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My watch company. Started it in September and started selling before the watches were made. They're still in production and will be finished soon. Wouldn't maybe call it "passive income", but the sales keep coming through WOM. ( http://gardannewatches.com )
Those watches look very nice! Is it possible to get the white compass with a black leather strap?
My watch company. Started it in September and started selling before the watches were made. They're still in production and will be finished soon. Wouldn't maybe call it "passive income", but the sales keep coming through WOM. ( http://gardannewatches.com )
I would echo the same sentiments as others. The watch design looks great, however, it does look like a photoshop render than an actual watch. If this was not posted on HN, I would have immediately ignored it as a scam. Have you shipped the watch to any customers?
My watch company. Started it in September and started selling before the watches were made. They're still in production and will be finished soon. Wouldn't maybe call it "passive income", but the sales keep coming through WOM. ( http://gardannewatches.com )
Are those images renders or actual product? It's a really nice looking watch, at a great price.
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The watch case design is a render and the band is a photo of real bands. But as I said before, the watches are under production right now, finished very soon. So we're not able to have any real photos of the watch yet :)
Got it. A bit surprising you didn't get any manufacturing samples, but cool.
It might be several hours to fix, retest and update documentation for even a small platform change, so just keeping up with platform changes can be significant effort if you work a full-time job, have children, other commitments etc.
The good news for me is that changes at work are affording me the opportunity to escape some process and re-open some of my side-projects again.
* http://femcalapp.comHas anyone in this community had success dropshipping? Any indications of expected margins? I'm particularly looking at TV accessories.
Is anyone doing old-fashion landlording these days? I'm trying to break into that space, but I have no idea what I'm doing and could use some advice from someone who's done it before.
I've been looking at this as well and I also have very little idea what I'm doing. I found a spreadsheet on Bigger Pockets that helps evaluate properties as rental investments by plugging in some numbers. Apart from that, I just have some alerts set up on Redfin and a general idea of what parts of my city would probably attract good tenants. But I've seen enough stories about nightmare situations that I'd rather cove…
He comes across as a great guy (heard him interviewed on a podcast before I bought the book), has a really readable style (seriously, it makes real estate financials "light reading"), and generally seems focused on helping people (he was apparently teaching when a publisher approached him to write a book - he told them he wouldn't write the book they wanted because he thought it would be useless, but he would write them a book on what he thought would be most useful).
And absolutely: if you're from a comp-sci background, the real estate math is all trivial plug and chug. But it is worth learning the accepted ways of doing things so you can properly compare and model your properties.
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Got it. A bit surprising you didn't get any manufacturing samples, but cool.
I could, but that would cost $300 for that sample. I got a sample of another watch to feel the quality. And I can tell you - it felt good!
What happens if what you get doesn't match what you're expecting, without an approved sample?
Also, any ballpark on the setup? Or is it per-unit?
(Feel free to demure if you don't want to share, just curious. You see fewer physical than virtual products!)
Selling t-shirts http://www.zazzle.com/freesoftwarelove*
Is anyone doing old-fashion landlording these days? I'm trying to break into that space, but I have no idea what I'm doing and could use some advice from someone who's done it before.
After the initial fixes and repairs we had to do during the purchase process (every home in California has termites), I've been working to automate as much as possible. Here's my "Landlord Stack":
1. Cozy for applications and rental payments (https://cozy.co/) (Price: free)
2. Rocket Lawyer for leases, other documents, and random law questions (https://www.rocketlawyer.com/) (Price: $50/mo)
3. Xero for accounting (https://www.xero.com/) (Price: $9/mo)
4. Trello for organizing information and to-dos (https://trello.com/) (Price: free)
5. We bank at Chase and use their online bill-pay to handle the few utilities we're responsible for.
So for I've had to unclog a couple toilets and fix a window screen. Other than that, smooth sailing so far. Email in profile if you want to get in touch.