Welcome to the Retail and eCommerce Group! 🛒🛍

[ElisabethB]

Hello, and welcome to the Retail and eCommerce group in the Square Community! 👋

We launched this group to connect retail sellers and provide a place to share tips, knowledge, ideas, and more. 

If you're new to the group, feel free to reply here and introduce yourself and your business, or start a new thread about anything you want!

If you haven't already joined the group, visit the group home page and click the "Join Group Hub" button.

We're looking forward to getting to know you! 😊

[tmerrik]

Hi! I just joined the group but did not know how to get to the welcome page.

I have a very small craft business sewing home and personal items, such as place mats, table runners, pillows, quillows, bibs, seat belt pads, wallets, glass cases, etc. My two avenues of marketing are the internet (website) and local craft shows (about 12 or 13/year). 

I do not know what else to say. My biggest problem is that I am always short on inventory and get too many orders to be able to fill them on a timely basis. People have been kind, especially since I lost my husband over a year ago and am still in a bit of a slump.

[phoenixcreation]

Welcome to the group! Condolences on your loss.  

I too am a small craft business and find myself in the same situation you mention of not having enough inventory. I have recently begun to consider bringing in other crafty people to help fill the inventory out. I'm thinking of people who maybe like to make things, but have no desire to run a business. Either consignment or outright purchase the items from them. Have you thought of doing this? I'd be interested in your thoughts on the pros/cons of this. 

Have a great day! 

Lin @ phoenixcreationsllc

[ohmy]

Hi, I’m new to the group. I have a business called The Coconut Box Candle co.

[BernadetteA]

Welcome to the Seller Community @ohmy 😊

Please let us know if there's anything we can help you out with!

[lokinicole]

Glad to be a part of a group where I can go for advice.  I'm a new Square user, only done 2 market stalls using it so far and had no problems.

I'm located in regional NSW Australia and have a small home business sewing beautiful bags.

www.eachpeach.net.au

😁

[TCSlaguna]

Hello @lokinicole 

Beautiful bags! I love your website, it wonderfully tells your story. 

Great to have you in the group! 

[lokinicole]

Thanks so much!

[Miracle22]

Hello everyone. I am Miracle, owner of Miracles Treasure Box LLC. Miracles Treasure Box offers products and services that enhances your mind, body, and soul.  We have healing stone jewelry and offer a variety of services that range from self-healing classes to psychic readings. We look forward to assisting you 🙂 

[BernadetteA]

Welcome to the Seller Community, @Miracle22 🎉

It looks like you have a Square Online store setup for your shop. ❤️ Please feel free to post it here so community members have a chance to check it out. 

[Miracle22]

Indeed 😊 

[Lara22]

Am new here and new with square too

[Graphic_Seth]

Good Day,

I'm Seth owner of Design Naples, Inc. a full service graphic design and printing company specializing in award winning graphic design and printing. We can design brochures, business cards, flyers, labels, etc. and deliver beautiful printed materials in a timely manner. We can design with you wherever you are by projecting the designers screen onto your personal computer in real time. It will be like sitting right next to the designer. Contact us when you're ready to get started or give us a call at 239-424-9142, you can text at this number as well. We appreciate your business. Thank you.

[StuffForRuff]

Hi, I have three specialized, small businesses for dogs only, located in the center of Canada.  The websites are not live yet, due to set backs relating to COVID, suppliers, trying to keep it local and supporting other small business owners when it comes to supplies, tools, specific handmade items, logistics, etc. When I cannot find something local I try finding it in the USA, no big box suppliers or merchandisers, only small business owners.  Most of the products I design and hand-make, one of a kind, for each of my businesses myself.  Looking forward to learning what I can in here, chatting with other small business owners and open to finding like minded b2b if local, in Canada or USA.  Hello everyone…

[GourmetOnWheels]

Please make sure you calculate your prices with a proper margin, based on all the hours of labor and sweat it cost you to hand-make items.

Hand made shoes have a margin of 700%

René

[mlbtechllc]

Hello-

My name is Matt and I own/operate a very small Radio Antenna production business.  The target market is the Amateur radio community.  I generally sell most of my products in person at "Hamfests" and swapmeets, but I have an online store too.

I think the Square product is great, and has given me many options to make a sale by allowing charge cards.  If they don't have the cash, you can say "I do take debit!" and I can land a sale out of flexibility's sake.  Nice!

Just wanted to say hello to the community.

Matt

[DoGoodCollars]

Matt, do you have a website?

[LarsonsGeneral]

Hello Matt, 

I would love to learn more about your brand. I am a Ham Radio operator myself. What kind of antennas do you make? A link to your website perhaps? 

73, 

Joshua Larson

[mlbtechllc]

Hi folks,

Sorry I forgot to add the URL.  The name of the company is Black Hole HF Antennas.  Here is the URL:  https://black-hole-antennas.square.site/ 

Currently I produce one design, but I have 3 more in the works:

• Voyager 1 End Fed Half-wave - Portable and covers the 40/20/15/10 Meter radio bands low power
  • Comes in a Parks on the Air Package deal, too
• Voyager 2 End Fed Half-Wave - Base antenna will cover 80-10 Meter bands high power (In development)
• 5-Band Fan Dipole - [Redacted] Meters with 1:1 Current choke high power (In development)
• OCF Dipole antenna - 80-10 Meters, high power 4:1 Guanella Balun (In development)

In May I'll be at the DARA Hamfest selling my products.  My plan is to take at least 50 Voyager 1 "POTA PACKS" which are hang 'n play. Write me if you have any questions.  Feel free to send some customers my way!

Matt

K9EI

[basher0819]

Hi all. I am new to this site and didn't know if anyone had any advice as to how to get noticed. Thanks in advance!!!

[Sierra]

Where is it that you want to get noticed? Here on Square? Or your web site? Or something else?

[Quintilla31]

Hi just starting our retail fashion business