I just want to add some advise to people. You can only watch so many youtube videos and read so many articles before you will not find any more new information and just need to get out and do it. You have to make the mistakes, learn from them, rebound, and keep going. Since you will see income increase exponentially the main thing is to not stop. You have to either fall on your face or succeed.
Location... location... and scan EVERYTHING... I’m successful every time I go out. And I’m super new and hella gated. Even if I only find 4 things I see it as a win. Keep pushing 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Exactly! If you try different stores and scan everything you'll learn what sells! Getting ungated as early as you can definitely helps, gives you way more options while sourcing!
Created my Amazon account in 2022, went to do retail Arbitrage I loved and enjoyed it alot. Found my first product after 4 hours for $12.97, sold for $26.99 on Amazon. It's never to late. You have to love what you are doing and don't think negative, some products you can flip on ebay, I had fun and can't wait to go sourcing again.
Very true I quit my 60k job 4 months ago started a pressure washing buisness and I resell on ebay there's definitely has been ups and down but my time is still young enjoying the freedom of life tho being my own man that is the most rewarding
i don't know how all of you can do retail arbitage anymore ,now for most of the item you need a request approval wich you can not get with your retail arbitage
if you do FBA, how was the product sold before u got back to the office? and good point to let people know that your GOING to have crappy days, so dont get discouraged right away.
Man we need more truth Videos, I live in LA and when u spend your day off driving around with traffic and come up short its plays with your mind man. I've considered moving to a diff state for less traffic but I'm sure less stores.
Rule #1 is never trust the employees. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve called a store, was told out of stock, I go to that store and find the items. Brickseek is what we use.
@@SideHustleNetwork Opposite happens too. Employee: yeah we have a bunch. Also employee searches Ebay and they are out of stock when you get there. Whiskey always helps, but I am trying to hold myself to listing 1 item for every 15 minutes I spend sourcing.
I actually went to the store to find almost nothing on the shelf (after looking online to see what they did have). I asked the Manager to check "the back", she said (without looking) "we're out!" I said (no lie) "you're fucking lying!" and left and left the store a shitty review. The next day, I ordered online (for in-store pickup), picked my products and showed that manager "nothing in the back???". Yes, I'm an a-hole too. FYI, the in-store discount was much much better than shipping to me.
Never understood the intrest on RA. Your doing the same amount of work if not more for far less ROI than thrifting, garage or estate saleling, or even OA. Why not spend the time trying to find wholesale suppliers that can fulfill the replenishables side of the business. Same average ROI far less gas and time waisted.
It’s a volume game with RA and we have several Replen items with it. RA is appealing to most amazon sellers because it’s one of the quickest ways to grow capital until they are to the point of placing larger wholesale orders.
Chaz, this crap happens to me all of the time. Unfortunately my girl can't handle it. She freaks out when a tracking number isn't showing updates on a shipment. I'm like "Babe fedex smart post doesn't update their tracking numbers like USPS does, sometimes it doesn't update until the day its delivered" I also do RA and use FBA to my full advantage. When I find an item I like at one of my favorite suppliers, I order a couple of cases of the product and send them straight to FBA. When I see this item is selling 100 times a day with 2 sellers on it, and I have to wait for my inventory to get to FBA.... you bet your a$$ I'm driving an hour away and trying to hit 10 stores in a day to buy every one of that item that I can, to cover sales while the cases are 'inbound' to amazons warehouse. Oh, and then amazon wants to FC the items and send them all over the place while I'm trying to find this item everywhere to cover my a$$ until amazon gets all of my items in their inventory. SMH... ahhhh but then once amazon receives the few weeks worth of inventory... vwaaalllaa smooth sailing and passive income for awhile. That's what we do it for. The freedom that you can achieve if you just have faith in yourself and don't listen to all of the people that say this doesn't work, because it does. I just started buying products from china to put into FBA, 100 at a time, after about a year of doing this. I started at flea markets, tried dropshipping, contemplated private label, and fell back into RA. I have a few local stores that supply quite a bit, but china is my next move, hopefully Ex Works / FOB once I figure it all out. I love the hunt and control of my own life. I have done that 4 hour trip with nothing to show when I return home so many times I've lost count. They are discouraging for sure. You and your lady should try looking into finding a good product on Amazon and find the manufacturer in china on alibaba or dhgate. You know the guidelines, but for others, look for a product that has 100-400 good feedback with only a couple of sellers on it. If amazeowl or helium tell you the revenue is 10k a month with 300 sales at a 40% profit margin, you can easily take a piece of that pie and be one of those amazon sellers. Buy a couple hundred of one product, every month, that you know is going to sell an average of a couple hundred times (at least), and get it into FBA as fast as you can. Another thing that I've really started to notice over time is that there are things Amazon sells that won't sell on eBay, and vice versa. Also, people, FBA can fulfill (pack and ship your items for you) your eBay listings! Multi Channel Fulfillment is a beautiful thing. Chaz, keep your head up, roll with the punches, you've come this far and your a pro. Between you and Ralli Roots, I would have never made it this far. I haven't had a job in over 6 months, my income has consistently grown, i'm happy, and the freedom is priceless! Thanks bro!
Thanks for posting this. I am really wanting to do this. I love the hustle idea and get there will be good days and bad. I really just want to fire my boss and get out of a toxic situation at work. I am self motivated and I think I will start to do this on my days off to get my feet wet. I have a question for you. Do you get an LLC and how do you keep track of everything? Also I was thinking just using credit card and get bonus points of everything I purchase. Just figure it is a cherry on top. Thanks again and good luck
A lot of times the store employees do not even know that an item has been marked down ( unmarked clearance). Calling them ahead of time just notifies them that this item is marked down and they will keep it for themselves.
It’s refreshing to hear about other people’s non winning days. Sometimes it feels like we are the only ones walking out of the store empty handed. Thanks for sharing the real stuff!
@@SideHustleNetwork TBH I don't spend my time going to stores, I do primarily is, not ra, tho based on my experience and your old advice and now new video, think I'll stick with it...
25 yrs ago online there were no credit cards/PayPal no Amazon no FBA no RA no Buy it Now no Make Offer no Send Offers no shipping labels slow to no pics no iPhones no scanning no WiFi no broadband no product info. no youtube no courses no books no gurus no VAs no groups, etc. when did RA officially start? we're still in the beginning of e-commerce with AI and voice coming everything will change again in this Black Swan!
There is not a single day doing RA that I don't spend at least $1k. You really need to expand what you're buying past clearance. I almost NEVER buy clearance.
@@carloslopezdesign27 I spent $1200 today doing RA and none of it was on sale. You're much better off looking for short packed / hard to find items than clearance.
Good for you. Keep it up! Why would you assume I’m buying clearance though? Most of our RA finds come from non clearance and we have many $2k spend days as well.
I believe part of it is So Many People like you make YT videos and I have seen RNZY in Maine who sells sneakers say he and the wife want to travel and do it. Don't Come to GA! The Goodwill's I have visited now sell good donations online themselves. I don't know if it was was you or Hairy Tornado doing RA at Ollie's discount store. I went there also and those prices are higher than Walmart! I think for and more seller's who have a handle on discounted products just join FBA on their own. I have already heard about the Big A copying a product that sells well and listing it as #1 and becoming the original's competition. I'm retired but after all the fee's on eBlow or Big A, I'm not interested is selling 1 item for $1.84 profit, that I scanned at Goodwill the other day. I could have spent quality time washing my car or playing with my dog!
Just another day for me. Not sure if anybody else is the same way, no matter what store I go into even thou I was only going into the the store to pick up something for personal use, I start to scan store for some good buys no matter what.
If you have a VAT number to sell in France, you can contact service like retailarbitrageflipping dot com which resell retail arbitrage products to amazon vendors. I don't know if you have a similar service in the USA ?
I’m a bit confused by all the videos that I’ve seen. Not to sure if being in Canada matters but I’ve seen many videos lately that say the Amazon will ban you for selling retail arbitrage products on amazon and that you should have a business license ( Canada) or reseller license in the States and only purchase your products from North American wholesalers? Can someone guide me?
When you send products into fba do you price the products higher and then change them when they finally arrive or do you just list it and leave if? Thanks. Very new and trying to get tips on pricing..
Listen its good to have those days it create balance, if you picked up great thing every single day the business would become boring and "here comes complacency" growth comes a result of having gone through the pain that way you regroup improvise adjust improve then score again that`s way more I thought after 4 years doing this you would have gotten over the "ZERO DAYS FINDS" by now!!!!!! You haven't and that's the problem....
There’s actually no problem at all. 99% of the time it’s not an issue, as I stated several times, just another day at the office. But we are allowed to have these off days 👌🏼
Hi there, i have a question. I found a listing of a product I sell with few competitors and good enough ranking but the person who created the listing branded it as "generic" and took the tags off in the listing photo. Do u think that's a safe listing to jump on? since they didn't use the actual brand name but used "generic" as brand name?
I love driving, I’ve done 12k miles in 4 months so far so even if I don’t find anything at least I still enjoyed a nice drive. I live in the mountains in Colorado so the scenic drive calms me down if I ever have a really bad day
Why don't you check the amount of inventory in the store via online (Walmart, Target, Etc..) first before putting in the time and drive expensive or phone to ask how many are there and ask them to hold them for you. They will hold them then you can save time, money and know you will have the items there when you arrived saved for you. I enjoy your channel appreciate the content and this will save your time complaining about the time you lost...and yes bad days are there. What is more important is what did you learn from it Why get upset at all? Save that energy for more important to do...yes tomorrow is a new day...30 minutes to relax is good anyway. You are doing a great job with your biz and this channel. You are definitely changing lives. Pam
See other comment replies for why I don’t call ahead of time. If you’ve followed this channel for awhile you know I am positive 99% of the time. There are rarely ever days like this but I wanted to put it on video because every single person goes through these days and too many social media people show the highlight reels which are not relatable. Being discouraged from a slow sourcing day is. That why this video was done.
Understood got that ... No I'm new to your channel and it's all about thinking and helping each other do this resale journey. I have a lot to learn but when I listen to something I comment with what I hope to be helpful. Next time why don't I just pose my comment that is meant to be helpful in a question. then I can be directed to the video that is germane to my question or suggestion. In that veinwhich is the video that addresses why you don't call ahead? Thanks for answering I appreciate it!
How/when does retail arbitrage become profitable? You spend hours of time and hundreds of miles on your vehicle to hopefully get a "good" day every so often. Even when you do have a good day shopping, I hate retail stores and shopping, then you have to list, pack and ship those items. This doesn't seem like a scalable or profitable business model. What is the hourly income break down? I think you are better off finding suppliers of good, profitable, new products to sell.
If you hate something then of course you’ll never find yourself wanting to do it at scale. We actually love being out driving around in our Oregon backroads and shopping. It becomes profitable because it’s a volume game. Yes there are many days we don’t find much but the days that we find 200-300 items at a 70% that sell within 30 days makes it worth it. RA is 100% a grind but it’s also the quickest cash to be made on amazon. Better off finding profitable suppliers? Agreed 100%. The issue is it takes far more capital and lead time to make that work at scale.
Thanks for the video brother. I've been selling on ebay for the last two weeks. My Ebay shows I sold 9 items for $### to different buyers. I see the amount of $ on ebay, but when I go to my paypal activity all I see is the money that I paid for shipping. Is this a normal procedure? When will I start to see the money on my bank account? Thanks
Haha wouldn’t surprise me! I think the main issue I had with this trip was not hitting the road until Noon and only looking for this specific line of product instead of my normal sourcing route.
I got pissed when I found an item, bought 300, sold 36 in two days...then got a notice I could not sell them, I’m done! Why would they show I could sell them then say I can’t! Totally 😡
I live in a place in Iowa that has very little option for RA so I come up empty handed a lot but it doesn't keep from going on with this type of business. I understand there are other ways of arbitrage but I cant seem to break into OA I'm trying but it's not easy at first
I agree, there is no money to be made selling low handing fruit. Early last week I spent 9 hours looking for masks and hand sanitizers. Every single shelf was wiped. I also spent a good amount on parking and tolls. =( Anything that's big money selling fast will be wiped before you can even park the car here.
Thanks for the video I've been doing RA for 3 1/2 years and have had more than once the exact same thoughts on everything you said. Now I know I"m not the only one :-)
It completely varies depending how much profit is coming from the item and demand for it. Some of our items sell within a week and some of the collectibles I’ve sold have taken 6 months.
Hello! Thank you for the videos! I just started FBA but in your video you say that one day you made some money before you got to the office.. how is that? Dont you have to enter it and prep and send before amazon lists it active? Am i missing something 😩😩
Hi there. Thanks for your content! I am new to RA and was wondering if you could help me out with the following: I currently only use the Amazon Seller App to scan products and I can see the product rank. I have heard to stick to things that are in the top 5% of rank of a category in order for the product to sell relatively quickly. My question: Is there a public and current Sales Rank Chart so that I can know if in fact the product I am scanning is really a good rank for a given category?? I assume this sales chart is constantly changing
I just want to add some advise to people. You can only watch so many youtube videos and read so many articles before you will not find any more new information and just need to get out and do it. You have to make the mistakes, learn from them, rebound, and keep going. Since you will see income increase exponentially the main thing is to not stop. You have to either fall on your face or succeed.
What are your thoughts on Online arbitrage with software to find the deals? Thanks
They say, if you don't know watcha gonna buy before you go in a store, you've already wasted your time 😊
Thank you . Your honesty is nice to gear n the frustration thank for sharing .
I heard u should call the stores first. No?
I live in a rural area and have to drive 1.5 hours to get to any major city. So I try to make it worth it.
Location... location... and scan EVERYTHING... I’m successful every time I go out. And I’m super new and hella gated. Even if I only find 4 things I see it as a win. Keep pushing 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Exactly! If you try different stores and scan everything you'll learn what sells! Getting ungated as early as you can definitely helps, gives you way more options while sourcing!
It happens sometimes, I went to 6 locations today looking for Ebay inventory. Only came home with two items to resale.
Created my Amazon account in 2022, went to do retail Arbitrage I loved and enjoyed it alot. Found my first product after 4 hours for $12.97, sold for $26.99 on Amazon. It's never to late.
You have to love what you are doing and don't think negative, some products you can flip on ebay, I had fun and can't wait to go sourcing again.
Very true I quit my 60k job 4 months ago started a pressure washing buisness and I resell on ebay there's definitely has been ups and down but my time is still young enjoying the freedom of life tho being my own man that is the most rewarding
What job was that and how u started your business
It’s part of the game keep grinding
I'm still on the fence about starting FBA and you have kept me on that fence, lol. Not ready to jump into it yet. Thanks for the truth.
Stop waiting and start, stay focused, and grow. The biggest regret of Amazon FBA sellers is not starting sooner.
i don't know how all of you can do retail arbitage anymore ,now for most of the item you need a request approval wich you can not get with your retail arbitage
Yes, I do need approval for many things seeing as how I am only 4 months in. But, you keep going in on what you can resell until more opens up to you.
Following you because of your honesty
I have quit three times today, in my head, anyways.
Only got one thing done today but it's enough to say yes to tomorrow.
Thanks for sharing. Had a bad myself today
Can’t you just look up the item online and it shows what store has it available
if you do FBA, how was the product sold before u got back to the office? and good point to let people know that your GOING to have crappy days, so dont get discouraged right away.
That’s my question too?? How do they count profits BEFORE they send the items? Is it “projected profit”?
if I'm sourcing I don't fall in love with a product, start scanning
Man we need more truth Videos, I live in LA and when u spend your day off driving around with traffic and come up short its plays with your mind man. I've considered moving to a diff state for less traffic but I'm sure less stores.
Why didn’t you call the stores beforehand if you had a specific product to make sure they have it in stock?
Rule #1 is never trust the employees. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve called a store, was told out of stock, I go to that store and find the items. Brickseek is what we use.
@@SideHustleNetwork exactly calling stores is wak
Side Hustle Network ok makes sense, it’s worked for me before, but I guess every store is different
@@SideHustleNetwork Opposite happens too. Employee: yeah we have a bunch. Also employee searches Ebay and they are out of stock when you get there. Whiskey always helps, but I am trying to hold myself to listing 1 item for every 15 minutes I spend sourcing.
I actually went to the store to find almost nothing on the shelf (after looking online to see what they did have). I asked the Manager to check "the back", she said (without looking) "we're out!" I said (no lie) "you're fucking lying!" and left and left the store a shitty review. The next day, I ordered online (for in-store pickup), picked my products and showed that manager "nothing in the back???". Yes, I'm an a-hole too. FYI, the in-store discount was much much better than shipping to me.
the struggle is real brother
Never understood the intrest on RA. Your doing the same amount of work if not more for far less ROI than thrifting, garage or estate saleling, or even OA. Why not spend the time trying to find wholesale suppliers that can fulfill the replenishables side of the business. Same average ROI far less gas and time waisted.
It’s a volume game with RA and we have several Replen items with it. RA is appealing to most amazon sellers because it’s one of the quickest ways to grow capital until they are to the point of placing larger wholesale orders.
Chaz, this crap happens to me all of the time. Unfortunately my girl can't handle it. She freaks out when a tracking number isn't showing updates on a shipment. I'm like "Babe fedex smart post doesn't update their tracking numbers like USPS does, sometimes it doesn't update until the day its delivered" I also do RA and use FBA to my full advantage. When I find an item I like at one of my favorite suppliers, I order a couple of cases of the product and send them straight to FBA. When I see this item is selling 100 times a day with 2 sellers on it, and I have to wait for my inventory to get to FBA.... you bet your a$$ I'm driving an hour away and trying to hit 10 stores in a day to buy every one of that item that I can, to cover sales while the cases are 'inbound' to amazons warehouse. Oh, and then amazon wants to FC the items and send them all over the place while I'm trying to find this item everywhere to cover my a$$ until amazon gets all of my items in their inventory. SMH... ahhhh but then once amazon receives the few weeks worth of inventory... vwaaalllaa smooth sailing and passive income for awhile. That's what we do it for. The freedom that you can achieve if you just have faith in yourself and don't listen to all of the people that say this doesn't work, because it does. I just started buying products from china to put into FBA, 100 at a time, after about a year of doing this. I started at flea markets, tried dropshipping, contemplated private label, and fell back into RA. I have a few local stores that supply quite a bit, but china is my next move, hopefully Ex Works / FOB once I figure it all out. I love the hunt and control of my own life. I have done that 4 hour trip with nothing to show when I return home so many times I've lost count. They are discouraging for sure. You and your lady should try looking into finding a good product on Amazon and find the manufacturer in china on alibaba or dhgate. You know the guidelines, but for others, look for a product that has 100-400 good feedback with only a couple of sellers on it. If amazeowl or helium tell you the revenue is 10k a month with 300 sales at a 40% profit margin, you can easily take a piece of that pie and be one of those amazon sellers. Buy a couple hundred of one product, every month, that you know is going to sell an average of a couple hundred times (at least), and get it into FBA as fast as you can. Another thing that I've really started to notice over time is that there are things Amazon sells that won't sell on eBay, and vice versa. Also, people, FBA can fulfill (pack and ship your items for you) your eBay listings! Multi Channel Fulfillment is a beautiful thing. Chaz, keep your head up, roll with the punches, you've come this far and your a pro. Between you and Ralli Roots, I would have never made it this far. I haven't had a job in over 6 months, my income has consistently grown, i'm happy, and the freedom is priceless! Thanks bro!
Thanks for posting this. I am really wanting to do this. I love the hustle idea and get there will be good days and bad. I really just want to fire my boss and get out of a toxic situation at work. I am self motivated and I think I will start to do this on my days off to get my feet wet. I have a question for you. Do you get an LLC and how do you keep track of everything? Also I was thinking just using credit card and get bonus points of everything I purchase. Just figure it is a cherry on top. Thanks again and good luck
You can't target a specific item. Grind and scan all items. You oughtta know this. The game has gotten to be a cave crawler lol
You should of just called the stores to see if they had the inventory?
A lot of times the store employees do not even know that an item has been marked down ( unmarked clearance). Calling them ahead of time just notifies them that this item is marked down and they will keep it for themselves.
not tru.... i dont have more bad days than good days..
Then keep it up 👌🏼
It’s refreshing to hear about other people’s non winning days. Sometimes it feels like we are the only ones walking out of the store empty handed. Thanks for sharing the real stuff!
@@SideHustleNetwork TBH I don't spend my time going to stores, I do primarily is, not ra, tho based on my experience and your old advice and now new video, think I'll stick with it...
25 yrs ago online there were no credit cards/PayPal no Amazon no FBA no RA no Buy it Now no Make Offer no Send Offers no shipping labels slow to no pics no iPhones no scanning no WiFi no broadband no product info. no youtube no courses no books no gurus no VAs no groups, etc. when did RA officially start? we're still in the beginning of e-commerce with AI and voice coming everything will change again in this Black Swan!
There is not a single day doing RA that I don't spend at least $1k. You really need to expand what you're buying past clearance. I almost NEVER buy clearance.
Man I've learned that lately, sometimes I look for what's in sale vs what's regular price and miss things
@@carloslopezdesign27 I spent $1200 today doing RA and none of it was on sale. You're much better off looking for short packed / hard to find items than clearance.
Good for you. Keep it up! Why would you assume I’m buying clearance though? Most of our RA finds come from non clearance and we have many $2k spend days as well.
@@SideHustleNetwork You described retail arbitrage as typically buying items at a discount or clearance in your video, that's why.
Gotcha. I defined it as that since most start with that method.
Your losses are setups for potential gains
I believe part of it is So Many People like you make YT videos and I have seen RNZY in Maine who sells sneakers say he and the wife want to travel and do it. Don't Come to GA! The Goodwill's I have visited now sell good donations online themselves. I don't know if it was was you or Hairy Tornado doing RA at Ollie's discount store. I went there also and those prices are higher than Walmart! I think for and more seller's who have a handle on discounted products just join FBA on their own. I have already heard about the Big A copying a product that sells well and listing it as #1 and becoming the original's competition. I'm retired but after all the fee's on eBlow or Big A, I'm not interested is selling 1 item for $1.84 profit, that I scanned at Goodwill the other day. I could have spent quality time washing my car or playing with my dog!
Just another day for me. Not sure if anybody else is the same way, no matter what store I go into even thou I was only going into the the store to pick up something for personal use, I start to scan store for some good buys no matter what.
If you have a VAT number to sell in France, you can contact service like retailarbitrageflipping dot com which resell retail arbitrage products to amazon vendors. I don't know if you have a similar service in the USA ?
can you open more , how does it work in france this , are they distributor seller etc ?
I’ve found stuff one time doing RA haha 😆
I’m a bit confused by all the videos that I’ve seen. Not to sure if being in Canada matters but I’ve seen many videos lately that say the Amazon will ban you for selling retail arbitrage products on amazon and that you should have a business license ( Canada) or reseller license in the States and only purchase your products from North American wholesalers? Can someone guide me?
What were ya looking for?
When you send products into fba do you price the products higher and then change them when they finally arrive or do you just list it and leave if? Thanks. Very new and trying to get tips on pricing..
Listen its good to have those days it create balance, if you picked up great thing every single day the business would become boring and "here comes complacency" growth comes a result of having gone through the pain that way you regroup improvise adjust improve then score again that`s way more I thought after 4 years doing this you would have gotten over the "ZERO DAYS FINDS" by now!!!!!!
You haven't and that's the problem....
There’s actually no problem at all. 99% of the time it’s not an issue, as I stated several times, just another day at the office. But we are allowed to have these off days 👌🏼
There is a balance. You know you will hit it big then it all makes sense 😁
Is it possible to flip products from Marshalls and Tj max online site?
Hi there, i have a question. I found a listing of a product I sell with few competitors and good enough ranking but the person who created the listing branded it as "generic" and took the tags off in the listing photo. Do u think that's a safe listing to jump on? since they didn't use the actual brand name but used "generic" as brand name?
I love driving, I’ve done 12k miles in 4 months so far so even if I don’t find anything at least I still enjoyed a nice drive. I live in the mountains in Colorado so the scenic drive calms me down if I ever have a really bad day
Mark N vail Colorado
Why don't you check the amount of inventory in the store via online (Walmart, Target, Etc..) first before putting in the time and drive expensive or phone to ask how many are there and ask them to hold them for you. They will hold them then you can save time, money and know you will have the items there when you arrived saved for you. I enjoy your channel appreciate the content and this will save your time complaining about the time you lost...and yes bad days are there. What is more important is what did you learn from it Why get upset at all? Save that energy for more important to do...yes tomorrow is a new day...30 minutes to relax is good anyway. You are doing a great job with your biz and this channel. You are definitely changing lives. Pam
See other comment replies for why I don’t call ahead of time. If you’ve followed this channel for awhile you know I am positive 99% of the time. There are rarely ever days like this but I wanted to put it on video because every single person goes through these days and too many social media people show the highlight reels which are not relatable. Being discouraged from a slow sourcing day is. That why this video was done.
Understood got that ... No I'm new to your channel and it's all about thinking and helping each other do this resale journey. I have a lot to learn but when I listen to something I comment with what I hope to be helpful. Next time why don't I just pose my comment that is meant to be helpful in a question. then I can be directed to the video that is germane to my question or suggestion. In that veinwhich is the video that addresses why you don't call ahead? Thanks for answering I appreciate it!
How/when does retail arbitrage become profitable? You spend hours of time and hundreds of miles on your vehicle to hopefully get a "good" day every so often. Even when you do have a good day shopping, I hate retail stores and shopping, then you have to list, pack and ship those items. This doesn't seem like a scalable or profitable business model. What is the hourly income break down? I think you are better off finding suppliers of good, profitable, new products to sell.
If you hate something then of course you’ll never find yourself wanting to do it at scale. We actually love being out driving around in our Oregon backroads and shopping. It becomes profitable because it’s a volume game. Yes there are many days we don’t find much but the days that we find 200-300 items at a 70% that sell within 30 days makes it worth it. RA is 100% a grind but it’s also the quickest cash to be made on amazon.
Better off finding profitable suppliers? Agreed 100%. The issue is it takes far more capital and lead time to make that work at scale.
Thanks for the video brother. I've been selling on ebay for the last two weeks. My Ebay shows I sold 9 items for $### to different buyers. I see the amount of $ on ebay, but when I go to my paypal activity all I see is the money that I paid for shipping. Is this a normal procedure? When will I start to see the money on my bank account? Thanks
Dont go home until you won the day
Not the case when I have appointments and obligations to be done at the office 👌🏼
thanks to the Black Swan, debt is your enemy, patience is your friend, and buying will get easier and easier everyday until the next expansion :)
Needed this Thx From Tacoma,WA
why dont you try calling ahead if one store has what you want call the others and ask for the same exact product?
✌💖............. Next time👊💥BOOM Baby😜x
could you make a video on returns.. i dont seem to find amazon ar return videos
Funny, I source in the same area. I must be picking up all the good stuff. Lol.
Haha wouldn’t surprise me! I think the main issue I had with this trip was not hitting the road until Noon and only looking for this specific line of product instead of my normal sourcing route.
I got pissed when I found an item, bought 300, sold 36 in two days...then got a notice I could not sell them, I’m done! Why would they show I could sell them then say I can’t! Totally 😡
Because the brand doesn’t want unauthorized sellers. Just go through a distributor and get an invoice to get approved.
Dazzle Daze fresh kidz deodorant
I live in a place in Iowa that has very little option for RA so I come up empty handed a lot but it doesn't keep from going on with this type of business. I understand there are other ways of arbitrage but I cant seem to break into OA I'm trying but it's not easy at first
I agree, there is no money to be made selling low handing fruit. Early last week I spent 9 hours looking for masks and hand sanitizers. Every single shelf was wiped. I also spent a good amount on parking and tolls. =( Anything that's big money selling fast will be wiped before you can even park the car here.
Thanks for the video I've been doing RA for 3 1/2 years and have had more than once the exact same thoughts on everything you said. Now I know I"m not the only one :-)
What whiskey did you buy?
I’m with you. Your videos are REAL!!!!!!
So nice to hear this I have this battle daily
What kind of whiskey?
Woodford 😁
How long does it take for you to sell something on eBay? An average time
It completely varies depending how much profit is coming from the item and demand for it. Some of our items sell within a week and some of the collectibles I’ve sold have taken 6 months.
Hello! Thank you for the videos!
I just started FBA but in your video you say that one day you made some money before you got to the office.. how is that? Dont you have to enter it and prep and send before amazon lists it active?
Am i missing something 😩😩
I was wondering the same thing?
Was hear...
Been there done that
So what’s the product? Lol
Hi there. Thanks for your content! I am new to RA and was wondering if you could help me out with the following: I currently only use the Amazon Seller App to scan products and I can see the product rank. I have heard to stick to things that are in the top 5% of rank of a category in order for the product to sell relatively quickly. My question: Is there a public and current Sales Rank Chart so that I can know if in fact the product I am scanning is really a good rank for a given category?? I assume this sales chart is constantly changing
We do lots of retail Arbitrage in Germany where it isn't as popular as in the US but it still works like a charm. But sometimes we get these days too