My Highest Paying Minimalist Side Hustle
The ultimate side hustle. No boss. No employees. No customers. No Investment.
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When I created the brand Minimalist Hustler, I was in the process of shutting down my web design and marketing agency because I had enough of dealing with customers.
Being your own boss is great until customers become your many bosses.
I went on the search for side hustles that didn’t require much or any customer contact when I came across Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing).
It was too good to be true.
You could create books, and then Amazon would sell them for me and I get a cut.
I don’t have to print anything, ship anything, or deal with any customers or returns. Amazon handles it all.
And when I say books, I don’t mean your typical books either, which you can definitely make too, I’m talking about blank books, like notebooks and journals.
That’s what I started making money with on Amazon KDP when I started it in February 2021, but since then I’ve published all kinds of different types of no/low content books like:
- Log Books
- Guest Books
- Comic Books
- Puzzle Books
- Sketch Books
- Tracker Books
- Activity Books
- Coloring Books
And you can also add medium content book likes kids books, cooking/recipe books, guided journals, and more.
Why is KDP my favorite side hustle?
It’s 100% digital.
No customer service.
It’s free & easy to start.
Leverage Amazon’s reach.
Create once, get paid many times.
It’s a passive income machine once you get enough books listed to bring in the revenue you need.
You can even use the revenue you make to buy ads on Amazon to increase sales or outsource the work of creating more books to increase the size of your bookshelf.
I haven’t outsourced any of the work yet, but will be doing that in 2022 for sure, right now I rely heavily on my favorite Amazon KDP tool called BookBolt, it can help with almost everything like:
- Cover Design
- Listing Helper
- Interior Creator
- Keyword Research
- Puzzle Creation Software
You can try it free for 3 days, and if you use coupon code minimalisthustler you will get 20% off the monthly fee forever.
I’ve also created an Amazon KDP Quickstart Guide you can download for free, and I even provide a free interior you can use.
Every side hustle has a “pros and cons” list, but I haven’t found a “con” yet for Amazon KDP!
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