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'Broke' teen who quit McDonald's now earns £28,000 a month from eBay business
A teenager has ditched her job at McDonalds to enjoy a life of designer clothes, travel and luxury thanks to starting her own business on eBay.Olivia Percoco, from Melbourne in Australia, decided to launch a new business in 2020 before Covid hit.The e-commerce eBay store “took off” mid 2021 and is now thriving.The 18-year-old has invested her time into a “dropshipping" business which is a popular money-making scheme, which involves shipping products from the manufacturer directly to the customer for the retailer.After speaking to Daily Mail Australia, she claimed to have turned over more than $500,000 (£282,009) in just two years.Percoco also claims to have made $50,000 (£28,200) in just one month.Spending her time on social media, Percoco tracks what is trending and what is most in demand and then uses her research to make a profit.She claims to be completely self taught, having spend her free time in the first Covid lockdown Youtubing videos on drop shipping which taught her “everything she knows”.Olivia used to work at McDonalds before launching her online store and says she was “completely broke”.“I hated working, it wasn’t fun, so I googled ways to make money online and came across drop shipping” she said.After hours of research and seeing how much money other people were making online, she decided to give it a try on a store of her own.Initially, Olivia took to the popular shopping platform, Shopify.
