Posted on Dec 7, 2017
Has anyone started an online business while on active duty?
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Yes. My girlfriend and I started one this year, JAN 2017. http://www.briandelrosario.com. We started in e-commerce, using Amazon FBA, with an online arbitrage model. We still do that. We've now added digital publishing (non-physical products) to our approach.
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I have not personally started one online, but i have met sailors who have and its a double edged sword. If you think you will have the time to commit to the business and not have it interfere with your military duties then Id say go for it; however, that can be a big financial thing which can affect you and may interrupt your service. Just be careful with starting one up.
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CPT Brian Delrosario
Military work remains unpredictable but if you find someone trustworthy, it helps. I made my girlfriend my number one employee. That's the only way I found time, especially amidst field exercises and TDY/TAD.
Later, we outsourced through OnlineJobs.ph to a virtual assistant (VA) in the Philippines, where you can find plenty of high talent, low cost online labor. My girlfriend and I started out with retail/online arbitrage and Amazon FBA. Then we stuck to just online arbitrage (buy low at one site, sell high through Amazon), and later paid a VA at $2/hr (and you can easily find cheaper) to do the research for us.
We started just a couple weeks ago with digital publishing, email marketing, and affiliate marketing. I created my first digital marketing funnel a couple weeks ago and already acquired over 1,000 subscribers. I use Sendlane.com as my autoresponder and landing page generator, Wix.com for my website, Google for a lot of things (like Google Voice for the business phone number), and Fiverr.com and Clickonomy.com for very low-cost investment traffic.
I mean, if you look, you'll find both time and low-cost ways to make a business happen. It's hard to find, 'cause there's so much bad info out there, but if you can find just a few good (enough) people who've at least taken the next few steps, you can avoid a lot of frustration.
Later, we outsourced through OnlineJobs.ph to a virtual assistant (VA) in the Philippines, where you can find plenty of high talent, low cost online labor. My girlfriend and I started out with retail/online arbitrage and Amazon FBA. Then we stuck to just online arbitrage (buy low at one site, sell high through Amazon), and later paid a VA at $2/hr (and you can easily find cheaper) to do the research for us.
We started just a couple weeks ago with digital publishing, email marketing, and affiliate marketing. I created my first digital marketing funnel a couple weeks ago and already acquired over 1,000 subscribers. I use Sendlane.com as my autoresponder and landing page generator, Wix.com for my website, Google for a lot of things (like Google Voice for the business phone number), and Fiverr.com and Clickonomy.com for very low-cost investment traffic.
I mean, if you look, you'll find both time and low-cost ways to make a business happen. It's hard to find, 'cause there's so much bad info out there, but if you can find just a few good (enough) people who've at least taken the next few steps, you can avoid a lot of frustration.
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