Groton 16-year-old making money with slimey business plan

NEWSCENTER 5’S EMILY MAHER SHOWS US. >> JUST GLUE BORAX AND IT HAS THE INSTANT SNOW ADDED TO IT. EMILY: KNEADING, TWISTING, PULLING AND, POPPING. MANUFACTURING TO MARKETING, IT’S A SLIME FACTORY INSIDE 16-YEAR-OLD DANIEL PALMER’S BEDROOM. >> I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD TAKE A HOBBY LIKE SLIME AND TURN IT INTO A BUSINESS AND MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT. EMILY: BUT HE DID, AND DSP SLIMES WAS BORN. >> I DO ENJOY THE SLIME BUT ALSO THE BUSINESS ORDERING THE , SUPPLIES, DOING TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND ADVERTISING AND I GUESS THE WORKS BEHIND IT. EMILY: HE STARTED OUT AT CRAFT FAIRS, DRAWING HUGE LINES FOR HIS MADE-TO-ORDER SLIMES. >> I WAS AFRAID I WOULD NOT SELL ONE SLIME AND HERE WE ARE WITH A LINE IT BY BOOTH. EMILY: WHILE PERFECTING HIS RECIPE, HE TOOK HIS OPERATION TO THE POPULAR CRAFT-SALES SITE, ETSY, WHERE BUSINESS TOOK OFF DURING THE PANDEMIC, SELLING TO CUSTOMERS AROUND THE WORLD. AND JUST LIKE THE SLIME RECIPE IS EVOLVING, DANIEL’S BUSINESS IS EVOLVING, TOO. HE IS REBRANDING AND LAUNCHING UP BRAND-NEW WEBSITE. >> MY SLIME, I CREATE IN REALLY SMALL BATCHES, I USE REALLY PREMIUM INGREDIENTS AND IT WILL LAST FOR A LOT LONGER. A HIGH END SLIME COMPANY SELLING ARTISAN CONTEMPORARY SLIMES. EMILY: EVEN WITH A BUSY BUSINESS, DANIEL HAS OTHER BIG PLANS. HE’S LAUNCHED ’TIME FOR SLIME’, HIS NONPROFIT, GETTING SLIME INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO COULD USE A LITTLE FUN. >> IF I GIVE A PATIENT A DONUT SLIME, THEM SEEING THE DONUT REMINDS THEM OF A SPECIAL MOMENT AT HOME OR ON VACATION, NOT IN THE HOSPITAL, A STERILE ENVIRONMENT. EMILY: DANIEL KNOWS HOW TOUGH IT CAN BE SPENDING TIME IN THE HOSPITAL. HE UNDERWENT A 10-HOUR SPINE SURGEY AT BOSTON CHILDREN’S IN 2017 TO CORRECT THE CURVE IN HIS SPINE FROM CONGENTIAL SCOLIOSIS. NOW HE’S HOPING TIME FOR SLIME, , CAN HELP OTHERS FEEL A BETTER, TOO. >> IT IS ANOTHER THING TO BE ABLE TO DONATE SLIME AND SEE THE SMILE ON PEOPLE’S FACES. BE

Massachusetts 16-year-old making money with slimey business plan

Updated: 6:08 PM EST Feb 24, 2023

From manufacturing to marketing, a Massachusetts teenager has turned his hobby into a money-making venture.”I never thought I could take a hobby like slime and turn it into a business and make money off of it,” said Daniel Palmer, 16, of Groton. But Palmer did create a business, DSP Slimes. It started at craft fairs, then moved to Etsy where he found a market with customers around the world. He also launched a nonprofit, Time for Slime, which gives the gooey product to people who need a little fun. “Its another thing to be able to donate slime and see the smile on people’s faces,” he said.

GROTON, Mass. —

From manufacturing to marketing, a Massachusetts teenager has turned his hobby into a money-making venture.

“I never thought I could take a hobby like slime and turn it into a business and make money off of it,” said Daniel Palmer, 16, of Groton.

But Palmer did create a business, DSP Slimes.

It started at craft fairs, then moved to Etsy where he found a market with customers around the world.

He also launched a nonprofit, Time for Slime, which gives the gooey product to people who need a little fun.

“Its another thing to be able to donate slime and see the smile on people’s faces,” he said.