LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Once he came up with the idea, it took 12-year old Max Sandone from Lackawanna County four months to create and launch his e-commerce website.
The Abington Heights seventh-grader started the business just in time for the holidays.
It's called Teen House and is geared at teenage girls. He sells third-party decor and trendy lifestyle products, just like Amazon.
It took Sandone four months to come up with the idea for the business and launch his website.
He has advice for young entrepreneurs looking to start their own businesses.
"Don't waste time. Just do it, because originally, I was scared. I was like, 'I'm only 12, I can't make a website,' but then I did it, and I've already gotten sales, and I've made profit," said Max Sandone.
He hopes with the holidays approaching, he can rack in more sales. He said his passion started when he wanted to make his own video game, so he started learning to code and decided to launch the business.
"When I was younger, I just thought it was really cool that in this little box you could like play games and like buy things and do a lot. It was really cool to me," explained Max. "And in second grade, me and my friends would play games in the library, and I just thought it was really cool, and I was like, 'Hey, I want to make something like this one day.'"
Sandone's father works in technology and business, and he wanted to follow in his dad's footsteps.
"He started to really get into tech. He started coding when he was 10 and started building games and Roblox when he was like 8 or 9, and he's built lots of different programs for himself, and now he's built his own e-commerce business, and he's getting sales and having a lot of success," said Max's father Patrick Sandone.
Sandone says the next step is advertising his business more.
If you are interested in learning about Teen House, click here.