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by teslabox 3643 days ago
> 2. Getting a hit product isn't easy. Mostly it seems to be luck.

One weekend I had a surge traffic to my website. Then the orders started coming in. Finally I emailed one of the new subscribers to my email list to ask why scores of people had suddenly started searching for that term. She said a radio show host had told his listeners to go to google and search for that term.

Agree with your points about working locally. Arizona Archery's main business is injection molding; they take care of most of the my machining. Maybe I'll come see you some time.

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Even when you get lucky, sometimes nothing happens!

My friend had his product featured twice on the John Oliver show on HBO. Total sales from that? 1 item!

NSFW: http://www.flatearthtrading.com/one-meter-hand-carved-wood-p...

NSFW John Oliver clip https://youtu.be/Vwkqh3lCgvw?t=2m22s