How NOT to start an “airsoft business.”
Evan Valardi
Evan Valardi
295d ago
If you read my last post about how to start a business, thank you! I thought it would be helpful to show you an example (photos below) of how not to start your business. •Massively overcharge and price gauge for something regularly available for less in the US Market (aka from any airsoft store or Amazon) •Drop ship directly from Amazon with absurb markups, holding no inventory, no control over product quality, or customer service •Add zero innovation, creativity, or value to the customer •List items already available on hopup for WAY less from actual reputable sellers for 30% more (because you are buying retail and drop shipping) I spoke to them before creating this post, and gave him the opportunity to remove his thousands of amazon drop ship posts before I made this. His response to my very mild confrontation was to claim, “I’m just a drop shipper.” I kindly disagree. Dropshippers, however contentious (and in most people’s opinion on this app not good), do not markup from US retail. They typically buy from overseas or discount sites, and at least try to bring new or low priced items to the US market. Anyone who simply buys from US retail stores and “Resells” at a markup to younger, newer players, is a scammer and a huckster. To make matters WAY WORSE, you fill the hopup feed every day with your Amazon listings, hundreds per day, and prevent people who actually use this app from enjoying it and from being able to sell their own items. Please stop 🙏 Edit for clarity - this person is buying from Amazon and having amazon ship to customers, adding 20-100% to the price in the process. This is not what retail stores do.
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