562: From Zero to $2k a Month w/ the Amazon Influencer Program

23:13Like I think on average, I'm getting like around two to 4 % commissions on products purchase that in addition to ideally products, which don't have a lot of videos tied to them. And then lastly, again, even if the product is very, very popular, take for example, a Mac book or any Apple product, I still choose to review those. And I still actually have received commissions on very, very popular products just like that. And with a$2 ,000 laptop, getting even one sale is a lot. It's a pretty decent commission when it comes to the Amazon Influencer program. So even if you know it's popular, like I've reviewed books, I've reviewed games, I've reviewed food items, supplements, the wide variety, like really think out of the box.

23:59It doesn't have to just be tangible items. It can be a lot of different things. Okay. Here's a chance to plug a Chrome extension that my friend Liz created. It's called Fluencer Fruit, and it kind of overlays onto the Amazon shopping page, and it will show you, you know, how many open video slots there are, or if there are any, and say, well, there's already five videos. Here's the expected commission percentage. You kind of, as you're going through, I guess, as you're clicking through these, you know, your order history for your product pages, it'll be like, oh, there's already five videos. Maybe I won't prioritize that one versus, well, if it's a high price thing, you know, maybe I could work my way.

24:40into the rotation there. But that's something that I've been playing around with too. I don't know, Tyler, anything, any thoughts on that front? Like if there's already a bunch of videos, like is there a way to kind of, you know, work your way into the, you know, the buy box would be the FBA language, so to speak. Like even if I'm not the first one there, somebody else is already selling it, but I can still work my way in there. Yeah, I agree that it's worth doing some of those high ticket items that already have a bunch of videos because YouTube will give preference to new videos. And so you might be in that prime spot and someone else will post a video and you'll get bumped.

25:15And then it might cycle through. So you might leave the listing for a while and then Amazon might put you back. So it doesn't hurt to make those videos. Certainly it's better to do something that's high traffic than something that has zero videos, but no one's bought it in two years. So those ones are kind of useless. The extension that you plugged would be super helpful because just being able to see what doesn't have high competition and if it's a bestseller, like if you go to customer reviews and see that there's a bunch of recent reviews, then you're likely going to do better. So with new shopping that you're doing specifically for Amazon, we don't typically buy products just to do a review, but it has changed our household's buying patterns because now when we look to new things, we just bought some beds and we're like, let's try a bed in a box from Amazon.

26:01It's a higher ticket item. Let's get the ones with a lot of written customer reviews, but no video reviews. And so we did that last month and it's earning really, really well on Amazon because it doesn't have that competition and it has a high price point because it costs more. So I think you do want to gravitate that direction when you can. Yeah. So after you exhaust all the items in your household, which are technically kind of free because you already have them, you do gravitate towards buying products to specifically review. Ideally, what I'm looking for is, number one, the biggest, the first question you have to ask is like, does this product actually need a video?

26:39You know, that's something like I've seen videos with people reviewing Doritos bags. And I'm like, why are you making a video on that? You know, people aren't going to watch a video on that. It doesn't require a video. So it's a simple first question to ask, like, would people actually want to watch a video on this? If that's yes, then I go towards the recent reviews, just like what Tyler said. And I'm actually reading the reviews, especially the most recent ones, because if there's a lot of one star, two star reviews, I mean, the product likely isn't going to convert. But if there's a lot of recent reviews, a lot of those recent reviews are good things being said about the product, which are five stars.

27:11And it has less than six videos, ideally, that usually tends to be a good product. So from my experience with buying products specifically to review so far, I've probably spent maybe just shy of over$400. And with that criteria of particularly choosing products, it was about$400 for about 10 products. All of my videos have been able to rank though. But it's going to take some time to actually get me positive in terms of ROI, just because, again, the commissions are small. I'm going for higher ticket price items, but it does technically work if you have that criteria in mind. If when you're back, actually about to start buying products specifically to review.

27:47Yeah, it kind of changes the shopping equation of like, you know, what's my break even window if I do get the video on this to how long can I erase some of the expense related to it? I mean, Tyler, you were sharing like, oh, I bought this office chair and I made 60 bucks for it. Like, you know, it's like, oh, it's half off now. I think it's a cool way to look at the shopping angle of Amazon, too. Yeah, for sure. And not only is it great because the things that you're going to buy, but the longer you're an Amazon influencer and the more videos you've posted, the more you're going to have companies reaching out to you and saying, will you please review our product?

28:22And they'll send it to you for free or even give you a commission. And so now I've had offers to get office chairs and other things that I wanted to buy anyways. And they're sending them to me for free. Today, I'm doing some gym equipment. I'm doing a weed whacker. And people are just sending me this stuff. It starts to get overwhelming where you're getting 10, 15 requests a day and have to say, yeah, I just can't do it. If you pay me$100 maybe, and then people will say, okay, we'll do that. Wow. John, have you had companies reach out to you too? Yeah, that's when it really starts getting, it really is a fun side hustle when companies start reaching out to you and they're asking you, can we give this to you for free?

29:01But then you kind of reason out, you know, I'm really, I have a lot to do. So you start charging for it, but they're still on board with actually sending you a free item and paying you at the same time, just to make like a one to two minute video. a lot of opportunity there in terms of the revenue, not just from making commissions from Amazon influencer, but also I call them like sponsored reviews, actually making a decent amount of side hustle income from there as well. So with your Amazon influencer storefront, just make sure that you have a nice way or legitimate ways in which people can actually contact you very easily.

29:30You know, Instagram DMs, Facebook messenger, YouTube, you know, they have to click on YouTube, then click on your email and then send you a message. So it's not the easiest way. So I would recommend at least tying your Instagram account to your storefront. So Instagram is a lot easier for people to reach out to. Facebook Messenger is probably my most common place in which people reach out to me just because it's so easy to just click on Facebook and send me a message. So yeah, that's kind of cool. That's now that you've established yourself as somebody who's made a couple hundred videos, companies start saying, hey, you want to review our thing?

30:01And you're like, well, kind of busy right now. How about a hundred bucks? And then And there's like, sure. Like, dang, I should have said 200. But that's great. There is a sweet spot. A lot of the Amazon sellers are coming from Asia. And most of them have a marketing budget. And it seems that around$25 to$30 is within budget for almost everyone. And once you get beyond$35, people will say no, or we can't do that within our budget. So kind of a lower ticket. But again, if it's only a one to two minute video in terms of an hourly rate, plus the, you know, commissions, potential commissions on the backend, like, okay, that pencils out pretty nicely.

30:40So I like that. And Tyler, are you comfortable sharing a sense of the sponsored video sales volume at this point? Yeah. A lot of it's how much you're willing to do. We just hit spring break a few weeks ago. And so I knew I'd be more available to make reviews. So I said yes to more. So in the last 10 days, I did like 30 sponsored videos and made about$400 on the front end. Now, a lot of those don't make as much money on the back end because they're new products. They don't have a proven track record. And so you want to make sure you're getting paid up front if it's not something that you just totally want.

31:14But typically, I'm making a few hundred dollars a month on sponsored videos and then 10 times that from Amazon. Yeah, I like it. As far as the disclosures, I think you just have to mention or do you have to say anything or say, I got this product in exchange for a review or something? Yeah, you just have to be clear that it was sent to you from the company for review. Okay. Is there an implicit understanding of like a five-star review? Okay, we gave this to you for free. Now you're saying it sucks. There isn't anything that Amazon requires there as far as, and a lot of people have asked me about that on YouTube because I'll post my videos on YouTube as well.

31:50And so in the comments there, they'll ask, can you give an honest review? And my response is yes, I say no to companies. I've had companies say that, can you de-emphasize this one thing you said and re-upload it? Or can you feature this other thing? And I'll often write back and say, no, I'm giving an honest review. If you don't like it, I'll just take the video down. And most Amazon sellers are completely on board with that. They want you to have honesty and integrity in your reviews. So you do the best you can because, and honestly, the honest reviews convert better. So you want to be honest.

32:22You want to point out the negative things so customers can make an educated decision when they buy. Absolutely. Do you have a sense, John, of the shelf life of these videos from having been at it for half a year at this point? Because I've seen in my dashboard, it'll get 400 views in a week and then it's kind of dead. It cycled out of the rotation or I don't know, maybe Amazon didn't like it or other people uploaded and bumped me out of that space. But do you have a sense of like, okay, is it can it be you know the elusive passive income upload it once and have it just kind of generate commissions on autopilot for months at a time yeah so for it's not necessarily based on my experience but it's based on my research of other people who have been around the program longer than me their their videos do last years to come i know i one thing they did mention is that if there's more than six videos the videos tend to be carouseled out um that might be the reason which sometimes you receive views for videos this week, but then the next week is like no views.

33:21So ideally, again, you do want to be one of those six videos only tied to that video. And there's millions and millions of products on Amazon. So it is definitely possible for you to be actually the only video tied to that product as well. And that's like really the sweet spot. If you're the only video, the product is getting a lot of recent reviews, people are buying it. That's probably the sweet golden spot to actually have an Amazon influencer video tied to the program and such. But people have been doing it for, I think, over three years now. They all say that sometimes their income seems to plateau, sometimes it drops, but I feel like it's just a normal fluctuation of a lot of people are entering the program now, they're kicking or they're carouseling videos out.

34:05So as more people get in, I do think that it's possible to expect the ups and downs of your commissions getting on revenue. Yeah, it does feel very gold rushy at the moment where, you know, I didn't hear a lot about it. And then all of a sudden from every angle, it was like, hey, this is the newest, the latest, greatest thing. Kind of like, you know, merch was and FBA was and, you know, a lot of these Amazon centric side hustles where, you know, there's this rush of people kind of all jumping in. And so maybe there's maybe there's a way to differentiate yourself. And maybe that is a higher production quality, or maybe that is a better looking thumbnail.

34:39So it's like maybe the quick and easy iPhone shot videos, they're working now, but maybe that doesn't last. Maybe you have to step up your game as more people get into it. But I don't know. I'm definitely curious to see where it goes because it is kind of addicting to log in and check my stats. And Tyler talked me off the ledge the other day because I had this dry spell where the clicks went flat, the commissions went flat. I was like, is this over for me? Everything was up and to the right. This is the greatest side hustle. And then I had like a$20 commission come through for some like furniture set.

35:11And I was like, oh, I'm back in the game, baby. Let's do this. Yeah. I mean, so every month I do a review. So I actually hired someone to create an Excel sheet because when you make these videos, Amazon influencers analytics aren't the best at letting you know. Let's pretend you make a review video on a mattress. Even if other people watch other mattress reviews and buy those mattress after watching your video, you'll still receive commissions on products which you didn't receive reviews for. So what I did was I created an Excel sheet. It'll search up keywords when you download your list of products which you sold through Amazon Influencer.

35:45And then in that Excel sheet, you can actually search the keyword and actually see how much in commissions you made from mattresses if you made a mattress review video. So with that, I do a monthly review using that type of formula I created. and then I do a follow-up video if that video performed well or if I'm converting well. So it won't be the same exact type of video. Let's say the first month I'll make an unboxing video. The next month I'll make my one-month review video. The third month I'll make a how it works type of video. So I'll keep capitalizing on the same product and it works every single time.

36:19So that's a good tip as well. Okay, so you could have multiple, potentially multiple videos in that carousel for for one product am i hearing that correctly yes so for a product i sometimes some of my some products i even have three videos tied so it's the bounce watch one of the videos but i don't want them to overlap though they've got to connect in some way or form just not the same review or video over and over and tyler i know you're syndicating your stuff to the reviews of cool stuff uh youtube channel john are you cross posting these anywhere else or strictly Amazon? So the ones that only solve a problem, I am cross posting onto YouTube.

36:56And so far, the results are pretty good. I'm appearing in search traffic. It's getting a steady amount of views. Definitely not as much as Tyler as I've seen, but I am syndicating some videos onto YouTube, but not all videos. I am making sure that I have my videos backlogged on a drive just in case Walmart or Target decides to come out with their own program like this as well. I'll have videos ready. Yeah. Smart. Yeah. So I've heard rumors about it, but we'll see. I imagine Walmart might be doing something soon similar to that. So just having a videos ready and such. Okay. Yeah. Planning for the future.

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39:06And I guess, you know, now somebody's clicking your affiliate link back to the product to ultimately buy it as another potential revenue stream. You know, anything else that we're missing in terms of ways to ring the cash register here? Yeah. So we talked about how we're getting items, right? So first we're saying exhaust the items, which you already currently have in your household, then move on to close family and friends and then start buying products specifically to review. And then also receive sponsored products like Tyler mentioned. So after buying my first batch of products through Amazon, which was about$400 for 10 items, I really tried to think like, how else can I get items for a lot cheaper?

39:44So this is when I came across these Amazon Returns pallets, which have been an absolute game changer for me. So it was about$500 for 40 products this time. And if you think about these Amazon Returns pallets, their recent sales of the 40 products, about 38 of them were fully functioning and working. The really good thing about this is that with these Amazon returns products, which are like in perfect condition, now I'm starting to resell them on eBay and then also create an Amazon influencer video on them. So it's kind of like a double whammy because I know that retail arbitrage is this type of thing where you buy these products for low.

40:19So if you do the math, I think each product came out to about$15 per, but sometimes the products, I think my most expensive one was like a$250 wine cooler that came with the returns palette and it was working perfectly. I made sure, um, resold it on eBay, but then I was also able to create a video on it as well with that palette. The first is only the first part I received came a$200 memory foam mattress as well. It was boxed up and I was surprised it was actually in there. Same thing, created a video on it and then we sold it as on eBay as well. So that's where I'm targeted towards in which the reselling aspect is quite fun.

40:55You don't know what you're going to get in these palettes. You don't know whether it's broken, whether it's missing parts but even if it's broken you can still make a review video on it even if it's damaged you can still make a review video on it so it's turned into an entire like really truly enjoyable side hustle for me in which i don't know what's in the box i did my research on youtube and people love watching these unboxing videos like they like it's kind of like treasure hunting in a way treasure hunting is huge you know it's like stems from shows like pawn stars or storage dwarves where they don't know what's inside, that anticipation really gets people thinking like, oh, what does John have in the box this time?

41:33So that's why I started a YouTube channel called Palette Picks, just because I'm not only doing Amazon influencer videos, I'm also reselling, I'm also just creating a YouTube brand on it tied towards treasure hunting, but it all just ties very, very well. Yeah, that's a really creative way to get extra inventory. I've watched some of those videos too, because they are like, oh, what are you going to find in this palette? And it's on my wishlist of upcoming episodes to create. So if anybody listening is involved with this, you know, returns, pallets, resale business, definitely reach out. We'd love to learn more about that business because that's a really creative way.

42:05Hey, now I'm, like you said, the double dip. I'm, you know, able to create the product videos, able to resell this stuff, hopefully for a profit somewhere else. That's pretty cool. Tyler, any additional income streams or product sourcing strategies that you want to share? I haven't used anything other than what we've talked about, but I actually, rather than, I haven't resold a single product that I've reviewed. But what I love about the Amazon influencer program is I have way more stuff than I'll ever need. And this is a common thing for Amazon influencers. They have piles and piles of stuff and they need to get rid of it.

42:36And so eBay is a good place and reselling, but I'm a school teacher. And so I give it to my students. We have class auctions. We do giveaways. A few years ago, we did a community adult Easter egg hunt where you would get these, We went at nighttime and you ran out into a field and grabbed these black Easter eggs. And inside it had a slip of paper for free things that I'd been reviewing. So you go to the raffle table and get it. And we raised like$1 ,000 for foster care. So you can be really creative with giving stuff away. Like I love Christmas because my white elephant gifts are really, really cool.

43:07You know, so it's fun to do stuff like that. Always have great birthday presents, wedding presents, stuff like that. So I love having my piles of stuff to give away. Yeah. And your students are like, man, Mr. Christensen is the coolest teacher ever. It's fun. It's fun for sure. Cool. John, I forgot to ask, is there a preferred source for those return palettes that, you know, that hasn't already been picked over or scanned over for, you know, what might be valuable? Yeah. So I have very minimal experience so far, just because I've only bought one returns palette. But from what I've read in any of the cities, just check out your local, they also go by liquidation palette sales.

43:44so sometimes they might be mixed in with like walmart returns or target returns but i just did a simple google search here in my area looking for a returns palette center i drove about 30 to 40 minutes to reach it and it was quite an interesting experience in which they actually gave me a ladder and i was able to climb in and scan through the items they really it was really interesting but yeah i bought my palette the same day and they actually shipped it to my garage the following day afterwards. And that's when I got started with thinking, this is actually quite exciting, unboxing these, not knowing what's inside.

44:18When you're at the center, you're able to see the top of the returns pallets, but because some of the items are so heavy, usually I go for like mid to large box size pallets. So if you ever return something, you'll kind of realize that the return center, they kind of have two pallet boxes, one's for like clothing, one's for like really small items, one is for like bigger, larger items. And so they call it those like mid-large return pallet size boxes. So that's the one I usually gravitate towards just because I, my belief is that mid to large size items tend to cost more. And then that will lead to higher commissions on the Amazon influencer program.

44:53Yeah. It's, I, I'm happy to hear they, they shipped it to your garage. It's like, well, that's cool that you drove out there. It's like, great. Now how do I get it home? It's not going to fit in the back of the car. No, but that's really cool. And it kind of makes me feel bad about returning stuff. I always assumed like, Hey, look, it's still in new condition, you know, put it back on the shelf, sell it to the next person. Like there's nothing wrong with it. We just didn't like it or we found a different replacement or something. It's like, ah, you know how you just have to eat that loss. It goes to this liquidation center.

45:18But yeah, that's a total, a total aside. Tyler, any mistakes, surprises over the last several months of doing this? Like anything you'd do differently if you had to start over? Yeah, I think you definitely learn as you go. And the more you dig into your own data, create your own spreadsheets or have someone do that for you, you're going to identify things where you can improve. And so, but that's part of the game. I mean, it's so fun to go month over month and be like, all right, this was last month. This is my goal for this next month. And so there's tons of things that I wish I'd done differently, but it's part of learning and growing and it is work.

45:52I mean, you have to be committed to it if you want to see consistent, because there is some drop-off, there is some churn there with the carouseling out and things like that. And so you get better at it as you go along and it gets funner the longer you do it. Was there a threshold of like, oh, after I had 50 videos or after I had 100 videos, I really started to see some consistent income from it? No, I think the opposite. A lot of your sales depend on the shopping seasons. So January, February were pretty bad. Things are starting to pick up again now. But I started early enough, I got to see a little bit of that holiday magic.

46:28And you can get three or four times the commissions in November, December, as you'll get during quarter one. And so the key is, even when it is going bad, when things are dropping off or you're having a few bad days, you keep uploading because it eventually evens out. Yeah, this was I uploaded a ski goggle video the other day. It's like, it's the very end of ski season. Nobody's going to be buying this right now, but I'm prepping for Q4, baby. Yep. John, what about you? Mistakes, surprises, things you do differently? The biggest surprise is, again, you'll never know what you have in your household that's actually already on Amazon.

47:02So really think about it. Just do a quick Google search or a quick Amazon search to see if it's on there. As far as mistakes go, I have reviewed products which are like within the$10 range. But when I actually calculate the commissions on it, it's really, really negligible. It's like maybe five cents. It's going to take me quite a bit sometimes to actually make it worth it and such. So other mistakes, it's the customers are already on a buyer intent platform. you have to just really think and make sure that your video if they watch it that's a really good thing now you actually want them to get to buy the product which they're actually interested in which shouldn't be hard considering that you're able to talk in your video you're able to show the product itself you're able to show visuals so a video itself is very convincing and so again the tier one level is just making a quick review the next level would be like going into the customer's shoes thinking what would i watch to actually get me to convince me to buy the product and essentially we get the commission.

47:55Yeah, I mean, worst case, yeah, I like this. There's a way to zero out my Amazon spending habits is we look at the same thing. It's like, oh, you know, we spend X amount of dollars at Target. How much Target dividend stock would I have to buy? How many shares do I have to buy to kind of zero out my Target habit? And it's the same thing here. Like, oh, if I could make 500 bucks a month, if I could make, like you guys, a couple grand, doing these videos, is like all of a sudden Amazon is no longer an expense on the budget. It's like it's a profit center on the budget. And that's really interesting to see.

48:28John, you've got the Palette Picks YouTube channel. Any other projects? It doesn't have to be related to Influencer or not. But what's got you excited for the rest of this year? Right now, with side hustles, it really doesn't end up being work if you truly do enjoy it. And with this whole idea that I have with Amazon Influencer, tying to the buying of the actual palettes, not knowing what's inside, tying that to actually filming myself, unboxing these videos, and turning it into like a treasure hunting YouTube channel, which is just really, really exciting for me. That'll be my main focus moving forward.

49:00YouTube itself, I always, I have a thing called shiny objects engine. When I see other side hustles, I have to try it out. So when I heard about Amazon Influencer Program, I knew I can't just abandon YouTube overall, knowing what I know. But tying Amazon Influencer Program, getting the products, reviewing them, and then actually tying it to a YouTube channel, it's like the best of both worlds for me right now. it still capitalizes on the knowledge that i know about youtube which is still going really well for me although post q4 just like what tyler mentioned with amazon influencer program it's a little slow with the revenue stats that amazon influencer program is bringing i am prepping for prime day i'm prepping for q4 that's always a good influx i've experienced it from merch by amazon that happens every single year so i have a feeling it's no different when it comes to the Amazon Influencer Program.

49:45So that is my plan. Yeah, getting your stuff, you know, up for sale, visible on this traffic, it's hard to fathom the amount of traffic that the site gets and the amount of dollars that flow through on a daily basis. So really just kind of setting yourself up to go where that cash is flowing in some way. Tyler, what about you? What's on the horizon? Well, I think one of the coolest things about doing the Amazon Influencer Program is, especially if you're consistently uploading videos, is you're getting better at video editing. You're getting better at storytelling. You're getting better at just seeing the overall picture, consumer behavior and habits.

50:24And so I feel like it's making me a better school teacher. It's giving me ideas for other YouTube channels and things that I want to do there and helping me improve my skills as an editor. And so, you know, as far as Amazon Influencer goes, I have goals throughout the year that I want to hit, but I'm also taking what I'm learning on this platforming and applying it to other spaces. So that's pretty exciting for me. Yeah, something where you have essentially no risk aside from a few minutes of your time to give it a shot. So and a big upside there. So I think it's really exciting. Again, so john is at palette picks, you find we'll link up his new YouTube channel over there.

51:01Tyler's got reviews of cool stuff on YouTube. And he's also got a book, How to Get Free Stuff. This was written pre-influencer program, but just as a habitual product reviewer, hey, here you want to get some free stuff and maybe even get paid for it. He's got a book on how to do that. We'll link that up for you in the show notes as well. Let's wrap this thing up with you guys. Number one tip for Sine Hustle Nation. Tyler, kick us off. I think the thing that keeps people from taking action in the Amazon program is simply getting accepted into the program. And one of the things you can do right now to prepare for that is create a YouTube channel, start uploading videos of things that you have lying around the house or that you're buying and start getting better at creating those kinds of shoppable videos.

51:46Then as your audience grows and you grow a platform, then you can apply for the program. And then say you create 50 videos on YouTube. As soon as you get into the Amazon influencer program, you can start with 50 videos from day one and have a steady income right away. So it's taking action. And if you feel like you can't take action in the program, do it on a different platform until you're ready. Yeah, absolutely. And that was some of the advice with merch early on, because it was like, you know, sometimes a month or two month wait time to get accepted to merch by Amazon. Like, well, you can still start creating your designs.

52:17You can put them on Redbubble, you can put them on Etsy. And then all of a sudden, when you do get that acceptance, you're off to the races. John, what about you? Right now, what I'm reading is that it's very hard to get into an Amazon influencer program, but keep trying. again really start a brand new social media account and start posting that for a month but just because i've tried a lot of different side hustles and this probably has been the quickest zero to two k per month that i've experienced in terms of just a side hustle with not the most amount of my effort but just a good effort and with that because of how much it's making i feel like it requires more effort to actually see it grow you're not penalized and you have a lot more to gain than you'd have to lose when it comes to applying to this program and the amount of skill that you need to, you know, just make a skill or make a review video, start uploading these videos.

53:02It's very, very minimal. I really honestly feel like anyone can do it. Yeah, absolutely. I have definitely enjoyed this call. I've gotten taken lots of notes. I've got, you know, for one thing, like make my videos slightly longer to start to trigger some of these watch time metrics and just keep building out that library of videos. Like I said, maybe 20, 25 so far, there's probably at least another 50 or 100 items sitting around the house. I like the call. We'll just go room by room. Even if he didn't buy it on Amazon, it's probably available for sale out there. So go ahead and make those videos.

53:35You have very little to lose. And John, you're actually both of your guys to put yourself in the buyer's shoes and kind of think, well, why would somebody be watching this video? What questions can you answer? How can you kind of ease their fears of spending the money on this thing? Yes, this is going to solve my problem. And putting yourself in those buyer's shoes while you're creating that. And then, yeah, this was worthwhile. There's been a happy addition to our house. So again, lots of fun. Again, exciting new side hustle. A little bit of a gold rush feel. May not last forever, but get while the getting's good.

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