I got the idea for selling Neopet’s toys from a McDonald’s The Dog promotion they were having. I noticed that the Husky version of “The Dog” was going for $11-30 on Ebay. I was trying to get a hold of one myself because I had collected all the other dogs. This was in 2004 and I was really into this online game called Neopet’s so when I found out that McDonald’s was going to be doing a Neopet’s happy meal promotion a few weeks later I was really excited to collect them.

I’m not sure why I suddenly decided to start a money making venture with them instead but I realised that if people were willing to pay $11-30 for the Husky The Dog toy then maybe they would be willing to do the same with the Neopet’s toys. There were about 200 different toys to make a full set and I started eating McDonald’s like crazy, everytime I saw one I would go in. After about 10 meals I decided I couldn’t eat a happy meal everytime so I would just ask if I could buy the toy and even asked to choose them myself.

Each toy cost me about $2 if I didn’t eat a meal and since there were just over 200 in a set the whole set cost me a little over $400 to collect. I managed to collect two whole sets and also had tons of extras which I sold individually on Ebay. The two sets sold for over $800 on ebay and the individual toys sold for anywhere from $5 to $30 (for the rarer ones).

I ended up netting about $400 plus in profit alone from these toys! I also managed to keep some of my favourite toys for myself but I didn’t eat McDonald’s for about a year after =). This was my first venture and I think it was pretty successful. What do you think?

Ever see those ads saying you can make money from the comfort of your home? Half of them require some form of payment signalling a scam. I just wanted to start a blog detailing all my money making pursuits. Some are offline but I put most of my effort into learning to make money online. I’ve been at it for about a year or two now and thought I would write it all down. Partly for myself as a record and the other part so others can learn from my experiences and hopefully earn enough money online that they can quit their jobs and work from home.

My next post will be about my Neopet’s venture and how I made $400 from it. For now, good luck to all you out there!