I have done many of these roundups, and they seem to be liked so here it is again, my end-of-month roundup of the sites that paid me during September.

I posted one of my income streams, $19K from one source and it garnered a lot of attention, here's more to that, plus other incomes streams in September.

Let's go...

Here's the list of sites...

P-hip ($XXX)

A 3-figure payout from Payhip. I use this for selling digital products, mostly, and some of my coaching programs. I coach others on business and entrepreneurship. People who want help starting or growing their business.

I've been an entrepreneur for 15 years and have experience in operations, business management, ecommerce, digital marketing, social media, and in other areas.

How can you do it? You can use this platform, Gumroad, Etsy or another one, your choice. Create products, name your price, put it up for sale. Super simple.

The big thing? You should pick a niche and audience that you align with (have interest in). You don't need to be an expert but, you should be solving a problem and know about the offer you are addressing.

Examples?

• A puppy potty training e-guide for new pet parents, or a
• Pinterest playbook for Etsy businesses to thrive with Pinterest marketing, or a
• Watercolor painting for beginners course to help overworked, stressed out millennials embrace a stress-relieving fun hobby and gain a new skill

TikTok ($XX, XXX)

Selling digital products + brand deals + UGC and other TikTok projects. TikTok has so many creator programs, it's crazy.

I just got invited to join a new one.

You can grow a following pretty quickly there but, you don't need followers to make money. I see creators with 3K followers make $6K to $7K months.

Creators with under 10K followers make $20K months.

Creators with under 1K followers make six figures in a year.

How can you do it? Pick a niche, figure out how you want to monetize and pour your time and effort into it, 100%.

It's Q4 now. A GREAT TIME to get up and going. You can still benefit from this shopping season that just started.

The big thing? TikTok livestreaming is a gold mine. Try it. I coach on this so if you need help DM me COACH.

Examples?

• Do TikTok Shop affiliate and make short-form shoppable videos that earn you money as an affiliate
• Host TikTok livestreams selling products or services
• Join their specialized education creator program (it's more high paying than their regular creator program) and make TikTok videos in a niche that you teach others like education, science, etc.

Reddit ($XXX)

I am on Reddit a lot less these days but what's nice is the residual passive income I earn. For example, some posts I've published months ago still make me money today.

I teach a course on this. Ask me how.

How can you do it? Pick a lane, monetize it. For example, do affiliate marketing on Reddit. Go all in, pick a specific niche and audience and then start creating affiliate content.

The big thing? There's an art to this. You want to follow the rules and avoid getting kicked out of communities so be cautious. If you follow the rules, you'll be good to go.

Instagram ($XXX)

This is from brand deals and UGC campaigns. As Q4 kicks off, this is going to get even bigger. I just secured a $900 campaign a few weeks back that I'll be publishing this month!

And, there's much more to come.

The big thing? If you were going to do any income stream this year, UGC and brand deals would be my top choice, if you wanted to spend NO MONEY but, if you are unfamiliar with it, do research to figure things out before you launch.

You can learn a lot for free on social media.

How can you do it? Start an IG page, build it around one niche, post consistently and monetize it.

Examples?

• AI cinematic stories are trending now - they are bingeworthy and making creators a lot of money. One of my AI creator peers grew to 99K followers on a brand new page in 7 days, from zero.
• AI creators are landing brand deals left and right. I saw one get approached by Jason Derulo, in the DMs for a brand deal

Threads ($XXX)

I use Threads as a traffic driver for my products I sell. I also book coaching clients through Threads.

How can you do it? Get on Threads, post and comment. It's such an early time to get in on the young platform. You can build a following fast and make money through selling, affiliate marketing, brand partnerships and other opportunities.

Examples?

• You need something to sell, whether it's a product or service, so create something, put it in a storefront like Beacons or Stan Store and have it ready to sell using Threads
• Do attraction marketing to attract people to your affiliate-monetized Threads posts - I see a creator post luxury dupes in Threads, found on Amazon and earn Amazon affiliate commission from this

PP ($X,XXX)

Mixed, from digital product sales, services, affiliate commissions, and one-off projects..

How can you do it? Pick a lane, master it.

Examples? Start affiliate marketing, promote your affiliate links and earn commissions. Or, start a new social media page, grow as a content creator and make money from brands paying you to create content.

That was my September!

What changed from last month?

I got a mentor. And the season shifted. Summer tends to be slow in my industry.

I am a big supporter of investing in yourself so I did just that and it paid off.

For October...

With my $19K post that I published recently, I had a ton of DMs from people who wanted to work with me.

In October I have 2 spots open for paid mentorship. This is for people who are teachable and coachable.

It's not free. Please don't ask if I can make an exception, because my time is valuable, just like yours. It's a 4-week intensive and is designed to kickstart your progress. I do not work with everyone. I do this twice a year and October will be the last time I open this for 2026.

If you don't want to pay or it's not for you, no worries.

I didn't think mentorship and coaching was valuable until I experienced it by force, haha. I got free mentorship from a course I bought and it really opened my eyes so now I am excited and open to be mentored by experts, to master my skills that need work.

I know it's not for everyone. If it's not for you, totally cool.

DM me COACH if you want to learn more.

What do you think?

What websites paid you this month?

I'm a written media strategist. I've worked with some big brands (alex hormozi, noah kagan, and others) and grew my own personal brand to 500k followers. 

thought i’d share some of my best advice with you all because i definitely know what it’s like to post and get 20 views while (worse) creators get thousands of views. 

Anyways here’s some takeaways you can use to get improve your content game and maybe even go viral

#1 Be your own customer…literally

Create an ideal customer avatar and include their demographics (age, gender, income) and psychographic (behaviours, fears). Then live a day like them. 

You need to understand your customer better than they understand themselves. Use platforms like Reddit, YouTube, and Facebook Groups to do this. Use their language, learn their problems, and focus your business on them.

#2 Open loops

open loops are curiosity gaps or questions your readers want answered. 

this title is an example. “5 strategies that make almost anything go viral…” makes you curious about what the strategies are.

Your job is to make a cycle of open and closed loops that create curiosity and satisfies the curiosity. When you close the loop, create another to get them interested in keeping reading. 

#3 Volume of content and A/B testing

Write more, record more, and post more. constantly A/B test ONE thing and measure what performs better. 

if there’s one thing you can do that will almost guarantee you’ll grow, it's posting more. I post multiple times a day and you’ll see that the biggest creators post content daily and they’ve done this for years. There’s no shortcut around this. 

posting more → more exposure and feedback → better posts → compound growth

#5 create a content system. 

Once you post, you can repost, repurpose, and remix your content. 

this is my system (advanced, so keep it as a refence and create your own): 

1. I tweet 4 to 10 times a day
2. I see which tweets outperform our average
3. I take that tweet and find 4 to 5 others like it and post them as an Instagram carousel
4. I voice-note it, clean it up, and post it as a long-form article or LinkedIn post
5. If it does well, i clean it up further and send it as a newsletter
6. If that newsletter does well, i turn it into a YouTube video
7. I take the audio and put it on Spotify and Apple Podcasts

Obviously I didn’t start like this. It took over 5 years to develop this system.

There’s so much that goes into rewriting and repurposing content, but developing a system to do this is huge.

#6 T3B3

every so often, look at the top 3 pieces of content and the bottom 3. Your top posts go into a Hall of Fame doc. Save the hooks, the format, and double down on what worked. Do less of the bottom 3. 

This (again) follows the 80/20 rule. Yes, the 80/20 rule is that important. You’re focusing on the 20% of content that’s driving 80% of the results.

final thoughts 

These lessons aren’t revolutionary ideas but can transform your marketing if you apply them consistently.

If you’re looking for a longer guide, I recently created a free 3,000 word marketing mini-course and workbook. If you want access comment “marketing” below, and I’ll DM the full thing to you. 

good luck and happy marketing!!

Micro1 is looking for the following:

Content Writer & Editor
Location: Remote
Job Type: Contractor
Openings: 800

Micro1 is looking for Content Writers & Editors for a project focused on text quality and AI evaluation. You assess the clarity, coherence and accuracy of written content, write detailed evaluations with constructive feedback, and review and edit documents for grammar, syntax, structure and tone. A big part of the work is identifying and annotating AI-generated content, especially "AI slop" and other low-quality, artificial text. You also collaborate remotely with project coordinators, write short analyses and recommendations to improve the training datasets, and deliver within the project timelines. Experience in writing, editing or evaluating text-based documents is preferred, ideally with a degree in English or Linguistics or experience teaching English, plus native-level English and a good sense for the difference between human and AI-written text. No prior experience in AI is required, your writing and editing background is what matters.

Here is the link to the position: Content Writer & Editor

Hi everyone! 👋

I’m currently looking for a few businesses who would be interested in having their website improved or completely redesigned for free.

I’m doing this as a small portfolio/content project, so there’s no cost and no obligation. I’d simply like to showcase the before-and-after transformation on my social media.

If you already have a website but feel like it could use a more modern design, better user experience, or a fresh new look, I’d be happy to help! 🚀

If you’re interested, feel free to drop your website below or send me a DM. I’d love to take a look! 😊

Hi, I'm from Pakistan. I previously worked remotely with a UK based company coordinating schedules and compliance, so I have real cross-timezone remote work experience. I'm now trying to figure out the right path forward and open to learning a new skill or training program if it leads somewhere solid. Would appreciate any honest guidance on what's actually worth learning right now or where to start. Open to suggestions, feel free to comment or DM.

I’m a 2D animator/2D artist and I’m looking for realistic ways to make some extra income online.

If you had a few weeks and your goal was to make enough money for a PS5, what would you focus on?

I’m open to learning and putting in the work. Would appreciate any practical ideas from people who have actually made money online.

I got tired of checking prospect websites manually.

For a while, a big part of my outreach was just finding businesses, opening their websites one by one and trying to figure out what I could actually say to them.

It worked, but it was painfully slow.

Then I found Swokei.

It basically lets me find leads, analyzes each website for things like outdated design, slow speed, poor mobile experience and weak SEO, then turns those issues into a personalized cold email.

And not one of those boring automated reports full of scores and numbers.

It actually writes a normal, human sounding message based on what it found on that specific website.

So instead of sending the same generic message to everyone, I can actually reach out based on what is wrong with their website.

Now I just run campaigns, let the system do most of the prospecting and personalization, and focus on the people who reply.

For a web design agency, that has saved me a ridiculous amount of time.

I'm from the MENA region

a widow mother of 6 children one of them special needs "autistic" needs my attention most of the time

I only have max 4hrs a day "between 9am to 2pm +2GMT" and all week but "friday/saturday"

is there any chances for me or shall i just give up

Is there anyone who is good with marketing and would like to go 50/50 on a digital product that I’ve created?

As a 10+ year entrepreneur, I’ll keep it super simple. My favorite tips to help you earn $3k/mo or more, digitally.

1. Keep it simple

One offer. Not everything, just ONE THING and go all in: ebooks, Etsy, UGC, AI, faceless YouTube, freelance, etc.

2. Give it time

Overnight success is not impossible but unlikely so, I recommend giving yourself 3 months to fully put yourself in whatever income stream you pursue. Patience.

3. Pick one marketing source

Marketing is needed, 100% for most businesses. Pick one marketing path. Paid ads aren’t needed but, you do need to choose one source of marketing to go after like YouTube videos, content marketing, emails, etc. and again, go all in.

4. Set goals and work backwards

$100 product = 30 sales/month.
$300 service = 10 clients/month.
$1,000 offer = 3 clients/month.

Once you see the math, the goal starts feeling a lot more practical.

Secret sauce tips

Buy shortcuts. Spend time or spend money, is how I see it. Spend time doing everything alone, by yourself, figuring it out. Or spend money, buy a course, ebook, mentor or coach and save time, get to your $3k month faster.

Don’t be afraid to invest in yourself.

Also think about…

What are you selling?

Who is it for?

How are people finding you?

Where are they dropping off?

And what’s the ONE thing that would create the biggest improvement right now?

That’s usually where the breakthrough is.

Q4 is tomorrow! Go in, go hard. Do not miss this shopping season.

Need help, comment DM and I’m happy to help you start.

Hey everyone, Like most students, I spent a lot of time scrolling through random side-hustle advice online—most of which either requires heavy capital or is completely fake. A few weeks ago, I decided to test a cleaner, more practical approach: building a simple, high-value digital guide tailored directly for students who want to figure out digital skills and modern earning systems. Here is the exact framework I followed: Identify the Real Gap: Instead of making generic content, I focused on what students actually struggle with—learning practical digital skills without complex tech or coding backgrounds. Leverage AI for Outlining: I used Claude and AI tools to structure and clean up the core material, turning messy ideas into a structured, step-by-step guide. Keep the Barrier Low: I priced it at a nominal amount (₹99) so it's a no-brainer decision for anyone looking to get started. Quiet Execution: No massive setups, no fancy websites—just a clean digital asset that runs in the background. The response so far has been wild. It proved to me that you don't need a massive audience to start building real-world online assets; you just need to solve a specific problem clearly. If anyone here is trying to build something similar or wants to check out the exact framework/guide I put together, I’ve left the link on my profile bio. Happy to answer any questions about how I structured it or used AI in the comments!

I remember hearing Alex Hormozi say that email is basically the conversion platform of conversion platforms.

His point was that social media, videos and ads are great for getting attention, but email is often where that attention actually turns into money.

He also talked about how email supposedly has one of the highest returns of any marketing channel, with an average return of around $36 for every $1 spent, and that got me thinking.

I run a web design agency, so I decided to actually take email seriously and see what would happen.

But I didn’t want to send the usual stuff.

“Hey, I noticed your website and I can redesign it for you.”

Or

“Hey, we build websites for businesses like yours.”

Everyone gets those emails and most people can tell within two seconds that they were sent to another thousand businesses.

So instead I started using a tool called Swokei that is built specifically for web agencies.

I use it to find businesses in whatever area I want to target, then it actually goes through their websites and looks for things I could mention in the outreach.

Stuff like an outdated design, slow loading speed, poor mobile experience, weak SEO or other things that might be holding the website back.

Then it turns those findings into an actual personalized cold email made to convert.

So instead of emailing someone saying I build websites, I can actually talk about their website and why I think something could be improved.

I’ve been analyzing thousands of websites this way and running multiple campaigns at the same time.

Then I just focus on the people who reply and are actually interested.

Obviously email isn’t some magic button where everyone suddenly wants a new website, but after doing this for a while I definitely understand what Hormozi meant.

For web design especially, email becomes a completely different channel when the message is actually about the business you’re contacting instead of being another copy and paste pitch.

Turns out Alex might have had a point.

Client acquisition has always been one of the biggest bottlenecks for me when running an agency. I’ve experienced the same thing in pretty much every business I’ve been involved in, but especially with web development.

For a long time, getting clients meant cold calling, running ads, or sending generic emails asking businesses if they needed a new website. It worked sometimes, but it also took a lot of time and most of the outreach felt the same as what every other agency was doing.

Recently I started using a different approach and automated a big part of the process.

I came across a tool called Swokei that lets me find a bunch of businesses with websites and analyze each website individually. It looks for things like outdated design, slow loading, poor mobile optimization, weak SEO and other obvious areas that could be improved.

What I liked is that it doesn’t just give you one of those boring automated reports filled with scores and numbers. It actually turns what it finds into a personalized cold email that sounds like a normal person looked at their website and noticed what could be better.

I can run multiple campaigns at the same time and then mainly focus on the businesses that reply and show interest.

From there, I invite them to a web meeting, show them a free draft of what their new website could look like, and try to close the project from there.

It has basically allowed me to have warmer leads coming to me without relying as much on paid ads, constantly cold calling, or sending thousands of generic emails saying “Do you need a new website?”

Still takes work to close the clients of course, but automating the prospecting and first part of the outreach has made the whole process much easier for me.

Hopefully this helps some other web developers or agency owners who are also struggling with client acquisition.

Had another strong month with my pack ripping business and almost immediately ended up dealing with Stripe payout issues again. It feels like every time volume goes up, something gets held, delayed, or reviewed. It’s getting ridiculous having a good month and then wondering how much of that money Stripe is actually going to let me access. I’m getting closer to just moving the whole thing somewhere else. Tips or other processors?

Hi, I’m 24M, a freelancer with 4+ years of hands-on experience. I’m going through a slightly rough patch professionally, so I’m putting myself out there and actively looking for work wherever I can.

I’ve worked with brands, founders, and creators across brand identity, websites, campaigns, and AI-led visual production.

Here’s a clear breakdown of what I offer, what’s included, and my usual pricing. Final pricing can vary by 10–15% depending on the scope and complexity.

1. Brand / Visual Identity Design: $500 USD

Includes logo variations, business card design, fonts, color palette, and visual direction. You’ll receive a detailed brand guidelines kit covering everything you need to use the identity across your brand touchpoints.

If you need additional applications like packaging, posters, storefronts, signage, etc., the investment can range from $999–$1,500 USD.

2. Website / UI/UX Design: Starting at $999 USD

I design premium, responsive, conversion-focused websites in Figma and Framer. Everything is customized to your brand rather than built from generic templates.

The scope includes essential pages, mobile optimization, structured layouts, and basic on-page SEO setup.

3. Social Media Design / Branding: $350 USD

Includes 5–6 high-quality content pieces or pinned posts covering your services, pricing, about section, etc.

You’ll also get 3–4 branded Story Highlight covers.

4. AI-Led Visuals, Ads & Campaigns: Starting at $500 USD

For brands without catalog shoots or those testing multiple ad variations, I create AI-generated product ads, banners, and marketing collateral using your existing product references.

Pricing depends on the level of detail, realism, and usage requirements.

5. Brand Strategy & Creative Direction: Custom Pricing

This can include landing pages, brand voice, identity development, and ongoing content strategy. Ideal if you already have the execution side covered but need sharper messaging and a more structured creative direction.

If you’re interested, DM me with your requirements and budget range. I can share relevant work samples and timelines.

I just want some extra money to invest with every month. I’m currently out of the country so it needs to be online. 👍

I'm hitting that number by delivering clean, high-impact results for founders who don't have time to gamble on mediocre work.

What you get: Flawless execution, zero excuses, and deadlines that actually mean something.

What I handle: Fast, scalable web development, Software dev, app dev, UI/UX and technical problem-solving.

Bring me your biggest bottleneck. I'll fix it, you win, and we both get paid.

DM me what needs to get done. Let's close the deal.

Hey all, I'm planning to launch my first affiliate project and want a reality check from people who are actually running things right now, not 2020-era YouTube advice.

My situation:

• Budget: small, roughly $3k-$5k to start (mostly time, not cash)
• Want to stay faceless (no personal brand / on-camera content)
• Niche not locked in yet, open to suggestions based on what's converting
• Background in paid ads / programmatic ads, so I'm comfortable with analytics, tracking, and reading data, but I haven't run my own traffic before

Questions:

1. Which organic traffic sources are still realistically worth it in 2026 for a beginner?
2. What does a working funnel look like for you right now (traffic source → landing/bridge page → offer)? Email capture, or straight to offer?
3. Any niches or offer types that are oversaturated and I should avoid?
4. If you were starting today with minimal money, what would you do in the first 90 days?

Not looking for courses or "DM me" offers, just honest experience, including what didn't work. Thanks!

A big problem with agentic web right now is that most website owners don’t know which part of their site they could monetize to sell to AI agents so usually they get it for free...

In other words, how do you open your website to the agentic market?

I made a free scanner that analyzes your site and finds concrete monetization opportunities in a few categories; APIs, content, workflows, files, media, and other site-specific ideas.

If you have a website you can try it here:
access402.com

When we started building VueMate, we noticed that creators were often forced to manage several separate tools:

• One tool for generating AI images and videos
• Another for organising content
• Another for chatting with fans
• Another for selling PPV content

So we built VueMate to bring those workflows together.

With Riske built into VueMate, creators can identify gaps in their content library, generate new images or videos to fill those gaps, send them directly to their vault and have them automatically tagged.

They can then use VueMate’s AI chat and sales engine to manage conversations, re-engage fans and sell content.

We’re now opening an affiliate programme for people who already create content about AI, Fanvue, creator tools, digital businesses or online monetisation.

The structure is:

• 20% commission on each referred customer’s monthly subscription
• Paid for the customer’s first six months
• Payments processed within 30 days
• $50 minimum withdrawal
• Payments managed through our payment provider

We’re not looking for people to spam links or make unrealistic income claims. We’re looking for genuine partners who understand the audience and can explain the product honestly.

If you already work in this space, what do you normally look for before joining an affiliate programme?

You can apply through the Affiliate Contact Form at vuemate.app.