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At age 12, Bella Lin spent an hour every week "scraping, scrubbing and power washing" excrement off her two guinea pig cages. This year, GuineaLoft has brought in roughly $71,000 a month in revenue so far, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It. GuineaLoft's Amazon storefront sells hay feeders and no-drip water bottles for guinea pigs, but also acrylic cages and accessories for hamsters, rabbits and birds. While Lin considers herself to be a "veteran guinea pig owner," she's had to gain experience designing cages and products for the smaller pets. 'I'm kind of just the guinea pig girl'Outside of BizWorld, Lin's friend circle is void of other entrepreneurs: "To them, I'm kind of just the guinea pig girl," she says.

Persons: Bella Lin, Lin, GuineaLoft, Kevin Heinz Lin, isn't, TLeggings, …, Kevin Heinz, she's Organizations: CNBC, The University of Chicago Locations: Sunnyvale , California, Hangzhou, China

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow this 17-year-old's Amazon side hustle brings in $409,000 a yearBella Lin, 17, is the founder of GuineaLoft, a company that sells products for small pets, including guinea pig cages, bedding, food feeders and water bottles. In 2024, GuineaLoft has brought in an average of roughly $71,000 per month in revenue so far. That's up more than double compared to last year, when the company brought in $34,000 in average monthly revenue.

Persons: Bella Lin, GuineaLoft

☆ A 17-year-old high schooler began a side hustle on Amazon with $3,500 and scaled it to almost $700,000 in revenue over 3 years. Here's how she did it, plus the steps she's taking to turn it into a ful
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

She wanted to customize her own product and thought it could be a good business idea. Profits for growthTo date, Lin's sales on Amazon since 2022 are at $688,000 according to records of her Amazon account viewed by Business Insider. Despite those astronomical sales, Lin says she's still breaking even. She's now able to pay her team in China, but she's not yet paying herself a salary. She realized that not everything is a good business idea.

Persons: Bella Lin, Lin, she's, She's, Lin doesn't, TLeggings Organizations: Service, Business, Amazon Locations: China, Amazon

☆ 17-year-old used $2,000 in savings to start an Amazon side hustle—now it brings in $34,000 a month
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Bella Lin, 17, started a side hustle to give her guinea pigs more quality of life. In those days, Lin let her three guinea pigs roam her parents' grassy, fenced-in backyard just outside of San Francisco. She assumed the first, Snoopy, had escaped and she continued letting her guinea pigs outside — until her dad watched an eagle fly away with another, she recalls. But the glass was too expensive to ship, and her smaller guinea pigs' feet got stuck in the floor. Lin has owned guinea pigs for years, and has kept up to 10 at one time, she says.

Persons: Bella Lin, Lin, GuineaLoft's, —, TLeggings, Bella Lin Lin, who'd, Lin's Organizations: CNBC, Khan Lab, Amazon Locations: San Francisco, —, Mountain View , California, China, BizWorld

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