Ep. 2954 - Q&A: “Is a subscription box for indie comics the right idea?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In today's episode, we help a comic enthusiast decide whether a subscription box is the best way to promote indie creators. Learn about alternative models that are more flexible, cost-effective, and easier to manage.
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 | With our longtime partner, ShipStation, you can save hours and money every month by shipping |
| 0:04.3 | from all your stores with one login. It also lets you find the best rates among all the global |
| 0:09.1 | carriers allowing you to focus on other parts of your business. Calm the chaos of order |
| 0:13.5 | from a moment with the shipping software that delivers. Just go to shipstation.com and use code |
| 0:17.8 | side hustle to sign up for your free trial. That's shipstation.com |
| 0:21.8 | code side hustle. Guess what? Discover's accepted at 99% of places that take credit cards |
| 0:29.0 | nationwide. You heard right 99%. If you don't think so, maybe it's time to face facts. You're stuck in |
| 0:35.5 | the past. Based on the February 24 Nilsen report, learn more at discover.com slash credit card. |
| 0:44.8 | Lemonada. |
| 0:49.5 | Hey friends, what's up? |
| 0:54.9 | Welcome to a brand new month. |
| 0:56.3 | Welcome back to the podcast Side Hustle School. |
| 0:58.2 | My name is Chris Gillibow, your host. |
| 1:00.1 | Today's question is a subscription box for indie comics, The Right Idea. |
| 1:04.9 | I love helping people think through their business ideas or side hustle ideas. |
| 1:08.8 | And something you can do right at the outset is kind of ask yourself, |
| 1:11.6 | is there a market for this idea? Not just people who are like, oh, this is a cool thing. |
| 1:16.2 | That's not a market. A market is people who are willing to pay, like potential buyers who don't |
| 1:21.0 | have too many objections, or at least it's easy to overcome those objections and get them to |
| 1:25.5 | commit. So in this episode, we're going to help a comic |
| 1:28.2 | enthusiast decide whether a subscription box is the best way to promote indie creators. We'll also |
| 1:33.4 | consider some alternative models that might be more flexible, cost effective, and easier to manage. |
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