- Hey I'm sitting here with my daughter Makayla
and we're gonna do a little bit of a different
video this time around.
And how it's gonna go is I'm actually going to be
interviewing her about how she was able to sell over
100 thousand dollars as a thirteen-year-old.
That was the first six figures that she made.
And so I've got my list of questions right here
so that we can pick her brain to find out
how she made this a reality.
Are you ready Makayla?
- So ready.
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- You guys like our matching shirts?
Like we totally planned it.
(laughter) - We really did.
- Alright so Makayla first off tell us about your store.
Your online store.
What's it called?
Give us a little background of that.
- So my store is called iScarf2 with like the number two.
And we sell scarves online.
I started this when I was 13 years old.
We sold over 100 thousand dollars
in our first nine months.
It was pretty crazy.
I didn't quite understand how much money that
was at first until we broke it down into babysitting hours
and it finally made sense to me.
- Okay, now you mentioned "we".
So will you explain to everybody what the "we" is?
- So my sister actually helped with this.
She is not here with us right now.
- She's at Lagoon with her friends.
(laughs) - Yep.
- So Makayla what were kinda your roles between--
what did you focus on and what did Bridges focus on?
- So I did more of like the actual marketing kind of thing.
I reached out to influencers,
I talked to the manufacturers,
I did all the marketing stuff and getting the products.
And she took the pictures,
she named them and did everything like that.
- Yeah so Makayla was more front end,
Bridges was more of the back end.
- Yep.
- And it's kinda their personalities too.
Makayla is very outgoing.
Not afraid to be on a stage.
and Bridges-- she's a little bit more reserved in public.
Like she doesn't wanna get on a stage.
With her friends she's crazy loud.
(laughs) - Yes.
- So it kinda just fit their personalities pretty well
and they just fell into their own little groove.
Okay so tell me,
what is your favorite thing about selling online?
- My boss.
(laughs)
I'm the boss so she's pretty fantastic.
(laughter)
- She's got a lot of humility here.
- Yes I do.
(laughter)
- Okay what's the worst thing about selling online?
- So when we first started we actually didn't get
paid at first because we weren't selling anything.
So that was hard not getting money right away
for all the hard work we were putting in.
But then once we got it started and everything
was working smoothly the money did come in
and we got paid lots.
- Lots.
(laughter)
What do your friends say about this whole thing
that just happened or that has been happening for years?
- Most of them don't actually understand what it is.
Like they understand that I sell products.
They understand that I sell scarves online.
But they don't really know like the whole thing
that went into it.
A few of them do cause I have a few friends
who are also entrepreneurs.
But yeah.
- So if you had to do it again Makayla,
what would you do differently?
- I'd probably pick a product that was
trending throughout the whole year.
'Cause scarves are like big selling in the winter,
but not so much in the summer.
So like right now we are trying to sell them
but it's kinda hard to push a scarf in the summer
when it's too hot to wear a scarf.
And you wear--
So yeah.
Just pick something that's more fall,
spring, summer, and winter friendly.
- That makes sense. Okay.
And how do you balance this business with
school and friends and church activities
and just being a teenager?
- So I usually work on the weekends or like
a half an hour here or there.
I did have to take a year off for band.
My high school had the opportunity
to go to the Macy's parade last year.
So I had to put my business on hold while I put
all of my time, energy, effort, tears, blood, sweat,
everything into band. (laughter)
It was so much fun though.
I enjoyed it.
- That's another thing.
Just side note as a parent.
With her doing this business
we still needed to let her be a kid.
And of course I'm an entrepreneur and I'm like
no just keep going with the business.
But it was really good for me to step back,
let her do her band thing cause she learned quite a bit.
And now I mean she's super excited
about the business world again.
Right? - Yep.
(laughter)
Yep!
- Oh, how did you ship it all?
- My sister and I.
We did a lot of it ourselves.
But like during Black Friday and all the busy times,
fourth quarter all that,
we invited some friends over.
I did have to fire one or two of my friends
cause they weren't moving fast enough.
They weren't,
I guess, time efficient.
But most of them were good.
I enjoyed working with them.
(laughs)
- How did you know what to sell?
How did you know that you wanted to sell scarves?
- So it was kind of like the trending thing at the time.
I personally am usually very cold except for right now.
But I am usually cold and so I figured the scarf
would be a perfect thing to keep me warm,
keep other people warm,
but it was also trendy in the winter time
that would work and it would sell lots.
- Good.
And it did sell lots.
- And it did sell lots.
(laughter)
- How many scarves did you sell?
- Over 21 thousand scarves.
- That's amazing.
That makes me so happy.
(laughs)
Her business is in the homes of--
I mean people ordered multiples right.
But even if we chop it to a third.
Ten,
no seven thousand homes.
That's pretty cool.
Where did you get your money to start
Makayla, at thirteen years old?
(laughter)
- I did have to take out a wonderful small loan
from my dear mother
(laughter)
and father.
- How much money did you have in your
bank account when you started?
- Like a quarter.
(laughter)
- She was rolling in the dough.
- I was making bank.
- Do you remember how much the loan was for?
- A couple hundred dollars.
- Yeah.
- But if I were to do it again I would
not take a loan because they made me pay interest.
(laughter)
I would go work somewhere else and make the money
like babysitting or mowing lawns or
shoveling snow or something and make that money there.
(laughter)
And then do it.
- Are you still selling scarves
or what are you currently selling right now?
- I am still selling scarves.
They are still up and going.
I am actually working on a course to help
young teens, tweens, younger children
how to start selling products online.
Making it an easy, simple process for them.
I put some other products online
and we sold 26 of them.
So I made
a little over 500 dollars this morning.
- That's pretty cool
(laughs) - Yeah.
- We hope you like this interview.
Makayla and I have had fun.
This summer she's been home
and been coming down to the office
or just hanging out with me so it's been really fun.
I'm excited to see what she does in the future.
And you'll see her more on Facebook lives
sharing her experience with you.
And telling her story on how she made this her reality.
So if you're interested in building your e-commerce
business just like Makayla has done,
there's links up above or links down below.
Whatever social platform you are on
to find out the three secrets
that helped her make that a reality.
I've taught it to my sister.
I've taught it to my friends.
And I've taught it to thousands of women
and a handful of men
to make this process happen.
And it has become their reality.
So sign up, sign up.
- Sign up.
- What do they need to do Makayla?
- Sign up.
- Sign up. (laughter)
Alright we'll see you guys later.
- Bye. - Bye.
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