In early August, I got a new job. My new job is relatively leisure, and I like making money, so I wonder if I can open up some sideline businesses.
I've been playing with the idle fish platform for about three or four years, and I usually put an unused idle item on it. I saw a friend selling his paintings on it before, and thought it was cool to make money by his own skills, so I thought of my job-editing, and thought I could start with the ability of copywriting.
In the early stage, I also searched for copywriting related products in idle fish, and I feel that there is still a market. Some people are hundreds or thousands a day.
Xianyu's copywriting market
So I opened a new number, ready to copy someone else's path. In the early stage, I started taking orders from my own work copy. I have been taking orders for idle fish for more than three months from August to now. During these three months, my income has gone from low to high, and I have accumulated some experience, which I would like to share here, hoping to give a reference to other people who want to open up this sideline.
First, if idle fish want to develop new business, especially this virtual business, it is recommended to open a new number, and the traffic is too high. I used to have several old idle fish numbers, and there was almost no traffic when publishing virtual goods, but the traffic of the new number was very high, and many people looked for it every day; Later, the old number can also be used at the same time. Several accounts can publish goods at the same time, and then all of them will be drained to WeChat in the automatic reply, because there are many taboos in idle fish.
Exposure of idle fish
Second, because I do copywriting-related work, my business at first was limited to copywriting, and the charge was generally 10. However, if duplicate checking is not required, as well as jobs with more words, discounts will be given as appropriate. This will generally depend on your own situation, and I will set the price myself. Sometimes it's the same as opening a shop. It is most important to stabilize some customers in the early stage. At first, if the price is not really unacceptable, you can take this person's order first.
Thirdly, I later found that making videos, changing resumes, looking up documents, typing and doing ppt are all businesses that can be expanded, but they all take a long time, and then it is relatively difficult to do because they are not my good field. A summary is hard work. I have to admit that copywriting makes money faster and then takes less time.
The fourth is that idle fish seem to have regular contact with commodities. Let me write a copy for a while, there are many videos for a while, and there are many ppt and resumes for a while. I think the only thing users can do now is to use idle fish coins for exposure, and the rest can only be seen by the platform.
Fifth, I found that starting a business is actually equivalent to setting up a small company of Party B to some extent. Although I haven't worked for a long time, it's only about three months, but I can really sort out some of my doubts. For example, I used to be a migrant worker, and sometimes I even look at the problem from the capitalist's point of view after doing this, and I will think differently. For example, why do enterprises hire people? It is because their business cannot be expanded, why do some people get high salaries, why do some people get laid off, and so on. What is unreasonable from the perspective of migrant workers begins to become reasonable from the perspective of capitalists.
In the later stage, because of better cooperation, mainly because of lower prices, I also accumulated a small number of my old users. This group generally uses WeChat to communicate and transfer money directly, which is more convenient for docking and is also the reason for communicating with these old customers. Suddenly, I understand how important old customers are to a brand. Because the previous cooperation has established a certain degree of trust, saving a lot of trouble in the early communication, they will trust you unconditionally.
Communication with old customers on WeChat is very efficient and trustworthy.
10 This month can be regarded as the month in which this sideline earned the most money, which directly broke through the 8k mark, but the price that followed was that the working hours and rest time were firmly occupied by the sideline. I once thought I could quit my job and start my own business, but calm down and think about it. The first is that there is great uncertainty, and the second is that it takes too long.
The sideline income of idle fish for about three months is 8.8- 1 1. 12.
Because I am not busy at work, I spend almost two-thirds of my time doing sideline work from June 5438 to 10, including getting off work at weekends and nights. This money is really earned, but it is very hard. Sometimes sustainable development is still needed. If you feel too tired, you can stop and have a rest.
For those who want to start this sideline business on the idle fish platform, if you want to try to earn a few hundred dollars, I think it should not be a problem. After all, it's quite cool to be your own boss without an intermediary. On the other hand, if you want to make it a sustainable sideline, it should be very tiring, because in the process, you will meet all kinds of people and communicate with all kinds of people. This process is not easy.
However, without practice, there is no right to speak. Just do what you want in front of the screen. Only when you really do it will you know that it is not suitable for you.