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The viral pitch "buy the same product on IndiaMART for Rs 40-45 and resell it for Rs 250-290 on Amazon/your store" does not work, because the product you copy already belongs to an established brand (example shown: Man Matters derma roller) that outspends you on ads and owns trust and visibility; he compares it to Google never ranking a small site over Times of India for news.

757k plays · 23 Apr 2026

What they said

Note: the transcript has a gap/garbling between about 20s and 40s (a loop of the "revenue 10-20 lakh" line), so that stretch is reconstructed from the surrounding lines and frames.

  • Setup: reels claim you can source a product at Rs 40-45 on IndiaMART and see the same product on Amazon at Rs 200-300 (up to 1200), implying easy profit.
  • The beginner's logic he mocks: "I go to IndiaMART, pick the same product at 40-45, I will sell it at 250 (other brands sell at 290), so my product will sell and my revenue will reach 10 lakh / 20 lakh."
  • Visual proof: frames show a B2B/IndiaMART-style product grid for derma rollers, then an Amazon product page: "Man Matters 1.00 mm Derma Roller with 540 Titanium Alloy needles | Promotes Beard & Hair Growth & Reduces Acne Scars", shown at about Rs 295 (-52%), bundled with a serum bottle; then a search-results page.
  • Ad-spend argument (40s-70s, partly garbled): the established brand has ad creatives running "900, 1000" at a time. If you assume even Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 per day to run one creative, then with a thousand creatives the brand's daily spend is huge; "do you think Amazon (or that brand) will transfer its sales to you?"
  • Second analogy (70s-100s), from his own SEO past: when he ranked websites on Google in 2018-19 he filtered topics; he would not cover news topics because even if he wrote good news Google would never rank his site; it will always rank Times of India, India Post (sic), Aaj Tak or India TV, because they have authority, people know them, and they have brand visibility. However good your article, you will not reach page one for that topic. "So you have to filter these things."
  • Close (100s-111s, partly in frames; transcript is cut off at "filter करना पड़त"): the moral is that you cannot do business blindly; do not just copy a commodity everyone sees on a viral reel. Soft follow ask at the end (see CTA).
  • Practical tip pinned in comments by the creator: "Go to the Facebook Ads Library and check any brand's data: how much they are spending and how big the brand is."
  • Another creator reply: no tool is needed ("nhi koi tool nhi h") in answer to an inventory-management tool question.
  • Note on numbers: all figures (40-45, 250, 290, 10-20 lakh, 500-1000 per day) are illustrative, not data from his stores.

Try this

  • Starting out: Before you copy a "buy at Rs 40, sell at Rs 250" idea, work out the profit per order. Subtract product cost, ads, returns and failed deliveries, packaging and GST from the price. If little is left, the idea fails whatever the headline margin looks like.
  • D2C brands: Open the Meta Ads Library and search any competitor. Check how many ads they run, how many creatives, and how long each has been live. Ads that run for months usually convert. Do this before you pick a product or an angle.
  • Sellers of commodity products: If you sell something anyone can source, win on brand, proof and offer. Sourcing price will not protect you from a bigger brand that spends more and is already trusted.
  • Agencies and freelancers: Use the Ads Library check on sales calls. When a founder asks for "a product like theirs", show them how much the original brand spends. It answers the objection with evidence.
  • Creators: The structure is a myth people believe, a prop, and screenshot cutaways. It is easy to repeat for any debunk reel in your niche.

Links

  • IndiaMART: B2B sourcing marketplace (supplier side of the pitch).
  • Amazon India: the resale listing used as the proof (Man Matters derma roller page).
  • Meta (Facebook) Ads Library: free tool to see any brand's running ads and how many; recommended in pinned comment as a size/spend check.
  • Google Search results page (Top stories): shown at about 86-90s to illustrate that big publishers own news rankings.
  • Brands/domains named: Man Matters (example product), Times of India, India Post (as spoken), Aaj Tak, India TV.
  • DA/PA (domain authority/page authority) mentioned by a commenter only.

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