Here i am now in the Tavern Lounge of the Crowne Plaza Hotel Kuala Lumpur checking my sales on my new Apple Macbook Air after finishing a nice turkey ham & cheese sandwich and coffee. The good thing about having an internet business is that it is truly portable. I don’t have to worry about constant office work and being tied down in one place. Feels happy when i see that i’ve made some more sales last night while i was out drinking at the local club and when i was sleeping. Nothing beats this kind of life for me at the moment. I am able to see the result of my efforts and this further affirms that the decision to quit my job was the correct move. I am able to focus more on what i am doing on the internet and thus achieving results through the little steps i take. I can’t say that i am earning alot of money at this moment but i should say i can still survive. I foresee things should be moving along to a better level month by month. Just some weekend updates and i will try to post more soon sharing some of my internet stuff. Keep dropping by people! Have a nice sunday everyone! 

So you guys like the new look? I guess it’s time for a change as i progresses on. I kinda got tired with the old look and also realized that it doesn’t go well with Internet Explorer, only works on Mozilla Firefox though…… so finally i took some time today to change it. I like this template very much and created my own header too hee hee. The whole blog site looks cleaner and fresher already! Saying goodbye to the old look, thank for being my start off point.

I still have some stuff to change for the new blog and i will update soon. Till then…….

I finally manage to list up all the items that i’d bought which is alot of work. Every item is different and so that means i have to take pictures for each of them and the do the listing templates individually too. Phew! It was a concurrent process as i have items running in my store and adding new ones at the same time. With so much travelling i really lost alot of time! Did i mentioned that after Japan trip i went to Malacca/KL the subsequent weekend and then last weekend i went up to Genting! Getting sick of Malaysia soon hahah.

Anyway i did my sums for last month and not too bad my sales are increasing and with all the new items listed i might be expecting more sales this month hopefully. To share my achievements (even though not a fantastic one) below is a screen shot for sales up to April 2008.

Finally crossed over $1000! This is without much work in a way as i was travelling all over last month and before i got my stocks sorted out. I guess it is not too bad. Have a happy weekend guys!

Back from Japan and it was a really nice trip! Mom enjoyed herself very much and me too during the last 2 days back in Tokyo. I blew $2000.00 in 2 days shopping for beauty products and the exclusive Burberrys Blue Label bags which are only available in Japan. Let’s just say i’m pretty happy with my haul. The whole of last week has been kinda busy with me listing up 70% of my Bangkok stuff. Another good news is that i have been promoted to Moderator status in www.internetmarketingsingapore.com/forums. Thanks Stuart!

Talking about forums, it is another good form of monetization source for your online business. Forums contains live traffic and immense interactions between the members and if you are one of the regular and trusted member, people tend to look up to you and even seek your advice. My friend KC Tan is an expert in this field and those who know he wrote 2 books on his expertise and teaches you how to go about making your money in forums. I had the honour of reviewing his latest book and this is what i found inside.

This is again a no fluff straight to the point step-by-step guide of using various methods to make money in forums. KC explain it in clear details and there are proven results from his own experiment to show you. The book FORUM CASH basically talks about using 3 simple yet effective methods to monetize in forums. I personally like method 2 called the Theme Capturer which i think is simple to implement and with a high profit level too! Those who bought his first book THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO FORUM ENTREPRENEURS should know that KC delivers straight to the point with clear explanations. His books are worth the real deal and good value!

Right so i managed to complete taking the pictures of all the items but i still have no time to do up the listings. Darling flew off to Hong Kong yesterday and tonight i will be flying to Hokkaido with my mom. I guess everything will have to wait till i come back. I just finished packing some packages to be posted out tomorrow and that will be handled by trusty cousin hee hee. Sometime to kill now so just decided to pop in an entry. I know some of you miss me right? hee hee. Ok leaving you with a picture of some of my haul from Bangkok. These are only purchases from the first day. While i go on a relax tour with mom in Hokkaido, i know i will still miss my eBay business. Till next week!

I’m back with tired legs and my back aches from all the walking. Bought a whole lot of stuff to sell too. Knowing the low price in Bangkok, you can imagine how much i can buy with a mere SGD700.00! Not to mention that my cousin and friends were so good at bargaining for stuff and i think that’s pretty impressive for guys to do that. I had not much to carry as they carried all my stocks in their backpacks. I went with one small bag (my personal belongings) and came back with 3! Two other bags were bigger and all filled with stock. They keep saying it’s like i came from China with those big and cheap plastic bags hahah. Darling surprised me by magically appearing on the first night and i think it was really sweet of him but he got his business stuff to do as well. The thing was i never manage to meet up with him for the rest of the trip as my phone was really going on strike. It kept hanging on me from the next day onwards and i had no ways of making calls. Either that or i called darling at his hotel room and he wasn’t around. Oh well sometime things happen!

I hope i can try to list up some of the stuff within the next few days before i leave for Japan on Sunday with my mom on a nice tour in Hokkaido. When i come back i should be able to get some sales. It was a nice surprise for me when i check my store today that i sold 9 items over the weekend. Tomorrow is post office day for me and then back to do more listings. I think opening up my 2 huge stock bags tomorrow will be a nightmare! I dun even know where to start! Hee perhaps i shall do part by part starting from taking pictures of each items. That’s all for today and i hope i have time to post some pictures soon.

I know i know i have disappeared from my blog for over a month. I have been working on my eBay business and test tried a few different ways of selling different items. I have also been sourcing around for stocks and buying some just to test out the market. My profit for end of march was USD483.71 which is still a little short of my target of USD500.00! Well good enough for a start as the money was earned from a small niche itself only. I have started selling some other stuff and target similar results (hopefully) till end of april.

I will be flying off tonight to Bangkok (back on monday) for some stock purchasing and should be back with more stuff to sell. This month is a month of travel for me cos this weekend i will be in Bangkok and then next weekend i will be in Hokkaido (Japan) for a one weeks tour with my mom! Wow wow! I must remember to set my listings in holiday mode as reminded by darling so that the buyers will understand for late shipping of the items.

Overall i would say life have been pretty good ever since i left my job. I have come to understand the need to be discipline and motivated in order to earn my dough and put food on the table. Of cos the amount is not as substantial yet but expansion will bring in more from different sources. Like the saying goes “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”. If certain items don’t sell well you still got other stuff to support the shortfall and bring in better income.

With this i end here and i still haven pack my bag! I might share photos of my trip with you guys so stay tune and check back again. Have a great weekend people! If you have a Facebook account, feel free to add me at cocotash@singnet.com.sg!

Well guys i know i haven been updating here as often as i would like to but i have been busy recently. Had a good 5 days trip to Kuala Lumpur and now back to working on my online business. Lots of events happening in the past weeks and Secrets of eBay Millionaires is selling pretty well in all the major bookstores. Have you gotten your copy yet? If you haven i would recommend you get one. After reading it, my confidence was boosted up again and i feel charged to continue on this exciting journey.

I am lazy at times but knowing that i have no regular salary to depend on after resigning from my job, i have to work harder in order to keep myself alive. (That is figurative of cos lolz) One good thing is that i do have my full focus on what i wanna do and i can now put my whole heart in it. Recently i set up a new eBay account selling some stuff and the 2 weeks result was pretty satisfying. Of course i need to improve on it further to justify my time and effort spent on it and boost my earnings further. A little sneak peek at my earnings for the last 2 weekends here.

I will be starting to branch out on other areas soon so that i have income source from different goods. Cannot rely on one type of goods all the time. If no one buys, i die! Hee hee so that’s it for today while i go to the post office to send off more packages to my customers. Have a good day people!