Hii there :)

[xconformx]

What am I to do here? Introduce myself? Test the water? Meh, here goes.

My name's Tasha and I bought my first e-cig back in may from bluecig.

I thought it was pretty amazing how I could be a pack a day smoker and after a week of sticking with vaping, no longer even want an analog.

After a couple months I started doing more research, initially being intrigued with the idea of refilling my own cartridges from blue, and then experimenting with a few different e-cigs brands.

About a month ago I'd say is when I got super sucked in. Ha. Yesterday I quit my job and am using my final pay check to invest in a semi-small bunch of starter kits, and DIY e-liquid kits, and business cards in the hope of making a name for myself in my home town selling e-cigs. Hope it works if not...well I'm young. I'll figure stuff out.

Seems pretty impossible to learn everything there is to know about e-cigs, vaping, ect...but I thought it'd be funner to be able to converse with other enthusiasts along the way ....that's why I'm here. Look forward to talking to you alll.

 

[Motorpsychle]

Welcome Tasha

Always great to see another Washigntonian join the ECF_family. Congats on your success so far and good luck in your new business venture.


Karl

 

[xconformx]

Thanks Karl Glad to be apart of it. Do you mix your own fluid?

 

[Motorpsychle]

No, I'm to lazy for that. I just wait for good sales and stock up

 

[Skud]

welcome and good luck with your new business venture! you'll find most everyone here is particularly nice and helpful, and there are some members that are such huge repositories of information that you could spend a year conversing back and forth with them and still be learning new things on a daily basis.

 

[xconformx]

Yeah, I know a few good sights that sell at awesome prices. Or at least awesome prices compared to what I've seen. What's a good price to you folks?

 

[DocWyatt]

Welcome. An interesting business model is Gourmet Vapor. You may want to glance at it for ideas. Essentially they allow customers to design their own mix.... hence the name Gourmet. More of a concierge service, but still. I found it interesting. Of course they charge a bit more for that service...

 

[xconformx]

Interesting Buss, I will check that out.

My whole little business plan, not too terrible thought out mind you, is that too date, I've sold about 40 blue starter kits simply by word of mouth. Sigh, what can I say? I was noob. Anyways. I'm getting business cards that also double as a coupon to recieve a free 3ml bottle of fluid with purchase of a starter kit, from me. As of now, I'm not planning on running a website. Just local here and there thing. I also have a couple people who are purchasing from me right off the bat who wanna keep a few of my cards handy and potentially make a little commission. We'll see how it goes. Has anyone around here tried to run a business in person? As opposed to online store? I heard processing for your sites are hard to get ahold of. Is there anyone besides josh from merchantone?

 

[Skud]

Yeah, I know a few good sights that sell at awesome prices. Or at least awesome prices compared to what I've seen. What's a good price to you folks?

me personally, i find it hard to pay any more than $12 or so for a 30ml bottle, as there are more than a handful of awesome suppliers who sell some really good juice for that price or less. but everyone's different and some feel some higher prices are warranted.

however DIY mixing will probably be the way to go for you if you're looking to actually turn a real prophet. the individual ingredients are pretty darn cheap when bought in mass quantities, and there's a near endless supply of good information in the DIY Juice forum. learn from the mistakes and experience of others and you'll save yourself a lot of trouble and money, and probably be able to come up with some rather tasty unique blends in time.

 

[xconformx]

Thanks Skud, that's what I figured. Besides that in my area there is only one local place to buy e-juice. They sell 3ml bottles for 15. HAHAHA. What a joke.


12 sounds about right, I guess I'm paying more like 13, but it's worth it to me because I like to support those who help me out.

I like to deal with owner operated sites the most I think....once you get 10-15 people working for a site it gets rather impersonal.

 

[Skud]

i agree. i really only order from the smaller places where the owner will actually spend time to respond to e-mails themselves or even spend time on the phone with you if necessary. try Good Prophets for pre-mixed stuff, their VG juice is second-to-none in my opinion and the opinion of many, many others, and Rob is the man when it comes to customer service and whatnot.

 

[ncargrl]

Welcome, Tasha! Good luck in your endeavor!

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

Congratulations! and Welcome to the ECF. I hope your venture is a success and if not, I hope it prepares you for your next adventure! We were thinking about doing that as well, but thought that it might be too much as we are already business owners.