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She thought she was boosting my view count! I was like "Mom, you are costing me coffee money right now, please stop clicking!"NO WAYYour own mom was draining your budget?! That is incredible
Oh man, that’s top tier family tech support right there. Did Google refund you for your mom's clicks at least?
I tried to find a customer service phone number to explain the mom situation, but I don't even think Google has real human employees you can call? It’s just robots and help articles that make no sense.
Wow, so if something goes wrong, you can't even talk to a person. You just watch your bank account bleed.
Pretty much. After the mom incident and the butter-candle person, I was down $80 and my total profit was $0.
Did you try running ads on Facebook or Instagram instead, or was it just Google?
Oh, I tried Instagram too! I thought it would be easier, but then it asked me to pick my "target audience demographic" and I got super overwhelmed.
What made it overwhelming? Isn't it just picking ages and locations?
Well yeah, but it asked me to list interests! I put "candles, romance, and good vibes." But then it showed my ad to people in like... Alaska. Why would someone in Alaska want a tropical coconut candle?!
Hey, maybe people in Alaska want to pretend they’re on a tropical beach!
Okay true, but the shipping cost to Alaska was more than the candle! Someone sent me a DM asking if I offered free shipping to Anchorage and I almost cried.
Oh no! So you almost lost even more money on shipping costs!
EXACTLY. I had to tell her "no ma'am, I am just a girl in a kitchen, please do not order this."
"I am just a girl in a kitchen" needs to be on a t-shirt haha! Did she end up buying it anyway?
No, she told me I was unprofessional and left a sad face emoji on my post
Wow, internet shopping is brutal. People really expect small businesses to act like Amazon.No, she told me I was unprofessional and left a sad face emoji on my post
Right?! Amazon has whole airplanes! I have a microwave and a spatula!
So overall, how long did your whole ad experiment last before you threw in the towel?
About four days total. By day four I had $0 in sales, $80 in ad debt, a confused mom, and an angry lady in Alaska.
That sounds like a complete disaster, but honestly it's a hilarious story now.
