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Shipping from Japan is usually expensive. It's a niche product, but likely not many others. Doing the research yourself to find the products will eat up the savings if you value your time.

That's the nice thing about global markets: OP just needs a thousand customers a month = $30k/month gross. Maybe half that goes to shipping. If you can get each of those products for $1-$2 each in bulk, you're doing okay.

Some product might be free, highly-subsidized or he gets paid because the manufacturer wants to build an overseas market.




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