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Side Hustle School

Ep. 2970 - First $1,000: Mystery Gift Bundles for the Indecisive Shopper

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

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

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In this week's First $1,000 segment, we hear from a side hustler who helps shoppers choose the perfect gift. Find out how her mystery bundles became a hit with customers who love the surprise factor.

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. 😎 🙏🏼 

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.

0:25.6

Lemonada.

0:30.7

Mystery gift bundles for the indecisive shopper.

0:37.9

That is the business idea of the day, the side hustle idea.

0:41.3

And it's not just an idea.

0:42.2

We're going to hear from a side hustler who made this idea happen.

0:45.3

It's part of our first $1,000 segment.

0:47.6

Every Monday we bring you an episode in this segment, which is all about how somebody makes

0:51.5

their first $1,000 with a new business idea.

0:54.8

And how do they do that without going into debt, without spending much money at all?

0:58.4

And usually by using a skill they already have.

1:01.0

They just learn to adapt or transform this skill in some way, which really is the ultimate

1:04.7

key to side hustling or starting any kind of small business of any kind, taking a skill

1:08.8

you already have and learning to deploy it in a way

1:11.1

that it's helpful to others, in a way that creates value for them and for you. With that in mind

1:16.3

today, we're going to hear from Claire. She had this idea about mystery bundles. They became a hit

1:20.8

with customers who loved the surprise factor. Let's let her tell the story, along with some details,

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