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Investing in Amazon Business Suggestions
Posted on 2/14/26 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 2/14/26 at 8:52 pm
I've known this small business owner for a couple years. He's got a small, profitable health supplement business which I believe in and would take myself. Over the course of a year or so I've casually asked a couple of times what kind of deal would look like for investors if he ever wanted to expand. He always said the business isn't ready for investors. I never told him I wanted to invest, the topic just came up a couple times when we were talking business.
Anyway, then the other day he mentioned he's considering asking the boss at his job to invest in the Amazon business. So I told him I may be interested in investing and what would a potential deal look like. He doesn't have a proposal or anything ready to go, but the basics look like this:
-$40,000 - $50,000 needed for product production
-After expenses, expected profit margin is about 40%
-Base case for return: sell thru in about 1 year or less;
Worst case: 0 sales but he said that's highly unlikely as he's got an established brand with proven sales in an adjacent market, is pretty good at Amazon SEO, etc;
-best case the product sells through in 6 months or sooner and we keep re-investing & expanding
I told him I wouldn't put up the whole amount, but would be interested in putting up a portion of the money and be on equivalent terms with the other potential investor.
How would you structure this and what would be your investing parameters?
Anyway, then the other day he mentioned he's considering asking the boss at his job to invest in the Amazon business. So I told him I may be interested in investing and what would a potential deal look like. He doesn't have a proposal or anything ready to go, but the basics look like this:
-$40,000 - $50,000 needed for product production
-After expenses, expected profit margin is about 40%
-Base case for return: sell thru in about 1 year or less;
Worst case: 0 sales but he said that's highly unlikely as he's got an established brand with proven sales in an adjacent market, is pretty good at Amazon SEO, etc;
-best case the product sells through in 6 months or sooner and we keep re-investing & expanding
I told him I wouldn't put up the whole amount, but would be interested in putting up a portion of the money and be on equivalent terms with the other potential investor.
How would you structure this and what would be your investing parameters?
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:54 am to SaintsTiger
Royalty. $X.00 for every unit sold.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 8:06 pm to AaronDeTiger
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Royalty. $X.00 for every unit sold.
Ok Mr wonderful.
Investment should be commensurate with risk and potential return. Personally for me to be interested in a business investment id want a non dilution share but im also not really willing to invest in a company that im not hands on with. What is your goal with the business? Just hands off investment?
This post was edited on 2/15/26 at 8:10 pm
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