TT12 - Dropshipping for Dummies, Prestige Mud, Rugs, Award Flights, Pantone Deep Dives

Wide ranging tabs today, and only a brief stint in crypto land.

Prestigious Home Mud via Oren

First up are a range of ultra premium home coffee makers ranging from brutalist slabs of concrete to cold brew meth labs. It’s the finer things, really.

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-drip-coffee-maker/

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-best-coffee-makers

https://www.amazon.com/Yama-Glass-Bamboo-Straight-Frame/dp/B00AM7K93O/ref=asc_df_B00AM7K93O/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/montaagproducts/anza-redefining-the-espresso-machine-in-concrete-a

Ohm Fork Dev AI Doxx via Colin

Crypto is crazy, AI is crazy. This developer doxxed himself to convince everyone the project wasn’t a rug, then it came out that the photo he used was AI generated. Also: he rugged.

https://twitter.com/0xngmi/status/1470020997508120581?s=21

Oberlo - Dropshipping for dummies via James

Dropshipping can be a tough model, Oberlo makes it crazy easy to spin up stores if you have traffic to leverage. Perfect for short lived viral tiktok moments and ancillary income streams.

oberlo.com

Followers converting to book sales (or not) via Oren

This NY Times article dives into some of the W’s and L’s publishers have have racked up trying to sell books based on social following. It all boils down to alignment of the niche, the medium, and the content. Without all 3 lining up, L.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/books/social-media-following-book-publishing.html

Award Hacker via James

Something like 80% of first class flights are booked with points (don’t quote me on that). This site helps to find flight bookings with your credit card points (or combination of).

https://www.awardhacker.com

2022 Pantone color of the year via Colin

The color of the year is a lucious periwinkle purple color “Peri” - which I (Colin) have a personal relationship with.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pantone-color-year-2022-peri-2046690