• irotsoma@piefed.social
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    5 days ago

    That doesn’t get it to you any faster or much cheaper than just individuals just paying a foreign company to ship it to them direct. You’re adding another middleman importer that needs to make a profit while developing and paying people to apply the labels and deal with customs, shipping, warehousing, etc. They might be able to do it faster than the normal way, but it definitely would add significant cost. And if you’re trying to get people to buy a new product, it’s not good to start with a noncompetitive price. It makes people see it as unaffordable even after the price eventually stabilizes. First impressions are a big deal in product marketing.