u/n1gesh

[20M] just hit my first 1k as a broke college kid

honestly never thought i'd be writing one of these but here we are

quick backstory : i was the most average kid you can imagine. nothing special , decent grades , spent wayyy too much time scrolling. always had this thing in my head abt wanting to make my own money but i didn't had a single clue. prolly wasted my first 1.5 years of college just sitting on that feeling

then in november i was doomscrolling like usual and saw some reels about people getting paid to "clip" content.i clicked on it more out of boredom than anything. ended up joining a discord server that ran one of these clipping program figured ok, one month why not

first month was rough, like really rough.i was posting clips on yt and insta..getting absolutely nothing. like 200 views on a good day. was pretty close to calling it quit ngl. but i told myself one more month before i drop it for good

then one of my clip just hit 80k views on yt overnight..that's when something clicked - i had been picking clips based on what i thought sounded smart or impressive.but those don't hook anyone. the clips that actually pop are the ones where you litreally cannot look away in the first 2 seconds

made my first $80 from that. month after that $432. month after that $600. and like the genius i am, i blew all of it on a college trip without telling my parents lol. felt completely insane spending money i made from sitting in my room clipping podcasts.

stuff i'd tell anyone trying this:

  • volume for the sake of volume is a trap. i wasted my first 2 weeks spamming posts thinking quantity = results. it doesn't
  • picking the right moment to clip matters wayyy more than how clean your edit is. ive seen ugly edits do millions because the clip choice was good
  • actually look at your retention graphs. like really look at them. if people are dropping at second 3 your hook is mid, fix it
  • finding music that doesn't get your video muted is still the bane of my existence. if anyone has a real solution pls drop it in the comments

happy to answer anything if anyone's curious

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u/n1gesh — 1 day ago

[20M] just hit my first 1k as a broke college kid - AMA ig

honestly never thought i'd be writing one of these but here we are

quick backstory : i was the most average kid you can imagine. nothing special , decent grades , spent wayyy too much time scrolling. always had this thing in my head abt wanting to make my own money but i didn't had a single clue. prolly wasted my first 1.5 years of college just sitting on that feeling

then in november i was doomscrolling like usual and saw some reels about people getting paid to "clip" content.i clicked on it more out of boredom than anything. ended up joining a discord server that ran one of these clipping program figured ok, one month why not

first month was rough, like really rough.i was posting clips on yt and insta..getting absolutely nothing. like 200 views on a good day. was pretty close to calling it quit ngl. but i told myself one more month before i drop it for good

then one of my clip just hit 80k views on yt overnight..that's when something clicked - i had been picking clips based on what i thought sounded smart or impressive.but those don't hook anyone. the clips that actually pop are the ones where you litreally cannot look away in the first 2 seconds

made my first $80 from that. month after that $432. month after that $600. and like the genius i am, i blew all of it on a college trip without telling my parents lol. felt completely insane spending money i made from sitting in my room clipping podcasts.

stuff i'd tell anyone trying this:

  • volume for the sake of volume is a trap. i wasted my first 2 weeks spamming posts thinking quantity = results. it doesn't
  • picking the right moment to clip matters wayyy more than how clean your edit is. ive seen ugly edits do millions because the clip choice was good
  • actually look at your retention graphs. like really look at them. if people are dropping at second 3 your hook is mid, fix it
  • finding music that doesn't get your video muted is still the bane of my existence. if anyone has a real solution pls drop it in the comments

happy to answer anything if anyone's curious

reddit.com
u/n1gesh — 4 days ago

[20M] just hit my first 1k as a broke college kid - AMA ig

honestly never thought i'd be writing one of these but here we are

quick backstory : i was the most average kid you can imagine. nothing special , decent grades , spent wayyy too much time scrolling. always had this thing in my head abt wanting to make my own money but i didn't had a single clue. prolly wasted my first 1.5 years of college just sitting on that feeling

then in november i was doomscrolling like usual and saw some reels about people getting paid to "clip" content.i clicked on it more out of boredom than anything. ended up joining a discord server that ran one of these clipping program figured ok, one month why not

first month was rough, like really rough.i was posting clips on yt and insta..getting absolutely nothing. like 200 views on a good day. was pretty close to calling it quit ngl. but i told myself one more month before i drop it for good

then one of my clip just hit 80k views on yt overnight..that's when something clicked - i had been picking clips based on what i thought sounded smart or impressive.but those don't hook anyone. the clips that actually pop are the ones where you litreally cannot look away in the first 2 seconds

made my first $80 from that. month after that $432. month after that $600. and like the genius i am, i blew all of it on a college trip without telling my parents lol. felt completely insane spending money i made from sitting in my room clipping podcasts.

stuff i'd tell anyone trying this:

  • volume for the sake of volume is a trap. i wasted my first 2 weeks spamming posts thinking quantity = results. it doesn't
  • picking the right moment to clip matters wayyy more than how clean your edit is. ive seen ugly edits do millions because the clip choice was good
  • actually look at your retention graphs. like really look at them. if people are dropping at second 3 your hook is mid, fix it
  • finding music that doesn't get your video muted is still the bane of my existence. if anyone has a real solution pls drop it in the comments

happy to answer anything if anyone's curious

reddit.com
u/n1gesh — 6 days ago

I [20M] made my first 1k dollars as a college student, Ask me Anything!

I was a normal college student and a normal kid for most of my life, and I didn't do anything special. I always wanted to make my own money, but I never knew how. I spent half of my college life just procrastinating on what to do.

November last year, I saw this random reel about people making money off something called clipping, and I joined one server to do that. It seemed easy enough, and I thought I might as well give it a month and try it.

I almost gave up after a month because nothing was working. Any clips I posted on any social media were just not working, but I decided to give it one more month, and that was the best decision I ever made.

One night I just used one of my old Instagram accounts and rebranded it to a theme page and started posting on that. I started analyzing a bunch of content on big theme pages, hoping that I might be able to learn something.

Then one clip just popped. Got like 80k+ views on YouTube, and that's when I figured out the thing. I was picking clips based on what I thought sounded smart, not what actually hooks someone in the first 2 seconds. 

That is when I made my first $80 because you get paid $1 per 1,000 views. Did this for another month, and next month I made $432, and the month after that I made $600. 

Like a stupid college kid, I then decided to spend all of it on a college trip without telling my parents which felt insane because I was literally just clipping podcasts in my room.

What I'd tell anyone starting:
Don't post volume for the sake of volume. I wasted my first 2 weeks doing this
Spend more time picking which moment to clip than editing it. The pick matters more than the cut
Watch your own retention graphs and actually act on them
Finding music that doesn't get the video muted is still annoying lol if anyone has tips

I know I'll probably not do this for much longer, but the lesson I would want anyone to get out of this is to just start with something and get good at it, because it's not hard to make money and it is possible. If anyone has any questions, I would love to help out!

reddit.com
u/n1gesh — 6 days ago

I [20M] made my first 1k dollars as a college student, Ask me Anything!

I was a normal college student and a normal kid for most of my life, and I didn't do anything special. I always wanted to make my own money, but I never knew how. I spent half of my college life just procrastinating on what to do.

November last year, I saw this random reel about people making money off something called clipping, and I joined one server to do that. It seemed easy enough, and I thought I might as well give it a month and try it.

I almost gave up after a month because nothing was working. Any clips I posted on any social media were just not working, but I decided to give it one more month, and that was the best decision I ever made.

One night I just used one of my old Instagram accounts and rebranded it to a theme page and started posting on that. I started analyzing a bunch of content on big theme pages, hoping that I might be able to learn something.

Then one clip just popped. Got like 80k+ views on YouTube, and that's when I figured out the thing. I was picking clips based on what I thought sounded smart, not what actually hooks someone in the first 2 seconds. 

That is when I made my first $80 because you get paid $1 per 1,000 views. Did this for another month, and next month I made $432, and the month after that I made $600. 

Like a stupid college kid, I then decided to spend all of it on a college trip without telling my parents which felt insane because I was literally just clipping podcasts in my room.

What I'd tell anyone starting:
Don't post volume for the sake of volume. I wasted my first 2 weeks doing this
Spend more time picking which moment to clip than editing it. The pick matters more than the cut
Watch your own retention graphs and actually act on them
Finding music that doesn't get the video muted is still annoying lol if anyone has tips

I know I'll probably not do this for much longer, but the lesson I would want anyone to get out of this is to just start with something and get good at it, because it's not hard to make money and it is possible. If anyone has any questions, I would love to help out!

reddit.com
u/n1gesh — 7 days ago

This is the most underrated way to make money online rn

Back In 2022, remember how every time you open up instagram or tiktok there where Andrew Tate Clips everywhere?

After seeing those i got curious and i searched how it works and found out a lot of people were getting paid through affiliate

Now there is a similar thing happening again but instead of affiliate commissions, people are getting paid just based on the views they are getting.

A few months ago i tried getting into it myself. At first i came across platforms like whop, but honestly it felt very confusing and it wasn't available in India. Later I found another server where big companies run their campaigns..so i tested it out

In the beginning i barely made anything.Most videos got no views and honestly i thought it might be a scam. But after a lot of trial and error i started understanding what actually works.

After that the views started coming and i started earning from it...over the period i earned over $900+ from these campaigns and im still doing it with a newer campaign that has much bigger budget

I know a lot of people think this is a scam , i thought the same at first too.But after trying it myself i realized there are legit opportunities if you actually understand how it works

If you want to try it yourself , ill share more about how it works and how to get started

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u/n1gesh — 13 days ago
▲ 12 r/DigitalIncomePath+1 crossposts

This is one of the most underrated ways to make money online rn

Back In 2022, remember how every time you open up instagram or tiktok there where Andrew Tate Clips everywhere?

After seeing those i got curious and i searched how it works and found out a lot of people were getting paid through affiliate
Now there is a similar thing happening again but instead of affiliate commissions, people are getting paid just based on the views they are getting.

A few months ago i tried getting into it myself. At first i came across platforms like whop, but honestly it felt very confusing and it wasn't available in India. Later I found another server where big companies run their campaigns..so i tested it out

In the beginning i barely made anything.Most videos got no views and honestly i thought it might be a scam. But after a lot of trial and error i started understanding what actually works.

After that the views started coming and i started earning from it...over the period i earned over $900+ from these campaigns and im still doing it with a newer campaign that has much bigger budget

I know a lot of people think this is a scam , i thought the same at first too.But after trying it myself i realized there are legit opportunities if you actually understand how it works

If you want to try it yourself upvote and comment something, ill share more about how it works and how to get started

u/n1gesh — 10 days ago
▲ 245 r/beermoneyindia+2 crossposts

Back in March, I started a random Instagram theme page just to see if it could make any money. No big expectations.

So far, it’s made $400+.

The setup was simple: I took clips of founders and entrepreneurs, made small edits, and posted them on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.

At first, it barely moved… maybe $10–20 here and there.

Then one video crossed 100K views. Another hit 200K. After that, things started picking up.

Looking back, the only real reason it worked was consistency.

No fancy setup either — everything was done on my phone using CapCut.

If you’re curious about how it all works, I’m happy to share more.

u/n1gesh — 14 days ago
▲ 67 r/DigitalIncomePath+1 crossposts

Not sure if this is common , but it actually worked better than i expected

saw a reddit post last month about clipping and tried to do and it worked considering i'm just a beginner

happy to help if anyone want to learn the method

upvote and comment for the ones who want to learn

u/n1gesh — 19 days ago