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I've always struggled working out how much to charge. If you listen to the 'Gurus' they will almost always tell you got to go high / premium pricing. 10 years ago it was about going low, all about volume and scaling. Profit was rarely mentioned as funding / finance was cheap. Anyways I have never been one to listen to others. I learned long ago that you can never assume anything. You should let the customer inform your decisions. When I first started my current business I went low. It was a good strategy, I gained market share pretty quick. But I soon hit a wall. Because as you grow you need to hire help / staff / contractors etc. So then I doubled my price. My conversion didn't drop. Clearly I was too cheap before. I then added a new VIP pricing plan where clients could have an account managed / done for you serviced based plan. This was awesome the cash flow boost was instant. However all of a sudden we created a monster. At this higher plan, clients were demanding more access to us, phone, chat, zoom meetings etc. I maxed out pretty quick. I killed that plan aside from a couple of clients that were 'low maintenance'. To cut a long story sort the plan I ended up with was $99.95 monthly and it's self serve, you can't phone, text me or our staff. Only email support. So be careful when listening to bros on the interwebs who tell you to always go high. You might just end up with a Job. Unless it's an amazing product that you can deliver at scale, it could end up being a noose around your neck. Which will cause breathing problems resulting in you wearing nose strips for the rest of you life. (it's a thing). It's about finding the sweat spot where you are profitable and can deliver at scale without things breaking. $99.95 was our sweet spot. Anything under $100 / mth customers don't expect too much of us. And that frees us up to take on more clients / scale. Oh and I added one little extra tweak. If you do over $10,000 orders through our system will charge a 1% processing fee. This ment we were actually getting paid more than we were via our VIP plan, but it was more equitable as it was linked to our performance. The more money we brought in the more we got paid. #Win / Win.

Hey everyone 👋 Lately I’ve been noticing something about this journey — Some days I feel like I’m making real progress in my dropshipping business, learning fast, getting things done, and seeing results. Other days… I feel like I’m moving slower than everyone else 😅 But I’m starting to realise growth isn’t linear, especially with an ADHD mind. The slow days, the confused days, the “I don’t feel productive” days… they’re still part of the process. So instead of comparing timelines, I’m focusing on staying consistent and trusting my pace. Just a little reminder for anyone who needs it today: 👉 Moving slowly doesn’t mean you’re not moving. Can anyone else relate to this feeling?

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🍎 I’ve long admired the work of Dr. Maria Montessori, especially her idea of The Prepared Environmen, a space intentionally designed to support independence, clarity, and self‑direction. In her classrooms, everything has a place, everything is accessible, and everything invites purposeful engagement. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how deeply this applies to us as adults, especially those of us building businesses. We don’t outgrow the need for environments that support our best thinking. 💥 We just get better at tolerating the ones that don’t. Our lives Our calendars Our digital spaces Our habits They’re all environments we either prepare with intention or allow to be shaped by urgency, distraction, and other people’s priorities. And just like a child can’t thrive in a chaotic classroom, we can’t do our most meaningful work in a life that constantly pulls us off center. A prepared environment isn’t about perfection. It’s about design. It’s about reducing friction so your energy can go toward the work that matters. It’s about creating conditions that make clarity easier to access and follow‑through more natural. This is restorative practice for adults: shaping the space around you so it supports who you’re becoming, not just who you’ve been. For business owners, this isn’t a nice‑to‑have. 💡It’s strategy. A prepared environment becomes a quiet partner in your success, holding you steady, helping you focus, and giving you the internal spaciousness to lead with intention rather than urgency. So I’m curious: What would shift for you if your environment, inner and outer, was designed to support the work you actually want to do? When will you take action?