Any predictions on the outcomes?
(1) I sold a bunch of product and made money
(2) I sold a bunch of product and lost money
(3) No one wanted my product and I lost money
(4) I sold a bunch of product then Amazon started selling it for less and I lost money ?
Separately, I have been following the Keyboard.io backer updates for years now ( https://shop.keyboard.io/ ) which provide fairly thorough slice-of-life pictures of every step involved in creating a consumer electronic product from scratch in collaboration with manufacturers in China. It's not an exhaustive guide to the process but every step of the logistics we do get to read is fascinating. Lately I've been feeling like they could make more money teaching hardware startups to navigate this landscape than they could by selling the keyboards.
Also separately, I used to log 100k+ miles per year butt in seat flying for work and recreation, flying with carryons only but with a 3x 70lb baggage allotment and a modest duty-free allowance I never used, and I always wished I understood how to buy off-the-shelf consumer products that are cheap in one country then resell them in another. It seemed like it would be low risk because consumers can usually return unused merchandise. I figured there must be some way to buy iPads and sell them on Gumtree, meet up in Covent Garden and trade them for cash, then return any iPads I couldn't sell at a profit. I never found good docs of anyone doing this and always wondered whether it was logistically very hard (i.e. issues with customs or reliable resale) or whether it was just an area where people were quietly individually making a killing and didn't want competition. Ended up pretty much only using the free 3x 70 lbs to help move house when we moved overseas & came back.