That's right – just $10. Not $500 or enough to live off of. Just the tiny amount of $10.
I don't really need the $10, I make plenty at work to have excess to put towards various ventures and fun now. But I'm practically dying over here in the corporate world not building anything for myself. I want to try a few new things and see if I can find my way towards making just a few bucks, maybe find a passion along the way.
I've seen a fair number of these posts and they're always lofty and vague, so I figured I'd make the goal humble and specific, see what happens. (maybe it spins up some discussion about testing new ventures or side hustles in general.)
Skills: These posts always end up with comments of "Well what skills do you have and what do you like to do?"
I'm burdened by being a fairly competent generalist with a very diverse background. I can make my own website (but don't want to make one for others), can figure out my own SEO and marketing strategy, probably make videos/content for whatever I'm doing and build out social media accounts to at least a few hundred/thousand followers. Handle the legal side, accounting, funding, acquiring material/stock and dealing with vendors… damn near done everything at this point related to running small and mid size businesses (for other people's benefit.) I'm not a fan of direct sales pitches, but I'll deal with that along the way.
I'm good with my hands and building/crafting/design work. I spend most of my free time over in nostupidquestions because I love dabbling in literally everything. (aka: the "poison" that has prevented me from just knowing something specific I like to do.) Hell I've even spent a fair amount of time in here answering specific questions about running a business since I've filled so many roles in them.
So assume that I do have the skills needed, or will be able to learn them.
I humbly request help or direction…
Ways to make just $10 per month
byu/effyochicken inEntrepreneur
Posted by effyochicken
5 Comments
I made $10 on Quara a few times.
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I love the idea! Everything starts small & it seems like your skillsets put you in a great position to start something. Naturally it depends on what interests you the most but some ideas that came to mind:
1. Furniture flipping on Facebook Marketplace — often you can find stuff for free or way undervalued. Bonus points if you sand, paint, or varnish!
2. Bundles — this can be applied to any product, but let’s use an example of houseplant seeds. Buy 5 different seeds, put them in nice packaging, and sell them together as a “houseplant starter kit”. Same can be applied to anything, i.e. arts & crafts, coffee, whatever you’re interested in. Apply to weekend markets or ask local stores if you can trial your product there.
3. Problem-busking — This is kind of dumb but hold up a sign outside a train station saying “I will solve your problem for $10”. By the end of the day you will have plenty more ideas and probably made at least $10 from a random task. An alternative is something like “50¢ advice” on the sign!
You can always make a TikTok and become an affiliate if you’re good with video content! Otherwise there’s lots of options. Too many to list.
Find someone who has a task and will pay $20. Hire someone for $10 to complete the task. 🫡