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Anyone Ever Made Stuff to Sell Online?

48thStreetCustom

48thStreetCustom

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Art, woodworking, quilts, pickguards, anything...

What was your experience?

I have access to screen printing equipment and I'm thinking of selling hand silkscreened limited addition artwork online. Real niche stuff for air-cooled Porsche owners. I'm not looking to get rich, but I'd certainly like to make a profit.
 
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The guys who own the shop where I work have done it in the past and they are constantly prototyping projects as part of their workflow. I have considered making guitar straps and potentially using the shop to fabricate wooden pick guards. I think niche is the key. It sounds like you know your market.
 
#8
eBay store. Used to run one with another guy, had some staff run the auctions and fill the orders. We ran it as a side business out of our unrelated bread-and-butter business. Made some decent money when it was good. We didn't make the stuff but had access to large quantities of products made by non-internet folk. I sold out to my partner and he ran it in the ground. Guy's a dumbass. :meh:

If it's something people want, they will find you on eBay. If it doesn't sell there, no one wants it. Good luck.
 
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48thStreetCustom said:
Art, woodworking, quilts, pickguards, anything...

What was your experience?

I have access to screen printing equipment and I'm thinking of selling hand silkscreened limited addition artwork online. Real niche stuff for air-cooled Porsche owners. I'm not looking to get rich, but I'd certainly like to make a profit.
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At one time I had several go fast parts for r/c race cars I'd sub out then sell through an online shop. The on line shop was not mine which was both good and bad. Good because it was established and did a lot of volume right away, but bad because it was not mine so I didn't get everything my stuff earned. TBH though it was not a bad deal, he'd place an order, I'd get the parts made and then he paid me and I shipped them and my part was done. I was really busy at the time so adding another daily task that didn't earn all that well would have cut into things I was doing that were earning well so it was all good at the end of the day.
 

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