My name is Oleg and I have been in online sales for 6 years. My life, like that of every Ukrainian, was divided into before and after on February 24. The team we were working with broke up and we had to go to different parts of the country and finish all the projects. Confusion from the events that befell us prevented us from working for several months.
But since we don't know how to fold our hands and sit and wait, I started to start something new for myself and the choice fell on clothes, women's clothes. The decision was not accidental, but argued primarily by domestic production, because deliveries from abroad, and especially from China, by sea, became a big question. By the way, we were engaged in them before...
We started work in the summer of 2022. At that time, Ukraine became the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, so the name of the first store did not take too long. Then the word "Stephania" was on everyone's lips. For the first 3 months, my wife and I worked together, in our small team, and those were wonderful times) We called customers, packed, measured clothes, took photos, and all this in our apartment.
And already in the fall, when sales began to grow and we were already just sewing, sitting on the phone and simultaneously packing a suit of 3 in a small package)
I remember exactly when I was 26, on September 11: getting up at 4 in the morning, walking the 7th kilometer, a wholesale market like that in Odessa, long queues for clothes, and a mountain of the same clothes in the apartment, which we packed until the evening, taking orders in parallel , there were unusually many orders that day) Then it was decided that we need a team, because we will not be able to develop further.
I started to gather my old team, which was disbanded because of the war. Fortunately for me, at that time not all the girls had gone abroad and we had managers with experience who did not need to be trained. And then there were managers, and then site administrators and the team, the backbone of the team was formed. Well, hurrah, we said goodbye to packing in the apartment. This is actually the most pleasant thing in all of this, because finally a calm atmosphere was felt at home and this home became a place of rest and not work, and this is very important.
Thus, after surviving the challenges of the war and a difficult period of adaptation, we were able not only to resume work, but also to create a new, successful business. Gathering a reliable team around us, we were able to overcome difficulties and develop a business that brings joy to our clients and satisfaction from achievements. And although the war left a deep mark on our lives, it also taught us to be stronger, more flexible and ready for any challenge. Now, with the support of the team, we look to the future with confidence and continue to move forward.