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  1. albertut77

    24 Years old: QUIT six-figure Job, Launched two Businesses

    GOLD! 
    What an incredible journey, @G_Alexander. I have no doubt if it hadn't been this specific venture, it would've been something else. But your insatiable ambition, resourcefulness and disregard for working hard no matter what would've brought you success one way or another. These are the skills I...
  2. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Again, thank you very much for taking the time to share this information with us. I had considered that as a possibility, too. As you say, service in relation to faulty goods seems to be horrible, but that doesn't seem to stop their feedback from being outstanding. I could make my listings...
  3. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Happy to hear your surgery went well and you're on a good recovery. I hope your business is as strong as ever and you and your family are living a happy life! Thanks again to you and everybody else for such an encouraging thread. I dabbled in this business for a few months some 3-4 years ago...
  4. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Hey Ryan. I haven't had to order the MOQs they say in the first place yet after a sample test. To be honest I haven't been testing many products, but the ones I have I've always ordered under my terms. Ordering more of course has reduced the price/unit, but it hasn't compromised the order. I...
  5. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Regarding this, how many customers (%) do you think/know you've gotten from eBay to your website, and how many are genuinely new via Google Adwords? Just a rough estimate. I've got my webpage ready, just waiting for a big change in my life before I get the stock and launch it all. I've also...
  6. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    I ship everything on my own. 5€ for a small box is not so bad, but what service do you get for that? I pay £4.4 for small box First Class Signed For (1 day delivery) here in the UK, £3.3 if I do regular First Class. Being expensive or not is always relative to the price of your items. Just...
  7. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Unfortunately, that's not how it works in the UK. At least not with Royal Mail. I print all my labels from eBay, but as I do Signed For (not tracked) I don't upload anything. I could keep the barcodes of the Signed For labels and write down the name of each customer for each barcode, but that's...
  8. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Hey everyone! So I just made it to Top Seller rating last week! It's only a 10% discount on the final fees, but those fees are getting bigger and bigger...so can't complain. I've got a question: how do you keep track of each and every sale you ship? I ship Signed For, so it's not tracked but I...
  9. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Hey guys! Yesterday I got my 100th positive feedback! If it hasn't been made clear enough before, I'm very grateful to this thread and everyone helping, specially Ecom man, so I just wanted to pop by and say thank you all, again! I also have a couple of questions. I've got a webpage for one...
  10. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Thanks, but the sex products were just an example. Clearly a bad one. For instance, BDSM items are completely prohibited (at least in my country), but many eBayers sell BDSM kits. Why are these accounts not taken down?
  11. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    I'd like to get a bit into grey waters today. As you all know, there are some items that eBay forbids to sell in their platform, such as sex related products. Hence, if you list these kind of items you will eventually have your listing put down. I'm guessing that several attempts to sell "eBay...
  12. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Well I just started two months ago, so I'm quite the amateur as well. I can't say much anyway without knowing if that shipping price with DHL express is for one or both products, and the amount of products that you get with it, but it looks like a pretty decent margin for a sample order. I...
  13. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Ali escrow should be safe. So far DHgate and Aliexpress escrow services have worked great for me, so I wouldn't be too afraid. What I always try to do, however, is be very clear in that if I like the product and the samples are correct, we have a long and prosperous business relationship ahead...
  14. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    That's the life. Give me a couple of years and I'll be there (hopefully not with a wife/kid yet though). Thanks for sharing, always appreciated.
  15. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Jesus. When you say 48 products I'm guessing you mean 48 different products with several amounts of each, right? How do you deal with so many orders from so many different products every day without going crazy, messing samples and having time for your family / hobbies? I have 4 products of...
  16. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    If you think this really might be affecting your relationship with the suppliers (which, given asian culture in general, wouldn't be surprising), you could lie. If this actually improves something, leave your feedback here for future female readers! I absolutely agree with Ronak here. You've...
  17. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Thanks, I may go with that then. I really like this product, and I think branding it and having its exclusivity, at least in my country, would be the way to go. May I pm you for some questions related to webpage advertising?
  18. albertut77

    [AMA] Importing & wholesaling for resale on eBay.

    GOLD! SOURCING 
    Hey guys! I need some advice / opinions (@Ecom man @Walter Hay, I could really use your help here). So as I explain in one of my latest posts, I have found a very cool and promising product. This product is not being sold by anyone else on eBay in my country, only a few chinese suppliers in...
  19. albertut77

    A Business is Born

    EXECUTION 
    If you have found this product exactly as you want it at the retail price that you would sell it, and don't want to make a 300-500 order because you're not sure if it will sell, why don't you try getting a small amount from these wholesellers and sell it at the same price yourself? This way...
  20. albertut77

    A Business is Born

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks for the info, Walter. As I am just starting and I'm planning on moving to a far, far away country in the following 6-10 months, I didn't plan on digging in too much into this before settling down in my new place. But hey, the more I learn now the better for the future. I've started...
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