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Eseman
No, you don't. You want to make money by sourcing cheap, mass produced, imported tat and flog it at as much of a profit as you can manage by spouting the same old tired aspirational, lifestyle bullshit and outright lying about being a manufacturer or having worked closely with suppliers and painstakingly combined the best products to meet and affordable price point. If you wanted to give others the opportunity, you would be putting your efforts into building foundations at the grassroot levels or finding out how you can offer your skills that you have gained over your years on the road.
People already have the opportunity to throw their money at the same old shit, you just want your slice of the action, you are offering nothing.
People are only being adversarial here because, funnily enough, we do actually give a shit about the cycling community. We hate to see chancers coming in and trying to take advantage of either well meaning consumers with disposable income or people who have saved up the amount of money you are asking for these BSOs and are duped by the branding and stock photo re-posting.
You mentioned that you were a long time lurker and even tried to tug at heart strings by name dropping Sheldon Brown. If either of those two things were true, this business idea would never have even crossed your mind.