Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?

Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by mfringel on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @11:44AM (#8845281)

+1

I've been trying to understand the full remote supply chain, going directly from the offshore supply chain directly to FBA.

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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by tomrohlf on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @12:23PM (#8845545)

Its difficult to completely automate the supply chain as incoming FBA shipments expire 30 days after they are created. If you're shipping heavy freight from China this is cost prohibitive. I currently "touch" my inventory one time in-between the source and FBA. I'm working on streamlining that part though.

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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by rab_oof on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @12:33AM (#8849051)

Be sure that your mfgr isn't running off extra for AliBaba, free markets or other channels. Contract mfgrs are notorious about ripping off IP and product.

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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by kyllo on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @08:47PM (#8854589)

How is it possible to be sure of that, though? If they're a contract mfg then by definition they've already signed a contract that says they can't do that, so if they do it, they've broken the contract.

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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by larrywallace on Friday January 09, 2015 @06:35AM (#8861750)

Check these guys at www.forestshipping.com - they can ship direct to FBA from your factory and do labeling services if needed.

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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by tomrohlf on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @12:23PM (#8845553)

I'm happy to answer some questions... can you be a bit more specific?

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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by mcphage on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @02:38PM (#8846459)

Well, what kind of companies do you work with—a printer, and a distributor? Any others? How did you find the ones you work with—and how did you know that they were the right ones? What have you done for marketing—gone to trade shows, paid for advertising, giving samples to the right people, or what? How well is it doing? Have you sales been steady, increasing, or was there a big burst at the start, and a trickle since? Um... that's what I can think of off the top of my head.

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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by tomrohlf on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @08:34PM (#8848337)

I work only with a printer... Amazon is my distributor. I found them on Alibaba.

I'm starting to ramp up my marketing but to date I've done some adwords and advertising on Amazon.

Sales are steady, I don't reach $1000 every month but the holiday season more than makes up for it when you average it out.

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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by mcphage on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @10:04PM (#8848647)

Thanks for the info :-)

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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by stickperson on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @11:04PM (#8848830)

Roughly how much did you have to invest in the first couple of sets? Most manufacturers have a minimum order, and I imagine that would be the case for you considering you were getting something custom made.

Thanks!

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Re:Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did yo... by tomrohlf on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @11:39PM (#8848923)

I don't know exactly but it was no more than 3k and a decent amount of my time.

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