Sales experience as a Seller

This past fall semester a few fellow classmates and I had the opportunity of creating and selling a product in the E-commerce class offered here at Grove City. In short, we didn’t exactly take an easy route. We decided to create a board game called Recovery. The goal of this class was to launch your product through Shopify and create sales online. In the early stages of launching our product we were receiving little to no attention online. Bringing frustration and confusion to our group. It was time for a pivot, so we decided to focus our efforts to in person selling. The game was targeted for families, so we began with making a targeted effort over the holidays to relatives. As a group we were able to sell all the games we had taken home with us over break. We learned that by allowing our customers to interact with the game firsthand brought in much more interest. They we able to see how the game actually works. Due to the success of in person selling, we decided to make that our focus. Despite the slow start we were able to sell out of all our inventory by the end of the semester. First thing I took away from this experience is that you don’t always need to pitch everyone in sales, rather make an effort to build connections and be genuine. Reducing the pressure and showing kindness exemplified the message we wanted the game to bring. I believe our customers saw that which made them more inclined to buy. Another thing I learned was how as a salesperson it’s smart to narrow down your target market sooner. Our group wasted time on different customer segments that truly had no interest for our product. One last takeaway is a salesperson needs to resilient. There are a lot of ups and downs through the process, but finding a way to have a positive mindset makes all the difference. Overall, I felt as though I was able to grow my sales knowledge in many facets throughout this journey.