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The products I show here are only a fraction of what I bought and sold while importing from Thailand. I experienced many hits and misses but because of the low cost of goods, even the misses turned out to be profitable. Just not as profitable. And when I found a winner, I stocked up on my next trip.

There are many ways to get your products back home. On average my shipping costs added about 25% on top of my product cost. When you ship by container, it doesn't matter how much it weighs. I even shipped back a container full of bricks once. I couldn't resist at less than 3 cents per brick. But after unloading them, I decided not to do bricks anymore.

Average mark-up on my Thailand imports was 10 times cost of goods, or 8 times cost of goods and shipping. Although some of my greatest finds were far more profitable than that. My Thai imports tutorial will discuss the products and shipping methods more in detail so you know what to expect in the range of profit.


This Teak wagon wheel sits in my backyard. The rim is iron. I used to buy these for $20 each and sell them for $200. They're a bit harder to get now but I see them on the internet often between $800 to $1000. I saw one for $1200!	Handbags galore in Thailand. They're very inexpensive and come in hundreds of styles. My wife loved the ones I picked out for her and one woman I took on my Thailand Tour made a lucrative business out of selling only handbags.	I bought 100 Teak spirit houses for $2.80 each and retailed them for $49.95. I had the story of the spirit house printed up for each spirit house. Never underestimate the power of a good story, especially the true ones, which are usually stranger than fiction.

There is an amazing story behind this piece. I found this and four others just like it in a remote village. Used to be part of a antique drum set that would form a circle and the drummer would sit in the middle. I bought them for $5 each because one of the pieces was missing for a complete set. I hung them on my gallery wall, one at a time, with a halogen light shining on it, reflecting off the tiny decorative mirrors. Sold them each as unique artifacts for $295.	My first container from Thailand was filled with Teak furniture made from wagon wheels, Ox yokes, fence posts, animal troughs and whatnot. They are ridiculously inexpensive and can be kept outside in all kinds of weather. People love them and they made for great container sales. Didn't even have to unload half of them.	I liked this fountain so much that I actually formed a business around it. I had 15 different styles of fountains that I used to set up at trade shows in a spectacular water display. This was my most popular fountain by far. I bought them for $200 and sold them for $2495. Shipping cost about $100 each when shipped by container.

Butterflies were a huge seller for me. The profit margin was huge. I typically got a 20X mark-up (2000%). I started feeling bad for the butterflies, though. They told me they only collected them after they died but I kinda doubt it. You need a license from Fish and Wildlife to bring these in, but those are easy to get. You can also get scorpions and fighting beetles (like when John brought Yoko to recording sessions.)	When I stumbled upon these miniature bronze fairies I was amazed. I sold these online and always took close-up pictures from several different angles. Smaller items tend to do better on the internet because you can really focus on the detail and craftsmanship.	This was one of my most popular fairies, even though it my most expensive, because it was a mother-daughter combo. These fairies were an easy 1000% market, easy to order, and very low shipping costs to get them to me quickly. I like that.

This is just an ordinary print in a simple but attractive frame. If I ever come out of retirement to do more imports, I might just concentrate on flat, framed artwork. Easy and inexpensive to ship and a hefty markup of 10 to 20 times cost.	Thailand has more artists than I've ever encountered anywhere. It seems to be part of the Thai genetic make-up. This is an original pencil drawing of an Indian girl. The only colored part was the pin holding her feathers to her hair. Amazing work.	This is also an original piece of work. It represents Buddha's footprint and it painted with gold leaf. I couldn't bring myself to sell it. It is now hanging over my fireplace. Thailand is an artist's utopia.

I bought these kimonos for $2.50 each and sold them for $39.95 on ebay. I lost count of how many I sold. Eventually, I had competition for Thai kimonos, mostly from folks who bought from me at wholesale, which I didn't mind at all. But there was never any competition as far as models were concerned. By the way, I paid Ae $10 for the day to be my kimono model.	When I first found the pottery barns in Thailand, I was very excited. They were incredibly cheap because labor is so cheap. However, the price to ship pottery is higher than the pottery itself so I stopped buying it. It was still profitable but not nearly as profitable as marble.	Speaking of marble, I made a small fortune selling marble. Didn't do as well for my back, though, as it did for my wallet. Shipping a marble vase costs the same as shipping a clay vase. Marble from Thailand is a highly profitable import item.

This is not fine art, per se, but it is original art and sells well at a healthy mark-up. And it is flat and ships well, which is always something to consider.	You might think these fans are junk but I've sold hundreds of them to people who thought otherwise. Actually, some of the designs were quite nice and they do custom orders. I bought them for under $3 each. One time I was in Thailand when someone emailed me, asking if he could buy 300 for his store. One of the easiest sales I ever made. I sent him 300 by UPS for $3,000 plus shipping. From sale to shipping took me less than a day.	This is a very heavy antique I found in a basement in Northern Thailand. It is about 80 years old, and carved out of a thick slab of Teakwood. It is a carving of Buddha nursing on one of his nursemaids while other maidens are resting next to the bed on the floor. I love this piece.

When I had my store, I used to sell these for $2,995. I bought them for $240. I had sold out of them and one lady whose friend had bought them wanted one for herself. I gave her a $500 discount because she didn't want the glass tabletop. That was fortunate because I was able to carry it back with me as luggage. She paid me in advance and the profit from that one item covered my airfare to Thailand, and a hotel room for two weeks.	These are ceramic owls that I couldn't resist. I had molds made and recreated them in resin, turning the little ones into lamps and the larger ones into fountains. The possibilities and potential for turning a profit in Thai imports is only limited by your imagination.	I bought these resin fish from a genius of an artist and expert mold-making maestro. I bought many, many things from him over the years until his Thai girlfriend ran off with all his money and left him a distraught and broken man. I do have a section about this in my e-book that is worth reading (and heeding).

One of the things the Thais do so well is their bronze work. I have but and sold tons of bronze (literally) and I still appreciate it. Something about metal that I find very appealing.	I also used to sell a lot of nude bronze pieces. They always sold very well. If you are selling on the internet, the way you present it is very important. I took a lot of pictures in front of the fireplace, as you can see.	If you know anything about casting bronze, you know that this is a complicated piece to cast. Most people will just look at it for its artistic value but people who know bronze will look closely at all the curves and undercuts and appreciate the skill involved.

I bought 50 ceramic bubbly fountains as part of my fountain business. I brought a few to a trade show. They got a lot of interest but not many sales for some reason. However, someone came by and bought the rest of them from me at wholesale for resale. Those kinds of things happen a lot in the import business.	This is another wood carving that the Thais are so good at, and do so inexpensively. Wood carving is so desirable because every piece is unique.	Now this is an example of something that is mass produced but also very desirable. These are made out of solid resin mixed with some other substance that make them quite heavy. While heavy has it's drawbacks when shipping to customers, people tend to like heavy things. Lightweight is often considered to be synonymous with cheap.

I love marble and I love Buddha images. This Buddha looks very old, and in many places they will tell you that it is, but it is actually what they call "yesterday's antiques". They bury it in dirt and coffee grounds or whatever and make it look very old. It is still beautiful, though. Antique Buddhas are not generally allowed out of the country but new Buddhas are.	It's hard to tell by looking at the photo but this is a carved rock that is only 3 inches by 3 inches. I found it on my very first trip to Thailand and it has always been very special to me. I had it replicated as a fountain pictured on the right.	This is the four foot fountain I had made from my three inch rock. In America, it takes a million dollar machine to replicate a small item into a large item. In Thailand, it only takes a man and his chisel. While it's not an exact replica, it is quite good.