Here's exactly how to get started as a teenager

[perchboy]

I've seen so many teenagers join this forum and they can't seem to get started. They start doing some shitty business that a youtuber told them to do like drop shipping, SMMA, and web design. A couple months ago that was me. I was doing web design and couldn't get a sale to save my life.

You want to get rich.
You want to put in the work.
But you just don't know what to do. Everything you do keeps failing.

"WHY DOES NO ONE WANT A WEBSITE FROM ME? MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE AND START DROPSHIPPING INSTEAD"
"WHATS A GOOD ONLINE BUSINESS IN 2023?"
"HOW CAN I MAKE MONEY WHEN IM ONLY A TEEN?"

Those are the things that go on in your brain.

The solution to your problems is not the sexy answer that you are looking for. It's probably something that you've never thought of. I am going to give you a copy and paste business that you can earn $1000 in this week: Car Detailing

*if you're in a third world country then this wont work for you. this post is aimed for people who are in developed countries

"But I don't have the skills"
"But my mommy wont let me"
"But no one wants a kid to do their car"
"But I need insurance"
"But I have school"
"But I don't have a car"

That's what I thought before starting this. But now I've been making money and in the next 4 days I have 4 jobs scheduled that I'll make a total of $650 for 1-2 hours each job. These excuses mean absolutely nothing.

Here are the exact steps:
1. create a Nextdoor account - nextdoor.com
2. create a post saying "hey neighbors, I do mobile car detailing. call me for a quote"
3. receive their call and book them in - you're going to have small dick beliefs telling yourself you should charge $50 since it only takes 2 hours but trust me and charge $200.
4. go buy the supplies - soap, bucket, cleaning wipes, $60 handheld vacuum, and microfiber cloths are all you need. this should be a total of under $100
5. go to their house on the day you scheduled and clean their car

It doesn't get easier than this. It takes no hard work, a few minutes of your time, and some balls to believe in yourself to make your first $500 in a couple days. After this, your beliefs on money will change and you'll be way better off in whatever business you want to pursue. You can even hire employees, start running ads and scale this business which is what I'm going to do now.

Now you're going to start having excuses in your head like "what if I break their car" or "I feel like I'm scamming them" or "my mom said not to do it". Just follow the 5 easy steps, and it is going to work.

Don't worry about an online CENTS business yet. Just put some points up on the board and you'll be getting closer to your goal.

 

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[Subsonic]

I've seen so many teenagers join this forum and they can't seem to get started. They start doing some shitty business that a youtuber told them to do like drop shipping, SMMA, and web design. A couple months ago that was me. I was doing web design and couldn't get a sale to save my life.

You want to get rich.
You want to put in the work.
But you just don't know what to do. Everything you do keeps failing.

"WHY DOES NO ONE WANT A WEBSITE FROM ME? MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE AND START DROPSHIPPING INSTEAD"
"WHATS A GOOD ONLINE BUSINESS IN 2023?"
"HOW CAN I MAKE MONEY WHEN IM ONLY A TEEN?"

Those are the things that go on in your brain.

The solution to your problems is not the sexy answer that you are looking for. It's probably something that you've never thought of. I am going to give you a copy and paste business that you can earn $1000 in this week: Car Detailing

*if you're in a third world country then this wont work for you. this post is aimed for people who are in developed countries

"But I don't have the skills"
"But my mommy wont let me"
"But no one wants a kid to do their car"
"But I need insurance"
"But I have school"
"But I don't have a car"

That's what I thought before starting this. But now I've been making money and in the next 4 days I have 4 jobs scheduled that I'll make a total of $650 for 1-2 hours each job. These excuses mean absolutely nothing.

Here are the exact steps:
1. create a Nextdoor account - nextdoor.com
2. create a post saying "hey neighbors, I do mobile car detailing. call me for a quote"
3. receive their call and book them in - you're going to have small dick beliefs telling yourself you should charge $50 since it only takes 2 hours but trust me and charge $200.
4. go buy the supplies - soap, bucket, cleaning wipes, $60 handheld vacuum, and microfiber cloths are all you need. this should be a total of under $100
5. go to their house on the day you scheduled and clean their car

It doesn't get easier than this. It takes no hard work, a few minutes of your time, and some balls to believe in yourself to make your first $500 in a couple days. After this, your beliefs on money will change and you'll be way better off in whatever business you want to pursue. You can even hire employees, start running ads and scale this business which is what I'm going to do now.

Now you're going to start having excuses in your head like "what if I break their car" or "I feel like I'm scamming them" or "my mom said not to do it". Just follow the 5 easy steps, and it is going to work.

Don't worry about an online CENTS business yet. Just put some points up on the board and you'll be getting closer to your goal.

Thanks for this post.
I'll use this as a upsell for my window cleaning company if it's legal here in Germany.
I'd say cleaning jobs in general are a great way to make decent money when starting out. Why earn 12.5 per hour flipping burgers when you can earn 50 per hour mopping floors.

 

[Chet Shen]

I've seen so many teenagers join this forum and they can't seem to get started. They start doing some shitty business that a youtuber told them to do like drop shipping, SMMA, and web design. A couple months ago that was me. I was doing web design and couldn't get a sale to save my life.

You want to get rich.
You want to put in the work.
But you just don't know what to do. Everything you do keeps failing.

"WHY DOES NO ONE WANT A WEBSITE FROM ME? MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE AND START DROPSHIPPING INSTEAD"
"WHATS A GOOD ONLINE BUSINESS IN 2023?"
"HOW CAN I MAKE MONEY WHEN IM ONLY A TEEN?"

Those are the things that go on in your brain.

The solution to your problems is not the sexy answer that you are looking for. It's probably something that you've never thought of. I am going to give you a copy and paste business that you can earn $1000 in this week: Car Detailing

*if you're in a third world country then this wont work for you. this post is aimed for people who are in developed countries

"But I don't have the skills"
"But my mommy wont let me"
"But no one wants a kid to do their car"
"But I need insurance"
"But I have school"
"But I don't have a car"

That's what I thought before starting this. But now I've been making money and in the next 4 days I have 4 jobs scheduled that I'll make a total of $650 for 1-2 hours each job. These excuses mean absolutely nothing.

Here are the exact steps:
1. create a Nextdoor account - nextdoor.com
2. create a post saying "hey neighbors, I do mobile car detailing. call me for a quote"
3. receive their call and book them in - you're going to have small dick beliefs telling yourself you should charge $50 since it only takes 2 hours but trust me and charge $200.
4. go buy the supplies - soap, bucket, cleaning wipes, $60 handheld vacuum, and microfiber cloths are all you need. this should be a total of under $100
5. go to their house on the day you scheduled and clean their car

It doesn't get easier than this. It takes no hard work, a few minutes of your time, and some balls to believe in yourself to make your first $500 in a couple days. After this, your beliefs on money will change and you'll be way better off in whatever business you want to pursue. You can even hire employees, start running ads and scale this business which is what I'm going to do now.

Now you're going to start having excuses in your head like "what if I break their car" or "I feel like I'm scamming them" or "my mom said not to do it". Just follow the 5 easy steps, and it is going to work.

Don't worry about an online CENTS business yet. Just put some points up on the board and you'll be getting closer to your goal.

Do you think that this works for house cleaning? Like maybe mopping floors, vaccuming, folding clothes, window cleaning, backyard cleaning, etc?
Or should I network with my neighbour first and ask them what problems do they have and just help them and start from there?

 

[ZackerySprague]

Flip couches if you have a truck and are 16.

 

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[perchboy]

Do you think that this works for house cleaning? Like maybe mopping floors, vaccuming, folding clothes, window cleaning, backyard cleaning, etc?
Or should I network with my neighbour first and ask them what problems do they have and just help them and start from there?

Yes it works. Detailings best though imo

 

[Chet Shen]

Yes it works. Detailings best though imo

Why though?

 

[perchboy]

Why though?

1. everyone has a car
2. No one wants to clean it themselves
3. People will pay $200 for a job that takes two hours
4. Extremely easy to do the jobs

 

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[Funky Monkey]

I've seen so many teenagers join this forum and they can't seem to get started. They start doing some shitty business that a youtuber told them to do like drop shipping, SMMA, and web design. A couple months ago that was me. I was doing web design and couldn't get a sale to save my life.

You want to get rich.
You want to put in the work.
But you just don't know what to do. Everything you do keeps failing.

"WHY DOES NO ONE WANT A WEBSITE FROM ME? MAYBE I SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE AND START DROPSHIPPING INSTEAD"
"WHATS A GOOD ONLINE BUSINESS IN 2023?"
"HOW CAN I MAKE MONEY WHEN IM ONLY A TEEN?"

Those are the things that go on in your brain.

The solution to your problems is not the sexy answer that you are looking for. It's probably something that you've never thought of. I am going to give you a copy and paste business that you can earn $1000 in this week: Car Detailing

*if you're in a third world country then this wont work for you. this post is aimed for people who are in developed countries

"But I don't have the skills"
"But my mommy wont let me"
"But no one wants a kid to do their car"
"But I need insurance"
"But I have school"
"But I don't have a car"

That's what I thought before starting this. But now I've been making money and in the next 4 days I have 4 jobs scheduled that I'll make a total of $650 for 1-2 hours each job. These excuses mean absolutely nothing.

Here are the exact steps:
1. create a Nextdoor account - nextdoor.com
2. create a post saying "hey neighbors, I do mobile car detailing. call me for a quote"
3. receive their call and book them in - you're going to have small dick beliefs telling yourself you should charge $50 since it only takes 2 hours but trust me and charge $200.
4. go buy the supplies - soap, bucket, cleaning wipes, $60 handheld vacuum, and microfiber cloths are all you need. this should be a total of under $100
5. go to their house on the day you scheduled and clean their car

It doesn't get easier than this. It takes no hard work, a few minutes of your time, and some balls to believe in yourself to make your first $500 in a couple days. After this, your beliefs on money will change and you'll be way better off in whatever business you want to pursue. You can even hire employees, start running ads and scale this business which is what I'm going to do now.

Now you're going to start having excuses in your head like "what if I break their car" or "I feel like I'm scamming them" or "my mom said not to do it". Just follow the 5 easy steps, and it is going to work.

Don't worry about an online CENTS business yet. Just put some points up on the board and you'll be getting closer to your goal.

BTW you don't have to be a sheep this basically an in detail example of this post:

GOLD! - Getting started is this simple...

After seeing the upteenth thread where a new member says "I decided to go fastlane, but I have 10 dollars and am eating a raccoon I hit with my '94 Mercury Tracer right now to stave off starvation," or "I read TMF but tell me the exact steps and don't leave anything out," I decided that...

www.thefastlaneforum.com

Follow this framework and stop flipping burgers.

If you really are locked inside cause you have strict parents consider building a website that ranks well that helps solve some problem or brings in affiliate commissions (create quality content that ranks and put good affliates [Good will compounds more than sales]) . It will take a time

If your in a third world country. Try to learn a skill to freelance or get a job so you can move out. If your working a lot maybe negotiate a deal with people around you to cover work so you can learn then help bring them out of that country [ex. You do more work ill learn and make money to send us to a first world country].

 

[Manasseh Pawlos]

Awesome thread! It's immediately actionable and leaves us thinking "how else can we put ourselves out there."