How to Make Money Online:
I made a list of my top 5 best side hustles for 2023. There are a ton of ways to make money online--and I've tried a lot of them. I focus on automated/passive income that can be scaled up to more than a full-time income.
I also put a focus on ways that are censorship resistant--so as to not build up a big income stream that can suddenly get shut off by Big-Tech.
#1) Reselling:
For some quick cash you can sell stuff on places like eBay and Mercari. Start with crap around the house you don't need. Shipping is easier--and cheaper--than you'd think. Check sold listings for coming up with prices:
You can also scale this somewhat: by sourcing profitable items from thrift stores, garage sales, estate sales--even clearance/sale items from local big box stores. (AKA retail arbitrage.)
For even more profits and passive income, you can send stuff into Amazon's FBA (Fulfilled by Amazon) warehouses--but you have to get "ungated"/approved by Amazon first before you can sell items in different product categories and brand names.
Here's an affiliate link to an in-depth guide to reselling (doubt I could've made it better myself.)
#2) Print-on-demand (POD) t-shirts--and other merch products:
Instead of having to order mass quantities of t-shirts to keep in your garage and ship yourself, you can use one of many print-on-demand options.
You just upload designs, and when someone places an order, the supplier prints your design onto the product and ships it out. I've made thousands doing it.
You can get censored for violating trademarks or politically correct regime-approved narratives, but there are so many platforms, its pretty decentralized and censor-resistant.
You can even start your own brand/store, eg with a Shopify site like ours. (You can even work on designing a Shopify site without having to pay. It's quick and easy to create a simple site--but filling out a P.O.D. merch site with multiple good designs and products definitely takes a lot longer than a one product store.)
#3) Self-publish on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP):
Anyone can create a KDP account, and there's no limit to how many books you can upload or pen names you can use.
Amazon prints and ships your books (with Prime shipping!) and deposits royalties in your bank account each month. There are some things that can get you banned/censored, but its mostly IP/copyright violation stuff.
You don't have to do "real" books. Start with blank notebooks.
I have an affiliate link for a great video course that shows every step of the way, in separate short videos.
#4) Affiliate Marketing:
Many businesses have affiliate marketing programs, where you're given a unique link, which is tied to you/your account. You use your special referral link to promote that business/product--and if someone makes a purchase after using your link, you get paid a commission.
Anyone can become an Amazon affiliate for free, but they only give commissions of about 4% (depending on product category). If you have a decent sized following it adds up--especially since you get a commission on EVERY product someone ends up buying--not just the one you linked them. You can use it to drive traffic to your print on demand Amazon merch/KDP book products, for even more profit.
You can make a lot of money on this: eg showcasing products in social media videos and review-blogs/websites. In 2016, The New York Times spent $30 million to buy The Wirecutter, an affiliate-link-funded review site started by Brian Lam in 2011.
Always disclose an affiliate link when you share one. It's required by Amazon AND the U.S. government's FTC. Plus transparency seems like the decent thing to do.
There's a link at the top of the site to join our affiliate program--which helps us a lot, since the info we want to spread is liable to get censored by government's Big-Tech tools. You get 10% commissions on our physical products, and for digital products a 50% commission. Our first digital product is the Tom Woods Email Domination Program course! Speaking of...
No matter what you do, you should build an email list too.
As Kevin Kelly said, "A creator...needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans to make a living."
Unlike social media accounts, your email list can't get deleted out of nowhere by Big-Tech. (You own it and can keep a copy backed up--in the unlikely event your email service tries to cancel you.)