Opportunity cost decisions among Shopping Portals

Back in June, Doctor of Credit (and many others), wrote about a great feature of the Discover IT card, at first for any card holder, then later for only new cardholders. That is the Discover Double Cash Back (receiving that second half of cashback 13 months later). This has been absolutely huge in my opinion,…

Pareto Principle in Reselling

The Logistical Workings of Reselling

My friend Nick, who writes Personal Finance Digest asked me a great question, that I think really weighs into this whole reselling stuff that I write about. It was in response to my FBA Beginner’s guide. I don’t have a feel for the logistical aspects–how much time does it take to pack stuff, mail, shop for…

Fulfillment by Amazon, FBA

More fun with Fulfillment by Amazon Shipping

Shipping is a pretty big deal when it comes to Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA). In fact, I wrote two posts on it in my Beginner’s Guide to FBA. You can check them out here: Beginner’s Guide to Fulfillment by Amazon: Shipping 101 Beginner’s Guide to Fulfillment by Amazon: Shipping 201 And yet there is still…

Summer Travel and Reselling

As we approach the summer’s high travel season, it is a good time to remember that you can hold packages from UPS, Fedex, and USPS. This is especially important for resellers, considering some of the latest opportunities that we seen and those opportunities that the summer holidays avail us to. Between shopping portal bonuses, higher shopping…

Do you stockpile store gift cards?

Increasingly, I’m starting to think maybe it makes sense. Let me give you some background, I keep reading all the great stuff that Chasing the Points is writing about, about how he can get gift cards at pretty decent percentages off, then sell them, essentially manufacturing spending in his pajamas. It’s awfully tempting! But, I’m not going to…

The Power of Shopping Portals

I’ve written about shopping portals a lot, but, as I wrote the Beginners Guide series, I realized I haven’t explicitly written about how much of a game changer Shopping Portals can be.Shopping PortalsIn my day job, I use a lot of terms not terribly common to the miles and points game. Perhaps the most appropriate…

Fulfillment by Amazon

Beginner’s Guide to Fulfillment by Amazon: Shipping 201

I refer to Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) a lot, because it is my number one outlet for reselling in the pursuit of points. Chatting with a friend, I realized that I’ve never actually put together anything basic about how to get started with FBA. This is a continuation of my attempt at that.Read Also: Beginner’s…