'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 are stuck at home all day with the house, kitchen, 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 these Facebook pages are mostly mothers with young children, widely known by netizens as "breastfeeding mothers".

Nowadays, Facebook is naturally becoming a “lifesaver” to help mothers escape from the mental crisis after giving birth, and at the same time increase 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 to make their children sit and play with their mothers, or play alone so that mothers can cook, do laundry, etc.

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 living alone, everything will become messy and chaotic. Because the husband goes to work, at home there is only the mother and the baby, 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, lack of confidence, and fatigue.

With a small child, it is not possible to go to work. Mothers who temporarily quit their jobs during the permitted time are fine, but for mothers who are already unemployed, now with a small child, finding a job becomes even more difficult. However, in times of need, invention is born, 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 their 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 her 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 that are both good quality and affordable, 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 from 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 to 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 young owner is children's clothing, which is sourced from Vietnamese garment factories in Hanoi. Like Thanh Van, selling online helps Linh have extra money for daily spending, and learn many lessons in communication and expand her circle of friends. But according to Linh, this job also causes her a lot of trouble. For example, she has to be on the phone 24/7 to answer customers' questions, etc. If she does not know how to arrange her time, it will affect her ability to take care of her children.

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 fiercer. 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 model... 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 to "check" the price.

Although online sales are not as profitable 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