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I need ideas on what to sell online, preferably quickly.

A friend and I just made a bet on who can make money faster online by selling something. Anything really.

We've both been thinking of side hustles for a long time and thought this might be a good way to kick-start doing them.

So any ideas? I can code (frontend and backend) and I've got some b2b sales skills (I run a small agency), but I've never actually made money online, other than from sports betting.

Right now I'm looking at maybe building a theme or an app of some kind for a platform like Shopify or Wordpress. But I'm also open for other ideas.

on September 27, 2020
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    Sell your expertise on upwork. very fast.

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      Not fast at all. First of all, it's pretty hard to be approved. Secondly, the competition is really crazy now, unless you are ready to code for food what is not the case I think.

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        Is it (hard to be approved)?

        Very easy to find work if you know what you’re doing. Yes won’t pay much at first but he is doing it for competition... I didn’t imply you can make a living on it right away.

        If anyone need tips, dm me.

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    It takes time for any service / product to generate real sales (unless you have a ready audience to launch)

    I made this mistake. I have a ready product which got 2 sales as of now, but I failed to realize that SEO can take time and I don't have PPC budget for ads.

    So if you have budget for PPC or an audience to launch to, then you expect a lot of sales on day 1.

    Next thing is obviously, you can use your skills to build something for a client. Instant sale. Quick money.

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      Thanks. I want to emphasise that I'm not really after a get-rich-quick scheme. We just made a friendly bet with a friend, and I've recently been inspired by Rob Wallings strair step approach to bootstrapping 1.

      My immediate goal is to just get experience on selling something (anything really) online. I'm not necessarily looking to build an actual business around it.

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    use things people already buy
    the quickest is flip an item between different marketplaces
    make an automated version of a gig would be an automated service

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    Sell a service that goes through 10 resumes for people trying to hire and picks 3 people to interview. I made $100 on newsletter reviews this week. You can do the same since it matches well with your Phiabo list. And builds you up as an expert in how to hire, or at least find people. Show off your database in every review.

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      I like this idea. Will think about how to do implement it.

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    Put your expertise into a simple ebook and sell it on Gumroad. Skillshare course has also worked for me.

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    • fiverr is blowing up right now

    • canadians are buying more goods than services right now. sell goods to canadians

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    Dropship something, from one marketplace to another.

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      Go back to warrior forum lmao

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        lol he asked for fast money, upload some product from amazon / aliexpress and sell it its the fastest way :) and in general $1 from dropshipping its same as $1 from SAAS :)

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          OMG I love your userpic so much! (sorry for offtopic :)

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      This is something I need to think about.

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    Hm, the eternal question: "How do I make money online FAST?" :)

    Your idea about Shopify apps wasn't bad, I see plenty of people having successful apps on that platform.

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