The reason I suggested a physical good (tea) rather than a digital good is because the digital market is already over saturated. Not only are there forum members selling steam games and keys, and PlayStation codes; they are also a number of homebrew websites, and after all that, you have to compete with Gyft. Better a thing only you can provide, like a hand crafted thing (art, craft, food even) or cater to a niche (specializing in having a wide selection of funny trucker hats, for example). That way you can order in bulk, and make that markup.
There is always a niche.
Always sell what you can mark up the most.
Know your target demographic. You are dealing with techno savvy folks for the most part. Wouldn't do to sell them hamburgers, you could sell those to anyone. Sell them USB cables even. But sell something relevant to the target.
Might follow my own advice about that tea,. Was an afterthought, but I see some merit in it if done right. Gonna clam up about it now.
On second thought, don't sell tea.
The only bad thing is that it's hard to look for a customer that may want your tea. Like what's special about it? I can get tea in the market if you can't specify things that may be different from others.
You shouldn't have to look for customers. It's a webshop. Tea , and coffee are the most popular beverages in the world. If you drank tea, you would know that it's hard to get high quality tea unless you live in a culture that openly drinks tea. This is why they sell tea at Starbucks. Brewed, and in bags. When you do find decent tea, in places like whole foods or Lowe's foods, you pay a lot for it. And the selection sucks. Also, tencho savvy consumers are big in caffeine. Look at the popularity of energy drink products with that demographic. I'm not stuck on tea, but I am stuck on the OP offering a cheap product that can be easily sourced, and stocking many different types of said product, so that his shop becomes a known place to purchase a variety of said niche products. What I'm saying is, he should specialize. He could do hats. Or lighters. Or custom computer hardware peripherals. But you notice all my suggestions are products that are niche, and usually marked up. And things that bitcoin users use. Trust and believe, there are a lot of tea drinkers on this forum.
Also, understand that tea goes beyond the Lipton at Walmart. Check these out:
http://www.tinroofteas.com/product-tag/desserthttp://www.mightyleaf.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/_/Organic-Ceremonial-Matcha/productID/31519af8-6f12-4b15-a016-0692acae7748/categoryID/7a5d00f0-62a0-4664-9dc1-f218505f5db5/(I want that matcha, it's pretty much Amazon only here. Unless you find an Asian specialty store, or go online. )
But leave this idea alone. I want that.
