“The very first sale was on eBay ... then they set up an Amazon listing and Russell did that with the assistance of a contracted marketing guy in South Africa.”

Acquiring Minds · Buying a 1-Product Business, Building It to a Big Exit

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made the first sale on eBay, then quickly set up an Amazon listing with a contracted marketing person in South Africa

“That was my very, very first government contract project as a subcontractor. And I only made like 6K off of that.”

Eric Coffey

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Why it worked $6,000 revenue Share this moment

“That first 30 days, I just took lined interior templates from Canva, and I did it 200 times on Amazon, and I made $18.”

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Hard number $18 Share this moment

“I made a column of all the worst things that could happen… then a column for how to minimize each… then a column for how to get back quickly”

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“Amazon's about 60% of our business and our Shopify site is about 35 and the rest is central market and then partnerships.”

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Hard number 60% Amazon, 35% Shopify, 5% other Share this moment

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