sourcing without the guessing
I stopped buying hope.
Retail and online arbitrage work, but only if you are strict about what goes in the cart.
Arbitrage is simple to describe and easy to lose money at. You are buying stock that already sells at a price that survives the fees — and most of what looks like a deal fails one of those two tests.
Two rules saved me more money than anything else, and both are about who else is already on the listing. You will walk away from most of what you look at, and that is the filter doing its job, not you failing.
How it actually works
- Check who else is on itSome sellers make a listing unwinnable.
- Check whether it actually rotatesBeing on a listing is not the same as selling on it.
- Check your real shareThe estimate gets split. Yours is a fraction.
Stop Guessing: my four layers, the 291 brands, six real products marked up, and the nine checks I run before every buy.
The figures on this page are my own results and are not typical. Most people who try this do not reach them. Some links on this site are affiliate links, and I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
See Stop Guessing →I started this business in February 2021. The figures above are my own and are not typical — most people who try this do not reach them, and plenty lose money on stock that does not sell. Nothing here is financial advice. Some links are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.