'Stay-at-home moms' relieve stress by selling online

(Baonghean.vn) - Saying "Stay-at-home mom" makes people think of the image of a woman holding a baby in one hand, cooking, washing, cleaning... and easily falling into a state of stress. Selling online is currently considered a "lifesaver" to help stay-at-home moms earn extra income and relieve some of their stress when they spend all day at home taking care of the house, the kitchen, and the children...

Surfing through Facebook for a while, it is easy to see personal Facebook pages selling products here: clothes, shoes, fashion accessories, household items... And the most special thing is that the owners of those Facebook pages are mostly mothers with young children, called "breastfeeding mothers" by many netizens.

Nowadays, Facebook is naturally becoming a “lifesaver” to help mothers escape the troubles of postpartum mental crisis, and at the same time increase a part of their income. Anyone who has ever been a mother will certainly understand the “situation” of these mothers: taking care of their children, feeding them, putting them to sleep, taking them to the toilet, comforting them when they cry, playing all kinds of tricks in the world to make their children sit and play with their mothers, or play alone so that mothers can cook, do laundry...

Mother Nguyen Thuy Linh in Doi Cung ward (Vinh city) takes advantage of the time to take orders and look after her 6-month-old son.

For mothers who live with grandparents or have a maid, taking care of their children will not be too difficult. But for families who live alone, everything will become messy and chaotic. Because the husband goes to work, at home there is only the mother and the child, having to arrange time reasonably to take care of the children and do housework...

That's why, being stuck in a messy house all day, it's easy for postpartum mothers to fall into depression, low self-esteem, and fatigue.

Having a small child, going to work is not possible. It is okay for mothers to temporarily quit their jobs during the allowed time, but for mothers who are already unemployed, now having a small child, finding a job becomes even more difficult. But in difficult times, there is a way, many mothers have known how to take advantage of the social network Facebook to create jobs for themselves by selling goods online.

Hoang Thanh Van and her son took a photo and posted an advertisement to sell clothes on her personal Facebook.

Hoang Thanh Van (Do Luong district), a stay-at-home mother, has had experience selling online for nearly 2 years. Graduated from Social Work (Vinh University), unable to find a job, Van decided to get married and has a 2-year-old son. Van is passionate about business, while staying at home taking care of her young child, she came up with online trading and is currently a Facebooker who sells quite well in Do Luong district and neighboring areas.

Van shared that staying at home to take care of children is sometimes very suffocating. Selling online is not simply to increase income, the most important thing is to help Van's life become more comfortable, gain a lot of experience in communication and bring Van many good friends.

For mothers who sell online, there are many difficulties in getting goods, selling goods, and even shipping. Where to get goods with good quality and reasonable price, how to sell goods to satisfy customers, and even more important is how to keep customers as regular customers.

Some products Hoang Thanh Van introduces to customers via personal facebook

Hoang Thanh Van mainly sells clothes, but also sells hats, shoes, and handbags. Van has an acquaintance who is a wholesaler in Hanoi, and the goods are imported from Guangzhou (China) and Thailand. Currently, products originating here are very attractive to buyers. The designs are beautiful and the prices are not too expensive, so Van sells 4-5 items a day. Previously, Van used to sell goods for shops in Vinh city, so she has gained a lot of experience in her business. Occasionally, Van opens promotional programs to stimulate buyers. For example, on June 1 this year, Van promoted T-shirts for 50 thousand VND/piece, so in 1 day she sold nearly 30 shirts.

Nguyen Thuy Linh (Doi Cung ward, Vinh city) has been selling online for more than 4 months. Thuy Linh has a 6-month-old baby boy. Linh studied music but after graduating she could not find a job, so selling online has become her number 1 choice. The main product of this small owner is children's clothing, sourced from Vietnamese garment factories in Hanoi. Like Thanh Van, selling online helps Linh have extra money for daily spending, learn many lessons in communication, and expand her circle of friends. But according to Linh, this job also causes her a lot of trouble. Like having to hold the phone 24/7 to answer customers' questions, answer customers' questions... If you do not know how to arrange your time, it will affect your childcare.

The products "breastfeeding mother" Nguyen Thuy Linh sells on Facebook are mainly clothes.

The image of "mothers" selling online is increasing, the competition is also becoming more fierce. Price, quality and especially the customer service attitude of shop owners. For Thuy Linh, customers are "god". Even if customers "do not" buy clothes or say bad words, Linh is always very tactful, polite and respectful. Even every time she posts clothes for sale on Facebook, dozens of people comment asking about the price, asking about the design... But in the end, luckily only a few people agree to buy. The rest usually come in to ask jokingly or are also mothers selling online coming in to "check" the price.

Although the profit from selling online is not as expected, for mothers with babies, it is a "lifesaver", the best choice to help them escape the mental deadlock of staying at home all day with a pile of nameless work.

Thien Thien