![]() ![]() (Top- Size Up OG HeadQuarters at my parents house 2011, Bottom- Size Up Shelby the Day we Got the Keys 2012)Įventually, it came to the point where I did not have enough space to store all the inventory and started thinking of options. I had very little operating costs and I was doing all the work myself so there was little to no overhead. The biggest thing that kept customers coming back was always having the absolute lowest prices on any particular item at all times. I also started to run banner ads on various forums and that really seemed to help. #SIZEUP BERKLEY CODE#However, one thing that always bothered me were the fees associated with the platforms, this is what lead me into creating my own site to sell the supplements ( Initially the site got little to no traffic at all and I almost dropped it but instead I had the idea of putting a postcard with a coupon code in every ebay and amazon order I shipped out that contained a very aggressive deal for the same product on my website which almost forced people to make a purchase from the site next time they needed to re-up on supplements. Within a few months I was getting close to 100 orders a day between the 2 platforms. My buying power started to grow and instead of only buying exactly what a person wanted I started to buy extra and listing those on Ebay and Amazon. I went to 2 different high schools and played sports growing up so I had a pretty decent size network of people I could sell to.Īfter a few months of doing this, people started telling their friends and eventually it came to the point where I was driving around the city in my Grand Prix delivering orders to customers. Mostly all young kids are all about saving money so for the most part when I told them how much I could get it to them for, they would get more excited than me knowing they would save a few bucks. Basically I would buy the product and mark it up accordingly depending on how much they paid previously. I was always good at finding deals and making my dollar stretch as much as possible so what I began to do the is find out what supplements each of my friends took and find them at a better price than what they were currently paying. ![]() I based that structure on what was to come next. Growing up my parents always beat 3 things in my head. At the time all my friends worked out and were into fitness, this led me to the idea of selling them supplements. I took the concept of “Drug Dealing” and started brainstorming ways I could do something similar but legal. ![]() Initially I was considering doing what everyone does who needs money fast and sell drugs but the risks outweigh the benefits to me and I knew I was better than that. I knew I had to make money to help my family out and get us back in a house but didn't no what to do. To date this was one of the toughest times in my life but also a very big pivotal point. This led our family to be homeless having to bounce around to relatives houses. ![]() #SIZEUP BERKLEY FULL#A few months later, we lost our house because we were not able to make regular payments since my dad was the only one with a Full Time Job. This was when the auto industry crashed and many others who were in the auto industry were left jobless. Back in 2011, while I was in high school, my father’s job in Detroit, MI suddenly got outsourced overseas and he was left with no job. ![]()
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