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[gadgetalert101]

Originally Posted by greedyboy

I hear selling consoles, mobile phones and ipods on ebay is profitable?

Good one.

I say selling accessories for any of these ipods, phones, and consoles in the best. Mark up are high !
yet......the market is pretty saturated with people selling them....
But maybe you can squeeze in!

[Domik]

weapons, eye lens and glass, shoes, publishing (books could be published for only 20-30 cents each and sold for $10-15), casing for sausages, leather, etc

[Beneddie1112]

Weapons aren't usually a high profit item.

[adam2007]

Originally Posted by Beneddie1112

Weapons aren't usually a high profit item.

You should watch the film: lord of war

[Beneddie1112]

Haha I've seen it. But 99% of weapons used in warzones are supplied by governments who get the guns at discounted prices. I meant the conventional arms trade which do have quite small profits.

[D M]

Depends how you define industry, define profit and over what time period etc...

[iBuy]

Errm, the Music Industry?

[greedyboy]

Was once! No where near profitable now thanks to 'digital'.

Take Prince for instance. Gave his latest album away with the Mail on Sunday. Pure business genius! Why?

1) He produced the album at his own cost, no record company involved.

2) He was paid $500,000 by the Mail on Sunday for the rights to give it away. No record company involved so virtually all his own money in his own pocket!

3) Doesn't have to wait 12 - 18 months for the royaties to start flowing in via the traditional record company/publishers. He just got it up front! Plus he's would have been lucky to get paid $1 per album sold via a record company.

OK it may have sold $10,000,000 worldwide but it would have taken years to get all that money in! I know what deal i would rather!!!!

4) Duplicate this marketing tactic in 10 countries and a nice cool $5,000,000 straight up front and no messing around with third parties.

That is whatt you call a deal.

[Domik]

But you have to have a NAME.
You have to pay a lot for radio and TV on music, for magazines and newspapers for books.
Even if you write the best song - you have to be known befor you start earning.

About weapons:
i didn't mean sell guns in the shop, but produse something for weapon industry, triggers, for example, or boxes for bullets...

[Amrit Saini]

Wow this is getting to be a rather interesting discussion.

How much money do you guys think you would have to have to start a bank?


Thanks,
Amrit