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Advice and Ideas needed

Hello all!
This is my first post here although I have been reading the site for a while. I am hoping someone may have an idea for me, i'm trying to find a way to monetise my spare time at work and have run out of ideas. I graduated last year and have been lucky enough to find myself a decent job. The hours and location are great, the pay is enough for me to pay my bills and save a little. However the job is as dull as dishwater! I find myself with oodles of time on my hands, so I plan to try and make a little extra during this spare time. I do currently do surveys yet even signed up to several sites they do not give me enough to do, I have tried writing articles e.t.c but i've discovered i'm not great at that. I can't sell on ebay/etsy as it would involve packing and posting outside work - the idea is just to do it at work really - and i'm signed up to cashback sites. So i'm now stuck for ideas. I have a computer with the internet but not much else other than myself! Any ideas appreciated. Thanks for reading!

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  • samsmoot
    samsmoot Posts: 736 Forumite
    You don't always need physical possession of goods to sell them on ebay - it's possible to list stuff that's located in China, for instance, and have it sent straight to your buyers.

    An example would be something like a charm bracelet for which you pay around £3-4 and probably would get around £7-8 if you relisted the item. The only difference between your listing and the China one is that you are located in the UK - which seems to be enough difference to get people to choose to buy from you - plus the fact that you would do an international search, whereas your buyers may not.

    It's a form of dropshipping.
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