A newbie asks for your idea!)

Hello. I'm new to this forum and to forums in general, but I'd like to start with the most pressing issue for me today, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to promote myself.
I have a small production of ceramic smoking pipes and I have been trying to find an opportunity to tell about my products in the USA, Canada and Australia for many months now.
I'd like to ask your advice, what would you do in my place? Where would you find partners and buyers?
I would be very grateful for any ideas you have!

Fajni Fajky shop said:

Hello. I'm new to this forum and to forums in general, but I'd like to start with the most pressing issue for me today, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to promote myself.
I have a small production of ceramic smoking pipes and I have been trying to find an opportunity to tell about my products in the USA, Canada and Australia for many months now.
I'd like to ask your advice, what would you do in my place? Where would you find partners and buyers?
I would be very grateful for any ideas you have!

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I'd pay to be a vendor on the site before advertising.

It's an idea, but which site are you talking about?

Start with social media since it's free.

Instagram and Twitter would be the first two places but I'd also advise a Facebook page to reach a slightly wider demographic.

Fajni Fajky shop said:

It's an idea, but which site are you talking about?

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I believe he was referring to this site

PopAndSonGrows said:

Start with social media since it's free.

Instagram and Twitter would be the first two places but I'd also advise a Facebook page to reach a slightly wider demographic.

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Thank you for your idea... but we have been running pages on all the social networks I know for more than 6 years. The problem is that the topic of smoking pipes cannot be advertised, so we have pages, but no one sees them(

PopAndSonGrows said:

I believe he was referring to this site

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It's strange, because I said it wasn't an advertisement and didn't make any offers.

You need to get the word out. Most individuals do this by sending samples out to people who have big followings or are popular in the scene. They show it off, review it and or create a buzz with your company contact listed so the followers can go get one.

cacamal said:

You need to get the word out. Most individuals do this by sending samples out to people who have big followings or are popular in the scene. They show it off, review it and or create a buzz with your company contact listed so the followers can go get one.

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In general, I understand this, but I searched for such opinion leaders on YouTube and Instagram and there are not many of them(
Maybe you watch some similar bloggers, I'd be grateful for names and links!

Seriously, you asking us how to sell and market your product? I believe you’re facing one of two obstacles, or both:

1.Your product isn’t desired in todays market, this will make it very hard to sell.
2. You got into a business you didn’t understand. People pay good money to people/firms to do what you’re asking us advice on, look into marketing companies.

You could always pack up a bag full of goodies and hang out in parking lots of popular bands, it works for some.

Grojak said:

Seriously, you asking us how to sell and market your product? I believe you’re facing one of two obstacles, or both:

1.Your product isn’t desired in todays market, this will make it very hard to sell.
2. You got into a business you didn’t understand. People pay good money to people/firms to do what you’re asking us advice on, look into marketing companies.

You could always pack up a bag full of goodies and hang out in parking lots of popular bands, it works for some.

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Thanks for your reply, mate)
Without going into details, the reason why you will never see a billboard or Google ad with cannabis or bong is because of the ban on advertising such products.
I can't just open a website, add my products to it and advertise it for money, it's just not allowed.
I'll tell you more - I have a store on Amazon and we are banned even for the word "pipe" or "smoking", try to sell a pipe without calling it a pipe))
If we are talking about demand, then people who find my shop on Etsy are very happy and enjoy using our devices (as evidenced by more than 2600 positive reviews).
However, the problem is to somehow show the shop to a large number of interested people!
)As for the bag with goodies, I loved it very much and often went to festivals with a similar bag, but we are currently at war in the country and I unfortunately cannot travel outside Ukraine((