I'm thinking of creating a shop

[lemon191]

Personally I would start local, sell to team mate's , local players etc that way you can start to build a good reputation and build from there. Online sales wise are you pc literate and can build websites ?as you will need a good quality website otherwise you risk looking dodgy and unprofessional  and most won't bother looking through your products let alone buy something, other things to think about are security and laws on handling people's data. As people have already said shipping time will be your biggest challenge , people can already buy dirt cheap China made products from eBay , wish , Amazon etc, all of which are well known and easy to use including phone apps. 

As for branding yourself that can work however you need a brand first, just sticking a badge on something isn't going to work , you need the brand to be known and trusted,think about how novritsch  has built his with his YouTube videos and  built a fan base then started selling basic stuff like patches etc and then moved on to branding more expensive stuff like parts, guns etc which he can now sell to the fans. The point is people are willing to buy his brand because they trust him because they have been watching hi's videos for along time. So maybe that's a route you could take ? Use the time you have as a 15year old with no responsibilities to pay for to build a fan base through social media then move into selling stuff once you have built some followers up. All kinds of things you can do especially with how much people rely on Facebook and YouTube for info and reviews etc.

 

[Sako]

My thoughts would be to just give it a try, if it works it works, if not then chalk it up to experience.

those who don’t take risk seldom prosper.

 

[Tommikka]

My thoughts would be to just give it a try, if it works it works, if not then chalk it up to experience.

those who don’t take risk seldom prosper.

Yes - Nothing ventured nothing gained

I had some private comms with the OP and had more detail on his plans

Personnaly I didn’t feel it would get anywhere, and with drop shipping as a method he had no ‘extra value’ to make him special to compete in a full market when the buyer can pick a UK, European or Far East supplier

But on the nothing ventured nothing gained front, there’s a little kid who started years ago with a table at his school fete selling wholesale sweets to a totally different commodity, taking gazebos to shows, 4 physical retail locations of increasing sizes in less than the last 2 years, and opening his own full shop in two weeks time.

Hes still at school, employs his mother to run stuff in the day, and his gran is down there today painting the shop!

 

[EDcase]

As said before, anything involving sizes will probably be more trouble than they're worth.

Other accessories like masks, pouches, etc could do well but the wait time will be hard for some to accept.

Whatever you decide to do Mos, kudos and good luck.

 

[Jedi_Master]

Member has not been on forum since June 2017, so locking topic.

 

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