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post #79

Not spammy but actually useful SEO optimized informational websites. Easy long term revenue, some have paid out well over $5k an hour, in income for the amount of time I put into them. And apps on various app stores.

How do you monetise the informational websites?

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#82

My fiancee sells self-made art somewhat successfully for the last 9 months. I contribute by managing communication with buyers through FB Marketplace, Craigslist, and while we tried Etsy, it didn't do that well. We specifically target the mid-range market which means we price below top artists on Etsy/Instagram, but above cheap prints and generic Ikea style art. It definitely requires a lot of physical work on her pa…

I have a friend who sells Christmas ornaments on Etsy and makes ~$5k every holiday season.

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post #36
post #10

Got a job and then married someone who also has a job. We go to work, make our money, come home and relax.

If you have kids, you lose "come home and relax" unfortunately.

Yes, unless you love your kids.

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#84
The easiest money I ever made was doing affiliate marketing for a domain name registrar. They would pay you $20 every time someone signed up for their free domain name promotion. I just posted on /r/freebies every week for two months. Made a few thousand dollars until the registrar realized how much they were overpaying the affiliate marketers, and they stopped doing the free domain name promotion.

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#85

this is like asking a fisherman where his best fishing spots are

not really... because you WANT people to hear about your income streams, because that's how you get more income from them. there are a bajillion worthwhile business ideas... they're a dime a dozen (and that's paying too much). The problem is IMPLEMENTING them, which essentially no-one ever bothers too. way more folks who hear you idea will say "shit, i wanna use that" than "i'm going to spend a year of my life making…

>there are a bajillion worthwhile business ideas...

Can you list a few of the best ones for me?

Re: Ask HN: What is the best income stream you have created till date?

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post #36
post #10

Got a job and then married someone who also has a job. We go to work, make our money, come home and relax.

If you have kids, you lose "come home and relax" unfortunately.

Just don't have kids!

Re: Ask HN: What is the best income stream you have created till date?

#88
post #69

To date the best one i created was a specialized billing/inventory system for an injectable class of mental health drugs for community clinics in Mississippi. I did it on the side while fully employed (heh the advantages of youth and no family). Mississippi's medicaid system couldn't handle the coding and so it was paper and it took forever for pharmacies to be reimbursed and so no pharmacy would dispense the drugs.…

>i was pretty naive then, i wish i could do the whole thing over.

Do you mean that you would have done the financial details differently? Like, be paid per filled prescription?

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#89
post #71
post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They make £60k pcm in cash, bank transfer, and crypto from it - they must be?

No. Absolutely not.

But you literally are, you just said you sell them. You sell magic mushroom spores and kits for growing them

Re: Ask HN: What is the best income stream you have created till date?

#90
post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have kids, you lose "come home and relax" unfortunately.

Yes, unless you love your kids.

Even when you love your kids, I don’t think caring for them can be described as relaxing.
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