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Side Hustle School

#2088 - First $1,000: “I sell t-shirts for pug lovers on Amazon…”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Business, Side Hustle, Small Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship,, Entrepreneurship

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s First $1,000 segment, we hear from an Amazon Merch on Demand seller. She’s sold thousands of t-shirts through the platform, and has a few tips on what works best. Among other things, shirts for dog lovers are a hot item!

Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.

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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.


Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com

Email: team@sidehustleschool.com

Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions

Connect on Instagram: @193countries

Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com

Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com


If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 


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0:00.0

Hello, hello, what's up welcome to Side Hustle School this is Chris Gillibout today's

0:12.6

feature your first thousand dollars.

0:15.4

Your first thousand dollars how did somebody make their first thousand dollars on their

0:19.0

own not from a paycheck not from their employer but through an income generating side hustle.

0:24.9

That's what it's all about how did they get to that point and what did they learn along

0:28.5

the way.

0:29.8

So without further ado and with that in mind today's feature comes from Amanda Peterson

0:34.2

in Kansas City.

0:35.8

She signed up for the Amazon Merch on Demand Program.

0:39.0

I think she actually heard about it from this podcast so good work taking action.

0:43.2

She signed up for that program and got to work within a few months she had earned more

0:46.4

than a thousand dollars and continues to earn income passively each month.

0:51.4

So that's pretty good as I said congratulations but what about those early days how did she

0:55.7

in fact make it happen what did it feel like what did she learn let's hear it from Amanda.

0:59.8

I'll be back at the end with a quick wrap up.

1:03.5

What I tell you today about our new sponsor lands and business lands in business offers

1:08.4

fully customized clothes accessories and promotional products featuring your logo and colors

1:13.0

elevated by decades of experience.

1:16.2

The lands in sent me a box of some samples including a high quality blanket.

1:20.9

I thought it was pretty cool got the nice lands in business logo on it.

1:25.2

They also sent me a mug with Jordan Harbinger's name on it.

1:28.9

So Jordan he's a pretty cool guy he's got a podcast I enjoy and now I've got a mug with

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