Last month I asked for a help from my friend Dyra to clear all stocks Abaya Cardigan that I used to sell. I've been selling Abaya cardigan since 2017 which is when I just started my Bachelor Degree. But it was so hard to focus on business after I entered my second year. I managed to properly sell for a year and then no marketing at all hence stocks piled up dekat rumah. After 2 years baru decided to lelong all Abaya. I have around 15 pieces left. Tak banyak pun but all of that cost up to RM700. Thanked god Dyra willing to help since she has arounf 8k subscribers on telegram Alhamdulillah all stocks sold not even a day. Thank you so much Dyra. Nanti aku banyak duit aku beli barang² kau jual okay. The least I can do now is to retweet your tweet and promote your channel. Nanti aku ada rezeki lebih aku share dengan kau ye.
I have always love doing business. The first time I did was solely for fun and I sell the things I love. I strated selling jewellery and accessories masa I form 3! I buat pre order and my supplier from Penang. She is so nice sampai sekarang I ingat dia. Masatu I jual dekat facebook je and my customer are my facebook friends. Untung I tak dapat banyak pun, kadang² tak sampai RM10 pun tapi I happy sangat masatu sebab boleh share apa yang kita pakai dengan orang lain. I banyak jual dekat kawan² and budak sekolah rendah je hahaha. Lagipun semua murah², paling mahal pun I rasa rantai RM15 and yang lain mostly below than that. Lepastu bila kurang sambutan I stopped. Lagipun mostly perempuan je kot beli sebab yelaa accessories kot hahaha.
Masa form 4 I decided to sell tudung bawal 2 tone. Masa tuu share modal dengan Ili and Izian. Kitaorang keluar kan RM20 sorang lepastu ambik 30 pcs bawal and jual dengan kawan² sekolah. Masa tu mostly junior laa yang beli hahaha. Gigih okay masatu siap create blog, photoshoot laa haihh good days. I yang suggest untuk jual masatu Ili dengan Izian follow je. Buat suka² je okayy tak fikir untung sangat pun. Kitorang managed to sell everything cuma ada 2-3 helai let go murah² sebab colour tu takde orang nak 😂 Tapi serious best gila masatu, I rasa untung masing² dapat RM20 je kot. Tapi okay laa keluarkan RM20 dapat balik RM40 hahaha.
Lepastu masa form 5 I start jual Kpop Merchandise. Masatu tengah IN gila kpop craze in Malaysia, tu zaman second generation kpop idol. I takde laa minat sangat pun kpop, masatu more to kdrama tapi kawan² ramai minat so I nampak lubang boleh buat duit, I pun jual la barang² kpop macam topi, baju, accessories, lightstick, macam² okayy cuma bukan official mercs laa. Masa ni lelaki pun ramai beli. I still jual dekat facebook among school friends. Tapi tak untung banyak jugakkk hahaha. Sebab pre order orang malas nak tunggu. Barang² mostly dari China so kena tunggu around 2-3 weeks kadang² sampai sebulan. After some times I stopped sebab takde orang beli sangat pun hahahah takde orang sanggup tunggu lama. One thing I love doing business masa sekolah is because masatu ramai tak tahu and tak pandai bank in duit. Sebab yelaa sekolah kan. Semua customer bayar cash dekat I, later bila I submit order I gave money to my dad untuk bayar dekat supplier, so daripada situ I dah dapat untung siap². Gila la dulu tak sangka I dah boleh buat duit masa sekolah hahaha. But mostly duit niaga tak lama dengan I. Silap tak simpan haha sebab masatu macam² nak beli. Ada duit je terus habis dekat benda lain haihh.
After habis sekolah I makin berani ye. I buat business jual bags and shoes. I berani ambik dari supplier China. Direct China ye. Everytime communicate thru email mesti susah nak faham sebab English dia Ya rabbi macam direct translate ye rakan². Tapi nasib baik takde masalah sangat pun cuma masalah kecil kecilan yang boleh settle hahaha. Masa tu nekad nak cari duit lebih la kononnya sebab nak masuk Univ tak nak susahkan Abah sangat. Tapi tu laa I tak record pun sales. Silap besar. Padahal masa tu boleh tahan banyak jugak laa sales I. During that time, I no longer promote dekat facebook. Habis sekolah terus decativate facebook and move to instagram. Masatu tak ramai sangat seller dekat Ig so senang nak naik. Sekarang saingan sangat tinggi ye. Masa I jual dekat Ig most of my customers orang luar yang I tak kenal pun. So luas laa sikit network and banyak chances untuk dapat customer. Masatu nama Instagram I twinkletwelve. Comel kan. I forgot where I got the idea tapi basically I want it to start with T as in Tira hahaha okay tak. Ohh baru ingat, mula² I nak buat 신발 (Shinbal) which menas Shoes in Korea. Masatu nak jual kasut kan. Pastu nak letak laa nama ShineeShinbal or ShinyShinbal just because Shinbal starts with S konon nak rhyme biar senang sebut Hahahah acah gilaa. Tapi macam tak kena pulak guna shinbal. So I ingat nak kekal kan shiny tuu tapi takde idea so I macam shiny shiny twinkle twinkle little star. So I buat TwinkleTira tapi buruk pulak bunyinyaa. So I main letak je twelve, jadilah twinkletwelve. Again because of rhyme hahahah. Tapi okay laa I pandai cari nama. I suka gilaa. Tapi tak lama lepastuu ada new ig named tinklewave masatu I down gila sebab I rasa nama Ig lebih kurang. I langsung tak tiru dia okay sebab penat wei aku perah idea nak letak nama tu. Tapi dia jual lampu hiasan untuk decoration bilik macam tu. Ingat lagi okayyy hahaha. Lepastu I cam takpela teruskan jela takde istilah siapa tiru siapa sebab products lain². Twinkletwelve was established in 2013 and I found out dia punya Ig on 2014 tapi I taktahu la maybe dia wujud dulu ke kan. After 2 years kot I decided to stop that business sebab takde sales lebih 5 months since I busy with Diploma so tak sempat nak update new stocks and no marketing. Tapi it was fun. I ingat lagi Izzati, Zimi dengan Ayu pernah beli. Thank you korang ♥
Lepas habis Diploma I ada masa free so masatu tu la I decided to sell Abaya Cardigan. I berani ambik stocks sebab Abaya ni tak mati trend tau. Banyak ocassions yang sesuai. Masa jual Abaya laa paling banyak pengalaman I dapat, macam² customer pelik I jumpa tapi Alhamdullilah I learnt from that. Masa jual Abaya jugak laa I spent a lot on marketing tapi sales Alhamdulillh masyukkkk. I managed to restock 5 times masatu ada around 5 designs and setiap designs I ambik 20pcs. Cuma kali kedua restock I cut down mana Abaya yang kurang laku. Yang laku gila² alhamdulillah kejap je habis. Masa ni sangat² happy sebab ye laa meniaga dari sekolah and daripada pengalaman tu laa I belajar banyak benda and finally dapat tengok hasil masa jual Abaya. I still remember I start around January 2017, gigih keluarkan modal around 1k for stocks. Masa first time I ambik 5 pcs je setiap design sebab tak berapa lagi nak ambik banyak takut tak laku. Tapi Alhamdulillah second time restock terus ambik 20pcs. I happy gila² jual Abaya tapi bila I dapat tawaran Degree on March terus macam kurang sikit marketing and stopped after a year. One of the stupid decision I made hahaha. Sebab based on what Dyra did for me, still ramai okay orang beli Abaya tu. Cuma tu laa I busy and terlalu hanyut dengan reality hahaha.
Honestly this year I nak start doing business again. I wanted to do it seriously and for a long term inshaAllah. I dah ada plan cuma I belum ada modal hahahaha. I just hope that I punya Master tak halang I nak buat business. Tu je. Sebab I tak nak laa stop halfway. Rugi laa kan hahaha. InshaAllah I nak plan betul² once I dah ada duit. Doakan I ye. One time I suka buat business is because I ada duit yang dapat daripada hasil titik peluh I. Lepastu boleh belanja family I macam². Ohh by the way, this year I managed to give duit raya to Abah and Ma hasil daripada lelong Abaya. Alhamdulillah walaupun amount tak banyak tapi I happy sangat. Semoga nanti I boleh bagi ribu riban lagi dekat Ma Abah. InshaAllah.