Travis joined me on The Side Hustle Show to discuss this business in more detail and how it has grown significantly since this article was written. Click here to check out our conversation.

It is safe to say a number of people want to start an online-side hustle business. However, I believe many of us are paralyzed with preconceived notions that there is too much too learn to accomplish this quickly. Personally, I used to believe to achieve success online you needed to know how to code, develop beautiful web sites, and be a social media expert! Today I want to push those self-limiting thoughts out of your mind and explain how you can side-hustle online without knowing all of that technical stuff!

I love how Travis took action and saw immediate results, where I listened to the same episode, thought it sounded interesting, and did nothing about it. Well, I forwarded it to a couple bargain-hunting friends. What I love about this program is it is easy to understand, there is almost immediate gratification which is key for me , and there is very little technical know-how involved.

Now let me explain a little bit more in detail about you can start this side hustle. The FBA program is like eBay or Craigslist on steroids. The principles are the same: Only in this case, Amazon already has a huge marketplace of buyers actually around ,, of them.

The problem with Craigslist and eBay is the seller is stuck with most of the work i. The FBA program takes care of these issues for you! This is relatively painless. The Professional program is currently offering your first month free to get started. As an alternative, the Individual program has no ongoing monthly cost but has higher per-item fees. This app helps you understand the popularity of products and what price they are currently be sold for on Amazon.

Amazon has introduced their own app for sellers and it is free, but has some serious functional shortcomings according to reviewers.

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To be successful selling on Amazon, you have to know what to sell, and there are a few strategies that sellers utilize. This is my favorite strategy and how I started. You can check places such as Target, Walmart, Kmart, CVS, and many more. Look for end caps and discount tables. This can be profitable, but there are a number of rules you need to adhere to in this product category.

This can be accomplished through sites like Alibaba. As you are scouting you want to utilize the Profit Bandit app to determine how much the items are selling for on Amazon. Just to warn you: You will probably need to scan or more items before you find a winner. However, when I search groceries I typically have higher profit margins and lower dollar profits.

You will need to determine your own strategies and rules for your business. Decide your minimums for profit margins, a dollar profit, and minimum category ranking. Once you decide on those rules, DO NOT waiver from those rules for the first 90 days. It will make your venture much easier and your pay more predictable. Below is one of my first big wins with Amazon. I found this item in a toy store going out of business.

When I scanned the time it had everything I wanted:. Once your purchase these items you will need to pack them up.

I am not going to go through how to package items, but you can find videos and instructions at a great site www. Here are the packing instructions. There are a number of ways to make money and you need to determine which sourcing method is best for you.

The best part about this business is the more you hustle, the more you make! If you want to try all of this for free at first. Sign up for an FBA account from the link above, but do not select the professional seller package. Use the website www. Best Regards, Ryan http: I am looking at different ways to scale the business and trying a ton of different methods.

We were talking about FBA on our mastermind call this evening… fascinating opportunity! Wow, what a great well laid out article. I have a friend in the Boston area who is doing the same thing and never really knew how he was a little coy about it. I have had success with being an amazon affiliate for niche sites. Many affiliate marketers do not like the low margins of the Amazon affiliate program, but the trust factor for me is huge. I am going to bookmark this article and revisit when things slow down on my end.

This would be a great test study for my Niche Addictions Blog. Hey Scott, thanks for stopping by! Amazon themselves have developed guides to help sellers in other countries. Awesome, thanks Maggie — will take a look. Shipping would have to be more difficult…but there could also be opportunities, product wise possibly. Steve…thanks for the feedback.

The FBA program sounds like a wonderful and simple way to earn extra income. Thank you so much for sharing your insights. My question is, how well do things art sell on the site? I imagine pharmaceuticals, beauty products, clothes, and books sell fairly easily, but well how do homemade items like crafts, paintings, etc. Thank you for your input. Elizabeth, one of a kind art would be more suitable for etsy. Not only for the format and process of listing, but customers looking for one-of-a-kind art are more likely to look for products on etsy than they would on Amazon.

Dave, Amazon has negotiated very low shipping rates with UPS. Depending on which fulfillment center the items are going to, you can ship heavy boxes for not nearly what you would pay retail. Can I get this straight? If I am sending item to Amazon, I will get an discount automatically, just because destination is Amazon???

Yes Vic — you will get a heavily discounted rate. The rate varies depending on which fulfillment center you send the items to, but it is a fraction of the cost to send normal UPS. Sounds pretty easy on the surface, but it is after all a business if you wanna make it work.

Takes time and a bit of luck to find the stuff that really worth something to flip on Amazon FBA. Also FBA is super competitive, so not everything will sell there well. I have stuffs sold on Ebay with better margin faster than on Amazon. Many thing will not move on Amazon one must be very careful when sending things into FBA….. It seems the more I hustle, the more money I make.

I have a few books that I plan to sell used. I bought them but would rather try sell it than toss it. Travis, what products do you have most margins with?

I am just going to stick with books, but I see people even selling 5KG coir bricks used in gardening!!! Thanks for the awesome post! As same as you, I heard the episode 99 of smart passive income and it got me interested.

I was wondering how are you doing now?

Congrats on taking action. Hopefully, I am going to have a follow up post to this in the next few weeks showing my progress. This is great for beginners, but wholesale is the way to go. First, thank you so much for your post. I saved and come back to read again. FBA rocks for sure, we always use http: Great tips for sure. I run an Amazon FBA Forum http: Hi, I have a niche product in the business which is totally legal and i am trying to get it out on Amazon FBA, i think that you should tell everyone how hard this is to do!

I started as a professional with them and you need a website,EIN number,packaging has to be perfect, etc. The process takes time and more money than you are letting on! To start this it will literally cost me hundreds if not thousands of dollars.

How I made $, from Amazon last year

So please let you followers know this. Not sure about cosmetics.

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I would also like to suggest, amazon affiliate program as well is a good side hustle. You can earn money just for referring products. I have dabbled in wholesale, there are places that sell pallets, of returned merchandise from big box stores like Walmart.

The items are usually in good working condition but the box may be beat up! I am currently in the processes of generating passive income. I read another article that said you often have to ship to different warehouses when doing this.

Have you found this to be true? Does anyone know if I bought mainly toys and clothes if those are shipped to different warehouses? Also do you sell only new or used as well? Thank you for your time…. Your email address will not be published. START HERE BLOG PODCAST ABOUT. Ideas Online Business Blogging Self-Publishing Freelancing Service Businesses Consulting Coaching Ecommerce Amazon FBA Investing Real Estate Peer-to-Peer Lending Saving Money Hustle Productivity Progress Reports.

Posted on May 12, June 20, by Travis Scott. May 12, at Congrats Travis on your fast start! May 12, at 7: May 12, at 8: Thanks for sharing this post, Travis! May 14, at 4: It is a great opportunity and a lot of fun! May 15, at 8: Amazon has such credibility and trust—-conversions are so much higher.

Nick thanks for having Travis on! May 16, at 8: May 15, at 9: Just wondered if anyone knows whether this is US only? May 16, at 1: Thanks for sharing Maggie — a couple other people had asked that too, so good to know! May 16, at 4: September 16, at 6: October 31, at 8: October 30, at November 12, at 9: November 12, at 8: January 14, at 3: January 15, at 9: February 23, at 4: February 23, at 7: March 19, at May 5, at 7: April 27, at 5: April 28, at April 28, at 1: Is your source still retail stores?

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