How to make $XX,XXX from a website less than 24 hours old...

lukep said:
Alright, I just registered these, who wants one?

shipyourenemiesbadbreath.com
shipyourenemiesspoiledeggs.com
shipyourenemiesfiberglassdust.com
shipyourenemieshorseshit.com
shipyourenemiesasspennies.com
shipyourenemiesvoodoocurses.com
shipyourenemiesuglyporn.com
shipyourenemiesyourfarts.com
shipyourenemieslimburgercheese.com
shipyourenemiescrazedweasels.com

...I think that last one might be a difficult business to run, but the rest should be quite profitable!
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you forgot a couple...

ShipYourEnemiesDingleBerries.com
ShipYourEnemiesUsedCondoms.com
ShipYourEnemiesAidsNeedles.com
ShipYourEnemiesSchmegma.com
ShipYourEnemiesMeatSpin.com
ShipYourEnemiesLemonParty.com
ShipYourEnemiesBlueWaffles.com
ShipYourEnemiesFelchingLeftovers.com <- this one will definitely hit big
 


nickster said:
True, but unless they wildly underestimated the postage and cost of glitter I'd say their margin is pretty colossal.
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Well first it's only $9.99 AUD per letter which is currently worth $8.20 USD. PayPal fees will knock another $0.78 off of that (30 cents plus 3.4% processing and 2.5% currency conversion since most transactions are probably not paid in AUD). So now you have $7.42. Yes, glitter is cheap but postage from AU to the US (where the majority of the attention seems to have been focused) is $2.75. Down to $4.62. Now you have to buy your cheap glitter, envelopes and more importantly address, stuff and mail all of them. Are you going to start a letter sweat shop or do you want to spend 20 hours a day filling these orders? Probably not, so now you have to hire people. The money just isn't there.
 
I'm really surprised people think this is such a good idea.

Seems more like a lucky win for a guy that mostly just did a twist off this idea and added some funny fake testimonials too: Shitexpress

I sure as fuck am not hating on the dude. Good for him for getting picked up by the media and making some green -- and now for selling it for some fast 6 figure cash.

But, in looking at what he did and how he did it, it's more akin to winning the lottery than being rewarded for genius IMO.
 
sublimeguy said:
Well first it's only $9.99 AUD per letter which is currently worth $8.20 USD. PayPal fees will knock another $0.78 off of that (30 cents plus 3.4% processing and 2.5% currency conversion since most transactions are probably not paid in AUD). So now you have $7.42. Yes, glitter is cheap but postage from AU to the US (where the majority of the attention seems to have been focused) is $2.75. Down to $4.62. Now you have to buy your cheap glitter, envelopes and more importantly address, stuff and mail all of them. Are you going to start a letter sweat shop or do you want to spend 20 hours a day filling these orders? Probably not, so now you have to hire people. The money just isn't there.
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"The website makes money every time a user purchases a glitter filled envelope. Each purchase is worth $9.99AUD. I’ve calculated that the total cost of shipping an envelope filled with the glitter & the A4 letter to most places in the world from Australia ranges anywhere from $2-$4. That leaves $5.99 to $7.99 profit on each order."

Apparently profit has been redefined to not actually take into account your expenses. He doesn't even mention the paypal fee in the flippa listing, although to be fair paypal does have a 'micropayments' option that has reduced fees if you're only doing small transactions.

What kind of dumbass is bidding $60k on this?!

When the buyer realises he's going to need to ship 15,000+ envelopes of glitter just to break even, and the guy only had 2,000 orders even with massive viral media coverage and millions of hits...

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icestationzebra said:
What kind of dumbass is bidding $60k on this?!

When the buyer realises he's going to need to ship 15,000+ envelopes of glitter just to break even, and the guy only had 2,000 orders even with massive viral media coverage and millions of hits...
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The site now has some most amazing editorial backlinks. So maybe he bought it for SEO. Think: Tier 1 > couple of nice pumpers > GSA => and with all this power he 301's it to his acai cambodia affiliate site!

I smell pure win here.

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The Formula:

Humor + Accessibility + Irreverence + Novelty + Social Exposure + Irony (optional) = OMG $XX,XXX,XXX,XXX.

OMG $XX,XXX,XXX,XXX + Boredom + Cynicism + Sociopathy = WSO.

(or something like that)
 
On a serious note, I feel like people are missing the real point of this all:

You can sell an MVP for $xx,xxx.

It's extremely cheap. You just need an idea, balls, and shamelessness.

This shit kind of set a precedent, if you think about it.

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GimpSpack said:
= WSO.
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How To Make $xx,xxx - $xxx,xxx In Just 1 Month By Simply Stuffing And Sending Envelopes From Home!

well, son of a bitch, i guess i should have bought that wso deal on fiverr afterall.

GimpSpack said:
You can sell an MVP for $xx,xxx.
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can you please tell me what mvp stands for?

how much you guys think this site is worth?, you think it's getting any orders? >SENDyourenemiesglitter
 
gooey said:
can you please tell me what mvp stands for?
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Minimum Viable Product.

Basically, a bare bones product that's only complete enough to validate it has a product/market fit. MVPs keep you from dumping resources into an "idea" you don't know for sure people want.

In this case, the glitter thing's landing page and order form was its MVP. He didn't actually create or ship orders to my knowledge, but he validated the concept pretty quickly.

how much you guys think this site is worth?, you think it's getting any orders? >SENDyourenemiesglitter
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IDK. Doesn't really matter what I think. Obviously, someone with an extra $xx,xxx thought it had potential ;)
 
thanks for the answer.

GimpSpack said:
IDK. Doesn't really matter what I think. Obviously, someone with an extra $xx,xxx thought it had potential ;)
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someone made a clone SENDyourenemiesglitter , instead of SHIPyourenemiesglitter ,, that's what I was asking about
 
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