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3 Popular Online Businesses That Don’t Pay Well!

These aren’t as good as you think…

Phil Zeid
2 min readFeb 21, 2024
Photo by Emil Kalibradov on Unsplash

There are many ways to make money online but the truth is… most online businesses are not worth it and in fact — just a waste of time!

In this article, I will show you 3 of these business models, why it’s better to avoid them, and what to do instead.

Running Ads To E-commerce Products

The first one is running ads of any kind to e-commerce product, whether it is Facebook, Google, and so on… running ads may get you regular sales, you might even make a large revenue but generating a big profit over a long time is very difficult.

Nowadays you can just focus on building organic traffic through social media. This takes some time in the beginning but your business will be much more sustainable.

Etsy

With Etsy, you have a lot of fees every time you make a sale. In addition to that, you constantly have to upload new products to stay relevant and make sales or run ads on the platform.

All in all, it is very difficult to make a full-time income on the platform as a beginner especially if you start a shop from zero. If you want to start Etsy, don’t expect it to be more than a side hustle.

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Phil Zeid
Phil Zeid

Written by Phil Zeid

Hello, my name is Phil. In a digital entrepreneur and I like writing about productivity, time management and entrepreneurship.

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