/biz/ - Business & Finance

[Anonymous No.50191741]

Anyone here with an actual business or side hustle that makes enough $$ to live on?

[Anonymous No.50191758]

Knee pads. Simple as

[Anonymous No.50191790]

>>50191758
You sell knee pads?

[Anonymous No.50192085]

>>50191790
You install flooring?

[Anonymous No.50193937]

>>50191741
I have a Youtube channel. I make about 30k-50k a year. Not enough to live on but it's a nice side hustle

[Anonymous No.50194002]

>>50193937
I want to start a channel but I'm not sure if its better to have dedicated channels to seperate topics, or to try and catch as many viewers/subscribers on channel as possible. Topics include STEM stuff, software stuff and cultivation related endeavors mostly

[Anonymous No.50194017]

>>50193937
Is that all from ads? How many videos did it take before you got traction and started making good $? Can you break it down more?

[Anonymous No.50194248]

>>50194002
You generally want to specialize. Viewers should have a clear idea what your channel is about, rather than a bunch of random stuff. STEM and Software might go together, if you can weave a common theme between them

>>50194017
Mostly ads, a little from Patreon. I took off after about six months, but it was because I made a video on a very popular topic (being vague cause I don't want to give away my channel).

My general advice is to make a unique video on a popular topic. If you make a video on something no one is searching for, then it's less likely to get seen by people. But if you make a Minecraft let's play or something, youre going to get buried by the billion other let's plays.

But if you do something no one has ever done in Minecraft before like make a working computer or something out of redstone (I don't really know Minecraft so thats probably been done), then you have a good chance at getting traction.

You don't need to do Minecraft or anything, just the most popular topic in your particular niche

[Anonymous No.50194335]

>>50194248
Ok got it. Are you in the gaming niche? How long did it take to get traction? Does the income start to die off if you don't keep putting out videos?

[Anonymous No.50194515]

>>50194335
No I'm in movie reviews. Took about six months for me, but I'm an outlier. Like I said I got lucky and one of my video went viral, which is how I learned that lesson.

Income is based on views. People going back and watching your old videos will still generate money. However most views on a video will occur in the first 30 days it's posted, so you generally want to keep putting out new content to keep your audience engaged

[Anonymous No.50194541]

>>50194515
Did the viral video get you traction and authority? Is this what you are saying? So making a viral video makes it easier to get long term traction and more exposure to subsequent videos you upload?

[Anonymous No.50194602]

>>50194541
Yeah the viral video exposed me to a lot of people who then subscribed and watch my subsequent videos

[Anonymous No.50194623]

>>50194602
In hindsight why exactly do you think it went viral? How would you go about reproducing that in another niche?

[Anonymous No.50194661]

>>50194623
I explained how in my previous post. Make the most unique video on a popular topic

[Anonymous No.50194687]

>>50194661
Any other suggestions on video production? Optimal video length? How to hook viewers, etc? Or does it not matter?

[Anonymous No.50194860]

>>50194687
Not really, it's so niche dependent. Most viewers drop off in the first 30 seconds, so try and do something interesting to hook them in that time. I usually make a joke.

Video length doesn't matter. I'd recommend making as many videos as you can that still retain the quality you want. More videos means more content for viewers to binge and more chances of going viral. Don't sacrifice quality though to get that

[Anonymous No.50194993]

>>50194860
Do you have to have your face on camera or is there anyway to do it without face? It seems at least in your case you'd need to be the face of it. But maybe that's wrong?

[Anonymous No.50195167]

>>50194993
No you don't have to show your face. Plenty of big Youtubers dont

[Anonymous No.50195246]

I hate the word hustle so fucking much

[Anonymous No.50195283]

>>50195246
Why?

>>50195167
Ok true, now I just gotta figure out how to come up with a format of video that doesn't require my face. If I do voice over than I probably need animation, but that's not scalable, hmm.

[Anonymous No.50195394]

>>50195283
The word hustle doesn't refer to business but to crime. The people using the word "hustle" for their business did so because they can't make a mental distinction between business and crime.

[Anonymous No.50195563]

>>50191741
>buy matic
>stake matic
>easy passive income
youre welcome

[Anonymous No.50197015]

>>50193937
what views are you getting to make 30-50k in a movie niche? seems like a very high cpm. i know gaming is like 2-3 on average as i have a friend who does it. makes a million views a month and he lives the neet life so its perfect for him.

[Anonymous No.50197073]

>>50191741
i make memes for high profile clients

[Anonymous No.50197160]

>>50191741
Hi anon. I sell vapes out of a vending machine at a college bar. roughly 6k net per month after expenses

[Anonymous No.50197316]

I collect and trade casino items. Cards, chips, dice, swizzle sticks, promo items. I keep eyes out for casino liquidations and new mgmt. They get rid of old stuff for pennies. Last big score I had was monte carlo. Unfortunately I was too late for the dice, they were selling those for like a dime each and they retail for a couple bucks. Picked up two gross dozen cards tho

[Anonymous No.50197390]

I buy and sell firearms as a hobby whilst I work on my pre-med shit

[Anonymous No.50197506]

>>50191741
Get your ass into a Secret Agent program as a side hustle, earn more token rewards and hich chances of getting NFTs. Still a better chance at making it in life than a normal 9-5 job. I've tried that shit and made it but...

[Anonymous No.50197537]

>>50197390
Faggot, hop in on crypto and leave that trash work. Imagine what staking scrt and atom on keplr gives for me.

[Anonymous No.50197626]

>>50197537
Don't talk like a nigger

[Anonymous No.50197628]

>>50197316
>I collect and trade casino items. Cards,
NGMI. Boomers aren't born to make it.

[Anonymous No.50197687]

>>50197626
You do talk like a slave of the modern times who has his entire mind controlled. Accept crypto advice or you die poor, you pleb.

[Anonymous No.50197707]

>>50191741
Yeah I fuck your mother all day every day

[Anonymous No.50197719]

>>50197687
Stand back and look at the contradiction in what you wrote, you alligator-brained nigger lmao.

[Anonymous No.50197778]

>>50193937
In what world is 30-50k not enough to live on.

[Anonymous No.50197879]

>>50197015
I average around a million views total a month across all my videos

>>50197778
Well I live in the first world. Also it's taxed at like 40% because it's self employment income

[Anonymous No.50198021]

>>50197879
yt has always been one of those things im interested in (but never do) cuz im surrounded by people who make a mild living from it so i hear the ins and outs daily. congrats on the side hustle. im guessing 3-5 cpm which isn't bad and getting a million views a month in movie niche is very good. can i ask what sub total you have? my friend pulls in a million views p/m at around 100K

[Anonymous No.50199528]

>>50191741
Have a job and 2 businesses.
Product manager at a unicorn, ux agency and dropshipping business. Trying to move to e-com by building on my brand.

Want to also create an eLearning agency/platform but there is so many right now...

[Anonymous No.50200393]

>>50191741
I work for a guy who started a website in xx education preparation niche. He makes 5 million a year. The site is retarted and all he did was throw all the initial profits into insta and google ads and it grew from there. A bunch of dummie suckers buy this shit and then spread the "good word" because they're literally sucker tards who will never win at anything. His only overhead is me, more ads, and some basic service subsscriptions.

I know exactly how to do the same thing, but I signed a non compete and it's a very specific niche online. Should I say fuck my non compete contract?

[Anonymous No.50200457]

>>50191741
I have a business delivering food to old people. I visit a bunch of food banks every week. About 20%~40% of the food I deliver is from the food bank.

[Anonymous No.50200488]

>>50197879
>taxed at like 40%
You're doing yourself a disservice every day you aren't moving to a tax-friendlier area. If you're making 30-50k from youtube you can pack up and go anywhere without affecting income.

[Anonymous No.50200635]

>>50195246
so do i

[Anonymous No.50200658]

>>50191741
What about going to california and shoplifting? It seems like you can just grab as much as you want from any store and no one will do anything.

[Anonymous No.50200723]

>>50200393
Yeah but what about the materials that people are purchasing on the website? That isn't simple

[Anonymous No.50200806]

>>50200723
It's mostly white labeled content but presented in a unique way.

[Anonymous No.50201003]

>>50200393
>Should I say fuck my non compete contract?
No, he can sue your ass and he will take over your whole business. It’d be a real shame if you accidentally spilled the beans on how it works to someone you trust and they set up a competing site though

[Anonymous No.50201215]

>>50200393
create an LLC and put your mom or dad's name on it (or someone you trust, preferably your wife). operate the business from the LLC. This is 100% foolproof. even the jewiest lawyers in the world cant touch this.

if u dont give a fuck, then check out the non-compete laws in your state. sometimes non-compete laws are unenforceable in court. not to mention that this guy would have to spend 2 to 3 years suing your ass in court and thousands in legal fees.

[Anonymous No.50201251]

>>50201215
such a terrible suggestion

[Anonymous No.50201352]

>>50201251
cope. talk out your ass all you want. buying crypto and shitposting on /biz/ doesnt qualify you to give advice on this matter.

I successfully implemented this technique to get a whole team of mob lawyers off my back after straight up stealing a client from them.

[Anonymous No.50201392]

>>50201352
Yeah sure you did buddy, sure you did.

[Anonymous No.50201444]

>>50201215
>>also make sure you have your friends tell their friends to invest and give them a 10% referral commission for $10k or more

kek. what is this advice.

[Anonymous No.50201447]

>SIDE HUSTLE

[Anonymous No.50201494]

>>50191741
I make 50k/y on two weeks/y writing software. Just be really good at it and find a market.

[Anonymous No.50201509]

>>50201494
>just be really good at high level skill
retard

[Anonymous No.50201554]

>>50197879
Please explain to me why in America people are taxed MORE for actually striving to create more jobs and wealth? That just sounds so fucking stupid and even anti-capitalist.

[Anonymous No.50201564]

I am the sole researcher, writer, editor, and voice of a small history themed podcast focused on exciting but lesser known historical events. I also use the attractive and entertaining stories to spread the glory of European imperialism and colonization.

I don’t make any money, but I enjoy it all, it’s a good hobby. Maybe one day I’ll try to spin it off into a TV show or something on Magellan or Curiosity.

[Anonymous No.50201688]

>>50201554
Payroll tax is paid in part by your employer, if you are your own employer, you pay the regular income tax and the added payroll tax

[Anonymous No.50201777]

>>50201494
what kind of software?

[Anonymous No.50201814]

yeah -- we tell projects we help them sell out of their nfts. They give us 10% of their supply, and we help them sell out, usually $10 is enough to get a person to buy $100+ nft.

Then we wait til market demand is hot, then we do a last push on secondary, drive up demand with hype and we dump everything.

Team of 60.

[Anonymous No.50201875]

>>50201777
Plugins to popular tool, name of which I'm not going to disclose.
Some people make money with Wordpress themes for example.
Whenever there's a wave, there's money to be made riding that wave.

[Anonymous No.50202022]

>>50201875
how do you make money from this? SaaS? or do you sell the rights to your software?

[Anonymous No.50202065]

>>50202022
Just sell the software on a marketplace. It's one time purchase and I hold all the rights to the software. The trad model instead of the SaaS meme.

[Anonymous No.50202161]

>>50202065
which marketplace(s) are popular for selling software?

also whats your experience like? do you have a CS degree? which languages do you work with primarily?

[Anonymous No.50202332]

>>50202161
Whatever marketplace is linked to the main application. Studied, never finished. C++, Rust, Python

[Anonymous No.50202369]

>>50202332
impressive. do you have a 9-5 programming day job?

[Anonymous No.50202719]

>>50202369
No. Too much stress for not nearly enough gain. I think it's much more beneficial to just try and build and grow the business and build wealth. It's both fun and zero stress.

[Anonymous No.50202889]

>>50202719
How long did it take you to develop your most successful plugin? And how much marketing do you have to do?

[Anonymous No.50202950]

>>50202719
>>50202889
I have some pretty marketable app ideas but I am not a tech guy. What is the best way to get an app created for me?

[Anonymous No.50203056]

>>50202889
It varies. First two years was just 10k/year until I found something that sells better. Best advice I could give myself is not to get stuck on a losing product and just try different things. Marketing is just directly selling to the audience through social media and influencers/affiliates. Good affiliates/ad networks drive a lot of sales.

[Anonymous No.50203076]

>>50191741
Technically I could off gig work.
But that's more due to being frugal than anything else.

[Anonymous No.50203081]

>>50197160
How much do you upcharge on the vapes?

[Anonymous No.50203125]

>>50202950
Having to deal with the headache of someone with next to zero experience and poorly defined requirements, it would be standard consulting fee x2, for at least two weeks, which would be 200x80=~20000e absolute minimum.

Of course you could try and scam some fresh grad and try and gaslight them to work for you. That works surprisingly often.

[Anonymous No.50203145]

>>50202950
>>50203125
This. You're going to get fucked.

I was in the same boat, btw. If you need something coded, software or otherwise, and know nothing, basically just give up. You're going to get fucked on the bill, or your idea is going to be stolen.

[Anonymous No.50203160]

>>50197537
>>50195563
Kill yourselves plz
>>50201564
You can add ads for income if you have a base

[Anonymous No.50203201]

>>50203056
If youre writing plugins for various software applications, whats the best way too look for trends to hop on? Like how would you become acquainted with the various platforms? Also, what would the target audience typically look like? Businesses? Hobbyists? software devs?

[Anonymous No.50203238]

>>50201564
Best of luck anon. If you ever want or need constructive feedback then slip me your podcasts name and I'll listen.

[Anonymous No.50203268]

>>50203201
You start as a user, or have a close friend/gf that is a user. Someone who knows exactly what the customers need/are missing.

[Anonymous No.50203492]

>>50203268
Thank you anon

[Anonymous No.50204486]

>>50191741
I am close. I have three ebooks in a specific niche that bring in ~$200/mo total, some one-on-one consulting in the same niche that brings in ~$700/mo, and some grey economy freelancing that I do to make up what I need to live on.

I have a 30hr/week wagie job for shit pay currently because I am finishing a master's and need to pay tuition, but I'm quitting it at the end of the summer and taking the leap to live on the side hustle. Have a few projects I'm going to spin up post-school to bring up my passive income high enough to /makeit/

[Anonymous No.50204617]

>>50201509
This is basically the only way to make real money. You need to be really good at something specific. It's easier to be really good at something really niche, versus being really good at something common. Everyone in this thread actually making money is either unusually good at something, had an unusually good insight into an underserved market, or both. That's why doordash driving is a shit side hustle.

[Anonymous No.50204649]

>>50203125
>>50203145
I know exactly what the UX needs to look like. I just don't know how to code. Where do you go for something like that?

[Anonymous No.50205696]

>>50197879
how many videos do you have to put out in a month to get a million views? what is the nature of your videos (educational, reviews, editorials, etc).

[Anonymous No.50207266]

>>50204486
sounds like a cozy diversifcation whilst being an authority in a niche. WAGMI, friend.

[Anonymous No.50207829]

>>50202950
You need to have someone you trust who knows how to code and you need to go partners with them. Also, you better have something to bring to the table besides an idea since they're doing all the heavy lifting. You must be in a situation where you both need each other for the app to succeed. For instance, you need to be doing all the content, paperwork, etc and be better than him at it

[Anonymous No.50207925]

>>50202950
Ideas are almost worthless, Execution is the only thing That truly matters in the end.

[Anonymous No.50208404]

You guys hire VAs to automate tasks?

[Anonymous No.50209245]

>>50207829
What about no-code app programs? I know exactly how the screens need to look, and how the UX is go. I just don't code.

>>50207925
Which is why companies hire armies of brown code monkeys to execute someone else's idea.

[Anonymous No.50209315]

>>50209245
All of the top startup apps/websites paid top dollar on top of equity to their devs to execute their plans. The companies hiring pajeets code monkeys are mostly mature ones that don’t need any unique solutions.

[Anonymous No.50209604]

>>50209245
>What about no-code app programs?
if your site/app doesn’t require much on the backend, doesn’t need a complex admin panel or database. If it’s simply a content thing then yeah go for it. Try webflow for websites, not sure about phone apps. The thing with no code sites is you’re going to be super limited. It’s basically a glorified landing page or Shopify store

[Anonymous No.50211268]

>>50195394
Every P.E. coach in grade school used to say hustle like 40 times an hour. Fuck all those faggots.

[Anonymous No.50212860]

>>50204486
YGMI

what's your niche? if you dont wanna share, can you give examples of other niches that are just as narrow/specific as your niche?

[Anonymous No.50213837]

bumping thread

[Anonymous No.50213983]

[Anonymous No.50215909]

>>50194993
>Do you have to have your face on camera or is there anyway to do it without face?
get creative
Crafsman uses a puppet

[Anonymous No.50217427]

>>50213837
have a bump fren

[Anonymous No.50217687]

>>50195563
>buy crypto
>lose all your money in crypto
>double down and pour even more money in crypto
>shill for someone to fill your bags
>easy passive bankruptcy
youre welcome