When I started selling online, I was full of excitement. I thought all I needed was a nice-looking store and a trending product. So I jumped in, built my first Shopify store and waited for the sales to roll in. Nothing happened. I tried again with a second store, convinced I’d learned from my mistakes. But it failed too. I lost money, time, and confidence. Honestly, I almost gave up. Then I made a different move, I decided to get help. I hired someone who was already experienced in the field. Instead of guessing, I started learning. They helped me understand what I was doing wrong, my offer, my store structure, my marketing… everything started to make sense. That one decision changed everything. I rebuilt my store the right way, applied what I learned, and for the first time, I started getting real results. Looking back now, those failures were necessary. They taught me persistence, patience, and the importance of learning from people who’ve already done it. If you’re struggling right now, maybe it’s not that you’re bad at it, maybe you just need the right guidance. Because sometimes success doesn’t come from doing more… it comes from doing it right

What really caught my attention here is the idea of building digital vending machines, assets that work even when we’re not. I’ve been learning how powerful it is to shift from earning through effort to earning through systems. The concept of creating something once and getting paid repeatedly for it feels like the smartest way to buy back time and freedom. Right now, I’m focused on learning how to validate ideas fast, making sure what I create actually has demand before scaling it up. Curious, for those already producing digital vending machines, what was your first breakthrough moment where it clicked that this model really works? 💡