ChinAsaur!
(AKA The Bad Batch)
As a brand new entrepreneur, I was bound to make a few mistakes. This was a big one. Now I am faced with the difficult decision to evolve or go extinct!
LIMITED TIME ONLY: SWITCHASAURUS! "CHINASAUR" decks are available for just $9 including shipping
As recently featured on Side Hustle School with Chris Guillebeau, a batch of cards I received from Alibaba, a multinational supplier headquartered in China, is not in the pristine condition I'd feel comfortable selling retail... but neither is it trash. These decks lack some of the color depth of the original batch, and many have abnormalities in the printed surface or tearing on the edges. These decks are available at cost. A shrink-wrapped "bad batch" deck in a tuck box is available for $9 including US shipping, or I will include the collector's tin and poster for $12 including shipping.
UPDATE ON MY BUSINESS! Since my close call with extinction, I regrouped and ordered sets of new cards from another US manufacture. They are more expensive by far (about 4x as much,) and frankly, the quality is not as good as my original sample batch from China with still some minor aberrations along the edges, communication is slow, and printing/shipping takes months for some reason, but I feel like the vendor cares much more about my satisfaction. For you side hustlers, maybe a good opportunity to go into card printing! You can purchase the higher quality cards here.