At that time, foreign trade workers basically made a fortune, and they were priced in RMB at home, and the price was the same or even higher abroad, and the pricing unit was US dollars.
Some domestic companies have seized this opportunity and developed rapidly. For example, Lanting Jishi, established in March 2007, initially sold domestic wedding dresses directly to foreign consumers, and later expanded to 3C, home textiles, shoes and bags, toys and other products, and successfully listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
In the past two years, due to fierce competition, I heard that there were some problems in the operation of Lanting Jishi, but the opportunities for cross-border transactions were not fade away. Many savvy individuals have seized more subdivided entrepreneurial opportunities and made a lot of money by means of propaganda in the social media era.
IyiaLiu, a 23-year-old Australian business student, seized the opportunity and earned $3.3 million in just one year.
IyiaLiu is very simple, similar to the thinking of Lanting gathering potential. She bought some small commodities from China and then sold them abroad.
As early as ten years ago, IyiaLiu discovered some small commodities from China, which were very popular in Australia.
She often buys some small commodities from China that can't be bought in Australia and sells them at school.
Of course, I just earned some pocket money at first, but last year IyiaLiu found a business opportunity. She found that Hollywood stars are increasingly pursuing hourglass-shaped bodies with big breasts and waists.
Therefore, IyiaLiu predicts that girdle may have great potential, which can tighten the waist and abdomen and make the waist look thinner, just in line with the trend led by Hollywood stars.
IyiaLiu spent about $6,000 to import a large number of such belts from China and started her business.
This product should have a good market. Under normal circumstances, iyaliu would definitely make a small profit, but iyaliu decided to play with a big one.
In the Internet era, social media is king, and IyiaLiu decided to find celebrity endorsements on instagram to open the market.
IyiaLiu found KylieJenner of Kardashian family to speak for her. KylieJenner has 77 million fans and speaks in a simple way. Just wear this belt and send some photos on instagram.
IyiaLiu spared no expense for these photos. She spent $300,000, and many people think it is crazy to spend $300,000 just to send a post to promote a belt.
But it turns out that Ai Yaliu is right. After KylieJenner's photo was sent, she received 1.5 million likes in just a few days, and there were a lot of reposts.
After that, IyiaLiu's business became more and more popular. A year later, she sold $3.3 million, of which the net profit exceeded 1 10,000.
At present, IyiaLiu works no more than 8 hours a day. Only when new products are launched will she be relatively busy. She often flies around the world, buying all kinds of brand-name bags and luxury cars.
Ai Yaliu summed up his success like this. For entrepreneurs who want to make money, the first thing is to be bold, especially those who have no children and no loan burden. More efforts will bring you richer returns.
IyiaLiu's success is not accidental. First of all, she has more than ten years' experience in selling small commodities in China. When she found business opportunities, she dared to gamble and asked celebrities to speak for her with $300,000.
Although the market environment is unpredictable and IyiaLiu's success cannot be replicated, it still gives entrepreneurs a lot of inspiration.
If you have accumulated some foreign trade experience, some funds and no loan burden, and found a potential product, you can try it boldly and you may get amazing returns.
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