Selling clothes on a Facebook page
Buy three-pieces and saris wholesale, sell on Facebook Live, deliver by courier.
- Last reviewed: 27 September 2026
- Version 2
Clothes lined up for online orders
1 of 3- Starting capital
- ৳50,000 – ৳1,50,000 Market quote
- Manpower
- 1 – 3 people
- First sale
- 7 – 21 days Practitioner verified
- Break-even
- 3 – 8 months Editorial estimate
- Kind of work
- Online · Medium difficulty
About the business
You can start without renting a shop, but advertising costs and returned parcels eat up the profit. Cash-on-delivery money comes from the courier a few days later, and you have to keep track of it.
Unit economics
| Item | Range | Evidence | Suggest a correction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly working capital | ৳15,000 – ৳52,500 | Editorial estimate | |
| Selling price | ৳1,200 – ৳3,500 / unit | Market quote | |
| Variable cost | ৳750 – ৳2,300 / unit | Market quote | |
| Time to first revenue | 7 – 21 days | Practitioner verified | |
| Break-even time | 3 – 8 months | Editorial estimate | |
| Cash cycle | 7 – 45 days | Practitioner verified |
Gross margin -91.7% – 78.6%. Our calculation: the low end uses the lowest price with the highest cost; the high end uses the reverse.
What you need to start
- 40–80 pieces for the first lotStarting stock
- A wholesaler in Islampur or BaburhatSupplier
How the work is done
- 1Buy stock at a wholesale market
- 2Photograph and go live
- 3Confirm orders and ship by courier
- 4Reconcile cash from the courier
Seasons
- JanNormal
- FebNormal
- MarHigh
- AprHigh
- MayNormal
- JunNormal
- JulNormal
- AugNormal
- SepNormal
- OctNormal
- NovHigh
- DecHigh
Where it works well
- Strong fitDhaka · পাইকারি বাজার ও কুরিয়ার হাব
- Strong fitNarayanganj · বাবুরহাট কাছে
- PossibleChattogram · রিয়াজউদ্দিন বাজার
Risks and cautions
- MediumWorking capital: Courier cash is held for three to seven days.
- MediumDemand: Returns of 10–25% wipe out the margin.
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3:33Stories about this business
Started on a Facebook page in 2018; now about 200 orders a day on average from page and website
An online clothing seller in Chattogram started with a Facebook page in 2018 and now also runs her own website. Sales rise at Eid, but an E-CAB leader says overall sales in online business are slipping somewhat.
- Reasons
- Weak demand, Loyal customers
A Facebook page started with Tk 10,000; after a Tk 45,000 loss, now Tk 3-4 lakh of sales a month
A woman in Rangpur began selling hand-stitched clothes through a Facebook page in 2021. After losing about Tk 45,000 to a fraud, she restarted in 2023 and now sells Tk 3-4 lakh a month, with more than 50 women working with her.
- Capital
- ৳10k
- Reasons
- Supplier problem, Skill gap
50,000 taka online, and the first batch of kurtis gone in 26 days
A kurti label started on Facebook with 50,000 taka sold out its first batch in 26 days, and after roughly a decade online opened a shop at Mirpur 11.5 on 11 May 2025.
- Capital
- ৳50k
- Reasons
- Weak demand, Good quality
Entrepreneurs in this business
The people running this business today — you can visit them, ask questions and learn.
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Where to buy
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Sources
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Collected: 15 Aug 2026Supports: Starting capital, Selling price · ঢাকা
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