niko

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@nickbruhman Still accepting rsvps?

[niko @niko_whitaker]

This brought back some great memories

[Nicolas Brillante @nickbruhman]

https://t.co/HwdVxgPmCL

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@AmazonASGTG @bigd07ca @amazon Can’t get much lower than they have been. They need to address the recent unsuitable inventory deactivations.

[Grado ✨ @authcookie]

How I picked myself up after shutting down Orbit

The whole sneakers and scalpers community is deeply flawed.

Don't get me wrong, you bump into some great folks and can make some serious cash (well, you could've until a few years back). That's not the problem here.

The problem is the way things work inside the “sneaker game” compared to the real world. Especially when we talk about software.

When we launched Orbit, we got product market fit immediately. And we weren't the only ones; loads of other bots and services were popping up from nowhere and killing it too.

The tech barrier was so high, that once you had a working product and proven success, you were golden.
Marketing? Practically took care of itself because demand was through the roof. A few tweets and boom, you're selling out.

This does not work outside of the “sneakers game”.

Back then, a bunch of us bot devs were kids, myself included. We knew how to code, but running a legit business? That was a whole different game. We were playing on easy mode, no doubt about it.

The fact that we learned in that environment is the reason why we don’t see many bot developers venturing outside of botting or failing when they try to.

When I did leave, I had to rewire my brain completely. I had to go back to the fundamentals and learn everything the right way.

It was a journey of failing over and over again. Launch, fail, repeat. For more than a year straight.

Definitely one of the lowest points in my life. It broke me down completely. But, it also allowed me to rebuild myself from scratch.

At the same time, I was learning very quickly. I saw little hints of success getting bigger and bigger after each failure.

After more than a year of trying everything, it struck me, launched a new SaaS named [REDACTED] and felt the immediate market pull, got to $5k MRR in a few months.

This first small win gave me so much confidence that the path I was walking was the right one.

So much so that two months later, I launched another one. Called [REDACTED], another SaaS that got to $4k MRR in the first week, in a completely different market.

And recently launched another B2B SaaS, that currently sits at $15k MRR, growing 200% MoM.

I’ll keep out the details for future stories, follow if you’re interested.

I'm not telling you this to brag. I couldn't care less about people's opinions on the internet. I'm telling you to show that the only thing that allowed me to go from a streak of failures to a streak of wins is…

Well, nothing. The “magic switch” does not exist.

It was the constant struggle I had to go through. Improving my craft day by day, relentlessly, for more than a year.

If you’re reading this and especially if you come from botting, I cannot stress this enough: you HAVE to go through this phase. There are no shortcuts.

It can take from a few months to a decade, there’s no exact formula.

Embrace those falls, soak up the lessons, and keep pushing forward.

The screenshots that you see above are the result of 6 years of obsession.

Failure produces knowledge, knowledge leads to success.

Each month, you should be able to see your past self from the month before, and realize how much of an idiot you were.

[Transmission Complete]

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@kanyewest We are so back

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@sorawlr Crest carried fr

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@ShaShaPlsStop This was 4 years ago wtf???

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@tdhsneakers Haha my inventory in California is being sent to PA. Make it make sense.

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@hadenandrew951 ¡Vamos!

[ali @0itsali0]

Do you know how braindead you have to be to flip flight tickets out of Israel, capitalise on war and on people’s lives?

how have cook groups/people stooped this low

go get a job, you unemployed freaks.

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@1nd1vidua1 Forever Mitus better follow it

[Victor Cardenas Codriansky @victorcardenas]

PSA to groups offering "loops" or "refund jigs" - stop now or you might *literally* end up in jail lol

Wouldn't be surprised if food merchants caught on to this as well/started prosecuting serial refunders

https://t.co/D4It0Kjloo

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@0xMosiah @havi__03 @ArbitrageOps ppl gonna be rolling up to ASD with security now

[save the bees @papa_smurf34]

this is what life should feel like if you doing it right

the only hope is that it slants upwards

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@havi__03 ROI is too high, only orange bars matter.

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@0xMosiah I’ve actually heard the opposite. eufy, owned by Anker, (Chinese company) was under fire about 10 months ago for leaking user images/videos and using them for facial recognition technology. Also all connections to the cameras seem to be unencrypted.

https://t.co/x0z2pnSK3q

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@ShaShaPlsStop that jog will quickly turn into a sprint

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@TheLifeOfPalace I still prefer Restocks over Discord for monitors.

Reject modernity.

[niko @niko_whitaker]

@i__am__aka I might as well write a book

Being in this community for around 6 years showed me the lack of common sense / critical thinking some of these ppl have

Their mind is consumed by the $

[niko @niko_whitaker]

Will be interesting to see the state of reselling in 3-5 years.

How has it come to this?

[Lukas @lukas16t]

@hiddensociety straight up promoting fraud is the funniest thing to come out of 2023 so far