We have hit the second week in now and I am still adjusting things and finding issues with the way things are set up.
It is a very steep learning curve and I am making small improvements every day. Most people probably wont notice, but they make a difference apparently. Like the thumbnail image in the back has to be the largest one so there is less white space around the image. So I had to go back and select the correct image for each product.
I also discovered that Printful creates a new shipping rates group instead of just adding it to the one i want it to use. No idea how to fix that yet, but currently I have to manually update the products so people get the free shipping over $40.
I refunded someone their shipping costs this week because of it.
Then I discovered one of the sticker sets I created had a duplicate image instead all different ones, so I am likely going to need to replace that sticker sheet as well. I reach out to Printful before it was fulfilled, but I was too late.
I have had a total of 4 sales now, all from friends which I am extremely grateful for. My profit at this point is $30.74 (ads and refund inclusive). I am so excited that friends have supported me in this way. It is really a good feeling.
I decided to run some facebook ads with my profit for 4 days it cost me $9 and I got 39 clicks on my site and zero purchases from that. It did increase sessions on the site.
I have also created a bunch of designs in Canva (and will continue to do so this week) because my free trial runs out on Wednesday and I can’t afford to pay the monthly amount if the shop doesn’t start making more sales.