The moment my last final exam ended, I walked out of the exam room and my phone buzzed with an Amazon notification. Order confirmed. I stood there looking at the notification and suddenly laughed. Not because I was happy. Because—I could finally stop checking the seller dashboard while tak

The night my mom asked me "have you been eating properly," I hung up the phone and cried. Not because I was sad. Because I finally felt seen. Growing up, I got used to only sharing good news. My parents don't have much education, and they couldn't give me much advice anyway—so

Net profit: $287. That was the first time in my life I'd ever earned "side income" all by myself. Not a student loan, not money from my parents — this was money I actually withdrew from my Amazon business. That night I sat in front of my computer, staring at that $287 for a long t

After That First Order, I Thought the Hardest Part Was Over After my first order came in, I thought I could finally breathe a little. That day at the library, when the order notification came through, I flipped my phone over and laid it face-down on the table, telling myself: this is just the b

I won't say "one day I discovered cross-border e-commerce and it changed my life." That's not true. Here's what actually happened: I was scrolling Reddit and saw a post where someone said they were selling Chinese-manufactured kitchen stuff on Amazon, making $300 a month i

I remember it clearly. It was the week before Thanksgiving, second year of college. I checked my bank account and realized I didn't have enough to last until the end of the month. I was short by about $120. $120. It's almost funny — $120 could make a 20-year-old lose sleep for thre