Some people say that there is nothing new in the world, whilst I don’t agree entirely some days you’ve just got to think that they’ve got a point! When it comes to making money from the internet we should not be afraid to follow the example of our more established company cousins. I just got sent an offer from one of these and at first it made me think I want that, then a second later followed by cheeky buggers! I’m willing to guess that they make a lot of money from it.
There is nothing new about what they have done, but clever is clever whichever way you look at it. All BoysStuff.co.uk have done is take a load of old sweets (not that the sweets are old but the make of sweet) boxed them together, called it Sweet Memories and are now charging £20 (about $40) for it! Looking at the picture the actual sweets would cost you maybe £8 in a shop so that must surely be around £4 cost value. Of course being boxed it would be an ideal Christmas present, lets face it if anybody lose wrapped £8 worth of sweets and gave them to you you’d be not so pleased!
So what I’ve learnt from this is simple, never be afraid to group and brand some old stuff and sell it as something new. I’ve got literally hundreds of products that I have the sale rights to but have never done anything with, I would say it’s not going to be too long until my own marketing pack is put out there at a stupid price. Seriously though there is obviously some value in packaging related products to make using them more convenient, if you’ve got a couple of things you could group together why not give it a go and see how you get on.
3 Responses to “Take Some Old Products, Box Them Up And Sell For 5X The Price!”
deborah
October 21, 2007
Hi, I read your bio and like your style. I might become a fan. I’m a normal person who wants to make a living online. I’m savvy with SEO and am working on the areas in which I’m not so savvy.
What you said about software dev not paying well reminded me of a book I’m reading: A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. It’s talks about how workers will need to become high concept and high touch to survive in the future. In other words, software dev can be done cheaply in India, but Pink says that the conception of ideas will still be profitable for non-Indian workers. Interesting ideas.
|SEO Optimization
October 22, 2007
Hi Paul, been awhile since I didn’t pass this way (caught with many things).
Even if this old products might work for a short time I would not give it a go (lets say I hate complaints from clients), but the idea of making money even from things we don’t need or use or simply recycle is great.
Good read, maybe you should have wrote this post before I changed my computer and left burn all those softwares and web sites I never put in use (I could of sell them damn it)
|Paul B
October 22, 2007
Woo hoo, I might get my first fan!
To be fair I couldn’t belive that they were trying this so I contacted them about it, surprise surprise, it has been HUGELY popular! I’m telling you, repackaging nostalgia is where it’s at (cue a mad search through old PC games that are no longer licensed!)
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