Tag: Reselling

The Live Cricket Dropshipping Hustle

What It’s About

How a man creates a live cricket dropshipping reselling hustle. Fun fact: when mailing crickets to someone, never include paper instructions

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Words of Wisdom

Part of what lead to Jeff’s success with his cricket dropshipping hustle, The Critter Depot, is that he knew to look for a niche market with little to no competition.

Throughout Side Hustle School this year, you’ll hear a lot of interesting and unique stories like this. Here are a few examples of previous episodes that dealt with a niche market:

  • Ep. 3: How a marketing executive created a six-figure, seasonal side hustle after being unable to find a custom candy heart manufacturer.
  • Ep. 10: After the loss of a beloved family pet, an engineer decides to improve on a saddle for chickens.
  • Ep. 11: How a woman creates a $2,000/month side hustle sharing specialized diet tips and recipes on her blog.

Fun Fact

Dropshipping has a long history in the hustle world. Pre-internet days there were companies that advertised in magazines and lots of people were attempting to start a dropship business, some successfully and some unsuccessfully.

Jeff learned about dropshipping while working at an e-commerce site that also sold a living product. He was able to use the success of their live product as a benchmark when building his own creative hustle.

Bonus: Did you hear about the two bedbugs who met in the mattress? They got married in the spring!

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Quote of the Day
"Between some customer service and emailing my dropshipper, I maybe put in about 1-2 hours per week and am still able to bring in at least $700/month—and that’s a slow month!"
—Jeff Neal #SideHustleSchool

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Stressed-Out Mom Gives Up TV to Launch Her Hustle

What It’s About

How a San Diego accountant who was coping with the struggles of new motherhood launched her own private label wine hustle.

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Words of Wisdom

With this kind of hustle it’s usually best to make one thing work well and then expand slowly. Alternatively, you could try a lot of private labeled items at once, but you should probably drop whatever doesn’t work fairly quickly. You’ll establish more loyalty to the brand by being targeted and specific.

Heather started out selling wine which seemed like an easy product to associate with the Stressed Mommy brand. After she spent some time developing that as part of the brand, she began to think of what else a “stressed mommy” would need after a long day. Stressed Mommy spa products were a fantastic next step!

Questions to ask a private label vendor:

  • Does the vendor want you to provide a label mockup?
  • Are they sending the products to you to add your label or do they do it?
  • Which country or countries do they source from?
  • What is their minimum order quantity?
  • Will the supplier send a sample so you can judge quality before you buy?

Fun Fact

Like Jake Posko in Ep. 23, Heather is a new parent with a busy schedule and full-time job. Finding the time to start her side hustle wasn’t easy, but she figured out a way to do it anyways. In Heather’s instance, she decided to cut tv from her life and use the time she would have spent watching other people’s lives investing in her own.

Now that she’s gotten into a good rhythm, she’s working to help others achieve their own financial freedom by offering consultation services in addition to selling products for stressed out parents.

Questions to ask yourself:

  • Do you have room to store the products, or do you need a warehouse?
  • Do the products have an expiration date?
  • Do you want to invest in advertising?
  • If not, how will you grow your brand?
  • If the first product line takes off, what will you sell next?

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Quote of the Day
"Just start taking action. A side hustle is not going to grow crazy overnight so just do what you can everyday, and eventually, it will add up to something big."
—Heather Christian #SideHustleSchool

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Government Analyst Builds Six-Figure Reselling Business

What It’s About

How a senior program analyst for the government earns a high side income buying and reselling through the “Fulfilled by Amazon” program.

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Words of Wisdom

Trevor attempts to buy low and sell high. Sometimes he hits the jackpot with a big profit margin. Other times, he gets stuck with an item that doesn’t resell—basically a natural risk of the business. Most of the time, he ekes out consistent profits, along with all of those points and miles he uses to travel (See his blog, Tagging Miles here!) in style with his family.

Fun Fact

The first year of Trevor’s side hustle, he earned around $5,000—a great start. But each year after that, he’s tripled the figure to where it’s now bringing in as much money as many people make in a year from their jobs. Naturally, he still travels, and when he does he’s able to keep the hustle going by focusing on items that he doesn’t need to physically collect.

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Quote of the Day
"I really appreciate that I can travel without having to ‘turn off’ my side hustle. Products still sell, and I still get those nice e-mails from Amazon whether I’m at home, or halfway across the world. "
—Trevor Mountcastle #SideHustleSchool

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To infinity and beyond,

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