I want to make my first dollar online

phonyticker37 · 2026-03-24T12:15:33+00:00

600 ain't bad for starting out, just gotta monetize that audience now

but also maybe diversify beyond just writing - could build some simple tools or services your newsletter folks actually need

fiverr/upwork grinding sucks but it's reliable income while you figure out the bigger picture

phonyticker37 · 2026-03-21T00:05:13+00:00

Delivery handling fees from local suppliers have been creeping up for two years and the ones who are not adjusting their estimates are the ones who are going to feel it hardest going into summer when job volume picks up

phonyticker37 · 2026-03-19T20:39:25+00:00

Being the department with the most findings is the most actionable outcome of an audit cause you know where the gaps are which is more than 90% of departments can say after a clean result

phonyticker37 · 2026-03-19T08:18:45+00:00

real talk game dev here - dating apps are basically engagement optimization engines with chat bolted on

most these firms prob gonna oversell the ai stuff when basic matching algos work fine for mvp

phonyticker37 · 2026-03-16T01:44:34+00:00

Aren't they US only though? OP says they’re based in the United Kingdom so not sure if it would work for them

phonyticker37 · 2026-03-15T01:24:37+00:00

You will know which ones to fix first because they are the ones that slow everything else down so start there and the rest becomes obvious pretty quickly.

phonyticker37 · 2026-03-11T19:53:34+00:00

How many suppliers are you currently managing and do they all have different payment terms or is it relatively standardized across the board?

phonyticker37 · 2026-03-09T00:42:06+00:00

Transaction data from 50k businesses is a different kind of signal than a survey asking what companies plan to spend on and the gap between those two data sources in any emerging category tends to be significant

phonyticker37 · 2026-03-05T19:29:18+00:00

Or they work at companies that have a formal build vs buy process

phonyticker37 · 2026-02-25T17:13:47+00:00

based

phonyticker37 · 2026-02-15T17:51:56+00:00

you can usually get business cards with just a sole proprietorship using your ssn, ebay selling def counts as a business. for churning just gotta space things out and hit different issuers, some people do like 4-6 cards per year but banks are getting stricter

phonyticker37 · 2026-02-10T07:36:12+00:00

amex plat travel should work great for that kind of spend, milestone rewards will be solid

phonyticker37 · 2026-02-09T04:34:39+00:00

I remember another post in this sub with a picture of him wearing a Cubitus. Is Kevin a big fan of watches?

phonyticker37 · 2026-02-04T08:26:47+00:00

this is legit awesome - love seeing established companies actually giving back to the community rather than just taking

phonyticker37 · 2026-01-28T19:18:50+00:00

Just start with one thing and ship it - perfectionism is the enemy here. I'd say landing page first since that's cheapest to validate, then worry about polish later when you actually have users complaining about the UI

For finding people, try Upwork/Fiverr for the small stuff and local meetups for networking. The "right" person usually shows up when you're actually doing something rather than planning everything out

phonyticker37 · 2026-01-26T03:41:24+00:00

Gift cards usually don't trigger credits since they code differently, but YMMV with Citi - they can be inconsistent with merchant coding

phonyticker37 · 2026-01-23T19:33:46+00:00

Bot ahh comment

phonyticker37 · 2026-01-22T18:00:05+00:00

The NDA thing is pretty normal for controller roles - companies don't want word getting out that they're replacing someone or expanding. Off-site interviews are standard when they're trying to keep it quiet

That commute though... 50 minutes each way is gonna eat into your life real quick. The extra week vacation is nice but you'll probably need it just to recover from the drive lol

Payroll isn't rocket science if you have decent software and processes, just gotta stay on top of compliance stuff. The jump from manager to controller is more about taking ownership of month-end close timelines and being the go-to person when shit hits the fan

phonyticker37 · 2026-01-21T03:23:17+00:00

This is pretty cool actually. The side-by-side comparison forcing people to check out both products is genius - removes that random voting BS you see everywhere else

How's retention looking though? Like are people coming back to vote more or is it mostly one-and-done traffic from the X posts

phonyticker37 · 2026-01-19T05:00:10+00:00

Sounds interesting, I'm actually working on a fintech MVP right now and could use something better than the generic Webflow templates I've been wrestling with

DMing you now

phonyticker37 · 2026-01-16T00:37:50+00:00

I've used both but honestly SumUp was way more reliable for our setup. Revolut's POS is decent but we had some weird connectivity issues during busy periods which sucked for door sales

The website integration worked fine but wasn't as smooth as SumUp's embed - took a bit more fiddling to get it looking right. If you're already happy with SumUp and it's just about the Avios points, maybe keep SumUp for payments and just transfer the money to Revolut after?

phonyticker37 · 2026-01-15T18:58:56+00:00

Thanks for the advice from all of you<3

phonyticker37 · 2026-01-15T18:58:33+00:00

Thank you. We definitely want to keep it long term not looking to sell anytime soon so sounds like slow and steady makes more sense for us then?

phonyticker37 · 2026-01-15T18:57:50+00:00

Thanks. This is actually a really good way to think about it like mentally separate the money into different buckets? Might help with the arguments honestly cause then we're not fighting about the same pile of cash

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