Could you provide some information as to what you have done up to this point and what your next steps are?
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Yes totally man! So it started back in march. I decided nobody actually sold a yo-yo the way I would want it. Of course people have made v shaped bimetal but nothing I could find that’s up to date on these copetative standards. So what do I do I start finding a designer. He was able to help me design my very first yo-yo (Project Veeelocity). I was able to find a newer yoyo making doing small scale prototype runs in the USA. I jumped on it right away and started working on getting these prototypes made. My first prototype will be here 10-8-25. After that I have 5 more coming. The design will be tweaked to be as perfect as possible. I plan on doing my run though FPM. Of course I’m not stopping at just one yo-yo. I will be poring my time and effort into many many more yo-yos in the future. My biggest problem is funding but once I get passed that road block it’s open roads to success. I know you don’t know me but I’m not gonna let a hiccup stop me. I will push until I win! Again all donations or shares are so so so appreciated.
Why can’t you save up and risk your own money like every other yoyo company owner has?
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Yes I am have no fear I just need to get this to 20 words to edit it
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More like BeggerBoi yo-yos
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Nich is young don’t be too hard on him folks.
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As a neurodivergent person who started a yoyo business just now at almost 40, I will try to offer some advice.
Starting a business is no small feat. There are more than likely dozens of expenses you haven’t accounted for, business licenses, taxes, shop fees, credit card processing fees. Probably won’t get your first yoyo into store directly and will be responsible for these kind of costs. Many of the costs you will still eat even if it does get in a store. Just found out my city charges me 10% of all my sales as a business operation tax for example. I had to pay almost $200 in license fees. Tariffs could quadruple next month with no notice leaving your holding the bag. If you aren’t financially comfortable enough to be prepared to drop hundred of dollars (or thousands if I’m being honest) with no notice when new stuff comes up then the 1200 won’t get you as far as you think.
I also wouldn’t expect it to be a business that just kinda runs after you get it going. You have to QA every yoyo, put together packaging, make logos, run social media, file taxes (my state makes me do it monthly) the list goes on forever.
And if you wanna guess on my first yoyo run I’m doing how much money I’m gonna make for that laundry list of work? If there are no b grades and I sell all 100 I’ll make about as much as working one day of my day job. So I wouldn’t expect it to be a real self sustainable model. It’s a labor of love that you will sink money into a lot more than you probably think.
17 is a hard age and everything is gonna seem like if it doesn’t happen now it will never happen. If someone gave me funds to start a yoyo business at that age I would have tanked it. Not saying you will, but I am saying that life is unpredictable and the idea that if it doesn’t happen now it won’t happen just isn’t the case and that extra years will be that much more life experience and knowledge for you to put into it when you are ready.
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