u/josephine-quinn

After visiting a convention, a question suddenly came to mind:

Since everyone seems to be selling merch itself, is there a possible niche for “supporting merch” products?

For example: protective sleeves, card binders, storage boxes, display stands, ita bag accessories, eco bags, anti-bend bags, and things like that.

Selling merch directly feels extremely competitive because you have to compete on characters, art style, popularity, and fandom demand.

But supporting products seem like a different direction. Instead of competing head-on with merch booths, they solve the problem of “after buying merch, how do people store it, protect it, and display it?”

Would this count as a niche that avoids the most heated competition?

Or is it actually difficult to sell these items on-site because the profit margin is low, the sizes are too complicated, or most people already prepare these things themselves?

If anyone has experience with this, I’d love to hear your thoughts. I’m just genuinely curious. 👀