I made £20,000 in 18 months by selling phone cases I made in my bedroom

A TEENAGER has made £20,000 in 18 months by selling phone cases he makes in his bedroom.

Sam Badger, 17, uses a printing press to transfer designs on to blank protectors he buys online.

His venture, On The Case 4U, sells 50 a week online and via a vending machine at Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre.

Most sales are driven by people following him on TikTok and Instagram.

Sam, who has autism and ADHD, said: “I was worried I wouldn’t make a sale at first but I spent months researching how to make cases and how the business could work.

“I’m very proud of what I’ve achieved.”

Mum Hanna, of Tamworth, Staffs, said: “Sam was bullied at school and his teachers said he’d never achieve anything.

“But it shows what you can do with hard work.

“I am so proud of him.”