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Strategy to Acquire First 100 Customers for Your eCommerce Store

Shipway Blog Free Beginner India

Written by an Indian shipping/COD infrastructure company that works with hundreds of early-stage D2C stores, so the advice reflects what they actually see working in the first 100 orders, not generic global playbooks. Useful India-specific counterpart to the global listicles.

  • India-specific first-100-customer tactics from a logistics vendor's vantage point
  • Frames the first 100 orders as proof-of-concept, not a revenue milestone
  • Practical on COD, delivery experience and early trust-building in India
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It answers 3 questions

  1. Where do my first 100 orders actually come from if I have no brand yet?
  2. Which single channel should I put all my energy into for the first 100 orders?
  3. How do I know if my first 100 orders actually mean I have product-market fit, or if I just got lucky?

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