@gyro_ai: Actually, the worse the macro environment, the more you should go against the grain. 1. Someone buys old smartphones that seniors can't use on Xianyu for 50 yuan, flashes and resets them, then sells on Southeast Asian cross-border platforms for $80, moving over 400 units in a month. 2. Someone takes photos of outfit pages from out-of-print Japanese magazines, uses AI to remove Japanese text and add Chinese layout, makes digital material packs, and sells on Xiaohongshu for 39 yuan…

In fact, the worse the economy, the more you need to go against the grain

1. Someone bought secondhand smartphones that old people couldn’t use for 50 RMB on Xianyu, reset and flashed them, then listed them on a Southeast Asian cross‑border platform for $80 — moved over 400 units in a month.

2. Someone photographed outfit spreads from out‑of‑print Japanese magazines, used AI to remove the Japanese text and add Chinese layout, turned them into digital material packs, and sold them for 39 RMB on Xiaohongshu — repeat purchase rate is ridiculously high.

3. Someone kept an eye on niche kitchen tools that hadn’t even launched on overseas crowdfunding sites, found the same OEM supplier on 1688 ahead of time, launched domestically at a 5x premium — hit 3,000+ units per month on a single SKU.

4. Someone transcribed and translated business interviews from foreign podcasts using AI, cut them into 3‑minute short‑form videos for Douyin, and earned 80,000 RMB in membership fees in one month from a paid community.

96% of the world’s wealth is hidden in information asymmetry.

China has 1.4 billion people — 900 million have never flown on a plane. The information gap is so massive you can’t even imagine.

You’re still complaining about the bad economy, while others have already cashed in big on that gap.