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I went from basically zero to around $8k profit in one quarter with one product, and it wasn’t anything fancy. It was a portable car vacuum.

I used Alibaba’s help to narrow down suppliers, then only talked to ones with solid reviews and Trade Assurance. I started with a small test order: 50 units. They sold out in about 3 weeks, which surprised me.

After that I just reinvested and ordered more. The other thing that helped was making a tiny TikTok account to show the vacuum in action. Nothing viral, just simple demo clips.

The biggest lesson for me was keeping the first order small, then only scaling once something clearly sells.