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Originally posted by tekart
What type of 'mail order' were you into Naughty?
I've got a buddy of mine who's looking into that type of thing, you got any suggestions?
thanks,
Tek
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I used to do erotic items, the regular lingerie, dolls, condoms, vibrators, poppers, video, DVD and stuff like that.
I still own the shop, but I outsourced it last year (july 2001), I still get money from sales each month, but it is getting less.
My suggestion? Make sure you have money to invest in people who want to pack items for you. I used to do it all alone, but between driving to wholesalers, packing items, managing backorders and keeping track of payments it can get a little crazy.
My shop grew too big to do it all alone, yet it made too little to get personnel, mainly due to false order leaving us with shipping costs and unwanted stock. That is why I tried to sell it, but that was pretty hard too, so I outsourced it.
Another suggestion: Make sure people pay upfront and don't ship to eastern european countries. I did do that couple of times, I got stiffed for thousands, even though they paid with CCs, charged back months later, leaving you with the bills.
I'm never doing it again.