Earn Long-term, Passive Income From This Side Hustle I Accidentally Found
And why I won’t be taking part in it — but you should
It almost sounds too good to be true. A side hustle that can earn you passive, long-term income. As I’m not a fan of clickbait titles, I have found such a side hustle.
Maybe I’m late to the party — or just stupid — but this side hustle was right in front of me for a long time.
It’s probably right in front of you too, in some capacity at least.
This side hustle platform is hosted on a website that more than 197 million people around the world visit each month: Amazon.com.
Have I finally sparked your interest? No?
What about if I said anyone with a voice can do this side hustle? That’s right, if you can read aloud then you can earn long-term, passive income with this one side hustle.
Figured it out yet?
If not, let me explain what it is and why I won’t be participating.
Amazon ACX
Amazon ACX is Amazon’s audiobook platform. It’s how many narrators and authors connect to produce audiobooks on — and off — of Amazon.
So, if you haven’t figured it out already, the side hustle I’ve been alluding to is narrating an audiobook. ACX makes it easy to sign up and start applying to narrate audiobooks.
I stumbled upon this side hustle by starting production on an audiobook for my side hustle book. As an author, I never realized you could narrate e-books and get paid in one of two ways:
- Splitting the royalties (which is considered long-term, passive income)
- Getting a lump some of money
Some I’m a poor indie author, I didn’t have a thousand dollars to drop on an audiobook that likely won’t sell at all. So naturally, I took the route where I split my royalties with the producer/narrater.
Why I won’t be participating
So now, the sad news. I personally won’t be participating in this side hustle because I realized I’d rather be the author of a book than the narrater.
I had quite a few auditions for my book and they were all so good! It was honestly hard to choose the best person to produce it. After trying out an audition script or two myself, I realized that I just didn’t have it in me.
I’m a guy of very few spoken words and dating back to elementary school I’ve always disliked reading aloud. This is a great side hustle that sadly just won’t work for me.
But that doesn’t mean it can’t work for you!
I strongly urge you to try Amazon ACX, submit a few auditions and see what happens. You might be surprised!
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