Turn £100.00 into £10.000.00+ by the end of 2010 official thread PART 2

Fruitloops

Caseyface wrote: »

I'm currently using DHGate and have ordered 24 items for £102 including shipping. Obviously, do your research and be careful, as with anything there are scammers as well as good people.

The thing i like about it is, you can search for almost anything and you can narrow it down to free shipping etc so you don't get hounded on shipping costs. Things to consider are potentially paying VAT or customs charges when it arrives in the country too.

Thanks Caseyface, I'll take a look!

Turia

Fruitloops wrote: »

Are there any wholesale type things out there for the really little person? As in for someone who has very little to invest at the beginning?

I've been looking at job lots and wholesale on ebay but is there anything else I can look at?

Well depending on how little you are - for example I wouldnt deal with wholesale sofas.. your stature just wouldnt suit - so perhaps wholesale jewellery!!

hehe sorry I couldn't resist!!

anyway, back to your question.. are you creative/crafty.. is there anything you can make/bake/put together that you can sell? ATM thats the only way I can think of for people to have a bunch of items without a huge initial outlay..

rao_2

Nice ideas Amber Sunshine. Hope one of them becomes a big earner.

Psychic and tarot readings via email (have set up website)

I stumbled across a site called LivePerson recently that might be useful for that. Seems you get your own online chat room and can set a price per minute for providing a service over it. And a separate price for over email instead.

http://www.liveperson.com/experts/spirituality-religion/

Ebooks that I've written myself

Might want to take a look at http://www.clickbank.com/index.html for that. Its a digital goods vendor, which means they act as a go-between between you and the buyer which helps with handling returns/refunds etc. and makes purchasing for the customer easier. Also puts you in touch with others to sell your ebook for you (affiliate marketing). I think there may be a cost involved in setting up though.
Here's a guide:
http://www.clickbankguide.com/vendor.htm

Also: DigitalPoint Clickbank Section

Making art from recycled materials, to be sold at local art market
Small craft items (eg crocheted brooches and belts)

Don't forget Etsy.com too. Even some arty eBayers may be interested.

Oh, can anyone remember the name of any websites where you can sell your photos? That's idea no 6!

iStock is still top dog though the toughest to get on to. But that and maybe Gettyimages (which I believe bought out iStock anyway? Not sure) were who I often heard and used myself to buy from for clients who needed photos in their design work.

Here's a couple of good articles:
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/01/how-to-sell-stock-photos-part-1/
http://www.dphotojournal.com/sell-photos-online/

Fairly new one I hope to try but part of a bigger network of marketplaces is GraphicRiver.

Budweiser_072000

won another £20 on the bingo! thats £40 in 2 days not bad, adding that to the total

Eyesparky

Fruitloops wrote: »

Are there any wholesale type things out there for the really little person? As in for someone who has very little to invest at the beginning?

I've been looking at job lots and wholesale on ebay but is there anything else I can look at?

Start your research for your bigger ideas now and really flesh out all the angles to them whilst you build your stake with smaller transactions ... that way, when the right opportunity comes along you will be better placed to react to them from a position of knowledge and financial capability . ... anyway, I think you should still put some flesh on the bones of that other idea you were talking about ... the process alone will teach you plenty of valuable lessons . PM me if you want me to chuck a load more nonsense at you .

Fruitloops

Turia wrote: »

Well depending on how little you are - for example I wouldnt deal with wholesale sofas.. your stature just wouldnt suit - so perhaps wholesale jewellery!!

hehe sorry I couldn't resist!!

anyway, back to your question.. are you creative/crafty.. is there anything you can make/bake/put together that you can sell? ATM thats the only way I can think of for people to have a bunch of items without a huge initial outlay..

Haha! :rotfl:

I'm not sure I'm crafty enough that people would want to buy my stuff, altho I do dabble here and there. The wholesale jewellery might be an option tho! I'm just wary when it comes to finding the right wholesaler.

Fruitloops

Eyesparky wrote: »

Start your research for your bigger ideas now and really flesh out all the angles to them whilst you build your stake with smaller transactions ... that way, when the right opportunity comes along you will be better placed to react to them from a position of knowledge and financial capability . ... anyway, I think you should still put some flesh on the bones of that other idea you were talking about ... the process alone will teach you plenty of valuable lessons . PM me if you want me to chuck a load more nonsense at you .

Will PM you now Eyesparky :rotfl:

victoriaplum1

Also you could watch out for shops closing down in area and buy up the cheap surplus stock, I fell across a Poundstretcher closing down back last year and they were selling everything 20p or less I had 2 massive black bags full for just over £10....same applies for Matalan and Next surplus stores if you have one near you....sometimes they do offers on top of the already low prices and their stuff esp Next sells well. When I went to Matalan clearence on off chance last year they had 75% off all the clearance prices I had 2 trolley loads for about £40 and that is no exaggeration.

Eyesparky

Fruitloops wrote: »

Will PM you now Eyesparky :rotfl:

Nonsense on it's way .

victoriaplum1

How mad is it that I just counted my spare change pot and it came to EXACTLY same as my current Virtual Pot £4.05 each (but will change ina mo as about to update the virtual pot)......very weird!! Love the virtual pot challenge, forces me to look at my bank ac online every week which I usually try to avoid as don't often like what I see!