[rudedogg]

I did this with phone cases like 6-7 years ago. I setup a website with Magento, took nice photos of all the cases (which I found out is kind of hard). And started running some Google and Facebook ads. I couldn't seem to make a profit that way (duh). In hindsight I should of pursued Amazon. I bought like 300 of them.. and 290 or so ended up in the trash.

It was really interesting to do though. Talking with the Sales people on Skype was kind of funny, I remember in one profile picture, the guy had a western outfit on (cowboy hat, bandana, the works). I think a lot of the Sales people did that kind of stuff to connect and seem more trustworthy with Americans.

I also picked up some single units of headphones and breathalyzers. All the headphones were garbage. Some of the breathalyzers actually seemed pretty nice, but they would be expensive to purchase in bulk, and it seemed legally risky.

The main cost/challenge I found was shipping. Air is quick and easy, but really expensive. Going by sea is cheap in comparison, but requires you operate at a bigger scale. There's a name for companies/people you can hire that will handle all the tricky parts of shipping by sea (I want to say Freight Agent but am not sure).

[SmellyGeekBoy]

Heh, this mirrors my experience almost exactly, except with Nintendo Wii / DS accessories. The day Google banned R4 cards on Google Shopping was pretty much the day the entire business died. I still have a big box of stylii / cases / plastic Wii controller accessories that I haven't had the heart to throw away. It even moved house with me. :)

Completely unsustainable (the tiny margins I did make would have been completely wiped out if I was paying proper taxes) but did teach me a lot about business.