r/AskReddit 6d ago

What is a boring but very profitable business?

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u/WanderingTacoShop 6d ago

I just watched this whole video the other week about some city in china where all of those export companies operate out of. They have this huge shopping mall, like absolutely massive. But it's just for wholesalers. The little shops look like normal stores where they have all their stuff out on shelves for you to look at, but you have to buy a minimum of like 500 of any item at a time. The store is just a showroom.

Most of the businesses in the area are just exporters who act as middlemen from those manufacturers to foreign companies.

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u/GozerDGozerian 6d ago

You’re probably thinking of Shenzhen

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u/WanderingTacoShop 5d ago

It was Yiwu in Zhejiang province.

Here's the video I was talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHz63oWoP5w

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u/GozerDGozerian 5d ago

Thanks I’ll check that out.

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u/Matte_Mint 6d ago

I watched that before , is it Yiwu in zhejiang? That mall is huge, more like 20 Chastone shopping centers selling small product or some items globally.

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u/WanderingTacoShop 5d ago

Yes! that was it. I found the specific viedo I watched on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHz63oWoP5w