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Starting A Biz, Still In The Truck, Could Use A Bit Of Help To Change Everything [1]

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Date: 2025-07-24

I am still on the Helping ‘Humpday’ Community Needs List at Street Prophet’s Coffee Hour, but trying to become a donator these next few months and get off it for good! I greatly appreciate the mentions from them, and from PWB Peeps folks, that has helped me through some difficult times. The truck, it unfortunately needs work still, brakes and other stuff I won't list. I have also been helping my family, my daughter is on a better path the past three months, so that is very good.

I am working to build my finances, with both consulting and business startups I am advancing. To do that, I would use any kind assistance to pay recurring necessary bills, but also to begin one of the businesses - selling some designs I have been creating for merchandise including shirts, mugs, posters, cards, tote bags, signs, etc., using my researched and hopefully profitable ideas, and my thousands of photographs from past decades. I have a number of completed deigns. This is a ‘Print-On-Demand’ online store biz I am starting, I have been using Canva, other design tools, and with seller sites like Etsy that costs a bit to open a ‘store’, and using printer/shipping sites like Printify, an item is ordered, printed, labeled, and shipped to the buyer. (I hold no inventory, which in my truck life situation is required, lol.) I estimate to get these designs online to sell, I need about $500 minimum, more would help as I currently only have $95 and I do have a few necessary bills coming up, like truck insurance and cell phone service. So, I really need $1000 ASAP somehow.

I HAVE CREATED AND THEY ARE READY TO SELL NOW, OVER 220 DESIGNS SO FAR, THAT ARE ONLY NEEDING AN ONLINE STORE ACCOUNT WITH ETSY TO BEGIN THIS BUSINESS! The new business costs to start selling my designs to begin to end my financial troubles include : First, a $29 cost to open a seller’s ETSY store. Then, to pay monthly for a couple of online/app tools I use to design everything and process images and research what I need to know,, and then, after an order comes in, I am charged by the printer/shipper who gets it to the buyer, and then paid by the selling online retail site, but a bit later. I need to be able to cover the printer’s charge to my debit card when the order is made, for them to then produce the item package and ship it. I am doing all this in the most economical ways I have found from my research. Establishing seller and printer/shipper accounts, using merchandise trend analytics, using design accounts, paying for orders to be fulfilled, and the delay in the online store's payment to me, all needs a bit of 'startup capital'. My designs so far are about in-demand niches of family, pets, politics (like Ukraine), food, Halloween, pumpkin spice, my pictures, history, and those that have seen some have asked me if they can buy anything yet. I have over 200 designs that are ready to list, and others I am creating in progress. I would initially put about 40 to 50 items for sale in the store, and add more in coming days and weeks and months. I have a target revenue goal of $800,000 or more over the next twelve months. The per-item sold net profit margin will be between 20% to 30%, based on my extensive research the past few months.

If anyone can help me get this POD biz going, and help me with my brakes (I only have the fronts working atm), gas and with truck insurance, cell service, a bit of food, etc., I would be very grateful. The hospital for two weeksin May was tough, but I am feeling better now. Concluding, thanks again for your help DKOS! To those kind folks who have donated, much heartfelt appreciation! To those who would, but can't right now, I understand. If anyone would like to see a design or two, please message me. And now, I am about to design a ‘Cat” T-shirt I am envisioning … Peace to all, Good Luck, keep resisting!

Thank you for considering … FH …

Here is my info to help me change everything:

If you can help without compromising anything you need to do, I have: PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay, and Zelle . Zelle is completely charge-free to use, it is part of my bank’s app, US Bank …

The email locater for transfers to ALL of them is: [email protected]

My original GoFundMe is at: www.gofundme.com/ (https://www.gofundme.com/f/Heart-Disease-Staying-In-Truck-Keep-Warm-Fund?qid=ee99ef15c13f5421897224d9be8bfe8f) …

I am still thinking about a new GFM but the one I still have is active until then. If this business gets started, I hope I won’t have to…

I do really need the help, to start making some money again these next few months, and thank you very much if you can … :-)

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