Making money online starts with one truth. You already know something valuable. Maybe you’ve built a business, mastered a skill, or solved a problem others face. The gap between what you know and what others need creates opportunity. Package that gap into something people can buy.
You don’t have to become someone else or learn complex systems. Look at what people already ask you about. Those questions hold your first income stream. I’ve made money online through digital products, affiliate revenue, voice note coaching, and AI tools. Each method started with someone asking “how do you do that?”
The old model of trading time for money limits your growth. Service delivery keeps you busy but not wealthy. These 17 methods turn your knowledge into assets that work without you. They scale your impact while you sleep. Some generate quick wins, others build lasting revenue. All require you to package what you know in ways that help others win.
Forget about being an expert. It’s not required. You just need to be one step ahead of someone who needs your help. Start with what you know. Build from what works. Scale when you’re ready.
How to make money online right now: 17 proven methods
1. Sell digital products
Create PDFs, templates, or toolkits that solve specific problems once and sell forever. I built the AI for Coaches Toolkit after noticing the same questions kept appearing in my inbox. Package your most common advice into downloadable resources. Price them at impulse-buy levels. Watch them sell while you focus on creating the next one.
Revenue potential: $9-49 per digital product sold
2. Become an accountability buddy
People pay for structure and follow-through more than information. Set up weekly check-ins, daily voice notes, or structured challenges that keep clients moving forward. Charge monthly for consistent support. Build relationships that create results. Your job becomes celebrating wins and catching excuses before they stick.
Revenue potential: $50-500 per month per client
3. Sell content packages
Record busy founders sharing their expertise, then slice it into clips. One 60-minute conversation becomes 30 posts, 10 carousel slides, and 5 short videos. Busy founders need content but lack time to create it. You become their content machine. They talk, you package, everyone wins.
Revenue potential: $500-3000 per content package
4. Offer niche consulting
Skip the coffee meetings and deliver transformation through video calls or voice notes on something you’ve successfully done yourself. After I sold my agency I coached founders through selling theirs, entirely through voice messages. I fit advice into their busy days. Pick your medium, set your boundaries, solve real problems. Your expertise travels instantly anywhere.
Revenue potential: $100-1000 per hour
5. Run live masterclasses
What skill could you teach online? Writing, speaking English, painting, presenting? Whatever you’re good at, people will pay you to learn. Host 90-minute sessions teaching one skill deeply. Run them live to connect with students. Charge for attendance. Build your reputation as someone who delivers value in every session.
Revenue potential: $29-197 per ticket
6. Build and sell mini courses
Solve one problem in under two hours of content. Get comfortable speaking on camera, then, keep it tight, practical, and immediately useful. Mini courses work because they promise quick wins without overwhelming commitment. Price them low enough for instant decisions. Stack them up to build your course empire.
Revenue potential: $19-97 per course
7. Start an affiliate revenue stream
Recommend tools you actually use and earn commissions when others buy through your links. Share honest reviews, create tutorials, show real results. Think of yourself as joining the marketing team of your favourite product. Your authentic experience could sell better than their own marketing efforts. Turn the tech you already love into a revenue stream.
Revenue potential: $10-10,000 per month
8. Offer LinkedIn ghostwriting
Help professionals build authority without them writing a word. Study their voice, understand their expertise, create posts that sound like them on their best day. Learn how to write with AI so you can replicate their voice on repeat. Busy leaders need visibility but lack time. You become their voice while they focus on their zone of genius.
Revenue potential: $500-3000 per month per client
9. Run paid cohorts
Guide groups through transformations together. Community accountability overcomes solo struggles. Run cohorts for running 10 miles per week, fat loss accountability, daily writing clubs, or business launches. Start with 5-10 people, deliver incredible results, expand from there. The group dynamic does half your work.
Revenue potential: $97-997 per person per cohort
10. Build an AI version of yourself
Let technology handle repetitive questions while you focus on high-value work. My Jodie AI, built with Coachvox, acts as a lead magnet, answering common questions and qualifying prospects for my business. Feed it your frameworks, your voice, your expertise. Let it work 24/7 while you sleep. Or charge for access to the AI itself.
Revenue potential: $9-29 per month subscription
11. Sell merch with meaning
Turn your signature messages into wearable reminders using print-on-demand services. Create t-shirts with your catchphrases, mugs with your frameworks, or hoodies featuring your brand. No inventory, no shipping headaches, just designs that represent your brand. Your community becomes walking billboards for ideas they believe in.
Revenue potential: $3-30 profit per item
12. Create and sell templates
Package your proven processes into copy-paste solutions others can customize. Email sequences, content calendars, strategy frameworks. Whatever system you’ve perfected, others need it. Save them time figuring it out. Charge for the shortcut.
Revenue potential: $17-197 per template pack
13. Build a paid community
Pick a topic you care about, then create exclusive spaces where members get direct access to you and each other. Monthly subscriptions for ongoing value. Weekly calls, private channels, member spotlights. Communities thrive on connection and accountability. You facilitate both while building recurring revenue.
Revenue potential: $27-297 per month per member
14. Create a paid database or resource vault
Turn your collected knowledge into a searchable library. Swipe files, case studies, examples that inspire action. I give away free prompts but sell advanced libraries for serious users. Organize what you’ve gathered. Make it findable. Charge for access, either on subscription or one-off.
Revenue potential: $19-97 per month subscription or higher one-off
15. Sell your expertise as prompts
Package your thinking patterns into AI prompts that replicate your approach. Coaches buy my prompt libraries to think like me when serving clients. Your unique perspective becomes a tool others can use. Teach machines to think like you, then sell that thinking.
Revenue potential: $27-497 per prompt library
16. Run a challenge
Create focused sprints where participants achieve one clear result. Five days to launch. Seven days to clarity. Set a specific goal, provide daily guidance, celebrate completions. Challenges create urgency and community. Price them accessibly. Run them repeatedly.
Revenue potential: $17-97 per participant
17. Create AI-assisted services
Professionals know they need to use AI, but they don’t want to spend time figuring out tools and learning how to prompt. Become someone’s AI tool manager. Combine human expertise with AI efficiency, using it for research, first drafts, and routine tasks while you add strategy and soul. Charge premium prices for premium speed. Your expertise guides the machine.
Revenue potential: $500-5000 per project
Make money online by packaging what you know
Make a list of the cool stuff you’ve done. Every skill learned, problem solved, and system created holds potential income. People pay for shortcuts to their goals. You’ve already walked paths others want to travel.
Start with one method that feels easy to start. Test it small, refine based on feedback, scale what works. Making money online happens when you stop consuming and start creating. Your knowledge can become someone else’s breakthrough. Package it today.
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