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post 1504466911 05-11-2017, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted By WhatSupDudE⏩
What do you do for SEO these days?
Do you target local keywords or?
I know quite a lot about IM, lots of experience, but hit rock bottom these days, PM with your skype if you'd like maybe I could learn something from you/work for you?
Also have you looked into FB ads? There's lot of gold there too..
We target about 50 keywords.
Havent touched FB ads yet
PM me for skype
Originally Posted By SkySailing⏩
Do you outsource your seo? What do you think about affiliate and social media marketing? Trying to get into those fields ATM but seo is a bitch. No one even visits my site although I have some followers and seo for my site/instagram.

What are some ways to invest 60k?
We do a lot of our own SEO and meta tags
Social Media marketing can be huge
Invest 60k into bitcoin, serious
Originally Posted By doughnutking⏩
Is this self belief in getting better, as in your way to deal with your medical issues or have the docs given you the all clear and say you'll make it?
Nah, doctors havent given me an all clear. But, right now, everything is under control. So I am fine and itll stay this way until it doesnt. Then Ill just deal with it all again
Originally Posted By y0lked⏩
assume i have half a million in a couple years from real estate investing and want to invest in start ups. what would you advise?
Not really enough. Hedge funds and VC's are in the billions. With 500k, you cant invest in any legit startup.
Originally Posted By VTheKing⏩
Is that why your hamburger blog is dead? :<
I had one?
Originally Posted By ScrillaVilla⏩
Good to see everything with your business is doing so well. I'm running 3 sites currently, hoping it's my turn soon.jpg.

If you ever need a graphic or web designer shoot me a PM
Will do.
Originally Posted By rrnold⏩
What's the deal with the health story everyone is asking?

If you're having unexplained health problems have you considered mold as a possible cause? Srs question
Well, Ive got like 6 air purifiers around my house and one in my office. Health... Ehhh its a lot of stuff lol.
Originally Posted By Nameless15⏩
Looking into doing the same with aquarium parts (aquarium enthusiast)
You said you started on ebay, did you buy and flip or howd that go?

And how do you go about finding/acquiring a supplier for your business, doubt they would just supply to anyone so how did you get enough reputation to get the parts sold to you as a business?
Yea buy and flip to start. Found suppliers on aliexpress.com well it was just alibaba.com back then
Originally Posted By BrocepCurls⏩
Shieeet I remember you. Good job on your success
ty sir
Originally Posted By OffwhiteBrah⏩
wtf is up with gazelle.com, why do they want to give you such poverty rates for your phone ? they offered me $155 for an iphone 6 plus in mint condition
thats about all your phone is worth tbh. I wouldnt even give you that for it. If you sold it yourself you might get $200
Originally Posted By TiredOfTrying⏩
Anything really, i just want to buy and sell.
My degree is in business an administration.
Im a personal trainer right now, i get paid 640$ cash every monday. I have avout 5k savings.
Why dont you try to get clients on the side then? Post CL ads? Post FB ads for training and make a website. Do your research and make a proper video. Go do in house sessions. Rich people love when you come to them. Find a bull shi.t new excercise and target people with it.
Originally Posted By KCBadBoy⏩
What do you drive these days?
A tesla model S and Lincoln MKC. Both paid off.
Originally Posted By Astyanax⏩
I'm about to start my own consumer packaged goods business. I will be doing the product development, sourcing materials, and then having it made by contract manufacturers. I plan to do marketing to retailers myself, but I will need to hire outside help in the beginning to design a logo and website. What is a reasonable amount to pay for that service?

My accountant is saying to set up the business as an S corp to avoid double taxation. Does that sound legit to you?
No idea on setting up the business for legal reasons. Upwork.com for hiring a freelancer. Logo - $200. Website, depends on what you need. $500-$3000 depending on how in dpeth it is. Our current one cost $3,000 to build but the new one in dev is $10,000 due to the amount of plugins and features were working with
Originally Posted By DefCrazy⏩
After making your money, have you noticed a lot of people from your past hitting you up out of nowhere wanting to catch up? Even the ones you never really talked to like that? And are most women after you nowadays gold diggers?
Not at all. Sure some friends ask for cash. And yes Ive loaned about $10,000 to friends and family. I haven't received a penny back. when someone ask to borrow, I give it with the notion Ill never get repaid. But I never bring it up, and it is what it is
Originally Posted By RainingBlood⏩
hi shayz, do you remember me
Sorry, no
Originally Posted By digital022⏩
Manufacturers don't just hand out distribution deals, so how did you go from being a store front and dealing with distributors (I'd imagine), to actually becoming a distributor.
We buy it all from China. I dont work with US manufacturers.
Originally Posted By BigPoppaPump84⏩
What an incredible story. Congrats man. So the misc is only 99.9999999% degenerates.
A lot of the misc has good in it
Originally Posted By HairyWBush⏩
I need some advice. living with an elderly family member. got about $2k in checking right now. doing a lot better now than where I was later last year, but what should I do? What other things can I do myself to make $ and should I start now or when I'm on my own? I'm very hands on and have always specialized in automotive.
Post help ads on CL. Use the Takl app to offer your services. etc etc. You can always freelance
Originally Posted By nosirrahx⏩
Do you ever have a touch of what they call "imposter syndrome" where you feel like you are somehow getting away with something you are not entitled to?

I did well enough to retire set for life @ 40 but while the business was growing I always felt uneasy even though all of my ideas turned to gold.

I know that I knew my sh!t but this little voice inside of my head was always trying to break me down.

I didn't find out that this was even a thing or that lots of high achievers suffer from it until recently.


Since you are in a situation similar to my own I am going to issue you a challenge.

Do your best to balance your luxury with your charity.
Not really. I feel like I worked for what I have. I grew up lower middle class. Ive let my dad retire and I give both my parents money monthly. I bought them a house, and feel like everything Ive gotten is attributed to my family, myself, and the misc.

Charity, I dont do enough, but id say we donate around $10,000 a year. Definitely need to do more. My goal is to one day open a pet shelter. Thatd be amazing. i love dogs.
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post 1504467001 05-11-2017, 05:46 PM
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truly amazing to menyou became a millionaire by selling phone parts on ebay and amazon. i mean that in the best way
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Bruv how many times are you going to make this exact thread?
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post 1504467181 05-11-2017, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted By tank2003⏩
Shayz...Have you been taking breaks from the misc?
yea, life brah
Originally Posted By JaxBrah⏩
truly amazing to menyou became a millionaire by selling phone parts on ebay and amazon. i mean that in the best way
well, it started on ebay. But the transition to my own ecommerce had led to the highest profits and growth
RIP mainsqueeze530

y u leave us so early bro?
post 1504467251 05-11-2017, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted By p7nk⏩
Bruv how many times are you going to make this exact thread?
its been like 5 years... new miscers, new times, new people.
RIP mainsqueeze530

y u leave us so early bro?
post 1504467341 05-11-2017, 05:49 PM
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fyi

I remember when this guy(OP) made a thread asking for someone to design logo for his cell phone repair business on misc

and look at him now

damn

Congratz


hope your health is good


no questions.
post 1504467401 05-11-2017, 05:50 PM
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I have programming and Graphic Design skills, currently work as an in-house SEO and want to gtfo of this socialist hellhole. Can I send you my resume?
post 1504467461 05-11-2017, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted By ShayZ⏩
not yet. Happy with our adwords spend.
you srsly need to get on ******** ads breh

i use retargeting to advertise to people who come to my site but dont buy anything and i convert 10% (at the very least -- usually more) of these lost 'leads'

it's insane what you can do with FB targeting these days

plus, since it seems like you're getting good traffic, you really should be building your FB pixel (which is like a little line of code you install on your site) so you can use FB 'intelligence' to find you more similar customers

FB stores all your private data for a reason m8. it's so business owners like you and me can make a killing using it
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post 1504467521 05-11-2017, 05:51 PM
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in college and feel like i'm wasting away. working regular 9-5 office job doing same thing day in and day out til i die sounds like legit hell to me.

my true, honest interest (besides fitness) is e-commerce and buying things in bulk in a niche market from alibaba then reselling on amazon and ebay. will you mentor me?
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******** ads are an absolute goldmine at the moment if you haven't used it already. they are cheap as hell for what they are worth. It will eventually go the way of Google Ads...it won't be cheap in a few years, but its great value for now
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When you expanded the company was it self funded or did you have outside investors?

What were some of the biggest mistakes you had and what did you learn from them, which were the best experiences?

I just accepted an offer out of college and will be doing pretty for myself,advice on personal finance and the long run?
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How high volume are the keywords? What are they worth to get #1?

I can get you #1 on them srs
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Wow, it's been forever.

I bet half the new posters don't know who you are. How's business? I remember talking to you WAYYYYY back, I still use your business sometimes as an example when talking with friends.


Is it still as profitable as it used to be? What's changed? I'll hit $1m by about 31/32 at the latest assuming the market doesn't tank.
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Originally Posted By ShayZ⏩
Ive got around 200k into my IRA right now, max yearly contribution I can give has been around $50k, and done that 3 yrs in a row.
How? My max allowed is $5500. The only other way I know is mega backdoor if a 401k plan allows after-tax contributions (that can be converted to Roth in-plan).
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Originally Posted By Luc1fer⏩
How? My max allowed is $5500. The only other way I know is mega backdoor if a 401k plan allows after-tax contributions (that can be converted to Roth in-plan).
In after Lucifer and ShayZ. Bunch of money making people ITT.

I've never used a mega backdoor, interesting. I've done backdoor roths for a few years, did this years just a few weeks ago. So you can sometimes contribute to a 401k after tax, and then move that into a Roth?

Is the Roth through your personal brokerage or does it have to be through your employer plan?

What's the limit?

I know I could Google this but you guys are more fun to talk to.
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ShayZ the GOAT businessman on the MISC.

Can you help me with my portfolio?

Or at least come visit me in Austin. No one ever visits me..
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Originally Posted By ShayZ⏩
I had one?
It was called "Do you even food" I think
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Originally Posted By ShayZ⏩
Charity, I dont do enough, but id say we donate around $10,000 a year. Definitely need to do more. My goal is to one day open a pet shelter. Thatd be amazing. i love dogs.
Its worth it and feels great giving back. We may have worked hard for what we have but we also had a lot of circumstances that let our hard work mean something, it is good to never forget that.

If you can try to get involved with education. This week I set up a home school collective with computers and internet access. They closed the local school and a lot of parents didn't want their kids on the bus for 3 hours a day so home school was the only viable option.
Eat in a deficit to lose weight.
Hit your protein and fat minimums to stay healthy and keep your gainz.
Lift heavy and do HIIT to look and feel awesome.
Use the internet to learn why you should do these things and how to do these things.
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Originally Posted By rrnold⏩
How high volume are the keywords?
this

whats the lowest volume keywords you target? and what keyword difficulty?

would love for you to elaborate on the SEO parts a bit more - traffic is my jam
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how much do you pay in taxes?
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Originally Posted By Luc1fer⏩
How? My max allowed is $5500. The only other way I know is mega backdoor if a 401k plan allows after-tax contributions (that can be converted to Roth in-plan).
Probably through a SEP IRA. I believe you can contribute up to the low 50K range for those.
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Glad to hear your health has improved OP... keep truckin, enjoy MISC success stories.
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Nice to see an old school misc brah hustle and make it.

So let's say I have an idea for a nich market. It's a hobby I'm very knowledgeable about and has been around forever. Do I just find in demand products and flip them and find what works and scale up from there? Between finding suppliers and setting up a website and advertising, how much of an initial workload is involved? I just finished finals and have way more free time to do something like this. I don't even care if it turns a profit. I'm about to start my senior year studying accounting and I would love to have something on the side like an ebusiness even if it is just a learning experience. I have a few thousand in cash I could spend.
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Originally Posted By Hadtodoit⏩
I've never used a mega backdoor, interesting. I've done backdoor roths for a few years, did this years just a few weeks ago. So you can sometimes contribute to a 401k after tax, and then move that into a Roth?

Is the Roth through your personal brokerage or does it have to be through your employer plan?

What's the limit?

I know I could Google this but you guys are more fun to talk to.
The max 401k overall contribution is $54k. If your employer's 401k plan allows it, then you can contribute that extra $36k (above the $18k) in after-tax contributions and convert it to Roth in-plan. It doesn't impact your $5500 personal IRA contribution.

Edit: or SEP IRA apparently (set up by a business owner) ^^
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can you fix my brain and show me how to become creative again so i can learn to make money too. i see no ways to make money now in obscure chit. gg



o fuk i just got an idea. it was an electronic item that took forever to get... had to get it from another country. maybe others don't buy it for the reason i almost didnt. if i can somehow get them easily and a lot of them i could possibly sell them for some profit too.
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How did you even go from banking to selling parts of cellphones? Like how did you know what parts to buy, what parts actually sold? Do you know a lot about stuff like that?
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Originally Posted By Prose
How did you even go from banking to selling parts of cellphones? Like how did you know what parts to buy, what parts actually sold? Do you know a lot about stuff like that?
good question, that does seem quite random.
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I'd kind of like to try my hand at ecommerce to see if I can start something of my own. How did you find your niche market? Did you just fall into it by chance? Would like e-mentorship if possible too brah. You are an inspiration srs. So sick of being a wagecuck
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Originally Posted By Carbonfibre⏩
fyi

I remember when this guy(OP) made a thread asking for someone to design logo for his cell phone repair business on misc

and look at him now

damn

Congratz


hope your health is good


no questions.
holy shi.t i forgot about that lol. I still use that logo here and there
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I have programming and Graphic Design skills, currently work as an in-house SEO and want to gtfo of this socialist hellhole. Can I send you my resume?
Yes sir, pm me
Originally Posted By butwhowasfeel⏩
you srsly need to get on ******** ads breh

i use retargeting to advertise to people who come to my site but dont buy anything and i convert 10% (at the very least -- usually more) of these lost 'leads'

it's insane what you can do with FB targeting these days

plus, since it seems like you're getting good traffic, you really should be building your FB pixel (which is like a little line of code you install on your site) so you can use FB 'intelligence' to find you more similar customers

FB stores all your private data for a reason m8. it's so business owners like you and me can make a killing using it
thanks for the suggestion, i didnt think of it. Will ask my adwords company
Originally Posted By somfking⏩
in college and feel like i'm wasting away. working regular 9-5 office job doing same thing day in and day out til i die sounds like legit hell to me.

my true, honest interest (besides fitness) is e-commerce and buying things in bulk in a niche market from alibaba then reselling on amazon and ebay. will you mentor me?
PM me, yes
Originally Posted By JazB⏩
******** ads are an absolute goldmine at the moment if you haven't used it already. they are cheap as hell for what they are worth. It will eventually go the way of Google Ads...it won't be cheap in a few years, but its great value for now
good call
Originally Posted By A0wner21⏩
When you expanded the company was it self funded or did you have outside investors?

What were some of the biggest mistakes you had and what did you learn from them, which were the best experiences?

I just accepted an offer out of college and will be doing pretty for myself,advice on personal finance and the long run?
self funded, not a dollar of debt ever
Originally Posted By rrnold⏩
How high volume are the keywords? What are they worth to get #1?

I can get you #1 on them srs
we average around 25 cents a click, so not bad.
Originally Posted By Hadtodoit⏩
Wow, it's been forever.

I bet half the new posters don't know who you are. How's business? I remember talking to you WAYYYYY back, I still use your business sometimes as an example when talking with friends.


Is it still as profitable as it used to be? What's changed? I'll hit $1m by about 31/32 at the latest assuming the market doesn't tank.
more profitable now. We dont sell anything on ebay or amazon anymore. All off the website.
Originally Posted By Luc1fer⏩
How? My max allowed is $5500. The only other way I know is mega backdoor if a 401k plan allows after-tax contributions (that can be converted to Roth in-plan).
SEP IRA. $53,000 for 2016
https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans...thered-sarseps
Originally Posted By Hadtodoit⏩
In after Lucifer and ShayZ. Bunch of money making people ITT.

I've never used a mega backdoor, interesting. I've done backdoor roths for a few years, did this years just a few weeks ago. So you can sometimes contribute to a 401k after tax, and then move that into a Roth?

Is the Roth through your personal brokerage or does it have to be through your employer plan?

What's the limit?

I know I could Google this but you guys are more fun to talk to.
Its a SEP IRA.
Originally Posted By sword_⏩
ShayZ the GOAT businessman on the MISC.

Can you help me with my portfolio?

Or at least come visit me in Austin. No one ever visits me..
was just in Dallas bro. ****, yea next time I come to Austin ill hit ya up
Originally Posted By Arkileon⏩
this

whats the lowest volume keywords you target? and what keyword difficulty?

would love for you to elaborate on the SEO parts a bit more - traffic is my jam
Wholesale is our primary keyword, followed by iphone parts, ipad parts etc SO like Wholesale iphone parts is heavily targetted
Originally Posted By BulkingIsHard⏩
how much do you pay in taxes?
too fking much
Originally Posted By OSUBBall23⏩
I just wanted to say congrats man. That is fukking awesome! srs.

you found a niche and ran with it! best of luck dude!


one question..

You said you started on ebay flipping, what did you flip or how did you find these items?
back then look alike mp3 players. alibaba.com
Originally Posted By Nate
Probably through a SEP IRA. I believe you can contribute up to the low 50K range for those.
this
Originally Posted By wickedman⏩
Glad to hear your health has improved OP... keep truckin, enjoy MISC success stories.
ty sir
Originally Posted By Bluestar92⏩
Nice to see an old school misc brah hustle and make it.

So let's say I have an idea for a nich market. It's a hobby I'm very knowledgeable about and has been around forever. Do I just find in demand products and flip them and find what works and scale up from there? Between finding suppliers and setting up a website and advertising, how much of an initial workload is involved? I just finished finals and have way more free time to do something like this. I don't even care if it turns a profit. I'm about to start my senior year studying accounting and I would love to have something on the side like an ebusiness even if it is just a learning experience. I have a few thousand in cash I could spend.
pretty much. Join Fb groups with like minded buyers. So I sell cell phone parts Im in a lot of repair groups for cell phone store owners.
Originally Posted By Luc1fer⏩
The max 401k overall contribution is $54k. If your employer's 401k plan allows it, then you can contribute that extra $36k (above the $18k) in after-tax contributions and convert it to Roth in-plan. It doesn't impact your $5500 personal IRA contribution.

Edit: or SEP IRA apparently (set up by a business owner) ^^
SEP here.
Originally Posted By Kubensis21⏩
can you fix my brain and show me how to become creative again so i can learn to make money too. i see no ways to make money now in obscure chit. gg



o fuk i just got an idea. it was an electronic item that took forever to get... had to get it from another country. maybe others don't buy it for the reason i almost didnt. if i can somehow get them easily and a lot of them i could possibly sell them for some profit too.
ok, so do it
Originally Posted By Prose
How did you even go from banking to selling parts of cellphones? Like how did you know what parts to buy, what parts actually sold? Do you know a lot about stuff like that?
trial and error. I searched ebay for stuff on alibaba, found stuff with margins and started selling that
Originally Posted By brontrepreneur⏩
I'd kind of like to try my hand at ecommerce to see if I can start something of my own. How did you find your niche market? Did you just fall into it by chance? Would like e-mentorship if possible too brah. You are an inspiration srs. So sick of being a wagecuck
ehhh, 1 mentee at a time, but fuk it, PM me, we can setup a call.
RIP mainsqueeze530

y u leave us so early bro?
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Great thread.

For the OP: how did/do you differentiate yourself from other competitors (amazon etc.)? Or are your products very niche?

Congrats on your continued success.
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