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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3153 - Q&A: “‘Love spells’ for sale on Etsy … is this real??”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Truth is stranger than fiction, and some people really are selling “love spells” or magic charms online. In today’s episode, we explore the weird world of digital spellwork.

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0:00.0

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0:45.1

Lemonada.

0:49.8

Truth is stranger than fiction, and some people really are selling love spells or magic charms online.

1:02.3

This is a whole category of items you can purchase on Etsy and some other platforms.

1:07.8

I've been making this show for a while, so I know that some side hustles sound

1:11.3

too strange to be real, but of course the internet never disappoints. So today, let's talk about

1:16.7

these love spells. We got a question from Naomi. She stumbled across a fascinating article

1:21.6

about sellers making big money offering love spells, hex removals, curses, and other digital magic services.

1:29.6

Some of these listings were raking in a lot of money before Etsy and some other platforms

1:33.9

cracked down. So we're going to talk about this, of course. Naomi wants to know, is there a real

1:38.5

business opportunity here, or is this a quirky online fad that vanishes when platforms tighten the rules? Or when everyone

1:45.9

wakes up and joins reality. I guess that could be another situation, but hey, people will pay for

1:50.0

all kinds of stuff. Let's talk about love spells, love spells. That's today's topic. Stay tuned.

1:57.9

As an e-commerce business, you build trust with your customers one package at a time.

2:03.2

That's why smart retailers use ShipStation, including many of our long-time listeners.

2:08.8

We've been partnering with ShipStation for eight years now, and so many of our listeners over

2:13.5

the years have emailed me to say they're using ShipStation for their e-commerce business.

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