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Building a Successful eCommerce Business: eCommerce Business Tips From Struggle to Success

In this episode of The Creative and Ambitious Entrepreneur Podcast, we share with you two amazing Zazzle success stories! Brandon and Christine are two of our students in the Profit by Design Academy ™. Before they started working with us, they struggled to make money on Zazzle. But by following our proven success plan and eCommerce Business Tips to succeed in e-commerce, they have now sold over $3 million worth of products in the last three years! We’ll share their stories with you to inspire you and help you gain some eCommerce Business tips.

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About Jen and Elke

But before we dive right in, let us introduce ourselves in case this is your first visit. Welcome to The Creative and Ambitious Entrepreneur Podcast. We’re your hosts, Jen and Elke Clarke. We are a mother and daughter team that started Zazzle e-commerce businesses over 10 years ago and has sold over 15 million dollars-worth and counting of products on Zazzle.

 

The Creative and Ambitious Entrepreneur Podcast is for you, the creative. We share actionable steps that you can take to make money in your e-commerce business. In each episode, we will take you one step closer to achieving freedom with your time, location, and finances.

 

We believe that a profitable e-commerce business is what opens the doors for you to start living your dream life if you work smarter, not harder, use the right tools and follow the proven roadmap. We’re here to give you the tools you need to make your dream life happen. Let’s get started!

 

And today we’ll show you how you can stop struggling and start succeeding on Zazzle by sharing the success stories from two of our students. For all the details, listen to the ENTIRE episode of The Creative and Ambitious Entrepreneur Podcast on your preferred streaming platform.

 

eCommerce Business Tips: Brandon’s story.

Brandon came into our space about three years ago. He has a demanding corporate career, but he wanted a side hustle. He hoped to invest extra money into real estate so that he could build up a nest egg and retire early. 

Before he started working with us, he tried to figure it all out on his own. He struggled on Zazzle for five years, only making a total of $2,500 ($500 per year.) He knew what he was doing wasn’t working and that he needed a proven strategy. 

Brandon found us and our Seven Days to Success Course (everything in that course is now in our Profit by Design Academy™.) In addition to teaching him our 5 Strategies™, we helped Brandon learn how to target his products more geared towards the female audience as statistics show that 80% of Zazzle shoppers are female. It was also important to Brandon that he could do all of the Zazzle work in under 20 hours a month. We teach all our students how to utilize their time effectively on Zazzle so they don’t have to work more than 20 hours. 

Brandon started out slowly, reaching $10K in take-home pay his first year. In his second year, he made $30K, and the third year, he made $60K. It’s been amazing to see his business grow exponentially.

Brandon meticulously documented his Zazzle journey. He generously let us share his story in episode 4 of our podcast and in this blog post. Brandon’s story shows that even if you have a background in business, you still need to learn from experts in Zazzle specifically. It really is a unique market with specific nuances. 

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eCommerce Business Tips: Christine’s story.

Christine and Brandon have differing backgrounds. While Brandon is from the U.S. and has a background in corporate, Christine is from the Philippines and worked in her family business. 

She always wanted a business of her own. Owning something apart from being in her family business would make her very proud. However, when she first started on Zazzle, she only made $132 in two years. 

Like Brandon, she knew she needed expert guidance to succeed on Zazzle. She found us and enrolled in our course. In her first year following our proven plan, she made $10K. Her second year, she made $40K, and in her third year, she made $100K. That’s $150,000 in three years. And right now, she is on track to double that this year!

In addition to teaching our  5 Strategies™, we helped Christine understand the North American market better. While her English is excellent, it is her second language, and the American market felt foreign to her. Now, she is able to navigate it with ease. 

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eCommerce Business tips you can learn from Brandon’s and Christine’s stories.

Brandon and Christine are two very different people. They differ in age, gender, location, experience, and skillset. And yet they both were able to succeed on Zazzle. 

What changed? How were they able to end their struggle? And what can you take away from their stories?

Christine and Brandon’s experiences have these things in common:

  • Skin in the game: Both Christine and Brandon invested in themselves and in their businesses. They took a leap of faith by investing in expert help.
  • Following a proven plan: Rather than continuing to try to do it all on their own, they followed a proven success plan that worked for other people. They knew if they implemented it well, it could work for them too. 
  • Listening to mentors: Brandon and Christine listened to Zazzle experts who had been in their shoes before and were able to overcome their struggles.
  • Maintaining a business mindset: They were committed to their Zazzle businesses and didn’t treat them like hobbies. 
  • Dedicated hard work: Neither Christine nor Brandon deviated from the plan. They continued to follow it carefully, and that’s what led to their steady success over time. 

Building a Successful eCommerce Business: eCommerce Business Tips to Go From Struggle to Success: The Bottomline

We want you to know that it’s okay to struggle. If you’re not achieving the success on Zazzle that you want, it doesn’t mean that there’s anything wrong with you or that you can’t do it. It just means that you don’t have the right tools and skill set yet. Everything you need to know to succeed can be taught to you. Christine, Brandon, and both of us were all once where you are. By following The 5 Strategies™, we were able to achieve success. We know you can too! If you’re looking to scale your Zazzle business and get expert help along the way, join our FREE 5 Day Scale Your Zazzle Business Challenge (From April 12th – 16th, 2021).

Thank you so much for listening to The Creative and Ambitious Entrepreneur Podcast! 

Be part of our community where we can continue the conversation on these topics and tools. Join our Facebook group. Be sure to also join our Profit by Design Academy Bootcamp here!

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DM us and let us know what takeaways you will be implementing from Christine and Brandon’s story into your own Zazzle business! 

See you back here next week!

About your hosts

Jen and Elke Clarke are a mother-daughter duo that empowers women entrepreneurs to make money online. Through courses and coaching, Jen and Elke help women (and men) become successful creative entrepreneurs on Zazzle and e-commerce. Combined Jen and Elke have sold over 15 million dollars-worth of products, and earned over $1.5 million combined through their businesses on Zazzle. Jen and Elke have influenced and transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide with their free content, paid and private coaching.

They are international, award-winning authors. Click the links to purchase their books through Amazon: Earn Around The World and Create Online and Grow Rich.

Jen and Elke Clarke have been featured in Yahoo Finance as TOP 5 e-commerce coaches.

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