23-Year-Old UK Man Earns £180K in One Year by Selling on Amazon: His Success Story

Very business minded! A 23-year-old man in the UK originally worked on a construction site, but because his salary was not enough to pay the bills, he decided to start a side business and resell daily necessities on the Internet. Unexpectedly, he earned 180,000 pounds (about 6.88 million pounds) in one year NT), quite successfully.

according toThe MirrorAccording to reports, Luke (Luke Williams) studied construction and surveying at university. After graduating in June 2020, he went to work on construction sites, but he soon found that he was not making enough money to pay his bills, so he started selling old mobile phones on eBay , can earn an extra £1,000 (approximately NT$38,000) a month. By accident, he discovered the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) e-commerce company, “I found out that I can buy goods from wholesalers and also sell them.”

In order to expand his business scope, Luke purchases daily necessities from wholesalers and starts selling them on Amazon in June 2021. The products include air purifiers, meat grinders, phones, children’s toys, etc., and his income has increased to £30,000 a month (approximately NT$1.15 million), decided to quit his job as a construction worker in January 2022, and made a profit of 180,000 pounds (approximately NT$6.88 million) within one year.

Luke explained that most of the profit from this income came from the past six months, and he said that after solving the life crisis, he saw the business opportunity, because not only the price of food rose, but also the price of gasoline. Online shopping, “you can buy cheaper things, and you don’t have to go to the supermarket to pay.” The money meant he was able to pay off his bills and fly business class to the United Arab Emirates. Since starting the business, he has hired 2 staff to prepare the purchases and make the sales run smoother.