Are you interesting in selling physical products online?
If so, you’re in the right place. Ecommerce can be a lucrative side hustle with great potential to scale into a full-time business.
In these archives, we cover Amazon FBA business models, ebay selling, dropshipping, and of course the traditional ecommerce model of setting up your own online storefront.
You’ll discover print-on-demand ecommerce models and how some side hustlers have found success in the homemade and handmade marketplaces.
Now these different “flavors” of ecommerce can vary widely in terms of how much they cost to start. With print-on-demand and dropshipping, you essentially have zero upfront inventory cost. With Amazon FBA private labeling, you might be looking at a minimum order of several thousand dollars to get your product imported and up for sale on Amazon.
Your time involvement on the fulfillment side is another factor to consider. With shops like Etsy, you’re in charge of making and shipping the product for each order that comes through. With ebay, it’s off to the post office each time an auction ends. At the other end of the spectrum, the print-on-demand services and Amazon FBA handle the fulfillment for you — but at a cost.
Keep these concepts in mind as you explore the ecommerce archives here at Side Hustle Nation.
Want to scale back on your day job?
Want to travel more, and spend more time with your family?
That’s exactly what Stacy Gallego has been able to do thanks to her part-time flipping business.
This week I’m excited to share a unique side hustle that’s turning hobbies into profits, through what I’m calling “local” e-commerce.
This is a story of building a following for homemade or handmade products without shipping anything, without advertising, and without relying on 3rd party marketplaces like Amazon or Etsy for exposure.
We’re going to explore this through the lens of So Here’s the Dough — it’s a local cottage kitchen cookie operation run by a friend of mine here in Livermore, Jenn Fei.
Create a design.
Upload it to a store.
Earn passive royalties whenever it sells.
That’s the passive income dream, and that’s the premise behind the Merch by Amazon and print-on-demand side hustles.
“It was costing me money to go to my job,” Nate told me.
That was a year after Nate and Alysha Jackson started their Amazon FBA retail arbitrage business — with just a $100 investment.
Since then, the former public school teachers have sold over $1 million worth of products on Amazon!
In the e-commerce space, selling private label products on Amazon has been a popular side hustle for the last several years.
But is it still the best way to go?
Or is there a lower risk, higher reward way to turn your ideas into profits?
What are the best products to flip for a profit?
Buying low and selling high is a mega-popular business for side hustlers and big corporations alike. (Think Walmart and Amazon!)
With product flipping, you can turn bargain-hunting prowess into profits. In this post, you’ll learn how turn your love of online classifieds, flea markets, yard sales, and thrift stores into an extra income stream.
Thinking about taking an offline business online to reach a wider audience?
That’s what today’s guest Dustin Riechmann did. He used his digital marketing skills to take a local business’s product online and generated $500k in sales in year one.
Dustin is a long-time listener of the show. He has a blog called EngagedMarriage.com, and a couple of years ago he started a new consulting business to help other businesses build their online presence.
Do you enjoy hunting for bargains that you can buy low and sell high?
Charlie William does, and his book flipping business is proof that this business model still works.
He’s become a master deal-hunter, selling more than $9,000 worth of used books last month on Amazon.
The best part? Anyone with access to thrift stores, yard sales, and local charity shops can get started with this side hustle for just a few bucks a month.
Etsy is no longer just the marketplace of handmade crafts! Yes, you can sell digital products like printables and even drop ship physical goods without ever touching your inventory.
We haven’t really discussed Etsy in detail for a while. But I thought it was time to take a closer look at this platform again, as it’s seen tremendous growth in recent years.
How do you make money on eBay?
Buy low, sell high, repeat.
The formula is simple, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy!
To help me learn more about selling items for a profit on eBay, I turned to serial side hustler Daniella Flores. With the help of several part-time businesses, she and her wife have been able to pay off $31,000 in debt in the last two years.
