Double To A Million - Update

Ok, finally an update !!

I have had 3 viruses in a row, the first for 9 years !!
The worst of it is, that I have a flu shot every year (my dad needs to be protected from the Flu....) and it has worked at keeping it at bay.
This year, I have had 2 bouts of the flu and one throat virus.

Doubling-wise.... I have sold quite a few goods that operate on auto-pilot, such as the CD-roms & torches.
I spent $216 on the 3 vending machines and have made up $220 with the machines yet to be listed for sale.

My total is then $1284
I've been painting the Aussie Coins for my Coin Art, so we will see how that goes...

Rachel.

Double To A Million - Update

It been a busy couple of days !

My "20 Cent NZ" painting sold for $51 and the buyer of the 2c decided he wanted 2 more !

After buying the 10 canvas' and auction costs ect... I am 76.95 in profit !
I'm not going to add that to my stake (although it is awfully tempting !), instead I'm buying the next 10 canvas' with it so I can start on the Aussie coins and everything from there will be profit !

The buyer of the 20 cent painting decided she wants the Kiwi one, so The Pukaki is listed on trademe here;
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=102454427

I'm also going to be putting in another watch order in a week or so.
And the "$2 NZ" has been submitted to an art comp ! (The pic is so crappy, it will be a miracle if it gets accepted...)

SOOO BUSY.......

Hopefully by next week I'll have the Aussie coins started.
I have also sold another watch which will take me to the next step, but I want to make sure it's paid for before I announce the next step :)

Later,

Rachel.

Double A Penny To A Million - Passive Income

The value of passive income has always been apparent to me, but now having my doubling project almost up to step 19 I'm seriously thinking more about this.

Apart from interest and property (which are out of the question at this level...) the other thing I know that works is digital products sold by affiliates.
After agreeing to auction some goods for someone for a commision, they mentioned that they had written and self published a couple of books.
Now these books are in an interesting and highly popular niche area...which got me thinking !

I'm considering digitising these books and submitting them to clickbank.
The author is happy to do this as she wasn't sure how to proceed. If they are successful, I can take a percentage commision... hence, passive income.

Obviously this depends on the market and the affiliates who sell the product.

My second auction for a painting based around this concept is due to finish on Wednesday, and hopefully this will allow me to buy some more canvas to start the Aussie coins.

I've also started another art project, but That's for me :D

Rachel.

Double To A Million - Totals Adding up...

Wow, I've had a good day !

I've sold another CD-ROM and a watch and best of all.... I've had the payment from a company who approached me to write about them and have 6 months worth of advertising on this blog :D

My total is now; $1195.20 !!!!!!!!!
Not too long until I'm at the next step. I thought I would never pass the $1,000.

So much thanks goes to Melissa at www.nationalpayday.com
This advertising revenue has really helped and I have a post coming about their company... quite an interesting read over at their website. Includes lots of articles on money management ect...

I'll be adding my post soon about them :D

Later,
Rachel.

Double To A Million - Small Update

Ok, I've sold a couple more things which brings my total up to.....

$998 !!

I may have more to add today though :)

Rachel.

Doubling Strategy - Just Double It !

Today was our annual Lions market day in my town.

Basically, the Lions club collects stuff from people and sells it or auctions it on Easter weekend.
What I wanted to do was get a bunch of things...quite a random selection... and simply see how easy it is for absolutely anyone to make double their money.
I'm giving myself a week !!

So what did I get ?

• 1 Fax/Copier
• 1 digital cordless phone
• 1 Atari System with 2 joysticks & 2 games
• 5-6 sets of plates to be cut into mosaic tile pieces
• 2 CDs
• 1 bag of knitting needles
• 7 Woods & Soms plates
• 3 photo albums

An unusual mix of things, but I figured if I could double my money on these, then there would be no excuse for anyone !

Funnily enough, as one pair of women walked past me they said, "Oh, a tent full of junk we can't use" I had to laugh to myself.

Anyway, I'll update this little experiment in a week including prices ect...

Stay Tuned,
Rachel.

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Double To A Million - More Assets to Report

OK,

I have sold 2 of the new shipment of watches ( A data-link and a Baby G).
I also saw a chance to get 3 silicone cake baking moulds for a good price that others may be interested in. I'll add a special CD-ROM filled with cooking recipes to sweeten the deal !
I noticed that these have been seling from $40-$50 on Trademe and I can offer them at half price !

We'll see how that goes.....

I'm keeping my dollar total up to date on the right so you can see my progress at any time :)

A couple more ideas.....

• If you have fish, read up on them and take notice when they spawn... You can sell the babies instead of letting the parents eat them.
• If there is a button or badge maker in your house, spend a couple of dollars on badges and offer to make your friends a badge with anything they want on it...for a small fee :D

More later !

Rachel.

Double From A Penny To A Million - More sales this week

Double From A Penny To A Million - More sales this week

Hi All !!

OK, I have been selling, but not recording so I am doing an audit while posting;
Watches sold;
2 gold Timex $31.68
1 raised dial Tigger $19.80
2 leather strap Tigger $44.88
2 Disney Princess $25.08

Mosaics china $9.00
Beach China $20.00

Total to add $150.44
These totals are after fees and I have taken 2 CD-Rom sales out for time and extra fees incurred just to be accurate :)

Grand Total at Fri 02/03/07
$517.77

Looks like step 17 is around the corner :)

Rachel.


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PS; I also forgot, A day or two after I reached Step 17, I found a 5c coin ! Now I know it is no longer legal tender :( :( but it was also an Australian coin and it had been hit several times by the mower.
I'm going to keep it.
Perhaps WHEN I hit the million I can auction this famous (or soon to be...) coin off. What do you think ??!!!!

Double To A Million - More Assets to Report !

Double To A Million - More Assets to Report !

I know I'm sorta' getting obsessed, but I'm in the zone !!!

I was walking the Chloe Monster (11 mo Bullmastiff for those who've forgotten) and found a bottle cap. It gave me ideas !
I won't go into the bottle cap ideas yet but to further this I popped out to our local dump to see our "Dump Dude" Lester.
There were 5 boxes of things from a deceased estate and he said I could take what I wanted !

Amongst other things, I got;

• Many patterned plates for mosaic lots
• A Heat saver Coffee jug "Grand Hotel Wellington NZ" and a coffee maker
• A New Auto Car vacum cleaner & light
• An unused set of Stowaway International Staffordshire Retro Coffee Mugs (1975)
• A Polaroid Supercolor 635 CL "Redback" camera. It is a less usual red & black model that I dubbed The "Redback" :)
• Some old English plate hangers
• 2 pieces of sheffield steel cutlery
• 1 old tow ball
  

I'm going to pop them all on auction sites and see what I get !

The things thast don't sell, will get re-donated and the ones that do will be added to the doubling stake !

If anyone could tell me more about the camera I'd be grateful ! It works, takes 600 film which is still made, but I can't find another in this colour.....

Anyway, I'll get listing !

Rachel.

Double To A Million - More Assets to Report !

Doubling To A Million - Back to where I Was :D

Doubling To A Million - Back to where I Was :D

Phew ! That was a harsh week or so ! This coming Monday I will have had the watches for 2 weeks.
I have made more in 2 weeks than I did in the preceeding 4 months !

I've been doing this project since September '06.
3 weeks ago I reached $200 and decided to buy some wholesale watches.
I sold one right away but no more. Luckily Scott from Double2mil gave me the great idea of Mosaic materials.

I went out to the dump and got some broken pieces free. With the money from that lot, I bought some more.... With the money from those I bought 2 bags full and everything went from there.
I also collected some Beach China, beach glass and cats-eyes from our local beaches.

I sold another watch tonight and have issued offers for 3 more, so we'll see.
My Total as of tonight is $200.90
I still have lots of Mosaic lots and watches.... and tons of ideas.

What a week !

All other speculation aside, having risked my entire stake on one thing and building it back up from Zero, I can see the value of keeping the Doubling Stake separate from your finances.
It gives you the freedom to take risks you normally wouldn't. It allows you to take chances with the money and learn from them.
Now, I guess I could have sat and waited for all the watches to sell, but the competitive spirit in me wants to reach my goal fast !!
And what did take me 4 months now only takes 2 weeks :D

Rachel.

Double Your Way To A Million Speeds Up !

Double Your Way To A Million Speeds Up !

I've had a good day today !
Sold another CD-ROM overnight (That's six in the last week ! Just sold another, so that's 7 !) and I sold one of the plates I got in the lot I talked about a few posts ago.


This plate was cut into nice pieces ready for a mosaic project. I got $16 for it, but after fees, I'll claim $14
So I can add another $21 to my total

CashPublish

• $159 Edit $167
  

Assets

• $425 Watches
• 79 plates for mosaic
• 79 CD-ROMs

Now to list my Poppy seeds......

Rachel.

Double From A Penny To A Million - Another Tack...

Double From A Penny To A Million - Another Tack...

I should probably mention another tack i'm taking....

Every year I have an impressive display of Poppies. These are the deep red Papaver Somniferum L. (Yes, that is the Opium poppy...)
The Hammonds brought this with them in the last 1/2 of the 19th century when they came from England to NZ.
These poppies have been self seeding since 1870 !

Anyway, I usually gather the seed and sell it on TradeMe. I usually make around $500 a year from this. However, each year I have more and more seed !

This year, instead of just doubling the amount given to people or giving it away, I've decided to take the left over and sell it on the American eBay.

As I understand the law in both countries this is perfectly legal and my strain of Poppy is particularly unusual in that it gives off between 12-24 flowers/pods.

To clarify, this is seed I would normally do nothing with as I have so much of it ! I think that is then fair to say I wouldn't get money from it otherwise and so can use it for my doubling.

Rachel.

Double Your Way To A Million - Couple More CD-ROMs to report

Double Your Way To A Million - Couple More CD-ROMs to report

Well, in the last few days I have sold 2 more CD-ROMs. That brings my total to $138 Cash & $425 Assets.

If you'd like to check on my progress, my auctions are here ; Abeyance on Trademe

I'm finding the watches to be selling slowly but luckily I had a contingency plan which is why I've almost made the entire stake up in the last few weeks.
It is definately all a learning curve - I would have been up to the next step by now.
I do however have assets, and they will sell so I'm still good !

I've listed some of my mosaic plates auctions and I have at least 4 more ready for tonight (Mon/Tues night are the busy ones in NZ).

Another idea; We have whistling Tree Frogs that lay their eggs in a bathtub pond at our house. They have hundreds of Tadpoles every year. I noticed that people are selling these !

These are things you could put an add in your local paper and sell, or even ship. To ship them, you need a solid plastic bag and an air pump. Just inflate the bag after putting the Tads & water in and seal it very tightly.
Pack them securely in a foam box and courier them !
They should last 3-4 days in this packaging.


Bye Now,
Rachel.

Double From A Penny To A Million - Weeks End

Double From A Penny To A Million - Weeks End

This week I've sold another lot of mosaic tessarae, another CD-ROM and I've spent $2 of my stake.
I believe that puts the total $121 Cash and $400+ assests.

I went into one of the big recycling depots and looked at the china they had....
Fill a bag for $2 !! Boy did I fill a bag, actually 2...

I filled 2 supermarket bags with patterned plates & cups. In total I got 100 pieces.
When I got to the checkout I was only charge $2 for them all !!

I've spent any TV time nipping the plates into Tessarae for mosaics work and will list them tomorrow night.
There is one which had a huge sunflower on the bottom of the plate so I nipped around the edges and am selling it in pieces as a large mosaic pieced focal (If that makes sense...) I'll add a pic soon.

Bye For Now,
Rachel.

Double From A Penny To A Million - Weeks End

Double Your Way To A Million - Sales

Double Your Way To A Million - Sales

I sold another 2 lots of mosaic pieces for $15.00 so after fees that is $13.00 and another 3 CD-ROMs which is $24.00 after fees.

Cash total is now $110.50

Rachel.

Double Your Way To A Million - More To Add

Double Your Way To A Million - More To Add

Well, The Baby-G Casio watch sold immediately (no shock there...!)
So after fees and taking out the percentage of other investment (I put $200 out of the doubling stake into the $300 purchase).
So that is $35 toward my goal.

I also cut up a few broken or damaged plates that were in the house and sold them as mosaic shards. This brought $11.00 after fees
I sold another CD-ROM $8.50 after fees

Chloe (My Baby Bullmastiff) and I went down to the beaches and collected a bunch of Cats Eyes, beach glass and beach China.
This brought the most money !!
For 2 lots I got $19.00 after fees.

Total is $73.50 Cash and $425+ Assets.
On my way to $320 now !!

Later...
Rachel.

PS; Here is Chloe for you veiwing "Pleasure" She has drool issues...
And if you think it looks terrible, try being the one who she leans on.