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<\/div>\n<\/p>\n When it comes to turning a passion into a thriving side hustle, Rachel, the mom behind a successful Etsy side hustle bringing in $10,000 a month in passive income, has cracked the code.<\/p>\n Inspired by her love for personal finance and fueled by a desire to create a sustainable source of income, Rachel embarked on a journey that has not only transformed her life but also inspired countless others.<\/p>\n In this interview, she shares her story of starting Money Hacking Mama<\/strong><\/a>\u2014from her first budgeting template to scaling a passive income business\u2014all while balancing the demands of motherhood and her personal life.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve ever dreamed of starting your own Etsy shop or exploring the world of digital products, Rachel\u2019s story is proof that with perseverance, strategy, and a little creativity, it\u2019s possible to achieve financial freedom doing something you love.<\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n In a visual world, Canva Pro makes it easy for anyone to achieve their goals and create professional designs with premium content and features like Brand Kit, Background Remover, and more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t I have always been passionate about personal finance and financial hacks. For example, when I was 10, I told my mom I would find a way to pay for all my college (which I did). <\/span><\/p>\n Then, in college, I studied entrepreneurship because I was fascinated with money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Rather than go straight into entrepreneurship, after I graduated, I worked in many types of jobs, from a non-profit to biotech to finance and finally in higher education.<\/span><\/p>\n While exploring different careers (none of which had me wanting to work in them until I was 65), I came across the idea of financial independence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While in the early stages of my personal finance and FI\/RE journey, I listened to many personal finance and side hustle podcasts. One fateful day, one of my favorite podcasters mentioned they would sell three new courses. <\/span><\/p>\n One was on blogging, another on selling digital products, and a final on freelancing. I was most drawn to the blogging course (which I bought), but <\/span>the digital products course<\/a><\/strong> interested me, so I also bought that one.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tFREE Workshop\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n Ready to create passive income selling digital printables online? <\/p>\n Watch the FREE training below to learn everything you need to know to start making money today! <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t\t I studied entrepreneurship in college and had a handful of side hustles that never took off before I dove into Etsy. <\/span><\/p>\n While I never created a digital product meant to be sold, I had a lot of experience using Canva<\/strong><\/a> and felt comfortable with the platform to create unique and valuable assets because I had done that in many of my previous jobs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I chose Etsy to sell digital products mostly because that\u2019s what <\/span>Gold City Ventures<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0recommended. That being said, in hindsight, I still like the platform because it makes marketing easy. <\/span><\/p>\n Etsy is already bringing people looking for products to the website so you can access a large pool of customers. I also like that there isn\u2019t a recurring monthly cost. <\/span><\/p>\n If you sell products, they take a commission, but if you don\u2019t sell products, you\u2019re not out a monthly recurring fee.<\/span><\/p>\n My very first product on Etsy was a budgeting template. <\/span><\/p>\n Since I was interested in personal finance, I thought I\u2019d sell personal finance-related digital products. I created it using <\/span>Canva<\/strong><\/a> and then made it have advanced features by using Adobe.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n My Etsy store didn\u2019t make a sizable amount of money at first. It took me around 9 months before things started to take off. I think the biggest challenge with most side hustles is not feeling successful right away. <\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to stay motivated when you\u2019re not seeing results. Luckily, when I started my Etsy store, I was also studying positive psychology and had learned about the power of perseverance. <\/span><\/p>\n I was also part of a community of people also working on creating Etsy stores. By staying focused and seeing other people succeed, I was able to stick with it until the results came. <\/span><\/p>\n To do this, I built specific habits like committing to work on my Etsy store daily.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I invested in myself to learn from people who had already achieved what I wanted to achieve.<\/span><\/p>\n In the past, because of my frugal nature, I would always try to DIY my education with free online resources. <\/span>While this was a start, it was never enough, and it was very time-consuming.<\/span><\/p>\n I also benefited tremendously from being part of the course\u2019s community, where I could get help when I needed it and also get inspiration that helped motivate me to keep going when I wasn\u2019t seeing results.<\/span><\/p>\n I do extensive research before creating a product to find opportunities with some demand and low competition. I focus on catching trends and creating products that will add value to people\u2019s lives by helping them save time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I use erank.com religiously to do market research before I make a product. I also use Canva<\/strong><\/a> to create my products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nKey Takeaways<\/h2>\n
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1. Can you share a bit about your background and what inspired you to start selling digital products on Etsy?<\/h3>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tWatch FREE Training Now\t\t\t<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n2. Before diving into Etsy, did you have any prior experience with entrepreneurship or creating digital products?<\/h3>\n
3. What made you choose Etsy as the platform to sell your digital products?<\/h3>\n
4. Can you tell us about your very first product on Etsy? How did you come up with the idea, and what was the process of creating it?<\/h3>\n
4. Were there any initial challenges or setbacks you faced when starting your Etsy shop? How did you overcome them?<\/h3>\n
5. Passive income can sound like a dream to many people. How did you turn your Etsy shop into a reliable source of passive income?<\/h3>\n
6. How do you decide what types of products to create and sell? Are there specific niches or trends you focus on?<\/h3>\n
7. What strategies or tools have been most effective in scaling your Etsy business?<\/h3>\n
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