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Last year I tried building an animated laptop sticker business. People loved the idea! People paid for stickers! Profit was reasonable! But, on the downside..
by edent 5y ago
Last year I tried building an animated laptop sticker business.
People loved the idea! People paid for stickers! Profit was reasonable!
But, on the downside...
The equipment is horrifically expensive. Minimum order quantities from 3rd parties means that every idea has to be a killer. They are a novelty, and quite pricey, so you can't rely on repeat custom. Zero barrier to new entrants.
I was glad that I did it - and I learned a lot. Perhaps when I'm a tech-billionaire, I'll work on getting the price down ;-)
More details at https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/06/building-a-minimum-viable-laptop-sticker-business/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/06/building-a-minimum-viable-l...
- kingcharles 5y agoThose were a great little product. I can see you easily saturating the market, though, and selling to basically everyone on the planet who wants one and having no possible customers left. I had some custom shirts made once (same as the one Marty wears in Back to the Future) by the original manufacturer. I'm glad I only had 500 made because selling the last dozen was a real chore. I absolutely and totally exhausted the entire market.
- edent 5y agoCheers mate. It was fun for a lockdown project but, yeah, nothing long term.