Making Money Online: Low-Cost Side Hustle Options
So when it comes to making money online, you don’t necessarily need to break the bank when it comes to getting started because there’s so many different options out there that you can use when it comes to starting a side hustle where you’re going to be able to put the least amount of money, in some cases no money, and still be in a position where you can scale that online business to the point where you’re making an extra $20 per day, $50 per day, maybe even $100 per day as a complete beginner and that’s exactly what I want to show you guys in today’s article. I’m going to be explaining this blueprint over here. What you can see on the screen right now is what I believe to be one of the easiest side hustles that anyone is going to be able to start as long as you’ve got a laptop and an internet connection and you’re not in a country that’s restricted for whatever reason, you’re going to be able to get started with this and not really have to spend too much when it comes to getting it off the ground.
Overview of the Side Hustle: Selling Products Online
Now before I explain anything that goes into this, essentially what the side hustle is is where you’re going to be selling products to people on the internet that want to buy those products but you’re not going to have to buy any inventory up front, you’re not going to have to ship out any products yourself. Literally all you’re going to be doing is making products available to people that want to buy those products and it’s going to be your job to make sure that you’re strategic when it comes to doing that and it’s also going to be your job to make sure that you’ve set everything up in the right way.
Building Your Online Storefront
Now as I said you’re not going to have to spend too much money when it comes to getting started and I’m going to explain exactly what you need to know from step one to the final step when it comes to building this online business. So let’s jump straight into one of the initial steps that you’re going to need to take which is building your online storefront and when I say online storefront all this means is the website that you’re going to own that’s going to list the products for people to buy them in the first place.
Using AI Store Builder for Quick Setup
Now right now we’re living in amazing times because if you wanted to build an online storefront let’s say 6 months ago, a year ago, it would have been somewhat difficult if you was a complete beginner and you may have had to spend some sort of money when it came to building your store as well but right now there’s various different cheap options that are out there that you can utilize when it comes to quickly getting a fully optimized and fully built store up and running within maybe 2 minutes, 5 minutes. Not that many people know about this and the best part about it is that of course it’s completely free for you to use.
Setting Up Your Store with AI Store Builder
So I’m going to leave a direct link to this AI store Builder down below. It’s really really easy to use, literally you’re going to have to insert your details just like this, select the type of store that you want to build and the AI store Builder is going to be able to take care of the rest when it comes to optimizing everything when it comes to building the pages on your website and most importantly when it comes to loading the store with winning products. You don’t necessarily need to sell the winning products that have been automatically loaded onto the store but it just makes things a little bit easier for you if you’re confused on what products that you want to sell.
Connecting Your Store to AutoDS
Now this AI store Builder that I just showed you is directly connected to AutoDS. AutoDS is a software that I recommend beginners to use when it comes to starting the side hustle initially because of the fact that they’ve got a library of various different winning products because AutoDS is one of the biggest Drop Shipping softwares that are out there, they’ve got so much data when it comes to which products are currently selling well. So during the process of you using the AI store Builder it’s going to automatically connect your store to the back end of your AutoDS account so if for any reason you don’t like the winning products that was automatically loaded onto your store you can log back into your AutoDS account and go through the library of winning products that they have in your particular Niche and within a few clicks of a button you can add those products onto your store ready for customers to buy.
Driving Traffic to Your Store
And of course the topic of this video is getting started with a side hustle with the least amount of money and when it comes to using AutoDS in the initial days I believe for the first 30 days you’re going to be able to use it for completely free but of course the main goal of building this store is to make potential customers aware of the products that you’re selling in the first place. Now there’s some paid options that are out there when it comes to building up traffic to your store, you can use paid ads you know things like Google shopping ads, Facebook ads, TikTok ads and Instagram ads. It’s not a bad idea to do that if you’ve got some sort of a budget but if you’re someone that’s getting started you’re testing the waters and again you don’t have a big budget when it comes to running ads I would recommend using these two short form platforms which is Instagram and TikTok.
Utilizing Instagram and TikTok for Organic Growth
I’m not saying that it’s going to be completely easy, I’m not saying that you’re going to get sales overnight but by using these two platforms and posting short form content on these platforms at least two, three, four times a day you’re going to be able to build up a theme page and build up awareness for the products that you’re selling because people are going to see your content constantly, they’re going to follow your page, they’re going to click into the link in your bio and they’re going to land on your storefront. The main thing that you need to understand about this step over here when it comes to posting organic content is that number one you want to make sure that the profiles that you’ve built on both TikTok and Instagram are branded around the exact same niche of your store. You also want to make sure that the content that you’re posting on both Instagram and TikTok relate to the niche that is centered around your store and you also want to post short form content that has the likelihood of going viral. These are the main things that you need to be aware of.
The Importance of Email Marketing
Now of course there is a lot more that goes into it when it comes to knowing what type of videos to post, knowing where to get the videos from, there’s even free AI Bots out there that you can use when it comes to producing your own content but as long as you’re aware of the power of building up these two platforms when it comes to building up awareness building up traffic to your website that’s definitely you moving in the right direction because of course these platforms are completely free to use but there is one common mistake that I’ve noticed with so many beginners that try this side hustle when it comes to pumping out short form content to build up traffic to their short form platforms which is the fact that they think it ends there. They think that the person is going to land on their storefront and buy their product straight away when that just isn’t the case.
Using Omnisend for Email List Building
One thing that you need to understand before you even start this is the importance of trying to capture the email addresses for the people that land on your store because if you’re able to capture the email address it’s going to put you in a position where you’re going to be able to now remarket to that person tomorrow, next week, next month, next year. So it’s very important to make sure that you don’t just pump out content for the sake of it but you’ve got the intention of building up an email list and the email marketing software that I would recommend that you use when it comes to connecting it to your storefront is Omnisend. Again this is a completely free tool to use, you’re not going to have to pay anything. I’m going to leave a direct link to them all you’re going to need to do is click on this option over here when it comes to creating your account, follow through the process and within 30 seconds maybe less than that your Omnisend account is now going to be connected and synced to your online store and the reason why this is so powerful is because the way that you can use Omnisend is that you can put a popup on your store so that when someone lands on it you can offer that person 15%, 10% discount whatever you want. The visitor on your page is going to insert their email address and they’re automatically going to be added into your email list and once you have a full understanding of exactly how all of this stuff works and you’ve built up your list to 10,000 people, 20,000 people, 30,000 people you can literally send one email per week and put yourself in a position where you’re generating thousands of dollars.
Processing Orders with AutoDS
So those are some of the main reasons why I recommend beginners that are looking to do this to build up an email list and use something like Omnisend just makes things a lot easier and it helps you when it comes to getting the side hustle off the ground but once you’ve done everything that I’ve shown you so far you’ve built your store using AI, you’ve connected your store to AutoDS loaded your store with winning products, you’ve used Instagram and TikTok to build up traffic and you’ve started sending emails out to the visitors that have given you their email address from there fingers crossed you’re going to start to get orders and as I mentioned at the start of this video with the side hustle you’re not going to have to ship out any products yourself when the orders come in as long as you’ve connected your store to AutoDS they’re going to make sure that the orders are sent directly to your supplier and when I say sent directly to your supplier what I mean by this is your customer’s name, your customer’s address and the product that they ordered.
Automation and Efficiency with AutoDS
AutoDS isn’t only a way for you to find winning product but it’s also a software that connects directly to your suppliers as long as you’ve turned on the auto fulfillment feature in the back end of your AutoDS account you’re going to start to see the orders coming through and you’re not even going to have to lift a finger because they’re going to make sure that the order is processed without you having to do anything. I found it to be a very useful and efficient tool mainly due to the automation features you know they’re going to monitor the price on your supplier’s website, they’re going to adjust your prices accordingly if your supplier has increased their price so that you’re always making a profit, they’re also going to make sure that they monitor the stock you know if your supplier is out of stock they’re going to make sure that they remove it from your website as well to avoid any confusions any queries or any chargebacks just overall when it comes to the orders that you’re going to start to get AutoDS is definitely the tool that you want to use and of course by using something like AutoDS that’s the point where the orders are going to be shipped out and you’re going to start to have happy customers and once you do start to get customers they’re happy they’re leaving you good reviews you’re now going to be able to repeat the process over and over again again when it comes to sending the customer another email letting them know about new products as well as giving them discount codes coupon codes and by being consistent when it comes to starting the side hustle you’re going to be able to print money from the comfort of your own home without even having to leave your house.