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$600,000 Tumblr Themes, Dropshipping & Beating Cancer | Oliur

Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal

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Lost $30k on Bad Products

  • Designing a product may take a couple of days
  • Finding a manufacturer on Alibaba: 1-2 weeks
  • Getting a sample: up to 60 days
  • Getting another sample, if needed: another 2 months
  • Bulk order production: 60-120 days
  • Oliur lost about $30,000 on a bad batch of products where the logo wasn't right. He had to write it off because he couldn't get a refund.
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