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  • #1

    If you have so many great ideas then YOU go into business!

    Life lately is being so FREAKING frustrating, and I got another one of my pet peeves, which is customers telling me how to run my business. I get this ALL the farking time. People telling me what I should make and how I should make it and if COURSE this stupid, obscure, expensive, item will sell like hotcakes, why they'd buy one if only they had enough money, surely that means it'll be a wild success!

    Nevermind that all their fellow idiots who would like such a piece of crap are as broke as they are, so NO it wouldn't sell. Gah.

    And then I made the mistake of talking on my livejournal about how I was trying to sell a new product, "Finger Fuzzies" (little furry finger puppets) which were meant to fill the $5-$10 niche, which I hadn't previously had anything in, but they weren't doing as well online as I'd hoped.

    And this guy comes along with this GREAT idea about how I should make little fairy tale story books, and sell them in sets with the characters from the stories, and this will solve all my sales problems!

    Firstly, somehow I doubt that, but secondly and more importantly a SET of them is not going to cost less than ten bucks! So they'd be in the $15+ bracket where I ALREADY have tons and tons of merchandise, and so this wouldn't actually solve my problem in any way whatsoever!

    Normally this guy is a pretty good guy, but GAH that annoyed the crap out of me. It was just the last straw in a loooooooooooooong line of people who don't sell a product even remotely like mine telling me how to sell my product, and it drives me NUTS.

    I should probably just brush it off and not let it bug me, but I can't, it's just... gah. Anyhow, I feel better now that I've ranted a bit.
    The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. ~Author Unknown

    Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~Cicero

    See the fuzzy - http://bladespark.livejournal.com/
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  • #2
    I'm betting some parents would buy them for, say, toddlers or something...but they wouldn't really solve all your problems....
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    • #3
      Yeah, it's not a horrible idea or anything, I'd probably sell a few at that price. I've certainly heard worse ideas. (The guy who saw my fantasy creature drawings and said I should sell drawings of local famous buildings, and that would make scads of money comes to mind. Skill in drawing dragons does NOT translate well to skill in drawing architecture!) But it pretty well ignores the whole reason I invented the finger fuzzies, and am I grumpy, so it really ticked me off.
      The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. ~Author Unknown

      Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~Cicero

      See the fuzzy - http://bladespark.livejournal.com/

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      • #4
        So... got any rabbits or foxes for my digits?

        The index fingers of Justice are cold and lack personality.
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        • #5
          Justice would be much improved if it were fuzzy. But then I think pretty much everything would be much improved if it were fuzzy. Occupational hazard, or something.

          I've made a fox. No rabbits yet though. I could probably arrange something if you like.

          (Will I get stoned if I make arrangements for sales on this board? I know better than to advertise/spam, that's rude anyhow. PM me maybe if you do actually want one?)
          The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. ~Author Unknown

          Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~Cicero

          See the fuzzy - http://bladespark.livejournal.com/

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          • #6
            The problem with good ideas is often the execution time ends up being far more labor intensive than it's worth. Sure you could 'write books', but at what cost, and does it really end up being worth your time and effort to do so?

            Anyway, the guy should have given a qualifier. "I have lots of opinions of which this is one of many... "
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            • #7
              Sounds like your story book idea friend just saw Despicable Me. There's a scene in there with three little kitten finger puppets that are part of a kids' storybook.

              Maybe you could put some elastic around the bottoms and sell 'em as pencil toppers/pencil cozies? Might have to stick a little bit of stuffing in them to hold their shape, but it shouldn't be too expensive a tweak.

              Good luck with your sales.
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              • #8
                I like the finger fuzzies idea, I'll pass it on to a few of my friends (i've still got your website address from one of your previous threads)

                I suppose the big problem in that niche market is that there really isn't anything that small that could be sold in that range, except potentially ears (but good quality ears sell for a lot more than $15) or makeups (but thats easily bought elsewhere)
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                • #9
                  Quoth spark View Post
                  (Will I get stoned if I make arrangements for sales on this board? I know better than to advertise/spam, that's rude anyhow. PM me maybe if you do actually want one?)
                  If people approach you via PM without you advertising, I've got no issue.

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