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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by syndacks on Thursday December 23, 2021 @08:07PM (#29668738)
If you don’t mind me asking, what are the e-commerce sites? Also, how does one get into such a business? Were you interested in this space beforehand or did you simply acquire a business that looked promising?
Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by jerriep on Thursday December 23, 2021 @11:42PM (#29670290)
In my personal interactions with people in the e-commerce/drop shipping space, the odds of them telling you what they sell is extremely slim. The barrier to entry for anyone else is very low, so once someone has a winning product, they remain very tight lipped about what exactly it is.
Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by asdev on Thursday December 23, 2021 @11:48PM (#29670334)
not all e-commerce sites are dropshipping
Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by aerovistae on Thursday December 23, 2021 @09:00PM (#29669132)
Seconding the interest in this. Some research showed that SoulCeramics and ZenConcessions are two of the commenter's businesses, but I would love to hear details on how he found them, decided to buy them, and then dealt with operating them. Selling popcorn machines and pottery kilns, such fascinating niches to become wealthy off of.
Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by VoodooJuJu on Friday December 24, 2021 @05:24AM (#29672364)
Unfortunately, he won't tell you, because like someone else said, the barrier to entry is so low, that their only real competitive advantage is other people not knowing about the opportunity.
Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 ... by Irongirl1 on Monday December 27, 2021 @06:07PM (#29708070)
I'm looking at this course from ryan kulp:

https://www.microacquisitions.com/how-to-buy-small-companies