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Sell over priced merchandise.

bemmu 14y ago
Give it a try. A long time ago I ran a shop which sold merchandise related to only a single anime/manga series, much smaller niche than Tekken is. I recall it was still making around $1000 / month in profit (nice but ultimately other things took over). If you can engage your community such that your shop becomes the go-to place for hard-to-get Tekken products, it could be lucrative. You already have the traffic of people interested in this, so most of the work is already done. It would be a service to your userbase and wouldn't need to be annoying. Having a "tekken shop" link in the sidebar, links from your relevant content pages to the relevant shop pages (perhaps even have those content pages BE the shop pages) and periodical more visible banner campaigns (christmas sale, limited sale of some rare item etc) to raise awareness that the shop exists should be enough. You can start small too. You can just honestly write "we are thinking of opening a shop for Tekken items. Are these some specific items you are looking for?" and have a textbox where people can write their request. If it seems like there is demand and some products emerge that get requested, you can then go ahead and have a simple paypal cart to buy the item. You could do this in the next 30 minutes. Don't be shy to have a high margin for products which are difficult to get elsewhere and you might just find that you successfully pulled off turning your passion into a business.
- Rodeoclash 14y ago
  This is awesome feedback. Exactly what I was looking for. I like the idea of sourcing say signed items and reselling this. Collectors items.
  - orangethirty 14y ago
    I wod just go right out and buy something off of eBay. Then sell it in the wiki. No ecommerce store or anything, just a page with a PayPal button in it. Do explain to people why you are doing it. And ask if they would buy cheap stuff from you such as stickers. Just do t waste anytime with getting things right. Everyone knows a King action figure always sells. (:

bemmu 14y ago

Give it a try. A long time ago I ran a shop which sold merchandise related to only a single anime/manga series, much smaller niche than Tekken is. I recall it was still making around $1000 / month in profit (nice but ultimately other things took over). If you can engage your community such that your shop becomes the go-to place for hard-to-get Tekken products, it could be lucrative. You already have the traffic of people interested in this, so most of the work is already done. It would be a service to your userbase and wouldn't need to be annoying. Having a "tekken shop" link in the sidebar, links from your relevant content pages to the relevant shop pages (perhaps even have those content pages BE the shop pages) and periodical more visible banner campaigns (christmas sale, limited sale of some rare item etc) to raise awareness that the shop exists should be enough. You can start small too. You can just honestly write "we are thinking of opening a shop for Tekken items. Are these some specific items you are looking for?" and have a textbox where people can write their request. If it seems like there is demand and some products emerge that get requested, you can then go ahead and have a simple paypal cart to buy the item. You could do this in the next 30 minutes. Don't be shy to have a high margin for products which are difficult to get elsewhere and you might just find that you successfully pulled off turning your passion into a business.

Rodeoclash 14y ago
This is awesome feedback. Exactly what I was looking for. I like the idea of sourcing say signed items and reselling this. Collectors items.
- orangethirty 14y ago
  I wod just go right out and buy something off of eBay. Then sell it in the wiki. No ecommerce store or anything, just a page with a PayPal button in it. Do explain to people why you are doing it. And ask if they would buy cheap stuff from you such as stickers. Just do t waste anytime with getting things right. Everyone knows a King action figure always sells. (: