In this week's episode we are talking with physical product and e-commerce scaling expert Andrea Thomas who shares with us what's it's like to:

Think up an idea (like on Shark Tank) and actually getting created and mass produced. 

All the dirty details of getting prototype made

Finding suppliers, laborers and importing your finish goods back into the US if you need too

The right questions to ask about patenting your products and who you should be asking 

How to find over seas suppliers and when it's a smart (or dumb) move

How to get your original  products sold on Amazon and how to say in their good graces

How she turn an ordering mishap into a golden opportunity 

 

***Don't forget to take a pictures and tag us on Instagram - @kate_doster & @andreathomascollective*** 

 

Resources  mentioned //Scratch Me Not - Shelves Flip Mitten Sleeves for scratching thumb-sucking, hair pulling & more. (Andrea's physical product company). 

Andrea’s must join Women of Ecommerce  Facebook Group-https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenOfEcommercce/

Andrea’s New Course - Social To Sales For Scaling Your Ecom Business  - bit.ly/fromsocialtosales

Andrea’s Grow Your Online Store Website

 

Get 2 years worth of email ideas so you don't need to worry about what to email your list until 2021! - --- www.katedoster.com/2years

https://www.alibaba.com for sourcing drop shipping and Ecom products

Ep. 96 - Selling physical products on your blog for $0 with Adrien Walker From Miss Ecom

For Full Shownotes: https://www.katedoster.com/andrea-thomas

 

Andrea Thomas Official Bio: She invented the Award Winning ScratchMeNot being used by children worldwide. Her and her products have been featured in several publications and platforms throughout the years. She knows by increasing her sales tremendously over the years, she is reaching more little ones, giving them protection and relief and their parents peace! To this day, she raises awareness around skin conditions affecting children.

As a mother of 5, she is a speaker and community advocate to raise awareness around skin conditions and allergies affecting children, as well as encouraging women within e-commerce to grow and scale their businesses to expand their own movement. Most recently, she celebrated her 10,000th order on one of her sales channels and continuing to grow as she guides others to their own success.

Today, she continues to run ScratchMeNot and teaching others who manufacture, wholesale, private label - selling physical products -how to Launch & Scale their business...profitably.

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