I nostred hard yesterday. Today, got nostr thumb. Damn arthritis.

Good morning nostrworld, I'm sitting on the patio, its still dark, and I'm looking at the sky and all of the stars. Our rooster is the only sound I hear, besides some crickets. What a perfect way to start this Monday morning. I tried to get a pic of the moon with my crappy little phone camera, but the picture doesnt do it justice. Not sure what that is next to the moon, maybe venus?

Yall have a great day, and be kind to yourself and to others. #grownostr #coffeechain #countrylife

I'd highly recommend artisans.coop for you. Check 'em out and if you want to join, I'd be happy to be put down as the referrer!

We need a decentralized Amazon.

Amazon has increasingly moved to abusing sellers with advertising costs. I spent a year and a half trying to cater to the algorithm and build a brand. I kept my costs down by importing raw materials direct, building packaging and labeling the product myself. I have trademarks and have done everything right. Reviewing my year it’s costing me $1 in ad spend to generate $1.20 in gross sales. In addition they charge 15% commission, storage fees, FBA fees based on item weight size and category and the seller is responsible for returns and damaged/lost products.

My material costs are 25% of the sales price. Add it all up and I’m selling at a significant loss. I would have stopped earlier but I built significant inventory to support the additional volume and there was no other sales channel for me to move the volume. It would have been cheaper to throw it all away, but I reasoned that with time and reviews it might start to improve. I have over 50 5 ⭐️ reviews and haven’t seen any boost. I answer every customer question and follow best practices on the platform.

Amazon is designed to extract money from entrepreneurs. If we build a decentralized version we can pass the savings to customers and improve the customer experience. Vendors would flock to it but it would be difficult to compete at scale without a “hook”. Ideas?

#grownostr

I just finished my welding table!

What do you think?

Liquidation wick incoming. This is the final stage of the “bear market”. If we’re lucky, we’ll soon have a quick chance to stack sub $20K sats again— before $2M after the halving.

#bitcoin

Local bakery in Germany. I call this "inflation explained".

Sister told me earlier that she was at a bakery and they wanted €5,80 for a mozzarella / tomato kind of sandwich (I guess). Now she's sent the picture.

€5,80 what? 🤣 #foodstr #scam!

GM #Nostr Fam,

In case you didn't get the memo, today is Sunday. Sunday is a good day to acknowledge the people that matter to you and be thankful for all that you have. We sometimes forget to remind ourselves of this during those busy weeks.

Off to catch morning mass. A thing I do when Mom is visiting bc it makes her happy....me to usually🤞🏾

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#Coffeechain

#Grownostr

How do we stack sats and get zapped? Newbie here !! Using plebstr.

Can anybody see this post?

Daughter's on her way down to me. She's bringing her chap with her. Haven't met him before. I'm given to think for a moment how different my life is to my daughter's Grandparents when I first met them. They were warm, welcoming and kind. For fun I'm tempted to just chase the little sod down the street but...I must behave 😄

Oh! Thats great, sorry for the bad assumption

#dadster

I want all content on nostr, not just bitcoin, nostr, and technical content. I already have a couple friends that post personal photos here. I want more of this on nostr because my Nostriches are my family.

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Fingers crossed for you 🤞 have you set up a Nostr store yet?