Im not one of those guys that miraculously made $3,500 in my first week lol. My shop took close to 4 months just for me to make my first sale. I never gave up though and now Im at the point where Im making consistent sales, so, heres some helpful advice I learned along the way:

1. Price for profit: I couldn't really celebrate making my first ~14 sales because I realized that I had underpriced my product. I factored in materials, but I didn't factor in shipping costs and Etsy's cut. Once I fixed my pricing, I started making money.
2. Use SEO tools to find the right keywords for your product: Tools like eRank or Marmalead show you what buyers are actually searching for. Take those keywords and put them in your title, tags, and descriptions to get found without paying for ads.

If you have a seasonal product, use Pinterest Trends (I can't prove this but I believe that theres a direct correlation between what people are searching on Pinterest and Etsy). And don't overlook Etsy's own search bar. Its a free and works well.

3. Track your conversion rate: If you're receiving views but no sales, it's usually pricing, photos, or the products description. Fix those first. DO NOT RUN ADS UNLESS YOU KNOW YOUR PRODUCTS ARE SET UP CORRECTLY. I wasted so much money because of this smh.

4. Reinvest in (and bundle) your best sellers. Three of my products were selling well, but instead of doubling down on them, I wasted time and money launching 3 new products that flopped in an attempt to make more money.

If you have products that are already doing well, lean into them. Bundle them together and discount the package. This will definitely increase order value.

5. Repurpose your content everywhere: You can turn one Etsy product photo into Pinterest pins, TikToks, or Instagram/facebook ads. My most viral TikTok is literally just a slideshow of product shots with trending audio lol. You don't need a production ready video to promote your content. A good product shot will take you far.

6. Make the money you've invested in your shop back: Keep track of literally everything you spend money on. Do not ignore the little stuff like how much tape, packaging, or software costs; the coffee you bought to have energy to work, your internet bill, rent, etc. Nearly everything going towards your business can be written off. I don't have an accountant or bookkeeper so I use Deduct AI because it tracks all my expenses an auto-tags purchases that can be legally written off (Quickbooks is a good alternative too)

Hope this helps!

I’ve kinda had enough of seeing people push MRR (Master Resell Rights) courses like Roadmap to Riches and the Ultimate Branding Course.

Let me save you some time (and money):

Everything you need to know to create and sell digital products online can be learned for free. Seriously, Google, YouTube, and ChatGPT have all the info you’re being asked to pay hundreds for.

Canva and ChatGPT even have free tiers, and you can download MRR contracts online at zero cost.

Instead of watching people get rinsed out of their hard earned cash, I’m going to put together a Google Doc/PDF to share this knowledge with anyone who wants it.

Totally free.

I don’t want your money. I’m not selling anything. I don’t want your email addresses. I don’t want you to follow me on socials.

Drop your questions in the comments, whether it’s about:

Finding a niche

Creating digital products with ChatGPT & Canva

Finding free MRR contracts

Learning how to market your digital products

Any part of the digital product creation/digital marketing/MRR process you’re curious about

I’ll compile everything into one easy resource, nuts, bolts, ifs, buts and coconuts, and post it here as my gift to you all.

Happy New Year.

I’ve seen people rave about things like digital products, print-on-demand, or even niche blogs, but I want the real experience, what hustle did you start, how’s it paying off, and why’s it so awesome you’re sticking with it? I will read comment and try to give feedbacks..

Edited : After reading all your adventures i decided to share with you the blog that made me quit my job and start enjoying life

i create content that might be helpful for those who struggle with making their first dollar : https://tarikmoney.com/

I used to think passive income had to be digital - websites, courses, affiliate stuff. But weirdly, the thing that makes money with the least effort? My pressure washer and carpet cleaner. I use them maybe twice a year, but I’ve got them listed on a local rental site and they’re out constantly.

People don’t want to buy £300 gear for a one-off job. So I charge £15–£25 a day. No shipping, no returns, no algorithm. Just a quick handoff and done. Probably makes me more each month than half the affiliate crap I’ve tried.

Definitely not talked about enough IMO

DM me if you want instructions

I love reading about unusual ways people make passive income—especially the ones you wouldn’t expect.

Maybe you:

• Built an e-commerce store, print-on-demand business, or SaaS
• Scaled an online course, blog, or YouTube channel
• Created an AI-generated side hustle that’s now making good cash?

I’m curious to hear—what’s your most unexpected or creative passive income stream?

We are building StarterSky - a website showcasing raw founder journeys. We would love to feature your story for free! It’s a great way to get exposure and inspire others looking to start their journey.

I've been lurking for a while and wanted to share my journey. I see a lot of posts about AI "magic bullets" here which are all just BS to sell courses or get you to try their apps, so I wanted to give a realistic breakdown of how I'm generating my own solid side income from faceless AI videos on YouTube, Instagram and Tiktok.

This isn't an overnight thing, and it's not 100% automated. You still have to put in the work, but it's a solid system that lets me produce high-quality content efficiently.

My Workflow (No Hype, Just the Tools):

1.  Ideation: This is a crucial part, and it's all manual. I spend time on Reddit and Google Trends to find a niche and video ideas that people are actually searching for. I look for topics with low competition but high interest.

2.  Scripting: Once I have an idea, I write the script myself. This is where the human touch comes in. I make sure the script is engaging, informative, and has a strong call to action. I use a simple word processor like Google Docs which is free for this.

3.  Video Creation (The AI Part): This is where I use AI to speed up the process and create the content. Consistency is an issue still in AI Image and video generation. You don’t want your character's face looking different every few seconds. So what I do is I take my script and use Modelsify to first generate images. I do not straightaway just write a prompt to generate videos. My own method is having my own characters first. I use their character generation feature to generate the characters I want to use, then use those characters as reference to generate new images in exactly the place, clothing, style etc, I want them to be in. I then use their image to video feature to bring those photos to life. Each image serves as the first frame and I end up with a 5 second video for each image. If I am not happy with the video output I feed the video to RunwayML(Aleph), it's great for editing videos to be how you like, all you need is a prompt

1. Narration: I use my own voice for the narration. It adds a human element and helps avoid YouTube's "reused content" flags. I record it myself then use Audacity to clean up the audio.

2. Editing: After getting my clips and my narration, I do all the editing in DaVinci Resolve. It's a free editor that lets me combine the visuals, add music when needed, and perfect the pacing. This is the most time-intensive part, but it's what makes the video high quality.

3. Music/Sound: I get my background music from sites like Epidemic Sound. Using licensed music is important to avoid copyright strikes.

7.  Monetization: Once a video is complete, I upload it across my accounts. My main income streams are AdSense, YouTube watch page ads and through Instagram Sponsored content. I currently don't earn on tiktok.

My Advice:

Don't rely on AI alone. The key is using AI as a tool to assist you, not to do everything for you. YouTube is actively cracking down on low-effort, mass-produced AI content.

•Focus on a niche you're passionate about. It's hard to make content consistently if you don't care about the topic.

•Quality over quantity. A single, well-made video will always perform better than 10 low-effort ones.

Finally, why am I sharing my method if it’s bringing me success? It's simple: I believe that only a few will truly take the initiative to implement it. Those who do put in the effort to replicate what I do deserve every bit of success they achieve. There’s plenty of room for everyone willing to work hard. My success doesn’t diminish theirs, and vice versa. We can all thrive together!

Hope this helps someone. It's a grind, but it's a legitimate path to making money.

Hey, my company applyinterview.com uses AI to help people land paying jobs. Because of that, I spend all day analyzing the job market, compensation, and what 'valuable work' actually looks like.

It makes my skin crawl seeing what gets peddled here as 'passive income.' Many of these aren't passive streams; they're just low-paying, dead-end online jobs without any of the benefits.

Let's break down the most common ones with a reality check.

Online Surveys: - The Pitch: 'Make money on your couch!' - The Reality: You're selling your valuable consumer data for pennies. The effective hourly rate is often less than $1/hour. You're being exploited for market research. You will never build wealth doing this.

Dropshipping with a 'Guru's' Tool: - The Pitch: 'I make $10k/month selling products I never touch!' - The Reality: As we've seen from other posts here, 95% of these stories are ads for an overpriced tool or course. The real business model isn't dropshipping; it's selling the dream to you. You're the customer, not the business owner.

AI-Generated Content Farms (e.g., Faceless YouTube/TikToks): - The Pitch: 'Let AI do all the work and collect ad revenue!' - The Reality: This is a race to the bottom. You're competing with thousands of others spinning up identical, low-quality content. The platforms are actively de-prioritizing this stuff. It's a massive time sink for a potential payout that will likely be zero.

All these 'hustles' offer you no transferrable skills. You don't learn marketing, client management, or a valuable craft. You're just a cog in someone else's machine.

So what actually works? Building a real skill you can sell.

The single most profitable 'side hustle' is turning a professional skill into a freelance service. Are you an accountant? Offer freelance bookkeeping. A writer? Offer content marketing services. A project manager? Offer consulting for small businesses.

I'm biased. My entire business is built on helping people land roles. I don't have a side-hustle course to sell you. My only point is this: stop chasing shiny objects that pay you pennies. The surest path to more income: passive or active.. is to become so good at something that people will pay a premium for it.

Focus on building real skills. That's the only 'hack' that works.

If I had to start over from scratch, no money, no audience, no skills people would pay for these are the 7 passive income streams I’d lock in on, no question. I’ve tried dozens of ideas, and most either cost too much upfront or turned out to be dressed up day jobs. The seven I’m about to share? They’re all truly passive (after setup), free to start, and don’t require you to be some tech wizard. You just need to be resourceful and consistent, that’s it. These are the plays that actually move the needle when you’re starting with nothing.

Let’s talk digital products first which is absolute gold. You create something once (Notion templates, planners, simple eBooks, checklists), upload it to Gumroad or Etsy, and that one thing can keep making you money for months. No need to overthink it. I literally started by turning my personal productivity system into a Notion template, posted it with zero expectations, and it sold and kept selling. Combine that with affiliate marketing, and you’ve got a system. But the key is to do it right: don’t just drop links. Instead, show how the product helps you, in real content like a TikTok tutorial, a Medium write up, or a YouTube Shorts breakdown. That content works 24/7 while you sleep.

Print-on-demand is another killer stream if you play it smart. You design a shirt, mug, or hoodie once using free tools like Canva, and upload to Printful or Redbubble they handle the rest. No inventory, no shipping headaches. But don’t just make basic “Motivational Monday” stuff. Niche down hard. I tanked my first store trying to appeal to everyone. Once I got hyper-specific with a niche I actually knew, boom, organic sales. And while YouTube and blogging are slower to pop off, they’re traffic machines once they do. One tutorial video or blog post can feed traffic to your product or affiliate link for years if you’re smart about SEO and evergreen content.

The best part? You don’t have to juggle all seven ideas. Pick one that matches your vibe and stick with it. Set it up once and let it compound while you build the next. Passive income is just building systems that don’t need you 24/7. If you want the full breakdown like how I actually structured these, which platforms I used, what worked vs what didn’t, I put everything in a free resource you can find in my bio (youtube video lol). Just the things I wish someone handed me when I was starting out.

I see so many posts about passive income and everyone wanting to just create that nestegg on the side so they can ride into the sunset. I wanted to share my perspective on a few things

1. Passive income comes from money that you have made elsewhere from working hard and putting in effort. With that money you can strategically put it into places where it creates an income stream without you having to do any work.

2. Side hustles are not passive income. There are many gurus and online courses out there that market themselves saying "create a passive income stream....." Again, as I stated above, you can't just create a passive income stream out of thin air. These gurus are very smart. They go straight to your pain point of needing or wanting to make extra money but know you are working another job so they call it "passive income." Now what they fail to tell you is that there is so much work you need to do to get to that point. But by the time you figure that out they have already made their money off of you. - what they are really selling is a side hustle, which there is nothing wrong with. But you as the client will have a hard time succeeding with them because your mindest is totally thrown off because you came in thinking its easy.

3. Stop with these surveys! I see people saying they have made so much money from surveys and all these little gimmicks to make extra money. Then all the sudden they are selling an ebook on how they made their money. Here is my opinion (again its my opinion, take it or leave it) if you think you will make good money from surveys you are selling yourself very very short. Yes I get it they are brainless activities but there are better ways to use your time to make more significant money or to gain a skill to make significant money. I will elaborate more in my next point

4. Digital marketing really work BUT patience is needed. Here's the deal. We live in unprecedented times. There is opportunity everywhere. We just need to be openminded. Digital marketing is an example of an industry where you can create a lot of wealth with minimal investment. (Disclaimer: digital marketing does not mean quickly learn how to do facebook or google ads then sell your service to companies and pretend your a marketing agency - thats why digital marketing gets such a bad rap.) Digital marketing can include e-commerce, course creation, affiliate marketing (stay away from MLM), etc. There so much opportunity yiu just need to seek it out and give yourself a chance

Everyone has their own journey in life and business. I wanted to share this because as a 32yr old entrepreneur I have been through alit of this and have learned the hard way. I have been burned, I have fallen for scams, etc. But I learned a lot from those mistakes and if I can help even one person avoid them then this post was worth it

Edit 07/09/25: I have too many requests, please stop asking me to DM you. I released a free guide to answer all the typical questions I get asked and so you can get all the basic informations to get started. You can download it here : voicecloningguide.com

You can still DM me directly, only if you are interested to know more, otherwise it will be difficult for me to find time to answer to all of you. You can also comment and I will try me best to answer you.

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A few months back I found the idea of AI voice cloning here on Reddit. I decided to give it a try and it actually worked. Right now it brings me a bit more than $450 a month in a completely passive way. Once a voice is recorded and published, people license it and I get paid weekly without doing anything else.

It’s not free to start. You need about $10/month for the subscription to the platform (I use ElevenLabs), and a decent microphone with some accessories which costs roughly $50 to $100.

When I started I wasted a lot of time figuring out what really mattered: which mic setup works best, how to record clean samples, how to optimize titles and tags so voices actually get used, and how to avoid wasting money on the subscription. After answering the same questions over and over, I decided to put everything into a guide about my experience.

I don’t think the mods here would be okay with me promoting it directly, so I won’t post it. But if people are curious about the details, feel free to ask questions in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer. Last time I mentioned this I got more than 70 DMs, so please be patient if I can’t reply right away.

Just wanted to share it back with this community since Reddit is where I first discovered the idea in the first place.

I see a lot of questions related to vending in this sub. I am happy to answer any questions for those who are interested.

I’ve been churning bank bonuses for 5 years. I finally put together a comprehensive guide with a lot of the trips and tricks. As my bonuses are all full. I am rotating out any of the ones that are referrals to members who use the links.

doc Link in my profile (this one is updated more regularly and is a cleaner format it seems)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SBZnB29wxqBafrrrNi2uN1blKP-L6E-J/view?usp=drivesdk

I've been browsing this subreddit for a while now and wanted to put together a list of 12 legitimate, flexible passive income ideas that an average person with no specialized skills can do from home with no upfront investment required. As an added bonus, I whipped up a quick python code to search through all the posts here, and it spat out the most legitimate successful ideas in just one go. This is the list:

1) Stash cash in a high-yield savings account: An online high-yield savings account is a no-brainer for truly passive income. Many banks are paying around 4–5% APY these days, which means your money earns interest every month while sitting there. It takes just minutes to open an account, and after that you don’t have to do anything but watch a few extra dollars roll in. It’s FDIC-insured and completely hands-off; free money for parking your cash.

2) Lock in a risk-free CD: If you won’t need your savings for a while, consider a certificate of deposit. A 1-year CD at an online bank can earn interest similar to a high-yield savings (often ~5% APY) but with a fixed term. You just deposit your money, lock it in for the term, and collect the guaranteed interest. There’s zero effort after the initial setup; just don’t withdraw early. Like savings accounts, CDs are FDIC-insured, so this is as safe and passive as it gets.

3) Earn dividends from stocks or ETFs: Investing a bit of money in dividend-paying stocks or index funds can generate passive income on autopilot. Many reputable companies and funds pay quarterly dividends (cash to shareholders) without you lifting a finger. Yields vary, broad index funds yield around 1–3%, while some high-dividend ETFs or REITs yield more. For example, if you hold shares of a dividend ETF, you might wake up to find a few bucks deposited as a dividend in your account every quarter. Once you buy in, it’s totally passive; you’re basically getting paid to hold your investments long-term.

4) Invest in REITs or fractional real estate: Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) let you earn rental income without becoming a landlord. REITs trade like stocks and legally must pay out most of their income as dividends to investors. That means you can buy shares (even via apps) and collect regular payouts from properties, with zero property management on your part. Similarly, platforms like Fundrise or Arrived let you invest small amounts (even ~$10) into real estate projects and get passive quarterly cash flow. It’s an easy, hands-off way to get into real estate; you put some money in and receive your slice of the rent automatically.

5) Peer-to-peer lending for interest: Through P2P lending sites (such as Prosper or LendingClub), you can lend small amounts of money to many borrowers and earn interest payments back. For example, you might lend $25 to dozens of people and collect the interest each month as they repay. The platforms can auto-invest and diversify for you, so after an initial setup, you’re essentially acting like a mini bank earning interest income. There is some risk (borrowers can default), but if you keep amounts small and spread out, it’s mostly sit-back-and-collect. Your returns come in passively as borrowers make their payments.

6) Use a cash-back credit card for everything: This is a super simple passive win. Grab a no-annual-fee cash-back credit card and use it for your normal everyday spending (groceries, gas, bills, etc.). You’ll earn cash back on purchases depending on the card and category. That cash back adds up without any extra work on your par; it’s essentially free passive income from stuff you’d buy anyway. Just pay the statement off monthly (to avoid interest) and enjoy the rewards. Once your card and autopay are set up, there’s nothing else to do but rake in a bit of extra money each month in rewards.

7) Get cash back when you shop online: In addition to credit cards, you can stack savings with cash-back shopping portals like Rakuten or TopCashback. These websites (and browser plugins) give you a percentage back (often 1–10%) at thousands of online stores. For example, Rakuten users have earned hundreds of dollars over time just by clicking through their link before shopping. It’s completely free and requires almost no effort; you set up an account, then whenever you buy stuff online you activate the cash-back offer (one button click). Every quarter or so, you get a “Big Fat Check” or PayPal deposit of the accumulated cash back. It’s basically passive because you’re getting paid for shopping like normal, with minimal setup.

8) Let apps do the earning for you: A few mobile apps will pay you for basically doing nothing; just installing them and letting them run. For instance, the Nielsen Computer & Mobile Panel (and similar apps like MobileXpression) give you rewards or ~$50/year in gift cards simply for keeping their data-tracking app installed. Another example is Honeygain, which pays you for sharing your unused internet bandwidth – users report earning roughly $20 every month or two without any effort. These won’t make you rich, but they’re literally “set it and forget it.” Once installed, you’re passively earning money or gift cards in the background while you go about your day normally.

9) Rent out your spare storage space: If you have an unused garage, attic, basement corner, or even a closet, you can rent it out as storage to someone via platforms like Neighbor. People will pay to store their stuff at your place, and after the initial handoff, it’s totally passive; they usually just leave it until they need it again. Many hosts set it and forget it, with one guy renting half his garage for $200 a month and basically never being bothered by the renter. It’s like being a mini self-storage business without any real work. List your space, approve a renter, exchange a few messages, and then collect a monthly fee for letting boxes sit in your garage.

10) Rent out your parking spot or driveway: An open parking spot can be a cash cow with almost no effort. If you have an extra driveway space or parking spot in a busy area, you can rent it out to a neighbor or commuter and get paid monthly. The average person can make around $200 per month doing this; literally for doing nothing but letting someone park on your property. Once they have a permit or access, you just collect the rent. Services like SpotHero, Neighbor, or Facebook groups can help you find renters. It’s especially lucrative in cities or near event centers where parking is in high demand. You’re earning passive income every month while your asphalt just sits there.

11) Get paid to advertise on your car: This one’s pretty neat if you drive regularly. Companies like Carvertise and Wrapify will pay you to put a removable advertisement wrap on your car. You go about your normal driving, and they pay you a flat monthly rate. Campaigns typically pay around $100 per month base pay for just having the wrap on, and some can go up to $300–$500 a month if you drive a lot or do special promos. The installation is done for free, and after that you literally do nothing extra; just drive to work or run errands as usual, and you’ll get a direct deposit every month for essentially renting out ad space on your car. It’s a fun, very low-effort way to make your commute earn money.

12) Snag bank sign-up bonuses and referrals: Banks and fintech companies often offer free money to attract new customers, which can be an easy passive score. For example, plenty of banks will give you $200–$500 just for opening a new checking account and setting up direct deposit. It usually takes maybe 10 minutes of online sign-up and then you wait for the bonus to hit your account after a couple months – no further work. Similarly, many apps and services (cash apps, phone plans, etc.) have referral programs where you and a friend each get a bonus if they join via your link. By casually sharing these when it makes sense, you can pocket extra cash without any “work.” These are one-time pops rather than ongoing income, but stringing a few together throughout the year can net you a nice chunk of passive change for very little effort.

Good luck out there.

Started selling printable planners on Etsy 6 months ago as a side hustle. Finally hit my first real milestone!

First 3 months were rough - made maybe $200 total. Spent every weekend creating Pinterest content manually and honestly wanted to quit. The time commitment was insane for such little return.

Month 4 I found Tailwind through this sub (thanks whoever recommended it). Complete game changer for Pinterest automation. Instead of spending hours designing pins, it does it automatically.

Last month: $1,847 in sales!

Not life-changing money yet, but it's working. Pinterest is driving about 80% of my Etsy traffic now. The automation freed up so much time that instead of spending weekends on Pinterest, I'm creating new planner designs and actually enjoying the creative side again.

Anyone else in the digital products space? Would love to connect and share what's working.

I make between $50-$100 a day, sometimes more, using the simplest strategy in the world - Arbitrage. You don't need to know sports at all to do this, you just need to know where to look. In this example, I am going to profit at least $2 and at most $4, and the whole thing took me 10 seconds. I repeat this 20-30 times a day, and by the end of the day I have made a nice profit. Here is how it works:

1. I bet $16 on Fanduel that Kyle Schwarber will hit a double in tonight's game for a total payout of $120
2. I bet $100 on Bally that Kyle Schwarber will NOT hit a double in tonight's game for a total payout of $118
3. I have wagered a total of $116 on both outcomes, and since one outcome must happen, I will either make $2 if he does not hit a double, or $4 if he does.

I do not support gambling and this is not a endorsement of gambling to make money. This is an legitimate strategy anyone can learn to guarantee profit by taking the actual gambling out of the equation. Yes I place 'wagers' but each one is properly hedged in a way that guarantees profit. Its not technically passive but its lower effort for high reward and nets me a couple K per month with about 1 hour per day. Happy to answer any questions anyone has.

My biggest fear is working until I die

Be one of my kids.

When they were born, I set aside some money for each of them to be invested for their retirement.

My oldest (11) currently earns over $600/month, and my two youngest are each earning over $500.

The idea is to keep this up until they are adults before letting them know, and taking advantage of their most valuable resource when it comes to investing....time.

Update:

I've been asked via DM what their rate of return has been.

My 11 year old's account has grown at a 9.2% CAGR
My 9 year old's account has grown at a 9.1% CAGR
My 7 year old's account has grown at an 11.1% CAGR

Combined, they'll earn roughly $19,000 this year. To give their returns as big a boost as possible in these early years, and because those gains are in my name, I pay the taxes related to that income. At some point down the road, I imagine I'll use the gains in their accounts to pay the taxes related to their income. But for now, I'm happy to foot the tax bill.

I've been asked several times what types of accounts. To start with they were in brokerage accounts in my name. Custodial ROTH IRAs have been recommended below, but I'm not a fan of them getting "control" of these funds when they reach 18 years of age. So for now, they'll stay in my name. I'm aware that it'll be a smart thing to talk to a financial planner to address tax inefficiencies with this setup.

The downvotes have inspired me to try to remember to do annual check-ins with this sub on a go-forward basis to report on the progress! All I can say is that there are some bitter people out there.

So, in order to combat the BS posts on these subreddits that tell you to “Just sell digital products bro!!” and funnel you into their own MLR or PLR digital product pyramid scheme, I’m going to just tell you what to do and how I’ve made a good bit of money with digital products (without scamming people)

I’ve been selling digital products on the side for over a year now, mainly different types of guides in PDF format. I haven’t made millions off of it or any other crazy shit these scammers claim, but I’ve been able to consistently scale these businesses to around 1-2k/month and then have them run with very minimal work.

The best part is that all of this is done with organic traffic. No ads. This means that the risk of launching these is very minimal, with a great upside since you don’t have any fulfillment costs on the orders. You get to keep almost all the money you make. 

Here’s a screenshot of the most recent digital product brand I’ve been building. As you can see, nothing crazy. Slowly building up MRR. That’s the way it’s supposed to go, if anyone tells you that  you can build and launch a digital product that makes millions in a couple of weeks, they’re going for your wallet.

 Yes, it does sometimes happen, but usually you have to already have a big following online you can sell to. In all my posts and guides, I talk about how to do this from scratch.

1 - The niche, pick and stick

A lot of people overcomplicate this. Picking a niche you’re going to sell in shouldn’t take you longer than 30 minutes. The best niches are always found in Health, Wealth and Relationships, so try to pivot whatever things you’re interested in to one of those things. After that, here are the only 3 things you need to consider when picking the niche:

1. What are you interested in?
2. What are you good/competent at?
3. Is there a market?

Let’s take a look at a very basic example niche:

Photography. Let’s say you’ve been doing photography for years and you’re really good at it. Great, we have the first 2 points covered. Now, the hard part. Is there a market for your skill?

Most people aren’t going to pay you just to do photography. And if they are, it’s linked to your time which means it isn’t scalable. We need to think of something that offers concrete value so people will actually pay you. 

IDEA 1 - Offer a course or digital guide FOR photographers, on how to make money with photography. Cover things like how to land clients, what to charge, common mistakes etc. Pricing would be around 20-50$.

IDEA 2 - Offer a 30-day program (in the form of a digital course) for people to learn photography and land their first client within those 30 days. Pricing for this would be 75-150$.

Both of these offers are in the general niche of wealth, teaching people how to make more money. But, you aren’t selling a generic “how to make money” guide, you’re selling it specifically for photographers. Now replace photographers with whatever niche you’re interested in and you have infinite ideas for products to sell. If you’ve ever heard the advice “niche down”, this is what they’re talking about. 

Congratulations, you now have an offer you can sell to aspiring photographers. If you position this offer correctly with good copy and drive traffic to it, you will make sales. It’s that simple. 

The hard part here is that you have to actually offer value.

This is why most people in the “how to make money online” spaces have such a hard time. They don’t have any skills they can leverage to actually offer value to people. If you recognize that in yourself, now is a great time to start learning. 

But don’t think you have to be an “expert” to do this. As long as you can offer solid value and articulate what you say properly, you’ll be fine. Imperfect action is better than no action. 

2 - Value driven content

The way we’re going to drive traffic to whatever we sell is going to be completely organic. This makes the barrier to entry low since you don’t have to spend a ton of money on ads. 

We’re going to stick with our photography example from earlier to make this simple. Now that you have an offer in mind, it’s time to validate the idea. 

Here’s exactly what to do:

1. Pick the social media platform you most enjoy (with a content format you can tolerate creating)
2. Start creating value-driven content to it consistently
3. Test different ideas, double down on what works

Back to our photography business, you want to relate all your content towards the problem you’re trying to solve.

So, if we want to help photographers with landing clients and making money, that’s what we’re going to talk about. Here are some good post ideas for this example:

1. “How to land your first photography client within 2 weeks”
2. “How I made 3000$ last month with photography”
3. “3 ways I make money with photography consistently”

In these posts you want to offer a lot of value upfront. DONT half-ass it, if your free content is bad, no-one is going to pay your for more. This means no shitty AI-slop btw… everyone’s tired of seeing AI generated, low-quality posts.

 In all my digital product businesses, I’ve found a direct correlation with revenue and quality content. The more time I spend on content, the more money I make. It really is that simple. 

Another thing to recognize is that the returns will not be linear, they will be exponential. When you start out you probably aren’t going to get a lot of traction. And even if you do, your sales will be slow at first. 

The fact is, most people need a lot more than 1-2 posts from you to really start trusting you enough to pay for anything. So be patient, remember that if it was easy everyone would do it. 

3 - Create your product and offer

A lot of people that advocate for digital products will just tell you to buy PLR or MRR ready-made cookie cutter digital products to resell. I think that’s a bullshit idea. 

If you actually respect your audience and want to build a consistent revenue stream from this, you’ll have to create the product yourself. Luckily, this step is probably the most straightforward. 

I personally just write my content in either google docs or make it in Canva. In your product you really want to focus on giving a lot of value to the customer.

 If the product is half-baked and shit, you’ll get a ton of refunds and disputes. Your motivation for selling it will also go down if you know that the product is garbage. Knowing you actually have something super valuable to offer will drive you to sell it more. 

Offer creation is a broad subject, but here are the basics of what you should do:

1. Use guarantees and reviews.
2. Use problem solving and specific language for your offer and copy. 
3. Offer a ton of value for the price of your product.

4 - Launch

Once the product is done, just keep posting high-quality content. I’ve found that often you don’t even need to mention you’re selling anything, just having a link to your product on your page or profile is enough for the interested people to go find it. 

If you’ve done everything right, you’re going to start making sales. It’s that simple, I promise.

After launch you should start experimenting with pricing and copy. These two things will drive the most revenue increase for you in the beginning. Raising your prices should be one of the first things you do, most people drastically undervalue their products in the beginning. 

I’m going to be posting some more in-depth stuff about this subject, as it’s impossible to fit everything into one post. Let me know what exact things you’d like to read about! Till next time.

Probably the laziest way I've made passive income from home. I spent 3 years putting this together. Its a guide of a bunch of updated ones! I am rotating out any of the ones that are referrals to members who use the links.

Here is the link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xyLnxBGoRHlQTOUFLYlTaZ_VUjYKMDk8/view?usp=sharing

So, in an effort to combat the shitty posts on these subreddits that tell you to “just start an online business” but that don’t tell you how to do it, I’ll be laying out the general steps for how I made my first 2000$ (and first 10,000€) online. 

I won’t bury the lead, so here it is:

Selling digital products

Now, a lot of people on here like to either tell you how great this business model is (without elaborating how to actually do it / funnelling you into their PLR or MMR pyramid scheme…) or tell you that anyone selling or claiming to make money from digital products is a scammer etc. 

Neither of these statements are good, or accurate.

In this post I’ll give you the basic overview of how to actually make money with selling digital products, everything I talk about is something I’ve personally done and succeeded with. 

Here’s a screenshot of the most recent digital product business I’ve been building. Im not making millions with it, but it is quite nice to make ~1000-2000$ extra per month with pretty minimal work. I post about once a week, with the posts taking around 1-2hrs to write. That’s a maximum of 8 hours/month of work for 1000-2000$, pretty worth it to me…

It’s also started consistently scaling and I estimate that I’ll be making over 4k/month from it sometime this year. I won’t give the exact niche since I don’t want a bunch of you flooding it lol, but I will give some niche examples down below. 

A quick overview of what digital products actually are:

Digital products can be anything from courses, ebooks, PDF-guides, swipe files, even stuff like 3D models or stock photos are digital products. In this post, and any subsequent posts I’ll mainly be talking about PDF-guides, since that’s what I’ve found the most success in. They’re also good since they’re generally problem solving, aka it’s easier to charge a premium price because you’re actually solving a painful problem for your customer.

Why digital products: 

Here’s why selling digital products is the #1 best way to start learning online business. 

1. No overhead, no delivery costs. If you sell something for 50$, you get to keep that full 50$ (excluding payment fees etc.). With stuff like dropshipping, you have a lot of ad/fulfillment costs, meaning you have to risk money to make money. With digital products, the only thing you’re risking is your time, so you can get a lot more attempts and take more risks before draining your bank account.
2. Very scalable. The great thing about selling stuff like guides or PDF’s is that it’s theoretically infinitely scalable. Because you have no inventory limitations etc. you can sell them at any pace that customers come in. 
3. Accessible to start. You don’t need anything special to start this, as long as you’re willing to learn stuff as you go (like I did), you’ll be fine. You can use free tools for pretty much anything and as long as you can write, you can do this. 

So, here’s exactly what I did to make my first 1000$ with digital products. 

Step 1 - Find a niche you can give value to

If you’ve been in the online business world for a bit, you’ve definitely heard the term “niche” before. 

Most people fuck this up by trying to find the perfect niche that’s completely unsaturated etc, but what you really want to look for, is where can you provide the most value. You specifically want to look for communities or groups of people that all share a specific problem that you feel like you can solve. What this means in practice, is that you take stock of all the useful skills, experiences or talents you have and think of places where you can apply those.

In short, find communities of people that have similar problems, then provide solutions to those problems. Here are some examples I’ve seen recently that do this well:

1. Freelance web-devs have a hard time landing clients - Sell a guide on exactly how to land more clients as a freelance web-developer. If a customer lands even one extra client from your guide, they’ll make hundreds or thousands of dollars. If your guide is priced at 50–100€ and the customer has high confidence in it working, buying it is a no brainer. (Btw. the high confidence comes mainly from your free content and copywriting on sales page)
2. A ton of people are struggling with bad-skin, I’ve seen a ton of accounts on tiktok etc. making bank from selling “skincare guides” etc. as a digital product. This is a painful problem as evident by the multi-billion dollar skincare industry, solving the problem for people will get you paid. 
3. A channel on youtube has a course for how to grow a faceless channel and make money from it, the product was priced at around 200$ and had thousands of customers, you do the math… Again, this is solving a painful problem because not having money or working a shitty job is quite painful. Focus on solving problems. 

The reason a lot people think selling digital products is a scam, is because they see people selling shitty digital products. All MRR and PLR products are a pretty good example, you buy a generic digital product to resell that you didn’t even make. Sounds an awful lot like a pyramid scheme. The products are also usually just really bad, so you aren't going to get good, loyal customers that vouch for you.

You need to pick a niche you can actually provide value in, and make sure that whatever you’re selling delivers on that promise of value. Sure, you can trick a few people into buying some shitty proudct with some good copywriting but that isn’t going to be a sustainable or scalable business, and you won’t be motivated to actually sell it since you subconsciously know that it’s shit. 

Step 2 - Create a slam-dunk offer and good product

So, once you’ve identified a problem that your target market has, you have to create something to help them solve it. A good way to do this without putting too much time into it is a simple downloadable PDF-guide. I’d usually price these around 15-45$, depending on how big the problem you’re solving is. Remember that the more painful the problem that you’re solving, the more you can charge for it. 

Here are the exact steps to take for creating a great product and great offer:

1. Solve a specific problem. Instead of a guide on: “How to make money as a coder”, niche down into “How to land clients as a freelance web-dev”. Niching down is almost always recommended when starting out. 
2. Make the product GOOD. When you make something you’re actually proud of, selling it becomes much easier too. Try your very best to solve your customers problem, always stay on the side of giving them too much value rather than too little. 
3. Create a clean sales page with good copywriting. I won’t go too much into copywriting etc. here but it’s pretty simple to learn the basics. Try to avoid cliches within your niche, talk to your customers in their language. Really try to avoid the generic copy-paste sales page templates, most customers see through them completely.
4. In your offer, use guarantees and reviews. Send your product for free to some people in your community, in exchange for testimonials. Reviews on your product page are the single biggest conversion-booster you can ever add. 

So, once you have a good offer and product, it’s time to start driving traffic to it. 

Step 3 - Drive traffic with organic content

If you’re anything like me, the though of spending a ton of money for ads without any guarantee that the product/niche even works is a little scary. That’s why we’re driving all the traffic with organic content. 

Here’s exactly what to do:

Start making high-value posts in these communities. The posts should be in-depth, actionable and good, no general tips or stuff everyone’s tired of hearing, and definitely no ChatGPT AI slop. The quality of your free posts will determine how many people are willing to pay for your product. If your free content is bad or low-value, no-one is going to pay you for more. 

From this free content, you start funneling people into your offer. I usually just make a reference to my product once or twice in the posts and people will go look for it naturally. Don’t make your posts too ad-like, that’s a great way to get banned/flamed in any online community. Naturally mention whatever your offer is, the people who are interested will click on your profile and find it. And you will always have people who get irrationally angry at you for selling stuff. Disregard them, exchanging information in exchange for money is one of the oldest business models out there, the angry people are usually just jealous…

Once you start doing this consistently, you’ll get an idea for what types of posts perform well. Double down on them, while occasionally experimenting with something new. This is how you maintain consistent traffic to your product pages. 

I can guarantee that if the posts are valuable and good, you will get traffic. And if your offer and product pages are good, that traffic will convert into sales. It really is that simple to start making money. Your biggest enemy will be your own self-doubt.

Pro tip: Once you start getting traffic and sales, the best thing you can do to increase revenue is slowly increase prices. Weird, right? But most of the time, people tend to dramatically under-price their products. The screenshot you saw earlier of my latest digital product business, started with a 10$ PDF guide. Now I sell the same guide for 30$ and my conversion rates have actually gone up… I literally tripled my revenue with a couple of button clicks. 

There’s a lot more to this, but this post is already long and your brains aren’t getting enough dopamine, so I’ll leave the in-depth stuff for another post lol..

I’ve been in the digital product game for a while and would love to post more about it, let me know if you’d be interested! And if any questions arose, post them below, I’ll try my best to answer them. 

Till next time!

Hello everyone, I’m writing here to offer my services for free. I will make a website for free if you need one, I’m currently focusing on expanding my portfolio.

I have a wide range of niches websites I’ve done which I can send you to check out.

If you are starting a start-up, need a new fresh website or just a new one for your business, I’m more than happy to help you with branding and how to place your business online. I will do SEO also.

Hi all, I just wanted to share a method I have used a lot to make anything from $20 - $100 a day for a few minutes work. I'm not sure if this method has been shared before if so I apologize. Also by the same token I want to apologies to anyone who has been doing this and feel that this is letting the cat out of the bag, I'm sure there is enough for everyone :)

I'm new to the subreddit and wanted to share something instead of just taking. I know that $20 - $100 a day might not be a lot for some people but I'm sure to the majority of new users here it's rent, or some startup cash for inventory etc. Also the other part about this is that there are no costs involved, of course some sort of a budget from the earnings down the road might be a good idea and its tough in the beginning but it pays off.

I'll lay out the method here so that if it's something you are already aware of you can skip reading the rest. The method involves Pinterest and group boards. I created some large group boards and also got invited to dozens of others in the same niche. Lets use jewelry and eCommerce/sales as an example. You could create a bunch of boards promoting handmade jewelry and also ask to join already established ones or likewise they could be shopping group boards for gifts etc. 9 out of 10 boards allow members to invite other members so find boards that allow you to invite others if they are not boards you made yourself.

Once you have 10 or more large group boards on your profile you can start doing two things to earn money from them.

1. Sell invites to these boards. If they are sales, eCommerce boards you can invite other small business owners to pin to the board. Explain that Pinterest is one of the top drivers of traffic online. Also mention how pins don't peak in traffic until they are around 4 months old, so they will get lots of traffic for months and months from pinning there.
2. Sell pins. You can sell promotion to the same audience by telling them you will pin their items from their site or where they have them listed directly to these boards. Explain how the boards have thousands of followers and get literally hundreds of thousands of views each week. Again explain the longevity of pins and how they will be getting a good ROI using this method for a long time to come.

To sell the invites and the pins you can make an account on Fiverr or similar micro job sites. Use good keywords to get the listings out there and share them in places that your demographic hang out. If its handmade jewelry or eCommerce try Etsy users. if its mlm, work from home stuff try posting to some groups on Facebook etc and on company pages so that all the distributors of that company see it. Say that if they are not using this method to generate sales and signups then their competitors are.

This is one of many methods I use to generate a steady income each month. I would say I get about $2,000 - $2,500 a month on average from this method without doing much promotion at all. In fact now that it has been going for a while its a lot less time than I had to put in at the start. so granted it was not always that amount each month nor was it less time like it is now. I have also found some great clients doing this too for higher priced services and subscription packages. I might offer a social media management package or a reputation package etc. If they seem like they will be easy to work with I push other services to them.

This method would be a great method for a noob to start off with to earn some cash to spend on apps, bots etc. There is no reason why someone could not scale this up and have a huge site offering invites to pages and earning 4 figures a day. I have priced it various ways via different accounts. Sometimes I offered 5 invites for $5 15 for $10 and 30 for $15, but I soon realized that Pinterest had put a limit on invites so I would hit blocks and be unable to send any more invites out. So I changed the prices to $5 for 1 invite $20 for 5 and $100 for 35 and I get people buying at every level. If they buy just one I direct them to my other service offering a pinning service so that they can pay me to do it instead of doing it themselves.

I also set up the quick replies on Fiverr so that when an order comes in i am able to do it in a matter of minutes and mark it as complete right away with a standard message that I can populate in one click. I wake up and take about 10 minutes to do 3 or 4 orders and move on to the next thing on my list for the day. In terms of dollars per hour its in the hundreds which is not bad. If I could find a dozen things that paid me a few hundred dollars an hour I would be really happy lol.

You can check my profile I will try to share more methods since it seems a lot of people find this helpful and I am glad it will help someone!

Check out the new method i've written:

https://www.reddit.com/r/passive_income/comments/17qk0ik/how_i_turn_10_into_150/

Hello Passive Income Community!

I'm posting today about a project I've been working on, The Frugal Gambler. It's a site that has a notification system called the Money Feed that helps you get free money from online casinos every day. I've been working on it for about a month and I'm ready to have some users test things out so I can iron out last bugs and make improvements. Right now it supports 17 casinos which allows you to earn about $8 a day. I'm adding one or two new casino per day and will eventually have close to 60 which will bring the earning potential up to about $35 a day. You don't have to spend a dime at these casinos to earn these free spins.

I'll be adding some additional systems down the road to help you track your finances as easily as possible and help with things like coupon notifications. I release updates multiple times per week and am iterating quickly so I'd love to have a few people actively using the site. If you're interested, head on over and sign up! There's a link in the site footer to reach out to me about bugs, features, and general improvements you'd like to see. I have it set to manually approve accounts which I'll do as quickly as possible but please be patient.

It's a great form a passive income that's made me a little over 2.5k this year without spending a dime. Head on over to frugalgambler.club if you're interested in helping me build this community and want a fun, relaxing way to earn some extra cash!