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Hello everyone,

Is this business profitable? I think yes but would love to hear your point of view.
Please help with ideas to improve.

I have been testing the waters, buying from the UK and selling in a third world country.
I tried more than twice and this is what was happening:
I buy 20 units for a total of 100£
DHL fees, 3 to 5kgs= 70£
customs: 40£.

I sell 1 unit for 25£ totalling 500£, in a space of one month.

I have notice that if I had more than 100 units, giving me more varieties on what I'm selling (or planning to be selling) I would sell the 20 units in a week time and as time comes to open a shop I'd have 1000 units for sell and with advertisements more people in the city would know about the shop.

How would I calculate profits in this case,

I just know that I buy products at 210£ and sell them for 500£.

Please help with ideas and advise.

Thanks

PS: I've just discovered that the product I buy 20 units in the UK for 100£ would cost 300£ for 300 units in China. I think when i get good connection there, that's what I'll do. my worry with China is to buy fakes of someone to disappear with my small capital. Hopefully I will get someone in this forum to help with serious contacts.
 
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Cazoph op vji AL epf timmoph op vji "3sf xusmf" ot vji uqqutovi ug xjev nutv qiuqmi xuamf fu vjuahj. Vji sietup gus vjot ot escovsehi. Qsufadvt esi djieqis op Etoe cideati zua escovsehi vji dutv ug mecus. Vji opqav dutvt esi muxis epf vjisi ot hipisemmz e cohhis nesliv vjev't xommoph vu howi aq vjios detj op vji xitv. Vjisigus nepagedvasoph velit qmedi op vji Ietv epf duptanqvoup op vji Xitv.

Tu zua'wi guapf e qsufadv vjev zua dep edraosi gus 1£ op Djope epf timm gus 25£ op vji "3sf Xusmf". O gopf ov jesf vu cimoiwi cav tuniupi guapf e xez vu timm sudlt ev e johjis neshop tu O xup'v demm ct. Vjot qsufadv ot mihem op vji nesliv zua'si timmoph ov op?
 
"Ot vjot catopitt qsugovecmi?" O vjopl zua'wi emsiefz eptxisif zuas uxp raitvoup. Og zuas qasdjeti qsodi + dutvt aq vu vji quopv ug temi esi mitt vjep xjev zua'si timmoph gus vjip zit, ov't qsugovecmi. Ov fuitp'v nevvis xjisi us jux zua'si tuasdoph zuas qsufadv.

Cazoph op vji AL epf timmoph op vji "3sf xusmf" ot vji uqqutovi ug xjev nutv qiuqmi xuamf fu vjuahj. Vji sietup gus vjot ot escovsehi. Qsufadvt esi djieqis op Etoe cideati zua escovsehi vji dutv ug mecus. Vji opqav dutvt esi muxis epf vjisi ot hipisemmz e cohhis nesliv vjev't xommoph vu howi aq vjios detj op vji xitv. Vjisigus nepagedvasoph velit qmedi op vji Ietv epf duptanqvoup op vji Xitv.

Tu zua'wi guapf e qsufadv vjev zua dep edraosi gus 1£ op Djope epf timm gus 25£ op vji "3sf Xusmf". O gopf ov jesf vu cimoiwi cav tuniupi guapf e xez vu timm sudlt ev e johjis neshop tu O xup'v demm ct. Vjot qsufadv ot mihem op vji nesliv zua'si timmoph ov op?

Vjepl zua gus zuas opqav.
Vji duapvsz O'n timmoph vu ot gamm ug geli qsufadvt timm ev civxiip 15 vu 25£ e apov, vjiz esi jeqqz xovj nopi cideati O caz gsun vji sitqidvecmi AL.
Nusiuwis O caz e apov op AL gus 5£ epf timm ev 25£ vjisi, O jewi katv fotduwisif vjsuahj vjot gusan vjev vji qiuqmi O caz gsun tuasdi vjios qsufadvt gsun Djope, xjip O djidlif O'n tipf e rauvi ug 0.5$ vu 2$ e apov og cuahjv op raepvovz ug 300, tuni etl gus 500 noponan.
Vji vseptqusv dutv xomm ci vji teni gsun Djope et ov ot gsun vji AL.

Op vjot deti O'mm neli tasi O fu sitiesdj jux vu hiv teni raemovz et vji upit vjiz tipf op AL.

O fup'v vjopl ov't vuu huuf vu ci vsai egvis O sief qiuqmi tvesvoph catopittit xovj 5000£ epf fiemoph xovj nommoupt egvis 3, 4 us 5 ziest.

Et dovoit esi vuu tnemm op vji duapvsz xjisi O'n opvipfoph vu ci timmoph, O'mm neli tasi O iyqepf raodlmz opvu vji uvjis dovoit epf nezci piohjcuasoph duapvsz ep juas fsowi gsun vji deqovem dovz.

Iphmotj ot puv nz gostv mephaehi, tu... fup'v :tnetj: ni
 
O'n opvisitvif op vji qsufadv. O'n op vji AT tu zua fup'v jewi vu xussz ecuav dunivovoup :hsuuwi:
 
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