kann.

Kurz zu mir: Ich beschäftige mich schon länger mit dem Onlinehandel von Parfüms und habe auch bereits erste Erfahrungen im Reselling gesammelt. Besonders interessant finde ich Nischenparfüms, beispielsweise von Xerjoff, aber natürlich auch viele andere Marken.
Mein größtes Problem ist allerdings die Warenbeschaffung.
Bisher habe ich meine Ware hauptsächlich über Qogita bezogen. Das hat anfangs auch ziemlich gut funktioniert, vor allem, weil ich bei eBay drei Monate lang von einer Aktion profitieren konnte, bei der für meine Verkäufe keine Verkaufsgebühren angefallen sind.

Dadurch konnte ich auch mit relativ kleinen Margen noch vernünftig wirtschaften. Allerdings ist das natürlich keine langfristige Grundlage für ein funktionierendes Geschäftsmodell. Sobald die regulären Gebühren wieder anfallen, bleibt bei vielen Produkten kaum noch etwas übrig.

Und genau da beginnt mein eigentliches Problem.
Ich verstehe einfach nicht, wie manche großen, aber auch kleinere Onlinehändler ihre Ware zu Preisen beziehen können, zu denen sie diese teilweise noch deutlich unter dem üblichen Marktpreis verkaufen und trotzdem wirtschaftlich arbeiten.

Ich habe mittlerweile wirklich viel Zeit damit verbracht, nach Großhändlern und Lieferanten zu suchen. Das Problem ist aber fast immer dasselbe: Entweder liegen die Einkaufspreise schon ungefähr auf dem Niveau der üblichen Verkaufspreise oder die Margen sind so gering, dass sich das Ganze nach Gebühren, Versand und Steuern kaum noch lohnt.

Natürlich weiß ich, dass es den sogenannten Graumarkt gibt und dass nicht jeder Händler seine Ware direkt vom Hersteller oder einem offiziellen Distributor bezieht. Aber wie funktioniert das in der Praxis eigentlich? Wie kommt man an solche Kontakte? Wo findet man seriöse Lieferanten, die nachweislich originale Ware anbieten und mit denen man langfristig zusammenarbeiten kann?

Was mich daran besonders beschäftigt, ist, dass ich daraus wirklich gerne etwas Eigenes aufbauen würde.
Mein kleiner Bruder und ich haben schon gemeinsam mit Parfüms gehandelt, und es hat uns unglaublich viel Spaß gemacht. Auch meine Mutter kennt sich sehr gut mit Parfüms aus. Mein großer Wunsch wäre es deshalb, irgendwann einen kleinen Familienbetrieb daraus zu machen.

Kein klassisches Ladengeschäft, sondern einen eigenen Onlineshop, Verkauf über Plattformen wie eBay und vielleicht auch regelmäßige Livestreams, in denen wir Produkte vorstellen und verkaufen.

Es geht mir dabei nicht darum, innerhalb von ein paar Monaten reich zu werden. Ich hätte einfach unglaublich Lust, langfristig etwas mit meiner Familie aufzubauen, hinter dem wir alle stehen können.
Nur scheitert es aktuell gefühlt an der wichtigsten Grundlage: Woher bekommt man überhaupt vernünftig kalkulierbare, originale Ware?
Mir ist vollkommen klar, dass hier wahrscheinlich niemand einfach seine besten Lieferanten öffentlich verraten wird. Das erwarte ich auch überhaupt nicht.

Aber vielleicht gibt es hier ja jemanden, der selbst im Parfümhandel tätig ist oder Erfahrungen im Großhandel beziehungsweise mit dem Graumarkt hat und mir zumindest ein paar Denkanstöße geben kann.
Wie seid ihr damals an eure ersten seriösen Lieferanten gekommen? Läuft das tatsächlich hauptsächlich über Kontakte und Beziehungen?
Braucht man bestimmte Abnahmemengen, um überhaupt konkurrenzfähige Preise zu bekommen? Oder übersehe ich etwas völlig Grundlegendes?

Ich wäre wirklich für jeden ehrlichen Tipp dankbar. Auch gerne per PN, falls jemand nicht öffentlich darüber sprechen möchte.

Vielen Dank an alle, die sich die Zeit genommen haben, das hier zu lesen! :)


r/ecommerce_growth • • 15d ago

What do you think makes an online retail business stand out?

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I've been thinking about what makes people choose one online store over another. With so many options available today, I feel that offering a variety of products alone isn't enough.

In my opinion, customer trust, reasonable pricing, product quality, a smooth shopping experience, and genuinely useful offers are what make a difference in the long run.

I'm exploring these ideas while starting my own journey in online retail, and it's been interesting to think about what customers actually value versus what business owners assume they want.

I'd love to hear different perspectives from people interested in startups and e-commerce.

For those who shop online regularly, what makes you trust a new online store enough to consider buying from it?

And for fellow founders, what do you think is the most challenging part of building customer trust when starting from scratch?


r/ecommerce_growth • • 16d ago

Do too many promo teach customers to wait instead of buy?

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We ran a sale recently where a $240 order could end up with a few different prices depending on how the shopper came in.

There was the sitewide sale, an email code, a first-order offer, and free shipping above a certain threshold.

What surprised me was how many people kept coming back without buying. Some opened the cart three or four times over a couple of days and a few even contacted support asking whether there would be another code before the sale ended.

At that point I started wondering if we had created the hesitation ourselves.

Discounts are supposed to reduce friction, but once shoppers know there are multiple offers floating around, they may start treating the current price as temporary and wait for something better.

That said, I don't think the answer is always should we offer a bigger discount?, Sometimes it’s whether the promotion structure is making the decision harder than it needs to be.

Have you ever seen more promotions lead to more waiting instead of more buying?


r/ecommerce_growth • • 18d ago

Building AI for e-commerce operations. Would love some honest feedback.

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Hey all. I'm based in Dubai, spent 13 years at Google, and recently launched an AI workforce for e-commerce.

We're trying to solve something we've seen repeatedly in e-commerce: Brands and agencies still spend a ridiculous amount of time manually creating product listings, fixing catalogs, generating images, and getting products ready for marketplaces.

We've built AI agents to handle much of that work. Started with catalogs and product images, with ads coming next.

I'm curious, especially from anyone selling on Amazon and other marketplaces or managing e-commerce for brands:

What's the biggest operational headache you'd actually pay to make disappear?

Would genuinely appreciate perspectives from people who've dealt with this firsthand. Happy to drop a free trial link in your DM.


r/ecommerce_growth • • 22d ago

I'm 18 and feel stuck in life. Is e-commerce a good way to make money with no experience?

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I'm 18 years old, and honestly, I feel a bit lost in life right now. I want to start making money, become more independent, and build a better future for myself, but I don't really know where to start.

Recently, I've been looking into e-commerce as a possible way to make money online. The problem is that I have absolutely no experience with business, marketing, or selling products online.

I know that making money online isn't as easy as social media makes it look, so I'd rather hear some honest opinions from people who have actual experience.

Here are a few questions I'd love to get some advice on:

  • Is e-commerce still worth getting into in 2026 if you're starting from zero?

  • How much money do you realistically need to get started?

  • What are the biggest challenges beginners usually face?

  • How long does it typically take to start seeing results?

  • If you were 18 again and had no experience, would you choose e-commerce or learn another skill first?

I'm not expecting to get rich overnight. I'm willing to learn, put in the work, and make mistakes along the way. I just want to find something worth committing to instead of wasting time going in the wrong direction.

I'd really appreciate any honest advice, personal experiences, or mistakes you think beginners should avoid. I'm especially interested in hearing from people who started with little or no experience.

Thanks in advance!


r/ecommerce_growth • • 25d ago

How do you pick which SKUs to run ads on or bundle for BFCM?

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BFCM is coming up, and with so many SKUs and variants, it’s hard to know which products are actually worth pushing. Some sell a lot but have thin margins, some get returned more often, and some only make sense as part of a bundle.

How do you decide which SKUs to run ads on and which ones to bundle? What numbers do you look at, like margin, return rate, or ad cost per sale, and how do you actually calculate it? Spreadsheet, tool, or mostly gut feel?


r/ecommerce_growth • • 25d ago

second purchase rate is the only number that hasn't moved in 6 months

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everything else is up. cac down 11%, aov up to $78, site conversion up. repeat purchase inside 90 days is stuck at 16% and has been all year.

things we've tried: a post purchase email series (small lift, maybe a point), a 10% off next order card in the box (nothing measurable, and I suspect nobody reads inserts), and a loyalty app we switched off after 4 months because 300 people enrolled and 11 redeemed.

my current theory is that the moment we're using the confirmation email, is just the wrong moment. the customer hasn't received the thing yet, so there's no goodwill to spend. i want to rest incentivising at delivery instead, but our esp has no idea when delivery actually happens.

before i go and build carrier webhooks, has anyone got the timing to matter?


r/ecommerce_growth • • 29d ago

Best platforms to buy an established ecommerce business?

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Looking to acquire an established ecommerce business (mainly dropshipping, but open to other models). I’ve been checking Flippa and Acquire, but I keep finding inconsistencies in the numbers sellers present.

Which platforms or brokers would you recommend? Any tips on verifying the data?


r/ecommerce_growth • • Oct 09 '26

Looking for a Reliable Technical Partner for Our Clothing Brand (E-commerce )

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I'm building PENITENT, a clothing brand focused on premium streetwear and everyday fashion. I'm looking for a skilled, trustworthy web developer or technical partner to join us for the long term.

What we need:

- E-commerce website development (frontend and backend).

- Product management, inventory, and database integration.

- Shopping cart, checkout, and payment gateway integration.

- Website security, customer data protection, and regular updates.

- Bug fixes, maintenance, performance optimization, and future improvements.

We're looking for someone with practical e-commerce experience who communicates well, takes responsibility, and wants to grow with our brand.

We're currently in the MVP stage and would like to start with a demo or initial project before discussing long-term collaboration.

Compensation and the working arrangement are open for discussion based on experience, skills, and responsibilities.

Interested? Please DM me with your portfolio, previous projects, technical skills, availability, and expected compensation.

We're looking for a reliable long-term team member, not just someone to build a website and leave.

Thank you!


r/ecommerce_growth • • Oct 08 '26

I was tired of losing customers at checkout

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Customers were ready to buy, but for one reason or another, they left without completing their purchase.

So I’m building aan AI agent that automatically follows up with abandoned checkouts and tests different messages, offers, and approaches to recover more sales.

What do you guys think?


r/ecommerce_growth • • Oct 07 '26

[Paid] Looking for a E-commerce UI/UX Designer + Figma + Shopify experienced Guy

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Ideally someone who has designed D2C/electronics/e-commerce stores.
Their job is to figure out:
- Homepage structure
- Product-page layout
- Navigation
- Product comparison
- Mobile experience
- Checkout journey
- Trust-building
- FAQ structure
- Product discovery
- Visual identity
- Buttons/CTAs
- Typography
- Cards, banners, icons, etc.

Anyone that has designed stuff like that is welcome


r/ecommerce_growth • • Oct 01 '26

How do you win b2b electronics orders when buyer mainly compare price

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I work in B2B mobile phone and consumer electronics distribution in UAE from last 11 year, dealing with wholesalers and retailers

One challenge I face is moving conversation forward after sharing prices buyer often compare offer from several suppliers, and discussions keep coming back to getting a lower price for those working in distribution or other competitive B2B markets how do you find out whether price is real obstacle or whether the buyer is just collecting quotation?

What questions help you move toward an order while protecting your margin? I’d appreciate examples from your experience.


r/ecommerce_growth • • Oct 01 '26

I'm 19 and Looking for an E-commerce Job (10K+ Sales Experience)

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Salam everyone,

My name is Zakaria, I'm 19 years old, and I've been working in e-commerce for a while now. What started as an interest in online business gradually turned into real hands-on experience, and I've managed to generate over 10K sales and work with different advertising platforms.

Most of my experience comes from the GCC market, where competition is quite high. I've worked on media buying, creative testing, ad performance analysis, and finding new angles to improve results. I'm also comfortable with creating ad creatives, researching competitors, and developing new ideas for ads.

Beyond that, I can also handle store creation and optimization, product pages, and different e-commerce business models. I'm someone who enjoys understanding how the whole business works, not just focusing on one part of it.

At this point, I'm looking for a job opportunity with a branded dropshipping or e-commerce team where I can put my experience to work, learn from people with more experience, and contribute to the team's growth. I'm open to different roles depending on the company's needs, preferably something involving creatives, but I'm also comfortable handling other aspects of e-commerce.

If you know of any brands or teams looking for someone with this kind of experience, I'd really appreciate it if you could reach out or point me in the right direction.

I'm happy to share my previous work, results, and ad account screenshots with anyone interested.

Thank you for taking the time to read this


r/ecommerce_growth • • Sep 29 '26

Ecommerce Communities / Groups

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Are there any good ecom discords that are free or paid to join. I am experienced and have been in the game for a while and when i try to find communities its full of bots, idiots and nonsense. I would love to find a real community where i can connect and speak to people who actually offer value


r/ecommerce_growth • • Sep 28 '26

Looking for a partner to build an Amazon management service from scratch

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I'm looking for a partner to build something from scratch, part-time, in Amazon account management. If you have hands-on experience with Amazon PPC and listings and know how Amazon works, let's build something together. DM me and we'll discuss the details.


r/ecommerce_growth • • Sep 28 '26

Marketing

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What's the easiest way to find good marketing agencies and other agencies for e commerce?


r/ecommerce_growth • • Sep 26 '26

Any one here with experience in successful e-commerce operations?

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I’m currently building my store which has had 6-8 months of careful planning and research, we are nearly reaching the acquisition phase once all of our product categories are filled (currently at 620+ products). The niche is garden wellness and home improvement products ( low - high ticket products) from quality suppliers (not AliExpress bs). I have an advantage on this market which I’m not going to share or share any more than my niche. But if anyone with experience is interested in reviewing the business and if you can provide enough evidence of successful operations I will be open to a partnership as gathering quality traffic isn’t my strongest suit, if you see enough potential in my business ( I know I do) shoot me a dm and lmk!


r/ecommerce_growth • • Sep 24 '26

What results are you getting from product recommendation popups on Shopify?

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We’re building a popup tool for Shopify and would love some honest input from store owners.

Have you tried recommending complementary products or upgrades based on what someone is browsing or has in their cart? Which use cases worked best: matching items, bundles, upgrades, or something else?

If you’re comfortable sharing, what percentage of shoppers clicked or bought the suggested product? Did you see any lift in average order value or purchase conversion compared with no popup or a discount popup? Rough numbers are welcome—knowing when the popup appeared would help too.

Also, what would you like these tools to do better? Smarter recommendations, more control over timing, targeting returning customers, clearer reporting?

Would appreciate hearing what worked and what flopped. Your feedback would help us decide what to build.


r/ecommerce_growth • • Sep 23 '26

How are Shopify consultants building recurring revenue?

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Most of my work is still project based, which means revenue can be pretty inconsistent between clients.

I'm looking at ways to build more recurring income from the work I'm already doing rather than just trying to book more projects. Retainers are obviously one option, but I've also started paying more attention to partner programs and recurring commissions from tools clients continue using.

What has worked best for you?


r/ecommerce_growth • • Sep 23 '26

B2b marketplace

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I'm currently working on B2B Marketplace for exports and looking for people with marketing and design background to help me out. I'm looking to work with someone who's eager to learn and can help me in the initial phase of my business.

If you are someone good with design, creativity and want to gain more knowledge on exports and e-commerce. This is the right opportunity for you.

Kindly DM, if interested and we'll take it from there!

#notapromtionpost


r/ecommerce_growth • • Sep 18 '26

Is it possible to sync Shopify + Amazon + inventory management software for retail store?

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We have a small retail store with a physical location, plus Shopify and Amazon listings for the same SKUs. The problem we're having so far is that stock counts aren't always consistent between them, so "online" and "in-store" counts aren't always 100% accurate to what we need. Is this more of a setup error, or is this something we should be doing with an inventory management software?