I'm Ettan. Entrepreneur, e-tailer, student, etc.

[Ettan Bazil]

Hello.

I just joined this forum after reading The Millionaire Fastlane and I'm already hooked. Just the 'Top 3 Books' thread was enough to get my juices flowing. What a great thing to be a part of!

Will speak about myself quickly and try not to ramble.

I built an online collectables retailer called Stampbank 18 months ago and it now generates a steady passive income of around $2000 a month. Not a fortune, but growth is around 20% per month and I hope to double revenue by December. I have around 1300 products and sell in the local language in 8 countries. Almost all operations are automated except accounting and re-stocking which I'm working on at the moment.

My strengths are in coding (html/css/php), graphic design, music production and branding. I'm pretty good at SEO. I've learnt more in the past 18 months than in the previous 20 years combined.

I've become a bit of an Amazon sharp-shooter and am a dominant presence in the stamps, coins and banknote categories. That being said I'm still a newbie and feel like I'm just at the beginning of a journey. I'm learning every day and will continue to learn for as long as I can.

I love reading!

This is a great place and I would love to speak to like-minded people so get in touch. If I can help anyone with anything please also get in touch.

A few things I have learnt

Excel is a powerful tool
Inventory is key in online selling (treasure your *csv)
Learn how to do it yourself, then pay someone else to do it (better than you)
Customer service in Japanese is a tricky thing

 

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[Kingmaker]

Welcome. What made you get into the stamps business?

 

[Ettan Bazil]

Welcome. What made you get into the stamps business?

Hi, A friend who is a collector and dealer asked me to build a website for him. After we discussed it he asked me if I would like to get involved In the business and it went from there. He's now my business partner

 

[FastLanePursuer]

Nice, welcome to the forum. Good luck with your biz

 

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[SlowlaneJay]

Little intro to the community:
https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/absolute-beginners-guide-to-tmf-tflf.54998/

Best thread on the forum, doesn't get bumped often enough:
https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/co...ng-real-value-building-real-businesses.48021/

Drop a post in here and let MJ know you read his book, too. It also helps folks answer your questions, because they know you have an understanding of TMF :
https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/ive-read-the-the-millionaire-fastlane.28234/

Welcome