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This Teen Sells $1 Bills For $15 on eBay

📝 Shaan Puri shares a story on My First Million…

[This 15-year-old kid] sees a dollar bill on eBay that has Michael Jordan’s face in the middle. It’s a normal dollar bill, but then there’s just like a sticker paper over the George Washington.

The kid sees this, realizes the whole operation is just sticker paper from Office Max printed with a celebrity face. Stuck over George Washington on a real $1 bill. So he starts doing it himself.

What better business is there to sell dollar bills for $15?

🤑 Shaan says the kid scaled it fast…

He starts averaging 100 bills sold per day and he’s profiting basically $1,000 a day.

The beauty is the simplicity: your raw material costs $1, you sell it for ~$15, and all you need is a printer and sticker paper.

You don’t have to stick with celebrity faces on dollar bills either.

The broader play = find a novelty/collectible item already selling on eBay, figure out how it’s made (often dead simple), and make your own version.

Think seasonal stuff like 👇

  • Election candidates
  • Super Bowl players
  • Trending memes
  • Personalised gag gifts

No reason to limit yourself to eBay — Etsy, TikTok Shop and Amazon Handmade are all options too 🔥

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Updated: February 19, 2026

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