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- Oct 15, 2018
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Hi,
I am 33 years old and am currently working in marketing and PR in an e-commerce-business. Altough I really like my job and everything is fine, I always felt somehow dissatisfied, because I thought that I could earn more. (At least I thought, that was the problem. More on that later.)
So in october 2016 I started selling products on Amazon via FBA. I sold supplements in a niche, that was relatively new, but there was already a demand. I knew, that I could make some money there, because I saw it in my job. I didn't had to do any research or anything like that. I then expanded the portfolio.
It really went well an in 2017 I had a six-figure revenue with the best month being march with around € 20.000 in revenue.
Interestingly, altough my side business went really well in 2017, I got tired of it. I was just trading products and selling them for a little bit of profit. Furthermore the competition got stronger and I had to put in more effort to make profit.
The only motivation for me in 2016, when I started my side business, was the money. As it turned out, it was not money, that I wanted. I never used any of the money, that I made on Amazon (except for buying products to sell and paying taxes or operating expenses).
I thought, that I did it for the money, but as I found out, that wasn't important at all for me. So I let things slide and "closed" the business last month, but I already didn't do much the last 10 months. Basically just selling the products I already sold at the beginning, but it felt like an annoying chore.
So I didn't do much in the last couple of months, just working as an employee. But with every day, that went by, I got a little bit more annoyed and dissatisfied again. The feeling of wanting more money came back, but I realized, that I misinterpreted it back in 2016. I am not dissatisfied, because I could earn more, I am dissatisfied, because I can't fulfil my full potential working as an employee.
So now I want to start a side business once again, but this time I don't want it to annoy me after some time. I guess that means, that I need something with more purpose, like providing some kind of value to my future customers. This is something, my first business did not have. Unfortunately I don't have any clue, what I could do. I haven't figured something out yet.
As it turned out in the last couple of weeks, my mind is still primed to look for opportunities to make some money fast, but I am not acting on it anymore, because I know, that it is not going to motivate and fulfil me in the long term.
So at the moment, I am looking for business ideas, that have the potential to give me more than just money.
I am 33 years old and am currently working in marketing and PR in an e-commerce-business. Altough I really like my job and everything is fine, I always felt somehow dissatisfied, because I thought that I could earn more. (At least I thought, that was the problem. More on that later.)
So in october 2016 I started selling products on Amazon via FBA. I sold supplements in a niche, that was relatively new, but there was already a demand. I knew, that I could make some money there, because I saw it in my job. I didn't had to do any research or anything like that. I then expanded the portfolio.
It really went well an in 2017 I had a six-figure revenue with the best month being march with around € 20.000 in revenue.
Interestingly, altough my side business went really well in 2017, I got tired of it. I was just trading products and selling them for a little bit of profit. Furthermore the competition got stronger and I had to put in more effort to make profit.
The only motivation for me in 2016, when I started my side business, was the money. As it turned out, it was not money, that I wanted. I never used any of the money, that I made on Amazon (except for buying products to sell and paying taxes or operating expenses).
I thought, that I did it for the money, but as I found out, that wasn't important at all for me. So I let things slide and "closed" the business last month, but I already didn't do much the last 10 months. Basically just selling the products I already sold at the beginning, but it felt like an annoying chore.
So I didn't do much in the last couple of months, just working as an employee. But with every day, that went by, I got a little bit more annoyed and dissatisfied again. The feeling of wanting more money came back, but I realized, that I misinterpreted it back in 2016. I am not dissatisfied, because I could earn more, I am dissatisfied, because I can't fulfil my full potential working as an employee.
So now I want to start a side business once again, but this time I don't want it to annoy me after some time. I guess that means, that I need something with more purpose, like providing some kind of value to my future customers. This is something, my first business did not have. Unfortunately I don't have any clue, what I could do. I haven't figured something out yet.
As it turned out in the last couple of weeks, my mind is still primed to look for opportunities to make some money fast, but I am not acting on it anymore, because I know, that it is not going to motivate and fulfil me in the long term.
So at the moment, I am looking for business ideas, that have the potential to give me more than just money.
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