I mean, I get that, but if I'm gonna support a small business I'll do it by buying things I actually want or need. It seems like for a lot of consumers this cause and effect are reversed.
That's closer to how I had been seeing it.
Skymall for zoomers.
I've spotted one male character in that photo and its Cloud Strife in the top right corner.
Yeah its pretty much the idea of MLM without actually being part of an MLM. A big part of the sales pitch is YOU TOO can make shitty kitsch no one wants, and I'll tell you how, if you purchase my skillshare, my etsy kits, my print outs, etc. A good chunk of them don't actually sell the crafts they make, they sell the how-to. The vast majority of people are shit artists, even with years of practice and are generally uncreative on their own without a tutorial, so they sell very very little if any because the market is so flooded and they're all making the exact same molds bought from Michaels. So yeah, it's mostly side-hobbies with a very small minority actually making money. A lot just end up being family and friend holiday gifts people put up to not make them feel bad.
Like you pointed out, it's like a weird, decentralized, MLM. If they go to a craft store to get their molds then it's too obvious, so they go on Etsy instead and then they get something flipped from China like that naked-lady one:.
Dropshipping is probably the most profitable. I have an acquaintance who made a decent amount of play money just making shitty text based political slogan tshirts and selling them through zazzle. That's the high effort version. Knowing a niche that hasn't been over saturated yet, especially in crafting, can net you a lot of money. My favorite are the ebay dropshippers who just order stuff directly from Amazon and upcharge by a few dollars.
That also makes sense. There are tons of compilations like this around:
Hey, you take that back! Skymall actually had interesting stuff in it. Granted, nothing in it was really ever worth the cost, but it was still better than reading the safety card or navel-gazing travel magazine when bored on a flight. It was certainly better than TikTok trends.
A lot of this stuff is sold as part of the self care wave (candles, lipglosses, body products) so the consoomer is lead to think that they’re helping themselves, not the small business. I see these ads a lot and they want you to believe that their stuff is homemade or artisanal, so you may believe that you’re actually buying something high quality that you wouldn’t find in a shop. It’s quite clever.
It's just Tupperware parties without the Tupperware.
To avoid powerleveling too much, I have a niche side hustle going on and it's great! Not to toot my own horn but if someone finds my prices a bit high, they can go to cheaper artists and get what they pay for.
I've noticed that as well. Etsy, for instance, is where you go for handmade stuff but it's just bundles of repackaged wholesale goods that are organised to look "x-themed" or "x-inspired".
tbf, it's an old franchise that had a lot of installme-did he seriously buy multiple copies of the same game?
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It'll probably still be less obnoxious than May the Fourth or Pi Day.
I agree, but every single feature they have for that hotel sounds like something that should've been included in their shitty Star Wars land park instead (which is notoriously terrible and bereft of anything actually interesting). It's DLC but for real life, and it's 6K dollars to enjoy what appears to be actors trying to give you a Star Wars experience. I'm sure it's pretty bad, but no one would complain if it were free or what a cheap dinner theater would give you. It's a total joke-
When May 4 became "Star Wars Day" and not May 25, that's how you knew the direction things were going on.
It’s stuff that literally WAS supposed to be included in Galaxy’s Edge. The original plan for the park INCLUDED the whole LARP storyline thing and there was specifically going to be a dinner theater that got cut.
What's the significance of May 25?
That was the US release date of Star Wars. May 25, 1977.
At least they aren't national holidays, but I'm not betting any money against that happening in the future as more and more actual holidays get attacked for being "problematic."
See, I agree with you, but now I want to know what yours is.
For certain things I've also found you get a higher-quality product at a lower price.
It's already happening with Superbowl Sunday. Has been for literal decades now.