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I Built A $45k/Mo Amazon Side Hustle In 1 Year (With A 9-5 Job)

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2025-08-07 20:1912 min read

Content Introduction

This video features an interview with Brian, known as The FBM Junkie, who shares his experience of building a successful Amazon business while maintaining a full-time corporate job. Starting a year ago with no prior experience, Brian now sells over $45,000 a month part-time through Fulfillment by Merchant (FBM) without running ads, creating products, or importing from China. He emphasizes that selling on Amazon is a viable option even with a busy schedule and discusses strategies for balancing his job with his Amazon side hustle, including a strict schedule and mindset shifts. Brain also talks about the importance of community, finding a mentor and ongoing strategies for sourcing, ungating, and scaling both retail arbitrage (RA) and online arbitrage(OA) and integrating the benefits of Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) in the future.

Key Information

  • Brian went from an average 9-to-5 job to selling over $45,000 a month on Amazon part-time without ads, product creation, or buying from China/wholesalers.
  • Brian still works a 9-to-5 job, so time is limited, proving Amazon selling is viable for those with busy schedules looking for side income in 2025.
  • Amazon has a low barrier to entry, making it easy to sign up, grab products, and potentially get sales within a week.
  • Brian balances a corporate gig with Amazon selling. He has a strict schedule with early mornings for packing/sourcing, then a few hours at his 9-to-5, followed by more sourcing.
  • Brian's biggest month reached just shy of $50,000 in sales with about $8,000 profit.
  • While books are fun to source and scan, other products are more scalable for profit as he can get a lot of them available on hand.
  • Stick with sourcing and ungating. Keep submitting, switch it up, switch an address, take pictures, uh make tweaks to the title. That’18th, 19th time, you're probably going to get it eventually.
  • Amazon accounts for 60% come from third party sellers.
  • Online retail arbitrage has a high upside with lots of product

Timeline Analysis

Content Keywords

Amazon FBM Success

Brian, the FBM Junkie, transitioned from a 9-to-5 job to making over $45,000 a month on Amazon part-time in about a year, without ads, product creation, or buying from China/wholesalers. He balances this with his full-time job and recommends Amazon for anyone seeking side income in 2025 due to its low entry barrier.

Balancing Corporate Job with Amazon

Brian balances a corporate job with Amazon selling by maintaining a strict schedule, waking up early for tasks like packing and sourcing. He emphasizes that while his rigorous schedule isn't necessary for everyone, it has been beneficial for him to get the ball rolling.

Amazon Sales and Profit

Brian's biggest month in sales was just under $50,000, with about $8-$9,000 in profit. He emphasizes that this success is achievable while balancing a corporate job. He notes Amazon's low entry barrier and the potential to see sales within a week.

Online vs. Retail Arbitrage

Brian contrasts selling used books with online/retail arbitrage, noting that while he could make $5-10 profit per book, such high-profit books are rare. In contrast, he can find products online or in stores that make $5-10 profit each, and acquire many of them, making it more scalable.

Online Retail Arbitrage and Ungating

With online retail arbitrage, a starting capital of $1,000-$2,000 is incredibly cheap compared to most businesses. Inventory is often easier to obtain and ungating a product is not always easy. It is key to keep at it and try changing the details of a submittal, like the source address.

Mentorship and Support impact

The importance and need of community for Amazon sellers to be successful. Both Brian and Miles emphasizes the positive impact community members can provide and the need to have a mentor as well to guide.

FBM Scaling and Future Plans

The video discusses scaling the Amazon business through FBM (Fulfillment by Merchant) and leveraging RA (Retail Arbitrage) and OA (Online Arbitrage). It also talks about keeping things "lean" with multi-unit orders and expedited shipping. The goal is to extend the business and grow past the current $50k/month rate.

Retail Arbitrage Strategy

The "list it and leave it" is found to be a useful strategy that works very reliably with RA sources. Brian suggests that even if there are products from a store or deal that does seem not as promising at first glance, listing them and waiting is a sound strategy.

Related questions&answers

What online side hustle was Brian looking for a year ago?

Brian was looking for an online side hustle to build a second income stream.

What is Brian selling on Amazon?

Brian is selling on Amazon part-time without running ads, creating products, buying stuff from China, or buying products from wholesalers.

How much does Brian sell a month on Amazon?

Brian is selling over $45,000 a month on Amazon.

Does Brian has 9 toive job?

Yes, Brian still has his 9 toive job, so his time's very limited.

What did Brian join in late July 2024?

Brian joined a group in late July 2024

What biggest month in sales and profit did Brian achieve so far?

Brian sales: just shy of 50K last month, profit: about 8 $9,000 profit.

What does Brian think as the biggest difference between RA and selling books?.

Brian thinks RA is more scalable that selling books in terms of profit

How does the online retail arbitrage start?

the online retail arbitrage start with a,000 or 2,000 bucks to start

What does Brian suggest to make and submit to ungated in Amazon?

Brian suggest to make tweaks to the title, switch an address, take pictures

What has been able to save Brian been on the borader Amazon community?

It save Brian time, save money and habe more fun.

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