My Amazon FBA Success Story - Tatiana James
Published on: December 2 2022 by Tatiana James
My Amazon FBA Success Story - Tatiana James
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| 00:00:00 | 00:00:05 | hey guys welcome back to my channel I'm |
| 00:00:01 | 00:00:07 | Tatiana and today I'm going to tell you |
| 00:00:05 | 00:00:10 | a little story about how I started my |
| 00:00:07 | 00:00:12 | business and how I went from a broke |
| 00:00:10 | 00:00:14 | college student to where I'm at today |
| 00:00:12 | 00:00:16 | and it's funny because I realized that |
| 00:00:14 | 00:00:19 | this whole time I haven't shared with |
| 00:00:16 | 00:00:21 | you guys on this channel luxe biz who I |
| 00:00:19 | 00:00:23 | am and you know my business and all that |
| 00:00:21 | 00:00:25 | stuff I it's so weird that I haven't |
| 00:00:23 | 00:00:27 | created a video yet and it's because I |
| 00:00:25 | 00:00:31 | kind of assumed that everyone already |
| 00:00:27 | 00:00:33 | knew because a couple year ago I did a |
| 00:00:31 | 00:00:34 | video with my boyfriend at the time and |
| 00:00:33 | 00:00:37 | it went viral |
| 00:00:34 | 00:00:41 | I got 4 point 1 million views and it the |
| 00:00:37 | 00:00:44 | title was how she makes 50,000 how this |
| 00:00:41 | 00:00:46 | 23 year old makes $50,000 a month or |
| 00:00:44 | 00:00:47 | whatever it was like that and so I got a |
| 00:00:46 | 00:00:50 | lot of views and so I started getting a |
| 00:00:47 | 00:00:53 | lot of messages on Instagram and social |
| 00:00:50 | 00:00:55 | media and everyone asking me you know |
| 00:00:53 | 00:00:56 | how do I do this and how do I do that |
| 00:00:55 | 00:00:57 | and you tell me this and it's a good |
| 00:00:56 | 00:00:59 | product |
| 00:00:57 | 00:01:01 | and I really couldn't answer everyone |
| 00:00:59 | 00:01:04 | and up until now I still get a ton of |
| 00:01:01 | 00:01:06 | messages that I just can't respond to |
| 00:01:04 | 00:01:09 | because I just don't have the time to do |
| 00:01:06 | 00:01:11 | that so I figured ok what's the best way |
| 00:01:09 | 00:01:13 | to help people without responding to |
| 00:01:11 | 00:01:16 | them on an individual basis and I |
| 00:01:13 | 00:01:18 | figured sharing a video so that's how |
| 00:01:16 | 00:01:20 | luxe bids came about I created this |
| 00:01:18 | 00:01:22 | channel because I said okay I'll take |
| 00:01:20 | 00:01:24 | everyone's top questions and then I'll |
| 00:01:22 | 00:01:26 | answer them in video format so that it |
| 00:01:24 | 00:01:28 | can reach more people and help more |
| 00:01:26 | 00:01:30 | people and so yeah that's why I love |
| 00:01:28 | 00:01:34 | spits exists that's why I tok about |
| 00:01:30 | 00:01:36 | Amazon specifically and so yeah I guess |
| 00:01:34 | 00:01:38 | I should start sharing my story now so |
| 00:01:36 | 00:01:42 | three years ago I was a college student |
| 00:01:38 | 00:01:45 | broke pretty broke I mean was working as |
| 00:01:42 | 00:01:48 | a waitress part-time at a restaurant in |
| 00:01:45 | 00:01:51 | Canada and going to school full time I |
| 00:01:48 | 00:01:53 | was studying politikal science which is |
| 00:01:51 | 00:01:54 | funny because you know what I do now has |
| 00:01:53 | 00:01:57 | nothing to do with that |
| 00:01:54 | 00:01:59 | and so yeah it's just basically my days |
| 00:01:57 | 00:02:01 | would be I wake up in the morning really |
| 00:01:59 | 00:02:03 | early 5:00 a.m. take the bus while it's |
| 00:02:01 | 00:02:06 | still dark to school and I come home |
| 00:02:03 | 00:02:08 | when it starts I wish we would never see |
| 00:02:06 | 00:02:11 | sunlight and then on the weekends I |
| 00:02:08 | 00:02:13 | would work a cactus Club I mean I guess |
| 00:02:11 | 00:02:16 | I'll sell you guys cactus Club which is |
| 00:02:13 | 00:02:17 | the restaurant I worked at and and then |
| 00:02:16 | 00:02:21 | I would see my boyfriend whenever I had |
| 00:02:17 | 00:02:24 | time and that was life then I met I |
| 00:02:21 | 00:02:26 | think it was six months or sometime |
| 00:02:24 | 00:02:29 | after being in a relationship with my |
| 00:02:26 | 00:02:31 | boyfriend at the time he was telling me |
| 00:02:29 | 00:02:34 | hey you should start an online business |
| 00:02:31 | 00:02:36 | and because he had an only business so |
| 00:02:34 | 00:02:38 | he has his own blog that he's been doing |
| 00:02:36 | 00:02:39 | for the last eight years and so he was |
| 00:02:38 | 00:02:42 | pushing me to start an online business |
| 00:02:39 | 00:02:44 | because he was seeing how much I worked |
| 00:02:42 | 00:02:46 | and how little time I had for him and so |
| 00:02:44 | 00:02:48 | he wanted me to have more time to spend |
| 00:02:46 | 00:02:51 | with him and also because he was able to |
| 00:02:48 | 00:02:53 | work from his computer so he was able to |
| 00:02:51 | 00:02:55 | travel the world and work independently |
| 00:02:53 | 00:02:57 | and did not really have any strings |
| 00:02:55 | 00:03:00 | attached she didn't have really any |
| 00:02:57 | 00:03:02 | obligations and so for myself you know I |
| 00:03:00 | 00:03:04 | can't just pick up my things and leave |
| 00:03:02 | 00:03:06 | school for a month or leave my work it |
| 00:03:04 | 00:03:08 | just didn't really work out that way and |
| 00:03:06 | 00:03:10 | so he was really kind of encouraging me |
| 00:03:08 | 00:03:12 | to start an online business but I really |
| 00:03:10 | 00:03:14 | didn't want to I really didn't like the |
| 00:03:12 | 00:03:16 | idea of working on the computer |
| 00:03:14 | 00:03:20 | I didn't even own a computer at the time |
| 00:03:16 | 00:03:23 | I had an iPad and so for me it was just |
| 00:03:20 | 00:03:25 | not really an intriguing idea so I kind |
| 00:03:23 | 00:03:28 | of held off on that for a while and then |
| 00:03:25 | 00:03:29 | one day I was like okay let me just try |
| 00:03:28 | 00:03:31 | this because this is getting too much |
| 00:03:29 | 00:03:33 | you know I was just not having any time |
| 00:03:31 | 00:03:36 | to spend with him and I was not enjoying |
| 00:03:33 | 00:03:39 | my days and not enjoying the work that I |
| 00:03:36 | 00:03:41 | did and so I tried it you know there's |
| 00:03:39 | 00:03:44 | so many different ways to make money |
| 00:03:41 | 00:03:45 | online and so I tried a few different |
| 00:03:44 | 00:03:47 | things this is before I knew about |
| 00:03:45 | 00:03:51 | selling on Amazon and so the first thing |
| 00:03:47 | 00:03:53 | I tried was Kindle publishing I took his |
| 00:03:51 | 00:03:55 | course which is K money mastery it's a |
| 00:03:53 | 00:03:57 | great course and it taught me to publish |
| 00:03:55 | 00:04:00 | books online and sell them and become my |
| 00:03:57 | 00:04:03 | you know self-published and so I haven't |
| 00:04:00 | 00:04:05 | had a puppy he's some cute Simba and |
| 00:04:03 | 00:04:07 | basically I |
| 00:04:05 | 00:04:10 | used him on the cover of my books for |
| 00:04:07 | 00:04:13 | inspiration I did I started a dog |
| 00:04:10 | 00:04:15 | training line of books and so a lot of |
| 00:04:13 | 00:04:17 | the books I didn't write myself I used |
| 00:04:15 | 00:04:19 | ghost writers but some of the books I |
| 00:04:17 | 00:04:21 | did write myself because I've actually |
| 00:04:19 | 00:04:22 | learning to train my dog and so I was |
| 00:04:21 | 00:04:23 | using that information to write the |
| 00:04:22 | 00:04:25 | books they're not like big novels |
| 00:04:23 | 00:04:27 | they're short books and so then I would |
| 00:04:25 | 00:04:28 | take a picture my job and he'd be the |
| 00:04:27 | 00:04:31 | cover of the book and it was really |
| 00:04:28 | 00:04:33 | really cute but I did that for a while |
| 00:04:31 | 00:04:35 | and I think I had about 6 books and they |
| 00:04:33 | 00:04:36 | were doing it around like maybe 600 |
| 00:04:35 | 00:04:38 | bucks a month and I was like really |
| 00:04:36 | 00:04:41 | excited it's $600 a month you know |
| 00:04:38 | 00:04:44 | that's that's a really good income for a |
| 00:04:41 | 00:04:46 | broke college student to have coming |
| 00:04:44 | 00:04:48 | from the internet and so that lasted a |
| 00:04:46 | 00:04:50 | little while but then I started to lose |
| 00:04:48 | 00:04:53 | excitement for it and I just didn't like |
| 00:04:50 | 00:04:54 | it so I was trying to pursue other you |
| 00:04:53 | 00:04:57 | know things online so I tried a few |
| 00:04:54 | 00:04:59 | different things and really liked it and |
| 00:04:57 | 00:05:02 | finally I discovered selling on Amazon |
| 00:04:59 | 00:05:05 | so the reason that I discovered it was |
| 00:05:02 | 00:05:08 | because my boyfriend was an affiliate |
| 00:05:05 | 00:05:09 | for this course and so he presented the |
| 00:05:08 | 00:05:11 | course to me he was telling me about the |
| 00:05:09 | 00:05:13 | course and so we'd both decided that we |
| 00:05:11 | 00:05:15 | wanted to learn how to sell products on |
| 00:05:13 | 00:05:17 | Amazon and so we both enrolled in the |
| 00:05:15 | 00:05:19 | course at the same time and so it was |
| 00:05:17 | 00:05:21 | excited to have him you know learning |
| 00:05:19 | 00:05:23 | the same things I was learning and so he |
| 00:05:21 | 00:05:25 | started going through the course and it |
| 00:05:23 | 00:05:27 | was a little bit of a competition of who |
| 00:05:25 | 00:05:30 | would you know achieve things faster and |
| 00:05:27 | 00:05:32 | so it was kind of fun and so he was |
| 00:05:30 | 00:05:35 | sourcing his own products and I was |
| 00:05:32 | 00:05:37 | sourcing my own products and so you know |
| 00:05:35 | 00:05:39 | prior to that of course I didn't have |
| 00:05:37 | 00:05:41 | any experience with business or online |
| 00:05:39 | 00:05:43 | selling or marketing or sales you know |
| 00:05:41 | 00:05:46 | all I knew was politikal science from |
| 00:05:43 | 00:05:49 | University and my little experience from |
| 00:05:46 | 00:05:51 | life you know so it was very new to me |
| 00:05:49 | 00:05:53 | but thank god this course was very |
| 00:05:51 | 00:05:55 | in-depth and so it helped me kind of get |
| 00:05:53 | 00:05:59 | through everything and learn everything |
| 00:05:55 | 00:06:01 | but you know when you're doing business |
| 00:05:59 | 00:06:02 | you know it's very different than I |
| 00:06:01 | 00:06:04 | think when you're studying it when |
| 00:06:02 | 00:06:06 | you're studying business in university |
| 00:06:04 | 00:06:08 | you can memorize things in a textbook |
| 00:06:06 | 00:06:09 | and you know do the test but it's |
| 00:06:08 | 00:06:11 | different when you're in it you're in it |
| 00:06:09 | 00:06:12 | and all these things are happening and |
| 00:06:11 | 00:06:15 | you have to deal with them whether you |
| 00:06:12 | 00:06:17 | like it or not and so I started to learn |
| 00:06:15 | 00:06:18 | a lot in a short period of time |
| 00:06:17 | 00:06:20 | and that's actually when I started to do |
| 00:06:18 | 00:06:22 | self development because I started |
| 00:06:20 | 00:06:25 | learning so much and I became kind of |
| 00:06:22 | 00:06:27 | addicted to the idea of learning and I |
| 00:06:25 | 00:06:29 | really enjoyed learning new things every |
| 00:06:27 | 00:06:32 | day and I yeah I started to get addicted |
| 00:06:29 | 00:06:34 | to the process of just growing and |
| 00:06:32 | 00:06:37 | learning so that's when the self |
| 00:06:34 | 00:06:39 | development kicked in so I started with |
| 00:06:37 | 00:06:42 | a product so that was a cognacs punch |
| 00:06:39 | 00:06:43 | very small product I picked it because |
| 00:06:42 | 00:06:46 | it was small lightweight it was very |
| 00:06:43 | 00:06:48 | cheap I really didn't have much money I |
| 00:06:46 | 00:06:51 | mean again for a college student |
| 00:06:48 | 00:06:53 | my first inventory was $300 I actually |
| 00:06:51 | 00:06:56 | was less than $300 at self invoice it's |
| 00:06:53 | 00:06:58 | like two hundred and eighty something so |
| 00:06:56 | 00:07:00 | that was how much my first inventory |
| 00:06:58 | 00:07:02 | costs because these products they were |
| 00:07:00 | 00:07:04 | so small they costed like a couple |
| 00:07:02 | 00:07:06 | pennies each and I would sell them for |
| 00:07:04 | 00:07:09 | $10 on Amazon so really good profit |
| 00:07:06 | 00:07:10 | margins but for those watching this |
| 00:07:09 | 00:07:12 | video today you guys are gonna say oh |
| 00:07:10 | 00:07:13 | you know that doesn't work today and |
| 00:07:12 | 00:07:15 | it's true you know what works for me |
| 00:07:13 | 00:07:17 | three years ago isn't gonna work for you |
| 00:07:15 | 00:07:19 | today you know you're very it's gonna be |
| 00:07:17 | 00:07:21 | very hard to find your first inventory |
| 00:07:19 | 00:07:23 | around $300 that just doesn't exist |
| 00:07:21 | 00:07:25 | anymore and it's gonna be you know you |
| 00:07:23 | 00:07:27 | don't want to sell a product that's ten |
| 00:07:25 | 00:07:28 | dollars because if you sell a product |
| 00:07:27 | 00:07:32 | that's ten dollars now it becomes an |
| 00:07:28 | 00:07:35 | add-on item on Amazon and you can't |
| 00:07:32 | 00:07:37 | basically check out that item until you |
| 00:07:35 | 00:07:40 | buy more things on Amazon as a as a |
| 00:07:37 | 00:07:42 | buyer so it's not good from selling |
| 00:07:40 | 00:07:44 | perspective anyways having said that |
| 00:07:42 | 00:07:48 | that was my first product experience |
| 00:07:44 | 00:07:51 | started selling and it was cool it was |
| 00:07:48 | 00:07:53 | cool for me to have a product that was I |
| 00:07:51 | 00:07:54 | created this product you know I didn't |
| 00:07:53 | 00:07:57 | really create the actual physical |
| 00:07:54 | 00:07:59 | contact sponge but the product was mine |
| 00:07:57 | 00:08:02 | I had my own logo my own brand name my |
| 00:07:59 | 00:08:04 | special packaging that I customized and |
| 00:08:02 | 00:08:08 | I decided on and it was cool to actually |
| 00:08:04 | 00:08:10 | have like the samples in my hand and to |
| 00:08:08 | 00:08:11 | you know be able to give them to my |
| 00:08:10 | 00:08:14 | friends and family and I was proud of it |
| 00:08:11 | 00:08:15 | and so it was very exciting for me and |
| 00:08:14 | 00:08:18 | so I started making some sales and I |
| 00:08:15 | 00:08:21 | brought I got up to you around I think |
| 00:08:18 | 00:08:23 | it was like $5,000 a month maybe less no |
| 00:08:21 | 00:08:26 | maybe a thousand dollars a month I can't |
| 00:08:23 | 00:08:27 | remember so long ago but anyways it was |
| 00:08:26 | 00:08:29 | a significant amount of sales for |
| 00:08:27 | 00:08:32 | someone who's never made money |
| 00:08:29 | 00:08:34 | that online and so it really encouraged |
| 00:08:32 | 00:08:35 | me but the problem with that product is |
| 00:08:34 | 00:08:38 | that it was a trend it was a training |
| 00:08:35 | 00:08:40 | product and the trend kind of died down |
| 00:08:38 | 00:08:41 | and then my sales dropped and I didn't |
| 00:08:40 | 00:08:44 | know why and I said what am I doing |
| 00:08:41 | 00:08:46 | wrong and so at that point in time I |
| 00:08:44 | 00:08:49 | decided okay let me look for another |
| 00:08:46 | 00:08:52 | product so having the experience that I |
| 00:08:49 | 00:08:53 | had I had gone through the course that |
| 00:08:52 | 00:08:55 | meets inside a machine course and so I |
| 00:08:53 | 00:08:58 | knew how to privately a little product |
| 00:08:55 | 00:08:59 | so now when I repeat the process it |
| 00:08:58 | 00:09:02 | becomes a lot easier because you already |
| 00:08:59 | 00:09:05 | know all the steps and so now all I had |
| 00:09:02 | 00:09:08 | to do was pick a product and then I knew |
| 00:09:05 | 00:09:10 | what to do with it and so for me picking |
| 00:09:08 | 00:09:12 | my second product it was kind of like |
| 00:09:10 | 00:09:14 | you know what something I like and so I |
| 00:09:12 | 00:09:18 | looked into my makeup bag and I saw this |
| 00:09:14 | 00:09:20 | 3d fiber mascara the big brand at the |
| 00:09:18 | 00:09:23 | time was Union which they're kind of |
| 00:09:20 | 00:09:25 | like a multi-level marketing cosmetiks |
| 00:09:23 | 00:09:28 | business but they were really really big |
| 00:09:25 | 00:09:31 | at the time again another trend and so I |
| 00:09:28 | 00:09:33 | thought oh it'd be so cool to private |
| 00:09:31 | 00:09:36 | label this product and make it my |
| 00:09:33 | 00:09:38 | product because I love having long |
| 00:09:36 | 00:09:41 | lashes and I would really use this |
| 00:09:38 | 00:09:42 | product myself now you know looking back |
| 00:09:41 | 00:09:45 | at the way that I was thinking I |
| 00:09:42 | 00:09:46 | wouldn't recommend using that train of |
| 00:09:45 | 00:09:48 | thought nowadays when you guys are |
| 00:09:46 | 00:09:50 | sourcing products because you want to go |
| 00:09:48 | 00:09:51 | where the market is you don't just want |
| 00:09:50 | 00:09:53 | a source a product that you think is |
| 00:09:51 | 00:09:55 | awesome and exciting and the product |
| 00:09:53 | 00:09:57 | that you would use you want to find out |
| 00:09:55 | 00:10:01 | what the market wants to buy and what |
| 00:09:57 | 00:10:03 | the market desires and so anyways I |
| 00:10:01 | 00:10:06 | didn't know that at the time and I |
| 00:10:03 | 00:10:09 | sourced the product and I called it wow |
| 00:10:06 | 00:10:11 | lash because at that time I started |
| 00:10:09 | 00:10:13 | working in a bank and at the bank people |
| 00:10:11 | 00:10:15 | would come up to my tail and because I |
| 00:10:13 | 00:10:17 | had this sample for the mascara I would |
| 00:10:15 | 00:10:19 | wear it everyday and people would come |
| 00:10:17 | 00:10:22 | up to me that wow your lashes are so |
| 00:10:19 | 00:10:24 | long and I was like oh wow that's a good |
| 00:10:22 | 00:10:27 | name for the mascara if I have it called |
| 00:10:24 | 00:10:29 | wow lash so I was really proud of that I |
| 00:10:27 | 00:10:32 | always tell people this story Wow lash |
| 00:10:29 | 00:10:34 | and so I made the logo with like the O |
| 00:10:32 | 00:10:36 | became an eye and it was really really |
| 00:10:34 | 00:10:38 | cute and I was really excited to receive |
| 00:10:36 | 00:10:40 | that and so you know when you're |
| 00:10:38 | 00:10:41 | passionate about what you do things |
| 00:10:40 | 00:10:44 | become effort |
| 00:10:41 | 00:10:46 | and so for me I just really enjoyed this |
| 00:10:44 | 00:10:49 | whole process of sourcing products and |
| 00:10:46 | 00:10:51 | so I searched the mascara you know it |
| 00:10:49 | 00:10:53 | was good it started selling on Amazon |
| 00:10:51 | 00:10:55 | it's super awesome at the time I know |
| 00:10:53 | 00:10:56 | you guys are if you guys are selling now |
| 00:10:55 | 00:10:59 | you'll see that you know the beauty |
| 00:10:56 | 00:11:01 | categories a gated category and at the |
| 00:10:59 | 00:11:03 | time it wasn't so you know three years |
| 00:11:01 | 00:11:06 | ago it's a lot easier to do a lot of |
| 00:11:03 | 00:11:09 | things that I did and you know with the |
| 00:11:06 | 00:11:10 | mascara it is a product that you do have |
| 00:11:09 | 00:11:14 | a risk of liability you're putting |
| 00:11:10 | 00:11:16 | something on your eye near your eyeball |
| 00:11:14 | 00:11:18 | that can potentially go in your eye and |
| 00:11:16 | 00:11:20 | cause reaction and people who have very |
| 00:11:18 | 00:11:24 | sensitive eyes they can have a very |
| 00:11:20 | 00:11:28 | serious reaction to that in fact one of |
| 00:11:24 | 00:11:31 | my best friends she sampled my product |
| 00:11:28 | 00:11:34 | and it was so bad her whole eye turned |
| 00:11:31 | 00:11:37 | bright red it was really really bad she |
| 00:11:34 | 00:11:39 | had a severe allergic reaction to it and |
| 00:11:37 | 00:11:42 | somehow it was only happened to her and |
| 00:11:39 | 00:11:43 | none of my customers for many many many |
| 00:11:42 | 00:11:46 | months never had any problems with the |
| 00:11:43 | 00:11:48 | product only my best friend so I felt |
| 00:11:46 | 00:11:50 | bad about that but that just shows the |
| 00:11:48 | 00:11:52 | risk that you're putting herself in you |
| 00:11:50 | 00:11:54 | know if she was a customer she could |
| 00:11:52 | 00:11:55 | have potentially sued me or she could |
| 00:11:54 | 00:11:58 | have gotten me a lot of trouble you know |
| 00:11:55 | 00:12:00 | so you definitely have to do your due |
| 00:11:58 | 00:12:02 | diligence understand the risk the |
| 00:12:00 | 00:12:04 | liability risk with products like that |
| 00:12:02 | 00:12:07 | cosmetik products parks that you ingest |
| 00:12:04 | 00:12:09 | put on her skin putting your eyes you |
| 00:12:07 | 00:12:12 | know anything like that and so I didn't |
| 00:12:09 | 00:12:14 | again being so new didn't realize that |
| 00:12:12 | 00:12:16 | at the time and it wasn't until that |
| 00:12:14 | 00:12:17 | happened with my best friend that I |
| 00:12:16 | 00:12:20 | actually got the scariness oh my god |
| 00:12:17 | 00:12:23 | this is serious so I kind of wanted to |
| 00:12:20 | 00:12:26 | get out of that and the product trends |
| 00:12:23 | 00:12:28 | started to die down anyways because it |
| 00:12:26 | 00:12:31 | was just again a trend so it started to |
| 00:12:28 | 00:12:35 | die down so I just had to start making a |
| 00:12:31 | 00:12:37 | new product and oh yeah I think at that |
| 00:12:35 | 00:12:40 | time is when I went to my first ASM |
| 00:12:37 | 00:12:42 | event no it was at the time of the |
| 00:12:40 | 00:12:44 | cognacs sponge actually so during the |
| 00:12:42 | 00:12:46 | time that I had the chronic sponge |
| 00:12:44 | 00:12:48 | product I went to an ASM live event and |
| 00:12:46 | 00:12:50 | these events basically are events that |
| 00:12:48 | 00:12:52 | the amazing selling machine hosts if you |
| 00:12:50 | 00:12:53 | purchase the course you're allowed to go |
| 00:12:52 | 00:12:55 | to them they have them every |
| 00:12:53 | 00:12:57 | and they basically have this big event |
| 00:12:55 | 00:12:59 | where they have speakers that come in |
| 00:12:57 | 00:13:01 | and you learn a lot about selling on |
| 00:12:59 | 00:13:03 | Amazon a lot that you won't find on |
| 00:13:01 | 00:13:04 | Google or YouTube or you won't find in |
| 00:13:03 | 00:13:06 | the course but you can also network with |
| 00:13:04 | 00:13:09 | people and you meet a lot of people so |
| 00:13:06 | 00:13:12 | it was when I went to that event that I |
| 00:13:09 | 00:13:15 | really got excited about this business |
| 00:13:12 | 00:13:16 | because prior to that my goal was you |
| 00:13:15 | 00:13:19 | know I'll make a couple hundred dollars |
| 00:13:16 | 00:13:21 | and I'm happy or I'll make a couple |
| 00:13:19 | 00:13:23 | thousand dollars and I'd be super happy |
| 00:13:21 | 00:13:25 | and then that could support me for the |
| 00:13:23 | 00:13:27 | rest of my life but when I went to that |
| 00:13:25 | 00:13:30 | event I actually saw the potential I |
| 00:13:27 | 00:13:33 | actually realized that oh this is a lot |
| 00:13:30 | 00:13:36 | better than I thought and I went to the |
| 00:13:33 | 00:13:37 | event and I met people that were doing |
| 00:13:36 | 00:13:39 | ten thousand dollars a month and they |
| 00:13:37 | 00:13:41 | started selling a few months ago and |
| 00:13:39 | 00:13:42 | then there's speakers that were doing a |
| 00:13:41 | 00:13:43 | hundred thousand dollars a month and |
| 00:13:42 | 00:13:46 | speakers who were doing million dollars |
| 00:13:43 | 00:13:48 | in loans which is crazy and you know |
| 00:13:46 | 00:13:50 | prior to that I didn't even know that |
| 00:13:48 | 00:13:51 | was possible like I would I would always |
| 00:13:50 | 00:13:54 | assume that anyone who would say |
| 00:13:51 | 00:13:57 | something like that is you know fraud |
| 00:13:54 | 00:13:59 | dishonest scam and but when you're here |
| 00:13:57 | 00:14:02 | you know you know first person from |
| 00:13:59 | 00:14:06 | someone you actually trust it's really |
| 00:14:02 | 00:14:09 | just I open aid and so I heard that and |
| 00:14:06 | 00:14:11 | I I like I remember like I had |
| 00:14:09 | 00:14:12 | goosebumps in my arms and I said oh my |
| 00:14:11 | 00:14:15 | gosh |
| 00:14:12 | 00:14:18 | like I have so much opportunity thank |
| 00:14:15 | 00:14:21 | God I live in this day and age where we |
| 00:14:18 | 00:14:23 | have so many opportunities and I just |
| 00:14:21 | 00:14:25 | got really excited and that's really |
| 00:14:23 | 00:14:27 | what pushed me and motivated me to |
| 00:14:25 | 00:14:29 | pursue the rest of my business it wasn't |
| 00:14:27 | 00:14:32 | until I went to that live event then I |
| 00:14:29 | 00:14:34 | started to have set higher goals for |
| 00:14:32 | 00:14:36 | myself before it was like $2,000 it's my |
| 00:14:34 | 00:14:38 | ultimate goal and I'd be happy with that |
| 00:14:36 | 00:14:41 | but that then I realized I'm limiting |
| 00:14:38 | 00:14:44 | myself when I have it in my mind I'm |
| 00:14:41 | 00:14:46 | like focus on $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 well |
| 00:14:44 | 00:14:49 | I'm never gonna make more than $2,000 |
| 00:14:46 | 00:14:51 | I'm not opening my mind up to to making |
| 00:14:49 | 00:14:54 | more and so then I raised my standards I |
| 00:14:51 | 00:14:56 | said $10,000 and then you know many |
| 00:14:54 | 00:14:58 | months later I said $20,000 and you know |
| 00:14:56 | 00:15:00 | the goals would higher and higher and |
| 00:14:58 | 00:15:02 | higher and now every month you know my |
| 00:15:00 | 00:15:03 | goal changes and it's really exciting |
| 00:15:02 | 00:15:05 | and I believe truly believe that |
| 00:15:03 | 00:15:07 | whatever you set your mind |
| 00:15:05 | 00:15:09 | you can achieve so if you're setting |
| 00:15:07 | 00:15:12 | your mind as low as $2,000 great you can |
| 00:15:09 | 00:15:15 | achieve that but set it you know the |
| 00:15:12 | 00:15:18 | sky's the limit really be realistik but |
| 00:15:15 | 00:15:20 | the sky is the limit I think so yeah |
| 00:15:18 | 00:15:22 | that was an important part of my journey |
| 00:15:20 | 00:15:25 | so I had to start selling a new product |
| 00:15:22 | 00:15:27 | but I kind of like took my time with it |
| 00:15:25 | 00:15:29 | because I was really really busy like |
| 00:15:27 | 00:15:31 | this business kept me really busy cuz I |
| 00:15:29 | 00:15:33 | was still in school and work and then |
| 00:15:31 | 00:15:35 | this business and I just don't really |
| 00:15:33 | 00:15:38 | have a lot of free time so I was just |
| 00:15:35 | 00:15:41 | like no just go stand you know whatever |
| 00:15:38 | 00:15:43 | happens happens and I didn't do any like |
| 00:15:41 | 00:15:46 | extensive product research for this next |
| 00:15:43 | 00:15:48 | product instead what I decided to do was |
| 00:15:46 | 00:15:51 | look at what I bought on Amazon so I |
| 00:15:48 | 00:15:54 | wasn't a big Amazon shopper because I |
| 00:15:51 | 00:15:57 | lived in Canada and in Canada we had |
| 00:15:54 | 00:15:59 | amazon.ca but it's not really that good |
| 00:15:57 | 00:16:01 | because they don't have that many |
| 00:15:59 | 00:16:02 | products so if I wanted to buy something |
| 00:16:01 | 00:16:05 | I would have to ship it to the border |
| 00:16:02 | 00:16:07 | from amazon.com and then dry my car to |
| 00:16:05 | 00:16:09 | the border and pick it up and so I was |
| 00:16:07 | 00:16:11 | like okay you know someone want like |
| 00:16:09 | 00:16:13 | myself what am i buying on Amazon and so |
| 00:16:11 | 00:16:18 | I saw that I was repetitively buying |
| 00:16:13 | 00:16:20 | waist trainers and so I started to look |
| 00:16:18 | 00:16:22 | into waist trainers and it didn't seem |
| 00:16:20 | 00:16:24 | like it was actually a product that was |
| 00:16:22 | 00:16:25 | smart to source and actually if you look |
| 00:16:24 | 00:16:28 | at them now it's very high competition |
| 00:16:25 | 00:16:30 | not a great niche to get into but I |
| 00:16:28 | 00:16:32 | wanted to do it anyways because it's a |
| 00:16:30 | 00:16:34 | product that I personally had success |
| 00:16:32 | 00:16:37 | with and it's a product that I was very |
| 00:16:34 | 00:16:39 | confident that I could market and I |
| 00:16:37 | 00:16:41 | think that's the only reason that I |
| 00:16:39 | 00:16:43 | succeeded with it not because the mark |
| 00:16:41 | 00:16:45 | the product is great on Amazon not |
| 00:16:43 | 00:16:47 | because it's like low competition or |
| 00:16:45 | 00:16:49 | anything like that it's just because I |
| 00:16:47 | 00:16:51 | couldn't market the product because I |
| 00:16:49 | 00:16:53 | had the results I have been waste |
| 00:16:51 | 00:16:56 | training I had seen great results from |
| 00:16:53 | 00:16:58 | it and so I realized that wow this could |
| 00:16:56 | 00:16:59 | really be good and so I kind of just |
| 00:16:58 | 00:17:01 | went on a limb and everyone told me not |
| 00:16:59 | 00:17:03 | to this product even you know my |
| 00:17:01 | 00:17:05 | boyfriend at the time he told me not to |
| 00:17:03 | 00:17:07 | do the product and everyone's like it's |
| 00:17:05 | 00:17:08 | just too complicating because not only |
| 00:17:07 | 00:17:10 | do you have to have all these different |
| 00:17:08 | 00:17:11 | sizes but you also have to have |
| 00:17:10 | 00:17:15 | different colors to suit different |
| 00:17:11 | 00:17:17 | people's styles and I just went for it |
| 00:17:15 | 00:17:17 | anyways I don't know why but I did and |
| 00:17:17 | 00:17:21 | I've had |
| 00:17:17 | 00:17:21 | I did so I started to source that |
| 00:17:21 | 00:17:24 | product |
| 00:17:21 | 00:17:25 | I found a manufacturer basically because |
| 00:17:24 | 00:17:27 | I had so much experience with waste |
| 00:17:25 | 00:17:29 | training I told the manufacturer can you |
| 00:17:27 | 00:17:31 | change this and this and this and this |
| 00:17:29 | 00:17:34 | and luckily the manufacturer was willing |
| 00:17:31 | 00:17:36 | to work with me the end product did cost |
| 00:17:34 | 00:17:39 | me more but because I had the con |
| 00:17:36 | 00:17:41 | expunged and the mascara I was making |
| 00:17:39 | 00:17:44 | sales from those and I reinvested that |
| 00:17:41 | 00:17:46 | profit into the waist trainer and so I |
| 00:17:44 | 00:17:50 | started to get my samples I loved it |
| 00:17:46 | 00:17:53 | started selling only one color pink and |
| 00:17:50 | 00:17:56 | a few different sizes on amazon.com and |
| 00:17:53 | 00:17:57 | I started to get reviews and based on |
| 00:17:56 | 00:17:59 | the reviews I would improve the product |
| 00:17:57 | 00:18:01 | so every time I would place a new order |
| 00:17:59 | 00:18:03 | with my manufacturer I would improve the |
| 00:18:01 | 00:18:05 | product quality because of course it's |
| 00:18:03 | 00:18:07 | like the higher quality your product is |
| 00:18:05 | 00:18:09 | the better your customers experience and |
| 00:18:07 | 00:18:11 | the better your customers experience the |
| 00:18:09 | 00:18:13 | better everything is for your business |
| 00:18:11 | 00:18:15 | and so I wanted the customer to have the |
| 00:18:13 | 00:18:17 | best experience possible and I still do |
| 00:18:15 | 00:18:19 | like up until this day every time I |
| 00:18:17 | 00:18:21 | place a new order we have something new |
| 00:18:19 | 00:18:22 | with the product we're always tweaking |
| 00:18:21 | 00:18:26 | it we're always changing it based on the |
| 00:18:22 | 00:18:28 | customers experience so I started to do |
| 00:18:26 | 00:18:30 | that and the sales happen naturally I |
| 00:18:28 | 00:18:32 | think you know it's just crazy there's |
| 00:18:30 | 00:18:34 | just a lot of natural sales I never |
| 00:18:32 | 00:18:36 | really spent money on advertising to be |
| 00:18:34 | 00:18:38 | honest up and I still don't spend any |
| 00:18:36 | 00:18:41 | money on advertising I just have social |
| 00:18:38 | 00:18:42 | media and YouTube so it was really |
| 00:18:41 | 00:18:44 | really interesting and I think it's just |
| 00:18:42 | 00:18:46 | because the quality was good so there |
| 00:18:44 | 00:18:48 | was positive reviews natural profit of |
| 00:18:46 | 00:18:50 | reviews based on quality and yeah it was |
| 00:18:48 | 00:18:52 | kind of like the ripple effect and |
| 00:18:50 | 00:18:54 | things grew from there every time I |
| 00:18:52 | 00:18:55 | would make more money with my Amazon |
| 00:18:54 | 00:18:57 | sales than the profits I would reinvest |
| 00:18:55 | 00:19:00 | into the business and I would buy more |
| 00:18:57 | 00:19:02 | inventory and my biggest problem was |
| 00:19:00 | 00:19:05 | that I would sell out I would be out of |
| 00:19:02 | 00:19:08 | stok and so that was my biggest problem |
| 00:19:05 | 00:19:11 | for a long time actually very long time |
| 00:19:08 | 00:19:13 | actually and it's because is there's |
| 00:19:11 | 00:19:16 | just more demand than I could afford you |
| 00:19:13 | 00:19:17 | know for someone I never had took out |
| 00:19:16 | 00:19:19 | any loans I never borrowed money from |
| 00:19:17 | 00:19:21 | any woman I literally started this |
| 00:19:19 | 00:19:23 | business with the $300 I invest in the |
| 00:19:21 | 00:19:25 | connieyc sponge and I've reinvested |
| 00:19:23 | 00:19:27 | everything since then so I sold |
| 00:19:25 | 00:19:30 | reinvested sold reinvested and I |
| 00:19:27 | 00:19:32 | the time it still wasn't paying myself |
| 00:19:30 | 00:19:34 | so I wasn't really paying myself any |
| 00:19:32 | 00:19:36 | money I was basically just reinvesting |
| 00:19:34 | 00:19:38 | all the profits in the business and so |
| 00:19:36 | 00:19:40 | for someone who's doing it that way |
| 00:19:38 | 00:19:42 | that's the slow route you know for |
| 00:19:40 | 00:19:43 | someone if you're not taking it alone if |
| 00:19:42 | 00:19:45 | you're not borrowing money from anyone |
| 00:19:43 | 00:19:47 | friends or family or anything like that |
| 00:19:45 | 00:19:49 | it can take time to build up that income |
| 00:19:47 | 00:19:52 | so that you can buy a bigger amount of |
| 00:19:49 | 00:19:54 | inventory and but I was fine with that |
| 00:19:52 | 00:19:56 | because I I wanted to do this on my own |
| 00:19:54 | 00:19:58 | this was it's a little bit of a you know |
| 00:19:56 | 00:20:00 | like I just wanted to do it on my own |
| 00:19:58 | 00:20:03 | that's basically how when it comes down |
| 00:20:00 | 00:20:05 | to and so it was a little bit slower but |
| 00:20:03 | 00:20:07 | eventually I stopped getting out of |
| 00:20:05 | 00:20:10 | stok which is great and got an |
| 00:20:07 | 00:20:13 | inventory management person so they did |
| 00:20:10 | 00:20:15 | give me inventory reports bi-weekly so I |
| 00:20:13 | 00:20:19 | know when to place an order which was |
| 00:20:15 | 00:20:21 | something I struggled with and yeah so |
| 00:20:19 | 00:20:24 | yeah I've worked it up and then I got |
| 00:20:21 | 00:20:26 | you about I think I don't know what at |
| 00:20:24 | 00:20:29 | what point I started to pay myself but |
| 00:20:26 | 00:20:32 | basically I started to pay myself after |
| 00:20:29 | 00:20:35 | you know I think it was about a year and |
| 00:20:32 | 00:20:38 | a half ago that I maybe more two years |
| 00:20:35 | 00:20:41 | ago I'm so bad but I started to pay |
| 00:20:38 | 00:20:43 | myself eventually and then after a few |
| 00:20:41 | 00:20:45 | months of paying myself I started to I |
| 00:20:43 | 00:20:47 | quit my job you know so happy to quit my |
| 00:20:45 | 00:20:51 | job oh my gosh I was the best feeling |
| 00:20:47 | 00:20:52 | ever actually quit my so I was working |
| 00:20:51 | 00:20:54 | at the bank and I quit my job at the |
| 00:20:52 | 00:20:57 | bank because I decided to go on a four |
| 00:20:54 | 00:20:59 | month vacation to Thailand and then when |
| 00:20:57 | 00:21:01 | I came back I got a job as a server at |
| 00:20:59 | 00:21:03 | another restaurant and I did that for a |
| 00:21:01 | 00:21:05 | while while I was working on my business |
| 00:21:03 | 00:21:06 | and I actually stopped doing school at |
| 00:21:05 | 00:21:10 | that time so when I went to Thailand I |
| 00:21:06 | 00:21:11 | stopped doing school because you know I |
| 00:21:10 | 00:21:13 | was going travelling but I actually |
| 00:21:11 | 00:21:15 | never returned to school after that |
| 00:21:13 | 00:21:17 | because once I came back my business |
| 00:21:15 | 00:21:19 | started to grow more I started working |
| 00:21:17 | 00:21:21 | part-time as a server I didn't have time |
| 00:21:19 | 00:21:22 | for school anymore I wanted to focus on |
| 00:21:21 | 00:21:25 | my business I saw the potential that |
| 00:21:22 | 00:21:27 | right and so I started to do more of my |
| 00:21:25 | 00:21:30 | business stuff and eventually I quit |
| 00:21:27 | 00:21:31 | that job as a server and I remember I |
| 00:21:30 | 00:21:32 | was working there and they're like so |
| 00:21:31 | 00:21:35 | why are you quitting and I'm like I'm |
| 00:21:32 | 00:21:36 | gonna pursue my business like oh really |
| 00:21:35 | 00:21:39 | your business makes enough money for you |
| 00:21:36 | 00:21:39 | to live off of I remember I people ask |
| 00:21:39 | 00:21:41 | me that all that |
| 00:21:39 | 00:21:43 | I'm whenever I tell them I have I sell |
| 00:21:41 | 00:21:45 | products online they were like oh really |
| 00:21:43 | 00:21:47 | is that something you can afford and you |
| 00:21:45 | 00:21:51 | can live off of that like oh yeah don't |
| 00:21:47 | 00:21:53 | worry I'm good so yeah so I quit that |
| 00:21:51 | 00:21:55 | and then I started to you know pay |
| 00:21:53 | 00:21:57 | myself more and then I moved out and I |
| 00:21:55 | 00:22:00 | went full-time in my business and yeah |
| 00:21:57 | 00:22:02 | it's like now you know my business |
| 00:22:00 | 00:22:04 | I moved my business not just on Amazon I |
| 00:22:02 | 00:22:06 | lived it primarily on my website is |
| 00:22:04 | 00:22:07 | where we make all the sales now my |
| 00:22:06 | 00:22:08 | website I have so many different |
| 00:22:07 | 00:22:11 | products I actually don't even know how |
| 00:22:08 | 00:22:13 | many products we have so many different |
| 00:22:11 | 00:22:15 | SKUs but that gives people variety so |
| 00:22:13 | 00:22:17 | they have options if they want to buy |
| 00:22:15 | 00:22:18 | something to suit different needs they |
| 00:22:17 | 00:22:22 | have the options to do that but we still |
| 00:22:18 | 00:22:25 | have the main products on Amazon and |
| 00:22:22 | 00:22:27 | yeah so I went from like you know zero |
| 00:22:25 | 00:22:30 | you know my income changes every month |
| 00:22:27 | 00:22:33 | depending on the sales but it ranges |
| 00:22:30 | 00:22:35 | from fifty to eighty thousand a month in |
| 00:22:33 | 00:22:38 | sales which is really really exciting |
| 00:22:35 | 00:22:39 | it's cool and you know we're building |
| 00:22:38 | 00:22:42 | our team which I'm really excited about |
| 00:22:39 | 00:22:44 | I love every one that works with me |
| 00:22:42 | 00:22:47 | because they're all awesome they're all |
| 00:22:44 | 00:22:51 | women and we are super we're small |
| 00:22:47 | 00:22:51 | there's only four people but yeah it's |
| 00:22:51 | 00:22:54 | really cool |
| 00:22:51 | 00:22:58 | basically I now travel the world with my |
| 00:22:54 | 00:22:59 | computer I moved to Panama and I travel |
| 00:22:58 | 00:23:02 | the world and I do things on my own |
| 00:22:59 | 00:23:04 | clock and I'm just forever grateful and |
| 00:23:02 | 00:23:07 | I'm just excited I have so much passion |
| 00:23:04 | 00:23:09 | to continue my business you know when I |
| 00:23:07 | 00:23:12 | take too much time away I feel eager to |
| 00:23:09 | 00:23:14 | get back to work so you know I think |
| 00:23:12 | 00:23:16 | overall when I think about my health yet |
| 00:23:14 | 00:23:19 | like I put more hours in my work now I |
| 00:23:16 | 00:23:22 | spend more time working now than I did |
| 00:23:19 | 00:23:25 | at my day job but it's time well spent |
| 00:23:22 | 00:23:28 | because I'm investing this time into my |
| 00:23:25 | 00:23:30 | brand and a brand that is growing and |
| 00:23:28 | 00:23:32 | it's an asset you know eventually if I |
| 00:23:30 | 00:23:34 | want I could sell my brand which is |
| 00:23:32 | 00:23:37 | super exciting a huge opportunity there |
| 00:23:34 | 00:23:40 | so I'm not working just for a paycheck |
| 00:23:37 | 00:23:43 | I'm working for a future and I'm really |
| 00:23:40 | 00:23:48 | excited about it and yeah it's super |
| 00:23:43 | 00:23:50 | awesome and really really grateful and |
| 00:23:48 | 00:23:52 | yeah just continuing to grow and just |
| 00:23:50 | 00:23:53 | expanding you to different opportunities |
| 00:23:52 | 00:23:55 | you know things like I share on my |
| 00:23:53 | 00:23:56 | YouTube channel there's affiliate |
| 00:23:55 | 00:23:58 | marketing and there's just so many |
| 00:23:56 | 00:24:00 | different things that you can tie into |
| 00:23:58 | 00:24:04 | this type of business which is really |
| 00:24:00 | 00:24:06 | really cool and yeah and so now I kind |
| 00:24:04 | 00:24:08 | of help people with their businesses on |
| 00:24:06 | 00:24:11 | Amazon I help them reach their goals |
| 00:24:08 | 00:24:13 | because I have the first-hand experience |
| 00:24:11 | 00:24:16 | you know I've gone through so much and I |
| 00:24:13 | 00:24:17 | I've failed so many times guys and you |
| 00:24:16 | 00:24:19 | know it's like you don't see all the |
| 00:24:17 | 00:24:22 | failures I've had so many times just |
| 00:24:19 | 00:24:24 | like crying in my bed because I lost X |
| 00:24:22 | 00:24:27 | amount of dollars or X amount of time or |
| 00:24:24 | 00:24:28 | I just messed up total you or I want to |
| 00:24:27 | 00:24:31 | give up because I'm so stressed on the |
| 00:24:28 | 00:24:34 | phone with Amazon customer support for |
| 00:24:31 | 00:24:36 | 15 hours like you guys don't see that |
| 00:24:34 | 00:24:38 | part of it but that's what's made me who |
| 00:24:36 | 00:24:40 | I am today and it's helped me because I |
| 00:24:38 | 00:24:43 | learned all this stuff that I can now |
| 00:24:40 | 00:24:45 | share with you guys and I'm so grateful |
| 00:24:43 | 00:24:47 | for it because I think it really can |
| 00:24:45 | 00:24:51 | help people who are in the position that |
| 00:24:47 | 00:24:53 | I was in a couple years ago so hopefully |
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