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Whats a good monthly take ? what are your numbers?
 

Just wanted to know/find out and of course share how much business you are doing a month.

So many sellers I see selling 2-3 pound items with a few high priced items , churning out 5 figure sales a month, that must take some doing and a quite a workforce too, unless they are out sourcing etc.

Anyway that is another topic.

Lets talk numbers, what would you consider to be worthwhile month to month how many sales are you making and what is the total monthly sales amount.

I am not doing anywhere near those big boy figures, however i am averaging 1k a week from 100 odd sales , doesnt take a genius to wrk out my average price point . my month sales are 350-400 items and 4500 -5000 a month.
(this is just one account)

I am a one man band with no overheads, no office, no warehouse, so not much going out.

What are you doing?

Oh my account is stealth, and i have been going since 2011 on this particular account.

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stealth since 2011 - you are lucky!

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No one is going to tell you exactly how much the sell or very few will....this is one of those questions that's a bit taboo, similar to asking people what items they sell.

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We have a newer member who posted up seller fees of 50k per month and states total fees over nine accounts is 900K monthly.

Some of us sell a few hundred K a month and others cant sell anything.

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not lucky, just worked out a way to limit the limitations, i have 3 accounts from that year, ans now a few new ones from 2014, i do not make many .

I can very well believe the ammounts, however it would require a workforce, I am teetering on the edge of going full blown or just stay steady eddie by myself, pull in x amount a year, which would be much more than any job would offer and be done with it.

im on a 60 40 split in my favour , from 60 k in a year i take 36k for me the rest is stock and fees, its not the best, but its not the worst, and i am growing every month at the moment.

Dont see why it should be taboo, you have no idea what i am selling , moreover you do not know me, so nothing to be worried about.

Is good to talk share, communicate and learn. I am always looking for ways to improve and add stock.

To be honest , it is pretty easy to figure what you need to do , just need to source at the right price point.

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Hey Yankee, here in the uk, a store, local convenience store, off licence (liquir store quik-e-mart ) can gross 80-250k a year , average, sure some do more, some less . However the net is only 20% .

So if they need to do 200K for a 40K return , thats quite a shift for a little return.

so your man might be doing 900K but whats his net profit ?

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It is a member here, nothing to do with me.

Profit and sales are two totally different things.

This is a taboo topic and some members get a bit upset about it. Some will even call you a liar if you are doing better than them. Some even hijack every thread.
Just a heads up.

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They're only words, cant effect me mate.

Dont worry about the haters, anyone is not worried feel free to join in and welcome to contribute in growing sales and increasing turnover.

Be great to help and encourage others as well as learn myself.

You know my numbers, i will post when they jump again, as I am about to add a different line to the lines I offer, and this way attract new and different customers I otherwise would not get, (of course that is if they are interested in the item)

Is a good way to grow your main business, sell items that have got nothing to do with your main business. There is a tip for you , think i will create a tips thread too.

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i cant fathom those numbers , they are too much for me to deal with, the workload must be intense. Like I said I am still on the fence on whether I want to go all in, or just keep it as it is, am ok, I dont need much :)

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I have no problem telling anyone what I make I just what tell what I sell.
If I don't make 10K a month I get pretty pissed off.

My goal every year is to make ateast 10k a month until September gets here...then I take off the rest off the year and do nothing at all except hunt everyday if I'm able to.

I have no complaints about my life at all...I enjoy what I do. Any job where can be sitting in my treestand and making money if I want is kinda hard to complain about.

I have very little overhead and no employees.

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I say go all in because you never know when its going to come to a end.

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I am not talking about 10k a month, that is realistic but my guess is that alot of the very high numbers on the forum are untrue.

You have to take it with a pinch of salt

people that make that much, do not need to brag, and that is in real-life too.

A medium to high biz on both ebay and amazon can expect to make 10k per month, this would involve having staff and shipping alot of product.

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Is so true, and I ask myself the very question often enough. Thanks for your contribution

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Sure on the forum, but the reality is easy to check, and there are many sellers doing very high numbers for what is basically tack. You can search and find sellers and what they are selling and how much they are selling on ebay, its not hard to do .

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Just out of curiosity, why are you so interested in knowing what others are making? Is it the "My Stick is bigger than your stick?", The whole "How much do you make?" questions seems to come up about every few months by different members, never quite understood why.

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Not at all mate, got nothing to do with look at me, I am trying to engage and grow, I am tiny fish, so have got nothing to brag about, if you read my post, you would have read it was about learning and growing and becoming better.

This is where I am at the moment, and if there are people out there who can help me grow and expand then that will be great, if there are people who are in the same place as me, and want to grow, I am happy to help them, and happy to learn from them we aswell.

Been on this site for years mate, not new , thanks all the same

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and how to get accounts to 100/5000 ;)

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Your right...10K a month is not much, but it is enough to live nice and to stay under the radar. I do not have any intention on getting any bigger. The bigger you are and the more you make just brings more problems along with it.

I don't brag at all, 10k a month is plenty for my family and myself to live on.

There are a few people on here I would like to call out onn there BS earning they say they make but I could really care less about what another person makes. I'm happy with what I have!

I do ship alot to make that number but I do not have employees.:typing:

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I don't think many people post what they make or at least I have not noticed anyways. Some share screenshots of sales etc...

Lots of big sellers on ebay and amazon. Hard to say who is busy and who is doing well and quite frankly, who cares?

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Sales numbers really don't mean anything if there is no margin % next to it. I doesn't mean anything if you sell 500K a year but only have a 10% margin. It will impressive me more someone selling 100K with 30% margins. Not all items are like that and many businesses don't mind huge volume if the profit is there but since many of us are still a one man show good margins and efficiency are more important than raw sales

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One person can only do so much. There is only so many hours in one day.
Ideally one would do what makes the most Cents and worry about the other stuff later.
Reap the highest return on your most valuable investment(Time)

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In the run up to Christmas this was not difficult to do when eBay/PayPal were giving out limit increases like there was no tomorrow for quite a few sellers, with even higher limits in some cases than the ones you mention here

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I totally agree on your most valuable asset is time, and needs to be invested in the right processes. In this case I'll encourage OP to go full throttle only if he can get help in the repetitive parts of the business and free his time for sourcing and enjoying the profits too don't forget that part. Even if you're comfortable with the money now you never know if it will be the same tomorrow so take advantage of the opportunity now and grow while delegating stuff.

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I think Amazon sellers are making much more than those of ebay's. Why? I am a regular poster on amazon seller central and they are not shy to say how much they are making. There are book sellers who are netting $8k per month. While others are making $25k just over the 3 weeks christmas period.

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Quite doable. If you have a good product that people want and can source it, sales come easy. Follow up with fast service. It really comes down to the items.
That is a HARD mix to learn and/or acquire.

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Becuase the basis of the forum is stealth. Your business is yours. Mine is mine.

No need to exchange anything more. Rule has been in place since the forum started.

And you are being naive to think people will not harass you if you start spruiking about your skills in ecommerce.

:typing:

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For me I sell much more on amazon when I first start up, than on ebay when I have to start an account from scratch. If you have 10 great products on Amazon with the buy box, you are good to go.

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I am running out of hours in the day, but I do not make it easy for myself either. I need to manage my time better. And probably need to get someone in part time who can list for me. Unfortunately for me , i dont have one simple single line. So listing is long. I need to find someone competent to help me with this part of the business, would definitely work to my advantage..

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Not trying to spuik anything, I know relatively little, less then most. Is why i am looking to get more help, not brag , I can only say how it is, and in all honesty its not big any real monetary terms so no reason for people to harass me, and if they do its water off a ducks back, i know what i am doing and where I am going, better join and come for the ride, then be a block or a barricade.

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love these big note threads.

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Margins margins margins.
some deals can make Double or even Triple your money and its a sad story if you have plenty of stuff what makes just few % margins and you are out of cash to make it.
It does take few years to understand how it works...
Have 125 000USD stock and want to get rid of 50% of stock all the time
have started from 5k 4 years ago
I like to read YANKEE posts.Honestly.It looks like he knows what he is doing.Respect

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Reason why I read these post about how much people make and what they do, is that it motivates me to become even better. I just started off with my ebay/amazon business and I never thought that i can even make $1000 a month. I never knew online marketing was so profitable!

Reading all these success stories gives me more motivation to search and work harder. That's my reason for reading these posts, not to steal people's ideas and burn them haha.

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Exactly, it is to help not to hinder. If someone is bitter at what you are doing then that person is not worth worrying about.

Plenty to gain and learn and share, seeing as a lot of the same people come here anyway, we should garner that knowledge to help each other.

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We all want to make alot of money online, but hell just making at least 1k or 2k a month is something especially when the average career or pay amount is 1k-2k monthly. I'm not talking about high paying jobs. It's just good to at least make 1k a month or 2k amo sunt with so many people in this world suffering without jobs etc. Yeah, some of you might not care, but people like I do care and it's something good if you make at least 1k a month. We can't all win always.

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Numbers come and go - tactics come and go - savvy is forever-ish - all the best OP

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A medium biz on Amazon is not making 10k a month. That's a Very small business. I do close to that on an account with 4 popular products.

Big business on Amazon will be doing close to a million a month or at least a few hundred thousand in profit.

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With just 4 products, that is an easy living, glad you were able to find such in demand items .

Yes, just having an income is great, beats most jobs hands down anyway, however this is business and the goal is to grow and gain as much and as quickly as possible.