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		pasttense01 on Jan 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses in... A great many people [including myself] have a successful online business flipping which is buying and selling of goods (more used than new). Buying is from local thrift shops, auctions, garage sales, Craiglist, Facebook Marketplace, etc and selling is at Amazon, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, etc. If interested follow the Reddit sub-reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Flipping/

blackrock on Jan 3, 2021 | [–]

The juice doesn’t seem worth the squeeze.

I can’t even be bothered to sell my own used junk.

But it is a low tech way to do e-commerce.

WanderPanda on Jan 2, 2021 | [–]

Isn’t this almost a zero sum game?

newguy1234 on Jan 2, 2021 | [–]

Yes. It is a lot harder to do than people make it out to be.

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