Your goal for 2025?

[Cory]

I totally get where you're coming from, saving up while juggling bills and part-time work isn’t easy at all. Building up a little financial cushion is such a great goal, though, so props to you for focusing on it!

For a second gig idea, maybe something like remote work could be an option? It sounds like you’ve got solid experience with customer service, so you might be able to find online positions where you can use those skills. There are often part-time options for things like virtual assistance, customer support, or even freelance tasks that don’t involve risking life and limb in traffic!

And who knows, sometimes new opportunities pop up where you least expect them. Just keep an eye out, and don’t be hard on yourself. You’re already taking steps in the right direction, and that’s something to be proud of!
From your DoorDash experience, I remember, there is a lady on youtube, she was struggling for like 4 years and totally broke. She then started showing her DoorDash deliveries in her youtube vlogs and in 2 months she gained from 3 hundred subscribers to 55 thousand subscribers and on her first month she made over 6 thousand dollars on youtube and the previous month she made over 9 thousand dollars. She is blowing up now a days on youtube and left DoorDash and sits at home, makes money. If you want you can check her journey for just motivation (DoughDash) is her youtube channel.

I am just giving you an idea, it might open up new ideas for you and can lead to success. Wishing you all the best bro.

Thanks for the inspiration and tips!

I've considered remote work before, but it's hard to trust whether online businesses are legit or not.

That's a pretty neat story that she got into making money on YouTube starting with DoorDash.

 

[Khantastic]

Thanks for the inspiration and tips!

I've considered remote work before, but it's hard to trust whether online businesses are legit or not.

That's a pretty neat story that she got into making money on YouTube starting with DoorDash.

it is legit 100%, I also made youtube channel and it got monitzed last month, I made around 70 dollars a month.
I would 100% recommend you do that, initially its a struggle but whatever you do, record it and without any fancy editing you can publish videos. Even if yuou are sitting in your car or at home, just pick a nich which you are expert on, talking about finance, entertainment, motivation or whatver you are good at, just press the button on your phone camera and record and upload on youtube. Trust me that lady is making over 9 thousand dollars now. You can watch her videos and you will see what I am trying to say.
I want everyone here to be succesful and share my expeirance, it might make someone's life better and I would be happy if I make a change

 

[Cory]

it is legit 100%, I also made youtube channel and it got monitzed last month, I made around 70 dollars a month.

I don't even understand how you make money uploading videos to YouTube.

 

[Khantastic]

I don't even understand how you make money uploading videos to YouTube.

I create travel vlogs, and since I’m currently in Canada, my content is mostly about walking, talking, and sharing my experiences. I upload regularly and keep it real!

My goal is to hit $100 by the end of this month, and I’m super excited about it. It’s a realistic target—if you do a little research, you’ll see the potential. There’s this amazing YouTuber who inspired me; watching her videos really motivated me to give this a try.

I’ve spent so much time and money writing blogs on my various websites, yet I barely earn a dollar a month from them. Meanwhile, YouTube has already started paying me!

Big YouTubers make millions every month, and even smaller channels with around 30,000 subscribers can easily earn $10,000. I currently have just 3,500 subscribers, and even at this level, I’m on track to make $100 a month.

When it comes to monetization, YouTube is king. On the other hand, I have a huge TikTok following—over 3.5 million likes and 160,000 followers—but it earns me nothing because TikTok isn’t monetized in Canada.

 

[Arantor]

I don't even understand how you make money uploading videos to YouTube.

With advertising. Get enough views on a video and you get paid for ads shown before, during and after. Or you get a cut of the Premium folks who watch (because they pay YT for an ad-free experience)

 

[Khantastic]

With advertising. Get enough views on a video and you get paid for ads shown before, during and after. Or you get a cut of the Premium folks who watch (because they pay YT for an ad-free experience)

We get paid based on the ads that show when the video plays. When premium users watch our videos, we still earn, but the amount is much lower compared to the ad revenue. Each video pays differently due to CPM (Cost Per Thousand Impressions) and RPM (Revenue Per Thousand Impressions). For example, sometimes a video with 1,000 views can earn around $100, while a video with 10,000 views might only make $50. It all depends on what advertisers are willing to pay for that type of content. One of my videos was viewed about 2,000 times, and I made $6.42 from it, which is my highest earnings so far. I’m still new to YouTube, but once the channel grows, it can generate significant income. Some people earn millions in a single month, but YouTube is a long-term game. Some get lucky and go viral within a month, while others, like me, struggle for two years and are just now starting to earn money.

 

[Cory]

With advertising. Get enough views on a video and you get paid for ads shown before, during and after. Or you get a cut of the Premium folks who watch (because they pay YT for an ad-free experience)

I should've figured it had something to do with ads. I never knew YouTube paid people, that's news to me.

I don't have enough interesting things or knowledge to share creating YouTube videos. My life is pretty bland.

 

[Arantor]

I never knew YouTube paid people, that's news to me

Like everything else Google does, it works both ways: companies pay Google to place their ads, and Google pays out the people who have those ads (including themselves, if the ads are shown on the search results pages). Of course, taking a healthy cut along the way for themselves.

YouTube has been serving ads in this way since before they were acquired by Google, though Google was able to bring other revenue streams to the party (e.g. Premium, ability to sell access to legitimate movies)

YouTube received $50bn in revenue in the last year, and part of how that works is because the system is cyclic: people make content that others want to see and monetise it - so they can keep making content, and so the system continues.

 

[Cory]

people make content that others want to see and monetise it - so they can keep making content, and so the system continues.

So that's how you start a monopoly.

 

[Arantor]

So that's how you start a monopoly.

I don't think they intended it to be the juggernaut it became, but the reality is that it's always a safe bet to invest in the shovel-seller during a gold rush, especially if the shovel-seller is also the one who will buy your nuggets in exchange for cash.

It's a vicious cycle they've made.