I was "today years old" when made my first dollar online -- 32
Today I made my first dollar in a presell of an Info product on Gumroad, feels exciting that a stranger on the internet decided to pay me money for information!
Still can't believe it, keep going to check the email 😅
Totally showing my age here. And it was before online existed. But I wrote a very simple game for my ZX81 (!!!) when I was 12 and sent it to a computer magazine (back in the day, you could buy the magazine, then type in the code line by line to get the game :D ). It was published and they gave me £20.
I had made a website about French Idol’s top contestant of the year. People could download hq videos of his performances every week. I made money through ads on the site.
SEO was easier back then, as I just had to buy the domain name (translated from French: Christopher-French-idol.com) to rank first 😂.
I will always remember the night of the season finale. Every time I refreshed the Google Adsense dashboard, I had made more money. I think I made 100€ in that night.
It was illegal, but since the network didn’t have any video online presence at the time, didn’t get me in trouble.
The year after, I started “industrializing” and did the same thing but for every candidate. However that’s the year where the network launched their online platform. They sent me a ceast and desists.
17yo me got super scared 😱 . And I stopped everything.
13 - I sold World of Warcraft gold for PC parts (I could have taken cash but had to invest in a new PC)
I was pretty good at the auction house, I would buy raw material, convert them to uncut gems and then cut them.
I had multiple accounts with the skills required to do it.
I also had spreadsheets to make sure I was buying at a profitable price.
I had suppliers who gave me a good price as well for raw materials.
This is one reason I love SaaS. In theory you should be able to plug numbers into a spreadsheet and workout what to do. In reality it is a little harder.
27/28, I setup a website called Divers Travel Network, listing scuba resorts around the world. Each listing I think was about £100 and only managed to sell a handful as most resorts we called up had never heard of the internet. But even so, I agree with you @dtunker, definitely the good old days!
but this question is so not fair ;-) For some of us oldies, the internet didn't really appear in the UK til we were mid 20's. If it had been around earlier I would definitely have tried to do something age 11, instead of getting up at 5am each morning to deliver newspapers in the freezing cold! I totally admire you @skylex, doing stuff online age 11!!
indeed! from reselling clothes online to selling currency for online games, the responses here are amazing.
there's an entire story (and ebook?) around why I set that site up ;-) But yeah it's the diversity of ideas that I love in this world. When I started my career as an IT consultantant 30 years ago, it was the conformity that drove me to boredom and to leave after 5 years.
Starting selling on eBay when I was 11. My mom helped me set up my account. I sold all the stuff in my room I didn't use. It was like Christmas for 11 year old me.
My dad reminded me recently, I use to sell admin access to counter-strike servers for $10 bucks a month when I was 12. (2002). People were literally mailing me checks.
I made my first dollar from Pay-to-click websites back when I was 11 or 12.
I then went on to sell graphic designs to these businesses for $1 to $3 each, as I realized that clicking ads for <$0.01 wasn't a great use of my time.
All the money I earned went towards buying new books or trying new "businesses", a decision I'm very proud of.
Ahhh good times. I was 17 years old, spending $1,000 a month on Google traffic to affiliate sites (and making 2-3x that back).
I got invited on a gadget company's ski holiday as a congratulations for being one of their top affiliates... and they had to ask my parent's permission to take me! It was Whistler, in Canada... so I couldn't even drink! xD
Ever since then, I haven't been able to shake the taste for it - nothing better to waking up to commission overnight.
39..I sold a pair of hightop nikes on poshmark for about 40 bucks..they were fresh but I think I wore them once maybe twice..neway I looked on the person who bought them poshmark site and he's trying to sell them for if I can remember about $110..whatever it was a lesson learned but I still was excited on my very first sell online
Well, if we speak about $ - 25, but if to speak about money in my national currency - 16 :) And I started profiting from my classmates for doing homework for them :)
I was 17 when I created couple of guitar video lessons for online website. Some years later, when being in college, I sold some of my music through AudioJungle.
I were like 11-12 y.o. I created web site from other's guy template. I were selling currency for online game in social network. Earned like $500 with $100 profit. One day, random dude just stolen all my currency: he saw access token to my account in website error log. I weren't good at coding then :D So I closed my website. Sad story, but actually it was very fun. Since then I code and build stuff online.
P.S. Believe me or not, I bought 1k/day traffic for just $3. Crazy time.
I was "today years old" when made my first dollar online -- 32
Today I made my first dollar in a presell of an Info product on Gumroad, feels exciting that a stranger on the internet decided to pay me money for information!
Still can't believe it, keep going to check the email 😅
Congrats! BTW, that feeling never gets old.
Thank You!
Totally showing my age here. And it was before online existed. But I wrote a very simple game for my ZX81 (!!!) when I was 12 and sent it to a computer magazine (back in the day, you could buy the magazine, then type in the code line by line to get the game :D ). It was published and they gave me £20.
brilliant.
I am 16. I earned $30 by selling Diablo 4 Gold.
I was 16 (now 31).
I had made a website about French Idol’s top contestant of the year. People could download hq videos of his performances every week. I made money through ads on the site.
SEO was easier back then, as I just had to buy the domain name (translated from French: Christopher-French-idol.com) to rank first 😂.
I will always remember the night of the season finale. Every time I refreshed the Google Adsense dashboard, I had made more money. I think I made 100€ in that night.
It was illegal, but since the network didn’t have any video online presence at the time, didn’t get me in trouble.
The year after, I started “industrializing” and did the same thing but for every candidate. However that’s the year where the network launched their online platform. They sent me a ceast and desists.
17yo me got super scared 😱 . And I stopped everything.
13 - I sold World of Warcraft gold for PC parts (I could have taken cash but had to invest in a new PC)
I was pretty good at the auction house, I would buy raw material, convert them to uncut gems and then cut them.
I had multiple accounts with the skills required to do it.
I also had spreadsheets to make sure I was buying at a profitable price.
I had suppliers who gave me a good price as well for raw materials.
This is one reason I love SaaS. In theory you should be able to plug numbers into a spreadsheet and workout what to do. In reality it is a little harder.
27/28, I setup a website called Divers Travel Network, listing scuba resorts around the world. Each listing I think was about £100 and only managed to sell a handful as most resorts we called up had never heard of the internet. But even so, I agree with you @dtunker, definitely the good old days!
but this question is so not fair ;-) For some of us oldies, the internet didn't really appear in the UK til we were mid 20's. If it had been around earlier I would definitely have tried to do something age 11, instead of getting up at 5am each morning to deliver newspapers in the freezing cold! I totally admire you @skylex, doing stuff online age 11!!
@steveprocter Always amazed of the diversity of ideas people come up with
indeed! from reselling clothes online to selling currency for online games, the responses here are amazing.
there's an entire story (and ebook?) around why I set that site up ;-) But yeah it's the diversity of ideas that I love in this world. When I started my career as an IT consultantant 30 years ago, it was the conformity that drove me to boredom and to leave after 5 years.
"Be Indie"
18 Reselling clothes online
Yes! It taught me so much about copywriting and product photography.
Miss those days making listings and sales every week!
Did you have a specific niche you were serving? For me, it was vintage The North Face products.
haha, love it! for me it was the vintage fall clothing as well -- jacket, dress shirt and ugly sweater.
I think 12-13? I had a YouTube channel and ended up becoming a YouTube partner.
16 or 17. I sold a lot of second hand clothing on ebay.
haha me too! Good days!
Like 30 something?? Sold some snapchat geo templates or whatever they're called.
Starting selling on eBay when I was 11. My mom helped me set up my account. I sold all the stuff in my room I didn't use. It was like Christmas for 11 year old me.
Sold a Flash game sponsorship at 24 (late 2007).
2, as in 2 old 😎
I was 14 years old, I didn't realize I made money.
I was 22. Started dropshipping print on demand products using Teespring and ads on Facebook.
47 -- a $12 affiliate payment for Sendy.co
My dad reminded me recently, I use to sell admin access to counter-strike servers for $10 bucks a month when I was 12. (2002). People were literally mailing me checks.
I made my first dollar from Pay-to-click websites back when I was 11 or 12.
I then went on to sell graphic designs to these businesses for $1 to $3 each, as I realized that clicking ads for <$0.01 wasn't a great use of my time.
All the money I earned went towards buying new books or trying new "businesses", a decision I'm very proud of.
I was 20 making ~10$ by graphic design project 😄
20yrs, made using adsense program by cheating their algorithm. Then reinvested to make more money in decent ways.
Ahhh good times. I was 17 years old, spending $1,000 a month on Google traffic to affiliate sites (and making 2-3x that back).
I got invited on a gadget company's ski holiday as a congratulations for being one of their top affiliates... and they had to ask my parent's permission to take me! It was Whistler, in Canada... so I couldn't even drink! xD
Ever since then, I haven't been able to shake the taste for it - nothing better to waking up to commission overnight.
39..I sold a pair of hightop nikes on poshmark for about 40 bucks..they were fresh but I think I wore them once maybe twice..neway I looked on the person who bought them poshmark site and he's trying to sell them for if I can remember about $110..whatever it was a lesson learned but I still was excited on my very first sell online
Well, if we speak about $ - 25, but if to speak about money in my national currency - 16 :) And I started profiting from my classmates for doing homework for them :)
I was 17 when I created couple of guitar video lessons for online website. Some years later, when being in college, I sold some of my music through AudioJungle.
29 when launched my tiny iOS game and first commercial product Eve of Impact 🌏☄️
16 years old, building websites.
The passport department within Dubai Intentional Airport was my first paying client!
20 made 40$ on a animation project it was awesome experience
33, I sold featured space/ad space on colorsandfonts.com for 20€.
19 writing programming articles
I'd say about 17, I sold items for Diablo 2 in a shop I built myself ;)
Probably in my mid twenties. I had a blog about PHP/Zend Framework tips and tricks that made some money through Google AdSense.
I were like 11-12 y.o. I created web site from other's guy template. I were selling currency for online game in social network. Earned like $500 with $100 profit. One day, random dude just stolen all my currency: he saw access token to my account in website error log. I weren't good at coding then :D So I closed my website. Sad story, but actually it was very fun. Since then I code and build stuff online.
P.S. Believe me or not, I bought 1k/day traffic for just $3. Crazy time.
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