i had this idea and found that there are lot of these.. its a tough one to get successful in because amazon etc are already big time in it, unless you can reduce the product cost itself.

Yeah. I had the idea of basing outside of the UK/EU to make use of the Vat exemption for small packages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT-free_imports_from_the_Chann...

The standard rate of VAT in the UK is 20%. Tampons are subject to a reduced rate of only 5%. Being based outside of the UK wouldn't save you much VAT.

Visit this page and scroll down to the 'Health' section: https://www.gov.uk/rates-of-vat-on-different-goods-and-servi...