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>free shipping
>cheap as fuck

I'm thinking of buying some things in bulk and re-selling them in bundles. My plans so far is to make a tin with sex toys in it. Your basic stuff like vibrating ring, dildo, lube, condoms, sanitation wipes and maybe a printed out card of a sex position or how to do kegels.
Like a sex kit. Someone can buy to have a fun night. Sort of like those 99cent variety packs dollar stores have with candy and toys in them.

anyone have any experience doing this?
Is this a good idea?

I live in a major gay city (Toronto) I was thinking of making a gay sex kit. Maybe posting flyers around town linking to a site.

>> No.836827

>>836809
It's very much possible and pretty much ALL in the marketing.

Some guy (or guys?) on Kickstarter once said they had designed a great new fountain pen and attracted hundreds of thousands of dollars. Watch the video on the Kickstarter link below -- it makes you really want to get one of them.
Later it was found out the "designers" had actually just taken thousands of pens for $0.85 from Alibaba and made huge profits and selling them for $37 - 45 at the lowest pledges.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/730727524/visionnaire-fine-writing-instruments-0/description

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/High-end-fountain-pen-2014-new_1454449700.html

>> No.836833

>>836827
that's actually hilarious.

just looking to package about $10 worth of stuff and sell for $20. Or something.

I don't really want to sell online and ship to different provinces/states. but I guess that IS a business.

only thing tho is it is sex toys. Feels kinda sleezy. I'd hate to have my name google'd to find buttplugs and vibrating wands

>> No.836836

>>836827
God damn, really takes the whole
>sell me this pen
meme to a new level

>> No.836843

>>836833
>I'd hate to have my name google'd to find buttplugs and vibrating wands
Get some college student who studies business to become your business partner and attach his name to it.
I'm sure there are tons of people in such a position who would get involved.

>> No.836849

>>836843

maybe a stage name like

Mr. X Sex kit specialist

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>>836827
>mfw I can't lie like that
I'd definitely do something like that if I were good at lying.

>> No.836878

>>836833
well if you want the standard way to do this a personal property trust.
The trust is called Harpo Dildonics factorium or some such shit and its not a publicly filed document. Ownership is divided into name and signature authority as well as real owner.
Trustee is whomever you want, and is only allowed to act with grantor-beneficiary's written authority. Business papers are signed in trustee's name w/ a po box you control. There are trustee services all over the country, banks are a rip though.

>> No.836908

>>836827

Holy shit, some people..

Then again the kick starter does say

>Jun 27 2013 - Aug 26 2013 (60 days)

While the Aliexpress says 2014


I have a feeling he really was the first to make that cheap pen and the Chinese sold the blue prints to another factory.

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>>836908

I take back everything I said

http://kickscammed.com/project/visionnaire-fountain-pen/

>> No.836923

>>836878

All this shit just to sell a box of dildos without anyone knowing who you are, god damn

>> No.836925

>>836809
I tried sex toys once. The people who sell them are fucking mob tier. I bought some cock cages because /d/ likes them. I got three accounts banned and sold 2. I fucking gave up and some them as a bulk auction. Took a big loss. Plus I was competing with the same company I bought them from.

Moved on to selling car related things. Much easier to get into.

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>>836925

>I bought some cock cages

How did it feel packaging those?

Better yet...how did it feel when you have one returned because "it didn't fit"?

>> No.836934

>>836928
Packaging them was fine. I worked in an actual sex shop before. Never got any returns because I only sold ~2 because big sex toy sellers who offer 800 products kept getting my listings taken down. It was so frustrating because at the time there was only like 5 people selling the item so I was always on first page.

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>>836934

That's how they get you, show you that it sells with their 5 eBay accounts. Then when you buy the lot and sell one, you can't ask your bank for a refund since you're missing one.

Then your acc goes to shit.

>> No.836962

>>836938
It was competitors who got my shit taken down and banned.

Plus you can't return shit to China even if you have everything you started with.

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>>836962

aha that's what you think

those "competitors" are probably all one account

most people have multiple ebay accs to keep away from people copying their entire inventory.

Also, it doesn't have to say "delivered" for your bank to accept your claim
(well for WellsFargo that is)

Send them a dirty sock, some underwear with holes in it.

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837611

I've been thinking about doing this for a while... (pretty similar to OP's)

>buy regular tea leaves or some shit in bulk online
>make a lifestyle brand for the iced tea & call it a "healthy Gatorade alternative"
>tout the health benefits of my tea (but really just list health benefits of tea in general)
>monthly subscription
>spread through instagram/vegan/etc channels
>profit