What is the best advice you have received from the Seller Community this year?

[tranguyen]

Happy November, everyone 🍂 ✨

When I ran into a few hiccups with the Mentorship Program in October, I got some really great advice and kind reassurances from @TheRealChipA and @DLRosenberg which helped me a lot (and stop me from running around like a headless chicken!).

I'm always so amazed by the generosity of everyone in the Seller Community, which is why I want to ask this week:

What is the best advice you have received from the Seller Community this year?

Don't be shy and tag in the person who gave you the advice in your reply! I can't wait to read it all ❤️

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[Bronze_Palms]

I receive good advice daily from the Seller Community. From when to order and supply management to hiring to books I need to start reading! 

[DLRosenberg]

Awe- thanks for the shout out... I don't think it's advice per se- it's more like as a small business owner when I'm in the community I know I'm not alone. The frustrations I feel at times? I can bet someone in community has felt this way too.. Sometimes when you're a business owner and you're doing your thing many of your friends and family don't "get it" because they aren't in your shoes.. when I need someone to "get it".... I come here. 🙂

[Stacelyn24]

This is a hard one and off the top of my head I can't pinpoint one significant issue because the community helps me with issues that even I'm not aware of at the time lol.  I just love being able to come together in this community and help others and be help on how to improve our businesses.  We talk about everything...finances, the economy, trends...you name it.  We even have and awesome book club!

[Candlestore]

@tranguyen ;

The best advice I got was to give CLEAR problems and Clear information as to what devices, Hardware, and the issue is, along with a few images for clarification to get any help with anything in this forum.  Just because I know what I want to type does not mean the helpful people in this forum can read my mind and what I meant to say.  They can only see what I actually Wrote or what is in the picture I attach.  This is even the case when I ask for something in the Ideate.  I have already added a video on what the issue is with things to be clearer. 

Examples:

Question:

Why does this not work?

Answer:

Why does what not work?

So sometimes now when I give answers they are alot more detailed oriented then they might need to be.  

[Doran]

From SQUARE SAVINGS

I don't remember who it was but they said they used the Square savings folders to budget and one of those was to put money in each transaction towards an end-of-year bonus fund.  I set that up immediately!  It really helped with a mindset change.  I now have folders for everything and it makes paying sales tax, quarterly taxes, and saving for a new machine so much easier.  

[Printing]

Beta" in Invoices under "More options", "Shipping", the invoice is listed in Orders when paid. In "Orders", if "Ship Items" is selected, the carrier is added, the tracking number is added, and then the under "Actions" "Mark as shipped" is selected, are any notifications sent that the order was fulfilled where the "Order source" is "Invoices"? Thanks.

[Bronze_Palms]

To keep things simple. Most times the most simple answer is the one that is not always correct, but the most easily executable. 

[Shaibmwx5]

I am growing and learning how to operate my business sufficiently better every day. Learning and being apart of the Square Seller Community.