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A designer's four-month experiment monetizing AI-generated images earned $2,147, with the only profitable niche being AI character product shots for small businesses and Etsy sellers. Video remains unreliable for client work, and passive income expectations were unmet.
The author shares his experience of earning 100,000 yuan by taking commercial orders on Xiaohongshu (RED), including activating Pugongying (Dandelion), rebate rules, collaborating with intermediaries, the content creation process, and using AI tools to assist creation.
Eric Schmidt advises starting an agentic AI company to capitalize on high demand and low supply of builders, suggesting building and selling AI voice agents for $10k/month.
A developer built a $2k/month side hustle by automating phone calls and review management for local restaurants using no-code AI tools like Vapi and GoHighLevel.
A deep tutorial that uses a real case (a Xiaohongshu store owner earning over 100,000 yuan per month) to explain how to identify user needs, create good content, and monetize on Xiaohongshu. It covers practical steps such as topic selection, benchmarking, and monetization paths.
Introduces three AI workflows that will make money in 2026: reverse-engineering overseas case studies, converting long-form articles into viral X threads, and building a faceless AI short video matrix. Emphasizes that systematic workflows and prompt iteration matter more than chasing new tools.
Auto-Company is an open-source project that creates a fully autonomous AI company running 24/7 using multiple AI agents to ideate, code, deploy, and market products without human intervention.
A tutorial on turning a book into a sellable 'skill' for side income, with pricing strategies for platforms like Xianyu and Xiaohongshu.
Introduces a method for monetizing by using AI tools to generate capybara cartoon characters and emojis, publishing graphics and text on WeChat public accounts to drive traffic.
This tweet recommends an automated tool for Xianyu side hustles and three open-source projects, which can automatically monitor, handle customer service, and manage products, improving efficiency.
This article lists four cases of making money in the Chinese market using information asymmetry, involving second-hand mobile phone resale, AI-modified magazine content, kitchen tool OEM, and podcast content re-creation, highlighting the business opportunities brought by information gaps.
A big tech programmer shares his 9-month experience of running a side hustle on X (formerly Twitter) from zero to five-figure monthly income, only to have his account banned for violating rules, losing all 11,897 followers.
A personal account of an afternoon tea in Silicon Valley where women discussed using AI to thrive and make money amid tech layoffs.
A viral tweet describes how someone built a micro-SaaS factory using a Mac Studio and Claude subscription, generating $18,400/month with multiple AI agents collaborating to create a B2B copywriting engine, deploy via Vercel, and convert Shopify sellers automatically. The system turns a business hypothesis into revenue in 48 hours.
A tweet describes a brother-in-law running a home data center/GPU farm, generating ~$3k/month profit with 30% solar power, aiming for 60% via batteries, and selling compute for ML/rendering workloads.
A 21-year-old earns $27,400/month from faceless YouTube Shorts using a free open-source script that auto-generates videos from Reddit threads with Google TTS narration and Minecraft gameplay, requiring minimal effort.
A booming micro-business on Xianyu: devs use vibe-coding to spin up OpenAI-compatible relay APIs. Low barrier, tiny cost, huge demand—prime time for nimble indie developers to profit.