The counterfeiting of valuable trading cards has become more prevalent, leading to the growth of a cottage industry of authenticators who verify the cards' authenticity. In order to combat counterfeiters, some suggest adding security measures like chips or strips to the physical cards themselves.
A mystery company backed by Softbank is making over $100 million a year by buying popular items like Ben and Jerry's and chips.
The holding company of FBA businesses that have gross revenues of over $200 million and $35 million trailing 12 months EBITDA buy smaller businesses in niche markets that would do individually, single digit millions a year in revenue and roll them up.
LaMelo Ball's new company Ethercards generated 3 million website visitors in the first month of its launch in March. The traffic was direct, raising questions on how people are discovering these types of companies.
The speaker discusses their company's focus on building content-driven sites that rank well in Google for money terms in crypto, and how working with their acquisition could have improved their marketing strategies.