Retro Radio Farm

Finding and Repairing Retro Radios Turned into a Successful Side Hustle

February 25th, 2018
Allen Chiang
Founder, Retro Radio Farm
$4K
revenue/mo
2
Founders
2
Employees
Retro Radio Farm
from Connecticut, USA
started January 2014
$4,000
revenue/mo
2
Founders
2
Employees
market size
$134B
starting costs
$18K
gross margin
90%
time to build
270 days
growth channels
SEO
business model
content-library
best tools
U-Pic, USPS, YouTube
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
40 Pros & Cons
tips
3 Tips
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platform
shipping
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other
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Hello! Who are you and what are you working on?

My name is Allen Chiang, and I founded Retro Radio Farm, where I repair and restore old radios. I offer Bluetooth MP3 upgrade if the customer wants to play digital music.

I have a busy career as an IT professional. Retro Radio Farm is side business that grew out of a recent hobby of mine.

Right now, I make about $50K a year for the work I put in primarily on weekends. While it’s highly profitable, it has not yet lucrative enough yet for me to quit my day job. Although, the business has been growing 20% every year.

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What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?

One day back in 2012, I happened to go to a local flea market. I wasn’t looking for anything in particular, and I'm not a flea market or garage sale regular.

I noticed these...

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