Any private label sellers here?

...flipping is addictive, but I don't want to go beyond that. Nothing beats flipping penny items from home depot though

Did you try for any NES classics? Those are pretty good flip.

I am very interested in the FBA space. I tried getting into it by private labeling a product that I later learned was behind a gated category, so mistake on my part. You live and you learn.

Note they aren't allowing new FBA users until after the Christmas holiday. At that time I'm going to give something a shot.

I'll probably start with an AliExpress item, so not truly Pricate Label.

Toughest part is finding the product imo. What product are you looking at selling?

Nothing phony.

The true definition would be to design something small and have a factory in China manufacture for you.

The method I am looking at to start out is buying a generic product from China, preferably something without mechanics or electronics and putting your own logo on it.

Have had a good deal of success over the years flipping tickets to concerts and sporting events around the country. Very addictive.

I think what Dabigfella is saying is generally true. To get China involved you aren't generally talking about 1,000 pieces you are talking about 100,000.

Furthermore, OP have you accounted for taxes? I'm assuming not but taxes play a big role here once you go legitimate. I mean you are talking around 35-40% of your income being income tax.

I've thought about doing this as I've got a few designs that I could throw on some t-shirts, mugs, prints, etc

people by that shite up and I would do it just for fun

Alibaba freight can take months fyi. Usually 6 weeks or more at least. Its harder to ship stuff to here to the Gulf and Atlantic as opposed to California from China, obviously. But from an ecommerce stand point you have to keep that in mind.

Your issue with small orders is price. Doing it yourself you can probably make a little money, but the smaller orders don't have huge profit margins.

For example I've seen guys order those Hobie Kayak wheel eez sand tires. They are like $65 on ebay. You can get 100 of them for like $30 each on Alibaba. But that doesn't include shipping. So Your profit is really only $20 each at most after shipping which doesn't include all kinds of things. Throw in taxes, and its not much. I've seen a couple of others examples, and unless you are ordering 10,000 or more the profit margin just isn't there. Your shipping is a big part of it too.