Ep. 3347 - STORY: Trader Joe’s Sign Artist Earns $43,200 Selling Tea-Stained Prints
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Discovering the art of tea-stained prints using publicly available (and free) art, a Trader Joe's employee begins earning $3,600 a month selling custom prints online.
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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
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| 2:01.7 | Today's story is all about a trader Joe's sign artist who wants to pay off his student loans and get out of his mom's basement. |
| 2:18.9 | So he learns to make tea stainedstained prints. In the first year, he receives more than a thousand orders and makes $43,000. |
| 2:25.1 | He then goes on to receive tens of thousands of orders after that. What can I say, folks, |
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