6 Online Treat Sales Success Stories [2024]

Updated: November 1st, 2023
Start An Online Treat Sales

Here are some real life success stories of starting a online treat sales:

1. XO Marshmallow ($1.3M/year)

Lindzi Shanks, co-founder of XO Marshmallow, started the business after her partner Kat Connor created homemade marshmallows as a gift and received overwhelming feedback. Realizing the potential, they decided to launch an online shop and later opened the world's first marshmallow café. They relied on customer feedback and suggestions to develop new flavors and products, using their culinary and branding expertise to create a successful lifestyle brand.

How much they make: $1.3M/year
How much did it cost to start: $200
Current team size: 7

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How We Started A $1.5M/Year Gourmet Marshmallow Brand With $200

XO Marshmallow, the premier gourmet marshmallow company and home of the first marshmallow café, discusses how they became the leader in their market by creating a compelling lifestyle brand primarily through social media and organic traffic, leading them to do $1.5 million in sales last year with continued YoY growth ranging from 25-300%.

About
Lindzi started XO Marshmallow about 8 years ago
Revenue
Lindzi grew the business to $108K/month
Costs
It cost Lindzi $200 to start the business
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2. Baby Jack’s Pralines

How much they make:
Where they're located: Kansas city
How much did it cost to start: $150
Current team size: 1

Learn more about starting an online treat sales:

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Website traffic: 26.8M/month

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5. Smore

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Where they're located: Ogooué-Lolo, Gabon
Website traffic: 6.05M/month

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