What r/ecommerce keeps coming back to
Complaints raised here by more than one person. One-off posts are not included.
104 recurring problems · 382 threads read · read since September 2026 · Reddit
Raised more than once here
Most people first.
- 76HubSpot is down and timing out right now“from past 5-6 months meta outages are killing my sales and m numb now..”
- 57How do I know if I can DIY a repair or need a pro?“Totally new to ecommerce, and wondering if I have to have a Chinese sourcing agent.”
- 33Why are clients suddenly ghosting contracts and sales slowing down?“Sometimes i have good days like 6K-8K other 2K-3K how to maintain a stable income maybe and expand and scale it more”
- 29How to get Etsy traffic and sales for a niche store“Need feedback on what I can do to fix this. Currently working to reach restaurants on Instagram since I am doing free delivery in Broward, miami bade and palm beach but nothing i do seems to be working .”
- 27How to stop fraudulent chargebacks on online stores“Random chargebacks.”
- 27How to balance a corporate career with having kids“My biggest concern is time. I have a family, and i want to be able to go on a vacation now and then. But is that possible if i’m the only guy in the company?”
- 25Why does fixing AI mistakes take longer than doing it myself?“Gemini is defaming and lying about my business. How do you even combat this?”
- 24Why does Etsy automatically refund buyers without seller approval?“Pretty simple: how do you guys handle customers who have emailed claiming they didn’t receive items in their order, or that the wrong items were sent?”
- 22Is giving up a secure pension job worth it?“I’m trying to make a pretty big decision and would appreciate perspectives from people who have made the jump from employment to running their ecommerce business full-time.”
- 21Why do purchased reviews disappear and drop my ranking?“why do trustpilot reviews feel like a kick in the b*lls every time!”
- 21How to start an online store with no money“Now I want to start again, but this time I'm basically starting with $0 and I want to do things the right way.”
- 19Why is this community full of sales pitches and spam?“It feels like only one in five posts lately is from someone with a real ecommerce problem. The rest are thinly disguised dev research, AI-tool validation, agency lead-gen, or startup people fishing for merchant pain points.”
- 19Why am I paying extra customs fees on international packages?“With the US, since this mess started it’s ridiculous how many people are rejecting parcels. Even when they are warned before hand, and i personally let them know before hand before i ship.”
- 19Should I keep going with my stagnating business or quit?“j’ai pris conscience des risques de faire un site de Seiko Mods…”
- 17How to stop copycats from stealing my designs and photos“After recently restocking months later and restarting Facebook ads, I began seeing comments on my new ads calling the product a “scam” or saying it was missing its core feature.”
- 17How to tell if an international online marketplace seller is a scam“Spent almost a month talking to a supplier who had clean photos, reasonable MOQs, and kept insisting they owned the production line.”
- 17Why am I getting no sales on my new online store?“I recently started a small herbal tea company and honestly I’m feeling pretty stuck right now.”
- 16Should I use WordPress or Wix for a new business website?“I’m looking to start an online coaching business but don’t know where to host/build my website. Should I use squarespace, wix some other site?”
- 16Why does social media traffic never convert to sales?“I ran ads on tiktok for 24 hours with a $40 budget.”
- 15Why is keeping up with software updates so exhausting?“There's so much changing weekly in this space, wondering what podcast/channels people follow to keep up to date on everything happening.”
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