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I would also like to blog about my online business abit. lol.

To tell you the truth,
I have put in alot of effort into this business, this idea or this concept.
Sometimes i feel that I'm like really amazed at myself.


Since the day I started out with this concept in mind,
I wanted to mould it to become something different.
I wanted to try out something that not many people has tried.
I wanted to see what sort of powers do I possess,
and if it is possible to actually reach out to hitting the goals I set.


A few goals that I set for myself before I set foot on this journey.
- I wanted it to be a reliable and professional web-based business,
to give clients the due respect that they deserve,
and to give them a sense of security that this guy means business.

- I wanted to reach out to as many people as possible with all the various marketing strategies I can think off.
Wanting to see what form of advertising would be the best means,
with the final ambition of hitting the local newspapers.

- I wanted to form partnerships with fellow entrepreneurs,
and establish links and connections with a wide array of big firms.

- I wanted to have a constant reasonable supply of viewers,
who want to visit the website to know more.

- I wanted to expand my circle of clients,
reaching out to people beyond Singapore shores.

- I wanted to see if I could work with a team of friends towards moving in a common goal, despite all other commitments.


Till date, it has already been close to a good 7 months, since we first operated.
and we have heard both criticisms and compliments.

> There are those who will tell you that the business is impossible to sustain,
as there is no need for such a concept with this IT-savvy world.
--> True, but have you ever tried finding an item on your own before?
Let for example say a trophy shop? or a
lavendar-halterback-short-dress-for-a-wedding-occasion before?
Do you know the hassle of it? going through forums, ebays and whatsnot.

> There are those who will boil you down, telling you that the price is too steep.
That $20 is not worth making people go for it.
--> True, but what can $20 get you these days.
A 2-way trip on the MRT costs about $3. 6 days of MRT ride?
And if you were to go thru' the trouble that we took,
I doubt you will ever say again that $20 was all that we needed.

> Then, there are those who constantly asks and probes of the number of clients we had so far,
how much have we earned, with a slight smirk on their face.
--> I understand the concern (or the skepticism),
but I feel that it really isn't about the money we have put in or the number of clients we had.
It is really more of the experience.

I mean, it really is.
Throughout these 7 months, we had
- registered with acra,
- learned how to use adobe to make and edit a webpage,
- made a youtube video,
- appeared to be searchable in google,
- met up with officials from entreprise-one,
- hired our own marketers through classifieds,
- liaised with the SPF,
- distributed fliers in 3 major campuses,
- thought up of at least 7 marketing strategies,
- found countless of interesting shops,
- had business dealings with people beyond the "circle of friends"
- and eventually got published in the Straits Times.

Ya. I know its true that everything may seem simple.
It might be to you, but it ain't for me.
There really is a lot of satisfaction when you manage to find something that others might want.
Cause, I always believe that anything you can think of that might exist (be realistic of course), exists.

So before you ever ask about the current profit of this business,
ask about the lessons we have learned, and the road we have taken.
For that is the most valuable experience of all.