I turned my side hustle into £28,000 a week business – at first it was a disaster but then I had a stroke of luck

AN entrepreneur has told how his side hustle was a flop until he managed to turn it into a £28,000 a week business. Mark Sellar, from Melbourne, Australia, launched a series of business ventures after winning almost £600,000 on a reality show. Mark Sellar has turned his side hustle into a £28k a week businessTwitter/@theMarkSellar He created a shade device to use at the beachinstagram/@shader_australia He told news.com.au: “I got quite fortunate, then that allowed me the financial freedom to start developing products without that risk.” His business ideas – including a door stop firm and an automated CD generator – did not come with the success he had hoped for, however. But after a string of disasters, Mr Sellar, 39, got lucky when he noticed people at the beach trying to cover their faces with t-shirts. It inspired him to crate a tent-like face shield made a reflective material, able to fold down and be put in a bag. More side hustles COIN IT IN I'm a side hustle expert with a £1m business…here's my tips to make money online BOSSING IT We make third monthly salary of £2k with our side hustle - it began with a lawn He launched the product, Shader, in 2018 and at first thought the idea was a fail too. Mr Sellar said: “It started really slow. The first week we barely sold any – we thought this wasn’t working. “Then all of a sudden it went absolutely crazy.” The product started being shared on Facebook and became popular – until the pandemic hit and people stopped going outside. Most read in The Sun GET OUTTA THERE! Ant & Dec reveal first celeb to leave the jungle after shock public vote BIRTHDAY BRAWL Jac Jossa's husband held on suspicion of GBH after brawl at birthday bash FATHER ARTHUR James Arthur becomes dad for first time as he shares video of baby MAKING A MARK I'm known as 'the girl with hip dips' - people troll me but I love my body MY PAIN Charlotte Crosby heartbroken after tragedy saying 'my life will never be the same' PRICEY'S NEW LOOK Katie Price reveals new look as she cosies up to Carl Woods on night out But as Mr Sellar’s original product was made of wood, he decided to use the pandemic to have a rethink. He created a version that was lightweight, sleek and easy to carry. It meant transportation costs were lowered too – and after restrictions lifted businesses started to boom again. He now rakes in £28,000 a week and hopes to launch the product in the US next year. Meanwhile, a man has told how he quit his job to pursue his passion of creating vintage lights and now makes up to £15,000-a-month. Ionut ‘John’ Scarlat makes the lamps from old items such as cameras, sewing machines, telephones and music instruments. Read More on The Sun 's***show' Fans all say same thing about awful World Cup fan zone food including £9 salad ATTENTION GRABBER I’m a teacher – I go from a 5 to a 10 when I strip off my work outfit And a former flight attendant ditched the skies to focus on her side hustle – and revealed that she now rakes in more than £25,000 a month. Alexia Grace, 24, says she “doesn’t miss” the rude flyers since she decided to quit the cabin crew to make racy content on OnlyFans.