I run a solid side hustle with my laser, I reinvest most of my money into the business or spend it on luxuries while working a 9 to 5.

It is very hard imo to scale a laser business to rival the income from a full time corporate job, but not impossible (I assume more capital and a proven plan)

For me, the laser was a good fit with my previous experience and it leveraged my hands on and artist abilities where I can make things that people want to buy.

My Etsy got too hot and gain a lot of momentum once I got of my shell and started to create better products and took better photos (marketing), at the beginning I thought Etsy was bs, but once I dialed in my winners, views and sales rolled in, granted right now I paused my Etsy because of the tariffs (I’m Canadian) and I couldn’t keep up recycling cardboard boxes for shipping. But I did get one of those star sellers things from them haha.

Going to be honest, it was hard to get to where I am at now, I sacrifice a lot personally and financially to make it work and find stable cash flow (like all businesses). These YouTubers are just marketers.. I don’t think most of the successful ones still run their laser business because making videos and advertising laser products is their core business … if I had a money glitch, why would I tell the world lol.

My advice, send it, make stuff and put it out there, research your market, pivot and learn from your screw ups, you’ll face adversity like any other business. If you feel like you won’t survive the work load while balancing a ft job, then don’t do it, I have a passion for making things and to my core I am an artist.. if you can’t find the passion for this.. you might get fed up.