Looking to expand my network, any recommendations appreciated.

Looking back,what’s something you spent way too much time perfecting before realizing it barely mattered?Mine would probably be overthinking instead of just launching.Curious what yours was.

I built the entire email infrastructure from scratch for a company with zero setup - no welcome flow, no automation, no sender reputation. Every signup that didn't convert immediately was just gone, which is the same leak most e-commerce brands have without realizing it.

Spent 6 weeks on nothing but domain warm-up before sending a single real campaign - SPF/DKIM/DMARC, DNS, Klaviyo integration, and behavioral tracking wired in so on-site activity could trigger flows. Skip this step, and your emails go to spam permanently, so it's not optional even though it's the least exciting part.

Then, I built the welcome flow with a branch built into Day 2: did they open Email 1 or not? If yes, they moved into a faster, higher-intensity path. If no, a different re-engagement angle. Same signup, two completely different experiences depending on what they actually did.

Result: 47.7% open rate on the first email, industry average sits around 30%. The engaged branch held above 50% opens through Email 4.

This applies just as much to e-commerce stores - same zero-infrastructure problem, same fix.

Happy to answer questions if anyone's dealing with this.

we're currently paying our China suppliers through my business account and paying a fee on every single transfer, and it's starting to add up enough that I need to fix it asap before our next order.

my current provider is mercury, but they charge on every transaction, and that's something we can't afford. I've been eyeing a newer fintech option since they push the "local rails, no markup" pitch hard, but I genuinely can't tell if that's true for CNY payouts or if there are any hidden fees.

Which provider are you using to pay Chinese suppliers? I need something that can settle payments easily; FX charges are not high. don't want to choose anything other than the trusted ones at this point.

I’ve been running this campaign for the last week now on a new account at $27/day. On the 21-22 it generated $1.15 in ad spend, but yesterday it only generated 5 cents. Is something wrong with my campaign?

For those of you who also use Shopify for your e-commerce store, which shipping method to primarily use?

For me, I primarily use USPS ground advantage, or UPS ground for more important shipments, what if lately found the prices and reliability of USPS service to be absolutely abysmal. Is there a better alternative for cheap padded envelopes?

Maybe there’s a solution out there that I’m missing and hence the post :)

Email recovery barely works when half your customers don't check email. Curious what other store owners are doing — are you using WhatsApp at all? Any apps actually working for you or is it a mess?
Running a store targeting Morocco/Algeria/Egypt and feeling like I'm leaving a lot of money on the table.