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Has anyone here had any success executing an idea that was gimmicky or trended temporarily? Think fidget spinners.
A friend recently bought a few bottle opener/cap guns for his house. They open glass bottles and allow you to shoot the cap afterwards. He then brought up the idea of creating a drink koozie that was capable of launching cans once the can was empty. It would be called "The Mortar". Interesting little idea, but very gimmicky and I can't really see it selling for a long time.
I have some mechanism ideas designed and thought about building a prototype. It would be cool just to have one for myself or my friend. If the prototype worked successfully, I would maybe look into designing it for manufacturability and start sourcing vendors that had the tooling capability to create this koozie design.
I'm not sure what a minimum order quantity for a product like this would be, but if you got a website like Barstool to promote it in a post, I'm sure you could land quite a few sales from the drinking crowd.
I wonder if it's worth going through all the trouble of design and sourcing a manufacturer. I'm curious how companies that create and sell these gimmicky ideas, like a bottle cap gun that you would find at the liquor store counter, go through the product design, manufacture, and sales cycle.
Does anyone have any insight into products like this or have experience designing and selling items that trend only temporarily?
A friend recently bought a few bottle opener/cap guns for his house. They open glass bottles and allow you to shoot the cap afterwards. He then brought up the idea of creating a drink koozie that was capable of launching cans once the can was empty. It would be called "The Mortar". Interesting little idea, but very gimmicky and I can't really see it selling for a long time.
I have some mechanism ideas designed and thought about building a prototype. It would be cool just to have one for myself or my friend. If the prototype worked successfully, I would maybe look into designing it for manufacturability and start sourcing vendors that had the tooling capability to create this koozie design.
I'm not sure what a minimum order quantity for a product like this would be, but if you got a website like Barstool to promote it in a post, I'm sure you could land quite a few sales from the drinking crowd.
I wonder if it's worth going through all the trouble of design and sourcing a manufacturer. I'm curious how companies that create and sell these gimmicky ideas, like a bottle cap gun that you would find at the liquor store counter, go through the product design, manufacture, and sales cycle.
Does anyone have any insight into products like this or have experience designing and selling items that trend only temporarily?
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