How Anita Did 400+ Sales with Print on Demand FAST

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KGS6oRazoQ

Sintesi

TLDRThis video features an interview with Anita, a successful student in the We Scale program, highlighting her journey from struggling with dropshipping in 2019 to thriving with print-on-demand. Anita emphasizes the importance of perseverance, selecting a niche you're passionate about, and the impact of community support. Initially facing setbacks with dropshipping and investing in courses without success, her breakthrough came from a step-by-step guide she discovered, leading to her first sale. She shares her strategies, including engaging with market trends, utilizing competitor research, and the role of self-investment in purchased designs. Anita also discusses overcoming challenges, from losing motivation due to lack of sales to asking for feedback and immediately applying it. Her journey underlines the importance of mindset, seeing the business as enjoyable rather than stressful, and being open to learning. The support from the We Scale community was pivotal, with Anita engaging actively, seeking feedback, and encouraging others to do the same. Her future goals include expanding her product offerings and achieving six-figure sales, seeing every step as a learning adventure. The core takeaway is persistence, the openness to adapt strategies, and asking for help when needed.

Punti di forza

  • 📱 Started with dropshipping in 2019 but found success in print-on-demand.
  • 🛍️ Chose a niche she loves, which kept her motivated and engaged.
  • 📈 Key breakthrough from a step-by-step guide she discovered.
  • 💡 Importance of asking for feedback and community support.
  • 🎨 Investing in market-aligned designs increased sales performance.
  • 🤝 Highlighted the supportive role of the We Scale community.
  • 🎯 Focus on market needs rather than personal preferences.
  • 💪 Demonstrates resilience and the willingness to adapt to changes.
  • 🔍 Emphasizes the value of competitor research and market trends.
  • 🚀 Future goals include reaching six-figure sales and expanding offerings.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Anita started her e-commerce journey in 2019 with drop shipping after investing in mentorships but initially faced challenges with no sales. Despite setbacks with platforms like Etsy, she persisted, motivated by a tutorial video that guided her to her first sale, ultimately joining a supportive community.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Print on demand offered Anita more control over her business compared to drop shipping. She appreciated the ability to create designs she loved, reconnecting her passion for business. Her first successful attempts on Etsy were disrupted by account bans, but persistence and guidance led to significant sales growth all within a supportive community.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Anita overcame initial discouragement from lack of sales by seeking community support and maintaining passion for her niche. Her motivation kept her persistent, exemplified by asking for help despite potential embarrassment, which led to the realization that aligning with market demand was crucial for success.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Transitioning fully to print on demand, Anita focused on market trends instead of personal design preferences, turning feedback into growth. Revising her store per community advice, she achieved major sales improvements, highlighting the importance of market alignment over personal attachment to designs.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    Through strategic testing and adaptation, including trialing different pricing strategies and ad options, Anita learned the value of experimentation. Despite past guidance, she found success in trying new methods herself, like purchasing designs, illustrating her proactive approach to learning and growth.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    Anita emphasized the significance of community support, leveraging it for feedback which she quickly applied. Her approach reflected a focus on humility and adaptability, willing to set aside ego for practical implementation of constructive criticism, ultimately leading to enhanced store performance.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:37:06

    Looking forward, Anita envisioned achieving six figures by continuing to test and expand her product offerings. Her journey illustrates the effectiveness of combining passion with strategic market alignment, community engagement, and a playful, experimental attitude towards business challenges.

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Video Domande e Risposte

  • How did Anita start her e-commerce journey?

    Anita started with dropshipping in 2019 but became successful with print-on-demand after a lot of trial and error.

  • What was Anita's turning point in e-commerce?

    The turning point was when she followed a step-by-step video to set up her store, leading to her first sale.

  • What motivated Anita to continue despite initial failures?

    Her passion for design and the desire to be a business owner, as well as finding a supportive community.

  • How important is choosing the right niche according to Anita?

    Very important, as it keeps her motivated and makes her feel more connected to her business.

  • What advice does Anita give to those struggling in e-commerce?

    Don't give up, ask for help, and choose a niche you love to stay motivated.

  • How did Anita handle critiques and feedback?

    She listened, made changes immediately to improve, saw it as an opportunity to learn, and did not take it personally.

  • What methods did Anita use to increase her sales?

    She researched market trends, bought designs that were successful, and focused on customer preferences rather than personal likes.

  • What role did the We Scale community play in Anita's success?

    The community provided support, feedback, and a platform to share and learn from others' experiences.

  • What is Anita's future goal for her business?

    To reach six-figure sales by continuing to test new strategies and expanding her product line.

  • How does Anita view her e-commerce journey?

    As a fun and dynamic learning experience, focusing on continual growth and adapting to market demands.

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    so I started um oh my phone's just going
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    off um I started in 2019 was that a
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    Shopify notification yeah that was
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    another sale coming
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    through oh love that sound having put on
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    demand like actually doing what you know
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    you love like I'm I chose a niche that I
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    truly love so actually working on it and
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    then getting to design it and then just
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    you feel so much more a part of the
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    business I feel like there's something
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    there for me I don't want to give up yet
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    and then I discovered your video where
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    you did the uh step by step video of
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    like getting your store set up and I was
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    like you know I'm going to give this one
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    last try like there's a stepbystep video
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    how like it doesn't get easier than that
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    so I tried it out and I got my first
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    sale and that's when I knew I was like
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    okay there's something
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    here all right we are here with Anita
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    Anita for anybody who doesn't know is
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    one of the most successful students
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    inside of we scale she's been with us
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    since what what month reminded me did
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    you join February February so February
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    so we're coming up on about six months
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    about maybe five and a halfish that's
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    awesome well thank you so much Anita
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    happy to have you here and I would love
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    to just Dive Right In with uh hearing a
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    little bit about if you want to mind
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    sharing about like your backstory and
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    like what brought you to like print on
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    demand like you mentioned just before we
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    went live about Drop Shipping just all
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    of that so I started um oh my phone's
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    just going off um I started in 2019 was
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    that a Shopify notification yeah that
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    was another sale coming
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    through love that sound um I started in
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    2019 Drop Shipping um I actually bought
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    a course it was some Instagram guy
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    selling a course mentorship spent like
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    two grand on that when I didn't have the
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    money at the time to spend it and you
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    know nothing happened I uh tried that
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    out for like I believe it was like a
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    year and no sales so of course I went
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    back to the same route getting another
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    Mentor courses all the way up till I
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    think it was 2024 and then I just you
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    know I I put a pause I I gave up on Drop
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    Shipping and then I was actually going
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    through YouTube one day and I saw Alec
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    he does the Etsy uh print on demand and
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    then that's what kind of got me into
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    print on demand really so I tried that
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    out and then Etsy banned me immediately
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    so then I was like I gave up again and
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    then um I was like you know what I need
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    to try one more time I really like I
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    feel like there's something there for me
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    I don't want to give up yet and then I
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    discovered your video where you did the
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    uh step by step video of like getting
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    your store set up and I was like you
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    know I'm going to give this one last try
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    like there's a step-by-step video how
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    like it doesn't get easier than that so
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    I tried it out and I got my first sale
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    and that's when I knew I was like okay
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    there's something here so and then I
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    joined the community and then as you
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    know I I bugged you and Meg to review my
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    store CU I was like I'm not giving up
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    like no you were you were like the star
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    student everybody who's listening like
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    Anita is about to lay out a great road
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    map but because bringing us forward to
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    present day real quick you just told us
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    how many sales did you just hit recently
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    400 that's amazing congratulations and
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    amazing accomplishment especially doing
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    it I I think what's most remarkable is
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    how many times you were able to push
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    through like having like tried it out
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    gotten your hopes up and like put in a
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    lot of effort I'm sure and then just
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    have things not pan out I think there's
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    so much value in just hearing more about
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    that story so I'd like to go back to
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    when you talked about Drop Shipping and
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    like you bought the course and then not
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    our course we don't have a course just
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    for everybody listening another course
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    and you invested money that and I've
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    been there like money that I didn't have
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    like laid it all on the line what was
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    that feeling like for you like as you
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    invested those last dollars and like
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    were just basically riding on a hope and
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    a prayer in the beginning I was excited
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    cuz I was like you know they sell you
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    this dream of you're going to make money
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    right away it's easy
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    so I got into it thinking it was easy I
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    remember spending like days building my
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    store and everything and then after that
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    I'm just like okay what's next so then I
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    would just wait for the sales and they
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    would never come and then you know some
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    mentors that I invested into they
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    actually go ghost on you so that was
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    pretty sad you know you invest so much
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    money and they ghost you so then you
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    know the motivation slowly dies out I
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    know I remember there was a few days
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    where I just wanted to quit I really
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    tried to put push through but you know I
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    had my moments I mean I feel like we've
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    all been there when uh you invest into a
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    course you get super excited and then it
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    doesn't go out how you want you know you
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    join a community and it's not what you
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    thought it was you know I've bought so
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    many courses so I have so many stories
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    to share of what I've been through but
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    you know I'm so grateful to be where I
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    am now because like if you would have
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    told me like years ago that I would have
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    hit 400 sales I don't know if I would
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    have believed that to be honest I know
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    it's like such like you have such an
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    amazing
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    Journey that you've gone on and what
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    bring it back again to like so what was
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    it really that like so you said you
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    found like the Alec video and then
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    you're like all right one one last
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    chance and you found like the stepbystep
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    tutorial what was that Journey did it
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    feel any different like going through it
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    this time like was there any that like
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    clicked more or any anything of that
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    sort well to be honest when I discovered
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    Drop Shipping in 2019 it like lit some
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    fired me I was like I want to be my own
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    like business owner I want to be
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    so time it Wasing these wer going how
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    IED I would you know take couple months
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    off and give up but then I discovered
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    like Alec for example he did he was
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    talking a different business model it
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    was still on shop uh no it was Etsy so I
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    was like okay let me try something else
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    maybe I just need to do something else
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    away from Shopify I tried it and I
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    actually I remember I would wake up and
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    the first thing I would do is open my
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    laptop and upload designs and what I
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    like about print on demand you're
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    actually way more in control than drop
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    Drop Shipping Drop Shipping you have to
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    like pick a product and then you just
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    have to Market it meanwhile with print
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    on demand you actually control the whole
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    business you get to create the designs
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    you're more in control and it just I
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    that that's something else I really like
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    that it sparked something in me that I
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    didn't have with Drop Shipping so when I
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    tried that I I uploaded like a 100
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    designs in like two days on Etsy worked
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    very hard day and night and then they
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    closed down my store and then I just
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    remember being like well what do I do
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    now like you know I remember just
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    feeling very like okay maybe this is not
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    for me and then I don't know sometimes I
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    would just go on YouTube and then just
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    start looking again and then I saw your
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    video and I'm like okay I need to try
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    one more time and because you mentioned
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    Shopify and I'm like you know I've been
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    on Shopify since 2019 I'm like I need to
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    do this one more last time try the print
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    on demand but on Shopify and just try
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    one more time and um no I was so
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    dedicated to do it I was actually sick
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    when I discovered your video so I was
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    off from work for a week I was sick like
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    really badly at home with the fever and
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    I was like well this is my time to like
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    work on the checklist and upload and I
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    just put the like time in that whole
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    week just uploading well I was not
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    feeling well then you you grinded
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    through and it paid off clearly and I'm
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    curious the uh the piece you mentioned
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    about how like Drop Shipping and I I I
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    totally identify with this but like Drop
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    Shipping versus print on demand it feels
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    you mentioned like it felt a little bit
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    bit different to you I'm curious if you
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    could expand on that yeah so like with
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    Drop Shipping I feel like they just tell
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    you to find a product and Market it but
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    then you don't feel too connected with
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    the products you know you just look and
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    then you also have to find a product
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    that is selling so it's just like it's
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    this complex like I don't even know how
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    to but it was just very complex finding
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    products I was just just picking
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    anything I remember I had like the
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    blender the Smoothie blender whatever it
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    was just trying to Market it but then
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    it's just your heart's not in it you
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    know like you're just you're doing it
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    because that's what works but I just
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    find like my motivation wasn't there but
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    having print on demand like actually
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    doing what you know you love like I'm I
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    chose a niche that I truly love so
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    actually working on it and then getting
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    to design it and then just you feel so
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    much more a part of the business it's
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    fun to do I like like I get excited to
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    wake up and work on it it's just it's
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    different it's very different like Drop
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    Shipping and print on demand so I I just
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    now seeing it I can see how print on
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    demands actually I kind of want to say
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    it's a bit easier to get into like cuz
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    you have full like you have way more
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    control than Drop Shipping you're just
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    throwing money at a pro product and hope
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    it works meanwhile with print on demand
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    you actually have more control because
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    it's you have control of what the
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    product is so yeah and you're able to
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    like create your own demand in a way by
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    like coming up with new and unique
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    things exactly like you went through the
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    course and then in that period before
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    joining the community what was that
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    process like as you're like building
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    building your first designs designing
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    your first designs building your first
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    store what was that process like for you
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    it was actually kind of exciting cuz I
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    did the first print on demand experience
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    on Etsy so I was kind of familiar with
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    the making design so doing it on Shopify
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    was kind of relieved because I truly
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    like Shopify more than Etsy so it was
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    quite nice and then the checklist was
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    actually super handy to do so I was just
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    going through it and it was actually
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    pretty nice just it was actually also my
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    first time really building a store like
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    when I was in job shipping I would pale
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    most of the time just do the shortcuts
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    as you would in job shipping so on print
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    and demand I actually took the time and
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    built my own store so that actually kind
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    of made it more sentimental for me I'm
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    like I built this I built the design I
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    built the store I built everything so I
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    was more kind of attached to the store
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    so that's why I didn't want to let go to
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    like so early I was just like no I need
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    to make this work I put like sweat Blood
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    and Tears into this store so I wanted it
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    to work and then something a lot of
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    people that we've heard they come up
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    against is that they go through that
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    process of like they put in so much
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    effort and like love and pride into
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    their their designs and their store and
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    the brand that they're building and it's
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    super exciting but then there's like the
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    jumping off point like the point of like
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    actually launching even before you
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    launch it's kind of gets scary just
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    knowing that it's coming and knowing
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    that like okay this is going to be like
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    ripping off the Band-Aid like I'm
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    curious if you could speak to that at
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    all like what that Pro like what that
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    buildup was like to you and if you had
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    any like butterflies about it or any
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    thing of the sort um I was actually
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    really excited because I was watching
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    your ad video and I just I guess I was
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    so into like watching the step by steps
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    that I was just like okay this is the
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    next step this is what I need to do next
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    and then I just like pushed it off but
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    then I guess I when I didn't see the
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    sales coming in that's when my
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    motivation was slowly going back I'm
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    like okay is this not working is this
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    because of me and what I learned is
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    don't be afraid to ask for help like I
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    was so scared to message you guys
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    because no one's done it I saw like in
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    the community when I joined the
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    community um no one was asking about
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    their store no one was sharing their
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    store but I was like I need to ask
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    because I'm like I put so much work into
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    the store I don't want to give up like I
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    really want this to work so like I think
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    the best thing is just don't give up and
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    it's that's why it's also important to
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    pick a niche that you love cuz then it's
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    just like you're so attached to the
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    store like that's why you can't just
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    pick any Niche I think you really have
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    to love what you picked and what you do
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    for it to work right and I remember that
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    you you were kind of like the the
  • 00:11:29
    Icebreaker in the group like you were
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    one of the very first ones like posting
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    and getting feedback and I think like it
  • 00:11:35
    was to your point like it just showed
  • 00:11:37
    how passionate you were about it that
  • 00:11:38
    you were like maybe in other
  • 00:11:40
    circumstances I might be more shy or
  • 00:11:41
    something but in this like screw it like
  • 00:11:43
    I'm making this thing work and I'm
  • 00:11:45
    curious like what was it like maybe it's
  • 00:11:47
    just your default personality but what
  • 00:11:49
    was it that like just motivated you like
  • 00:11:51
    come H high water like I'm going to make
  • 00:11:53
    this work cuz this was my like last
  • 00:11:56
    attempt to make this work cuz I said
  • 00:11:58
    after this if this is not working
  • 00:11:59
    working I'm done with Shopify I'm done
  • 00:12:01
    with all of this on like I'm I'm taking
  • 00:12:03
    a break it's not for me so that's why I
  • 00:12:05
    was like I need once I got that first
  • 00:12:07
    sale I think that's what also got me
  • 00:12:09
    motivated but also like yeah I think it
  • 00:12:11
    was my last moment to make it work so
  • 00:12:13
    I'm like and just having the community
  • 00:12:15
    having you guys there and just seeing
  • 00:12:16
    that I can message you guys I was like
  • 00:12:18
    okay I'm going to I'm going to try it so
  • 00:12:21
    I uh yeah I just tried it out to see if
  • 00:12:24
    I can get a reply and then Meg replied
  • 00:12:26
    right away that she's like We're going
  • 00:12:27
    to look into this and I was was like oh
  • 00:12:29
    this is nice I was like and but I was a
  • 00:12:32
    bit shy about having my store you know
  • 00:12:34
    being shown to everyone I'm not going to
  • 00:12:36
    lie I was a bit shy but I was like if if
  • 00:12:38
    this helps other people especially
  • 00:12:39
    coming from Drop Shipping right yeah
  • 00:12:42
    yeah you usually don't share your store
  • 00:12:44
    with other people and I actually have
  • 00:12:46
    never shown my store to other people in
  • 00:12:48
    Drop Shipping like I never asked for
  • 00:12:50
    help actually this was the first time I
  • 00:12:52
    was like no I need to make this work so
  • 00:12:54
    it's it's yeah I guess you really got to
  • 00:12:57
    just have that fire in you to make it
  • 00:12:59
    work yeah I'm just like cheesing so hard
  • 00:13:02
    listening to you I need to remember to
  • 00:13:03
    like ask questions but this is your
  • 00:13:05
    story is awesome um and I guess so like
  • 00:13:07
    once you got into the you said you spent
  • 00:13:10
    a little bit on ads you're experimenting
  • 00:13:12
    um and didn't get like at least for my
  • 00:13:15
    experience like building a brand new
  • 00:13:16
    store and then launching ads and not
  • 00:13:18
    getting sales right away can kind of
  • 00:13:20
    feel like a punch to the god even if we
  • 00:13:21
    logically know like it shouldn't like
  • 00:13:24
    it's not going to like statistically
  • 00:13:25
    it's just not going to work right out of
  • 00:13:26
    the gate it's going to take refining and
  • 00:13:28
    stuff even logically knowing that it can
  • 00:13:30
    still feel like kind of a I don't know a
  • 00:13:32
    big damper in a way how did you I mean
  • 00:13:35
    it sounds like you were just like
  • 00:13:37
    powering through it but I'm curious if
  • 00:13:38
    you could speak to like how you push
  • 00:13:40
    through that maybe like if you picture
  • 00:13:42
    like on the first day after you wake up
  • 00:13:44
    you launched ads you wake up excited go
  • 00:13:46
    to your laptop you're like oh did I get
  • 00:13:47
    any sales see not a five as probably
  • 00:13:51
    what what was that experience like for
  • 00:13:53
    you I guess it is a bit disheartening
  • 00:13:56
    not seeing you know the sales come in
  • 00:13:58
    but I'm used to not having sales so I
  • 00:14:01
    was like this is nothing new I don't
  • 00:14:02
    know how the kaching sounds like so I
  • 00:14:04
    was just like I need to make this work
  • 00:14:06
    so I just pushed through it and honestly
  • 00:14:08
    I just stopped checking I was like I
  • 00:14:10
    just put money into it and I was like
  • 00:14:12
    this is my last moment I need to make
  • 00:14:14
    this work I followed your checklist and
  • 00:14:16
    I'm like it needs to work like there it
  • 00:14:18
    needs to work I don't know because I was
  • 00:14:20
    just looking into more print on demand
  • 00:14:22
    and I'm like it seems more promising
  • 00:14:24
    than Drop Shipping so I was like I think
  • 00:14:27
    this is going to work I like and I did
  • 00:14:28
    the method of checking competitors so
  • 00:14:30
    I'm like if they're selling I should
  • 00:14:32
    sell too so the fact that I got a sale
  • 00:14:35
    is actually wild to me cuz I was using
  • 00:14:36
    the printify mockups so I think that's
  • 00:14:39
    actually wild yeah so when you first
  • 00:14:41
    reviewed my store that was the I was
  • 00:14:43
    using my printify mockups I didn't even
  • 00:14:45
    know what I was doing but yeah just I
  • 00:14:48
    guess I just stopped checking like I
  • 00:14:50
    guess that fire was still lit in me I
  • 00:14:52
    like I needed this to work I mean if I
  • 00:14:54
    didn't get my sale after a month then I
  • 00:14:56
    think I'll would be a little
  • 00:14:57
    disheartened but the fact like I I guess
  • 00:14:59
    when you're not seeing sales you just
  • 00:15:01
    kind of Wonder like what do I do so the
  • 00:15:04
    fact that I was able to ask somebody I'm
  • 00:15:06
    very grateful for I guess some people
  • 00:15:08
    might run to YouTube and be like how to
  • 00:15:09
    get better ads or better sales I don't
  • 00:15:12
    know so a couple things I heard you say
  • 00:15:14
    on in there that I think are important
  • 00:15:15
    is that one you had like it sounds like
  • 00:15:17
    you had a set amount of money that you
  • 00:15:19
    like had like earmarked as like all
  • 00:15:21
    right this is my investment money and it
  • 00:15:23
    was money you were like kind of setting
  • 00:15:24
    aside that like this is going into the
  • 00:15:26
    business like just put it out of my head
  • 00:15:28
    like what happened to it was that the
  • 00:15:30
    first thing you mentioned yeah I just
  • 00:15:32
    had some money to be honest like I
  • 00:15:34
    didn't have that much to be spending on
  • 00:15:36
    Drop Shipping but I honestly just put on
  • 00:15:38
    my credit card and I'm like I'm just
  • 00:15:39
    going to gamble and just but like any
  • 00:15:41
    any amount that you're just like in even
  • 00:15:43
    if it's just like a hundred bucks yeah
  • 00:15:45
    was like in my head like that's gone
  • 00:15:47
    like just setting it aside and then the
  • 00:15:49
    the second thing I heard was that like
  • 00:15:52
    as you were thinking about the process
  • 00:15:54
    of like setting up your you sound like
  • 00:15:56
    you were like very logical about it like
  • 00:15:58
    very sequenc in how you were thinking
  • 00:16:00
    you're like I do this and then I do that
  • 00:16:02
    and I anything that's down there I know
  • 00:16:04
    it's there but I don't even worry about
  • 00:16:05
    it right now like that's just for you
  • 00:16:07
    know Anita down the road is that how you
  • 00:16:09
    were thinking through those things yeah
  • 00:16:10
    and I honestly because of the checklist
  • 00:16:12
    to be honest because there's steps laid
  • 00:16:13
    out so I was just following the
  • 00:16:16
    checklist I'm new to print on demand so
  • 00:16:17
    I was just like okay the store is done
  • 00:16:19
    okay the store is done that's out of my
  • 00:16:21
    mind and then like once I finish the
  • 00:16:23
    checklist it was ads so then okay my
  • 00:16:24
    focus was on ads and ads only and I was
  • 00:16:27
    just following that video yeah and but
  • 00:16:29
    then something amazing that you did was
  • 00:16:31
    that you got one you were Relentless in
  • 00:16:33
    a very positive way and getting feedback
  • 00:16:35
    like I I wish everybody would do that
  • 00:16:38
    you but then you got the feedback and
  • 00:16:39
    then you like immediately implemented it
  • 00:16:41
    so much so that to the point that when
  • 00:16:44
    we finally got on the one1 call like
  • 00:16:46
    which couldn't have been like much more
  • 00:16:48
    than a couple of weeks later yeah
  • 00:16:50
    correct me if I'm wrong like it was
  • 00:16:51
    pretty it wasn't months it was a couple
  • 00:16:53
    weeks like you already had you had
  • 00:16:55
    implemented all the changes and then you
  • 00:16:57
    had already started like positive
  • 00:16:59
    traction yeah after you and that was
  • 00:17:02
    because like you did uh or maybe just
  • 00:17:05
    want to run us through like a couple of
  • 00:17:06
    the quick things that you had done yeah
  • 00:17:08
    so as soon as I got the feedback I mean
  • 00:17:10
    to be honest I'm somebody who doesn't
  • 00:17:13
    like being like getting critiqued in
  • 00:17:14
    front of every I'm very shy so just get
  • 00:17:17
    watching that video is very hard to be
  • 00:17:19
    honest being critiqued and knowing
  • 00:17:20
    everybody's watching seeing how I did
  • 00:17:23
    but I right away took notes and I'm like
  • 00:17:25
    I need to make the change now cuz my ads
  • 00:17:27
    I wanted results right away cuz I mean
  • 00:17:30
    when you're running ads you're losing
  • 00:17:31
    money every day so I was like I need to
  • 00:17:33
    implement this right now to make up for
  • 00:17:36
    lost time so yeah I changed everything I
  • 00:17:39
    had to redo all my designs so I deleted
  • 00:17:41
    everything and re-uploaded everything to
  • 00:17:43
    change the mockups change everything and
  • 00:17:46
    uh I started seeing sales and then
  • 00:17:48
    that's when I knew I was like okay they
  • 00:17:50
    know what they're doing I need to I need
  • 00:17:52
    to listen and uh yeah I just took it
  • 00:17:54
    with that and I actually learned like I
  • 00:17:56
    shouldn't be afraid to ask for help so
  • 00:17:58
    then I just all the time would ask for
  • 00:18:00
    help in the community I wasn't afraid to
  • 00:18:02
    because I was like it works when you ask
  • 00:18:04
    for help it genuinely works like don't
  • 00:18:07
    be afraid to put yourself out there and
  • 00:18:09
    what's really remarkable about that is
  • 00:18:11
    that like a lot of people they have the
  • 00:18:13
    same feeling that you do of like they're
  • 00:18:14
    afraid of putting thems like totally
  • 00:18:17
    understandably of putting ourselves out
  • 00:18:18
    there taking in that feedback especially
  • 00:18:20
    publicly that takes a lot of bravery and
  • 00:18:24
    like it's one thing alone just to ask
  • 00:18:26
    for it like that's huge but then two to
  • 00:18:28
    be able to to take it and like set our
  • 00:18:30
    ego aside to like actually receive the
  • 00:18:33
    feedback and like care more about the
  • 00:18:36
    end result than like protecting our our
  • 00:18:38
    own ego so what was it like in your your
  • 00:18:40
    mindset that you think that allowed you
  • 00:18:42
    to do that I think it was actually
  • 00:18:44
    something you said about designs um when
  • 00:18:46
    I first started my store I made the
  • 00:18:48
    designs all myself without doing too
  • 00:18:50
    much market research and I think I got
  • 00:18:53
    so obsessed with the designs I took it
  • 00:18:54
    personally and in one of your videos you
  • 00:18:57
    said like it's not about you or the
  • 00:18:59
    designs you made it's about what the
  • 00:19:01
    market wants and I was like then I took
  • 00:19:03
    a step back and I realized it's not
  • 00:19:05
    about me this I don't get to like do
  • 00:19:07
    whatever I want basically it's about the
  • 00:19:09
    market so then that's when I think my
  • 00:19:11
    mindset changed it's not about me
  • 00:19:13
    nothing's personal it's purely the
  • 00:19:16
    market and that's what I'm seeing with
  • 00:19:17
    my store now I completely changed that
  • 00:19:20
    and I just simply sell designs that the
  • 00:19:22
    market likes I mean I still make some of
  • 00:19:24
    my designs that I think would be cool
  • 00:19:26
    but it's I think that's what it true
  • 00:19:28
    truly is you just can't take anything
  • 00:19:30
    personally with this it's not about you
  • 00:19:32
    it's about what the market wants and
  • 00:19:35
    then you are going to see success
  • 00:19:37
    obviously yeah and and was there like a
  • 00:19:39
    a Tipping Point or like a watershed
  • 00:19:41
    moment for you where it shifted in your
  • 00:19:44
    mindset from like caring more about like
  • 00:19:46
    this is my design like it it better work
  • 00:19:49
    to okay it's less about my design and
  • 00:19:51
    like as long as the store is successful
  • 00:19:53
    like that that's the most important
  • 00:19:54
    thing was there a moment in particular
  • 00:19:56
    that that happened for you I think when
  • 00:19:58
    you first reviewed my story you said
  • 00:20:00
    like check Amazon make sure you're
  • 00:20:02
    checking Amazon or Etsy just make sure
  • 00:20:04
    you're looking your designs because
  • 00:20:05
    there was I think my designs that I made
  • 00:20:08
    and you could clearly tell that's
  • 00:20:09
    probably it was just me making of
  • 00:20:11
    designs that I thought were pretty cool
  • 00:20:13
    and uh then after that video I was like
  • 00:20:15
    yeah let me just go on Amazon really
  • 00:20:17
    quick and then I just really made a
  • 00:20:18
    mental note of what's selling and I'm
  • 00:20:20
    like okay I see so then I started making
  • 00:20:22
    more designs like that and then the
  • 00:20:24
    sales started coming in and I'm like
  • 00:20:26
    that's the formula to be like I I'm
  • 00:20:28
    getting it now so then I just like I
  • 00:20:30
    actually I've redone my store like many
  • 00:20:33
    times by now actually yeah when you
  • 00:20:34
    reviewed my store I completely took
  • 00:20:36
    everything off and weid all my designs
  • 00:20:38
    simply of what the market research was
  • 00:20:40
    and yeah started seeing sales like uh
  • 00:20:43
    March the following month after the
  • 00:20:45
    video like my story review was done I
  • 00:20:48
    saw so much sales that that's when I it
  • 00:20:51
    clicked in that's when I was like okay
  • 00:20:53
    it's not about me nothing's personal do
  • 00:20:55
    what how the market is and then you will
  • 00:20:57
    see success and the cha-ching noises
  • 00:21:00
    makes it a lot easier
  • 00:21:03
    to and so was there as you like kept
  • 00:21:06
    making these actually I don't want to
  • 00:21:08
    get ahead yet uh on our call when we got
  • 00:21:11
    on you had already made like a bunch of
  • 00:21:13
    changes that were like even like some
  • 00:21:15
    stuff outside of what we had recommended
  • 00:21:16
    which I love seeing that you had like I
  • 00:21:19
    don't know if audacity is the right word
  • 00:21:20
    but you had the confidence to like try
  • 00:21:21
    out something different and it paid off
  • 00:21:23
    big like what was it that like brought
  • 00:21:25
    you to that conclusion like it was like
  • 00:21:27
    the the mockup like the life style
  • 00:21:28
    mockups that I'm thinking of oh just
  • 00:21:30
    trying that out on the first store like
  • 00:21:32
    um on the first review yeah like when
  • 00:21:34
    when we looked at your store I was like
  • 00:21:36
    I would have never guessed because I
  • 00:21:38
    think it was like a particular mockup
  • 00:21:40
    and like design style that basically you
  • 00:21:42
    just gone back to like just buying a
  • 00:21:44
    bunch of designs and it sounded like you
  • 00:21:46
    had really built up a really good
  • 00:21:47
    process for just consistently adding new
  • 00:21:50
    designs yeah so um I guess also
  • 00:21:53
    something I learned in Drop Shipping in
  • 00:21:54
    e-commerce you always want to compare
  • 00:21:56
    yourself with your competitors be a bit
  • 00:21:59
    better be one step ahead so I actually
  • 00:22:02
    just started looking at um competitors
  • 00:22:05
    Amazon Etsy and then I looked on Etsy
  • 00:22:07
    and that's where I saw my Niche was
  • 00:22:08
    actually doing really really good so
  • 00:22:11
    then that's where I was like okay so
  • 00:22:12
    this is where the market is for my Niche
  • 00:22:14
    so I just started looking around there
  • 00:22:16
    and just really absorbing what was doing
  • 00:22:18
    really well and I guess I stumbled on
  • 00:22:21
    that you could buy designs on Etsy that
  • 00:22:23
    people actually sell it and then when
  • 00:22:25
    you read the description it's for like
  • 00:22:26
    commercial use and I was like I'm I'm
  • 00:22:28
    going to try that like I I'm going to
  • 00:22:30
    try so I actually spent like a good like
  • 00:22:32
    couple hundred on these designs and put
  • 00:22:35
    them up and like those designs became my
  • 00:22:38
    bestselling those were my best
  • 00:22:39
    performing ads and then that's what I
  • 00:22:41
    learned that you can actually like just
  • 00:22:43
    see what's designs that are trending and
  • 00:22:46
    then you can find them on Etsy from
  • 00:22:48
    graphic designers who made it so I was
  • 00:22:49
    like well that's better than I can do on
  • 00:22:51
    Mid Journey so I was like let me try
  • 00:22:53
    this out and yeah they've become my best
  • 00:22:56
    performing um designs and that's not to
  • 00:22:58
    say that you need to buy but I've had
  • 00:23:01
    some designs of mine that actually are
  • 00:23:03
    like at the top best sellers as well and
  • 00:23:05
    that's awesome because some people we
  • 00:23:07
    talk to they go through like the course
  • 00:23:10
    and like the content we put out is like
  • 00:23:12
    just what's worked for us it's it's
  • 00:23:14
    certainly not the only way that this can
  • 00:23:16
    work far from it and but we talked to
  • 00:23:18
    some people who they like I follow like
  • 00:23:20
    step by step like they don't deviate
  • 00:23:23
    outside of exactly what's laid out which
  • 00:23:25
    like it's good to a point like Shopify
  • 00:23:28
    store just follow it but like I'm
  • 00:23:29
    curious what was it about like that
  • 00:23:31
    design process that like I maybe briefly
  • 00:23:33
    touched on it in the course about it's
  • 00:23:35
    possible to buy designs I don't think I
  • 00:23:37
    ever really went into into detail Yeah
  • 00:23:39
    you mentioned like it's possible to buy
  • 00:23:42
    designs but it's best to make it but I
  • 00:23:43
    think that's dur uh more so you said for
  • 00:23:45
    cost wise but I was like if I'm doing
  • 00:23:48
    this I'm going to invest into this so
  • 00:23:51
    and just seeing the cost of mid joury
  • 00:23:53
    and everything and seeing how much the
  • 00:23:55
    designs cost I'm like why not test it
  • 00:23:57
    out so when I did test out buying
  • 00:24:00
    designs I kind of have an eye for it now
  • 00:24:02
    and I actually see which designs you
  • 00:24:04
    know a good deal when you see it now
  • 00:24:06
    exactly a good deal I know how to get a
  • 00:24:09
    good discount on these designs and I
  • 00:24:10
    know how to get these designs that I
  • 00:24:12
    know will sell and they're actually
  • 00:24:13
    becoming my best seller so I can tell
  • 00:24:15
    now so I guess I just like don't be
  • 00:24:18
    afraid to try it out like I actually
  • 00:24:20
    steered away from the course couple of
  • 00:24:22
    times actually to try out different
  • 00:24:23
    things on my own and I feel like testing
  • 00:24:26
    is the best way you got to also test
  • 00:24:28
    don't be afraid to test new things like
  • 00:24:30
    I actually test like you say to do
  • 00:24:33
    $26.99 and do a sale but I was like What
  • 00:24:36
    if I don't run a sale and I just had
  • 00:24:37
    like $28.99 on my store and I had no
  • 00:24:40
    sales and then I had these coupons like
  • 00:24:42
    buy two get no yeah buy two get 15% off
  • 00:24:45
    buy three and I just tested it out for
  • 00:24:47
    two months and I was like it was
  • 00:24:49
    actually doing pretty good but I went
  • 00:24:50
    back but I was like it was just fun to
  • 00:24:52
    test it out like I feel like you got to
  • 00:24:54
    you know Steer away from the course
  • 00:24:55
    sometimes as well like don't be afraid
  • 00:24:57
    to like test things out nothing's bad's
  • 00:25:00
    gon to happen yeah it sounds like you
  • 00:25:02
    you almost viewed like testing things
  • 00:25:03
    out in like a fun way yeah which is
  • 00:25:06
    beautiful rather than it being like this
  • 00:25:08
    is my thing like it has to work like it
  • 00:25:10
    sounds like your correct me if I'm wrong
  • 00:25:12
    but like your overall mindset with
  • 00:25:13
    things is that it's kind of like a game
  • 00:25:15
    and like something you're building
  • 00:25:16
    that's fun and like a test is just like
  • 00:25:18
    a fun next level of the game in a way
  • 00:25:21
    exactly I think once um I got my store
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    reviewed and I just knew like the base
  • 00:25:25
    is good I was like well now it's a
  • 00:25:27
    playground now you could like really
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    Test new things out try different
  • 00:25:30
    mockups try like I just learned that
  • 00:25:33
    I've been testing out lifestyle mockups
  • 00:25:35
    I know you say not to do them but I just
  • 00:25:36
    put on an ad and that was actually my
  • 00:25:38
    best performing ad was a lifestyle
  • 00:25:40
    mockup so I was like it's good to test
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    out like nothing bad will happen because
  • 00:25:44
    like you can always reverse your store
  • 00:25:45
    back if anything like if I don't see any
  • 00:25:47
    performance I'm like I can reverse it
  • 00:25:49
    but once I start testing it out like I
  • 00:25:51
    just see positive things all the time so
  • 00:25:54
    I guess that just kind of motivated me
  • 00:25:55
    to keep testing and trying new things
  • 00:25:58
    and I'm curious with that I love that
  • 00:26:00
    mindset I'm curious how that mindset has
  • 00:26:02
    fared with like as we've introduced
  • 00:26:05
    different ad strategies like talking
  • 00:26:07
    about Advantage Plus and like versus the
  • 00:26:10
    original course which the way we tried
  • 00:26:12
    to present it is like just different
  • 00:26:14
    options I'm curious like how you
  • 00:26:16
    approached that and like how you saw the
  • 00:26:18
    different like options side by side yeah
  • 00:26:21
    I was like why not I turned off all my
  • 00:26:23
    old ads because I was doing
  • 00:26:24
    International and um I I saw you guys
  • 00:26:27
    were mentioning to do the Advantage Plus
  • 00:26:29
    to us and I actually I don't know why
  • 00:26:32
    but I skipped that stuff I started doing
  • 00:26:33
    International I think way too early so I
  • 00:26:37
    actually just turned off all my old ads
  • 00:26:38
    and just did the advantage plus I think
  • 00:26:40
    I'm on day 20 now and it's been pretty
  • 00:26:43
    fun seeing us orders more than I've ever
  • 00:26:46
    seen so I'm like well that's nice for
  • 00:26:48
    you know the profit so I do remember
  • 00:26:51
    that when we when we got on your
  • 00:26:52
    oneon-one call I was I remember thinking
  • 00:26:54
    wow she really she really jumps right
  • 00:26:56
    ahead to worldwide I was like this is
  • 00:26:58
    this is good she's she's moving and
  • 00:27:01
    grooving and because I thought it was
  • 00:27:03
    like a bigger market so I was like let
  • 00:27:05
    me test it out get more orders yeah I
  • 00:27:07
    mean why not I mean I I love love your
  • 00:27:10
    mindset around testing and that you
  • 00:27:12
    described it more eloquently than I ever
  • 00:27:14
    have which is that what we show in the
  • 00:27:16
    course is just one possible answer key
  • 00:27:19
    if you want to view it that way like
  • 00:27:20
    there's a million different ways to do
  • 00:27:22
    it and your mindset on testing viewing
  • 00:27:25
    it as a fun playful like opportunity to
  • 00:27:27
    grow your your baby in a different way
  • 00:27:30
    like I think that's a great mindset and
  • 00:27:32
    a lot of times myself included it's like
  • 00:27:34
    if I have something that's working I
  • 00:27:36
    don't want to I don't want to like
  • 00:27:37
    nobody touch it it's like don't mess it
  • 00:27:39
    up that kind of thing so I I think we
  • 00:27:42
    can all learn learn from that but cool
  • 00:27:44
    so fast forward a little bit further
  • 00:27:46
    into like so now you've been in the
  • 00:27:48
    community for a little while now I'm
  • 00:27:50
    curious for what has been the thing in
  • 00:27:52
    the community that you found the most
  • 00:27:54
    helpful for is it is has it been like
  • 00:27:57
    the support of other people seeing like
  • 00:27:59
    the social aspect of other people doing
  • 00:28:00
    it the group coaching is there anything
  • 00:28:02
    in particular that stands out oh I think
  • 00:28:05
    just everything just seeing the
  • 00:28:06
    engagement seeing other people's stories
  • 00:28:08
    and just seeing that everyone's at
  • 00:28:10
    different like stages which I really
  • 00:28:12
    enjoy so then we can all learn something
  • 00:28:14
    from each other I I I just think like
  • 00:28:17
    this community is like the most amazing
  • 00:28:19
    thing because I like I've been in so
  • 00:28:21
    many so when I was thinking of joining
  • 00:28:23
    into this one I'm like should I do it
  • 00:28:24
    again I mean like I feel like I've
  • 00:28:25
    learned my lesson with the other 10 that
  • 00:28:27
    I've been in but I was like you know I'm
  • 00:28:29
    going to try one last time and this has
  • 00:28:31
    been the best community like everybody I
  • 00:28:33
    just love seeing the engagement
  • 00:28:34
    everybody sharing like I feel like
  • 00:28:36
    people have become more open in this
  • 00:28:38
    community because it is more like uh you
  • 00:28:40
    know there's uh it's more closed off I
  • 00:28:42
    guess you're not with u so many people
  • 00:28:44
    so you just everybody's not afraid to
  • 00:28:46
    share you know like they're sharing more
  • 00:28:48
    of their little secret sauce that
  • 00:28:50
    they're doing and I love to see that
  • 00:28:51
    because I just feel like I'm an open
  • 00:28:52
    book now I'm like I love to share
  • 00:28:54
    everything that I'm doing I'm like like
  • 00:28:56
    people private message me asking for
  • 00:28:58
    help and I just love telling them
  • 00:29:00
    everything I'm like let me tell you
  • 00:29:01
    everything I'll share your screenshots
  • 00:29:02
    anything you want to see about my store
  • 00:29:04
    like I'll tell you what I'm doing like I
  • 00:29:06
    just think that it's so great that
  • 00:29:07
    everybody's just helping each other
  • 00:29:09
    everybody's at different stages and
  • 00:29:11
    we're just all able to learn from each
  • 00:29:13
    other I think that's so great and then
  • 00:29:14
    just having access to coaches and being
  • 00:29:16
    able to ask for help because there is
  • 00:29:18
    moments where you're just like something
  • 00:29:20
    happens you're like what do I do like I
  • 00:29:22
    had that when I had such a big order I'm
  • 00:29:24
    like what do I do now like I I don't
  • 00:29:26
    even know I remember that
  • 00:29:28
    for anybody who's listening Anita
  • 00:29:30
    messaged me like a couple weeks ago and
  • 00:29:32
    said hey I just got this really big
  • 00:29:34
    order like do you think it's legit and I
  • 00:29:36
    just said uh what I to look look up the
  • 00:29:39
    address and if it's a sketchy Warehouse
  • 00:29:41
    then to cancel it but you're like it's a
  • 00:29:43
    house I'm like then we're good then it's
  • 00:29:45
    a good order yeah so that was just
  • 00:29:47
    awesome because I mean there's moments
  • 00:29:49
    in like business where you just you
  • 00:29:51
    don't know what to do you're just kind
  • 00:29:52
    of like stuck there kind of looking
  • 00:29:54
    around like okay what do I do who do I
  • 00:29:55
    ask for help and this community is just
  • 00:29:57
    nice cuzz you can just ask for help and
  • 00:29:59
    people are there and people reply pretty
  • 00:30:01
    quick which is actually really awesome
  • 00:30:02
    people are quick with it people are
  • 00:30:04
    there to give you help and it's just I
  • 00:30:06
    think it's so awesome and then just the
  • 00:30:08
    pods it's just it gets better and better
  • 00:30:10
    so it's really really awesome well and
  • 00:30:12
    it's definitely a a carry your own bags
  • 00:30:14
    type of organization where the people
  • 00:30:16
    who have the best experiences are often
  • 00:30:18
    times the ones who are putting the most
  • 00:30:20
    into it and it's kind of like a mirror
  • 00:30:22
    of yourself like whatever you put out
  • 00:30:24
    kind of just like the world whatever you
  • 00:30:26
    put out into the world is normally
  • 00:30:28
    reflected back at you like 10 times over
  • 00:30:30
    and so I think it's no mistake that like
  • 00:30:32
    you're having such a great experience is
  • 00:30:34
    because of all the positivity not just
  • 00:30:37
    in the value and knowledge you
  • 00:30:38
    contribute but just your positive energy
  • 00:30:40
    is so infectious in the best way
  • 00:30:42
    possible um and there it
  • 00:30:45
    is Ching again that that is a beautiful
  • 00:30:49
    noise and we we'll let you get going to
  • 00:30:51
    your CH Changs in just a second but uh
  • 00:30:54
    couple last questions for you about So
  • 00:30:56
    for anybody who is going through that uh
  • 00:30:59
    quote unquote Rocky cutscene going
  • 00:31:01
    through the point where you are building
  • 00:31:03
    your store you're making your designs
  • 00:31:05
    and it just feels like day after like
  • 00:31:07
    Groundhog Day and maybe you haven't
  • 00:31:10
    gotten good result maybe you haven't
  • 00:31:11
    even gotten your first sale yet but you
  • 00:31:13
    have a vision in your mind and like you
  • 00:31:15
    know you want to get there but right now
  • 00:31:17
    it's so hard to see a light at the end
  • 00:31:19
    of the tunnel what would be your message
  • 00:31:21
    or or thoughts to somebody who's in that
  • 00:31:24
    spot ask for help honestly that's like
  • 00:31:26
    the best thing you could do because when
  • 00:31:28
    it may feel lonely when you're in this
  • 00:31:30
    moments I feel like people are afraid to
  • 00:31:31
    ask for help but honestly it's the best
  • 00:31:33
    thing you could do cuz I just I've been
  • 00:31:35
    there where and it just seems like
  • 00:31:36
    should I give up like no like ask for
  • 00:31:39
    help and then somebody will help you and
  • 00:31:41
    just yeah I guess put your ego to the
  • 00:31:43
    side cuz I've learned just don't take
  • 00:31:45
    anything personally like people are
  • 00:31:47
    there to help you and everything people
  • 00:31:48
    are suggesting will help you get there
  • 00:31:51
    so I just feel like you will get there
  • 00:31:53
    just don't give up and ask for help and
  • 00:31:56
    this community is like what better place
  • 00:31:58
    to ask for help because you just have
  • 00:32:00
    like coaches and everybody there just so
  • 00:32:02
    willing to help so don't give up like
  • 00:32:04
    it's it's going to get better that's
  • 00:32:06
    I've been there for sure do it the do
  • 00:32:09
    with the Anita Way ask for help and and
  • 00:32:12
    just the other thing you did very well
  • 00:32:13
    was that you you you took the feedback
  • 00:32:16
    and then you applied it right away yeah
  • 00:32:18
    and you didn't you like put yourself
  • 00:32:20
    which is a very challenging thing to do
  • 00:32:22
    like you put yourself to the side and
  • 00:32:24
    you're like I'm doing this like I took
  • 00:32:26
    the I push for the feedback push I put
  • 00:32:28
    myself out there now I'm going to make
  • 00:32:30
    it worth it and I'm going to directly
  • 00:32:32
    apply all of it and especially for you
  • 00:32:34
    like you said like you had a lot of
  • 00:32:36
    designs that like you you made stuff
  • 00:32:37
    that you thought was cool and like put
  • 00:32:39
    your heart into like we all do and then
  • 00:32:41
    to get the feedback of like it's good
  • 00:32:43
    stuff but like we should probably go in
  • 00:32:44
    this direction for the market I think it
  • 00:32:46
    was remarkable like the way that you
  • 00:32:48
    were able to put yourself to the side
  • 00:32:49
    and just go all out I'm curious if any
  • 00:32:52
    last piece of advice on that piece like
  • 00:32:54
    setting your ego to the side just to get
  • 00:32:56
    the best result there's anything
  • 00:32:58
    obviously you had the Drop Shipping
  • 00:33:00
    experience which maybe gave you I don't
  • 00:33:02
    know thicker skin might be the wrong
  • 00:33:04
    word but there's any piece of advice you
  • 00:33:06
    could give to somebody who like picture
  • 00:33:07
    somebody who just made 50 designs put
  • 00:33:09
    their heart and soul into it and then
  • 00:33:11
    they get feedback from the community or
  • 00:33:13
    whoever and they say that's not it we
  • 00:33:16
    should go in this direction how they
  • 00:33:17
    should handle that I guess yeah just
  • 00:33:20
    learn that the market it's also about
  • 00:33:22
    the market too it's not personally about
  • 00:33:24
    you like when somebody makes a feedback
  • 00:33:27
    on your design it's nothing to do with
  • 00:33:28
    you and your artistic like design it has
  • 00:33:31
    nothing to do with that it's truly the
  • 00:33:33
    market once you learn how the market
  • 00:33:35
    operates in the future while you build
  • 00:33:37
    your brand you could definitely make
  • 00:33:39
    your own designs like why they suggest
  • 00:33:41
    um I think to follow the market in the
  • 00:33:44
    beginning a bit is you're building your
  • 00:33:46
    brand you want people to recogn like
  • 00:33:49
    notice you that sounded really basically
  • 00:33:52
    what you're saying is like not taking it
  • 00:33:54
    what I think got you through it
  • 00:33:56
    originally was hearing that it's not
  • 00:33:58
    reflection of yourself or the value that
  • 00:34:00
    you have as a person in any way it's
  • 00:34:02
    just solely about and like the skill
  • 00:34:03
    that we're really building is not
  • 00:34:05
    necessarily design creation and our
  • 00:34:07
    Artistry that's a piece of it but what
  • 00:34:09
    we're really doing is the real skill is
  • 00:34:11
    building like reading the market and
  • 00:34:14
    identifying what people want and then
  • 00:34:16
    closing the Gap and closing that Gap a
  • 00:34:19
    piece of it is like the Artistry but
  • 00:34:21
    it's doing the Artistry in a very
  • 00:34:23
    specific way and it's when people just
  • 00:34:25
    focus on that and like kind kind of head
  • 00:34:28
    down on that that's where when we pick
  • 00:34:30
    our heads up it's kind of like a an
  • 00:34:32
    Awakening in a way but um and so at 400
  • 00:34:36
    in sales and Counting 401 sales now
  • 00:34:39
    which is amazing looking out at the next
  • 00:34:42
    6 to 12 months what is the future hold
  • 00:34:44
    for Anita what what do you want to be
  • 00:34:46
    doing where do you want the brand to be
  • 00:34:48
    what's your your picture um definitely
  • 00:34:51
    seeing more green in the my P p&l sheet
  • 00:34:56
    um which I actually am see like it's
  • 00:34:58
    slowly going up which is awesome but I'd
  • 00:35:00
    love to just you know do six figures I
  • 00:35:03
    think that's my next Big Goal you know
  • 00:35:05
    I'm I've definitely been doing more of
  • 00:35:07
    the testing I've tried out the 29.99 on
  • 00:35:10
    my store now so hearing the kaching is
  • 00:35:12
    actually very nice to hear that that's
  • 00:35:15
    working well so yeah just definitely
  • 00:35:18
    keep going adding more designs I'm doing
  • 00:35:20
    the 7-Day design challenge as well so
  • 00:35:23
    I'm just testing everything out and not
  • 00:35:26
    just going with it you know and just
  • 00:35:27
    seeing where takes me so yeah I think
  • 00:35:29
    building the brand and I also want to
  • 00:35:31
    add more designs as well like uh more
  • 00:35:33
    products I was thinking I want to try
  • 00:35:35
    tting that out too but yeah just
  • 00:35:38
    building a brand getting those six
  • 00:35:40
    figures I think would be awesome that
  • 00:35:42
    would be so nice I I think you were you
  • 00:35:44
    were well in your way and not just
  • 00:35:46
    because of the results that you've had
  • 00:35:48
    so far but what makes me even more
  • 00:35:50
    confident that you're going to reach
  • 00:35:51
    that is your mindset and how you're
  • 00:35:53
    viewing it all of it as number one a
  • 00:35:55
    learning experience you're getting
  • 00:35:57
    better every day and number two you're
  • 00:35:59
    viewing it as a game and as something
  • 00:36:01
    that's fun and like beautiful and like
  • 00:36:03
    very enjoyable not not to say I'm sure
  • 00:36:06
    like for all of us there's times where
  • 00:36:07
    things are challenging but your
  • 00:36:09
    overarching mindset is like this is fun
  • 00:36:12
    and it it comes off as like you view it
  • 00:36:14
    as like a privilege and like something
  • 00:36:15
    that you enjoy doing which you know it's
  • 00:36:19
    like a overused saying maybe but like do
  • 00:36:21
    something you love you never work a day
  • 00:36:22
    in your life you very much seem to be
  • 00:36:25
    embodying that and it's it's beautiful
  • 00:36:27
    thank you so much Anita I have
  • 00:36:29
    personally taken a lot from this
  • 00:36:30
    conversation hopefully everybody
  • 00:36:32
    listening has as well and thank you
  • 00:36:34
    again for being such an awesome part of
  • 00:36:36
    this community your positivity and not
  • 00:36:38
    just the value but also just your energy
  • 00:36:41
    is is really remarkable we appreciate it
  • 00:36:43
    thank you so much thank you so much for
  • 00:36:45
    being here um and I look forward to
  • 00:36:47
    talking to you soon okay thank you so
  • 00:36:49
    much Chris this was really fun thank you
  • 00:36:52
    awesome thanks
  • 00:36:57
    a
  • 00:37:02
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