048: I Want to Start a Subscription Box Business - Where Do I Start?
Launch Your Box Podcast with Sarah Williams | Start, Launch, and Grow Your Subscription Box
Release Date: 12/15/2021
076: From 0 to 200 Subscribers in 8 Days
Launch Your Box Podcast with Sarah Williams | Start, Launch, and Grow Your Subscription Box
On today’s episode, I’m joined by Tamara Bennett, one of my biz besties who also happens to be a member of Launch Your Box! Tamara is the founder and CEO of Southern A-Door-nments Decor where she teaches women how to paint door hangers. Her business has grown over the years thanks in no small part to Tamara’s dedication to creating connections with her audience. Tamara and I met at Stu McLaren’s Mastermind more than four years ago and hit it off right away. We talk all the time about all the things, including business. We had many discussions about her adding a subscription...
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075: Serving a Niched-Down Audience Reaps Over 1000 Subscribers in 2 Months
Launch Your Box Podcast with Sarah Williams | Start, Launch, and Grow Your Subscription Box
“When people are part of the process, they buy in.” - Britney Brown I’m so excited to introduce you to Britney Brown, Launch Your Box member and founder, CEO, and all the things of Imperfect Inspiration. Britney’s story and the incredible growth she’s seen in her company and her subscription box are actually perfectly inspirational! In 2020, Britney was a full-time photographer and mom of five. When the pandemic hit, the photography industry shut down. Britney turned to Tik Tok to document her life during this time and also to document her new ADHD diagnosis. During this...
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074: From 0 to 400 Subscribers: Turning One-Time Sales into Recurring Revenue
Launch Your Box Podcast with Sarah Williams | Start, Launch, and Grow Your Subscription Box
“Start with what you have and build up to what you want.” Welcome to my first on-location podcast episode! Launch Your Box member Rachel Duguay joined me live onstage at SubSummit, the first and only conference exclusively for the subscription box industry. Rachel and I met at last year’s SubSummit and she quickly became a member of Launch Your Box. At that time, Rachel and her husband’s business, MicroPuzzles, sold miniature puzzles as one-time purchases. In business since 2018, MicroPuzzles took off in 2020 when the entire world turned to puzzles as a way to pass...
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073: Ask Sarah: How to Retain Subscribers in a World Where Costs are Rising with Beth Eaton of the Ruffled Daisy
Launch Your Box Podcast with Sarah Williams | Start, Launch, and Grow Your Subscription Box
Welcome to the last episode in my eight-part series on the podcast called, “Ask Sarah.” Each week, I’ve answered a question from inside my Launch Your Box coaching membership. This week Beth Eaton of The Ruffled Daisy is here to talk about something we’re all facing right now. How to retain subscribers in a world where costs are rising. Beth started her business 10 years ago selling completed home decor pieces. Soon, people wanted to learn how to make these pieces themselves and they wanted Beth to teach them. Beth started selling kits and building a community of...
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072: Ask Sarah: How Do I Handle a Price Increase and Closing the Cart for My Subscriptions with Light of the Lamb
Launch Your Box Podcast with Sarah Williams | Start, Launch, and Grow Your Subscription Box
Welcome to episode seven of my eight-part series on the podcast called, “Ask Sarah.” Each week, I answer a question from inside my Launch Your Box coaching membership. This week Alivia Key of Light of the Lamb is here to talk about how to handle increasing the price of her subscription and whether it’s time to move from an open to a closed cart model. Alivia has been a member of Launch Your Box for two years. During that time she has launched and grown two subscriptions - a monthly t-shirt subscription and a quarterly subscription box. Like all business owners right now,...
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071: Ask Sarah: How Do I Introduce My Subscription Box to My Audience? with Holden Keepsakes
Launch Your Box Podcast with Sarah Williams | Start, Launch, and Grow Your Subscription Box
Welcome to episode six of my eight-part series on the podcast called, “Ask Sarah.” Each week, I answer a question from inside my Launch Your Box coaching membership. This week BreeAnna Holden of Holden Keepsakes is here to talk about how to introduce her subscription box to the audience she has built for her online product-based business. BreeAnna is an OG member of Launch Your Box. That means she has been inside my coaching membership for almost two years. But, she hasn’t launched her subscription box yet. She’s stuck. When she started her glitter tumbler business...
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070: Ask Sarah: How Do You Handle Variations and Personalization for Your Subscription Box? with Sunflower & Scout
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Welcome to episode five of my eight-part series on the podcast called, “Ask Sarah.” Each week, I answer a question from inside my Launch Your Box coaching membership. This week Maria Riebe of Sunflower & Scout is here to talk about how to handle variations and personalization for her subscription box. Like so many entrepreneurs, the pandemic forced Maria to pivot. A true antique-lover, she had been producing an outdoor vintage market, Rustapalooza. She had experienced a great deal of success and national recognition for this show. Covid caused the cancellation of the show...
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069: Ask Sarah: How to Grow Your Subscription Past the Plateau - with Print Cut Craft
Launch Your Box Podcast with Sarah Williams | Start, Launch, and Grow Your Subscription Box
Welcome to episode four of my eight-part series on the podcast called, “Ask Sarah.” Each week, I’ll be answering a question from inside my Launch Your Box coaching membership. This week Traci Gibson of Print Cut Craft and I tackled the question of how to grow a subscription past a plateau. Traci started her business ten years ago, selling printables and teaching classes at scrapbooking conferences. When she (and her family) got tired of all the weekend travel, Traci took her scrapbook kits online. She pivoted and her business evolved as she listened to what her customers...
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068: Ask Sarah: How to Get People to Engage on Social Media - with the Crafty Lady Boutique
Launch Your Box Podcast with Sarah Williams | Start, Launch, and Grow Your Subscription Box
Welcome to the third installment of my eight-part series on the podcast called, “Ask Sarah.” Each week, I’ll be answering a question from inside my Launch Your Box coaching membership. This week Lexie Haubert of The Crafty Lady Boutique and I tackled the question of how to get people to engage with her content on social media. Lexie’s online business came about when she was unable to find bridal party gifts she liked while planning her own wedding and instead created her own. When she received incredibly positive feedback about her creations, she decided to take them...
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067: Ask Sarah: What's Holding Me Back from Starting My Subscription Box?
Launch Your Box Podcast with Sarah Williams | Start, Launch, and Grow Your Subscription Box
“Messy Action is better than no action.” - Sarah Williams Welcome to the second in my new eight-part series on the podcast called, “Ask Sarah.” Each week, I’ll be answering a question from inside my Launch Your Box coaching membership. This week’s question came from Gina Rich of Serendipity Lane. Gina’s question was simple. “Why am I stuck?” Gina had a brick-and-mortar scrapbooking and card-making business for 15 years. She still runs occasional classes and scrapbooking retreats out of the space, but moved the majority of her business online due to the pandemic....
info_outlineWhen you don’t know where to start, it’s easy to start in the wrong place.
You have an idea. A dream. You want to start a subscription box. But you don’t know how. So you do what everyone does. You google. It. And you find out there are all kinds of people wanting to sell you all kinds of things to help you run your subscription box business. Software, packaging, marketing tools, and more.
In the beginning, before you even get started, you don’t need any of those things. What you need is to Start The Right Way!
If you’re just starting your subscription box journey, this episode is for you! Avoid the overwhelm and start where you need to start… the beginning.
I call this first stage The Hopeful Entrepreneur because you’re full of hopes and dreams… and so many questions. There are things you need to do during this stage to start your subscription box journey off right.
- Complete the 6 in 60 Workshop (Post-It Note Challenge) - identify your ideal customer and plan out your first six boxes.
- Contact your local Small Business Adminstration Office - fulfill local requirements to legally set up your business.
- Establish social media pages for your business - focus audience building efforts on one platform to start.
- Secure a domain for your website - this will be your url.
- Explore options for your website - we recommend Shopify or WordPress/WooCommerce.
Getting your subscription box business off the ground takes a lot of work. Following a step-by-step process helps you stay on track.
Join me for this episode as I walk you through this first stage of your subscription box journey, sharing tips, strategies, and resources to help you get a strong start. Don’t miss my tips about naming your business - and your subscription box. It matters!
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