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Ask HN: Ways to generate income when you're at home without pay?
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Re: Ask HN: Ways to generate income when you're at home without pay?
#12The best way to start generating income is to change your mindset.
Instead of asking other people, all of whom have found their own specialized niche that will never be applicable to anyone else, step away from the computer and look around.
Just in the past week I have heard from so many friends that are looking for good people. They never post stuff on job sites - it's way more trouble than its worth. They ask around.
Get outside and talk to people in your community. Call friends, call relatives. Volunteer your time. There's an abundance of opportunity right now in this churn - make it happen!
Re: Ask HN: Ways to generate income when you're at home without pay?
#13If he or she has good sewing skills, making masks and selling them on Etsy.
Re: Ask HN: Ways to generate income when you're at home without pay?
#14Get rid of old stuff on ebay/cl/fb marketplace. Or buy stuff from ebay/cl/fb marketplace and sell on Amazon. and plugging a friend: https://www.flipmine.com/ scrapes arbitrage opportunities b/w ebay and amazon.
Flipmine is an incredible tool our mutual friend has built!
Re: Ask HN: Ways to generate income when you're at home without pay?
#15Looking into Affiliate Marketing. There are tons of programs to choose from. You just need to learn how to drive some traffic. Check some Youtube videos on how to drive both free and paid traffic. Affiliate can earn anywhere between $300/month to up to $10,000/month if you're good. There are of course some Super Affiliates that do $30,0000-$100,000/month but their methods are a secret.
Oh right yes. Be sure to buy their aggressively advertised book and tutorial videos!
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#17Day trading
Re: Ask HN: Ways to generate income when you're at home without pay?
#18Depending what he was doing in call center and if he wants to keep his current job or is open to find a new job, he might be able to find a job for a company that hire people remotely.
He can even look for this kind of job internationally. Some industries have been hit quite hard, but some others have seen increase of activity (i'm thinking in the saas world, mainly tools that are being use for remote working, but i'm sure there's other industries as well)
Re: Ask HN: Ways to generate income when you're at home without pay?
#19The best way to start generating income is to change your mindset. Instead of asking other people, all of whom have found their own specialized niche that will never be applicable to anyone else, step away from the computer and look around. Just in the past week I have heard from so many friends that are looking for good people. They never post stuff on job sites - it's way more trouble than its worth. They ask aroun…
> Get outside and talk to people in your community.
Not sure if that's the best advice given the present situation...
Re: Ask HN: Ways to generate income when you're at home without pay?
#20Looking into Affiliate Marketing. There are tons of programs to choose from. You just need to learn how to drive some traffic. Check some Youtube videos on how to drive both free and paid traffic. Affiliate can earn anywhere between $300/month to up to $10,000/month if you're good. There are of course some Super Affiliates that do $30,0000-$100,000/month but their methods are a secret.
> Affiliate can earn anywhere between $300/month to up to $10,000/month if you're good.
No, the bottom bound is $0. Actually, worse than that, as a lot of these programs are scammy "buy my guide to making money" bullshit that'll leave you in the red.