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The Veteran Roadmap

For Veteran Entrepreneurs

Thinking about starting something of your own? These are the actual tools I use to run The Veteran Roadmap and Corner Attic Creations.

Heads up: the Kit, eRank, EverBee, Printify, and Payhip links below are affiliate links — if you sign up through one, I earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Canva will be too once their program reopens. Full disclosure at the bottom of this page.

Design & Content

For product mockups, social posts, and anything else that needs to look professional without a design background.

Canva

Free Tier

What I use to design Etsy listing images, planner templates, and social content for both Corner Attic Creations and The Veteran Roadmap.

Why I recommend it: no design background needed, templates are genuinely usable, and it scales from a single graphic to a full product line.

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Running the Business

The actual tools behind the scenes of The Veteran Roadmap and Corner Attic Creations.

Kit

Free to 10k Subs

Email marketing built for creators. This is what powers every newsletter and free guide I send out.

Why I recommend it: automation you can set up in an afternoon, and a generous free tier.

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eRank

Free to Start

SEO and keyword research built specifically for Etsy sellers — I use it to monitor and improve listings for both Corner Attic Creations and The Veteran Roadmap's Etsy shop.

Why I recommend it: it's built for Etsy specifically, not a general SEO tool bolted on — the keyword and competitor data are genuinely useful for figuring out what to fix.

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EverBee

Free to Start

Another Etsy research tool I use alongside eRank for product and listing insights across Corner Attic Creations and The Veteran Roadmap's Etsy shop.

Why I recommend it: strong product-level analytics that complement eRank's keyword focus — I use both to cover different angles of the same research.

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Printify

Free to Start

Print-on-demand for apparel — this is what I use to produce and fulfill the t-shirts sold through Corner Attic Creations.

Why I recommend it: no upfront inventory, integrates directly with Etsy, and the print quality has held up well on every order I've fulfilled through it.

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Selling Your Products

Where I actually sell my products.

Payhip

In Use

A platform for selling digital products directly, outside of Etsy. I use it as a backup selling channel alongside my Etsy shops.

Why I recommend it: it's a straightforward way to sell direct-to-customer without relying on a single marketplace for all your sales.

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