GOING GLOBAL ? - or what do I do to sell a significant amount of my product?

[E320]

Hi guys,
I wanted to ask for an advice, maybe you could enlight about how do entrepreneurs manage to sell significant amounts of their product. For example, if we take a look at Alibaba, from the first sight it seems to be full of more-or-less useless products – from candy wrapping to electric bike motors – that, again from the first sight, don’t look like ones that you can sell millions of and make some significant profit… but after talking to this sellers, it seemed that their sale figures are pretty high. So… basically… how do they do it? How do they manage to sell millions of products?

To make a long story short, I have came up with an idea of a very innovative electric skateboard. I wouldn’t want to go into all the details right now, but what I can say is that with a price tag of about $1000 it will be significantly different from anything else on the market, in terms of both innovation and quality.

From my previous experience I can foresee that, when my product would be ready, setting up a website and sending out a Page Ranking would generate some traffic and, most likely, some 100 +/- sales online if I’m lucky. But HOW do I generate such amount of sells as guys at Alibaba, who even don’t want to talk to you, if you’re ordering less then 100-300 units of their product?

Thanks,
E320

[E320]

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[jasaunders]

Well, it requires a real legitimate business, not just an online store you throw up and pray that people come and buy from. Your business would require an effective marketing strategy, so if you don't have experience in this area, you would need to find outside help.