Preface I’ve mentioned this before, regarding topics on Reddit. Whether it’s digital nomadism, passive income, or side hustles, there are a few common and relatively reliable ways to make money online. One is YouTube videos. One is WordPress blogs. One is app click-through commissions (which I’m not entirely convinced of). My primary source of income…
Month: August 2025
Daily life of a digital nomad: making money with YouTube short and long videos and YPP ads
Preface I’ve tried dozens of side hustles, but only YouTube has ever made over $100 a month. The others are meager, barely enough to cover breakfast. If I relied on other side hustles, I’d have starved to death. Currently, the main ways to make money online are TikTok live streaming, YouTube videos, WordPress blogs (for…
Daily life of a digital nomad: 3 ways to monetize TikTok live streaming
Preface Here’s a look at some recent ways I’ve tried to make money online. This blog post focuses on TikTok live streaming. The content I’ve tried so far: So far, I haven’t made even $0.01. In fact, I was even banned from TikTok for a week because of these live streams. I’ll explain the details…
The daily life of a digital nomad: creating a personal e-book website and using BTC for payment
Personal website I built a front-end project using Vue Vite. After launching, the red area represents the subsequent e-book cover. The input box prompts you to enter your email address before clicking to pay (because the subsequent successful payment callback will send a message to this email address by default). Payment methods support mainstream currencies…
Daily life of a digital nomad: Planning to migrate all cloud services to a new cloud server
Preface I’m currently using a Vultr cloud server. Because I’ve deployed many cloud services and blogs, I’ve opened three of the cheapest Vultr servers. However, even with this, the bills are still incredibly high. So I found another relatively inexpensive cloud server and bought one for $18 a year. This price, compared to $6 a…
Daily life of a digital nomad: Hot news and making money from side hustles
Preface I originally planned to compile trending news and weekly charts on YouTube to generate traffic and make money. But I later realized it was time-consuming and labor-intensive, with no direct traffic or revenue. On the contrary, making money itself is an evergreen topic, one that’s always hot and worth documenting, organizing, and sharing. I’ve…
The daily life of a digital nomad: unmanned live streaming and automated money making
Preface It’s been two weeks since I last updated my blog. Twenty days, to be exact. During this time, there have been almost no new visitors to my blog, as my phone hasn’t received any visitor notifications. The notifications I’ve received are almost exclusively from search engine crawlers, Google Ads providers, and some inexplicable hackers…