{"id":"profit-recipe-003","version":"1.0","title":"The Discontinued Cosmetics Resurrection","tagline":"Liquidation-channel discontinued beauty → eBay enthusiast market","industry":"Beauty · Discontinued Goods","capital_usd":{"min":150,"max":400},"margin_pct":{"min":120,"max":340},"difficulty":"Easy","time_to_close_days":{"min":21,"max":45},"replicability":"Medium","tags":["beauty","cosmetics","discontinued","liquidation","ebay","arbitrage"],"validated_at":"2026-05-16","preview":"A liquidation-to-enthusiast arbitrage on discontinued color cosmetics from major brands (MAC, Urban Decay, NARS, etc.) into the eBay collector/enthusiast market. The edge is the price cliff when brands retire shades — liquidators price by lot weight, not per-unit market value, while beauty subreddits and YouTube reviewers drive 4–8× demand spikes within 6 months of EOL. Gross margins of 120–340% on cases of 12. Includes the discontinuation watchlist sources, three liquidation B-channels (one is invite-only — we explain how to get in), authentication SOP, eBay listing rules, and 5 validated alternate SKUs.","hidden":["product_sku","source_marketplace_url","destination_marketplace_listing_template","exact_sourcing_filter","freight_forwarder_picks","alternate_validated_skus"],"price_usd":"0.01","buy_endpoint":"/api/recipes/profit-recipe-003","payment":{"protocol":"mpp","intent":"charge","method":"tempo","chain_id":4217,"currency":"USDC"}}