Starting an E-commerce Store in Japan and Growing to $167,000/month
Hi! Tell me about you and your business.
Hi, my name is Thomas Bertrand, I’m from France and I've been living in Japan since 2003. I started my online store Bento&Co in November of 2008.
We sell Bento Boxes and other kitchenware to customers in 100 countries. We do both B2B and B2C.
In 2016, I also started a new business, a SaaS for online sellers in Japan to manage shipments, called Ship&Co.
What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?
When I moved to Japan in 2003, I knew that I wanted to create my own company here.
Being in a completely different environment, in a country with a different culture, different values is something that gets your brain thinking a lot.
In 2005, I started a blog about...
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