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Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: MarleysMainMan on November 08, 2012, 02:05 am
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What do you guys think?
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hehe id love a sample :D
but my low post count..and other things dont really allow me such honors :l
im sure youll start to pick up business soon
...just keep on keeping on
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10/10 MMM this made me laugh like an idiot. if I could plus you karma I would. still can't stop giggling
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$800 qp's
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I have not laughed so hard in a long time....
DOC
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Well within the first 5min of this poll being opened 2 out of four of you chose "suck your dicks"... Very encouraging guys...:(
And thanks joeyGPesci007, but we have just gotten done with our Halloween sale with nothing to really show for it besides loss in the books:(
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What do you guys think?
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Don't make your thread titles all in capitals, it is almost like you are "yelling" at me, then i might think about looking at your vendor page
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it might help if the vendor link in your .sig didn't 404 for me.
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hehe id love a sample :D
but my low post count..and other things dont really allow me such honors :l
im sure youll start to pick up business soon
...just keep on keeping on
I disagree .. if you keep doing what you are doing your sales are probably not going to increase a lot.
I did not take a look at your vendor profile but this is not rocket science .. you need good/better product(s) at lower prices than anyone else .. you just have to bring something new to the table to make an impact.. price , quality , whole new product , amazing customer service like guaranteed 24 hour delivery or money back ... you know just like a business in the real world works.
If you are offering something that other established vendors are already offering then it's pretty clear that your going to be overlooked. Don't expect to get +100 orders a day without some major effort. I upgraded to a sellers account less than 3 days ago. In those 3 days I really put a lot of effort into this (well already a couple of days before that , just preparations)... established a new heroin source , online 24/7 , packing orders as quickly as possible, advertising and so on and so forth.
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i voted give out samples, but i check your profile, and you have a decent amount of transactions. if you did send out some free samples, with a stealth link for people to give feedback on it, it would help raise your feedback, making people more comfortable buying from you. also, if you do samples, and have the only requirement be for people to write reviews, it will help you a lot. if you do this though, make sure to read though a person's post history, so that you know they will actually post a review, and not just get the free sample. the other thing you could do would be to lower your prices to make them the most competitive possible, but i feel like you probably don't wanna do that. to be honest though, i don't know much about the weed sales on here, as i spent the past 3 years living in a medical marijuana state where i grew my own plants, had a good amount(over 20), and was making my own BHO. so i've never actually bought weed off of here, just other goodies :) also, change your link in your signature to http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php/silkroad/user/fcfe3de881 so it works properly :)
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I don't mean to yell but I was hoping for some attention, holidays coming up and need to make some money for presents.
Just hoping to make someone else's holidays better at the same time I guess?
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And to powerade1 I agree and understand but we have tried new things to no avail along with conventional methods, We can only drop our prices so low until we can't make any money:(
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I also cannot access your profile page and only get the 404 - Not found.
I've never had this problem before so I'm assuming something is wrong on your end?
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I don't get why it's not letting you see my Sr profile, I just copied/pasted and it worked fine for me?!? Is anyone else having this problem??
And as for the samples, yes we have tried that and yes we looked back into their post history but even then only half posted and out of ten grams that was close to a 75.00 loss! Not to mention the five that DID post didn't really make an impact on sales that much to justify the loss.
Idk we're just confused cause things we're going great before btc dropped down to 9.50 last month!?
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@ MarleysMainMan - Update your signature to read the follwoing - http://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php/silkroad/user/fcfe3de881
DPR made an announcemnt the other day saying "index.php" had to be added after .onion in our URL's - this would be why your signature keeps getting 404 error
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Thanks GreenGiant! You're a life saver... I was about to freak out lol Thought for a second that was the reason shit's been slow haha
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Thanks GreenGiant! You're a life saver... I was about to freak out lol Thought for a second that was the reason shit's been slow haha
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I think it was 4-6days ago the change was made, so if the drop in business was recent then maybe.
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404 here too, the link is wrong.
Here is your proper link, copy and paste this in and delete the other one completely -
silkroadvb5piz3r.onion/index.php/silkroad/user/fcfe3de881
Don not put in http
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Well, there's a few reasons why this could be happening...
-SR's maintenance and downtimes putting off newer buyers
-BitInstant madness cutting off a lot of peoples' only known/trusted way to get BitCoins
-2 months ago the domestic weed category was a barren wasteland compared to how it is now. Sometimes it was under 300 and wasn't much higher usually. Now there's 800+ listings and lots of old vendors returning from hiatus.
Things that could boost sales WITHOUT sacrificing profit margins...
Of course, you can't mention where you ship from, but if it's anywhere other than CA, that's a huge huge plus for me. I like to mix up where my packages come from whenever possible. Mentioning your local time zone in your profile is a good way to give customers a good idea. Us east coasters are always looking for a closer, reliable vendor.
I love when vendors post clear 'cut-off' times for order fulfillment. i.e. "orders placed before 5 PM EST are guaranteed to go out the same day." That way you can cut down on the amount of times you're refreshing to see if you have orders, since they're always going out once a day at the same time.
Your pictures are already pretty nice, but people love seeing 'weed porn' lol... if you have any sort of camera (even a good smartphone camera) with a macro function, a link in the item description to a high-res shot gets people interested too.
That's pretty much all I can think of.... but I must say, you handled the 'situation' from a while ago very well. Most vendors do not recover from something like that, but you did and made every customer happy. That's pretty impressive!
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Thanks GreenGiant! You're a life saver... I was about to freak out lol Thought for a second that was the reason shit's been slow haha
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Also you can add High resolution pictures of your product, use the onion image uploader - http://xfq5l5p4g3eyrct7.onion - then just post the URL to the picture under your listings
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Ok now is my link to our profile working??? Sheesh!
And ya you might be rightrealximpact, never thought of the bitinstant thing being an issue, And yes we are on the east coast so we're far from those drug states. And thankyou for the words of encouragement, we'll def look into hi res shots!
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That's pretty much all I can think of.... but I must say, you handled the 'situation' from a while ago very well. Most vendors do not recover from something like that, but you did and made every customer happy. That's pretty impressive!
Ya, reading up on the way MMM handled that situation was what made me feel comfortable placing an order during his Halloween sale. And of course I'm glad I did, as MMM provided a great customer experience. Ignoring for a second the marketing aspect of creating this thread, and taking it as an earnest question, I gotta say that a lot of it probably comes down to the wealth of choice domestic buyers currently have for MJ. Not to discourage current or prospective vendors, choice is great, I've just had 5-6 glowing weed transactions, each from a different vendor, in the short time I've been a member of the road, so it's hard to choose a go to vendor when there are so many great ones. Although I'm just buying small amounts for personal use, so I'm not going to be a vendor's dream buyer anyway. :-\
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Yeah i just copied and pasted it into tor and it worked.
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Add a free 'fortune bud' with every purchase. Write some funny fortune cookie type shit and put it in with pack.
Free bud for buyer and makes you a unique seller cause you givin away free weed and weird ass fortune bud.
Now go and run with it.
And send me a free fortune bud for helpin yo ass out. :)
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I upgraded to a sellers account less than 3 days ago. In those 3 days I really put a lot of effort into this (well already a couple of days before that , just preparations)... established a new heroin source , online 24/7 , packing orders as quickly as possible, advertising and so on and so forth.
has been a member for 21 days
was last seen: today
is unranked with 0% positive feedback from 0 transactions
what
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Ok now is my link to our profile working??? Sheesh!
And ya you might be rightrealximpact, never thought of the bitinstant thing being an issue, And yes we are on the east coast so we're far from those drug states. And thankyou for the words of encouragement, we'll def look into hi res shots!
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Bloody mention you are from the east coast on your profile, please!! this will encourage many many many more customers, i can almost guarantee it!
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What do you guys think?
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YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET SALES? LISTEN UP MY FRIEND, IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO HEAR BUT YOU MUST LIST PRODUCT TO INDUCE SALES! ON TOP OF THIS YOU NEED TO TREAT YOUR CUSTOMERS LIKE A NEWBORN BABY FEEDING OFF THEIR MOTHER TITS TO HAVE REPEAT CUSTOMERS AND PORTRAY A POSITIVE EXAMPLE OF AN SR VENDOR.
That was fun but I have nowhere to go with it...list your items and take care of your customers. Other than that it seems word will spread if you truly have something different to offer whether it be the product itself, shipping practices or general attitude. Unfortunately internet markets are the same as face2face where marketing is king...which I don't do so I take the hit rather than come up with BS to feed potential customers. If you really wanted to make a mark do a mega sale to get people familiar with you and your business and then move on from there.
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Well thanks guys! We're putting that on our profile now GreenGiant, And to toulouse, we thought of giving that a try but if we were to have any interceptions then each one that was ours they'd be able to tie it to our case, but at the same time we've maybe had 1 or two intereptions since we've started so thats not too bad odds i guess! We'll give it a try fuck it! And to blueberrytree, i agree, sounds fishy...
P.s. Thanks nuyt for giving us a shot and posting about it here! Wouldn't be here without your support buddy! And thanks Iflipburgers for the heads up!
MMM
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is that indoor or outdoor bud maybe offer boxes i won't fuck with bubble mailers again not for weed
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Well i agree with you mushitup but i'm confused as to the list my products thing? I have all my listings on the SR??
And yes we've tried multiple sales, seems anytime theres a holiday we have a sale...next one is Black Fri btw...
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Outdoor for BlackBerry Kush And indoor for our Amnesia, But why don't you mess with the bubble mailers?
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And ya you might be rightrealximpact, never thought of the bitinstant thing being an issue, And yes we are on the east coast so we're far from those drug states. And thankyou for the words of encouragement, we'll def look into hi res shots!
Bloody mention you are from the east coast on your profile, please!! this will encourage many many many more customers, i can almost guarantee it!
Ohhhh SNAP! Damn, I'm pissed at myself for never thinking of giving this as advice to vendors before! East coast is a HUMONGOUS advantage. East coast seems to be a large majority of the buyers for cannabis. It's not just about the faster shipping speed (which is a great plus as well, lots of SR buyers are impatient lol) but I hate getting a long string of CA packages. Especially when I'm broke and don't have legal packages coming in as well, lol.
Good luck MMM, and you definitely jumped far up on my list! There is also even more new cannabis vendors showing up nearly every day... sometimes I'll see 2 or 3 new names in a day. I remember I used to be able to see the amount of listings drop by one and figure out what sold out in like a minute, ha.
Oh, and new registrations were suspended for a week-ish... And also the fact that sometimes, your competition isn't even other cannabis dealers... it's the overwhelming variety of hundreds of all kinds of drugs, for some people. Heh.
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edit- One last thing before I go. There's a lot of different opinions on bubble mailers. Yes, some vendors are retarded and get their pills/weed crushed or torn open by being sloppy. If done well, bubble mailers are easily as safe as boxes. 3M weather-resistants are the best, IMO.
Now, boxes..... I'm seeing such a high amount of Small Flat Rate Boxes it's getting annoying. I didn't see one for the first 3 out of 7 months I was here... now I've gone with the past 12 orders from 8 different vendors and all but one were SFR boxes. Doesn't look good, really. Especially when they're all out of 'that' state. However, they could easily be improved... why would someone pay $6 to ship a half ounce of weight when it could be done for much cheaper? Easy solution- a rock or something to give it some weight.
Augh, anyway, sorry for ranting. Comes down to this- A choice of box/bubble mailer would be nice but don't let it slow down your process. I, personally, would like to see bubble mailers.
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Outdoor for BlackBerry Kush And indoor for our Amnesia, But why don't you mess with the bubble mailers?
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i don't like being able to feel whats inside and they can rip easier plus my last order never came in bubble mailer just the envelope probably b/c someone felt it and stole it i know it was 2 vac sealed
anyways east coast a + and do you have a cut-off time for same day shipping
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I'm gna try to place a order next week sometime don't have the money atm your prices look great as long as its nice quality and shipping from the east coast is a plus for me. I would also like to see a option for the flat rate box shipping like the previous poster said you can feel the bud in the bubble mailers I have a feeling the flat rate boxes blend in with other mail better also.
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Well we can def ship in a box for large orders but right now we do put our product inside a box and then in a bubble mailer so it feels as is if a dvd case were in there..
We understand what u guys are talkin about and found a remedy for that problem:) But we will be looking into priority box shipping, just need to find a way around going into the usps office as right now we just drop outside in the drop boxes with stamps... Anyone have any ideas?
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But we will be looking into priority box shipping, just need to find a way around going into the usps office as right now we just drop outside in the drop boxes with stamps... Anyone have any ideas?
I usually ramble on about shipping since I've shipped out a good 400-500 eBay items with all sorts of services/drop styles, blah blah blah see I'm already going on too much, lol. Here's what you need to know-
The easy Priority option, Small Flat Rate Boxes are convenient and just need a $5.15 Priority stamp and a $1 will cover a DCN on it. The 13-ounce limit Blue Box rule generally doesn't apply to SFRs which is a nice bonus but not a guarantee. I had dozens of 13-ounce items go no problem in SFR boxes, but I don't think it'll be a problem anyway unless your packing material is really heavy. Medium Flat Rate boxes are awesome but pretty big, some buyers wouldn't like that they won't fit into most mailboxes so eh... I'd love to see a SR package show up in one someday though, lol.. Flat Rate Envelopes usually get propped up between my storm door and front door and just fall inside. Now that's service!
But for something different and even cheaper? Easy... go to a bigger Wal-Mart and check out their shipping supplies, they have tons of different sizes for Duck brand boxes (dollar stores are also a great place to find small ones) and they'll have 6x6x6 inch brown boxes and 9.5" x 6.5" x 3.25" white boxes (right from the website lol)... Those white boxes are very similar to SFR, lemme scope out my shipping stash....8.5 x 5.3 x 1.6, about. So just a little bigger. You can find all sorts of different/smaller boxes online but I think going with common stuff you find at Wal-Mart blends in perfectly... Then it's a matter of weighing out and calculating Priority shipping and adding $.90 for DCN and stamp it up. And remember that 13-ounce rule! It might not be enforced heavily where you drop them but you never know... it's a pain. Also, First Class Packaging is perfectly acceptable for boxes but I won't open that can of worms now...
Whew. That was me trying to not ramble.... if there's such a thing as a shipping/USPS nerd, I must be one, LOL! :D
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Maybe there's too much competition? Better service and cheaper products elsewhere?
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you forgot to add u.k sales ;)
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You can do like mtlhjohn and try to kill your competitor business
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looks like you better get some kneepads there buddy lol
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Hmm now that ive seen this, i know your name! i like the prices on single ounces its just that the qp's can be bought elsewhere for 200 bucks cheaper sometimes. also if you want more money hit the streets =p
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i'm placing an order tomorrow for oz 1/2 of each strain with express still less than 300/oz which is awesome couldn't find any coins today so here's a sell can't wait to try out i'll give your bubble mailer a shot all the feedback was positive on it so as long as it doesn't get stolen again(different vendor) its all good and posting east coast on your page a big fucking plus way to go
already i'm liking this vendor i messaged him earlier and had a reply within an hr a vendor who actually responds to messages and fast too yay
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Well thanks guys! We're putting that on our profile now GreenGiant, And to toulouse, we thought of giving that a try but if we were to have any interceptions then each one that was ours they'd be able to tie it to our case, but at the same time we've maybe had 1 or two intereptions since we've started so thats not too bad odds i guess! We'll give it a try fuck it! And to blueberrytree, i agree, sounds fishy...
P.s. Thanks nuyt for giving us a shot and posting about it here! Wouldn't be here without your support buddy! And thanks Iflipburgers for the heads up!
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I'm happy you have found some solutions to the problems you were describing. Plus it will save you from a lot of dick sucking. ha ha. Best of luck to you friend!
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Now that 3 states have passed legal weed laws it's probably only going to get worse for vendors. Dropping prices is the only way but you have to make money too. Around here(Balt/DC) it's pretty easy to get in friend circles so that's another thing you are up against.
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do u sell bulk? If so how much are pounds? Im only looking for bulk cannabis
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do u sell bulk? If so how much are pounds? Im only looking for bulk cannabis
The idea of true bulk around here seems to be a foreign one. Take oz price * 16 and subtract 200...
If you find a vendor doing true bulk and the correct prices, let us know also, several people looking for that.
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The idea of true bulk around here seems to be a foreign one. Take oz price * 16 and subtract 200...
I completely agree...
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Ha see that MMM.. there even talking trash about me on your thread... ;)
just so you know I woke up with about 8 new sales today and double in my escrow then I had when I went to sleep... roughly!
keep getting you name out and sell good shit!!!!! its gotta be the best you can get or better!!!!!!! If you got good shit your safe and the clients will just keep coming back....
I have an extremely high return customer rate... I think almost all bought twice... some 3 or 4 some 1...
anyways.... get your name out.. do it legit and straight up... and in the end you will be rewarded with sales... Also.. you can come buy M39 from me and then resell it on here to American clients who wont buy it from canada but really want it! ::)
you take the risk but there is a good markup for you if you do that! ;)
Later
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So you guys are saying I can go pick up a bunch of SFB's and throw some priority stamps on them and drop them in the blue box outside with no problems?? Sheesh! I've been asking my postman that all along and he said anything thicker than 2in you have to go inside to mail it...asshole!
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Pounds! Being on the east coast makes shipping a bit easier for those wanting weight on the east and dont want it from cali or co!
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So you guys are saying I can go pick up a bunch of SFB's and throw some priority stamps on them and drop them in the blue box outside with no problems?? Sheesh! I've been asking my postman that all along and he said anything thicker than 2in you have to go inside to mail it...asshole!
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I dont think SFB is thicker than 2 inches. And yes, you can do that. Just make sure its not more than 13 oz total package weight. If so, it will be returned to sender. Potentially devastating if the address is fake.