Her Etsy side hustle selling bachelorette tattoos grew into a $100,000-a-month course business
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Julie Berninger, a former project manager at large tech companies, started her first Etsy side hustle after being inspired by personal finance podcasts — initially selling temporary tattoos aimed at the bachelorette-party niche before pivoting to printable digital products.
That shop, combined with a personal finance blog, brought her to six figures within a few years, at which point she co-founded Gold City Ventures, an online course business that teaches students how to set up profitable Etsy shops selling digital products.
Gold City Ventures now generates more than $100,000 a month. "Don't start a business by yourself!" Berninger said. "Pick a business partner and scale faster! Also, don't waste time trying to piece information together on YouTube."
Key takeaways
- ›Started an Etsy side hustle selling bachelorette-party temporary tattoos while working full-time as a project manager
- ›Pivoted to printable digital products and reached six-figure sales within a few years
- ›Co-founded Gold City Ventures, an online course business teaching others to build Etsy digital-product shops, which now generates over $100,000 a month
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