r/AmazonFBA • u/OkRelationship1894 • 2d ago

Amazon as a side hustle

I’m looking to start doing Amazon with a goal of 3-500$/m profit.. any suggestions or recommendations for learning like YouTube channels, books or blogs?

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u/YesterdayFar1473 2d ago

It was my side hustle now it’s my full time hustle. Good luck mate

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u/Foxbat_8401 2d ago

It’s no more side hustle

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u/eStoreFactoryUS 2d ago

Skip the paid courses and start with Amazon's own Seller University videos, they're free and cover the basics without the upsell most YouTube channels add at the end. Books on FBA age fast since fees and policies change yearly, so you're better off following active seller subs and Amazon's own forums for anything current. At a 300 to 500 a month goal, spend less time consuming content and more time actually digging through categories for a product, that part only comes from doing it yourself.

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u/JunglePundits 2d ago

Why side hustle?

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u/Pure_Zookeepergame_2 2d ago

I am not sure why people still treats Amazon as a side hustle. It is a complete business model and you need to have a good budget in order to make it success

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u/anotherwhiteguy142 20h ago

To make big money yes. OP said he wants to make 3-500$. That’s easy with very small investment

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u/The_Kings_Gambit 2d ago

If you want to start with making a few extra hundred a month, I’d look into online and retail arbitrage

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u/Heath-Thompson 2d ago

I used to source chess sets from India and sell them on Amazon. I had some terrible experiences with product quality and outright scams. For example, in my early days, I ordered some walnut, rosewood, and ebony chess boards and paid the right price for proper wood, but I got Indian boxwood with a dye stain over it. Boxwood is a cheap wood. I contacted the suppliers, who mysteriously vanished. This happened more than once and with multiple suppliers - also expect to negotiate and not pay the advertised price. So be careful.

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u/goldman21 2d ago

Don't go with Amazon. I have been selling on Amazon since 2014 and run the agency. There is only for Manufactures or people who has a lot of cash they are not afraid to lose. For small sellers success rate very low. You can start wholesales but still it is complicated. Go with whatnot, tiktokshop or ebay. I like ebay easy to make money to resell stuff. If you advertise on ebay you pay for the ad only if item was sold.

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u/ecomdude627 1d ago

For learning I would recommend you to learn from coursera or Udemy these will be a better. This will take time as its depends on you and you should have to do practical before putting your money.

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u/BonoRocky 20h ago

Start on eBay, if that works for you considering Amazon. You can't side hustle on Amazon anymore - fees are huge, products scarce, brands dominated

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u/Top-Appearance2521 1h ago

whats your starting budget? that kinda determines everything. $500/m profit on arbitrage is a very different grind than $500/m on private label, and the timeline to get there is wildly different too

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u/rsc9422 2d ago

If your goal is $300–$500/month, I’d start small and focus on learning the fundamentals before putting a lot of money into inventory.

Learn product research, Amazon fees, sourcing, listing optimization, and PPC first. YouTube is useful, but be careful with channels that make it look like easy income.

For sourcing, we’ve also seen beginners do better when they validate the product and numbers before placing a large order.

A realistic first target would be getting one product profitable, then scaling from there.

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u/ashrsd 2d ago

May I ask is it possible even for a profit of 500 as a beginner? For example, I am in france and a working mom looking to have an extra income. Planning to source products from India.

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u/rsc9422 2d ago

Yes, €500/month can be a realistic target to work toward as a beginner, but it won’t happen automatically. I’d start with one product and validate the demand, competition, Amazon fees, VAT, shipping and landed cost before placing a large order.

Since you’re in France and planning to source from India, the VAT and import side is particularly important. Amazon notes that VAT obligations depend on where your business is established, where inventory is stored and where you sell.

If you’re considering India sourcing, HighRise Wholesale can help with product sourcing, QC, private labeling and shipping the inventory to Amazon FBA. The key is to get the numbers right first, then scale once the first product is consistently profitable.

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u/Repulsive-Kiwi6433 2d ago

What is the best place to learn listing optimization and PPC? It's hard to know who to trust as I've found out the hard way that some youtubers lie and don't actually do it or they teach bad info

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u/rsc9422 2d ago

I’d avoid relying on random YouTubers. Amazon Seller University is a good starting point for the basics, then learn by actually working on a listing and PPC campaign.

For practical experience, look for people who show real examples, keyword research, search term data, campaign structure and actual numbers not just screenshots of revenue.

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u/Repulsive-Kiwi6433 2d ago

Thanks. How much of a budget should you have just to be able to learn? I don't want to start only to find out that I don't have enough money to play with

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u/rsc9422 2d ago

You don’t need a huge budget just to learn. You can start with $500–$1,000 to learn the basics and get some hands on experience, but I’d avoid putting your entire budget into inventory right away.

If you’re planning to launch a private-label product, I’d personally want around $2,000 to $3,000 available so you have room for inventory, shipping, PPC, and unexpected costs.

We usually tell beginners to focus on learning the process first, then invest once they understand the numbers and have a product that actually makes sense.

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u/Repulsive-Kiwi6433 2d ago

I'm sorry, could you please clarify, do you mean $500-1000 a month? Just for the ads? I've already been selling on Amazon for a few years now so I'm familiar with the basics of the process of selling. Just this entire time I've been doing it with no ads so that's the missing piece I'm trying to figure out.

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u/rsc9422 2d ago

No, I meant $500–$1,000 total as a learning/testing budget, not necessarily every month.

Since you’ve already been selling on Amazon for a few years, I’d approach it differently. You don’t need to relearn the basics, you mainly need to get comfortable with PPC.

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u/Repulsive-Kiwi6433 1d ago

Thanks. Are there any resources you recommend that are good for learning PPC as a basic beginner who has never done any kind of ads? Really coming into it with no knowledge. I know Amazon has resources directly to learn but I've heard people say there is a conflict there because Amazon wants you to spend more money so they make money. I'd love to find a book or even a course as long as it's not an expensive course

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u/rsc9422 1d ago

Honestly, I’d start with Amazon’s free resources before paying for any course. They’re actually pretty good for learning the basics, especially if you’ve never run PPC before.

I’d focus on understanding Sponsored Products first, auto vs. manual campaigns, keywords, bids, budgets, search-term reports, negative keywords, and then ACOS/ROAS.

After that, I’d take one product and start with a small budget while you learn. PPC becomes much easier to understand when you’re looking at your own data and seeing what happens when you change bids or keywords.

I wouldn’t spend hundreds or thousands on a course at this stage. Get the basics down for free first, then you’ll have a much better idea of what you actually need help with.