Don’t know why I’m sharing this…

I feel like I’ve found a bit of a niche market that hasn’t yet been exploited by the masses.

I won’t share too much about specifics, but I find sealed printer ink cartridges at larger thrift and recycling stores (the big ones you know) and resell at pretty decent margins.

Ink is an internationally bought and sold commodity with a few big brands owning most of the market share. It is also very expensive to buy new at retail, but because of closing office buyouts, incompatible models due to personal upgrades, and relatively long shelf life. It seems like there’s no shortage of good sealed product at a fraction of the cost.

I’ve also ventured into flipping printers themselves. While a lot of media says remote work is dead, I’d beg to differer and still see demand for office supplies. (Need to know a bit about testing and trouble shooting for the second piece) but I’ve had success with very minimal marketing and advertising effort.

This started as a hobby and after some up front cost to build inventory, I’m currently doing $250+ per week and the only block to scaling is my own time commitment.