Hello everyone sorry if it's a repeated question. But I really want to know what skills should I earn so I can earn 20 dollars a day.
Ik about video editing but I tried I am not getting any clients so if anyone has any idea pls help out
Tell me some realistic ways to do this. I seriously need the money.l tried freelancing but I can't find clients. I'm a 2nd year engineering student in a tier 1 college. Ihave the
following skills: Competitive programming, web development and app development (flutter).
I am open to try a new source by doing social media, editing and any other handy job which can help for me to work remotely…
I have seen many posts where people are doing a lot of work for local businesses and small ones
How do I even start?
Where to look at?
How do I connect with people?
don’t judge but i i’ve been CFing for money on facebook for the past 3 months consistently and ive generated around $50k just by acting like a girl. hopefully i don’t get removed here but just trying to share. ive also helped a couple of people get started off.
This sub gets the assignment better than most so I'll be direct.
The no-code movement solved half the problem. You can build almost anything now without knowing how to code, which is genuinely incredible and wasn't true five years ago. But there's still a gap that nobody talks about. Even with the best no-code tools you still have to know which tools to pick, how to connect them, how to write copy that converts, how to set up ad accounts, how to source products, how to structure a funnel. The learning curve didn't disappear, it just moved.
Most people in this sub know exactly what I mean. You've spent a weekend deep in Zapier trying to get two things to talk to each other that should just work. You've rebuilt your Webflow site three times because the first two didn't convert. You've watched your Notion dashboard get more elaborate while the actual business stayed the same size.
That's the gap Locus Founder closes.
You describe what you want to build. The AI handles everything else. It sources products directly from AliExpress and Alibaba (or sell YOUR OWN digital services, products, or content), builds a real storefront around them, writes conversion-optimized copy, then autonomously creates and runs ads on Google, Facebook and Instagram. No Zapier. No Webflow. No piecing together eight tools that half work. Just a running business.
If you don't have an idea yet it interviews you and figures out what makes sense for your situation.
We got into YCombinator this year and we're opening 100 free beta spots this week before public launch. Free to use, you keep everything you make.
For the people in this sub specifically, this isn't a replacement for no-code tools for people who love building. It's for everyone who wanted the outcome but never wanted to become a tools expert to get there. Big difference.
Beta form: https://forms.gle/nW7CGN1PNBHgqrBb8
Happy to answer anything about how it works under the hood.
$1,437 net profit on 5 hours of actual work this week, 10 items sold, all of them found by the free bot I built and open-sourced a few months back.
Quick context on me, I'm 20, computer engineering student currently study abroad. The bot watches Facebook Marketplace, Wallapop, Vinted, and Mercari at the same time and pings my Discord the second a listing matches my filters. The repo is here, free and open source, https://github.com/ethanashi/fbm-sniper-community
The 5 hours roughly broke down to 90 minutes of messaging sellers, 2 hours of pickups, and the rest of the time was packing and shipping. The bot is doing the searching, all I'm really doing is closing.
This week's sold listings, all in GBP since I'm running on eBay UK right now,
After eBay fees and shipping that nets out to roughly $1,437 USD.
The playbook that's been working,
"Hi, still available, I can pay today." Most of these flips were locked in before the listing was 10 minutes old. You aren't competing on price in this game, you're competing on response time, and a script that runs while you sleep beats a human refreshing the app every couple minutes.Now the actual reason I'm posting,
I'm looking to bring on a few people to help me grow the Pro version of the bot. The free version stays free and open source, that's not changing. The Pro version is the hosted plug-and-play one for people who don't want to self-host or write their own filter configs. What I'm offering is recurring commission for every subscriber you bring in, paid out monthly for as long as that subscriber stays active. If you have a flipping audience on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, or even a decent following in a relevant Discord, I genuinely want to work with you and the deal is generous. Drop me a DM here or hit the Discord and message me directly, https://discord.gg/dWWaSxuxdU
Repo again so it's easy to find, https://github.com/ethanashi/fbm-sniper-community
Happy to answer anything about the filter setup, why Macbooks print so consistently, the affiliate split, the bot itself, or anything else. AMA in the comments.
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Not looking for "learn to code" generic answers — I mean specific skills that translated to actual income faster than you expected.
For me: learning to build no-code automations with Zapier and Make (formerly Integromat). Within 3 months I was charging small businesses $500–1,500 to automate their workflows. Zero coding required.
The best part? Most business owners have no idea these tools exist, so the bar to being an "expert" is surprisingly low.
What's yours? What skill paid off faster than you thought it would?
AI slop is making money. That sounds bullshit.. but it is literally true.
After looking through a bunch of AI video examples, my takeaway is that the money is usually not in making one beautiful video but making tons cheap videos, putting them in front of people, and letting the platform tell you what works.
A lot of people do watch this stuff. Faceless explainers, fake UGC ads, podcast clips, AI b-roll, product demos, kids videos, weird facts, finance shorts. Some of it is low quality. Some of it is useful. Most of it is just volume.
Here are the AI video workflows I found that worth studying that have earning and cost.
1. Faceless YouTube channels:
This post talks about a channel making AI-assisted faceless YouTube videos:
https://x.com/w1nklerr/status/2054684870413255071
The workflow was replaceable using Claude for topic/script (Free), PixVerse for full visual and voice scenes and b-roll(<$1 each), CapCut ($8 sub) for final edit. The demand came from studying formats already working on YouTube, like “Every Truck Type Explained” and “Every Excavator Type Explained.” So the play is not inventing a new niche. It is finding a proven format, then producing videos faster than a normal creator could. Distribution is YouTube long-form, where search and recommendations can keep videos alive for months.
2. AI product video ads for small brands:
This post talks about AI UGC ads dropping from $50-$800 per creator video to around $0.95 per AI ad:
https://x.com/DeRonin_/status/2056452720660283733
The workflow was Claude Opus ($20/month) for scripts, image generation for product/person visuals, video generation like the first workflow for the final UGC-style clip ( less than a dollor each), and hook testing for ad angles. The demand is obvious: brands already pay creators, agencies, or studios for UGC ads, but they need more variations than humans can cheaply produce. This is especially true for ecommerce, apps, supplements, beauty, and local services where one winning hook can carry the campaign.
This kind of way would not work a year ago since AI authenticity is shit, but now things change.
3. Short clips distribution systems:
An agent clipping stack can make $10k/month by automating clipping pages: https://x.com/VadimStrizheus/status/2056410757063950634
The workflow is Hermes Agent + PixVerse + Postiz + Telegram. Hermes is the brain and is free, PixVerse/Vugola makes short clips with less than a dollar each, Postiz schedules them, and Telegram triggers the whole thing. The demand comes from clipping campaigns, creators, and platforms that reward short-form distribution. The important number is volume: 5 clips a day, multiple platforms, multiple accounts. Distribution is TikTok, Reels, YouTube Shorts, X, and sometimes clipping platforms like Whop or Clipping.net.
4. Affiliate/content pages:
A Japanese operator runs 10 automated social media accounts with agents and makes over $20,000/month through affiliate marketing: https://x.com/robiartec/status/2056396829101527202
The workflow is Claude Code running multiple social accounts automatically (doesn't work at reddit guys). The demand starts from offers that already pay: affiliate tools, Amazon products, TikTok Shop products, SaaS tools, digital products. Then the creator builds content around those offers (the workflow similar to the first one). Distribution is high-volume organic posting across TikTok, IG, YouTube Shorts, and X.
Conclusion:
AI video is a cheap production engine. Finding a niche where people already watch low-cost content, then building workflows with tools like Claude/ChatGPT (Script) + PixVerse (quick and cheap video generation) + CapCut + scheduler to generate enough variations to test what gets attention.
One more thing: the reason these workflows work now is that models like Grok, Seedance are already good enough that many viewers cannot easily tell what is real and what is generated. This was not really possible a year ago.
That said, video still has a cost. You need enough volume, enough retries, and enough patience. Any social platform needs posting volume at the beginning before the account gets traction. AI does not remove that part. It just makes the whole loop much faster and much cheaper than before.
Hope this help.
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Hi everyone. I’m a first-year law student, and to say I’m overwhelmed is an understatement. My studies take up 99% of my time—I barely have a few minutes a day for basic self-care, let alone a traditional part-time job. Working a shift-based job is completely out of the question for me right now.
However, I have a massive financial goal. I need to save up around $11,000 USD for a personal rhinoplasty (nose job) that I’ve wanted for a very long time.
Since I can't trade my time for money right now, I need to look into passive or highly automated income streams. I have zero starting capital, but I am highly disciplined and willing to put in upfront work during my rare breaks if it can run on autopilot later.
Are there any realistic passive income ideas for someone in my specific situation? Digital products, automated micro-tasks, or anything related to law/studying that can be monetized passively?
Thanks in advance!
Over the last few years I’ve tried pretty much everything people push online:
- dropshipping
- FBA
- affiliate marketing
- agency stuff
- paid ads
- all of it
And honestly most of it either required a ton of money upfront, constant testing, or months of failing before you even knew if it worked.
A few years ago I randomly ended up learning a completely different side of content marketing that honestly almost nobody talks about.
Slideshows.
Not influencer content.
Not dancing videos.
Not putting your face on camera.
Which is honestly why I got into it in the first place because I never really liked being on camera myself.
What surprised me is how many ecommerce/Amazon brands are constantly looking for slideshow-style content because it performs insanely well on TikTok, Facebook, Reels, etc.
The weird part is most creators never even see these opportunities because brands usually already work through small private creator circles and networks.
So unless you randomly know someone in the space, it’s actually pretty hard to even figure out:
- which brands need creators
- what kind of content they want
- how creators actually get paid doing this
- how brands even find reliable creators in the first place
That’s basically the side I accidentally ended up learning over the last few years.
And compared to most online business models, this one actually made sense to me because the demand already exists BEFORE creators even start.
Brands already need content constantly.
The more I learned about it, the more I realized most brands are struggling with the exact same thing:
they need a huge amount of content every single month, but most founders have absolutely no idea how to build or manage teams of creators internally.
So they constantly look for outside creators who can consistently make content for them.
I honestly think this side of the creator economy is going to get way bigger over the next few years because brands need so much content now it’s impossible for most of them to handle internally anymore.
I’ve been thinking about putting together a doc breaking down how this whole slideshow/creator side actually works because it’s a really interesting industry that barely anybody talks about.
Rant/vent because I feel like I'm losing my mind every time I try to research this.
I'm a busy mom of two and the default planner in my house. I do the calendars, the lists, the meals, the school stuff, the random birthdays, all of it. So when I finally get 30 minutes at night to look into passive income, I want something that actually stays passive-ish after setup, not a second full time job.
But every rabbit hole turns into:
"Start a channel" (which apparently means daily posting, constant testing, and living inside analytics)
"Start a newsletter" (which means endless writing and audience building)
"Build an app" (cool, let me just learn that between laundry loads)
Some vague promise that sounds like it is really just a sales funnel
What gets me is the shifting definitions. If I say I need something low maintenance, people act like I'm lazy. I am not lazy, I am maxed out. I can handle upfront work if the ongoing maintenance is predictable and does not require me to be online every day.
For those of you who actually have something that fits that description, what is the least ongoing mental load stream you have built that does not depend on posting constantly or chasing trends? Even if the answer is boring, like dividends or a small rental, I would rather hear the boring truth than another "just automate it" fantasy.
i see a lot of "made $5k my first month with ai videos" posts here. here is what 8 months actually looked like for me, across 2 small faceless channels (scary stories + weird history).
month 1: $0 (posted 22 videos, felt insane)
month 2: $0 (kept posting, almost stopped here)
month 3: $41 (first youtube payout, lost my mind over $41)
month 4: $96
month 5: $88 (went DOWN, no idea why, kinda gutted me)
month 6: $214
month 7: $437
month 8: $611
total: ~$1,487 over 8 months. it is back-loaded hard, almost all of it came in the last 3 months.
is it passive? kind of, now. the first 5 months were absolutely not, it was a daily grind for basically nothing. now old videos keep earning while i do nothing, and the daily upload is maybe 15 min. but anyone calling month 1 passive income is lying to you.
where the money comes from: youtube shorts is the biggest, facebook reels second (way underrated, almost quit posting there, glad i didn't), tiktok pays the worst per view, small bit from affiliate links in bio.
the slump in month 5 nearly made me quit. nothing was wrong, the algo just does that. if id stopped there id have made $225 total and concluded it doesn't work. the people who say "ai content is dead" mostly quit in their month 5.
i wasted the first month and a half making videos on topics i thought were cool instead of stuff people actually watch all the way through. scary stories and weird history hold attention. figured that out around week 8 and it picked up after.
happy to answer questions if anyone is thinking about starting, ask here so others can see it too.
I launched a simple game called Letter Flow. It is a relaxing word puzzle where letters move like liquid and flow into place as you solve words. The idea was to make something calm and satisfying, not just another fast-paced game. I kept the gameplay simple with drag and drop mechanics, clean design, and added an AI level generator to create new levels instantly on device.
I did not expect much when I launched it, but it started generating sales. It was a small moment, but it felt meaningful seeing someone actually pay for something I built.
It made me realize that even simple games can work if they focus on experience. Now I am building more apps with the same approach, keeping things simple, shipping fast, and learning from real users instead of overthinking.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/letter-flow-word-puzzle-game/id6753643265
Hey everyone,
I’m building a closed-beta market intelligence dashboard and I’m trying to get feedback from people who actively follow crypto markets.
I want to be clear upfront: this is not financial advice, not copy trading, not trade execution, and not a “buy/sell signal” service.
The problem I’m trying to solve is more about workflow.
Crypto traders and investors usually have information scattered across a bunch of places:
I’m trying to build something that organizes market context better, especially around:
The goal is not to tell people what to buy. The goal is to make market research and watchlist tracking cleaner.
A few questions for people here:
I’m mostly looking for blunt feedback before inviting more beta users.
Built a website from scratch around sprint training.
No existing audience. No paid traffic. No social media presence.
Published 20 articles, distributed them on Reddit, left 254 comments in relevant threads over 90 days.
Result: 128,000 impressions and one coach who found the site organically and paid $2,500 for a web design project.
The articles are still ranking. Still pulling traffic. Months after I wrote them.
That's the part paid ads will never do - they stop the second you stop paying. Content stacks.
If you have a blog that feels dead right now, the question isn't whether SEO works. It's whether your content is actually visible to the people searching for it.
Fix the distribution. The rest follows.
Happy to break down exactly what I did if anyone's interested.
If most of your affiliate traffic comes from solo ads or paid campaigns, fix that before scaling anything. Paid traffic is useful for speed and testing, but it becomes risky when it’s your only source. A better approach is to build a traffic mix where free channels support and stabilize your results.
Step 1: Audit your current traffic split. Write down where your last 100 clicks came from. If 70% or more came from one paid source, you have concentration risk.
Step 2: Choose 2 free traffic sources, not 5. Pick based on your strengths. If you write well, use niche forums or social content. If you speak well, use short videos. If you like research, answer search-based questions people keep asking.
Step 3: Match content to intent. Create content around specific problems like “how to start affiliate marketing without paid ads” or “why solo ads don’t convert for beginners.” Problem-aware content attracts better clicks than generic motivation.
Step 4: Build a simple bridge. Don’t send people straight from traffic to an offer with no context. Use a helpful post, lead magnet, or email sequence to warm them up.
Step 5: Track quality, not just volume. Compare opt-in rate, reply rate, and conversion rate by source. Free traffic often starts slower, but it usually gives you stronger audience insight.
Use paid traffic for testing. Use free traffic for trust. Use your list as the asset you control. That combination is much safer than betting everything on one source.
Hi,
I have a Facebook group that has grown to over 360k people, it serves the local community with posts for people needing recommendations, seeking property or jobs, or general banter about local attractions. Sometimes people are looking for the best BBQ, and sometimes people are looking to brag about weird places they have fooled around with their partners.
This thing is a labor of love, I didn't build it to monetize it, I built originally for client research and content promotion.
I really want to look at ways to monetize, but it's a group, not a page. Selling posts has some traction but it's laborious. I have been able to barter some services for promotion. I would even be open to partnering with someone, or an agency, that has done this before and knows how to make these things make money.
I'd love to hear how it's worked for other people with a presence like this -- marketing to a specific city, connecting with locals and making it work to become semi-passive income.
Thanks, all! AMA, I am happy to answer any questions.
Lately this sub and social media at large seem to call anything that makes money outside a W2 "passive", even when it needs constant attention. To me, if it needs daily babysitting, that's not passive income, it's a second job.
If you have to:
- check dashboards multiple times a day
- tweak ads every week to keep them from tanking
- chase clients, handle chargebacks, or do customer support
- keep uploading content on a strict schedule or the income dries up
...that's not passive. That's a business. Maybe a good one, but still a job.
I'm fully remote, so I'm extra sensitive to this. I already spend all day in front of a screen; the last thing I want is a "passive" stream that becomes another app I have to monitor. If I can't ignore it for a couple of weeks without it falling apart, I personally file it under active income.
My working definition:
Upfront build or buy: fine.
Ongoing maintenance: predictable and low frequency, like monthly or quarterly.
Failure mode: if I stop touching it, it should decay slowly, not cliff-dive.
That's why boring stuff like index funds, a simple rental with solid property management, or a tiny niche site with steady search traffic feels more genuinely passive than most "automations" people pitch.
Where do you draw the line? What is the most genuinely hands-off income stream you have, and how often do you actually have to touch it?
So I'm managing a family biz, while also going to gym at morning. My schedule is kinda locked from (office hrs) 11:30am to 9:30pm.... Before 11:30am in morning I be at gym(9-10:30am).
Just give me some advice on skill I can learn to earn digital money aside from my main work. Be realistic and this a serious post.
My skills
I know basics of coding
Basics of editing apps such as Capcut(I also tried to make a tech channel, it got views, but my schedule was very tight, so just let it off)
I also have yt channel with 1.5k subs related to car memes (still managing that)
I speak decent/good English.
Also interested in philosophy.
(I'm from India)
Which is best for art I've edited with ai and videos made with ai's help? Which is the cheapest and easiest to set up? I am debating mainly between YouTube Facebook or tiktok and twitter/x. Also thinking about Instagram and the site I liked long ago but now is defunct deviantart..But I think monetizing deviantart for actual real money might be more difficult. I think YouTube might be best for being cheap to set up but I hardly see ai content there so unsure if they are cracking down on it. I mainly want to make creature images and videos with cute fantasy creatures in a realistic style..