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I agree, I'm not looking to send packets out daily. I did that for a while in the early 2000's. Got to know the postal clerks, who in turn took it upon themselves to teach me Thai. It was actually enjoyable to go to the post office. With postal reporting, those days are gone. There will be no daily trips to the post office.

2003-ish I was living in BKK. Buying in Pratunam and selling on ebay and in person in the states. It was much much easier to make a buck on ebay simply because Thailand based sellers could not open an account/sell. Now they can. When that happened (2010-ish?) all of my suppliers became my competitors. The online market place is constantly changing, left me in the dust several times. I've adapted, have my own brand and customer base. Manufacturing in Thailand. It's chugging along nicely. Not getting rich, but it takes care of what I need it to take care of. I want to keep doing it in "retirement", simply because I enjoy it.

Well, It might be close enough to start. Thank you for your help!

Thank you for getting back to me. That's my hunch as well. I wonder if there is a "working" visa? Something that allows you to conduct business. I mean, if my company in based in the states and I'm there as it's rep.....? I guess my real question is where can I learn about diff visas available? I'm going to check youtube school of law.

I currently have manufacturing done in Thailand. I would just change my base of operations from USA to L.O.S.

I currently manufacture in Thailand. I sell my own designs.

Thank you for all the response's. I'd to clear up a few points. I'm not looking for info on how to drop ship, sell online, or the logistics of doing so I currently (for several years now) have manufacturing done in Thailand. I have a wholesale and retail customer base, shipping systems in place. Basically the only change that will happen is that I change my base of operations from the USA to L.O.S. The whole thing is run from my small apt. I lived in BKK in the Thaksin Shinawatra era. Selling online from a room in a guesthouse, "under the table" was easy (not so much today). Back then it was easy to sell retail online, ship to customers directly. If it was small and light it cost about the same to ship from BKK to San Francisco/London/Berlin as it did from NYC to those cities. I'm researching info on visa regs. Essentially, is this considered "working"? I'm interested in talking to those who have, currently or in the past, done something like this in the past. Maybe there is a Asean Now page that deals with this subject? Thanks again for all the response's.

Hi, I'm looking for info regarding being an active online seller, living, creating and shipping from Thailand I'm interested in hearing from expats who run similar a side hustles while living in Thailand with a some sort of Visa. Sitting on a beach or mountain doing nothing does not appeal to me at all. I need to keep busy. Is it possible? Does it count as work? I'd love to hear from anyone who can share their experience or point me in the right direction to research this myself.