How to get consistent Shopify sales without burning cash on ads
Attracting profitable customers for a new Shopify store is difficult because running Meta or Google ads can quickly burn through cash without generating predictable orders. This leaves sales highly inconsistent or nonexistent, preventing new business owners from making the money they expected to pay off debt.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1running paid advertising campaigns
- 2Running ads on platforms like Meta or Google
- 3Asking online forums for feedback and initial sales
- 4Watching YouTube video tutorials for research
- 5Trying to differentiate on customer service, pricing, and free shipping
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Sales are very inconsistent and I find it hard to attract customers in a profitable way (without burning through cash in META or GOOGLE ads).”source ↗
“Sales are very inconsistent and I find it hard to attract customers in a profitable way (without burning through cash in META or GOOGLE ads).”source ↗
“So I just started his business on Shopify, selling Anker portable banks and it seems no one want to buy I thought it would be a good idea so I could make some money to pay off some debt that I have but it’s not working everyone makes it look so easy and idk what to do.”source ↗
“Can anyone help share at least a couple sales or ideas on how to do this Shopify stuff”source ↗
Where this came up
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- 2Does running a sale actually improve your marketplace search rank?