Finding a good price on glow sticks wasn't as hard as we thought as pretty soon we had negotiated a price of 0.017 USD per stick for 50,000 or $1.70 US for 100 which was the more relevant way of looking at them considering they shipped in tubes of this quantity. Working out the exchange to Australian dollar and factoring in shipping we determined they would come out to just over $2 per tube. Not bad considering we could see our competitors were selling them for upwards of $12. The only problem and one that to this day, seems insurmountable, is that the tubes weigh in at 600 grams each! That's right, those thin light little tubes in packs of 100 add up. I guess when you say one tube weighs six grams it doesn't sound like much but times it by 100.... This meant that we would need to send them in a 3kg parcel which means that when you factor in transaction costs and postage we would be struggling to break even on them.
We still don't know how our competitors can turn a profit on these things. If anyone knows we would be happy to hear. So strike number one. BeastBop.com was not to be in the market for Glow in the dark sticks.
Nonetheless, this had begun a desire for ourselves to look for something fun that we would enjoy to sell to people and make our future customers happy. We still love glow sticks and think they are a wonderful invention.
We recently came across this article about the invention of glow sticks. Highly recommended reading.
To see what wonderful UV Glow & LED Lighting party products we did end up sourcing please visit our website. We have the cheapest prices for UV Glow in the dark face & body paints, LED Light up Gloves, LED Party Balloons, UV LED Torches and professional glitter face & body paint. Not to mention our fantastic UV Hair colouring products. Free shipping in Australia. Ships worldwide. Buy now.
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