You love to create, right? But you’re still not sure how to make money from your creations. Well, you’ve come to the right place.
Our sneaky secrets to cashing in online gives you great ideas to help you make your first few bucks from the things you love to do.
Creators Have Options
What do you create?
You might be a writer, a digital artist, or a filmmaker.
Maybe you build birdhouses. Sew costumes. Come up with witty lines perfect for bumper stickers.
There is no limit to what creatives all over the world make, but too many builders, artists, wordsmiths, producers, artisans, musicians, and other skilled creators don’t know how to show off their work.
Here’s the good news: the internet gives you options beyond what you have available in your local community. Online platforms provide you with ample opportunities and a wider reach.
But to buy your stuff, audiences need to know you exist.
Put Yourself Out There
Your first step is to start putting your work out there for others to see. You have ways to do this in your local community, and you also have dozens of online options at your fingertips.
Within your community, look for opportunities to sell your stuff at local specialty shops, farmers markets, craft bazaars, used bookstores, artists’ coops, conventions, and other outlets.
Online, you can find a bigger global audience to expand your reach and make more money.
For your online presence, you’ll need to create some digital content, which could be photos of your physical builds, digital files of your 2D art, Google docs with your writing samples, audio files, video files, and many other options.
If you have a website, that’s great. If you don’t, don’t sweat it. Many online platforms exist where you can sell what you create without needing your own website.
Money-Making Online Platforms
With a sampling of digital files showcasing your best work, you’re ready to venture online to create accounts, upload your work, and start making money. Check out these platforms.
- Patreon: Show off your exclusive content on Patreon, where you can accept donations from patrons.
- Ko-fi: This platform lets creators sell physical and digital products, launch crowdfunding campaigns, accept commissions, and more.
- Kindle: Are you a writer? Kindle is an accessible platform for publishing your own written work.
- Redbubble: This platform lets you turn your digital art designs into great products to sell online, including shirts, notebooks, wall art, phone cases, and more.
- Memberful: This platform helps you build and run a membership program for access to your content. It’s ideal for podcasters, educators, independent creators, and others.
- Buy Me a Coffee: Collect donations from your supporters, whether you create video tutorials, write digital comedy, offer music lessons, or provide any other creative services.
- Facebook: Launch a business page on Facebook to show off your creations and build your audience.
Think Like an Entrepreneur
Online platforms and local opportunities can help you become a creative entrepreneur. Some creators do so well online they decide to focus most or all of their attention on selling online.
Thinking like an entrepreneur will help you carve the path that’s best for you. Network within your circles to find new future fans of your work. Check out job boards for jobs and side gigs that need your skills.
If you like to write, content creator jobs might be worth looking into. If you make wearable art, search for jewelry design listings. Search job boards for what you do – storytelling, sculpting, video creation, anything! You might be surprised by what you uncover.
Go For It!
Which money-making platform is drawing you in? Choose one and start learning more about it. Decide if it’s the right fit for the type of things you create.
If it is, then do a deep dive to learn everything about that platform.
The trick is to start somewhere and build from there. When you make that first sale, you’ll be hooked!
GOOD LUCK!
