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Hey guys, Emanuel here. Welcome back to the channel. Today I'm going to be speaking to a guy that's made over $25,000 from reselling concert tickets from his phone, from his laptop, from anywhere across the world. He's going to be giving away the source on how he actually scaled to 25,000 plus and how he's going to scale past that and the journey.
Here we go. Hey, James, how's it going?
I'm good, bro. How are you?
I've [snorts] already said your name, but let me ask you, can you introduce yourself? What's your name? What's your age? Where you from? And yeah, that's all really.
Yeah. Uh, so my name is James. Um, I'm from Canada and I'm 24 years old.
Okay, cool, cool, cool. You're 24. I thought you were younger.
Yeah. No, bro.
So, before ticket reselling, what were you doing?
I was doing Amazon FBA. So, I was just reselling books. Um, I still kind of do it now. Um, I I kind of do it less now. I'm doing ticket reselling, but that's what I was doing before.
So, like before the program, before ticket reselling, where were you financially?
I was decent. It was just with my business, it was kind of stagnant at the time.
Um, I kind of want to start something else as well. So, I was just looking for another business that I can um I can indulge in. Um, and I looked into ticket reselling. I kind of did it before in the summer just casually locally.
Okay.
But I wanted to take it to another level, you know.
Okay. Cool. Cool. Cool. So, you you already had some a little bit of prior experience then.
Just a little bit.
Okay. Cool. Cool. Cool. That's good. So you've tried have you tried other side hustles or other reselling models as well?
I have. Yeah.
Which ones?
Like crypto stocks. I did I think I did SAS selling as a service. SAS and stuff like that. Um obviously drop shipping.
Okay. Yeah. Everybody everybody's tried drop shipping. What was your you so you already knew about ticker reselling but what was your first thought about like hearing the kind of numbers that like I was making or other other my other of the students were making or on like my YouTube when you're hearing the numbers what did you think?
I definitely thought it was possible you know like for tickets it's literally just like a numbers game you know like if I'm making or if you're making 20k then there's other people that make 10k or 5k you know what I mean?
Yeah.
So to get to that kind of just you know just spend anymore.
Okay. Cool. Cool. Cool. So, you weren't really skeptical about anything. You didn't think maybe it's a big exaggerated like you thought everything was legit.
Yeah, I did.
That's good.
Because like before I was I was selling tickets myself like locally and I kind of got a glimpse of what it what it can be.
Okay, cool. Yeah. Yeah, I get what you mean. So, you didn't really have any doubts because you knew it already worked. So, what what did anything stop you from taking action at all? Like were you hesitant at all before joining the program or going all out all in on ticker reselling?
No, not really to be honest. Like the first the first call we went into I told you I was like I was down for anything. No, I'm down to put this much money in. I was just ready to lock in. Bro.
How much money did you start with? What what kind of capital?
Um Canadian it was around 10 15k.
What's that in like USD?
I don't even know. Around like 12 probably. It's probably it's just slightly lower, isn't it?
Okay. Cool, cool, cool. That's a That's a really That's a decent amount to start with. That's why that's that's really good. That's a really good amount to start with. You There's no ticket you can't really afford with that, isn't it?
Mhm.
So, how quickly did it take you to get your first ticket sale?
Like a week, two weeks.
Okay. That's pretty That's pretty decent. That's pretty decent. Well, do you remember what it was or not?
I think it was Tala that tour.
Okay. Yeah.
Um, yeah.
Where did you sell it? Unlisted?
October.
I sold it on listed. Yeah.
Okay. Cool. Cool. Cool. Do you remember the the profit at all or No.
Um, that one event, I think I made around $900 in profit.
Wow. Off your first event?
Yeah.
That's that's a that's a really good way to start, bro. That's that's a that's a really good way to start. So,
Yeah.
How much have you done in total ticket sales since you started? Like overall?
Unlisted I've done around 20 20k and then stump up is around five.
Okay. That's that's USD.
USD. Yeah.
And what kind of time period is that? Like since when did you start selling on listed and stuff?
Um late September. So I I joined around late September but I didn't start buying tickets until like early October.
Okay. Yeah.
So early October until now. Yeah. Then you would have you you start you got you you kind of ghosted a bit, didn't you? You ghosted a bit when I can't remember the time period. I think it was just at the start of November, was it? At the start of November, you you weren't really active.
Yeah. During that time, it was cuz I was trying to figure out the proxies.
Okay.
That time I couldn't know. I didn't know how to do the proxies. I was like, "All right, whatever. I'm just on one account trying to get lucky."
So, honestly, I could have done way better before.
Yeah.
If I got my proxies settled.
You try figuring stuff out by yourself, don't you? You don't really like asking for help.
I guess that helps a kind of a bit as well. You you made a lot of progress independently as well in it.
That's good, bro. 20 25K is a is a really decent amount. So, how many months is that around 4 months?
Around four. Yeah.
That's that's that's pretty good, bro. That's pretty good. As a complete beginner, was it was 25K in four months something that you expected once you when you joined?
Low key. Yeah. That was like that was kind of my goal. Yeah.
That's good. Um, yeah, around there about to be honest.
And you you said you had a time time off in between that period, so you could have actually made more. So during like on a on a daily basis, what you kind of How many hours are you spending per day actually buying these tickets and selling them?
Um, it depends to be honest. Well, like daily if there's like a ticket sale, probably like a couple hours. So like per day, probably like one to three hours maybe.
One to three hours?
If there's a drop that day. Is that on a day? In a day.
Yeah. If there's a drop though, but if there's in the pre-sale, then I want to be on.
I remember for BTS, bro, you were you were awake for the whole day. You were active for the whole day.
Bro. Yeah. Um, so the the Euro sale was in the morning. Yeah.
Like 3:00 a.m. my time.
Um, so I just stayed up whatever. And then the next hour was like London or something.
Yeah.
Um, I got some tickets there. I slept for two hours and I had to wake up right away for for another sale for BTS. So I stayed up like the whole day, slept like two hours. Bro.
It paid off though because that week you posted so many ticket sales. It was like I counted it was about 10k in ticket sales that week.
Yeah, bro. It was crazy. That week was crazy.
Yeah, that was that was really That was actually just like that was just like two weeks ago, wasn't it? So is is ticket reselling something you do full-time or you do something alongside? I think you just mentioned that you do something alongside actually.
I do I do I don't do it fulltime right now, but I am planning to.
Okay.
Planning to. Okay. So, what would change for you to do it full-time? Is it just throwing more money in? Is it just putting more hours in, not missing some events, or what is it?
Um, yeah, I think it's definitely throwing more money in. Um, but and I think right now it's just it's difficult for me because I don't have pay on demand.
Okay.
So, I kind of have to wait until the show's finished to get paid out, but
Um, I kind of just waiting on that.
Okay. Cool. So apart from that, like what surprised you the most with signing? Was it how simple it is? Was it how complex it is? What what kind of surprised you the most?
Probably probably how simple it is. Well, it is simple, but like there's still some stuff like you have to consider. Not all tickets are going to be good, you know what I mean? So you can't just go in and buy anything you see.
Right. So that's just saying um that kind of surprised me. For me before when I was doing it just like this is a good event so just buy anything. Um, but like in the campus it's more like there's more analysis into it. You know what I mean?
Yeah. And you can you you can check with like
Either me or Jay or another expert in the group before you actually buy the tickets. We can give you the green light or whether to buy them or not.
Right.
So when did you realize okay this is working. Let me put more time into this. Let me put more capital into this. Let me actually take this really serious.
Um, probably Yeah, I think it was like the Ariana Grande sale, bro. Like I saw so many people making money.
Yeah.
Um, and that time I was I only had one account.
So I was like, "Okay, I actually need more accounts so I can get a better chance."
Yeah.
Tickets. Yeah. I mean, some of these guys were selling for like,
You know, like a thousand profit for like one ticket. So that's when I was like, "Oh, I need to lock in. I need to get more proxies, bro."
Yeah. Yeah. When you're using one account, it's just luck. You're just hoping to get a good Q spot. If you get a bad Q spot for one whole week, then you simply just don't make any money. Proxies is really important. If you're trying to take tickets seriously or you're trying to make money or business change since starting, how has your confidence around money or business like changed, maybe improved since starting?
Uh, that's kind of a tricky question, isn't it? I guess like knowing where to put your money in like allocating your risk towards like some some events and some not. So like [snorts] if there's an event like BTS or like Ariana Grande, you want to put more money into that. You know what I mean?
Yeah.
Um, kind of be more careful with your capital. if you're in other events, um, just like some random ones, you know, some EDM ones, but make sure to to go big when when there's a big demand show.
Yeah, definitely. Definitely, definitely. So, has this changed the way you think about income or opportunities? Cuz like for me personally, ticket reselling really taught me the value of money because I felt like instead of spending money on maybe something that's just a waste like maybe junk food, maybe an experience that's not really that worth it, I just thought actually I could put this money into ticker reselling. Was that the same for you where you see the value of money more?
Yeah, definitely.
Yeah. So, I did want to save more money going into this just because I wanted to buy more tickets. So, um, capital is like a really really important thing in as a business. Uh, you do want to have like rolling capital.
Yeah. Okay. Cool. Cool. Cool. So, what part of the program, the whole ticket reselling master class that I run, what helped you the most? What what do you feel like is the most valuable about the program?
Um, probably the ticket chat and how you're able to just talk about um the events and the jobs with everybody and also like having access to you guys, you know what I mean? If you had questions, then you're able to answer them. Um, there's a lot of people in the the chat that can help that can help out. They're different skill levels, so it's kind of it's kind of nice to see like everyone helping each other out, you know.
Yeah. Yeah. That's I really like the community aspect of it. It's not just signals or video lessons, etc. is actually there's a community aspect to it and that's I feel like that's really valuable no matter what stage you are with the ticker reselling. you know, you could have made 100K, you could have made 50K, but it's still quite valuable to have that extra confidence that you could ask someone that's made more than you or even someone that's made less than you. It doesn't matter.
Um, it's definitely important, bro. Like, I've tried to do things myself through other businesses as well. Um, it's not the same, you know, like having a mentor, it's like they've already been through what you've been through.
Yeah.
So, it's easier if you have someone like someone like that.
Yeah. It it makes the success much faster. How does ticket reselling compare to other hustles or side hustles that you've tried in the past?
Um, ticket reselling is like pretty easy, bro. It's like really simple, right? And you're you're given like analysis. Um, you just have to follow that and you're pretty much good. Obviously, you have to know supply and demand, but like that's kind of like baseline knowing.
Um, going into it. But it's it's really simple.
Okay. Was was everything perfect from day one or were there any obstacles? Were there any learning moments that you faced or was it just straight away you hit the road running success straight away?
Um, at the beginning it was well for me um I made the mistake of having FOMO so I was just kind of buying everything everything that I saw.
Oh yeah.
Um, I have the capital so I was like okay I'm just going to buy buy a good event. Um, obviously that left me with like some events that are like not too good and like too far away. Um, I bought him to event, it was in September and um, the event was in September 2026. Oh wow. I bought it in 2025.
I dropped like 5K in that event.
Oh wow.
So that probably wasn't the smartest for me.
But you're probably still gonna profit anyway to be honest.
Yeah, probably. But it's just like if I want to reach that 50k goal, I probably shouldn't be going for that.
Yeah. You know what I mean?
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Um, other than that, I probably should have made proxies earlier. Um, [snorts] get those running just so I can have a better chance of like those good events.
Okay. Cool, cool, cool. Yeah. Yeah. FOMO is is probably what most beginners really struggle with because you see people making money, you're probably using one account, you're missing out, you're getting bad Q spots, and you just feel like, "All right, let me just do something. Let me feel like I'm actually doing something. Let me try gamble this money away and try turn it into a profitable flip through luck." But that's not really how it works. And there's a lot of analysis and stuff that goes into this. And you just don't want to. That's how a lot of people lose money, bro. It's best to avoid formal, especially when it comes to Teresa.
So, who would you recommend ticker reselling to?
Say that again.
Who would you recommend ticker reselling to?
Sorry, say that again, bro. You cut off.
I said who would you recommend ticker reselling to?
Oh, um, probably anyone. Like anyone can do it. Um, it's just on a different level. Um, ticket reselling. Yeah, it's pretty it's pretty easy. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to make money on the side.
Yeah. Yeah.
Or if they want to make it full time.
So what what would you think they they need before starting?
Um, I think they need some money.
Some money. Definitely some money. Um, and they need to be disciplined.
Yeah.
Would you say it's beginner friendly or you feel like you need some prior experience?
Um, I would say no. You probably don't need some prior experience. if you do like your research um and take the lessons in the course, I'll pretty that'll give you a good baseline on where to be. Um, but yeah, you probably don't need much.
Cool, cool, cool. So, what would you say to someone watching this that's probably on the fence about starting reselling?
I'd probably say scared money, don't make the money. [laughter]
All right. So, if you want to take that risk,
Take that risk, man.
That's true.
There's a lot of money to be made in this for real.
So, we're coming to the end. Really, I'm I'm running out of questions for you, but in in one sentence, how would you describe how ticker reselling has been for you? Or actually, let me ask that again. In one sent in one sentence, how would you describe how tick what ticker reselling has done for you?
Um, it's given me more freedom.
More freedom.
More freedom. Um, and no limits. No freedom, no limits.
What would you What do you mean by freedom, though? Is it like location freedom, financial freedom? What would you say it is?
Uh, location. Yeah, you can do it anywhere. Um, and then financial freedom. You can make as much as you want to make. It just depends on you.
Yeah. Cool. Cool. That's Well, that's it, bro. I can't really think of any more questions for you. Really happy with the success. Obviously, you started back in in September, and to be honest, I knew you were going to do quite well because you said that you had the capital as well. That was the main part. Capital is one of the main reason cuz your your money can easily get tied up in some tickets. So, it's good to have be be quite liquid when it comes to ticket reselling. So, that's why and I remember your first message to me was on Instagram and it was a whole paragraph. So, I knew all right this guy's this guy's quite serious about this.
Yeah, bro.
All right, man.
No worries, bro. That's that's literally it, bro. Do Do you have anything else to say or is that all?
No, that's pretty much it.
That's good, man. I feel like that's enough for people to understand the kind of journey you've had with ticker reselling. So, let me wrap it up here. So, guys, I hope you enjoyed the interview. I'm really proud of James. I actually knew he was going to be really successful with ticker reselling. When he joined, he was really serious about starting. He was really committed and I could just tell by the way he approached, by the way applied, by the way he spoke to me that he was going to be really successful with this business. He treated it like an actual business and that's the kind of mindset that you need when starting to reselling. I don't recommend joining this business or thinking about starting based off motivation or temporary impulse or temporary motivation because that's going to get you nowhere. It's a business at the end of the day. It's not just a quick get-richqu business or whatever. It's actually a business and any business that you're going to start requires some sort of input, some requires some sort of focus, requires some sort of discipline and capital of course. So he also had capital. That was one of the major points. You do need capital to start this business because how are you actually going to buy tickets without any capital? So, I do recommend starting with a bit of capital. If it's $1,000, that's a decent starting point and that's enough to get you started. Capital and discipline and focus and consistency. Maybe it might not work straight away. Maybe it does. Either way, you need to stay consistent. You can't just hope for quick fast results. That's not how life works. It's a gradual pro is a gradual process and eventually you're going to start hitting big numbers. 25K. He could have made way more than that if he didn't have that hiatus where he disappeared for a bit. But he disappeared for a bit, came back even stronger, and I'm extremely proud to call him my student. If you're looking to become one of my students and work alongside with me, I do recommend actually watching the YouTube videos, watching some of the courses before even considering applying because, as I said, I don't want people joining or applying based off temporary motivation. I want you to be committed and actually serious about starting this business. But if you do and if you have completed some of the video lessons I do recommend if you do want to start working with me alongside you can apply in the description below and reach out if you qualify you can book a call with me and talk to me directly and I can get you into the program as long as there's spaces. I do work with slots and no I'm not just trying to do some sales tactics here saying that there's limited slots. There actually is limited slots because I work onetoone alongside people and and it's simply impossible to work with hundreds of people at the same time. I have to keep it limited so I can live my life. I'm I'm away right now. I'm on holiday and I'm still able to run my business efficiently, effectively because I'm not coaching a 100 different students at once. I keep it limited and that also maintains the quality. If you're in the free Discord, if you're not, I do recommend joining the free Discord in the description below where you can see some of the results of my members. We are absolutely smashing it. BTS released tickets not long ago. Harry Styles, so many Bruno Mars, so many high demand events happening all across the world every single day and we capitalize on this and we make ridiculous amounts of money. Uh yesterday for this whole week, I've not really had good connection and the students have been able to even still pull in amazing results because I also have coaches in the group that are helping as well even if I'm not active. But we're doing really well and it's a blessing that I'm able to change lives with this. It's a blessing that I'm able to change my own life with this. I started this at 16 and I never thought I would be where I am today. Many lives changed. You've seen Michael the testimonial video on my channel as well. You've seen Faraz. There's many other testimonials in the des in the Discord as well. And being able to impact lives like this is more than I could ask for. It's a blessing. Honestly, I never thought it would get this big and I never thought I could help this many people and I never thought I could get these kind of results, but I guess it paid off. That's that's the result of staying consistent, staying disciplined, and never losing focus. Don't lose focus on anything you do. Whatever you're going to do, do it your best. Put 100% of effort into anything you do. No matter what it is. Even if you're working a 9 to5, be the best in your 9 to5. If you if you're starting a shoe reselling business, be the best shoe reseller. If you're starting a art business, be the best artist in the world. Like and subscribe. See you in the next one.