# Can I market something that is used with another product?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-market-something-that-is-used-with-another-product/1022551>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 28, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-market-something-that-is-used-with-another-product/1022551 "2025-08-28T16:18:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-market-something-that-is-used-with-another-product/1022551/21 "2025-08-30T17:34:31Z")

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> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#):
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> Those cakes used to come in boxes with a lift-up lid, which I preferred

Wow. Before my time.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-market-something-that-is-used-with-another-product/1022551/22 "2025-08-30T17:49:26Z")

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Ask them. Asking is pretty much free…and not asking them can cost you much more than you can afford to pay.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-market-something-that-is-used-with-another-product/1022551/23 "2025-09-04T22:25:33Z")

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Meanwhile, small cake holder makers [have already been busy](https://www.amazon.com/FEOOWV-Container-Collapsible-Suitable-Diameter/dp/B08DR5GX76).

Square cakes, rectangular cakes…they’ve got you covered there too.

[https://www.amazon.com/s?k=square+cake+holdwr&i=hi&crid=3I7I3YYB8SF0O&sprefix=square+cake+holdwr%2Chi%2C250&ref=nb\_sb\_noss](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=square+cake+holdwr&i=hi&crid=3I7I3YYB8SF0O&sprefix=square+cake+holdwr%2Chi%2C250&ref=nb_sb_noss)

As to upsetting Pepperidge Farm execs, it’s doubtful they’d be peeved unless they have a cake holder sideline, or would resent the idea that their packaging leads to icing scrape-off.

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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-market-something-that-is-used-with-another-product/1022551/24 "2025-09-05T19:11:40Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> Meanwhile, small cake holder makers [have already been busy](https://www.amazon.com/FEOOWV-Container-Collapsible-Suitable-Diameter/dp/B08DR5GX76)

I’ve searched many times. Most square cake holders are 12” x 12” which is too large. Your list had one at 11” x 11”, we’re getting closer. I have done plenty of plastic fabrication and need to make my own.

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