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Woohoo! One in a row!Today marks a first for me
Today marks a first for me
May this initial instance of success be a powerful motivator to push forward with more effort and aggression.
-- screen your candidates for high degrees of personal ambition).
As if I could resist responding to the king of entrepreneurship himself <3
My gameplan is different than most people. Several years ago I decided my fastlane would be inextricably linked to coding. This instance of MRR is actually the 20% commission from developing a store for a client, then handing over ownership. So long as this user continues to operate the store, I will collect 20% of their fees. The actual amount of work for this project was incredibly minimal (a few hours of skilled performance), once the agreement was in place.
I was able to position myself to accomplish this task (and gain the skills necessary) because I worked for an eCommerce agency for just under a year, and I made sure the CTO put me on the Shopify team as part of my employment. I actually quit because I was later transferred (don't hire people like me
Now I'm blessed with an an incredible developer aptitude for the Shopify platform. In order to scale this income, I need to connect more aggressively with the community and gain the coveted Shopify Expert title. This can be accomplished by developing stores for clients, developing supporting applications, or designing themes. A few more contributions of this nature and I will be flagged for future work that builds MRR. One of my beloved colleagues has been able to follow this path and now they have grown to a 6 person team -- it's highly inspiring. My next strategy is theme development. Premium themes go from $150-180 and Shopify's cut is 30%. It's easier to make a theme than to find dedicated clients and niches within the app space, plus my front-end skill has progressed significantly, and I feel more confident than ever that I can produce a beautiful piece of work for the theme store. Such a contribution would both increase my MRR and push me forward to the prestige status that brings more MRR generating work.
Congrats @ilrein, and thanks for sharing.As if I could resist responding to the king of entrepreneurship himself <3
My gameplan is different than most people. Several years ago I decided my fastlane would be inextricably linked to coding. This instance of MRR is actually the 20% commission from developing a store for a client, then handing over ownership. So long as this user continues to operate the store, I will collect 20% of their fees. The actual amount of work for this project was incredibly minimal (a few hours of skilled performance), once the agreement was in place.
I was able to position myself to accomplish this task (and gain the skills necessary) because I worked for an eCommerce agency for just under a year, and I made sure the CTO put me on the Shopify team as part of my employment. I actually quit because I was later transferred (don't hire people like me
Now I'm blessed with an an incredible developer aptitude for the Shopify platform. In order to scale this income, I need to connect more aggressively with the community and gain the coveted Shopify Expert title. This can be accomplished by developing stores for clients, developing supporting applications, or designing themes. A few more contributions of this nature and I will be flagged for future work that builds MRR. One of my beloved colleagues has been able to follow this path and now they have grown to a 6 person team -- it's highly inspiring. My next strategy is theme development. Premium themes go from $150-180 and Shopify's cut is 30%. It's easier to make a theme than to find dedicated clients and niches within the app space, plus my front-end skill has progressed significantly, and I feel more confident than ever that I can produce a beautiful piece of work for the theme store. Such a contribution would both increase my MRR and push me forward to the prestige status that brings more MRR generating work.
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