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First $100 = A shareware "Desk Accessory" for the Mac. (Early 1990s) It wasn't 100% online: some of the distribution was via BBS, but they still had to send me a paper check if they wanted to pay for it. First $1,000 = A data editor for the Mac. (Late 1990s)
First $100 = arbitrage selling anime subtitles videos online (I bought it from another online provider and sold it higher in my own website, but delivery was done by the provider who had it cheaper) First $1000 = affiliate commission from selling colon cleansing products
Reviewed a technical book (and the follow up video course). I then started self-publishing programming ebooks. It's been more than 4 years now and total earnings has crossed $10,000.
I'd like to learn more about your process how can I get in touch with you?
Both (if I remember correctly): blogging on Medium.com. It started as (and still is a) personal blog about software development things but it started to get some traction through Google search at some point.
First $100: selling my band's music and merch on Bandcamp ( https://aversionsband.bandcamp.com ) First (hopefully not last) $1000: same same!
As a freelancer on Upwork in 2018 First $100 = Writing scripts and doing the odd jobs First $1k = Working on a web application.
First $100: Amazon referral account. I set up a stupid website which had a referral link. Also, occasionally I'd post referral links to reddit and Facebook when the product I was linking was highly relevant to the conversation. First $1,000: Haven't made it yet. My referral account got banned after I stupidly sent a referral link to a finance person at work who was ordering more RAM for my system and wanted to know e…
Why/how did that result in a ban?
"Purchases resulting from Special Links on your site have been for personal use, resale, or commercial use."
As a freelancer on Upwork in 2018 First $100 = Writing scripts and doing the odd jobs First $1k = Working on a web application.
I haven't checked UpWork since 2020 when I fired a shaddy client. But hear all the time that rates are too competitive. How did you find success there?
Also I learned quickly how to avoid bad clients ;).
First $100 affiliate links/adsense on my blog. First $1000 after the 2008 tech bust I automated a process to look for expiring domains, analyze them for interest (either as a business idea or potential to build out a website) and got a few banger domain names that I had no interest in using that I resold for $1K+. I started doing this because my ex-wife insisted we spend quality time together, which was us watching r…
I did this an earned $35 once. The process was manual. It would be interesting if you could share your automation process here or via email. Good for you prioritizing family time.
But here is the REAL SECRET!!!! The one cool trick I personally used to generate $30k a year in side income while watching TV!!!!! You have to remember how bad things were in 2008. A lot of people just let go really good domain names that they had been hanging onto forever. So the main thing you need is for it to be 2008-2010.