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February 10, 2021March 26, 2022

Make Money On ACX With Your Voice

Now when you think about making money with your voice, you are probably thinking about singing or something like that. But you don’t need to sing or have a good voice to make money with the method we are talking about today. You simple become a narrator and make money with your voice on ACX.

What Is ACX?

ACX is a website powered by Amazon for audiobooks. On this website authors, literary agents, publishers of books come to looking for a narrator.

A self-publisher or a small publisher, probably does not have the connections or resources to go out and find big-time narrators. So they come to ACX and post about their book and how much they are willing to pay.

Anyone can be a narrator. There are no special requirements or applications. You just simply open an account and start applying to narrator books you find interesting. This is the easiest way to make money with your voice is on ACX.

But there are a few things you should keep in mind when it comes to making money on ACX.

How To Become A Narrator On ACX?

Create An Account on ACX

It’s actually pretty simple and easy to create an account on ACX. Also, it’s completely free to do so.

Upload a sample

After you create an account, ACX will ask to upload a sample. We recommend that you upload as many samples as you can. This will help authors find you (if you don’t apply for any jobs) and also make your profile more attractive.

If you do not have a fancy microphone, we recommend that you use your phone’s built-in recorder. Remember that you already have a $1,000+ microphone in your pocket so you can use it! Make money on ACX

Time To Audition

After all of this has been done, it is time to audition (or apply for the job). Depending on the book that you want to narrate for, they might ask you to send in a recording reading a part of the book. Some might as you to do it with an accent.

Get an Offer

After the audition, if they liked you, you will get an offer. Here, you are requested how to get paid. Sometimes they might pay per hour or for the whole thing. Also, keep in mind that sometimes they might pay you a percentage like 50% (royalty) on each audiobook copy sold. But you can always go back and forth with the person until you both can agree on the payment.

Do The Recording

Finally, you just need to do the recording. Most of the books will come with a deadline. We recommend that you go as fast as you can but also don’t try to do it all in one day. Sometimes doing it all in one day might not be good for your voice and you might not be able to apply for other books. Make money on ACX

Get paid & repeat

After you are done recording and sent the recording to the book’s author or publisher, you will get paid. If you picked to get paid with royalties, you will get paid every single month that the book is being sold. After you do your first book, you can go back and apply (or audition) to do more. flipping

How To Make Money On ACX?

You should understand how to become a narrator with the above steps.

But what if you want to make the most amount of money on ACX.

What we recommend that you do is apply for as many books as you can.

Sometimes, you might only get one or two book if you are apply one book at a time. But if you apply (or audition) for many books, you might get 10 books to do this month.

If they pay $10 per hour and it take you 10 hours to record one book. Then if you do 10 books in a month you will make $1,000.

(Keep in mind that $10 per hour is a very low rate on ACX and 10 hours is also a lot of hours compared to the average on ACX, this was just for example)

How To Turn This Into A Business?

On SideHustle, we are all about turning a simple side hustle into a business.

To turn this into a business, it’s pretty simple.

If you want to turn this into a business, you need to get paid in royalties. A royalty payment option is when you get paid for each book sold. Like a small litte percantage (50% or more).

Why Take Royalty Payment Option?

Now you might thinking, “I will take the hourly pay and make my money now.”

And you are right, if you take the hourly rate, you will make your money now and get paid now. But that’s it! If the book sells millions of copies then you will get paid for each copy.

So getting paid royalties is good because you will always make money from your 10 hours of work.

For example, let’s say it took you 10 hours to do the recording for a book. And the audiobook for this book sells at $10 per book. Your royalty is 50% (or $5 for each book sold). Now the first month, let’s say that 1,000 audiobooks get sold. That means you made $5,000. In month #2, 500 copies of the audiobook are sold. That means in month #2 you made $2,500. As long as the book is selling and you will keep getting money. So technically you do not need to work anymore and you will still get paid every single month.

Recap

Remember, when it comes to making money with your voice, you don’t need some “beautiful” sounding voice. Every voice is unique and could be something someone is looking for to narrator their book.

You need to apply for as many books as your can so that way you will get more than one book and make more money.

But at the end of the day, if you want to turn this into a business and make money every single month, you should take the royalty payment option and make money forever.

Questions About Make Money On ACX

What type of microphone should you be using?

Like we said earlier, the best and cheapest microphone is the one in your pocket. Phone microphones are very sophisticated now that they produce very good sound when recording. But if you do not want to use your phone, we recommend getting a Blue Yeti or Snowball microphone.

Is my voice good enough for ACX?

Yes it is. Your voice is unique. There is an author or publisher out there on ACX that is look for exactly your voice. So audition for different books and you are sure to find someone who wants to use your voice.

Is ACX com legit?

Yes. ACX is powered by one of the world biggest companies, Amazon.com.

How much does ACX pay?

It all depends on the book, but it can range anywhere from $50 per hour (finished hour) all the way to $400 per finished hour. This also depends on the narrator’s (yours) skills, experience, and reputation. You can also take royalties as a payment options too.

How much hours of work is ACX?

This all depends on how long the book is.

February 3, 2021March 26, 2022

How To Make Money Designing Websites With Webflow?

A lot of people know that designing a website can pay a lot. But people don’t know how to code and create these beautiful websites. With Webflow, you will be able to start designing amazing websites and make money off of them.

How To Design Websites On Webflow?

Now if I start going into detail about how to exactly create websites on Webflow, this article will be too long.

But you don’t have to worry!

Webflow is super easy. It’s a drag and drop tool that allows you to just drag or drop elements (like pictures, text, menus, links, etc.) onto a template which then becomes a website.

Trust me, this is so simple that my 5 years old nephew can do it.

How To Make Money Designing Websites With Webflow?

Now here is the money question.

Most of you are probably thinking, “it’s can’t be that easy.”

It is that easy.

Create A Webflow account

The first thing you need to do is create a Webflow account. Don’t just create your account but actually go in there and start designing websites. My advice is to try to find websites you like online and try to recreate them. This is the best way to practice and get good at it. Webflow website

Find clients

The next step is to find clients. This part, I will go into more details later in the chapter. Finding clients to design websites for

Charging for your service

Depending on what type of website they want from you, you can charge them a certain price. Typically a website design goes from $100-5,000. If it’s simple and easy to do you charge less but if it is complicated and will take you days or weeks then you charge more. Payment

How To Find Clients?

If you master Webflow and start designing beautiful websites but you don’t have any clients, you can’t make any money.

Thanks to the age of the internet, it’s never been so easy to find clients.

#1 – Google Search

If you do a quick Google search of “business near me” you will get a huge list of businesses.

You go to their website. You get their contact information.

After that, you contact them saying you can build a much more attractive website for them that will get them more customers.

#2 – Upwork

If you are a person that doesn’t like to approach people and rather have them approach you, then Upwork is the place for you.

You just create an account on Upwork. You show off some of the websites you created on your portfolio.

Then you sit and wait until businesses contact you.

(You can also look for jobs or project on Upwork and apply for them, this might speed up the process in finding clients and getting paid)

#3 – Fiverr

Fiverr is like UpWork but you will not get paid that much.

But this is still a great place to find clients.

If you get hired for a job, you always raise your price depending on the project. And typically when someone needs a website designed, they don’t just need you for one website but multiple ones. So even if your first few website designs go for lower price, you can make it up.

#4 – Facebook

Facebook has made it really easy to contact anyone.

Let’s say you come across a Facebook ad that a local business is running.

The first thing you should remember is that if they can run an ad (which cost money) they must have money to spend on other parts of their marketing.

The second thing you need to do is to click on the ad and go to Facebook page. On their page, you can chat with them and offer your website design services.

Conclusion

If you do not know how to code but still want to make money from designing websites, you know how to now with Webflow.

There are many ways to find clients that are will to pay you thousands of dollars to make them a website.

Frequently Asked Questions

How Do I Turn This Into A Business?

With Webflow, starting a website design business is so easy. First thing you need to do is use Webflow to create a business website for yourself. After you do that, follow the steps above to find clients. After that, you can charge a monthly fee (let’s say $99 per month) to maintain, updates, and support the website. And just like that you have customers paying you monthly.

How can I learn how to use Webflow?

Webflow is very easy and simple to use. My advice is create an account (it’s free) and then play around with it. Also there are thousands and thousands of videos on YouTube on how to use the software.

Are there similar websites like Webflow?

Yes, there are many! There are websites like SquareSpace and Wix which are very similar to Webflow. All these websites also have drag and drop feature to build stunning websites. However there are pros and cons to each website. If you would like to use something different, do your research and find what works best for you. But every other step discussed above still applies.

January 13, 2021February 3, 2021

How To Make Money With Direct Liquidation?

Everyone knows that the best way to make money is to do flipping. But it is always a hassle to go to garage sales or look online for the best items. Well with direct liquidation, this problem is solved.

You can buy huge bulk of items for a fraction of the cost and sell each item for the original or close to the original price.

Sounds too good to be true? Well keep reading.

How To Make Money With Direct Liquidation?

What is Direct Liquidation?

Direct liquidation is like a wholesale marketplace where you can buy items that were either overstocked, returned to the store, and end-of-life products.

For example, let’s say Walmart has 200 iPhones from last year’s model. The new iPhone just came out so Walmart needs to make room for them. So Walmart will sell all 200 iPhone for a fraction of the cost (huge discount).

Keep in mind that these items will be tested before being sold to you. If there were any problems with the item, it will be fixed before you buy it and it will be listed as refurbished or returned so you have all the information.

Is direct liquidation legit?

A lot of people think this might be illegal or the items might be stolen from some delivery trucks and sold to you.

This is not true!

Direct liquidation is 100% legal. And the pallets (or huge bundle of items) you purchase comes directly from big retailers like Walmart, Target, Amazon, etc.

Stores like Big Lot, TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and etc. use methods like direct liquidation to buy items for their store as well.

Buying B-Stock And Liquidated Returns Near Me - DirectLiquidation

What are the best liquidation sites?

Now there are a lot of direct liquidation websites. Depending on where you live, there might be a site that works for you.

Keep in mind that all of these websites will have an auction. So you will need to put the best price for that pallet of items and outbid other people. Of course, some of them will also have where you can buy it for a price without an auction. Some websites will also sell items individually so you can buy just one item at a time if you would like to do it that way.

Here are some websites we recommend:

DirectLiquidation.com (Best one)
Liquidation.com
Toptenwholesale.com
Dollardays.com
BULQ.com

How To Make Money From Direct Liquidation?

Step #1 – Look for Items On Direct Liquidation Websites

You need to spend time looking for items or pallets on the websites mention above.

Remember sometimes you might need to bid in an auction in order to purchase that item or pallet.

Step #2 – Purchase the items or pallets

If you win the bid, you will be able to purchase the items or pallets.

Now, this is a pretty simple step. If you have ever purchased anything online, the process is the same for this.

If the wholesaler (liquidation website) is not close to you, you can get the items delivered to your house. Make sure to check this before checking out and paying.

Step #3 – Sort through your items

If you just order one item, you can skip this step. But if you ordered a pallet, you will need to sort it out.

We recommend sorting out similar items into piles first. After that, sort out items in those piles that look like they are in the best shape and could sell for more money.

Direct Liquidation - Product Sourcing 101

Step #4 – List Item For Sale

All you need to do now is to list these items for sell.

You can sell these items on places like eBay, Facebook MarketPlace, Craigslist, and even Amazon.

How To Price Your Items?

Before you list your items for sale, you need to know how much to price them. This is actually very easy to figure out.

Go on websites like eBay or Facebook MarketPlace and search for your items. Look at what other people are selling the item for.

For example, let’s say people are selling the AirPods for $99 ($199 for brand new). But you only paid $50 for each of them. So you can list yours at $99 or a little less at $89 so you can beat the competition.

Before you list any of your items for sale, make sure to price them all. If you purchased a pallet, you don’t want to sell it for so cheap that you cannot make a profit for the whole pallet. For example, if you paid $800 for a pallet, you want to make sure that together with the price that you are selling all the items for is bigger than $800.

Conclusion

Direct Liquidation is just like flipping items to make money. But in this case, you are buying a bulk of items (or pallets) for a fraction of the cost. You are also buying these items that were returned, refurbished, overstocked or end-of-life from big retailers.

January 5, 2021March 26, 2022

How To Make Money On Upwork With No Experience

One of the fastest ways to make money online is to make money as a freelancer. And in today’s world, it’s become even easier with websites and services like Upwork.

What is a Freelancer?

A lot of people think of a freelancer as someone with great skills like coding, web design, graphic design, accounting and etc.

Even though these are skills of a freelancer, you don’t need these high-end technical skills to become a freelancer.

Freelancer is pretty much a person that works for themselves. This person is free from any responsibility that a boss or a business might hand down to them.

So for example, if you babysit kids but don’t work for any agency or company, you are a freelance babysitter.

If you don’t think you have any skills to become a freelancer, don’t worry. Later in this article, I will show you 4 ways (or things) you can do as a freelancer to make money.

What Is Upwork?

Upwork has changed the freelancing game!

Before websites like Upwork (of course, this being the best), you would have to contact people or businesses to offer your freelancing skills. This took a lot of your time and made freelancing very hard to do for a long period of time.

Upwork connects freelancers with people looking for their skills.

For example, if I needed help building a website, I can go to Upwork and post a job. From there, freelancers (like yourself) would apply for the job. If I like what a freelancer can offer, I will hire them.

This way, everything is secure. You finish the job and you get paid. And if something goes wrong, you can leave it to Upwork to resolve it.

How To Make Money On Upwork?

Now here is the million-dollar question. Actually, it’s not as hard as you think.

We will discuss how to make money on Upwork with no experience (or with zero skills) later in this article.

Step #1 – Create A Free Account

The very first thing you need to do is create a free account on Upwork.

You will be signing up as a freelancer.

You will go through various steps in the sign up process. They will also require you to verify yourself using some type of ID (normally a drivers license).

Step #2 – Find Jobs (or Gigs)

Once you login, at the top, you will see a search bar to find jobs or gigs.

This is where you can search for jobs and apply for it.

Step #3 – Apply For Jobs

The last and finally step is to apply for the job.

It’s simple as that! Once you get hire and complete the job, you make your money.

4 Method To Making $20,000 or more a month from Upwork

Now what we have talked about is the simple way to make money on Upwork. But at SideHustle, we like to take a step further and teach you how you can turn this into a money-making business.

I know this works because I have done this myself. Not only that, I have also consultant many other people to do the same.

These methods work well even if you do not have any skills set to provide on Upwork.

#1 – Whiteboard Videos

Whiteboard videos are videos created by drawing on whiteboards to example something. (Does that sound confusing? Watch an example here)

Now, you are probably thinking that you need a whiteboard and some drawing skills, right? Well you don’t need either of those things.

There are websites like VideoScribe where you can create these videos online by using a simple drag and drop tool.

VideoScribe Whiteboard Animations - For business like a pro.. udemy 100% free course | Videoscribe, Whiteboard animation, Animation

You do not need to be tech savvy or anything. It’s so simple that anyone can do it.

#2 – Testimonial

Testimonial is a video that you make where you pretty much give you a review on a product or service that you used.

Now, you don’t need anything fancy. You can use the camera on your phone and take a selfie video or even use the webcam on your laptop. The idea behind the testimonial is that the video does not have to be perfect, it needs to be real.

When a new business starts or a new product is launched, there isn’t many users to provide testimonials. So these companies and businesses are looking for people like you to provide on.

#3 – Graphics (Logos, Instagram post, etc.)

Earlier, I said you don’t need to be a graphic designer to make money from Upwork. And this is still true.

But if you can make graphics like logos or Instagram post, you can make a lot of money.

Don’t worry, you don’t need to sign up for a $1,000 photoshop course. I am going to show you how you can do this with no skills for free.

Here is a logo I created in less than 5 minutes

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Here is an example of an Instagram post I created under 10 minutes using Canva.

You can use a bunch of temples already provided by Canva for free and sell these to businesses and influencer that need it.

Again, there are already businesses on Upwork looking for someone to do this for them.

#4 – Build Mobile Apps

Don’t start crying yet. I have told you that you don’t need any skills like coding to make money on Upwork.

There are hundreds to thousands of software that will let you build mobile apps using drag and drop tools. No coding required.

If you do a quick Google search, you will see how many software there are that will let you do this.

If you can build an app for a company, they will pay you anywhere from a few thousand dollars to tens of thousands of dollars.

So there you have 4 different and easy methods that you can use to make $20,000 or more per month on Upwork.

Why Do Some People Make It & Some Fail?

Here is the problem, 99.999999% of the people reading this article will not do it. They will not take action. They will say, “I will start tomorrow.”

After reading this article, the first thing you need to do is sign up on Upwork. This takes just a couple of minutes.

Then you need to actually try it. It may sound hard or difficult but how do you know without trying it. So spend some time looking over the 4 methods above and learning how to do it. Maybe the first one is hard but after you do a few, you will easily be able to start making money monthly on Upwork.

My advice is to not do everything at once. Take it one step at a time. For example, maybe start off with whiteboard videos and after you get good at it, start building apps for people. But you need to do it and try it now.

Frequently Asked Questions About Upwork (Make Money)

Can You Make Money On Upwork With No Experience?

Yes! After reading this article, you should have learn 4 methods on making money with no experience or skills on Upwork. There are lots of companies and businesses looking for freelancers so there is plenty of jobs and money to be made.

How Much Can You Earn From Upwork?

With my methods, you can earn $20,000 or more per month. But each job will very when it comes to pay.

May 11, 2020March 26, 2022

How To Make Money Playing Video Games?

In this article, I’m going to show you how you can make money playing video games.

The idea behind this is that a company that’s creating a new video game needs testers. So you can test out these video games which means you’re going to have to play them and you will make money. It’s simple as that.

How to make money playing video games?

Find Tester Websites

The first thing that you need to do is find a website that does video game testing.

What I recommend is A website called PlayTestCloud. This website is very easy to sign up on and he’s probably one of the best websites when it comes to testing video games and getting paid for it.

Become a Tester

The next thing that you need to do is become a tester. When you are applying to become a tester they are going to ask a lot of questions like what is your gaming device, what country you live in, etc. You need to spend your time filling out this form to your best ability. Remember you do not need to be a hard-core gamer to make money playing video games (to become a tester).

Play videos game & record it

Now comes the fun part. You need to play a video game. When you are playing it is best to record yourself along with the gameplay. Then you need to just commentate on what’s going on. Just talk about how you feel when you’re playing the video game, what’s happening when you’re playing the game, and any type of feelings or opinions you may have when you are playing the video game.

Try to find problems

This doesn’t mean create random problems in the video game. But see if you can break the video game. If you can find a lot of problems, this can help the people that are making this video game make it even better. So this means that you get paid even more if you can find more problems or could come up with ideas to make this a better video game.

Submit your testings

After you have got done playing the video game and you’ve finished recording everything, you need to submit all the stuff to the website. Once you submit, they will start reviewing and looking through your testing. After that, you will get paid.

Now you are making money playing video games. How cool is that?

How to turn this into a side hustle?

This is pretty easy to turn into a side hustle. All you need to do is get more people to sign up. For example, if you have kids, sign up on the website as a parent but your kids are going to be the testers. These companies love it when you do that. If you don’t have kids yet, you can get your wife or husband to sign up. You can even get your boyfriend or girlfriend to sign up.

Before you know it you’ll have a business where you will just be testing out video games. So your side hustle will be to make money while playing video games.

What’s next?

What are you waiting for? You need to go over to these websites that hire video game testers and sign up right now. Don’t just sit there spending hours and hours playing video games for free. Why not make money while playing video games? It’s free to sign up and it’s amazing to count the money that you made just from playing video games.

Questions About Make Money Playing Video Games

Can you really make money playing video games?

Of course, you can. You are a video game tester. Your opinion matters to the people that are creating video games. If you can play the game and give your opinion that will make the game better, why wouldn’t someone want to pay you for that?

Can I play more than one game and get paid more?

Yes! You shouldn’t just be playing one game at a time. Play as many games as you can and get paid as much as you can.

Can I only be a tester on one website?

No, you can sign up for multiple websites. There is no rule or law that says you can only become a tester on one website. You can become a tester on multiple websites. That way you can play more games and make more money.

April 28, 2020March 26, 2022

Make Money Answering Questions On JustAnswer

If you are someone who has an opinion on everything, you can make money answering questions on JustAnswer.

This is one of the easiest and simplest side hustle on our website.

What Is JustAnswer?

A few years ago, there used to be a website called Yahoo! Answers where people used to ask just about anything.

There was a very famous question where a girl asked if she was pregnant and needed answers on it.

Well, JustAnswer is pretty much the same thing. But it’s a little bit more professional and people are asking questions that actually need good answers. But unlike Yahoo answers, on this website, you can make money answering questions.

How To Make Money Answering Questions On JustAnswer?

Sign up for an expert account

Remember you are an expert. An expert is somebody who has some type of knowledge or experience on a certain topic.

Keep in mind that this does not have to be a technical topic. So you do not need to know about computers, sales, marketing, medical, etc things to be an expert on JustAnswers. They also have a general category where you can answer questions about love or life.
Expert Account JustAnswer

Answering Question

After you have signed up on the website, you are going to start receiving questions. You need to answer these questions to your best ability with your knowledge and expertise.

Make sure you provide really good advice on your questions. These questions are sent to different experts on the same topic as you. And once the person that asked the question and receives the answer, they will rate how good the answer was and how much it helped them. This is why you want to answer the question really well. Answer questions

Get good ratings

Later on, in this article, I am going to talk about how to write a good answer so that you can get good ratings.

Get paid

JustAnswer can pay you through a check in the mail or direct deposit into your bank account. They also can pay you through PayPal.

How To Answer Questions For Best Ratings?

If you want to make money on JustAnswer, you are going to need to get the best ratings for you answers.

Explain the basics

When you are answering questions, I always assume that the person asking the question does not know anything. So you need to explain to them the basics. Answer with a quick crash course and explain them the foundation before you start answering the question.

Do not use abbreviations

You do not want to use abbreviations because again you are assuming that the person asking the question does not know anything. For example, don’t put GA instead of Google Analytics because they might not know what that stands for. If a person is confused about reading your answer, why would they give you a good rating?

Give examples

The best way somebody learns is by seeing examples. Also if you’re trying to explain something, providing examples might make it easier to explain that thing and also make your point come across to the reader.

Provide multiple options

If you answer the question with just one option of solving that question, there’s no way to know if that option is right for that person. So it’s always better to provide more options so that person has more than one way to solve their problem.

Thank them

You probably heard the saying that no question is a stupid question. And a lot of times people might be afraid to ask a question and let somebody else ask it for them. So the question that you’re answering now for that one person might actually help a lot more other people. So I always think them for asking the question. It’s going to make them feel good and most importantly not feel stupid for asking a question.

Start Making Money on JustAnswer

If you have opinions, knowledge, and expertise on a certain topic, you can make a lot of money answering questions. JustAnswer has made it easy for people to ask questions and for experts to answer questions. Why provide your knowledge to people for free when you can make money answering questions on JustAnswer.

Questions About JustAnswer

How much money can I make on JustAnswer?

For beginners, just answer pays 20% of the question. But as you answer more questions, you can make up to 50%. People usually pay anywhere from 2 to 5 dollars per question. If you start answering at least five questions a day, you can make $100 per week or more.

Keep in mind that some people work seven hours a day just answering questions on this website and make over $1500 a month.

Do I need to have a professional degree to answer questions?

No, you do not need any type of degree to become an expert on JustAnswer. But you do need to be an expert. What this means is you need to have a good knowledge or experience on that topic. Think about it, would you want expert advice from someone who thinks they’re an expert or someone who actually has experience and knowledge on the topic and could actually help you.

Is it free to become an expert?

Yes, it’s absolutely free to sign up as an expert and start answering questions.

Are people actually using JustAnswer?

Yes, there are thousands and thousands of people using just answer every day. A lot of people cannot afford to get expert advice on a daily basis. But with this website they can. So this is why thousands and thousands of people are using it to get answers and they keep using it when they have more questions.

March 26, 2020July 27, 2022

Dropshipping – 7 Reason Why This Is The Best Side Hustle

Dropshipping is one of the most popular side hustle or business that people are starting today.

If you have ever heard people talk about their “Shopify store”, they are talking about their dropshipping business.

What is dropshipping?

In the simplest way, dropshipping is where someone sells a product that is manufactured or created by someone else and is shipped by someone else.

Now that might sound kind of confusing so let me give you an example.

Let’s say you want to sell a phone charging station. You create a listing on Amazon, eBay, or wherever online that you would like to sell. Now every time someone buys your product (remember you don’t own the product and it’s not just sitting in your garage) it places in an order with the company that makes the phone charging station and it is shipped out to your customer. Without you ever touching, seeing, or holding the product.

Dropshipping kind of follows the principle of flipping but in this case you find a company that already makes this product for a low cost and then you act as a middle man and list the product online for sale at a higher cost and take in the profits. This is dropshipping.

Remember, you are not just selling one item (following the above example, you are not just selling one phone charging station). You are selling 10, 100, 300, or more of the same product. We will talk about this later in the article.

How to start Dropshipping?

Find a product

One of the hardest things to do when it comes to dropshipping is finding the right product.

Not all products will sell. Just because you like this type of hair tie doesn’t mean everyone else will like this type of hair tie too.

If you do not find the right product to sell, this can make your side hustle fail.

What we recommend you do is go on Amazon, eBay, etc. and find the hottest product for that week or month. You know this product is selling well.

Another good place to find a product is social media. Look at social media influencers accounts, what are they promoting? Are they all promoting the same thing? Also, look at ads you get for a product on your social media. If someone is running an ad to sell you a product, that means the product is selling well and making them money.

This is probably the step that you will spend the most time on. You need to make sure your research is good so that way you have a higher chance of succeeding in this side hustle.

Finding a supplier or vendor

If you want a successful dropshipping business, choosing a good supplier or vendor is an important step.

Now if you have done your research on your product, you will know exactly how much you can sell your product at. You need to find a supplier that will find that price range so you can make the most profits. But remember you don’t want to cut too many corners to have the supplier charging too low cause if they do that, it might mean your product is bad, shipping is slow, or anything else that might stop a customer from ordering from you again or worst, asking for a refund.

The best place to find suppliers is from AliExpress. This website sells products that you see on Amazon for fraction of the cost. It’s based in China and every single product is sold by a supplier that creates the product.

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Remember one thing when choosing a supplier. You need to find a supplier or product on AliExpress that has fast shipping. All these suppliers and products are in China so shipping will usually take a month or longer. But with the dropshipping growing popularity, many suppliers now ship for much fast for just a few extra dollars that you can factor into your sales price.

Build Your Store

If you want to just list your product for sale on Amazon then you really don’t need a full store. (Even though Amazon allows you to create your own store with multiple products) Another great thing about Amazon is, you can ship your supplies (if you order a product in bulk) to their warehouse and they will store and ship it there for a small percentage of your profits. But remember if you do buy in bulk and use this option, if the product does not sell then you lost your money.

If you don’t want to take the Amazon route then you will need a store and by a store, we mean a website where you will send traffic, sell products, and process payments.

There are many ways to do this for free. One of them is a WordPress website. WordPress has many plugins that help create a full online store and make taking payments very easy. The only downside of WordPress is that it may require you to have some website design knowledge. If you want to create a free WordPress website as your store, there are plenty of videos on YouTube that will teach you how to do that.

The most popular option is to create a Shopify store. Shopify makes it very simple to create a website or store without having much knowledge of knowing how to do so. The most successful dropshipping businesses use Shopify to create their online store. The only downside to Shopify is that there is a monthly fee to use it.
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These are the 3 steps that you need in order to get started. It’s pretty simple. You just need to spend your time and effort in the research of finding a winning product.

Please keep in mind that since this is a business, it is best to seek legal help with it come to establishing the business. We don’t want to get too deep into the boring stuff but you need to find out about taxes in your country and state as well as finding out if you need to establish a business structure or entity such as an LLC or a C cooperation or etc.

7 Reasons You Should Start A Dropshipping Business

Reason #1 – Low Cost

Most businesses will need a lot of money to get them started. Even after spending lots of cash on a business idea, it might still fail. With dropshipping, it cost pretty much nothing to get started. And even if you do need to spend some money to get it going, it’s going to be much less than any other side hustle or business idea.

Reason #2 – No Storage

Other than software businesses, all businesses need storage. With dropshipping you do not. You don’t have to store the product in your garage until it someone buys it. You are just the middle man so once someone purchases it from you, you purchase it from the supplier, and then the product is shipped out to your cusomter.

Reason #3 – Work Alone

You don’t need anyone to start this side hustle. You just need your brain and a computer with internet access. This means no dealing with bosses, co-workers, or other employees.

Reason #4 – Grow Fast

In a fancier term, dropshipping has scalability. This means you can grow this business fast. If things are going well with the products you are selling it doesn’t take long to add another product. With a click of a button, you can keep adding to your store and keep growing this business to new heights.

Reason #5 – Don’t have to handle shipping

Since a supplier or vendor is going to be shipping your products to your customers, you don’t have to handle shipping at all. Shipping products can be a hassle and so many things can go wrong. But with this, you don’t have the headache of shipping.

Reason #6 – No experience needed

You don’t need an MBA or need to attend an IVY Leauge school to learn and start a dropshipping business.

Reason #7 – Good margins

Because of low startup costs and not needed employees, all the profits made by selling products are yours. In all other businesses, there are expenses like storage, office space, payroll, etc. but with this, you have no other expense other than the initial cost of purchasing the product from the supplier.

Conclusion

All in all, dropshipping is a great side hustle to start. It has low cost and fewer headaches compared to any other business idea. You will be spending minimal time getting this business running and keeping it successful. Find new ideas and doing your research will take up most of your time when it comes to managing this business. Setting up a store and business structure is a one-time thing that will last forever as long as the business lasts.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is dropshipping profitable?

Yes, it is! If you find a winning product, you can make lots of money with dropshipping.

What are the benefits of dropshipping?

Some of the benefits of dropshipping include low cost, flexibility, and low risk.

Do I need to register a business entity to start dropshipping?

Yes, you will need to check with your state and country laws on exactly what type of entity you need to establish or register before starting.

What websites allow dropshipping?

Mostly all websites that sell products allow dropshipping. Some of the popular websites include Amazon and eBay.

What are some good product to sell?

Some good products that are always good to sell are cool coffee mugs, t-shirts, watches, jewelry, and any other merchandise that does not go out of fashion.

Is it too late to start dropshipping business?

No, it’s never too late! Dropshipping is the future of how we are going to sell and buy products online. So no matter the year, it’s not too late to start.

January 5, 2020October 5, 2020

Flipping Your Items For Cash – The Old School Side Hustle

If you visit our website here, you will see that we have lots of creative and unique ideas for your side hustle. But one of the most old school (and simple) ideas for your next side hustle is flipping your items into cash.

When I say flipping, I don’t mean to flip on the skateboard or to do a back flip and people pay you for it.

Flipping in the most simplest form means to sell your old and unused items to someone for money. Or buy products for a cheap price and then sell it for a higher price.

What does flipping mean?

You have probably heard the phrase, “Another man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

What this means is that something you don’t use anymore can be sold to someone else.

For example, let’s say you bought the new iPhone last year. Well another iPhone is coming out this year. So you sell the iPhone from last year for $100, $200, or even $300. That iPhone might not been good to you anymore (because you are getting the new one) but to someone else they will still pay a good price to get it for themselves.

But flipping doesn’t only involve selling your old or unused items.

You can buy items online, at a garage sales, or wherever for a cheaper price. Then you can sell that item for more to someone else that needs it.

How To Start Flipping Your Items For Cash?

Step 1 – Sell Your Old Items

If you don’t have cash right now to start flipping, the first thing you need to do is get some cash.

Look around your room. Is there anything there that you don’t use anymore or you don’t need it? If so, these are the items you need to sell in order to get some cash to get started.

For example, last year I wanted to get new furniture for my room. I already had good wooden furniture that was a little outdated for me.

Instead of throwing away my old furniture, I went on Facebook MarketPlace to sell it.

Everyone said that it was too old and no one will buy it. But I know that “Another man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

It took a few days but eventually someone bought it and I had $700 more in my pocket.

So look around your room and find items you don’t need or use anymore and sell them.

Step 2 – Buy Items To Flip

Now this part is going to require you to get off the couch.

The best place to find items to flip are at garage sales.

Look around your neighborhood or city for anyone having garage sales and go to them.

What type of item to look for when flipping?

The hardest thing is to find an item that will sell or flip. Not every single item will sell or flip.

The best rule is to find items that people need to use no matter what is going on in the world. For example, furniture (no matter how old or new) is always needed. If you buy a chair for $10 then you will be able to sell it for $15 in a matter of days.

We have created a list for you to figure out exacly what item will sell and what will not.

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Sometimes if you look online on Craigslist or Facebook MarketPlace, people are giving away items for free. This way, you did not pay for anything and all the money that you make from selling it is your profit.

Step 3 – Flip (Or sell) Your Items

We live in a technology world. You don’t need to go door to door to sell your items anymore.

Once you find the item or items you want to buy (in order to sell), it’s time to sell them.

The best place for you to sell is on Facebook MarketPlace, Craigslist, and eBay.

I will give you an example. My friend found a PS4 in a garage sale for $50. The guy that was selling it just wanted to get rid of it and need cash. My friend bought that PS4 and sold it later that night for $150 on Facebook MarketPlace. He got to put $100 in his pocket!

A website like Facebook MarketPlace, Craigslist, and eBay are used to sell old used items. People are selling a vast range of stuff like dumbbells to furniture to technology items to things people grow in the garden. You are bound to find someone that will buy your item.

Taking Flipping To The Next Step

Now if you have a set of skills like fixing something up, you could actually make a lot more flipping.

Here is another example. I used to have a neighbor that was a cop. He wanted to start his own side hustle to make some more money. As a cop, he is limited to what type of business he can start. But he was really good at fixing things.

So he started buying old arcade game machines. Like PAC-MAN, Asteroids, Pong, and etc.

He would get these machines for very very very cheap as most of them were not working completely. He would fix them up, make them work and look brand new. After that he was selling them for hundreds to thousands of dollars each. And in a matter of a few months, he had a side hustle business that was paying him thousands and thousands of dollars for a little amount of work each day.

Step 4 – Repeat

If you do this over and over again, you will get good at it and you will start finding and buying items that you make hundreds to thousands of dollars just like my neighbor did.

This is one of the most simplest side hustle ideas. People have been doing flipping for many many year (since ancient times).

December 21, 2019March 26, 2022

Selling Movie Tickets (Old School Side Hustle)

Back in the day, when you went to the movie theater, there would be these so-called “hustlers” standing outside selling movie tickets to people wanting to watch a sold-out movie.

Of course, you can’t do that anymore. And what I mean by “you can’t do it anymore” is that you can’t do it anymore outside the movie theater. In today’s world, you hustle online.

Why Sell Movie Tickets?

Have you ever tried to buy a ticket when a popular movie first comes out?

In 2015, I wanted to see Star Wars. It had been years since the last one came out so there was a lot of hype around this one.

Every movie theater website I visited, they were sold out. Not just for the day it came out, but they were sold out of tickets for the first two weeks.

The only way I could get a movie ticket was buying it from someone else online for way more than the original ticket cost. And guess what, that also start selling out quick.

This is when I knew that you could make money selling movie tickets.

How To Start Selling Movie Tickets?

Buy Movie Ticket In Advance

You need to buy movie tickets in advance. This doesn’t mean to buy it the day before you want to see it. It means to buy it months in advance when they first become available.

Buy Multiple Tickets For Multiple Days

The best ticket you can get is for the opening day. This means the first show (or showing) of the movie for the first day it comes out. But you don’t want to limit yourself to just that. You should buy tickets for different times on different days and maybe even different theaters for opening day weekend.

Sell Tickets

It’s really that simple. After buying the tickets you need to sell them to make money.

You can use websites like StubHub, TicketMaster, etc. to list your tickets for sale as soon as you buy them.

You can also use Craigslist or Facebook MarketPlace. But just be aware of people that might take your ticket without paying for it. With other websites like StubHub, they act as a middle man so you have nothing to worry about.

Conclusion

This really is that simple of a side hustle. All you need to do is buy a ticket for the most popular movie that’s about to come out, then just sell your ticket and make the money.

What Type Of Movies Should You Buy Tickets To Sell?

You need to see what movie is getting a lot of hype. The movies that always get a lot of hype are franchise movies. Like Harry Potter, Star Wars, Marvel superhero movies, etc.

Where can I sell my movie tickets?

Best place to sell are on websites like StubHub or TicketMaster. You can also sell on Craigslist or Facebook MarketPlace but you need to be aware of people trying to scam you on there. On those other website, they act like the middle man so you are safe.

Can I sell my movie ticket as soon as I buy them?

Yes you can. As soon as you buy the ticket you can list it for sale on those website mention above. But you ticket might not sell until the theater sells out of their tickets. For most popular movies, the theater sells out on the first day tickets are available to purchase.

Can I sell movie tickets outside the theater?

This depends. In most cities, states, and countries, this is illegal to do. They made this illegal to prevent people from selling fake tickets which people used to do back in the day. But if you check with the local laws where you live and if they allow it then you can.

How much money can I make selling tickets?

If it is for a popular movie, you can make $5 extra for each ticket that you sell. I have seen some people make more than $10 when it came down to the last minute. Fans are crazy and they will pay any price to see their movies on the opening night or weekends. If you play your cards right, you can make a lot of money from one ticket.

November 22, 2019March 26, 2022

Flipping Books (Easiest Side Hustle Idea)

If you have read our side hustle idea on flipping, you will know exactly how this works. Flipping books is like flipping any other item. But used books seem to hold more values than any other used items.

Why Should You Start Flipping Books For Money?

When I was in college, I had to spend thousands and thousands of dollars on a textbook for each class.

But I have a hustler brain so I was not going to spend that much money for each book.

So instead of buying brand new textbooks for each of my classes, I went online and try to find used books on Amazon and eBay. I was able to find the same textbooks for much much cheaper.

After I was finished taking the class I thought since I bought the books used maybe I could sell these books too.

So I went back on eBay and Amazon and list of these books for sale for the same price that I had purchased them for.

And before the next semester even started, all the books were sold.

This made me realize that books hold a much more value compared to any other used items.

Now the side hustle idea had been born.

Of course I didn’t want to just sell the books for the same price I bought it for. That would mean that I made no money.

So instead I started going to used bookstores to find popular books that I could sell. In a lot of used bookstores you can find books for much cheaper than you can anywhere else. Also some stores are willing to negotiate on the price so you will get it at the cheapest value.

After finding a handful of books, I would come home and list all the books on Amazon and eBay to sell. And in a matter a few days all my books used to sell for much more than I paid for.

This is by far the easiest side hustle I have ever done.

How To Start Flipping Books For Money?

Find A Book

The best place to find books for the cheapest cost is going to be at a used bookstore.

My choice of bookstore is Half Priced Bookstore.

You can also use online bookstores to find what book you are looking for. But just keep in mind that it might cost more since it is online and needs to be shipped to you.

Take pictures

Since you are selling a used book, people want to know what type of condition the book is in. So take lots of pictures and post them on Amazon and eBay so your customers can see and decide.

List On Amazon & eBay

The best place to sell your books are going to be on Amazon and eBay.

What Type Of Books To Buy To Flip?

Educational books (like textbooks that I start this side hustle with)
Technical books (like how to start coding)
Religious
Arts and crafts (like cooking books)
Music sheet
Most non-fiction books (biographies, etc.)

Conclusion

This is a pretty simple and straight forward side hustle idea. After reading this short article, you should be able to start making money flipping book within the next 5-10 minutes.

Where Can I Find Used Books For Cheap Price?

The best place to find used books for cheap price are your local bookstores. You may find some online but it will always be more than a local bookstore as they have to ship the book to you.

What Is The Best Place To Sell Used Books?

The best place to sell used books will be on Amazon or eBay. You can always sell books to a local bookstore but they will give you as much as Amazon or eBay. You could use other website beside these two but then you will need to handle all the shipping which may be hard and costly.

How Can I Take This To The Next Level?

On our website, we always want you to take a side hustle idea to the next level. If you read our article on dropshipping, you can apply it here. You can list books that you don’t have currently on Amazon and once someone orders it from you then you buy it from someone else. This will cut time on you going out to bookstores to find books and also save money on shipping. You are pretty much flipping it without holding it.