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Episode 1 · June 20, 2026 · 28 min

How to spot the wrong customer before you build them a store

Sara walks through how to tell if someone is actually committed to running a business — and what it costs when you don't.

Show notes

Sara had a friend named Angie. Angie took a TikTok course, made a dry hands knockoff, put a yoga person on the label because the course said to put yourself in your brand, and never made a sale.

This episode is about how to spot the wrong customer before you build them a store — and what it actually costs you when you don't.

Mentioned in this episode

  • Pole studio retail arbitrage (Amazon FBA experiment)
  • PageFly vs theme-native return portals

This week

Write down the three questions you'd ask a potential customer before taking them on. If you can't answer them honestly, you're not ready to build for them yet.

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