r/ausbusiness

Hello all,

A little about me - I came to Australia 2 years ago as a student and have a family background in manufacturing business of plastic products like plastic bottles and caps

This is why I am personally keen to start a manufacturing business in Australia too, but I don’t understand the feasibility metrics of the Australian market

We have China closeby which makes everything for cheap and labor laws means there’s no cheap labor and then ofcourse the taxation scrutiny is really not appealing at the moment

Nonetheless im sure people must be running businesses we are human we want to do something 🤣

I haven’t been able to find people to talk to about this so I thought I could have a discussion with all of you here to get an idea or know where to look at to educate myself more

Cheers

Thank you!

I’m looking for a digital marketing agency in Australia that actually understands the DTC skincare and beauty world. Not just general e-commerce stuff, but teams that know how this space works, branding, performance marketing, SEO, the whole mix.

Hello! I’m doing some research because I’m exploring building a tool/service to help small businesses cut down on repetitive time-wasting tasks.

Not selling anything here — just trying to understand if this is actually worth solving.

If you are running or working in a small business:

• What are the most annoying or time-consuming tasks you deal with day-to-day?
• Have you tried anything to fix it? 
• Would you honestly pay to solve it?
• If yes, roughly how much would? (one-off or monthly) Or is it more of a “yeah it’s annoying but not worth paying for” situation?
• Would you be hesitant to hire a one-person business / solo engineer to build something like this? Why or why not?
• Would you be open to trying a free prototype first and then paying if it actually works for you?
• Have you tried tools like OpenClaw or similar automation tools? What was your experience?

Really appreciate the help and honesty