I love how transparent this video has been. None of that "this is how I made 100000x on my first drop!". This is the real shit that we all go through. But it makes us stronger, makes us push harder, and weeds out those who are really in it!
You doing Gods work brother. Just got out of jail in July and been looking to pivot out that street life. This whole series came right on time. I hope and believe one day we will cross paths so I can thank you in person. So much value in these videos cant say thank you enough!
I watched 1-2 like a week ago, just watched this. 10/10 series, love the realistic aspect, and all of the details, definitely one of the best on the platform, not just a "how to get rich quick" series but something to actually learn from. This probably mean less people watching it, but those who has the attention span are getting some real stuff!
Thank you for showing your process. I just have a drop yesterday and i got 1 online sale, about 5 people ordered when they saw me in person, but its good to see its more than the numbers for followers and sms there are other things that can happen, keeping our heads up, not gonna stop!
Great content, I appreciate your hard work and honesty. I’ve noticed a lot of content creators are very inauthentic when it comes to their experience in regards to the creating and marketing process of dropping a clothing brand so I def respect your willingness to b upfront. This vid alone sets you apart from the rest of the creators 100%. Also, do you recommend getting your sms to a 1,000 before drop day even if you have to delay the drop in order to reach that goal?
Man thank you so much for that! I would recommend atleast 300 SMS subscribers before the release. I should’ve post poned the release but I didn’t smh. Big learning lesson though
So I understand that you already have an established following but you once started from scratch just like we all are doing. Whatever was your motivation to start from that point, put that same mindset into this drop. It’s not about the start but about how you finish. I’m loving the series tho 💪🏾 Peace and Blessings 🙏🏾
Thanks for being transparent fam and you not using your personal brand helps for some of us that don’t have a high following.Its really not even about the pricing.I honestly think you didn’t give yourself enough time to market your brand properly,but we learn from our mistakes and do better next time.W video❤️✅
I really found this video really insightful. Also I think something you overlooked was the pricing. Most people arent willing to spend $175 on clothing and being a new clothing brand without a hyped audience makes it even harder to sell clothes at this high of a price. Seeing that it would've costed you around $35 to manufacture each piece, you definetely should've lowered the price to under $100.
And also I believe he said it was costing him $125 to get each on made not $35 because it's a leather jacket. So the price has to be dang near double. But also it's not about the brand all the time its about the product. Clothes are easier than music because with clothes it's visual. You like it you buy it. But I also see the point of new brands. Its really all about what the consumer wants and likes
The pieces aren’t bad at all but using your personal account would’ve probably help more because you have a big following already and you could’ve pushed people towards it and definitely need to see how to get influences to help push your brand and what that looks like for as budget wise
I don't think you should use your personal brand. In my opinion the best option for the series is to use influencers to push your clothing brand. Also thank you for the series you're doing it helps a lot
Behind every stylish outfit, there’s a skilled clothing manufacturer weaving magic. We take pride in creating quality garments that speak volumes. From fabric to stitch, excellence is our signature.
I watched the whole video and here’s my insight. Your clothing brand drop didn’t perform as expected, not because of any issues with your website or product( they were actually fire), but because you set a release date too early without enough of an audience. Starting with 500 followers and 3,000 viewers is a solid base that most of us could only dream for, but announcing a fixed drop day before building momentum was a mistake. You should’ve kept posting and engaging until one of your videos went viral or gained traction, giving you the visibility needed for a successful launch. By rushing the date, you didn’t give yourself time to build anticipation and hype, which is key for a successful drop. Many people start with little to no followers, so you had an advantage-you just missed the chance to capitalize on it. The real mistake was not setting up your top-of-funnel marketing first, you also fucked up not setting up your TFN ahead of time( Many creators should be taking about this!!)
This series is golden homie💎 Shoot some content in some places you would want to see your brand at (upscale) wit some type of message. Less scenes wit all the products in it. Much respect ✊🏽
BRO I WAS WAITING FOR THIS LIKE HELL. ADVICES: Dont use personal brand you still doing it a little posting this videos 2 Start influencer marketing 3 Just push more content make next drop date like in a month time or smthg
@@_therealtezcan’t wait to see the next episode glad you doing your best work for us and giving us the real spill 💪🏽💪🏽🔥 no sugar coating the ups and downs respect 💪🏽
My honest opinion; first off, super dope series, you kilt it over all 🔥 👏 But moving forward the pieces was definitely fire outside of the embroidery being cluttered over the word in the middle, makes it hard to read the message from a far. The colors you picked fire 🔥 definitely gave a fall 🍂 🍃 🍁 type vibe. Content was sharp 💫 but for some reason as you mentioned I think it should have been different. For these pieces I see a vision of more like the all white environment, magazine photo shoot vibe, with more still shots and close ups focusing on the embroidery and leather details and the quality of the piece, because it’s a great piece I feel like the details should of been high lighted and exaggerated more. The model fits could of been better, I definitely feel like the green and orange pieces would of blended well with fresh tan butta’s 🥾 aka timberlands lol and the black piece matched perfectly with the Rick Owen’s or the black suede butta’s. Just to give the consumer insight on how to wear the piece, but I definitely understand the point was starting a brand on budget. 💯 Another thing is the name of the brand. I definitely understand where you tryna go with it 💯, the meaning and it is different. But my opinion the word quest is giving more like a kids vibe, or some type of gaming experience, that to me didn’t really match the aesthetics of the piece. The piece has a more luxury, high end feel to it, which I love. A side quest hoodie sound cool, a side quest t shirt sound cool. But this piece had a different aesthetic to it 🔥 The pricing could of played a part, but I feeel like with you being who you are, plus the RUclips views and promotion that drove traffic to the page, if they wanted it they would of brought it, it’s really that simple, not sure what made the people that visited the site not buy, but the piece was fire outside of the middle part being hard to understand from a far. Keep going my boi! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 for the culture!
I think using Facebook and Instagram’s marketing per day tool may have helped the reach. Also, the influencers may kill the budget. Going the marketing through social media route could build authentic clients of your own instead of someone else’s platform of fans
Had a few people on the channel say they didn’t want me too. Ideally I would’ve used the other $180 and ran ads to get sales but I tried sticking to the rules. However moving forward I may run ads if need be if we can’t get the influencers needed
Absolutely, ideally if you’re going to sell something at a more premium price there needs to be a story line or a ton of influencers backing it. I didn’t have either unfortunately but it’s a good lesson for others getting started and for myself
Your leather jackets are fire to be honest..Its just the marketing.Yea you have a fire product but how are people going to support when they don’t know about it?
One thing was the price of the clothes, it was a little to high. I get that your goal was to make a luxury clothing brand but right now you just don’t have the reputation to charge 300 or 200 for clothes. Stay safe bro may god bless you
Yo lov the content. I ant. hater but I feel like it would have been more realistic to not not show the instagram and tiktok account because its bringing free traffic from youtube. Otherwise amazing vid bro!
Keep it transparent don’t use your personal brand. A lot of us don’t have big following on our personal show us how to get influencers with lil to mo money
I simply run a dropshipping business and also sell jewelry and I've been doing it for a few months now, my income from dropshipping business fixes my bills and much more better than my 9-5 job, now making 5-6 figures per month... It's a really cool, secure and modernized business to get started with and it's more amazing when you have someone guidance too.. I can share some info and as well as recommendations if you don't mind 😀 Let's grow together
I literally been waiting forever for this episode to drop 😂 thank youuuu!!!!
😂😂I’m sorry it took forever
I was. Waiting as fucck
@ noo u good! Im already watching and adding to my notes from the previous episodes! 🤭
I love how transparent this video has been. None of that "this is how I made 100000x on my first drop!". This is the real shit that we all go through. But it makes us stronger, makes us push harder, and weeds out those who are really in it!
Much love glad I can keep it authentic!
You doing Gods work brother. Just got out of jail in July and been looking to pivot out that street life. This whole series came right on time. I hope and believe one day we will cross paths so I can thank you in person. So much value in these videos cant say thank you enough!
Appreciate you! Glad I could help
I watched 1-2 like a week ago, just watched this. 10/10 series, love the realistic aspect, and all of the details, definitely one of the best on the platform, not just a "how to get rich quick" series but something to actually learn from. This probably mean less people watching it, but those who has the attention span are getting some real stuff!
You got a new follower
Thank you! And even if it’s less people it’s all about getting the right people to watch it
Thank you for showing your process. I just have a drop yesterday and i got 1 online sale, about 5 people ordered when they saw me in person, but its good to see its more than the numbers for followers and sms there are other things that can happen, keeping our heads up, not gonna stop!
Glad you found this helpful. Keep grinding, it's definitely a marathon, not a sprint. 💪
Great content, I appreciate your hard work and honesty. I’ve noticed a lot of content creators are very inauthentic when it comes to their experience in regards to the creating and marketing process of dropping a clothing brand so I def respect your willingness to b upfront. This vid alone sets you apart from the rest of the creators 100%. Also, do you recommend getting your sms to a 1,000 before drop day even if you have to delay the drop in order to reach that goal?
Man thank you so much for that! I would recommend atleast 300 SMS subscribers before the release. I should’ve post poned the release but I didn’t smh. Big learning lesson though
So I understand that you already have an established following but you once started from scratch just like we all are doing. Whatever was your motivation to start from that point, put that same mindset into this drop. It’s not about the start but about how you finish. I’m loving the series tho 💪🏾 Peace and Blessings 🙏🏾
Much love I appreciate the encouragement and I’m definitely trying to put that same energy into this next one 🙏🏾
watched episode 1 and 2, and then just completly forgot about it lol. When this popped up on the for you page i was so hype! what a W vid!
🙌🏾🙌🏾
W video my man. Raw and real unlike them other RUclipsrs out there. Looking forward to the next video. Love from New Zealand
Thanks bro episode 4 will be even better trust!
Thanks for being transparent fam and you not using your personal brand helps for some of us that don’t have a high following.Its really not even about the pricing.I honestly think you didn’t give yourself enough time to market your brand properly,but we learn from our mistakes and do better next time.W video❤️✅
Means a lot thanks man fr
Nobody ever goes this deep into detail and it’s Greatly Appreciated🙌🏽❤️ You’ve dropped Gem 💎 after Gem 💎
Thank you 🙏🏽
I love the series fro the Ep1, visibility s important, I would do more on the marketing side. But yh ,thank you for showing us your work into details.
My pleasure! Appreciate the support !
I really found this video really insightful. Also I think something you overlooked was the pricing. Most people arent willing to spend $175 on clothing and being a new clothing brand without a hyped audience makes it even harder to sell clothes at this high of a price. Seeing that it would've costed you around $35 to manufacture each piece, you definetely should've lowered the price to under $100.
Bro just wanted to make some money because he’s just a chill guy
Yeah but you have to set the bar of price as he’s making a higher end brand so it will be slow to start
And also I believe he said it was costing him $125 to get each on made not $35 because it's a leather jacket. So the price has to be dang near double.
But also it's not about the brand all the time its about the product. Clothes are easier than music because with clothes it's visual. You like it you buy it. But I also see the point of new brands. Its really all about what the consumer wants and likes
It’s $51 per jacket I could’ve sold them for $100 or even $125 tbh
Yeah true i believe price and not having enough momentum played a huge part in the outcome
The pieces aren’t bad at all but using your personal account would’ve probably help more because you have a big following already and you could’ve pushed people towards it and definitely need to see how to get influences to help push your brand and what that looks like for as budget wise
Thanks for the feedback, I'll keep that in mind for the next drop.
I don't think you should use your personal brand. In my opinion the best option for the series is to use influencers to push your clothing brand. Also thank you for the series you're doing it helps a lot
Thanks for sharing! And np!
Behind every stylish outfit, there’s a skilled clothing manufacturer weaving magic. We take pride in creating quality garments that speak volumes. From fabric to stitch, excellence is our signature.
Amazing vid bro, Real insight of starting a "business", showing us that we shouldn't rush but be patient and learn from mistakes 🔛🔝
Much love bro 🙏🏾 I appreciate the support
I watched the whole video and here’s my insight. Your clothing brand drop didn’t perform as expected, not because of any issues with your website or product( they were actually fire), but because you set a release date too early without enough of an audience. Starting with 500 followers and 3,000 viewers is a solid base that most of us could only dream for, but announcing a fixed drop day before building momentum was a mistake. You should’ve kept posting and engaging until one of your videos went viral or gained traction, giving you the visibility needed for a successful launch. By rushing the date, you didn’t give yourself time to build anticipation and hype, which is key for a successful drop. Many people start with little to no followers, so you had an advantage-you just missed the chance to capitalize on it. The real mistake was not setting up your top-of-funnel marketing first, you also fucked up not setting up your TFN ahead of time( Many creators should be taking about this!!)
Love this breakdown thank you fr I’ll keep this all in mind moving forward for sure
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR EP 3,,,,,REALLY ENJOYED THIS VIDEO ! THANK YOU FOR DETAILING EVERYTHING!
Glad you enjoyed it! I'm glad it was helpful.
Favorite series on YT rn keep it up bro🔥🤞🏾
Appreciate it, glad you're enjoying it! 🙏🏾
EP3 finally out 🎉🎉
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I really appreciate you bro, I learned a lot from this series!!!
Appreciate that, glad you found it helpful!
finally thank god been waiting for this
lol glad i dropped it in time
Amazing series 🔥🔥
My guy! Appreciate you bro 🙌🏾
THANK YOU FOR DROPPING!!!
np!
I like the realness Tez always gone keep it a buck
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Bro is really out here giving free game. God bless you man 🙏
Much love!
This series is golden homie💎
Shoot some content in some places you would want to see your brand at (upscale) wit some type of message. Less scenes wit all the products in it.
Much respect ✊🏽
Much love bro!
BRO I WAS WAITING FOR THIS LIKE HELL. ADVICES: Dont use personal brand you still doing it a little posting this videos 2 Start influencer marketing 3 Just push more content make next drop date like in a month time or smthg
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Nah Ian gonna lie. You had some GEMS in here. Dats tuff I’m definitely following da steps💯
Much love 🙌🏾
Been fiending for this
lol glad I could deliver
Keep going
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Call it glazing if you want,extremely helpful video man,the realest person in the game right now,this video made me feel like an expert,thanks
Appreciate that fam!
The way a run and grab food just to watch it. Gold content!
BigUp Yourself 👑👑👑
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
This series helped so much broo keep working bro . Can you do influencer marketing I really wanna see that and how you do it
yeah ill break it down in the net episode
Really enjoyed the video and the transparency on the process.. also is it possible to do preorder and premade at the same time?
It is possible
Letsss goooo!!! Mannn I’m tuned in been waiting Tez 😂
Appreciate the support!
@@_therealtezcan’t wait to see the next episode glad you doing your best work for us and giving us the real spill 💪🏽💪🏽🔥 no sugar coating the ups and downs respect 💪🏽
My honest opinion; first off, super dope series, you kilt it over all 🔥 👏
But moving forward the pieces was definitely fire outside of the embroidery being cluttered over the word in the middle, makes it hard to read the message from a far.
The colors you picked fire 🔥 definitely gave a fall 🍂 🍃 🍁 type vibe. Content was sharp 💫 but for some reason as you mentioned I think it should have been different. For these pieces I see a vision of more like the all white environment, magazine photo shoot vibe, with more still shots and close ups focusing on the embroidery and leather details and the quality of the piece, because it’s a great piece I feel like the details should of been high lighted and exaggerated more.
The model fits could of been better, I definitely feel like the green and orange pieces would of blended well with fresh tan butta’s 🥾 aka timberlands lol and the black piece matched perfectly with the Rick Owen’s or the black suede butta’s. Just to give the consumer insight on how to wear the piece, but I definitely understand the point was starting a brand on budget. 💯
Another thing is the name of the brand. I definitely understand where you tryna go with it 💯, the meaning and it is different. But my opinion the word quest is giving more like a kids vibe, or some type of gaming experience, that to me didn’t really match the aesthetics of the piece. The piece has a more luxury, high end feel to it, which I love. A side quest hoodie sound cool, a side quest t shirt sound cool. But this piece had a different aesthetic to it 🔥
The pricing could of played a part, but I feeel like with you being who you are, plus the RUclips views and promotion that drove traffic to the page, if they wanted it they would of brought it, it’s really that simple, not sure what made the people that visited the site not buy, but the piece was fire outside of the middle part being hard to understand from a far.
Keep going my boi! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 for the culture!
Much love I really appreciate the in depth breakdown, gave me a different perspective on things so thanks!
@@_therealtez anytime! Keep going! 💪🏾
cant wait to watch!
series has been so fire so far
Appreciate it!
Finally!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Learned a Lot i am from Germany and love you Viedeos ❤
Shout out to Germany I appreciate the support
Maybe you should work with a fashion influencer you need to create a buzz in that space
Yeah gonna focus on this for sure
He dropped!!!
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and you gotta build hype for the prouct, and drop a release date after youve already built the hype
I just started mine and ordered my first sample hope it goes well
Let me know how it goes ✊🏽
So for first drop , would you say pre order or pre made is definitely better ?
Premade for sure !
Found you yesterday and watched the first 2 ep. Can’t believe you dropped the 3rd on the same day lol gotta buy a lotto ticket 😂
Glad you found the series and yeah I wanted to get this drop out ASAP! 😅
From The Ground Up show us how to make your brand integrate vertically
Thank you!
I think using Facebook and Instagram’s marketing per day tool may have helped the reach. Also, the influencers may kill the budget. Going the marketing through social media route could build authentic clients of your own instead of someone else’s platform of fans
Good point, I'll definitely keep that in mind for the next drop.
Bro I’m bout to do literally what you did will keep you posted
Let me know ✊🏽
Please do make a vid on how to utilise cap cut dawg❤
keep it without depending on your personal built brand
and use other influencers
Will do I’ll be more creative with things
What made you not run ads Tez?
Had a few people on the channel say they didn’t want me too. Ideally I would’ve used the other $180 and ran ads to get sales but I tried sticking to the rules. However moving forward I may run ads if need be if we can’t get the influencers needed
BOY where have you a55 been I been Pd 😂😂
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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where's the shopify link?
Right here - shopify.pxf.io/vNyq3d
Do you usually trademark/copyright the brand name?
Yeah but after $10k in sales
you should try goin the influencer route its more realistic instead of using your personal brand
Yeah ima do that I just gotta make sure it’s authentic when I do it
You think it being such a high ticket item on first release without much branding could have played a roll in lack of sales too?
Absolutely, ideally if you’re going to sell something at a more premium price there needs to be a story line or a ton of influencers backing it. I didn’t have either unfortunately but it’s a good lesson for others getting started and for myself
Hey whenever I try to get postscripts it says my store isn’t compatible can anyone help me out?
Weird, you may have to reach out to them
I think the price was just a little steep $200 after taxes you can get more and the economy isn’t in that place right now
We focus on custom streetwear and would be thrilled to explore a collaboration with you-let’s create something special!
Your leather jackets are fire to be honest..Its just the marketing.Yea you have a fire product but how are people going to support when they don’t know about it?
Yeah, it's about finding the right audience. Thanks for the support !
Did you run ads?
Nah we didn’t
what happens after the drop day then?
We will re drop and do things differently
Ill say, go get influencers but without using your personal brand. Do it as a person that is not known
Will do
It wont let me copy my short link on postscripts smh. Its not popping up
Did you create the page?
@ yeassir had the page created even clicked on the link that was already provided. I went to support to see whats going on with the shortlink
One thing was the price of the clothes, it was a little to high. I get that your goal was to make a luxury clothing brand but right now you just don’t have the reputation to charge 300 or 200 for clothes. Stay safe bro may god bless you
Very true I should’ve taken it into consideration for sure. Next release I will though
Yo lov the content. I ant. hater but I feel like it would have been more realistic to not not show the instagram and tiktok account because its bringing free traffic from youtube. Otherwise amazing vid bro!
Keep it transparent don’t use your personal brand. A lot of us don’t have big following on our personal show us how to get influencers with lil to mo money
Appreciate the advice, I'll definitely try to show a more realistic approach in the next video.
Idk if I missed something but how did his IG account already have 500 followers?
People following from the videos
people saw the account name in the previous video and followed it, makes the results a bit skewed imo
True but in order to have transparency I have to do it this way. It’s something I can’t control
You need to work on a better design, I personally wouldn't have bought it.
Appreciate the feedback 🙏🏽
no offense but what is ur target audience?? maybe thats why ur having trouble
They probably dead beats, or she don't even allow the father's to even be involved in the kids' lives.
Bro what kind of planet u on? Hating fo no reason
I simply run a dropshipping business and also sell jewelry and I've been doing it for a few months now, my income from dropshipping business fixes my bills and much more better than my 9-5 job, now making 5-6 figures per month... It's a really cool, secure and modernized business to get started with and it's more amazing when you have someone guidance too.. I can share some info and as well as recommendations if you don't mind 😀
Let's grow together
Wow
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