The Viral “¢20 Store” on TikTok "Keyrings? 20¢. Glassware? 20¢. Household essentials? 20¢. 10,000+ products, all under 30 cents!" You’ve probably seen it on TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook. A massive, spotless showroom. Bright lights. Endless aisles. Whether the host is speaking English, Arabic, or Spanish, the format is always the same. These retail-friendly showrooms and [...]

Low price, slim margins, shipping costs more than the product. Once you have a hit, the market's flooded with copycats. Is the sticker business a "suicide mission"? That depends. We’re in an era where everything’s stickable for self-expression. Smart sellers have moved beyond the stationery aisle. Imagine single sheets going for $18 each, with niche [...]

Source a Color-Changing Jar for French Client Last month, a client from France reached out to customize a glass jar with a temperature-changing sticker, along with a few baking tools. It sounded simple at first, but once we got into the details, we realized everything couldn’t be sourced from a single factory, the jar also [...]

We previously talked about that bug-shooting salt gun—an idea that sounded crazy at first but somehow became a hit. Today, we’re looking at another toy blaster: Gel Blaster, which shoots biodegradable gel beads. They burst on impact, leave almost no mess, yet still manage to recreate that competitive, video-game-style shooting experience in a family backyard. [...]

Many people want to buy directly from China manufacturers for the cost advantages of a mature supply chain.But in practice, many buyers struggle with:Identifying real factoriesGetting factories to accept small test ordersFinding prices that are actually competitiveIn this post, I’ll walk you through these key questions most beginners and small buyers care about — and [...]

Some products are painful to run: low margin, time-consuming, and almost impossible to scale. Handmade craft is one of them. But that’s exactly why we’re talking about it. There are sellers who turned this “bad category” into a scalable, profitable business. Let’s take a look at how they solved these problems, turning traditional crafts into [...]

We talked to a few of our long-term clients recently, and we all noticed the same thing: demand for senior-focused products keeps rising, and buyers are zeroing in on solutions to very specific problems. The more targeted a product is, the faster it tends to take off. According to Fortune Business Insights, the global elderly-care [...]

Turning an idea into a real business doesn’t always require deep technical skills or brilliant marketing. Most of the time, it comes down to two things: Does the product solve a clear problem for enough people? And is there a supply chain that can actually make it happen? If you can build the product and [...]

Today we’re looking at a brand that sells a pair of slides for $100+ : DracoSlides. They target young men into street and hip-hop style and filled a gap where men’s everyday street slides didn’t exist. Founder Naam took that gap and turned a low-value, functional product into a $20M+ business in four years. First, let’s [...]

This week, we got an interesting request from Emma, one of our clients in New Zealand who runs a wedding planning business. She wanted us to source a “vintage telephone that can record voice messages.” At first, we honestly thought it was merely a decorative piece placed on a table at weddings.Lorem ipsum dolor sit [...]