Eco Friendly Retail Business

4 Tips For Starting A Successful Eco Friendly Retail Business (2025)

Pat Walls

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Updated: April 14th, 2025

Want to start your own eco-friendly retail business? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting an eco-friendly retail business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start an eco-friendly retail business?
-> Pros and cons of an eco-friendly retail business

Need inspiration?

-> Other eco-friendly retail business success stories
-> Marketing ideas for an eco-friendly retail business
-> Eco-friendly retail business Instagram bios

Other resources

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting an eco-friendly retail business:

#1: Amy Leinbach, founder of Big Bee, Little Bee:

We chatted with with Amy, founder of Big Bee, Little Bee ($20K/month). In our interview, Amy says:

Measure your passion for the project against your fear of failure. In my opinion, your passion has to be much, much stronger than your fear.

Additionally:

Attracting customers has been my biggest challenge to date. It’s a code I’m trying to crack every single day.

Read the full interview ➜

#2: Jamie Skinner, founder of Jungle Culture:

We chatted with with Jamie, founder of Jungle Culture ($135K/month). In our interview, Jamie says:

If I had to give one piece of advice to anyone starting an online business it would be… Bootstrap, bootstrap, bootstrap!

Additionally:

Starting a business gives you incredible highs and some awful lows. Personally, I think that keeping a good diet, good sleep, and a good exercise routine are the best ways to stay on track.