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Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23438930
submitted this linkon June 7, 2020
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    I love how thoroughly they asked about the dog food business on this.

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      I just saw this post and it happens that I am the dog food business guy from that thread, so... me too :). I really do usually hate talking about side projects, but I'm really excited about this one so it was really nice that people were interested.

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    Most profitable online stores are not willing to talk about themselves. Coz they are afraid of being copied with a low entry barrier, especially for the dropshippers. The only protection is the niche they pick, which is the secret they won't tell the others.

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    Reselling stupid non sense on eBay, including a bit of drop-shipping.

    I randomly started selling items with a 100% margin or more, items that anyone could easily find at the price I'm getting them at. Not buying in bulk to resell in smaller quantities.

    I never felt good about it, so never really tell people I was doing this.
    I guess I never dedicated a lot of time to it to grow it and make it be a serious source of income. It adds no value, except perhaps some convenience to consumers who seem to only know eBay and Amazon to buy stuff online.

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      Why did you start it in the first place if you didn't feel good about it?