How I Made $66,525 in 2 Weeks Selling Socks Online

It all started because I was cold as hell

Joseph Mavericks
8 min readFeb 7, 2023
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2 months ago, as Christmas was looming around the corner, I remember being cold as hell. Temperatures were dropping well into the sub-zeroes, and the heating in my house never seemed keep me warm enough. On one particular day, I was not only really cold, but I also couldn’t find my slippers, which made the whole thing feel even more frustrating. I went to my closet to look for socks and found a pair of good old thick wool socks, a perfect replacement for my slippers.

I stayed home all day, and I figured these socks were a lot comfier than my slippers, so I thought to myself “let’s buy more of these.” I went to Google and searched for “thick winter socks”, but I couldn’t find anything similar to my socks. Mine were the perfect fit, they snuggled your foot just the right way, and none of the products I was seeing there seemed to match that. So naturally, I thought “There’s a business here”.

1. The product research

We’ve all read about setting up a dropshipping store in a matter of hours and seeing the big bucks coming in after only a few days, right? Well, that’s exactly what I set out to do. I started up my Spocket account and looked for socks that seemed similar to mine. Spocket is an awesome…

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Joseph Mavericks

Living with a purpose and improving myself is changing my life — I also make Youtube videos: bit.ly/3QAEXTm