Fashion Supply Business

6 Tips For Starting A Successful Fashion Supply Business (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own fashion supply business? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a fashion supply business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a fashion supply business?
-> Pros and cons of a fashion supply business

Need inspiration?

-> Other fashion supply business success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a fashion supply business
-> Fashion supply business slogans
-> Fashion supply business names

Other resources

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a fashion supply business:

#1: Apaar Gupta, founder of The Design Cart:

We chatted with with Apaar, founder of The Design Cart ($120K/month). In our interview, Apaar says:

Building a two-sided marketplace was always going to be a treacherous journey and a typical chicken and egg story. The supply won’t come unless you have enough demand and the demand won't look at your platform till you have enough supply.

Additionally:

What kept me going was that I knew in my head that we were trying to digitize an entire supply chain and hence the challenges had to be enormous.

Read the full interview ➜

#2: Apaar Gupta, founder of The Design Cart:

We chatted with with Apaar, founder of The Design Cart ($120K/month). In our interview, Apaar says:

Brands must not only differentiate themselves through unique designs but also invest in effective marketing strategies to reach their target audience.

Read the full interview ➜

#3: Charisse and Vicky Pasche, founder of Dapper Boi:

We chatted with with Vicky, founder of Dapper Boi ($/month). In our interview, Vicky says:

It’s scary to leap, to gamble on yourself. It takes conviction to leave a full-time job, security, a 401K and other benefits.

Additionally:

It is worth it. When you believe in something wholeheartedly and feel it’s the right thing to do in every fiber of your being, it will always be worth it.