Most resellers coast through the first two quarters.
They blame slow sales, low demand, no hype and use it as an excuse to be lazy.
They take a break, they temporarily give up. Useless.
That’s exactly why they lose. Real killers know that Q1-Q2 is the most powerful time of the year — not to scale, but to build the unshakable foundation that will allow you to scale so hard in Q4 and absolutely crush your competition.
This is the season of Warehouse Monk Mode.
No distractions. No dopamine. No spending. Just pure focus, ruthless execution, and preparation for war.
Let’s get into it.
1. Stop Sourcing Cold Turkey
If you’re like me, you’re absolutely addicted to the rush of scalping millions at Walmart.
Getting rich by buying low and selling high.
But buying is only one part of the equation.
Here’s the first rule of Warehouse Monk Mode.
No new inventory until you complete a great reset.
Lock yourself in your warehouse and face your demons.
You’ve got piles of unlisted gold just sitting in bins, boxes, and corners.
You have so much clutter from the chaos of Q4 when we were making absolute bank.
Money sitting around waiting to be cashed out.
Now is the time to cash out.
Pokémon cards, Amazon removals, one-off eBay flips, returns, unsold inventory — it’s all money. You just need the discipline to list it.
If you can’t list it, liquidate it to someone so they can make money on it.
Leave enough meat on the bone so even they can profit. Now you’ve got an injection of cash that you can use to take you to the next level.
Not only that, but you’ve established a valuable partner to deal with your returns while you continue to win.
That’s what I call a win/win situation.
Turn your clutter into cash. Use it to pay off debt, reinvest, or just breathe again. The dopamine hit of sourcing is what’s keeping you from scaling to the next level.
2. Destroy Chaos
Your warehouse should look like a military base, not a hoarder’s storage unit.
Split your space with intention:
- Staging Shelf: Only high-priority inventory ready to be listed
- Pickable Bins: Only items already listed and active on your marketplaces
- Returns / Death Pile: Quarantine zone for broken, old, or uncertain goods
- Supplies & Tools: In their own area, never mixed in with inventory
Everything in its own place. No more mental fatigue trying to figure out what’s listed or not. Know what stage every item is in, at all times. This will give you the clarity to take Warehouse Monk Mode to its highest level.
3. Crosslist Like a Machine
Amazon, eBay, Walmart. Get every SKU you own on every platform.
Use software. Use VAs. Use your girlfriend. Use your little brother. I don’t care. Just get it done.
It’s too hard? Don’t make me laugh.
Do you want to get rich or are you a joker like the clowns on Twitter who only chase easy money and give up when the going gets tough?
No one cares if it’s boring. Most of the money is made from the boring shit. Bundle items. Create multi-packs. Flood the internet with your inventory.
Like Jordan Belfort said in Wolf of Wall Street, don’t stop until your client BUYS or FUCKING DIES.
More eyes = more sales = more cash = more power.
Now as a charitable gift for you, I’ve written a beautiful motivational speech in the tune of Wolf of Wall Street for you to get fucking amped up right now.
See those little black scanners? They’re called Zebras. I’m gonna let you in on a little secret about these Zebras:
They’re not going to scan and list inventory themselves, okay?
Without you, they’re just worthless hunks of plastic. Like a loaded M16 without a trained Marine to pull the trigger.
And in the case of the scanner? It’s up to each and every one of you —
My highly trained sellers.
My killers.
My killers who will not take no for an answer.
My fucking warriors who will not put down the Zebra until their client either BUYS OR FUCKING DIES.
Let me tell you something:
There is no nobility in poverty.
I’ve been a rich man and I’ve been a poor man, and I choose rich every fucking time.
Because at least as a rich man, when I have to face my problems, I can do so from the comfort of my 2000 sq feet warehouse/flex office instead of clocking into a cubicle.
If anyone here thinks I’m superficial or materialistic, go get a job at fucking Walmart, because that’s where you fucking belong.
But before you depart this room full of winners,
I want you to take a good look at the person next to you.
Go on, take a good look —
Because sometime in the not-so-distant future, you’re going to be pulling up to a red light in your beat-up old fucking Honda,
And that person is going to be pulling up right alongside you in that brand new Ferrari —
With a beautiful wife by his side, who’s got big, voluptuous tits.
And who are you going to be sitting next to?
Some disgusting wildebeest with three days of razor stubble,
Wearing a sleeveless muumuu, crammed in next to you in a car full of groceries from the fucking Grocery Outlet.
That’s who you’re going to be sitting next to.
So you listen to me, and you listen well.
Are you behind on your Amex Plum?
Good — pick up the Zebra and start scanning.
Is your landlord ready to evict you?
Good — pick up the Zebra and start scanning.
Does your girlfriend think you’re a fucking worthless loser?
Good — pick up the Zebra and start scanning.
I want you to deal with your problems by becoming rich.
All you have to do today is pick up that scanner,
And scan products into Inventory Lab, eBay or Seller Central —
And I will make you richer than motherfucking Jeff Bezos.
I want you to go out there,
And I want you to ram Walmart Clearance down your clients’ throats until they fucking choke on it —
Until they choke on it and they buy a hundred thousand units. That’s what I want you to do.
You be ferocious.
You be relentless.
You be reselling fucking terrorists.“
4. Go Monk Mode With Your Finances
Cut every unnecessary expense. No UberEats. No Starbucks. No weekend restaurant dates.
No hanging out and drinking a beer with your mates at the pub.
Every dollar goes back into the business, your debt, or key labor.
- Pay off high-interest debt
- Pay your girlfriend to help you list faster
- Pay yourself just enough to survive
Here’s a question you need to ask yourself from now on.
Does this expense generate profit, or will it help me make more revenue in the future?
Will this help me scale and take myself out of the equation in due time?
If yes, buy it now.
If no, forget about it.
What about my new Rollie I bought via Afterpay? Pathetic.
What about my BMW or Mercedes I financed at 18% interest? Pathetic.
When you’re on monk mode, these jokers are not even on the same playing field as you.
I used to sell cars at BMW and Mercedes and sold cars to dipshits like this on the daily.
Broke flexers with a 500 credit score or even worse, no credit score, trying to buy a 70K-100K vehicle to gain validation.
Taking on massive loans with minimal down payment, super high interest rate and ridiculously long loan terms.
In the dealership world, we called this “being taken to brown town”.
We made a lot of money on these suckers.
Don’t let this happen to you.
Forget looking cool. The goal is to win. Winners stack cash. Losers flex.
5. Reset Your Credit. Prepare for War.
Your utilization is probably cooked from Q4 and system upgrades. That’s perfectly fine and part of the game — but it’s time we fix it now.
Let me put you on some next level game if you have a cash flow crunch:
- Use medium to long-term business debt to roll over your short-term credit card balances, if you will otherwise be paying interest
- Don’t spend on any of your existing business cards for 60 days
- Let your utilization report $0, this will skyrocket your credit and banks will want to lend to you
Once that happens, apply for multiple 0% introductory APR cards. That’ll become your primary spend tool and war chest for the upcoming season. Interest-free capital, and super high limits to dominate the game. Many of these cards have promotional 0% interest for 12 months, which is HUGE.
Use the funds on the 0% APR card to buy extremely high ROI inventory which will provide the cash flow for you to pay double the payment every month for your loan. All while paying the minimum on these 0% APR cards so you stay in good standing.
Paying more at the beginning of your loan will save you thousands in interest.
THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE AND I AM NOT A FINANCIAL ADVISOR. THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT.
That being said, I want to emphasize that not all debt is bad debt. I’ve used Amazon Lending in the past to great success.
Bad debt is when you take out 100K to buy a car to flex on your haters (who don’t give a damn).
This produces no revenue and depreciation completely erodes your vehicle value.
Not only that, but you pay sky high interest and insurance.
You lose on every front imaginable.
Next thing you know, you’re completely upside down on your loan, meaning you owe much more than you could get if you sold your car at that given moment.
This not only fucks up your momentum but turns you into a debt slave instead of a winner.
You’re no longer getting ahead, you’re trying to catch up.
Business debt can be used strategically, but you cannot be a dumbass.
You must be strategic.
You must have a plan.
With a plan, even high interest short term funding can take you to the next level.
But it can easily send you to the poorhouse if you don’t take it seriously.
Business debt can quickly become bad debt if you are undisciplined.
You buy questionable inventory, you scale too quickly, you disregard sourcing fundamentals, you spend money haphazardly, you outsource too fast and waste money on labor.
Always proceed at your own risk.
Always do your due diligence and read the fine print. Know what you’re getting into before you dive in.
Ideally, you want to cycle 0% intro-APR cards, or use charge cards/business cards paying in full every month and never pay a dime of interest. I haven’t paid a dime of interest in over 2 years.
I took on some Amazon lending in the past which had a high interest rate but I made so much more in profit than I paid in interest.
That was the catalyst to take me from my garage to storage unit, to multiple storage units to my own warehouse.
The past 2 years, I’ve been able to utilize sky high limits on my Amex Plum, Chase Ink Unlimited and Amex Business Gold/Business Platinum to fund my operations interest free.
6. Systematize Everything
If you have to think, you’re already behind. Build a system that eliminates thought and maximizes productivity.
- Label everything
- Create bin locations and warehouse maps
- Build out your standard operating procedures
- Optimize your warehouse layout
- Automate wherever possible
- Build the perfect system
The goal is simple: when the storm hits, you are perfectly calm. You just execute. No guesswork. No bottlenecks.
While amateur resellers utilize no system at all and go with the flow, you will be playing 4D Chess, eating your competitor’s lunch and annihilating them.
An added benefit of systemetizing is that you are able to remove yourself from the equation.
Making your system so straightforward that even a retard could follow the steps you’ve laid out and generate revenue for you while you focus on higher level activities is an absolute game changer.
7. Get Ruthless. Prepare for Q4 Domination.
By the time July 1 hits, you should:
- Have zero credit card debt
- Be holding multiple 0% APR cards
- Have a clean, fully organized warehouse
- Have every single piece of inventory you own listed
- Absolutely slaughtered your death pile
- Be sitting on a fat pile of cold hard cash ready to deploy
While your competition cries on X about how online arbitrage is dead, getting suspended and gambling their life savings on memecoins like a degenerate, you’ll be achieving operational excellence, cashing out daily, and scaling to the moon.
You will leave these quitters in the dust, where they belong.
The best part is no one will be able to stop you, because you will be making moves in the shadows.
Final Thoughts
Warehouse Monk Mode isn’t for everyone.
Most people are weak. They need constant dopamine hits and social media clout to feel alive. What a joke.
They live by the mantra, “If no one saw me do it, it was pointless.” Pathetic.
They only chase fast money, and never build systems or a real business.
“Only wholesale is scalable, not retail arbitrage… Online arbitrage is scalable with VAs from the Phillipines, so I won’t do RA and I’ll just stick with that. But I gotta eventually move on to private label because that’s what people told me is better.”
Then you see them bitching about how online arbitrage is dead when Nike sock listings get taken down or they get regated in Adidas.
Always going from one thing to another, never sticking with one thing UNTIL THEY WIN.
Meanwhile people like myself are scaling retail arbitrage to heights these clowns couldn’t imagine in their wildest dreams.
3 years after I started, and I’m still capitalizing on the retail apolcalypse and getting rich.
While jokers thought it “wasn’t scalable” because their pea-sized brains couldn’t figure out the complexity, we just did it.
Likewise, if you are reading this, you are a different breed.
You go ghost mode. You go monk mode. You lock in. And then you dominate.
Fuck distractions. Fuck excuses. It’s time to build your empire.
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