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ecommerce · home · Denver, Colorado, USA

I Grew A Drinkware Brand To $1.1M/Month At 23 Years Old

Avoiding outside investment slowed growth but was key to maintaining control, despite facing inventory shortages and sales impacts.

$10M/mo Advertising on social media Email marketing Shopify Amazon $5K to start 166,070 reads

software · music · Los Angeles, California, USA

How I Make $85K/Month Selling Tools To Music Producers

Modern Producers is an e-commerce platform that sells software and tools for modern music producers and has more than doubled its revenue annually, earning...

$200K/mo Word of mouth Advertising on social media Shopify MailChimp $500 to start 19,092 reads

ecommerce · gifts · Irvine, California, USA

I Created A Prank Card Company & Grew It To $30K/Month

Joker Greeting sells unique prank gifts, including a non-stop musical birthday card, an idea raised by the founders visiting their mom's house, having no...

$300K/mo Advertising on social media Direct sales Shopify Amazon $1K to start 23,886 reads

ecommerce · gifts · California, USA

I Make $1.5M/Year Shipping Chocolate Penises To Your Friends

Dick At Your Door is an e-commerce shop that grew almost 10x within the last eight months by selling anonymous pranks such as 5 oz chocolate penises, and its...

$100K/mo Affiliate program Word of mouth WooCommerce Canva 23,295 reads

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