AquariumStoreDepot

I Left My 100 Hour Week Job To Start A $120K/Month Aquarium Ecommerce

January 6th, 2022
Mark Valderrama
$10K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
AquariumStoreDepot
from Austin, TX, USA
started October 2015
$10,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
market size
$8.6B
starting costs
$13.7K
gross margin
40%
time to build
210 days
growth channels
SEO
business model
content-library
best tools
Instagram, Pinterest, Asana
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
35 Pros & Cons
tips
2 Tips
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

My name is Mark and I run AquariumStoreDepot, a hybrid e-commerce and information website all about aquatic animal keeping. Before COVID, my flagship products were an algae turf scrubber and reef LED lights. My primary customers are in the US and tend to range from the ages of 36-48.

The highest revenue month I've had since starting this business was $13,000 in a single month. The business is highly profitable due to the shift from dropshipping to partnership agreements over time. I generally average $8-$10K per month with a high season during tax time and Christmas

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What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?

I’ve been in the aquatics hobby since I was 11 when my brother and I had this bright idea to keep a clownfish...

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