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title: eCommerce Startup Fuels Gamers With Beef Jerky I BudgetEase
description: eCommerce businesses have many challenges. Read about the bookkeeping and financial challenges that JerkyXP, an eCommerce startup, ran into.
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# [eCommerce Startup Fuels Gamers With Beef Jerky I BudgetEase](https://www.budgetease.biz/blog/ecommerce-start-up-case-study)

 Written by [Kathy Dise](https://www.budgetease.biz/blog/author/kathy-dise) | Aug 15, 2016 7:35:56 PM

Twin brothers Max & Zach Zitney founded [JerkyXP](https://jerkyxp.com/) in 2013 out of a passion for competitive online gaming and providing socially safe snacks. With just $1,200, the brothers launched a beef jerky business out of their college dorm. Today they are satisfying gamers all over the world with quality jerky from a distribution warehouse in Warren, Ohio. BudgetEase recently caught up with Zach to learn more about the intricacies of founding an eCommerce business.

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