1st Sale On OfferUp Dropshipping

About this video

RJ recounts his first two OfferUp dropshipping sales as a test, after a brief aside about gas prices. On the first sale he bought the item on Amazon and shipped it directly to the customer as a gift. OfferUp support then required its own prepaid shipping label so it could track the shipment; because he had not used that label, OfferUp cancelled the transaction, the customer was refunded and kept a free product, and RJ says he lost about $40. He quotes the support message: using a label other than the one OfferUp provides makes tracking impossible, and when shipment cannot be confirmed the transaction is cancelled and the seller is not paid. For the second sale he describes the correct workflow: list an Amazon product on OfferUp using the same photos, buy it and have it shipped to himself first — Prime one- or two-day shipping helps — check it is the correct item, then print the OfferUp shipping label, attach it to the box and ship it on to the customer. His example is a swimming pool basketball hoop he says he listed for $40 and bought on Amazon for $20, leaving roughly $15-16 profit after what he describes as an about 8% fee. He says he was only testing whether it works, not focusing on scaling it.

Key takeaways

• Never ship directly from Amazon to the OfferUp buyer — OfferUp cannot track it, cancels the sale, refunds the buyer and the seller is not paid.
• Correct flow per the creator: order the item to yourself, verify it, then re-ship it using OfferUp’s own prepaid shipping label.
• First-sale lesson cost the creator about $40 by his own account, with the customer keeping a free product.
• Second example: pool basketball hoop listed at $40, sourced at $20 on Amazon, for roughly $15-16 profit after fees — figures are the creator’s.
• Prime speed matters in his method because the item must reach the seller first before being forwarded to the buyer.

Episode details: published May 1, 2019 · 11:04 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are RJ Martinez’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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