{"id":11130,"date":"2022-12-13T19:17:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T00:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jlbn.net\/?p=11130"},"modified":"2022-12-13T19:17:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T00:17:35","slug":"check-this-i-now-make-up-to-17000-a-month-on-amazon-after-being-laid-off-how-i-started-it-as-a-side-hustle-with-zero-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.jlbn.net\/?p=11130","title":{"rendered":"CHECK THIS I now make up to $17,000 a month on Amazon after being laid off \u2013 how I started it as a side hustle with zero experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A WOMAN has revealed how she now makes up to $ 17,000 a month after being laid off from her job during the pandemic and turning to Amazon as a side hustle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sue Irven and her husband Manny Irven started an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/the-sun.com\/topic\/amazon\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0account in June 2020, self-publishing &#8220;low-content books&#8221; with zero experience, she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their items included journals and notebooks &#8211; and neither had design experience, according to a blog Sue wrote for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-i-set-up-kdp-self-publishing-on-amazon-2022-10?utm_source=notification&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Business Insider.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has now become their primary form of income, but the couple recommends to others to start it off as a side hustle first to gauge success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Getting started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Sue and Manny were laid off in 2020 due to the pandemic, from low-wage, jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We knew we needed to diversify our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/money-us\/\">income streams<\/a>, and at the very least make more money so we could work fewer hours,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;So we tried out different<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/side-hustle\/\">&nbsp;side hustles<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, they did &#8220;affiliate marketing,&#8221; but did not have a large social media following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, they took a shot at &#8220;private-labeling eCommerce&#8221; but the shipping times and costs were high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, they decided to look into purchasing vending machines, but they did not think they would be lucrative and the startup costs were too high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Selling on Amazon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple started to sell KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) which allows you to self-publish &#8220;notebooks, journals, planners, fitness trackers, travel logs, activity books, puzzle books, and more.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All you have to do is submit your design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They make $5,000 to $10,000 per month on average, and during their best month to date, they made $17,000 in profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sales began to pick up during the first month with only ten designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You design the item and list it, then&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sun-selects\/6286038\/amazon-black-friday-deals\/\">Amazon<\/a>&nbsp;sells, prints, and ships your products to the customer while you collect royalties from each sale,&#8221; Sue wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;One of the best aspects of Amazon KDP is that you can put as little or as much time into it as you want; it can start as a part-time side hustle and turn into primary income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My husband and I started selling KDP now serve as our full-time income \u2014 neither of us has jobs outside of KDP, but we suggest people start out doing it as a side hustle.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Tips for newbies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For people who want to get started on KDP, Sue has a few tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, you want to be consistent, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The innovator publishes ten designs a week, so her profit comes from 200 designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ans she says you want to make sure your listings correspond to what customers are searching for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For example, if we search &#8220;notebooks,&#8221; and see that floral notebooks are the top hits at the moment, we&#8217;ll plan our designs accordingly.,&#8221; Sue explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The research process can take an hour or days, depending on how detailed we want to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With little design experience, they use Canva to create their front and back cover and Canva pro to make coloring books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>The downsides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the project being an active side hustle, it has its downs too, Sue said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She explained: &#8220;Some days you&#8217;ll make $1,500, and other days you&#8217;ll make $50. As a business owner, you should expect ups and downs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You also shouldn&#8217;t expect to see success right away. It took us 10 designs before we started making sales.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s important to note, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) states if you are a self-employed individual, generally you are required to file an annual return and pay estimated taxes quarterly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sun spoke with a tax expert who outlined how a side hustle could land you with a massive IRS bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IRS states you have to file an income tax return if your net earnings from self-employment were $400 or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your net earnings from self-employment is less than $400, you still have to file an income tax return if you meet any other filing requirement listed in Form 1040.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A WOMAN has revealed how she now makes up to $ 17,000 a month after being laid off from her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[254,3421],"tags":[888,3635,3429],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.jlbn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11130"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.jlbn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.jlbn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.jlbn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.jlbn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.jlbn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11131,"href":"http:\/\/blog.jlbn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11130\/revisions\/11131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.jlbn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.jlbn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.jlbn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}