He Made $25K Playing Skee Ball, Then Scaled Amazon to $1M

He made $25,000 hustling skee-ball at arcades. Then he started Amazon FBA as a college freshman, dropped out after one year, and hit $1.1 million in a single month doing online arbitrage.

He's 21 years old.

Gavin (@GavinFBA) started selling on Amazon in September 2023 with $500 in first-month revenue. Two years later, he's running a seven-figure Amazon OA business, stacking margin with discounted gift cards and credit card cashback ($60K in a single month), and refusing to pay himself a dollar.

This episode breaks down his entire playbook: how he sources, how he funds massive buys, why he goes deep instead of wide, and the Q4 house he rented with two friends that changed everything.

Chapters:

00:00 - The Ski Ball Hustle: $25K From Arcade Arbitrage

02:00 - From Popeye's Chicken Sandwiches to StockX Shoe Flips

10:11 - First Amazon Sale: $14 in His Girlfriend's Dorm

15:33 - $800K in Sales as a College Freshman and Baseball Player

19:58 - Dropping Out of College: The Conversation With Mom and Dad

24:05 - Three Friends, One Discord, All Crossed Six Figures in Profit

28:00 - The Q4 House in Florida That Unlocked a New Niche

30:45 - Going Deep: Tracking Sales Cycles and Controlling the Market

34:16 - The August P&L Breakdown: What $240K in Revenue Actually Nets

38:38 - Funding $100K in Two Days by Calling Friends

42:14 - $60K in Cash Back: The Full Margin Stacking System

46:31 - $250K on One Brand: The Biggest Bet He's Made

50:06 - Team of Three: VA, Prep Center, and Grandma

57:17 - "I Drive a 2003 Acura TL and I Refuse to Pay Myself"

01:02:17 - "The Most Technical People Sell the Least"

01:06:04 - Lightning Round: Biggest L, Best Investment, and What's Next

Follow Gavin:

Instagram: @GavinFBA

Twitter/X: @GavinFBA

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