This year I got diagnosed with fibromyalgia after dealing with this pain and disease for 12 years. I’ve been suffering hard with depression and anxiety for the past 3 years and I find it debilitating enough to keep me from a job and haven’t had luck getting remote work. However, my husband and I are not doing well financially and I’d like to help. So, I am considering opening an online shop with things to help with pain.
The shop would be an arsenal of things I’ve learned to use to help fibromyalgia pain like epsom salts for baths, heating pads, Turmeric supplements, specialty teas (like for painful periods) and a flagship product of an herbal lotion that helps provide immediate relief to painful mucles. (Plus more products- this is just for example.)
I’m wondering if I put the effort into the shop, would a store like this work? I know most stuff is just bought off of Amazon, so I don’t want to open a shop and get left in the dust. I’ve had businesses fail already and am ready to succeed. Thanks for your help.
Getting sales is the hardest part. If these are low cost products there probably won’t be enough to pay for ads and make a profit. I’d just testing the idea on eBay and facebook marketplace first.
Also check what the competition is like. Who else is running ads for these products?
You could set up a fibromyalgia support group on facebook but even that might be tough getting people to join. If you could grow that, you might makse some sales.
Overall, I think it will be very tough to make any meaningful money.
Are you good at writing? Maybe join Medium for $5 a month and write about fibromyalgia, what works for you, etc. You can get paid if you get enough views and reads. It tends to be slow to start but I think you’re more likely to make money there than via ecommerce. It’s worth a go. You could funnel readers to a facebook group and eventually sell to them.
You can also get help here --> https://www.reddit.com/r/Fibromyalgia/.
Thank you for the info.