When Youre Living in an Immaterial World, Whats for Sale?
Undoubtedly I could discover a cheaper wholesaler, an unknown Chinese clearinghouse where metal straws went for cents. If I offshored not simply the manufacturing however the warehousing and packaging and shipping of the straws, I ‘d simply require to create some kind of advertising teaser; set up an online shop where every purchase would activate the wholesaler to release straws to the paying customer; allow the wholesaler to dock my merchant’s account for the low cost; and the markup would go to me me. I selected something called Dunhuangwang (or DHgate) in Beijing for its 30-cent metal straws, and I purchased 100 myself to prime the pump.
Undoubtedly I might discover a cheaper wholesaler, an unknown Chinese clearinghouse where metal straws went for cents. If I offshored not simply the warehousing but the manufacturing and packaging and shipping of the straws, I ‘d simply need to create some kind of advertising come-on; set up an online store where every purchase would trigger the wholesaler to release straws to the paying customer; allow the wholesaler to dock my merchant’s account for the low rate; and the markup would go to me me. I chose something called Dunhuangwang (or DHgate) in Beijing for its 30-cent metal straws, and I ordered 100 myself to prime the pump. Setting up my site for “The Last Straw” on Shopify was likewise a breeze. Individuals in retail, advertising, and every kind of customer service did sales, sales, and nothing but sales, and many of us in journalism also ended up shilling for ourselves online.