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Hi Bio,

I'm thinking about to sell a product similar like below listing, but in much cheaper price (half price), but the feature is reduced (no key lock and earphone hole). I'm thinking of targetting to a lower segment.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017RQUIC4/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20

How do you think?
Thank you

It doesn’t look bad but how can you profit at $20? You would need get it for $7 landed. Do you think you can do that?
 
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Yes, I will help you find a product to sell on Amazon. But the catch is that all the information will be posted here. No PM's. So if you want to talk about a potential product, you must do it on this thread and risk a bunch of copycats. But, as we always say here, it's not the idea, it's the execution.

The idea of this thread is for others to post a product that they think might do well on Amazon and I will analyze it and give pros and cons about the product. Hopefully, this will help give you ideas and direction on other products if not the one being analyzed.

What I don't want is people asking about crap products and supplements. For example, I don't want a post that says, "What do you think about cutting boards?" I want a more in depth post that says, "I'm thinking of doing bamboo cutting boards. I can make it better by blah blah.I look at the competitors and blah blah.

The problem with most people looking for a product is that they don't "DO" enough things or have experience in broad areas. It could be because you are young and just haven't experienced enough life yet. But for many, it's probably because they don't "DO" anything that's not on the internet, they don't have any hobbies and they sit at home looking for an idea.

So let me run by some hobbies I've had when I was younger: collecting comics, baseball cards, RC car racing, saltwater fish keeping (reef tanks), paintball, car tracking, etc...

If I pick one hobby from my list, let's pick saltwater fish keeping, I can think of 3-5 problems that I had during my fish keeping days. In fact, when I go to Amazon now, I see some great innovations in things.

I'll give you an example of a super small niche in reef keeping.

To grow your own SPS corals in reef tanks you take a pair of pliers and cut off a piece and put it on the bottom of the fishtank. This is because you have to slowly aclimmatize the new piece to the light. If you put it at the top of the tank, it will burn and die. So we put it on the bottom and every week we raise it slowly by 3-4 inches. We did this by just putting it higher and higher on rocks.

Sometimes, the piece of coral would fall off the rock. So people starting super gluing the piece to a small rock.

Then as time went by, people started making special "rocks" to super glue them to. Thus coral plugs were invented.View attachment 15994
Amazon.com : Oceans Wonders Coral Frag Plugs 100pc : Pet Supplies

Then soon came racks so people had a place to put the coral plugs. These racks were held by magnets to the side of the fish tank so you could slowly raise the height easily. Thus magnetic coral racks were born.
View attachment 15995
Amazon.com : Oceans Wonders N52 MAG RACK PRO MAGNETIC CORAL FRAG RACK HOLDS UP TO 30 FRAG PLUGS : Pet Supplies

This is an SPS coral frag tank. Each one of those pieces could sell for $30 or more to a hobbyist.

Neither of these products were available when I was reef keeping 20 years ago. They have come a long way in 20 years. If I had been in an entrepreneurial mindset back then instead of a hobbyist maybe I would have invented some of these. They certainly solved a need.

There's probably some dude out there making a decent living in this niche who's going to be pissed off that I'm exposing it.

My point is, how do you even know that this need is out there if you don't "DO" anything in your life? There is probably a problem for people who flying kites or people who fly drones. But you won't ever know what it is if you don't do these things.

I'll give you another one that is more current. See this object below? Guess what it is?View attachment 15996
Amazon.com : Neewer 24x24 inch/60x60 cm Photo Studio Shooting Tent Light Cube Diffusion Soft Box Kit with 4 Colors Backdrops (Red Dark Blue Black White) for Photography : Photographic Lighting Diffusers : Camera & Photo

It is a lightbox for photography. It is a 24" cube. The beauty of this box is that it folds down flat. Guess what else it could be good for? Drone racing!

Yes, drone racing. My friend who races drones builds 6' x 6' x 6' PVC cubes that they use as gates in the park. The problem is that they need to carry about a bunch of 6' PVC pipes in their small cars.

You could take this lightbox, remove the center panels, make it 6' long, and presto! You got a portable lightweight drone gate.

Here are some currently on Amazon.
Amazon.com: drone gates

This is really awesome +REP
 

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Hey Bio,

I was looking this up the other day, thought it was pretty cool, not too sure about the regulations on this product but I will definitely look into it a little more. What are your thoughts? Thanks man!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=microneedle+roller
Of course I'm not bio nor do I have his expertise, but I did buy a roller in the last year from someone importing, packaging and branding. They promoted through youtube, and had a lot of how to videos along with product reviews (which their own always won). From what I could tell, they were doing some good volume. It helps that the product is semi-consumable; they don't last forever, one bent needle and you're back to order more. This segment has a lot of generics to compete against, branding is key, and probably packaging, too.
 
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Of course I'm not bio nor do I have his expertise, but I did buy a roller in the last year from someone importing, packaging and branding. They promoted through youtube, and had a lot of how to videos along with product reviews (which their own always won). From what I could tell, they were doing some good volume. It helps that the product is semi-consumable; they don't last forever, one bent needle and you're back to order more. This segment has a lot of generics to compete against, branding is key, and probably packaging, too.

Hey @The EL Maven, thanks for taking the time to read my reply. I appreciate your feedback and will definitely keep that in mind. From what I see, there are only a few competitors. I'm totally new at this and like I said I have no clue about the regulations around this product. I will look further into it. Thanks, again!
 

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Hey Bio,

I was looking this up the other day, thought it was pretty cool, not too sure about the regulations on this product but I will definitely look into it a little more. What are your thoughts? Thanks man!

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=microneedle+roller

I'm sorry if I sound blunt, but this (among many other products posted here) makes me suspect you never did the slightest research about what he might consider a good product or not.

Maybe we can all learn something if you posted the pros and cons of your product? Would make it more interesting than just dumping a product and hoping for a green light.
 

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I'm sorry if I sound blunt, but this (among many other products posted here) makes me suspect you never did the slightest research about what he might consider a good product or not.

Maybe we can all learn something if you posted the pros and cons of your product? Would make it more interesting than just dumping a product and hoping for a green light.
If he did do the research he would find out that beauty equipment, specifically needle rollers, are restricted products that require certification, which is why a lot of the "chinese" listings are under the parent category "Industrial & Scientific". Amazon is slowly removing these listings day after day. Get the certification, get ungated in the right category, create a brand around this niche, and go for it. But do the research before you spend money only to find out your listing is taken down.
 
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I'm sorry if I sound blunt, but this (among many other products posted here) makes me suspect you never did the slightest research about what he might consider a good product or not.

Maybe we can all learn something if you posted the pros and cons of your product? Would make it more interesting than just dumping a product and hoping for a green light.
Not a problem @Longinus...I'm sorry if I made it seem that way. You're absolutely right; I will add what believe to be the pros and cons of this product:

Pros:
  1. Lightweight (~ 2.5 - 3.2 oz, can be even less)
  2. Different needle sizes depending on location used (possibly create a bundle package to differentiate and increase price point -although still looking into the regulations).
  3. Doesn't seem like its too competitive to enter the market.
  4. Can cost up to 1-10 per unit.
Cons:
  1. Not sure if first-time sellers can sell this product.
  2. Pricepoints are not that great selling the product alone.
This is what I could come up with. In all honesty, I'm new at this, and I've been looking for a product for weeks. My intentions are not to take golden nuggets from others and just walk away. As I said earlier, I apologize if that seemed to be the case. I'm trying to understand how others look at this product so I as well can gain insight and expand my thinking skills.

I appreciate your feedback though; it made me realize the unexpected. I have learned a lesson from your response (expand and provide as much value in every post) I want to thank you for that!

Cheers.
 

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Not a problem @Longinus...I'm sorry if I made it seem that way. You're absolutely right; I will add what believe to be the pros and cons of this product:

Pros:
  1. Lightweight (~ 2.5 - 3.2 oz, can be even less)
  2. Different needle sizes depending on location used (possibly create a bundle package to differentiate and increase price point -although still looking into the regulations).
  3. Doesn't seem like its too competitive to enter the market.
  4. Can cost up to 1-10 per unit.
Cons:
  1. Not sure if first-time sellers can sell this product.
  2. Pricepoints are not that great selling the product alone.
This is what I could come up with. In all honesty, I'm new at this, and I've been looking for a product for weeks. My intentions are not to take golden nuggets from others and just walk away. As I said earlier, I apologize if that seemed to be the case. I'm trying to understand how others look at this product so I as well can gain insight and expand my thinking skills.

I appreciate your feedback though; it made me realize the unexpected. I have learned a lesson from your response (expand and provide as much value in every post) I want to thank you for that!

Cheers.
Just from looking most if not all on front page have 4.5-5 stars. Seems like the current ones on the market do the job well enough?
 

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If he did do the research he would find out that beauty equipment, specifically needle rollers, are restricted products that require certification, which is why a lot of the "chinese" listings are under the parent category "Industrial & Scientific". Amazon is slowly removing these listings day after day. Get the certification, get ungated in the right category, create a brand around this niche, and go for it. But do the research before you spend money only to find out your listing is taken down.

Thanks @MoneyDoc!
I appreciate your feedback. I figured it was gated. I need to extend my research and see if I can somehow obtain a certificate as you have mentioned.
Thanks again!
 
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Just from looking most if not all on front page have 4.5-5 stars. Seems like the current ones on the market do the job well enough?

I appreciate your feedback @NickC,
I was looking into creating some type of bundle package that can be used for the body as well, not only the face. My wife is an NP and she does botox and fillers on the side, she knows a little more about this than I do to quite honest with you. But ya, that was my idea, but now that I'm thinking about it, not sure what the margin and expenses would be to purchase that kind of bundle. Need to look into it more. Thanks for your feedback man, appreciate it!
 

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Hi Bio,

I've got some products here, could you please advise any comments or the best products by your opinion:

1. Beard/hair growing cream, this one is the best selling on Asia, I have searched beard growing cream on Amazon listing, and there are several brands but no one have listed this brand.
2. Multi purpose anti microbal spray. This spray helps to eliminate smell and bacteries from any products, e.g. shoes, hats.

Your review will be much appreciated. Thanks!
 

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Hi Bio,

I've got some products here, could you please advise any comments or the best products by your opinion:

1. Beard/hair growing cream, this one is the best selling on Asia, I have searched beard growing cream on Amazon listing, and there are several brands but no one have listed this brand.
2. Multi purpose anti microbal spray. This spray helps to eliminate smell and bacteries from any products, e.g. shoes, hats.

Your review will be much appreciated. Thanks!

Read this reply
 
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This is a great post. Thanks @biophase for posting it and replying to so many questions. It helps a lot to get more in the mindset of what to look for in a product.

If you have an idea for a more original product, not necessarily inventing a whole new item but a drastically improved and changed better idea, that isn't easy to source directly from someone and requires some specific uniquely made pieces do you have any suggestions that would help some one go down this path or is that something that should be pursued after getting experience with modifications of existing products or not at all?

Of course a more unique product is a lot more risky, costly and time consuming but if it is successful I would think it will be a more solid product to sell long term with less chances of a competitor copying your updates and selling the same product.
 

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I'll start off for you @biophase And I'll disclaimer here, my plate is full, I have no intentions of creating and selling this on Amazon, so if Bio gives his thumbs up on this product idea, it's fair game for anyone who wants to execute it.

Ok, the product. Dog proof litter box.
This is something I've been searching for recently and cannot find. We just adopted a new pitty and she loves cat turds. It's gross. People who have both cats and dogs know, you dog loves tootsie rolls.

Here's what's available on Amazon, that in my experience, would actually keep a dog out.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0069HL4BM/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20 If you have a big dog.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002DH8L4/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20 If your dog has a big head.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XKX6TFE/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20
This is the only one I know 100% would keep my dog out. $175-180


This is similar to the design that kept our previous dog out but still allows our new one to get in.

Petmate Top Entry Litter Pan https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KVL30NC/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20

I would design a product similar to this one, offer a clear option also (our cats actually prefer clear so they can see out, feel safer) but make it taller. Dogs that are tall and lean and just put their head straight through the hole on this one. But by make it about 1 ft taller, they wouldn't be able to reach the bottom.

Or I'd make one like this

Designer Catbox Litter Box Enclosure in White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005AFMJYA/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20

That didn't cost $120. This ones actually perfect, but again, we'd have to buy theee for our house, $360 for litter boxes is Insane.

So, I'd find a way to construct something similar to those two with lower cost to produce.

Thoughts?

I bought a self cleaning litter tray from Amazon about a year and a half ago, cat goes in, dumps, 5 mins later, litter tray clears mess away leaving no odour.

It's quite literally one of the best purchases I've ever made.

With the cover on it's too small for a pittbull or any other medium to large dog.
 

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I happened across a video yesterday trying to get me to sign up for a $2k+ course on dropshipping with Shopify. The high level of their course appears to be (find product from China to dropship, put on shopify store, drive customers to store via ads). There are a number of things that I found risky about their plan (ship times, no control over quality, lots of people trying to sell the same products). I guess people have made good money doing so, but it seems pretty sketchy to me.

I decided to research it a bit on the forums here, and wound up here. I have zero experience selling on Amazon. I'd like to try though, even if its just a learning experience. Reading through some of the comments here - I think my assessment above is on point - their prescribed plan is a "me too" selling scheme.
 
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Hey biophase,

Up late tonight searching for products and happened upon this


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008BMASJM/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20


Seeks to be a very niche market with few competitors and old technology that could be updated.

Pros:

Not very many competitors in the motion detector care taking field.

Most of the devices still require batteries when they could be switched to rechargeable or plugable.

Every device I've seen so far has a separate pager, when an app could suffice potentially cutting costs and furthering innovation

Main compliant seems to be construction(cheap plastic parts, battery drains too fast. etc)

Cons:

The dementia caregiver market may be too niche(cant make any money)

Innovation may not be necessary as what's available works( the toilet problem)

Not sure if the devices could be constructed for cheaper.

Thanks for checking it out and if there's any tips as to how I can make a better post or do deeper research I'd greatly appreciate it.
 

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Hey biophase,

Up late tonight searching for products and happened upon this


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008BMASJM/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20


Seeks to be a very niche market with few competitors and old technology that could be updated.

Pros:

Not very many competitors in the motion detector care taking field.

Most of the devices still require batteries when they could be switched to rechargeable or plugable.

Every device I've seen so far has a separate pager, when an app could suffice potentially cutting costs and furthering innovation

Main compliant seems to be construction(cheap plastic parts, battery drains too fast. etc)

Cons:

The dementia caregiver market may be too niche(cant make any money)

Innovation may not be necessary as what's available works( the toilet problem)

Not sure if the devices could be constructed for cheaper.

Thanks for checking it out and if there's any tips as to how I can make a better post or do deeper research I'd greatly appreciate it.

This is not a great product.

- It's electronics which means lots of returns
- Entering the product in FBA calc shows a net profit of $18 (deducting only the amazon fees from the list price of $25). Took a quick look on alibaba and think you could source this product for $7-8 all-in leaving a net profit of $10.
- Lots of competition: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=tools&field-keywords=caregiver+alarm
- How would you differentiate yourself? All products do the same thing but only look differently.

There are a lot easier products out there that will net you a profit of 10 a piece without any of the hassle above.
 
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This is not a great product.

- Lots of competition: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=tools&field-keywords=caregiver+alarm

- How would you differentiate yourself? All products do the same thing but only look differently.

I wouldn't jump to say it's not a great product... is it harder because it's electronics? Yes.
Competition? I actually would say competition isn't that fierce, but I may also suspect it could be because overall demand may actually be low.. From using JS I think a few players are taking in most sales

Which leads to differentiation... he did mention some things (i.e. switching to rechargeable/pluggable; cutting the pager and thus costs).. you would have to validate that customers value your differentiating points enough to choose you over the established players.. and also the fact of actually doing those changes as you would have to communicate with the manufacturer and see if they have those capabilities.


I can't say whether this is a "good" product or not.. but one hypothesis could be that these hurdles have stopped incumbents & could-be-players to innovate and update their products but if someone were to actually do it and bring so much new value to customers, they would rise to the top. I guess no one will ever know until they try it ;)

My 2 cents..
 

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Here's one I became intimately familiar with last week with the hurricane prep. Water bladders. There's only one that I can find being sold on Prime.

AQUATANK2 Water Storage Bladder (30 Gallon) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009MU64Y0/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20

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It come in three sizes, starts at $110. The cons I see is that it is a bit heavy, so FBA shipping will be expensive, but with $110, I'm sure you can find some margin.

If you look at the questions section you can see the huge demand for it as well as the variety of uses for it.

What do you guys think?

Edit: Improvements I'd make would be to add grommets to the corners for tie down.
I think there's some opportunity for this bladder idea. You could make one bathtub-sized for emergency use, or truck-bed sized for bigger needs. There's this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GBAD8IO/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20 that has a bunch of crappy reviews and should be pretty easy to redesign and fix. I just don't know how big the market would be.

Tips on assessing it?
 

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This thread makes me want to start a second business. I love the early stage planning. One of the most exciting parts of being an entrepreneur.
Get your tail back to your thread and get to work!!
 

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Hey biophase,

Thanks for all the golden nuggets in here. I went through this entire thread, and found a product that seems to fit many criteria for being a good opportunity.

StixToGo Beverage Plug - The "Stoppers" you get from Starbucks to prevent your coffee from spilling in the car
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IVNCJMU/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20

It's a simple product, only has 1 manufacturer on Amazon, and I've estimated they have a healthy gross margin. However, the manufacturer has a Utility Patent - which as I understand, is a patent on the solution, not the design.

Even to innovate a superior design or cheaper material, you'd have to acquire licensing rights from the manufacturer.

Have you ever seen a product that is monopolized by 1 competitor?
 
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Hey biophase,

Thanks for all the golden nuggets in here. I went through this entire thread, and found a product that seems to fit many criteria for being a good opportunity.

StixToGo Beverage Plug - The "Stoppers" you get from Starbucks to prevent your coffee from spilling in the car
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IVNCJMU/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20

It's a simple product, only has 1 manufacturer on Amazon, and I've estimated they have a healthy gross margin. However, the manufacturer has a Utility Patent - which as I understand, is a patent on the solution, not the design.

Even to innovate a superior design or cheaper material, you'd have to acquire licensing rights from the manufacturer.

Have you ever seen a product that is monopolized by 1 competitor?

Well you can give it a shot, but do you really want to spend thousands of dollars on an attorney to find out if your product is different enough? Or probably another few thousand on a plastic mold. All this to sell a $15 product to make guessing $5 profit each. So if you spent $5k, you would need to sell 1000 units just to break even.

Not saying that this won't work, but there are probably easier products to sell out there.
 

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Hey bio and all


Found another product using amazeowl and it was listed as "high"


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072FD1XTC/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20

Pros:

Niche product
Decent sized market

Amazeowl lists the product as easy to enter and I don't see too many competitors

I found the same brush on alibaba pretty quickly,

I figure I could undercut the competition on price easily as well as add value by packaging the brush with another brush.

and the google trends for this particular niche has shot up the past few months(probably because of black panther)

brush.JPG


Cons:

May have low volume,
might not be able to beat the brand loyalty of the customers

I'm having trouble thinking of any others.

Let me know what you guys think
 

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I don't know what @biophase will say but I don't see this as an opportunity.

You haven't identified how you're going to add real value. Creating a 2 pack of something people usually need one of, isn't really adding value. What else can you do? Have you read the bad reviews to see what they say?

Also, if you're using an app to find a product it's guaranteed other people are using the same app and finding the same product. To me, this is just setting yourself up to fail.

I'd pass.

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Parker P

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Hey bio and all


Found another product using amazeowl and it was listed as "high"


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072FD1XTC/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20

Pros:

Niche product
Decent sized market

Amazeowl lists the product as easy to enter and I don't see too many competitors

I found the same brush on alibaba pretty quickly,

I figure I could undercut the competition on price easily as well as add value by packaging the brush with another brush.

and the google trends for this particular niche has shot up the past few months(probably because of black panther)

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Cons:

May have low volume,
might not be able to beat the brand loyalty of the customers

I'm having trouble thinking of any others.

Let me know what you guys think
If you're going to undercut the competition on price then the competition will do so as well. This product will just be a race to the bottom in terms of price. Plus, you're not adding real value by bundling.
 

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Hey @biophase, i've been playing this game called magic the gathering very recently. it's a strategy card game like pokemon or something, which sounds silly, but the culture around it is insanely huge, it dates back to the early 90's and there are hundreds of players in my town alone.

people within the community have tournaments at stadiums and stuff, and people spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on cards and decks alone.

so recently, i was browsing amazon to find out how i could help contribute to this large niche, and i saw (this product).
a bit of research through an extension called unicorn smasher (like jungle scout but free, can't really afford such extensions yet) shows me that there's $120,000 of monthly revenue on this product, and it seems that people are willing to pay $30ish for it. the one thing that seems sketchy to me is that there's 3,400 sales for the product, which i think isnt much, and there's only 2 reviews for the product as well. so i'm not sure if there is much demand for a bag like this.

I feel ready to jump on this idea, but not sure about sourcing the product. on alibaba there are lots of suppliers that make bags, but not specifically a bag for MTG (magic the gathering).

i was planning on using something like sourcify to get it done? not sure on how expensive it would be to manufacture it and then sell on amazon. the price might have to be bumped up for margins or just to stay in the green.



the one thing that i feel very strong about this is that i could definitely grow it into a brand. i could envision opening up a shopify store that sells things themed toward card games in general instead of magic the gathering, and i could sell things like mats and dice and such.
 

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