“So for a physical product, you could buy like 20 or 50 samples from a supplier, even if the unit cost is terrible, create a very basic Shopify landing page, take some simple photos or mock-ups, run like $500 of like meta ads, and then send people to page and ask them to actually buy it.”

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order 20-50 product samples, build a basic Shopify landing page, run $500 of Meta ads, and sell directly to test demand

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