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Unless you really need the money, your best investment is putting 100% of your time into learning new skills.
That can't be true. If you spent all of your time developing new skills you wouldn't have any time to capitalize on them. You are likely better off conquering a niche.
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Word of warning on Ebay tho, and this comes from someone who's been flipping stuff there for 20 years: There's a hold on your funds for around 21 days, depending on how fast the item is shipped out, and registered as delivered (hint: Always use tracked shipping) Second, there's a limit on how much you can list / sell as a beginner. So don't count on being able to liquidate collections or extra stuff in a flash. And t…
Also: Ebay takes 10%, paypal takes 4%. Shipping and tax aren't free either. If you sell something expensive, ebay will usually give you a "5 listings with halved or waived final value fees" a few weeks later. Strategize accordingly.
Pretty wide open question. I recommend that whatever creative leanings your friend has, to focus on them. Do what you love and produce something of value, then try to sell it.
And make sure you do try to sell it. https://theoatmeal.com/comics/creativity_business
Particularly like his honesty, exposing his vulnerabilities in a way we can only laugh, and reflect on it ourselves.
Whether you're an artist, an entrepreneur or aspire to improve yourself, you certainly can relate to his work and self-reflections.
There is shortage of 3D printing filament because of virus, so I've been creating filament and selling it. https://medium.com/endless-filament/make-your-filament-at-ho... This activity also help recycle waste plastic. Production cost of filament is $7.5 per 5kg and filament roll has 850 gram filament and can be sold for $20-30 per spool It's trivial to get the quality right. You can sell rolls on Amazon, eBay and Ets…
I don’t think someone working at a call center has the technical aptitude and financial resources to source and build there own extrusion machine.
Hope your friend finds success!
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I don’t think someone working at a call center has the technical aptitude and financial resources to source and build there own extrusion machine.
Have you worked at a call center? In a past life I worked at a place where my manager & IT guy were originally call center workers. The manager was a crafty guy, does nice woodwork. My ex happened to also work at that call center & is now an illustrator. Another friend from that place eventually went to college to be a machinist
DoorDash, GrubHub, Uber Eats, and the like make pretty decent money. About $7 per order before tip and in a busy area you might be able to snag two or three orders going the same direction making the $/hr a little better. It's basically the definition of not great money but it's not very difficult, not physically straining, and you don't have to interview or whatever for it. Grocery stores in my area are also hiring…
I'm assuming we all understand that "stay at home" really means "don't go to your regular job, but essential services such as food delivery and grocery store assistant are allowed".
But quite a lot of people are being told to stay at home for real, or advised to, on grounds of health risk or risk to someone else in their household. That excludes all of those out-of-home jobs.
What can people in the latter group do for emergency money?
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It's labor intensive, but at when you're done, you'll have a much cleaner house and a little bit of money too. I do this on the weekends.