What would be my first batch of inventory in India?

Product Development & Sourcing
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Bro, if you can help me, I’m stuck

What happened is? I am doing a product research and I have some products.

And what I do is first check demand on Facebook ads before ordering any inventory

What I do is, I ran at ads on Facebook

Then, if I got the result, then I order the inventory

So I’m confused on my first batch of testing

In India, what happened is the market is cash on delivery

So I have to check the delivery data

For that, I have to order a minimum inventory

So I am confused, what should be my minimum first batch inventory?

Like if I order product less pieces

I get that product more more expensive

So that I am confused

I the course of someone

But in that course, asked me to buy one more course that is out of my budget

How can I learn this game myself?

This is, what my game is

I saw the low saturated products from foreign market

Then test those product before ordering any inventory

Then ordering inventory, if the product give some result

Then scale the product

So that the course guy

Who sells me the course

Take my money and teach me a general drop shipping or e-commerce

Then he tell me to buy a new course for starting a brand

In his new course, he teaches

The brand builder mindset-the first step in building a brand is building the mindset here is the foundation

The success roadmap-here is the jury you will undertake strap in for a wild ride

Branded product research

Website designing playbook

Sourcing and fulfilment for brands

The complete guide to branding

So what I want is, I don’t have money to pay

I want to learn this game by myself. How can I do that?

I’m very confused

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Hi @saqlain1
I think your approach of testing demand before investing heavily in inventory makes sense. For the first batch, I’d keep the quantity small enough to limit your risk while still having enough stock to properly test the product and COD delivery performance.

I’d also suggest tracking the complete numbers from the test, ad spend, confirmed orders, delivered orders, RTOs, product cost, and shipping costs. That will give you a much clearer idea of whether the product is actually profitable before you scale.

And you don’t necessarily need another course to get started. There’s a lot you can learn by running small tests, documenting the results, and improving based on what the data tells you.

Good luck with your testing!