$800/week Etsy + AliExpress/Alibaba

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GiftGuru said:
I see the Verge did a story on this last week.... some guy made a million buying from Alibaba and running his store like ebay

http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/18/8059835/how-to-make-money-on-etsy-buy-wholesale
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I started into it when I saw someone doing the same. I certainly didn't come up with this method - but that is a great share gives me some new ideas! You can always find good ways to make money when you observe closely!

Hawkster said:
Anyone considering taking action on this method could maybe read this thread http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...pping-done-right-spoon-fed-long-detailed.html

Mix the two and with a little thought you could come up with your own twist on the whole idea.
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A great share!
 
Syzpe said:
I bulk buy in advanced and ship directly - the suggestion of reshipping is just for those without startup capital.
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It's against etsy's rules to do what you're recommending. The women on etsy are fierce detectives. They will find your product and report you, and etsy will suspend you. It's not for mass produced items. It's supposed to be for handmade. Regarding vintage-no one is going to buy vintage if it's not vintage. I have been selling vintage jewelry for 25 years. Collectors of vintage jewelry aren't stupid. We won't even get into the silver fraud that is out there. Other countries are filled with 925 jewelry that is not really sterling. Many jewelry customers test their jewelry, especially when their ears blow up like blowfish because they are allergic to costume. There are so many things wrong with your post. I don't see how you make $800 a week with this.
 
Great method would like to look into trying this maybe. Can the customers tell its coming from Alibaba or do they put your business name on to hide it? Also how long does it take would you say an average for it to ship from them to the customer?
 
GiftGuru said:
I see the Verge did a story on this last week.... some guy made a million buying from Alibaba and running his store like ebay

http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/18/8059835/how-to-make-money-on-etsy-buy-wholesale
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The Verge picked it up from somewhere else. I don't recall which website did an article about that first, but my antiques group with over 20,000 members was all in a flutter about it. Many people in my antiques group sell on Etsy and they are pissed. They all got together and vowed to clean etsy up of fraud. It's supposed to be for handmade items and not mass produced items. They are reporting sellers left and right. I personally think this is an insult to the handmade community and also to the antiques community. We work very hard to design our jewelry, and then people from other countries come along and try to trash the field with their junk.
 
Finding items that will sell then buying them in bulk is totally different from what you're suggesting. How long have you been doing this Etsy reselling specifically? People expecting a $30 item and receiving a $1 item does not bode well for your feedback, especially on Etsy. Not saying it's impossible, but finding those products that you can mark up so much is very rare. And buying them in bulk puts you in the hole immediately if you're a beginner and can't unload your inventory. No returns to Chinese factories...

Importing and reselling is very profitable but there is a lot of exaggeration here... mainly how "easy" it is to source products that aren't complete trash and the act of actually getting people to the page and convincing them to buy. Definitely possible to make a lot of money (esp. on Amazon) but not by just blindly looking at Aliexpress pictures and popping the products up on an Etsy page.
 
Jared255 said:
Finding items that will sell then buying them in bulk is totally different from what you're suggesting. How long have you been doing this Etsy reselling specifically? People expecting a $30 item and receiving a $1 item does not bode well for your feedback, especially on Etsy. Not saying it's impossible, but finding those products that you can mark up so much is very rare. And buying them in bulk puts you in the hole immediately if you're a beginner and can't unload your inventory. No returns to Chinese factories...

Importing and reselling is very profitable but there is a lot of exaggeration here... mainly how "easy" it is to source products that aren't complete trash and the act of actually getting people to the page and convincing them to buy. Definitely possible to make a lot of money (esp. on Amazon) but not by just blindly looking at Aliexpress pictures and popping the products up on an Etsy page.
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Jared255 said:
Finding items that will sell then buying them in bulk is totally different from what you're suggesting. How long have you been doing this Etsy reselling specifically? People expecting a $30 item and receiving a $1 item does not bode well for your feedback, especially on Etsy. Not saying it's impossible, but finding those products that you can mark up so much is very rare. And buying them in bulk puts you in the hole immediately if you're a beginner and can't unload your inventory. No returns to Chinese factories...

Importing and reselling is very profitable but there is a lot of exaggeration here... mainly how "easy" it is to source products that aren't complete trash and the act of actually getting people to the page and convincing them to buy. Definitely possible to make a lot of money (esp. on Amazon) but not by just blindly looking at Aliexpress pictures and popping the products up on an Etsy page.
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You're right for sure, and I've not been doing it long so I am sure I have a lot to learn. I have certainly bought a few products that are duds, and I've had a lot of accounts with terrible feedback that I've churned through. The biggest difference I found was when possible get samples, find a good product and then take your own pictures of it so it can't as easily be back tracked. This saved me from churning through accounts as quickly.

Is this method flawless? No absolutely not, but it's one of the best I've got so far!
 
redrubies said:
It's against etsy's rules to do what you're recommending. The women on etsy are fierce detectives. They will find your product and report you, and etsy will suspend you. It's not for mass produced items. It's supposed to be for handmade. Regarding vintage-no one is going to buy vintage if it's not vintage. I have been selling vintage jewelry for 25 years. Collectors of vintage jewelry aren't stupid. We won't even get into the silver fraud that is out there. Other countries are filled with 925 jewelry that is not really sterling. Many jewelry customers test their jewelry, especially when their ears blow up like blowfish because they are allergic to costume. There are so many things wrong with your post. I don't see how you make $800 a week with this.
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You do have a point. But we're in blackhatworld. Methods posted here usually bend the rules and are probably non-compliant in regards to a site's TOS.

At the very least, there's nothing illegal about this method. Just more of an ethical issue.

Just my 2 cents. :p
 
Oh hey guys, this would be my second post on this forum and I am having a slight problem. I simply dont know how to attract people to my etsy shop. Would you like to help me? :) I simply can not get nobody to view items in my shop. You can help me by feeding me with numbers!


 
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redrubies said:
Now the truth comes out.
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Churn and burn is pretty common in various methods...

Paper-Boy said:
You do have a point. But we're in blackhatworld. Methods posted here usually bend the rules and are probably non-compliant in regards to a site's TOS.

At the very least, there's nothing illegal about this method. Just more of an ethical issue.

Just my 2 cents. :p
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Absolutely
 
Paper-Boy said:
You do have a point. But we're in blackhatworld. Methods posted here usually bend the rules and are probably non-compliant in regards to a site's TOS.

At the very least, there's nothing illegal about this method. Just more of an ethical issue.

Just my 2 cents. :p
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Blackhat is different for everyone. To me, blackhat doesn't mean selling something as vintage when it's not, and it also doesn't mean selling something as handmade when it's mass produced junk from China. That's as bad as selling a Coach bag that's a knockoff, and it will get you shitlisted. Deceiving the customer is indeed illegal. Vintage jewelry and new jewelry are my fields, and it is how I raised my kids as a single mother, put them through college, and paid my bills. I take the topic seriously.
 
redrubies, why so butt hurt?

But with this method really all you do is get this email real quick:

While looking over your shop, I found that some of your items are listed in the Handmade category. I'm concerned that these items may not qualify to be sold as Handmade on Etsy. As a result, your account has been suspended, and I'm contacting you to learn more about how your items are made.
Please complete the following questions in the next two weeks. Any information you supply will be kept completely confidential, but please note that providing false information may result in the termination of your account privileges.

Step 1:
Explain how you run your business and who is involved in the design and creation of your items:

1) What is your role in the business? What does your day to day look like?
2) If you have hired employees, what are their names and what is their role in your business?
3) Where are you and the members of your shop located?

Step 2:
Explain your Handmade process. Imagine you?re teaching someone to make the item listed below. Please write out ? in as much detail as possible ? the steps you use to create the following item:


(image of some item on your store)

Step 3:
Document your Handmade process. Please attach photographs of the steps you described above. In all of the images you attach, please include a piece of paper displaying your username and the date.

Specifically, I?ll need to see images of:
-The workspace, tools, and equipment you use to make the items in your shop.
-The raw materials or supplies you use to create your items.
-The step-by-step process you use to create the item specified in Step 2.

Once I hear back from you with this information, I'll promptly review it to determine if your items can be sold as Handmade on Etsy. I understand that your Etsy shop is your business, and I'd like to work with you to get it back online as soon as possible.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about this process. I look forward to hearing from you.
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Not really worth the effort.
 
Alibaba is the way to go ........ you can get samples for max price / Shipping , and then resell just about anywhere - Esty, eBay, and Amazon. Amazon will take pallets of your crap and ship it for you, but you need to research whats selling and make your price lower than others to get on the first page of Amazon. There is so much stuff on Alibaba, if you find a product that is "new" and "novelty" , like AS SEEN ON TV stuff, you can make a killing on eBay. I use eBay to test the waters, and if I sell a lot of "new items" that nobody else is selling (takes research) and it sells, I make a domain/WP site and Optimize it for traffic.

So basically, use esty or eBay to test the waters, then you can make a site for that product if it sells....what you are trying to do in the long run is BRAND a new item, or make your company (self) the expert on this new item... People love to buy from the company who owns the product, and most people think you are the "creator" of the product if you do it right, and that is a gold mine, if you can get that across to the buyer.


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