I got to talking to someone about my ebay store, which is inspired by a drop shipping business that will likely be named in this post.
I basically described what drop shipping is to a very close acquaintance, and how I was having a lot of fun doing this business and that it was actually making me money. Sometimes not a lot of money, but sometimes a little.
The response came in several questions. I don't have all the questions written down, but I'd like to address a few of them.
1) Is there a learning curve? My response was: Yes. I lost money my first sale. I've actually lost money on a handful of sales. However, I've profited on more sales and am making a profit my very first month of business. It's not much, but I'm surprisingly in the black.
2) What is the pay for your time? My response: A business doesn't pay hourly. I am making an investment by putting my time toward a larger goal. I consider it building a net to go fishing. There is no hourly connection to building a net and catching fish. But there is a very STRONG correlation between the size of the net and the number of fish caught. I'll admit, it's a different concept than putting in six hours and getting paid directly for six hours. What's also different is that an hourly wage doesn't change, regardless of if you made your company $100 or $10,000. I can't say whether my time spent will make me any money, or big money. It's all about which fish I catch.
3) Will you let me know when you start making a fortune? My response: I'm not planning on making a fortune. I'm telling you now that I'm into this business, and I'm excited about it. But I will definitely pitch in and buy you a nice dinner when I have proven to be successful. I see no reason why I would hide this from you, considering it is common knowledge and many people are doing well with it. Yet surprisingly, the more effort I put in, the better I do as well.
It's not about market saturation. It's not about getting rich quick.
What I am excited about with my online business is that it directly correlates to my personal efforts. It is an actual business making actual money. It's using real customers buying real products.
Admittedly, I'm a middle man. But rest assured, I'm becoming a very good middle man, and learning that there is a large population who is more interested in working with the middle man than figuring out how to deal with the direct source.
I'm not a wild success story yet, but I've had success. I'm not a wildly enthusiastic person about much of anything, but let me tell you I am thrilled to have come across this program.
And best of all, you don't have to believe me, and can even tell me I'm a fool for signing up for this. The fact is, I have a growing following in another blog I do, a growing following in a youtube channel I have, and I've made approximately $2 in the last two years. I've made over $60 in my first month of this program.
I'm not particularly excited about $60. But I'm excited about doubling that amount next week. I'm excited about making triple that the week after. You can't argue with money in your bank account that you didn't have before. It's real enough for me.
If anyone out there is interested, I signed up through here: http://www.dsdomination.com/sp/pro?aid=Turgerburger
There's a few things I want to point out about signing up for this program: 1) It is an affiliate program and that means there are people above you who really want you to succeed. Take that however you want, but I personally see it as a mentoring tool and have used it several times. In other words, they want you to succeed because when you start making money, it will eventually make them money. 2) You're paying for training to help you navigate the online world. Again, I tried the online world for two years and made close to nothing; and within the last month have a completely different view on how to make actual money working from home. It is an actual thing and can be done.
There's a few things I want to point out about signing up for this program: 1) It is an affiliate program and that means there are people above you who really want you to succeed. Take that however you want, but I personally see it as a mentoring tool and have used it several times. In other words, they want you to succeed because when you start making money, it will eventually make them money. 2) You're paying for training to help you navigate the online world. Again, I tried the online world for two years and made close to nothing; and within the last month have a completely different view on how to make actual money working from home. It is an actual thing and can be done.
That's all.
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