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Originally Posted by phaz0rz (Post 1141826)

I add $15-20k to my savings each month. I do a few things off the internet but most income is from e-commerce. I'm in USA selling products sourced from China. Chinese competitors are a non-issue here because while their listing prices are dirt cheap, their items take 30+ days to arrive and Americans don't like to wait that long.

@vm - what worked for me was finding a very specific niche and then embedding myself deep in it, very slowly building my buying power to the point where it is now. Jumping from one trendy phake product to another is not a viable business model, IMO (which is what DHgate flippers generally do). Chinese suppliers will mix in defective units and by the time you sell the lot you're lucky if you break even after returns/refunds. I learned this the hard way a few years ago with "no-no's". They seemed to be very profitable - but they ultimately weren't. While I'd profit $50 per unit sold I would have to issue refunds for 20% of units sold. :juggle:

Originally Posted by yotano211 (Post 1141884)

I dont sell on ebay full time anymore. I'm actually a truck driver now and make about 300-500 per day driving heavy haul loads with my own truck.
I make an extra $2-4k per month cashing paypal checks for other people who have limited paypal accounts, I sometimes cash Google ad sense checks also. For limited paypal checks or bank withdraws, I charge anywhere from 15-30%. Its easy work, I wait for the check to arrive, deposit the check from my phone and send the money to the client minus my fee.

Originally Posted by yotano211 (Post 1141884)

I dont sell on ebay full time anymore. I'm actually a truck driver now and make about 300-500 per day driving heavy haul loads with my own truck.
I make an extra $2-4k per month cashing paypal checks for other people who have limited paypal accounts, I sometimes cash Google ad sense checks also. For limited paypal checks or bank withdraws, I charge anywhere from 15-30%. Its easy work, I wait for the check to arrive, deposit the check from my phone and send the money to the client minus my fee.

Originally Posted by yotano211 (Post 1141884)

I dont sell on ebay full time anymore. I'm actually a truck driver now and make about 300-500 per day driving heavy haul loads with my own truck.
I make an extra $2-4k per month cashing paypal checks for other people who have limited paypal accounts, I sometimes cash Google ad sense checks also. For limited paypal checks or bank withdraws, I charge anywhere from 15-30%. Its easy work, I wait for the check to arrive, deposit the check from my phone and send the money to the client minus my fee.

Originally Posted by bytor3k (Post 1141657)

Two, and no I'm not going to tell any of you vultures what I sell.

Originally Posted by Shadyhero1002 (Post 1141889)

Customers must have a lot of trust in you

Originally Posted by yankee (Post 1141978)

The sky is the limit if someone has the right resources and desire.

I think MOST of us on here the past decade or so are burnt out. Things get more challenging and less fun for most of us and that causes complacency.

There was people on here selling a few hundred grand a month. There is a lot of us here selling a million dollars a year or more.

It takes time, energy, resources and constant dedication.

Originally Posted by Moscutter (Post 1141957)

These days not so much. Importing is difficult these days and very slow.
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Hopefully now with xiden in charge, we can start getting a lot of imports

Originally Posted by yankee (Post 1141978)

The sky is the limit if someone has the right resources and desire.

I think MOST of us on here the past decade or so are burnt out. Things get more challenging and less fun for most of us and that causes complacency.

There was people on here selling a few hundred grand a month. There is a lot of us here selling a million dollars a year or more.

It takes time, energy, resources and constant dedication.

Originally Posted by james13v (Post 1142004)

man I'm so burnt out dealing with ebay.

Originally Posted by Shadyhero1002 (Post 1142008)

Aren't we all brother

Originally Posted by phaz0rz (Post 1141826)

I add $15-20k to my savings each month. I do a few things off the internet but most income is from e-commerce. I'm in USA selling products sourced from China. Chinese competitors are a non-issue here because while their listing prices are dirt cheap, their items take 30+ days to arrive and Americans don't like to wait that long.

@vm - what worked for me was finding a very specific niche and then embedding myself deep in it, very slowly building my buying power to the point where it is now. Jumping from one trendy phake product to another is not a viable business model, IMO (which is what DHgate flippers generally do). Chinese suppliers will mix in defective units and by the time you sell the lot you're lucky if you break even after returns/refunds. I learned this the hard way a few years ago with "no-no's". They seemed to be very profitable - but they ultimately weren't. While I'd profit $50 per unit sold I would have to issue refunds for 20% of units sold. :juggle:

Originally Posted by vettefever17 (Post 1142100)

Taking me back to the old days of 2015. Those things flew off the shelf, but as you said, they were very finicky to break. Nothing more than a glorified vape battery and wire. haha