Embroidery Business

5 Tips For Starting A Successful Embroidery Business (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own embroidery business? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting an embroidery business:

Where to start?

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

Need inspiration?

-> Other embroidery business success stories
-> Marketing ideas for an embroidery business
-> Embroidery business slogans
-> Embroidery business names

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 embroidery business:

#1: Mike Lecky, founder of Vagabond Heart:

We chatted with with Mike, founder of Vagabond Heart ($10K/month). In our interview, Mike says:

The best place you can be is on a platform that has already got people on it, actively trying to buy things.

Additionally:

There’s a great advantage to selling a product that people are already looking for. People on Amazon already want a “Tokyo Patch,” I’ve just come on to the scene and am offering them a better one than was previously available.

Read the full interview ➜

#2: Cailey Golden, founder of The Patchsmith:

We chatted with with Cailey, founder of The Patchsmith ($6.5K/month). In our interview, Cailey says:

My competitors don’t charge at all for artwork. I think that’s a waste of potential profit.

Additionally:

I’ve learned to say no to customers because I simply don’t want to do their work. You get very good at reading customers after a short while and it’s easy to spot a problem customer a mile away. Instead of charging more, I turn them down. It’s not worth the stress.