This year marks 10 years of Sonder Sky!
Blog writing tips online say that I should talk about how I "set out with a vision" when I set up Sonder Sky. In reality, I didn't have a 'vision' so much as I had stubbornness.
I started this business back in March 2012. I was in my third year of university and the future felt pretty daunting. I was looking for a job that I could do whilst studying, but with no luck. After interviews and trials at various workplaces - all leading to rejection - I had had enough. "If no one will hire me, then I'll make my own job!"
I was fortunate enough to be in a position to be supported while I set up this store, and I'm very grateful for that. I think I only had 2 sales in the first month, but I was so excited. It grew from there to be a much larger business. I was even able to support myself while studying thanks to it, which isn't bad.
Sonder Sky has grown a lot in the last decade. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of all the changes. so I thought I would give you a little update on what has happened over the last 10 years.
I started with phone cases, with the most popular phone cases at the time being for the iPhone 4S. I don't sell many cases for them anymore, but I haven't just kept up with the latest iPhones and androids. Now Sonder Sky has grown into a range of products, including; clothing, wall art, coasters, mugs, duvet covers, and many more. The latest addition were our custom face masks. If you had told me in 2012 that one of our biggest sellers were face masks worn as protection during a pandemic, I don't think I would have believed you.
As much as Sonder Sky has grown, I have many more plans for the future. One of them is to blog more. Another is to re-design the website to make it easier to navigate. Yet another is to work on my backlog of ideas and turn the design ideas into actual designs. I also need to check the site's SEO, finish building my products database, and the list just keeps going. So watch this space, as there is a lot more to come.
Happy 10 years Sonder Sky! Thank you to everyone who supports us, our community, our customers, our suppliers, and everyone involved in the entire process. We are truly fortunate to have made it to this point. Cheers!