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I now travel up to 60 miles across LA to deliver items to hotels, airports, and sometimes beautiful properties right on the ocean From there, my business just steamrolled. If I was busy, I wouldn't run as many ads. I paid between $100 and $300 a month for ads, depending on how busy I was. When I started, Google ads offered discount codes for small businesses. I helped spread the word about my new business by sending postcards to hotels, contacting luxury-vacation companies, and taking out Google ads. I also tried to plug any gaps in my business knowledge by taking a few small-business courses, including a course on finance at a local community college.

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There was a $200 fee to register, which included my store page on the BabyQuip website, an email address, and training materials, such as information on what items to buy if you don't have them, how much to charge, and how to clean equipment. However, as I already had baby gear at home, that became my inventory, and I was able to start renting out equipment straightaway. My husband and I were living on one wage, so I didn't have a lot of capital to invest in a new business. Maier took over the company in 2016, and it rebranded as BabyQuip, with Couillard as an advisor. I signed up to be a provider while I was still in Santa Fe and became the fifth person to join their BabyQuip Mastermind Facebook group, which now has more than 1,000 'Quality Providers,' what sellers on the platform are called. Babierge, which was just starting to branch out, had created a platform like Airbnb, but instead of showcasing houses, it showcased baby gear.Ĭouillard told me she'd just brought on the cofounder of, Fran Maier, so I could see the company was thinking big. It had always been a dream of mine to run my own businessĪfter leaving university, I started working in education and then for a tech firm, but after giving birth and spending five months as a stay-at-home mom, I knew I didn't want to work in an office anymore. Now I make an average of $5,000 a month renting out baby gear to traveling families. After my positive experience with the company, I became a provider myself. I felt so much more relaxed knowing I'd be using the same type of products I had at home.Īt that time, the company was called Babierge, and its founder, Kerri Couillard, who delivered the equipment to my mother-in-law, said they were looking to expand to Los Angeles, where I live. When we arrived at her house after our flight, there was a pack-and-play crib, a highchair, my son's favorite toys, and even a rocking chair I could rock him to sleep in. Like any new mom, I wanted to make sure I had all the right equipment for the trip, and my mother-in-law said she knew of a startup in the area that rented out baby gear. I first heard about BabyQuip in 2016, when my family wanted to take a trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to visit my mother-in-law with our five-month-old baby. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Insider has verified her monthly income with documentation. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sarah Huff, a 38-year-old BabyQuip Quality Provider. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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