TIE #088: How to Make $1,572 in Profit on Amazon in a Single Month (while hardly working)
Come see how much money my Amazon business made in May 2025
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I have been documenting how much profit my personal Amazon business makes in this newsletter for over 4 years now.
While running this type of business was never a dream of mine, it is what laid the foundation for me to live a lifestyle full of freedom and fulfillment.
Last year, it generated $158,652 in profit without stealing a ton of my time:
If I had to start over from scratch, I would still start with this exact same business model.
It is the perfect companion for someone with a full-time job and real responsibilities or someone like me who is obsessed with running multiple businesses.
This post is #53 of this series, you can read post #52 here:
My Amazon business is not typical and has three branches:
Branch 1: Non-fiction book arbitrage (read here if you do not know what this is)
Branch 2: LEGO investment sales (read here if you do not know what this is)
Branch 3: Any and all other online arbitrage
Depending on the time of year, they all rise and fall independently from each other.
I aim to target the highest profit margin possible while aiming to work as little as possible.
This often means buying products and waiting a while before selling them.
The game I play is efficiency, I do not play “number go up” simulator.
Let’s take a look at how we did in May:
Total Sales: $4,953.50
Items Sold: 78
Cost of Goods + Fees: $3,380.87
Total Profit: $1,572.63
Hours Worked: ~5
Average Profit Per Item: $20.16
Total Profit for 2025: $41,351.62
Talk about a dip!
This is the least amount of money this business has made in a single month for 2025 so far.
But as you might expect, this is no surprise.
I hardly sell any books in May and I don’t sell LEGO in May.
Not only that, but May is when the weather really starts to improve and people spend more time outside and less time buying stuff.
If this was my only operation, I would definitely focus heavily on keeping the sales flowing during these slow Spring months.
However, I have this newsletter to write and a supplement business to grow. Not only that, but I spend a lot of time golfing/gaming in my free time.
This trend will continue through both June and July.
When the back to school rush happens in August, this business become a cash printing machine once again.
I will begin preparing for this rush later this month by buying used books that are the most likely to jump in value during that period.
If I was starting over today, I would still start an Amazon business for a few different reasons:
It teaches you a lot about how to operate an ecommerce business
It is an extremely straightforward way to $1,000+/month in profit from home
It is the most liquid place to sell LEGO investments
Unfortunately, Amazon is not allowing newer sellers to sell LEGO right now (as of late last year).
It is my belief that this is temporary.
If I didn’t have permission to sell LEGO right now, I’d be learning the ropes today so I could jump on-board the moment that day comes.
I’d also be just as happy to continue LEGO investing with other platforms like eBay and Walmart.
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