Ed Snelson has turned his “side hustle” into a business with sales of more than £1m on eBay.
His personalised printing business is so successful that he could walk away from a job at aerospace company Airbus.
“It’s not about the money, it’s about the freedom,” he said.
He is one of the generation of “digital natives” which eBay says make up the biggest proportion of new businesses generating £1m of sales on its marketplace.
EBay says there were almost 1,300 new “millionaires” – businesses now generating more than £1m of sales through its site – in the past 12 months.
Nearly 20% of them are under 30 and “with an eye for Britain’s changing shopping habits”, according to eBay.
Mr Snelson, who is 27, says physical stores were never part of any business plan for his Chester-based operation Signature Printing.
Through five sales sites – including eBay – he offers personalised tote bags, cosmetic bags and other items, including T-shirts.
The idea started with a Young Enterprise scheme at school and took life “literally in my bedroom when I was living at my parents’ house”.
He was working “8 to 4” or “9 to 5” on his apprenticeship at Airbus and on his online sales operation outside those hours…….read more
Source: BBC
