How a $0.10 Domain Turned Into a Multi-Million Dollar Business
Apr 07, 2025•14 min
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Episode description
In this episode, I’m breaking down how I built my e-commerce business from scratch, why I focused on high-margin products, and the costly mistakes I made so you don’t have to.
🚀I’ll walk you through:
✅ Why I chose e-commerce and high-margin products
✅ How I launched my first website with just a free WordPress theme & PayPal buttons
✅ The moment I made my first sale overnight—and why it changed everything
✅ The biggest scaling mistakes I made (and how you can avoid them)
✅ How I got my ads, website, and merchant processing right
Plus, I’ll share the one critical mistake I made when expanding internationally—and how it almost derailed my business.
If you’re thinking about launching or scaling an e-commerce business, this episode is packed with gold! 💰
📌 Key Takeaways💡
Choose high-margin products—it gives you room to grow and make mistakes.
💡 Start simple—I launched my first site with free tools and still made money.
💡 Know your numbers—understand cost per acquisition, shipping costs, and lifetime value.
💡 Scale when you have momentum—don’t slow down once you hit your first goals.
💡 Learn from experts—don’t try to figure it all out alone.
📌 Chapters
00:00 – Welcome & What You’ll Learn Today
01:30 – Why I Chose High-Margin E-Commerce
04:15 – Launching My First Website (on a Budget!)
06:45 – The $200 Sale That Changed My Life
08:30 – The Power of Differentiation in E-Commerce
10:15 – Scaling My Ads & Traffic (and What I Did Wrong)
12:40 – Why My Merchant Account Kept Shutting Down
14:00 – The First Big Mistake I Made in Scaling
15:00 – My International Expansion Disaster (Coming Next Episode!)
🚀I’ll walk you through:
✅ Why I chose e-commerce and high-margin products
✅ How I launched my first website with just a free WordPress theme & PayPal buttons
✅ The moment I made my first sale overnight—and why it changed everything
✅ The biggest scaling mistakes I made (and how you can avoid them)
✅ How I got my ads, website, and merchant processing right
Plus, I’ll share the one critical mistake I made when expanding internationally—and how it almost derailed my business.
If you’re thinking about launching or scaling an e-commerce business, this episode is packed with gold! 💰
📌 Key Takeaways💡
Choose high-margin products—it gives you room to grow and make mistakes.
💡 Start simple—I launched my first site with free tools and still made money.
💡 Know your numbers—understand cost per acquisition, shipping costs, and lifetime value.
💡 Scale when you have momentum—don’t slow down once you hit your first goals.
💡 Learn from experts—don’t try to figure it all out alone.
📌 Chapters
00:00 – Welcome & What You’ll Learn Today
01:30 – Why I Chose High-Margin E-Commerce
04:15 – Launching My First Website (on a Budget!)
06:45 – The $200 Sale That Changed My Life
08:30 – The Power of Differentiation in E-Commerce
10:15 – Scaling My Ads & Traffic (and What I Did Wrong)
12:40 – Why My Merchant Account Kept Shutting Down
14:00 – The First Big Mistake I Made in Scaling
15:00 – My International Expansion Disaster (Coming Next Episode!)
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