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Last Call – ResellingDO Reboot – 20 July in Dallas!

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In case you might have missed it, we’re doing a reboot of the ResellingDO event series, and it will be 20 July in Dallas. That’s less than 2 weeks away! As is customary, we need to lock in on the number of attendees for the venue for things like lunch. So if you’ve been on the fence of whether or not to attend, you’re pretty much at the point of deciding.

ResellingDO Reboot Key Details: 

  • When: Saturday, July 20th, 2019
  • What: A full day of networking; presentations on reselling via Amazon
  • Eat: Lunch included
  • Where: Hyatt Place DFW
  • Ticket Price: $130
  • Link: Grab your ticket to ResellingDO Reboot!

Special 101 Beginners Presentation at 8:30am

Registration: 9:15am, presentations start at 9:30am.

We have some excellent speakers! 

We’ll have Joey, who spoke at NapaDO, Phil, co-founder of the Mile High Reselling Club, and who spoke at ResellingDO2, and then we have some new speakers! Tom, a frequent traveler and full time reseller who has figured out a way to balance reselling with a lifestyle of travel. We’re going to do some completely different things here too, since we’ve already seen some couples signing up for the DO, my amazing wife Rose and I will talk about getting your spouse or family involved. We’ll finish off with a panel of all the speakers and Andrew, who spoke at ResellingDO SE, and is a nearly $5M seller.

Agenda

For those interested: 0830-9:15 – Reselling on Amazon 101
09:15 – Registration for everyone else
09:30 – Intro (Trevor)
10:00-11:00 – Retail Arbitrage (RA) (Phil)
11:15-12:15 – Online Arbitrage (OA) (Joey)
12:15-1:15 – Lunch
1:15-2:00 – Case Studies (Tom)
2:00-2:45 – Getting your spouse into the game (Rose/Trevor)
3:00-4:00 – 101 Tips, Tricks, and Tools (Trevor/Tom)
4:15-5:00 – Panel (Andrew, Phil, Joey, Tom, Trevor, Rose)
 
So, will we see you at the ResellingDO Reboot? Grab your ticket to ResellingDO Reboot!

ResellingDO Success Story – Andrew

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I thought in advance of ResellingDO Reboot, that I’d share a ResellingDO Success Story.

ResellingDO Success Story

I met Andrew at ResellingDO 2  At the time we met, he was still working a day job, but was getting further and further into Reselling. It was a great opportunity to network with folks, and he was clearly interested in seeing how much further he could go. 
 
Later that year, on September 11th, he attended ResellingDO 3 and even brought his wife. He was committed to this new business model. At the time he didn’t share how much he was doing, but it was clear he was a rising star.
 
Andrew first presented at a ResellingDO SE, 18 March 2017 – at this point he was out on his own. He had quit his day job and had dove in head first into a full time Amazon seller lifestyle. He had far exceeded what most part timers do, and knew that he could go big, and believe me, he did!
 
Last year, Andrew did $4.8M in annual sales. $4.8M! 
 
A few weeks ago, he shared this screenshot from his Amazon app, just to give you a flavor of how far he’s come:
 
ResellingDO Success Story

An example of Andrew’s month Selling on Amazon

This is not the only ResellingDO Success Story!

Perhaps you are thinking that this is a unique case, but as an example, I have received multiple messages from folks that have crossed the 7 figure line (kind’ve a big deal, right?), and many of them attribute the ResellingDO events as that push that helped them to focus their energy into building their business beyond a hobby. 
 
Andrew is the perfect example of an individual who saw the potential of selling on Amazon and seized the opportunity. He grabbed that brass ring, and it is working out quite well for him.
 
Believe me when I say there are still many Brass Rings to be had! Whether you want to go full time, or part time, there is great potential still left within Amazon! 

ResellingDO Reboot Information

Just in case this ResellingDO Success Story has piqued your interest in attending the next ResellingDO, here’s the info for it:

Will you be at the next ResellingDO?

Last Call for Early Bird Tickets to ResellingDO!

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I know, ResellingDO is scheduled for 20 July, and that’s like 2 months away, but Early Bird Tickets end on Sunday, 19 May. So I just wanted to make one last post because, one of the best parts of these events is the networking. What better way to network, than to have a $30 gift card to the Friday night pre-DO restaurant?

ResellingDO

ResellingDO Reboot Key Details

  • When: Saturday, July 20th, 2019
  • What: A full day of networking; presentations on reselling via Amazon
  • Eat: Lunch included
  • Where: Hyatt Place DFW
  • Ticket Price: $130
  • Link: Grab your ticket to ResellingDO Reboot!

Registration: 9:15am, presentations start at 9:30am.

Recap of the Early Bird Ticket

Book before 19 May 19, and get a $30 gift card to Hard Eight, where we’ll catch up for an informal dinner Friday night!

Will you make it to ResellingDO?

ResellingDO Reboot Agenda

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Last week we announced the ResellingDO Reboot. This is an exciting event, that we’ll have mid-coast in Dallas-Fort Worth to make it easy for everyone to attend. We’ll have something for folks new to reselling, as well as for those who have been in the game for a while. This post shares the agenda for the day.

Key Details

  • When: Saturday, July 20th, 2019
  • What: A full day of networking; presentations on reselling via Amazon
  • Eat: Lunch included
  • Where: Hyatt Place DFW
  • Ticket Price: $130
  • Link: Grab your ticket to ResellingDO Reboot!

Registration: 9:15am, presentations start at 9:30am.

ResellingDO Reboot

For the agenda, we’re pulling out all the stops. We’ll have Joey, who spoke at NapaDO, Phil, co-founder of the Mile High Reselling Club, and who spoke at ResellingDO2, and then we have some new speakers! Tom, a frequent traveler and full time reseller cover some case studies; he and I will also team up to present a Stefan of Rapid Travel Chai style 101 Tips, Tricks, and Tools presentation. Since we’ve already seen some couples signing up for the DO, my amazing wife Rose and I will do a talk on getting your spouse involved. We’ll finish off with a panel of all the speakers and Andrew, who spoke at ResellingDO SE, and is a nearly $5M seller.

Agenda

For those interested: 0830-9:15 – Reselling on Amazon 101
09:15 – Registration for everyone else
09:30 – Intro (Trevor)
10:00-11:00 – Retail Arbitrage (RA) (Phil)
11:15-12:15 – Online Arbitrage (OA) (Joey)
12:15-1:15 – Lunch
1:15-2:00 – Case Studies (Tom)
2:00-2:45 – Getting your spouse into the game (Rose/Trevor)
3:00-4:00 – 101 Tips, Tricks, and Tools (Trevor / Tom)
4:15-5:00 – Panel (Andrew, Phil, Joey, Tom, Trevor, Rose)

Wrapping Up

This’ll be a great event, we feel we’ve made it well rounded enough for a variety of skill levels. Hope you make it!
 

Rebooting ResellingDO – 20 July in Dallas-Fort Worth!

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Big news! We are rebooting ResellingDO! am I overly excited about this? Heck yeah! One of the greatest things about the miles and points community (and reselling!) is the fact that all of us love to get together, connect, break bread, and share knowledge. We’ve had a great run of ResellingDO’s and this one will be just as great! Why? Because networking is key in reselling, just like it is for travel hacking.

Past ResellingDO

Rebooting ResellingDO

In an attempt to keep things a bit easier logistically, we’re rebooting ResellingDO in the middle of the country. We’ll be at the Hyatt Place DFW to make it easy for folks to attend from anywhere in the country (or our friends in Mexico or Canada).  

Key Details

  • When: Saturday, July 20th, 2019
  • What: A full day of networking; presentations on reselling via Amazon
  • Eat: Lunch included
  • Where: Hyatt Place DFW
  • Ticket Price: $130
  • Link: Grab your ticket to ResellingDO Reboot!

Registration: 9:15am, presentations start at 9:30am.

Who’s right for ResellingDO?

The way we’re crafting this event, it will be useful for folks that want to add to their income as a side gig (like me), as well as folks that do this full time. In fact, we’ll have a great group of speakers, that span the gambit between side giggers and full timers, as well as serial entrepreneurs.

What if you are new to reselling?

Great! This event is for you! We’re even having an additional hour of presentations so you can get up to speed on selling on Amazon. Our ResellingDO Beginner’s Primer will start at 08:30. Here you’ll get a feel for the basics, and have a solid foundation for the rest of the day’s presentations.

What if you are an old hat with Reselling?

Well, hope you’re buying drinks! (kidding!) We’ll have presentations covering Retail Arbitrage, Online Arbitrage, Tools of the Trade, and more. I have complete confidence that you will learn something, and even if you don’t, you’ll be able to network with sellers that range a few hundred thousands in annual sales, all the way up to $5 million a year! Many of the attendees are how Amazon has so much of an impact on small business!

Book early for even more value!

We haven’t done this before, but like any good story, there should be a bit of a twist, right? So for ResellingDO Reboot, we’re providing an Early Bird Benefit (Book before 19 May 19)! If you book before 19 May, you will get a $30 gift card to Hard Eight, where we’ll catch up for an informal dinner Friday night!

Wrapping Up

If you’ve ever been curious about reselling, or if you’ve already got a mature reselling business, this is the event to attend this year! We’ll be talking about Online Arbitrage, Retail Arbitrage, Tools of the Trade, and even have an open format Q&A session with a $5M+ seller. Even better: Every presenter is a travel hacker / mile and point aficionado! 

So, will we see you at the ResellingDO Reboot?

Accepting Defeat – ResellingDO for Beginners cancelled

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It is with great sadness that I am accepting defeat for ResellingDO for Beginners. 

What goes into hosting a ResellingDO

There is a lot of time that goes into selecting venues, working agreements, finding awesome presenters, and don’t forget the catering. All of these aspects take great care and effort, so that we can put on quality events like ResellingDO3, and NapaDO. But the hardest part is the leap of faith one must take to sign a contract for $6,500 (or more) for an event, without having a single ticket sold. Setting that ticket price is also rather tough. Unfortunately, shutting down a brewery is not the cheapest endeavor. So I needed to factor in that I needed to spend at least $6,500 (not including tips for the staff), so I established that in order for the event to be break even, at the $149 we set the ticket price at, we needed at least 43 attendees. 
 
As of 29 July when I finally called it, we had sold 8 tickets. 
 
To put it differently, as of 29 July, when I had to make the decision on the contract (they do give us a brief window to pull out), I stood to lose around $5,000, hosting this event. 

What happens to those 8 folks that bought tickets?

We have refunded those tickets already. I’ll try to go a little further for those 8 folks, because they were committed to attending, some making the purchase the first day tickets went on sale.

ResellingDO’s going forward

As for the future of ResellingDO. Putting on events takes a significant amount of time and to put on quality events such as my wife and I strive to do, they also cost a bunch. Further, we’ve never had sponsors because I’ve always wanted to ensure that we have the freedom of what we present. Going forward, I will still coordinate events but we will limit it to the Mile High Reselling Club (MHRC) primarily, which will help us properly gauge scale of interest, and essentially the scale of the event. 

Wrapping Up

It was very hard for me personally to come to terms with the decision to cancel this ResellingDO. Going into it, I had thought this event was going to be the largest we’ve had, given the great interest we saw in a beginner level event. We chose to go back to a venue that has treated us well and that we had received great feedback on from past events. What this all leads me to believe, is that this type of an event may no longer be the best approach. I’m not quite sure what is the best approach, but I’ll keep trying things to see what works, because I really strongly believe that face to face networking and conversation is what builds this community the best.

Announcing a #ResellingDO for Beginners

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When we announced NapaDO in March, many asked for a #ResellingDO for Beginners.  I have heard your call, and have stepped things up. The next ResellingDO event will return to Jailbreak Brewery in Laurel, MD, and we’re taking over the entire tap room over on Saturday, 15 September! 

For those that attended ResellingDO 3, you might have a bit of a surprise, because since that event, Jailbreak has added in a restaurant!

#ResellingDO for Beginners

#ResellingDO For Beginners – The Details:

  • When: Saturday, September 15th, 2018
  • What: A full day of networking, presentations on credit cards, Merch by Amazon, Online and Retail Arbitrage
  • Where: Jailbreak Brewery, Laurel, MD
  • Tickets: Buy your ResellingDO Tickets here

Tickets also include lunch, 3 alcoholic drink tickets, and soft drinks. 

ResellingDO Highlights

We’ve locked in some excellent speakers for this #ResellingDO for Beginners!

  • Ed Pizzarello
  • Haley Bach
  • Joey Redmond
  • and I’ll also be giving a presentation.

We’ll cover a handful of core topics for reselling, specifically, retail and online arbitrage, Merch by Amazon, and mile and point maximization for all that legitimate spend you are making. 

And for those of you who’ve been reselling for a while – it’s still a great opportunity to come, network with folks, and I’m sure you’ll pick up at least a few new tips. If not, did I mention there’s good beer? 

  

Will we see you at #ResellingDO for Beginners?

Last Chance! NapaDO tickets close March 9th!

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We attempted to break the mold–yet again–with NapaDO. We kind’ve broke the mold with the first few ResellingDO’s. That said the Merryvale winery, that is graciously working with us to make this the most amazing ResellingDO event so far, requires that we lock in attendee numbers a week early. I can’t fault them. Everyone needs to plan.

Why should you attend NapaDO?

If you have a reselling business, this is probably a no brainer. If you’re in the miles and points game and you have a reselling business, this might be the event for you. If you’re a casual travel hacker, well, I’m going to be honest, it’s probably not the event for you. All that said, I think it’s important to highlight the type of value you will get from this event.

When I plan events like these, the first thing I ask myself, is: What are my blind spots? What am I not smart enough on? Then I bounce those ideas off of friends and mentors–people that are experts in their fields–and we come up with a plan. This event is a perfect example of that. My friends, we have an amazing cadre of speakers, as I’ve shared before.

Here is a recap:

  • Matt (aka @Saverocity) talks about why he is excited about NapaDO, His presentation will provide you insight into how you can leverage the new tax laws to increase your tax deductions. He says it’s likely worth an additional 5-6 figure deduction in 2018! As if that wasn’t enough:
  • Joey (aka @joeyredmond) will get you smart on Tactical Arbitrage. If you’re not familiar with Tactical Arbitrage, it is one of the gold standards for Online Arbitrage. Also, this is a great opportunity to see how you can further leverage one of my favorite reselling cards, the AT&T Access More.
  • Geoff (aka @Alpen_Geoff) will show you how to do Seller Fulfilled Prime shipping. He’ll show you how you can use Seller Fulfilled Prime shipping to increase profit, and not go crazy doing it! This will be even more important as Amazon raised FBA fees on 22 February.

Of course, Amazon released some interesting numbers in their recent February notes. That got me thinking. Typically our March events are for fairly experienced folks. Looking at the attendees, I’d say you’re talking about a pretty significant percentage of folks that are in that 140,000 of sellers with greater than $100,000 annual sales.

Bottom line: If you want to network with folks that are doing significant numbers on Amazon, you need to be at NapaDO.

NapaDO Information: 

The event will definitely be one not to miss. It’s clearly exclusive, and we’ll be incorporating a true Napa experience.

  • When: Saturday, March 17th, 2018
  • What: A full day of networking, presentations on more advanced reselling topics.
  • Where: Merryvale Winery, Gott’s Napa and the Westin Napa
  • Tickets: Buy your ResellingDO Tickets here

Will you be at NapaDO?

Will you supercharge your Reselling business with #NapaDO?

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I’ve been putting on ResellingDO reselling events for years. On average, we do 2 events per year. #NapaDO is the latest of those events, but I find some of the feedback I’ve received privately rather interesting. Since the first ResellingDO I’ve been uber conscious on cost. The event series started out as an idea to get resellers together and, as Hawaiians say: “Talk Story”. It has grown to so much more. It has supercharged so many folks’ reselling businesses that I’ve lost count. 

Supercharge your reselling business with #NapaDO!

Full disclosure: Our March events are generally for more advanced resellers. We focus on more entry level to intermediate topics in the second event of the year. That said, We will have speakers that are veritable experts in their fields. 

  • Matt (aka @Saverocity) talks about why he is excited about NapaDO, His presentation will provide you insight into how you can leverage the new tax laws to increase your tax deductions. He says its likely worth an additional 5-6 figure deduction in 2018! As if that wasn’t enough:
  • Joey (aka @joeyredmond) will get you smart on Tactical Arbitrage. If you’re not familiar with Tactical Arbitrage, it is one of the gold standards for Online Arbitrage. This is a great opportunity to see how you can further leverage one of my favorite reselling cards, the AT&T Access More.
  • Geoff (aka @Alpen_Geoff) will show you how to do Seller Fulfilled Prime shipping. He’ll show you how you can use Seller Fulfilled Prime shipping to increase profit, and not go crazy doing it! This will be even more important as Amazon raises FBA fees on 22 February.

Why Napa?

A few folks have reached out to me privately and asked why Napa? Answer: From the start, I have been focused on providing attendees unique experiences. The first ResellingDO was held at a brewery and included a tour of that brewery. Each successive event has been held in a unique location. The fact is, Napa is pricier than previous locations for ResellingDO’s. But, it offers us a very unique opportunity. We’ll be enjoying presentations in a winery with excellent wine–I should know, I had the opportunity to taste those same wines just two weeks ago. You’ll get a tour of the Merryvale winery and you’ll get to taste their wonderful wines, too. 

 

The Details:

  • When: Saturday, March 17th, 2018
  • What: A full day of networking, presentations on more advanced reselling topics.
  • Where: Merryvale Winery, Gott’s Napa and the Westin Napa
  • Tickets: Buy your ResellingDO Tickets here

Its hard to put a value on networking

Perhaps the biggest focus on ResellingDO events is networking. Generally that networking includes alcohol–but it is of course optional. We ensure that there is at least a few opportunities for networking. This event will be no different. However I really wanted to include something unique. In the evening networking, I’d like to include an unconference style lighting talk series, for any attendees that have something they’d like to share. We might even have a bottle of wine for folks that feel emboldened to share their expertise with the group. 

Will you supercharge your reselling business with #NapaDO?

 

ResellingDO heads to Napa!

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ResellingDO, NapaDO

After ResellingDO Special Edition last year, many asked for another smaller DO in a cool location. Napa was a logical destination because of a number of factors, and it will be a fantastic experience!

ResellingDO heads to Napa!

That’s right folks, we’re making a West Coast swing this March, heading to Napa Valley. Here are the details:

  • When: Saturday, March 17th, 2018
  • What: A full day of networking, presentations on more advanced reselling topics.
  • Where: Merryvale Winery, Gott’s Napa and the Westin Napa
  • Tickets: Buy your ResellingDO Tickets here

Because we’ll be in Napa, we’ll be meeting for a half day of presentations at the Merryvale winery. We’ll follow that up with a wine tasting before heading across the street to Gott’s Napa for lunch. Since we’ll be doing a wine tasting, and in Napa, we’ll hop on a bus back to the Westin Napa (rather than having to drive). 

We’ve locked in some excellent speakers, including 2 that have not spoken at previous ResellingDO events, so we’ll definitely have fresh material and fresh insights to learn from!

Will you be joining us at NapaDO?

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