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373 points h2odragon | 4 comments | 19 Oct 24 17:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rglullis ◴[19 Oct 24 19:05 UTC] No.41889863[source]▶
I am seriously considering creating a dropship company focused exclusively on buying and selling electronic components that are sold for parts and people can assemble them at home, Ikea-style.

I would start with selling 50" and 65" inch "dumb" TVs. Just the panel, a nice enclosure and a board with an IR receiver, TV tuner and HDMI outputs. BYO top box and Soundbar. I wonder how fast it would take to get 10000 orders.

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mhuffman ◴[19 Oct 24 20:02 UTC] No.41890336[source]▶
You can search NewEgg or Amazon for "Business TV" or "Commercial TV" and they will almost all be "dumb" TVs. They are readily available.
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ska ◴[19 Oct 24 20:13 UTC] No.41890422[source]▶
Readily available at a good premium.

You can sometimes get a great deal on these during liquidation though.

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stavros ◴[19 Oct 24 20:27 UTC] No.41890532[source]▶
Nope, you're getting the ad-infested TVs for a good discount.
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ska ◴[20 Oct 24 00:56 UTC] No.41892040[source]▶
Are you claiming that the delta is entirely covered by the fees payed to manufacturers to add apps, ads, etc?
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1. stavros ◴[20 Oct 24 01:42 UTC] No.41892246{3}[source]▶
Yes, how else would it be covered?
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2. ska ◴[20 Oct 24 03:32 UTC] No.41892661[source]▶
By increased margins? Common enough when your target market is not consumer.
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3. snowe2010 ◴[20 Oct 24 07:20 UTC] No.41893572[source]▶
Then the equivalent business tvs with no apps wouldn’t be thousands of dollars more.
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4. ska ◴[20 Oct 24 16:50 UTC] No.41896685{3}[source]▶
This is backwards, increased margin would allow exactly that without all of it being covered by increased cogs.