I was scrolling on instagram when I came across AI dropshipping and the dude was flexing how much he made and stuff and I want to know if it was real or not? And if it aas actually profitable

Not looking for sympathy. Just documenting what is actually working.
Week 1: Completed 7 AI certifications in 7 days. Claude, Make.com, API automation, subagents. Built a content system that runs four TikTok accounts from one weekly session.
Week 2: Published two digital products on Payhip. A free lead magnet and a £9.99 guide. No audience yet. Building in public from zero.
Week 3: First automation pipeline live. OddsPapi API connected to Google Sheets via Make.com. No coding background. Just systems thinking from a decade on construction sites.
The skills transfer more than people think. Site engineers manage complexity, sequences, and constraints under pressure. Turns out that is exactly what building a digital business requires.
Happy to answer questions about any of it.

I put together a simple side hustle 3/4 months ago selling digital templates for small creators so just notion setups and a basic landing page and only recently did it start getting traction like people clicking through and a few messages ready to buy so I thought i was finally gonna see some profit but then I tried to take payments andddd everything failed.

My setup worked in testing but the second users outside my country tried to pay things started failing and I ended up spending weeks debugging edge cases instead of improving anything which is where I realized how different it works in sandbox and when real money gets involved even though it felt like one clean integration it still turned into a bunch of issues across regions right when I was trying to fully launch so the whole thing ended up as a failed project until i find a workaround

Hey so last year I created a new insta account and started posting every day one reel. Eventually one went viral and since then I’ve grew to 150k followers. You can check it at @deepai.insider

The objective was to use this to generate an income but all attempts thus far have been unsuccessful. I’ve tried affiliate marketing and publicising my own Shopify store. Th page has been growing at around 10k followers per week and it has very high reach of 20 million and most videos are viewed by non followers (99%).

How do I go about monetizing? How do I find a product my followers want?

Anyone down to team up and create an actual source of income online?… I don’t have much friends and wanna connect and start something online…just need help and someone to brainstorm with

Testing an idea and need feedback.

Contractors/designers/architects work on great projects, but their work rarely gets turned into content. The proof never reaches the next lead.

I'm working on an offer: send up to 5 photos from one project, and I turn them into 16 ready-to-post pieces (before/after, process shots, captions), basically a month of content in Instagram.

For people who market to the home improvement industry, is this a real pain point with your clients? For the US market, does $599 sound fair for this kind of service?

Not selling, just want to know if this is a real problem or if I'm overthinking it.

For me, I built and flipped a mom blog for $10k. I ran it for a month and a half.

I do website flipping, and this has been a regular side hustle for me for years. My free guide breaks it down.

I saw a thread on this recently and this is what people said…

-Flipping a 25k Twitter account for $8k
-Teach people to flirt, and she earned $4k from it
-Filmed 2 TV commercials that supported her life for 2.5 years
-Landed a $15k government contract
-Gave up a seat on the plane for $2,500, 3 nights hotel stay and food and drink vouchers

These are a few of the comments shared. I thought it was interesting.

Another easy way I made $400 was from a 90 minute paid survey I did from home (it was a Zoom).

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What are some easy ways you’ve made money?

Looking for teenagers/students who want to earn online together, not alone.

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If you’re interested, comment:

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2.Your time zone

3.How much time you can give per week

Let’s team up and see what we can build.

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So for the longest time I thought the only way to make money from content was to grind followers and views until TikTok, Instagram or YouTube finally decided to monetize you.

The problem is most people never even reach that stage.

I was posting content and getting views but it felt pointless because the money was always "later". More followers, more watch time, more requirements, more waiting.

Then I found out there are actually brands, apps, artists and companies paying people to post content for their campaigns.

Not just podcast clips either.

Slideshows, edits, lyric videos, faceless content, short videos, promotional content and a bunch of other stuff.

What surprised me was that most of it doesn't require showing your face and some campaigns literally provide examples of what they want.

I had no idea these communities even existed. I genuinely thought Discord was just for gaming until I found entire servers full of people sharing campaigns, helping beginners and making money from content.

I've learned more about content creation in the last few months than I did in years of scrolling social media.

Not saying you'll get rich overnight lol, but if you're already making content or thinking about starting, it's definitely worth looking into.

Happy to answer questions in comments :)

This happened last Fall. I started a new Instagram account and monetized it, plain and simple.

Here are the details:

• I learned how to master online sales and DMs (messaging, how to talk to people online, and sell)
• I launched a new Instagram account
• It was an AI account around an AI avatar
• I sold digital products as an affiliate

The way it works is, post IG content, use a CTA (call to action) to get people to comment a keyword, so they can learn more.

You DM them and give them more info. Present a product. They buy.

You need a product

You can make one (like create an ebook with Canva) but, the faster, easier path, especially for beginners, is just to become an affiliate of a product. You earn commission for each sale you make.

If you focus on mid-ticket or high-ticket affiliate products, you will earn more.

For example, selling a $200 online course on a 50% commission means you make $100 on each sale.

Or, selling a $1,000 sauna with a 20% commission means you make $200 per sale.

You need marketing

That's what the social media is for. I do it organically so no paid ads.

You post with intention. You are speaking to a target buyer, whether it be a mom, a college student, a baby boomer, etc. Keep that in mind.

This is not for everyone

It's pretty straightforward but, not easy.

A lot of people get mesmerized by the money. The potential of $1,000 or so in a few weeks sounds great but, it takes work to get there.

The good thing is, this is pretty beginner friendly. I helped my friend how to do it and she made over $1,000 in her first week.

Most people who read this will not take action and that's totally fine but, if you want to try it, for action takers, go for it.

Have you ever done anything online like this before?

What other side hustles do you like?

So you know where ppl give you task yo comment or post on reddit i m in for that its been a while since i got binged by that so drop dms

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A few days ago I made a post about how I always thought the only way to earn from content was to wait until TikTok, Instagram or YouTube finally monetized you.

The problem is, even after getting views, there are still so many requirements to meet. Sometimes not every view even counts toward monetization, and it can take months before you earn anything.

That's when I started looking into other ways creators were making money.

I ended up finding a bunch of Discord communities and creator platforms where brands, apps and companies post campaigns for creators. It completely changed the way I looked at content creation because I realized monetization isn't the only way people are earning.

After my last post, so many people messaged me asking the same question:

"There are so many communities... which one would you actually recommend for a beginner?"

Honestly, I get it. I joined quite a few before I found one that I found easier to understand and get started with.

A lot of you probably already know about it, but judging by the messages I received, a lot of people don't.

So instead of replying to hundreds of DMs, I linked the beginner-friendly one in the comments. If you can't find my comment, it's also linked in my profile bio.

Sign up, have a look around, and you'll be able to see how everything works. If anything doesn't make sense afterward, just send me a message and I'll happily explain it.