Charlie Kirk

September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was assassinated.  I haven't heard about him until this tragic event.  Even my hubby was affected with his dealth.

Here are some of his links:

Facebook

Youtube Turning Point USA

Ericka Kirk

He was a Conservative who was talking to young people about Christ and about life.  He was very controversial since his views don't match with what most young people believes.  Here is a person who was very outspoken about what he stands for, a father of two small children, a husband, a son and a friends and mentor to a lot of people. His death really touched so many people.  His memorial was attended my millions. People are saying that his voice and movement will just go louder and more far reaching now.  

Beginner To Expert

 

Beginner to Expert:  Your "Go-To" Book for Cold Process Soapmaking 

Hello my friends!  Introducing my cold process soapmaking book "Beginner to Expert"  It is enrolled in Kindle Unlimited for free until May 8th.  So help me spread the word out.  Please leave a review as well.

I had originally planned to publish this for Christmas 2023.  That was when I started making a few more batches of soap again and trying to get back to selling at craft shows.  But I learned that most of the soapers I started with in 2013 are now offering e-classes and e-books.  Friends and coworkers were asking about recipes and there is an interest on learning how to make and sell soap themselves. So I decided to put my recipes together. The book was done sometime in November, but I am challenged with the formatting.  My word document is not the right format for Amazon.  So I downloaded all the books that advised you on how to do formatting and self publishing .   I thought I will get it done for Valentine's Day 2024.  Obviously, I am not techy enough.  But I got it done now with some help from Smith for Mother's Day.

If you have read my soapmaking blog, some of the informations I posted here are also compiled in the book, plus lots of added bonuses and tips and recipes to get you started in this journey.  I even included some trusted suppliers that I still use until now.

This book will be great for everyone who wants to learn how to make soap from scratch and just to know about my soapmaking style.

The paperback and hardcopy version also have journaling pages to help you with your own soapmaking journey and keep track of your progress.  

If you see anything that needs editing or changing.  Please let me know.  I can get things revised to make it better.  

Please leave a review as well after you read it through.

Thank you for your never ending support. 

Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Soaping!

Glynith

April 2024 Online Income Update

 

We all want more.  It's human nature, thinking that we deserve more.  Therefore, with inflation more and more people are trying to have a side hustle.  Increase in available online opportunities kept on popping up as well.  The trick is in the sifting through real and scam.

Personally, I have my soaping.  The goal is to have an online store, but I also enjoy being in craft shows.  Having interactions with customers and learning what they want is fun for  me.  I also signed up for a few affiliate programs.  These platforms (online stores/affiliate programs) need time to set up for start ups. Once you have your website up and running and learn when to post links to get the most clicks and lots of buyers, the sky is the limit.   People should be able to click your webstore and click on your affiliate links and buy.  After joining quite a few group chats on affiliate and online business owners, I learned that the ones who really made it big, also spends a lot on advertising and increasing their followers.  Some get followers by posting a lot of dancing and other posts, shorts or reels that can attract followers.  Some spends hundreds of thousand in ads.  I don't do any of these.  So my followers were slow in gathering the numbers necessary to have the clicks that will generate a significant amount in income.  I will continue slowly and hope for more people to like my posts and join in my social media platforms.

Affiliate marketers who post high generating products and programs and have the time to keep up with posting every time these products change prices or have attractive, magnetic posts can make it big as well.  Soapers I knew since I started in 2012 now have ebooks and ecourses to increase their income streams.

If you have the time to post magnetic posts, can lure people to click on your website and links, have a budget for ads, be persistent and consistent.  You will be successful online.

Here's to your success!   Thank you for stopping by.

Glynith

The Perfect Marriage

 

This was chosen as our Marine mom's book club book for the month of March 2024.  It took me just a few days to finish the book.  Jeneva Rose has a way to her writing that makes you want to finish the book quick.  The twists is enough to make you wonder and just keep on going.  It was written as a narrative from  both the husband and the wife's point of view which adds to the mystery.

Sarah, the wife is a very successful lawyer in Washington, D.C.  Adam, the husband is a struggling writer.  They decided to have a lake house to help with his writing and to escape from the city.  This is where he met Kelly his mistress.  The mistress was found brutally murdered in the bedroom of their lake house.  Sarah decided to defend her husband even when all evidence pointed to Adam being the killer.  

Jeneva Rose will keep you on the edge on who was the real killer all through to the end.  It is a page turning mystery thriller.  Some reviewers did not like the fact that there were scenes where you will ask yourself - how could Adam not know or why would a wife defend a husband accused of killing his mistress and some other details that seem to make it like there was not enough research done about police procedures, etc.   but I don't mind it.  I just want to know who killed and why.

 Now, I should stop saying more or I'll be spoiling the book for you.

Enjoy!

Glynith

January 2024 | Fourth Wing | KCK Soapery

My young colleagues were mostly raving about this book "Fourth Wing",   So I decided  to read it just to see why.  Rebecca Yarros is a phenomenal story writer is why.  It's a book you can't put down once you started.

Violet grew up preparing to be a scribe for Basgiath War College where her mom was the commanding general.  All her life she was trained to read, record and be the best scribe.  But her mom basically forced her be a dragon rider.  Violet is a small, very fragile young woman whose bones always get dislocated or broken but she has the sharpest very intelligent mind.  She  has to use her intelligence not just to survive passing the obstacles and tests, but to survive other cadets who hates her mom.  Every cadet joining the dragon rider face the likelihood of being killed in the obstables or be killed by fellow cadets.  

Xaden, a guy Mira (Violet's sister) warned her to avoid at all cost.  But the chemistry between them is very strong right from the very beginning when they first laid eyes on each other.  

The dragons were all so likable and menacing at the same time.  They will bond with a first year  who survived the gauntlet and they deemed fit to bond with or they can torch you just because you said something they don't like or you looked at them the wrong way.

It's a very entertaining fantasy book full of action, witty and whimsical with a hot dose of steamy romance. 

Thank you for stopping by and don't hesitate to read this book.  I got this book from the library but bought the "Iron Flame" just because I don't want to wait for my turn for days.  Had to continue and will continue once the rest of the empyrean book are released.

January 2024 | Semper Parents | KCK Soapery

Semper Parents I highly recommend this book to anybody who wish to learn and understand "Marine" life.  If you have a family currently in the military specifically a "Marine" this book is a great help.  The author is a Marine wife and a Marine mom.  Semper Parents will guide you through what the Marine is going through from bootcamp to what to expect during deployments and back.  It is an easy read and makes this new chapter of my life understandable.  The author included a few other Marine families' perspectives too.  This book would be beneficial not just to parents but to any other family members of the military as well.

As an immigrant, I never thought I'd have a kid who would want to serve in the military.  Everything about this life is new to me.  Books like this makes it easier as I slowly navigate military life as a Marine mom.

I have been reading books and joining facebook groups for Marine parents.  Just so I can imagine what my son is going through and know what other parents are experiencing as well.  Some of these groups have moms whose hearts are always broken, others have moms who are there to help each other cope.  

Here are some quotes from the book I would like to share:

* Significant portion of their training is dedicated to testing their will power and strength, endurance, persistence and beating the odds.

*The best thing I could do for my Marine was to learn more about taking care of myself.

*Pretty soon it was normal to not be concerned if we didn't hear from him.  We all settled into the new norm.

These lines reminds me of what is always being shared by facebook moms " Semper Gumby"  always be flexible and "No news is Good news".

Here's to us all Proud Marine Parents!

Thank you for dropping by.

Glynith

December 2023 | Nightbane | KCK Soapery

                                                        

After finishing Lightlark, there is no way I will just stop and not continue on with Nightbane.  If a third book is coming, I will be there waiting in line for it too!

I always thought I am a mystery, thriller, suspense, doctor, lawyer, detective books kind of gal.  But this series is definitely going to widen my book choices for reading entertainment.  Thank you to friends at work for recommending and ever so willing to lend me their physical books.  The book covers made it so tempting to buy at times.  But my time of buying books for entertainment is done.  I now like reading digitally and so I just borrow from the library and waited for my turn.  

The characters Isla, Oro, Grim and others were all so captivating and once you read Lightlark, you just have to know what happens next.  Although the going back and forth between past memories and present events was a little bothersome at times, I enjoyed the book a lot.  This is the reason I am giving this book a 4 star.

Isla ended up with Oro in Lightlark with her memories of Grim erased before the Centennial.  Now, these memories are coming back slowly with details that could be helpful to save Lightlark from being destroyed by Grim who is coming to wage war in less than a month.  Isla is still learning to wield her powers and learning how to rule both Wildling and Starling realms.  Now she has to find ways to help save Lightlark as well.

Now that her memories are coming back, intimacy between Isla and Grim is not just dreams that usually get interrupted in Lightlark.  Now we have more detailed description of events, I would not recommend this to young readers unless they already read a lot of books with love scenes or are experienced already.

Thanks for visiting!

Glynith

 

November 2023 | November Affiliate Marketing Income | KCK Soapery

    I don't have any new sales in any of my links.  Got a few clicks on all my affiliates which for now includes Nurture Soap, Mavely, and Amazon.  I've been busy making soaps for inventory for my upcoming craft show on the 2nd of December.

Here is an image from the facebook support group.  Her Amazon is busy, she have lots of sales but is not the amount she expected after all the work she did.  This report is not enough to replace her real job and she is contemplating just quitting.

Here is my report for October to November.  I lost one of my commission from last month but did not get any new sale.  So far, it has some clicks but no new sales.  It is totally understandable since I haven't been posting anything much about Amazon affiliate because I knew there will be changes in the new year.

    Although it is nice to know that I am not alone in this challenge of bringing people to click and really shop in your link.  I am hopeful that if I just continue, it will get better.  But with the upcoming changes, we will just have to see if things will be easier to post and attract people or if it will just make affiliate marketing life more difficult.  

    Amazon affiliate support groups in facebook are all ranting about a big change in the Amazon platform which will include pictures/images not included in sitestripe.  So that means affiliates have to ask permission from the manufacturers to post pictures when the change starts or buy the products to post. This is one reason why I haven't posted too much about my links yet.  I want to know what the big change will be then go from there.  But I also can't ignore the fact that it is the biggest shopping season of the year so I have another Amazon shopping post before this.

Thank you for stopping by!

Glynith

November 2023 | Gifts for Christmas 2023 | KCK Soapery

Here is a list of gifts for this Christmas.  Hopefully, they will help you with Black Friday shopping and check off some things in your list.  They were in my notification today and I thought they will be great for everyone.

Amazon is changing their affiliate platform and some big changes are happening.  That is why I haven't been actively making posts with Amazon links.

For now, enjoy your shopping here while I can still post images.

Thank you so much for your support!

Hope you enjoy your shopping.

Thank you so much for your support.

Glynith

November 2023 | Lightlark | KCK Soapery

 Lightlark

This book was recommended by a friend at work.  I am glad she did. Once I start, I can't put it down.  It is a fantasy book about six realms that were cursed and a land "Lightlark" that appears every 100 years to welcome the rulers to a game and the winner get to free the realms and its people from the curse.  A game where they outsmart each other to survive, strategize their demonstrations to see who is the weakest and who to team up with and who to sacrifice.

Isla is a ruler who grew up thinking she does not have any powers but is trained as a warrior, the other rulers all have powers.  She was also trained to seduce the King of Lightlark so he will give her his powers.  The book include curses, prophecies, oracles, betrayal, magic, lies, loyalty and love.

It was a page turner.  I can't put it down right when Isla portalled into her room to get ready to leave for the "Centennial" games.    

If you like the Hunger Games, you will like this.  Lightlark have realms instead of districts.  Killing and surviving started right away in Panem, but is not allowed until the 50th day in Lightlark.  The writing style is not as Suzanne Collins but it was still an entertaining read you can't put down even though you already know who betrays, who loves and who lies almost right when they all met.  Alex Aster did put in a few twists to the story so I did not mind the obvious.  It was a fun book to read and I can't wait to read "Nightbane" the second book in this series.

Reviewers are scattered all over the spectrum on this. However, I enjoyed it, I am giving it a 4 out of 5.  Alex for sure is not lacking in the imagination and she is a good story writer.  There is a hint of some intimacy in a dream.  So I will say, this can be young reader appropriate.  Unless your kid is totally sheltered from kissing and touching scenes, then refrain for a while.

Enjoy!

November 2023 | St. Paul Lutheran Ladies' Aid Craft Fair | KCK Soapery

Picture above are the cured soaps getting ready to be wrapped for my first craft show after Covid on Saturday, November 4, 2023.

A big thank you to my friend "C" for inviting me to join in their church craft show that benefits the Ladies' Aid group.

I bought a table cloth that was much smaller than the tables provided by the church so I decided to just plop the soaps on top of the cloth but it was so wrinkly and so unprofessional.

I practiced putting together these shelves I bought before Covid but was not able to use since the craft show I planned for it was cancelled.  Our dining table looked too crowded with the shelves so I decided to just use one shelf for the show.

My friend "C" got me another table cloth she has on stash and let me borrow it.  Printed a few descriptions of the fragrance oil but it was not the look I was imagining.  It looks so sloppy!  Give me suggestions please.

When people started streaming in my final look was the pic below.  The descriptions were just placed below the shelf.  Better but still need improvement for sure.

Pictures below are my neighbor crafters tables.

Woodburning by Jessie Steven's.  She was woodburning whenever there was a lull and it is definitely interesting to watch.  She made me a pendant, drew what I suggested, burning it on the wood pendant, and finally done after a while.

Simply Beautiful art:

AMW Designs made freeze dried candies and knitting art designs by a friend.  We bought freeze dried skittles and they were yummy.  

There were a lot more tables, I just did not get to everyone this time around.

Hopefully, I get to join them again next year!

Off searching for our next craft show.  Hoping to be able to still join a December show just to get the word out that I am back with my soaping again. 

Thank you for stopping by!

November 2023 | Mavely Affiliate | KCK Soapery

                                      

    I came across Mavely affiliate program when I was searching for support for Amazon affiliates.  The company started in 2019 and has been growing to about 500+ reputable companies and is working with 25K+ influencers.

    The program is so much easier to sign up and navigate than Amazon and you get a shop you can share if you want to use it or you can just share links to all your social media.

    You get commission on what you buy, what you sell, when your friends and family buys or sells, and when you share the opportunity.  This makes it so much preferable than Amazon which limits what sites you can share your links to and sales from yourself, from friends and family is not included in the commission.  

Here is a youtube video on how you earn with Mavely. It definitely sounds like we can all earn from this program without too many rules to follow.  Check out my link below and let's earn a side hustle earning while shopping.  There is no fee! It costs nothing to be an affiliate with any of the companies I am working with.

Join Mavely by clicking here

Thank you for stopping by.

Glynith

Here is my shop that I generated with my mavely shop link.:

mave.ly/kcksoapery

 

October 2023 | Online Income Report After One Month | KCK Soapery

    It was this time last month when I started thinking about getting my soaping up again and monetizing my social media.  

      I got my official letter this morning and got all the three sales I needed to be officially an Amazon affiliate.   I am just doing this on my free time for now.  If you give more time for it, I am sure you can get better revenue as well.  I also sold a few artisan soaps and body butters!

    I applied to be an affiliate at Nurture Soap first and after a few weeks I did earn $8.51 from the link.  You can click on it and buy anything for your soaping needs.  They have great products and you can follow me in my facebook page KCKsoapery to watch my reels and videos (live and uploaded) using their products.

    Next, I applied to be an affiliate with Amazon.  Click for any shopping needs that you have. Prices are the same.  Register for any Amazon subscriptions including audible, prime movies, and shop for anything they offer.  I will earn commissions on any qualified sales and registrations.  So far, I earned $0.20 from a protein shake somebody bought and $0.72 from a denture adhesive. My link sold after I joined a blogger facebook support group made by thesheapproach, where we reciprocate buying from each other links.  I have been listening to her and reading her blog, not ready to do any paying subscription yet though.  Maybe soon enough when I get all my websites and social media into a better shape.  Just now, I made a sale for 2 water bottles which earned me $0.63 and $0.66 each and completed my requirement to be a full Amazon affiliate. 

    Here's to more clicks, shares and follows.  Let me know what you want to see on all these social media.  What will make you come back and visit often then?

    Thank you so much to all my supporters.

Glynith

October 2023 | Unicorn Poop Body Butter | KCK Soapery

A coworker friend loves my "Unicorn Poop Fragranced Body Butter". Thank you so much "J".

It took me a while to start making this as I have to wait for the fragrance oil to be delivered.  The purple and pink swirled body butter comprise the unicorn poop.  The plain white is for my daughter and is unscented.  This batch includes Argan oil, Avocado oil, Shea butter, Mango butter, and Cocoa butter.

Unicorn poop is described as a rainbow of delicious treats such as sugared strawberry, sweet peach, ripe raspberry and cotton candy!

Above picture is Shea butter.

Shea butter is ivory in color. It is widely used in cosmetics and is known to benefit dry skin.  Since it is getting colder, our skin is starting to get dryer.  A body butter with Shea butter is just perfect.

Added in some Mango butter in the picture above. 

Mango butter have excellent moisturizing property. It softens and plumps the skin which also reduces the presence of wrinkles. Consequently, it is gentle enough to be used as a lip balm or face moisturizer.

Mixed in the Cocoa butter wafers.

Cocoa butter are known to reduce skin dryness and improve elasticity. It also slows skin aging. Moreover, it improves blood flow to the skin which tends to smooth scars and wrinkles fast.

When the butters are melted, I added the Avocado oil and Argan oil so they don't get subjected to the microwave.

Avocado oil adds moisturizing attributes and wonderful glide to the final product.

Argan oil is rich in vitamin E and essential fatty acids.

Added some Arrowroot powder so the final body butter will not be too greasy.

I let the batch harden naturally.  Some tutorials would place the batch in the fridge to harden it faster.  

Added some more Argan oil just because I have a whole bottle of it and I am making this batch for a friend who likes Argan oil.

Mix until fluffy.

Separate the batch into three.  Colored one with pink mica and the other with lavender mica.  I always envision unicorn poop to be fairytale-like.  

Then into the piping bag it went. 

I hope everybody enjoys this product as much as I enjoy making them!

Thank you!

Glynith

 

October 2023 | Unscented Luxe Hair Mask | KCK Soapery

    My daughter has a very long and thick hair that tangles a lot. She's been searching for products to help condition and make her hair easier to manage the frizz. Upon looking at my soaping suppliers, I realized that hair masks is now a thing.  This Luxe hair mask base is from Brambleberry.  Click on the link if you want to make it yourself and look at the ingredients.  Brambleberry was my first soaping supplier.  They don't offer affiliate programs but they have really great products to choose from.  I always love their products and trying out a new line for hair care is very much interesting for me.

    To make a test batch with the base, I used 95 grams of mask base. Then, I added bubble boost and calendula extract. Bubble Boost is derived from coconut oil and some people use it to add gentle and stable bubbles to soap and other products.  It draws in moisture and keeps skin and scalp hydrated. Calendula extract is full of Vitamin B and helps the growth for thick hair.  Massaging the scalp with calendula oil stimulates the hair roots or follicles and ensures the growth of robust, dense and silky tresses. 

    Here's an article from Netmeds about the many skin and hair benefits of Calendula.

I have a video and a reel posted on my facebook page .  

The verdict as my daughter used it tonight is that it feels great! It also rinses very well and makes her hair easy to comb.  I think my hubby and I should start using it since our once very thick hair is now showing signs of thinning as well.

I will let you guys know of any improvements on our hair for sure.

Thank you for dropping by!

Glynith

October 2023 | Exploring Online Income #5 Traditional Way | KCK Soapery

                                                     

    The more I looked into it, the more opportunities there are!  We always see pictures like shown above.  Money just streaming in without obvious hard work.  However, in reality, the amount of income streaming in depends on the amount of time and effort being put in especially when one is still starting.

    I have college friends who have been traveling a lot due to an online side hustle that they joined which is now generating $$$. The deeper their downlines kept on getting, the more the checks they have been receiving.  Just let me know if you are interested! I can connect you to them.

    There are definitely vast ways to make ends meet.

    Investing in real estate, trading currencies and stocks, and managing your investments online.  If you are a savvy investor, you can really generate a very lucrative income streams through these as well.

    Selling outgrown stuff , making handmade things, selling old and used stuff on online marketplaces can definitely remove clutter and give you some income although not regularly.

    Whatever you decide to do, the key is to be consistent and don't give up.  Keeping your active income and saving for retirement are still the best way to have guaranteed earnings throughout your prime and into your old age.

Thank you for visiting!

Glynith

October 2023 | Exploring Online Income #4 AI Marketing | KCK Soapery

                                                           

                                                                        

    AI is everywhere! Name a field of interest and there is a robot doing a part of that field's job already.  AI marketing is starting to fill the worldwide web of internet and network marketing as well.  Using artificial intelligence to make e-books, create blog posts, contents in social media, automated conversations, and language translation.

    This topic is too broad and complicated for my understanding.  But it is available for anyone who wants to use it.  It could be very beneficial for someone like me.  I am good with spelling but struggle with grammar and generating content.  Just coming up with something to say or write and eloquently express it perfectly is another venue that is hard for me.  Just type in or say something to AI and it will give you a list of things to add to your book or posts.

Here are some of them that always shows up in my feeds.

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence that can generate a conversation and compose written content for anything that you want anywhere.  It can do it for you in just a few clicks or a few commands.

There is Designrr. This is a powerful content tool that creates ebooks, flipbooks, blog posts, and other contents. This AI will make it possible for you to start with just a few clicks if you want to create contents as well.  

We also have Fiverr, an Israeli multinational online marketplace, for expert freelancers.  They will connect businesses and freelancers to help in whatever digital needs that you have.

Lastly, canva. This is an Australian multinational graphic design company that is available to create social media graphics and presentations, may it be for free or premium.

    Here is a tutorial from youtube that will walk you through creating ebook or journals and others that you can sell on Amazon without using too much of your time.  Of course, there is a price to be a member to any of these platforms. So if you want to make use of what it can provide to the fullest, sign up as a member.

    You can mix and match a few of these AI's and others together to generate whatever you want to create digitally.

    As I mentioned above, it is a little over my head for now. However, if you want to learn about it, there are a lot of free tutorials on Youtube.  

    If you know any other emerging AI's available, please do share.  I am always amazed at what things people can come up with to make life speedier and easier.

Thank you for dropping by!

Glynith

October 2023 | Exploring Online Income #3 Monetizing Social Media | KCK Soapery

                                            

    The world of social media is increasing as fast as new upgrades to phones and other gadgets.  I remember when it first started with Myspace, Friendster, and a few others.  We were all grateful for its inception.  Long distance calls and paying a part of your budget to call home just because you missed your family is history.  Now we can call anytime through Facetime, messenger, etc. just to say hi and listen to about anything your family wants to talk about without hurrying them or yourself have become a blessing.

    Social media is a way for us to get news, connect with others, and boost each other's reputation or destroy each other.  The possibility is endless with just a click. As an adage goes, always think before you click.

    Now, we use social media to buy and sell stuff as well as use other platforms that is readily available to monetize our presence in it.  Why not, right?  We are using it all the time anyways.

    Let's start with the ones I have:

    Facebook - we have billions of people on it. Using it to post pictures was the main purpose in the beginning.  Mailing pictures is not necessary now.  People who wants to know how you are just have to be friends with you and click on your name then they see everything what you have chosen to post publicly.

    Recently, I noticed quite a lot of my friends sharing reels/stories and asking for stars.  Upon further inquiries, I learned that they are using the platform to monetize it so I started to ask these friends how to get going with it.  Since I already have a soaping facebook page that I can use, I started to ask for more likes and shares hoping for more engagements, too.  

    Here's the requirements for monetizing Facebook.  Your page should have at least 500 followers for 30 days.  You should have active and loyal followers who will like, share, and comment on everything that you post. Then, Meta will pay you $1 cent for every star that you receive.

    When you increase your presence to 5000 followers or have 60,000 eligible minutes of viewed videos and have 5 active videos, then you can add another income stream, you can add ads to your videos and hope that people will be tempted to click on those ads to give you additional income aside from the stars that can be monetized.

    Finally, when you get 10,000 followers or 250 returning viewers, 50,000 engagements or 180,000 minutes viewed, then you can provide subscriptions where you can earn monthly income from subscriptions your viewers pay to watch your videos or reels.

    Without really asking people to follow me incessantly, I acquired about 300 family and friends to like my page facebook.com/kcksoapery.  Now that I am trying to monetize it, I asked my family and friends in my personal page to follow my soaping page.  After a week, I grew from 300 to 500, but that is with a lot of my family and friends helping me to get to that number.   To reach 5K or 10K, I have to keep at it or make sure I am a member in a lot of soaping pages or buy ads so I can have more people to follow me and hope that they like me enough to follow my page.

    Youtube,  I posted in Youtube just so I can watch how I poured the soap batter to get a design result for my soap.  I have 103 videos there with 1.52K subscribers.   My son has been asking me to monetize the site but I always have a hurdle to climb when I check on the requirements.  Now that I finally got the number of subscribers, I only have 23 watch hours. To be approved to monetize, you need to have at least 3K watched hours.  Check out Gillian Perkins on how to monetize youtube.  She discussed about the requirements and she has a lot more videos on how to earn using other online platforms as well.

    I have an account on Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and TikTok but I don't have a lot of posts and online presence on them.  Here is a video on how to monetize TikTok.  It is the media of choice for kids and young adults. They are forever on TikTok and monetizing it is a no brainer right?  You earn 2 to 4 cents USD per 1K views.  If you have 1K to 10K followers there is a potential for a $5 to 25 USD earnings per post.  Since Shopify and TikTok are now in partnership, you get to post your TikToks on Shopify easily to sell your products.  Here is another video post from shopify on how to monetize TikTok.  

    So, in reality, you have to consistently post videos, reels or shorts that are really engaging your viewers enough for them to give you stars, gifts, donations and buy your products online.  If you have the voice or the looks to attract a company to pay you as one of their influencers or  creators, then you have a better shot at it too! But since great influencers are asking for more, a platform called UGC (User-Generated Content) creator is the platform for newcomers and companies that are allocating huge sums of money and everybody is saying they are getting paid a lot for creating content of their favorite products.  How long will this last and what will come next is something we will know soon, I guess. 

    Here is a link from Modern Millie  about UGC and how to get started on it.

    I will just keep on doing what I do and hope that consistency will eventually pay off in the long run.

    Let me know of any other platforms that are showing up since new platforms kept on showing up. I can't seem to keep up with it!

    Thank you!

    Glynith

October 2023 | Exploring Online Income #2 Online Selling | KCK Soapery

                 

    We now live in a time when everything is on the phone and online buying of anything is available with just a click of a button! Opportunities to earn money online where people click on something you offer then pay you is just as plenty as well.  Just don't go buy courses or ads to get the click and traffic unless you want to add it to the cost of your product.  There are a lot of available blogs and youtube videos that will walk you through with what you want to know without asking for your credit card number.

    There are websites where you search for what merchandize are trending. Then, you can start sourcing to get a better price to sell it cheaper on Amazon or you can sell it yourself on your own website or other platforms.  You can do dropshipping too where you don't even need inventory of the stocks.  You just get money from the customer. Customers will just go to AliExpress, Alibaba, DHgate and other wholesale suppliers and have them ship the product to them.  One example a Youtuber mentioned is a Valentine's gnome sold in Alibaba for $3 while amazon sellers are selling it for $15 to $20.  You can have it dropshipped or you can buy in bulk and ship the product yourself.  They will charge customers a shipping fee of $3 which is non-refundable that covers the price of the gnome already.  So if there is a problem like it's returned, lost or damaged, they are already being paid in full. If no problem arises with the transactions, then you may get a profit $15 to $20 just for one gnome.

    You can make our own products to sell if you find something you really like making.  You can create or invent something, apply for trademark, and earn royalty fees when others want to copy your idea.  Then go to another country to mass produce your product at a cheaper price,  sell your products on Etsy, Amazon, and many other marketplaces available.

    There are also a lot of e-commerce website builders like Squarespace, GoDaddy, Wix, Shopify, Paypal and others that have free basic plans that can generate money for you right away if you find the right products to sell.

    Home-based businesses like Pampered Chef, MaryKay, Zyia and others now offer websites to their sellers as well as parties online.  

    The trick is to find the right product that people are looking for. Then make the right video to put in your social media (especially TikTok and Instagram) where most young buyers are glued into these days. Make that video go viral. Subsequently, source the product cheaper than the Amazon Sellers.  Remember most people look at pretty ads then click to buy right away without checking for price comparison most of the time.

    Check out Isabella and her youtube channel Baddie in Business  talk about online businesses.  She is not selling any "how to" courses or apps, etc.  She emphasized in all her videos I watched that it is 25% product and 75% marketing.  That is what I need to learn.  I haven't been active on TikTok or instagram that is why my videos and reels are not going viral yet.  Here's something she said that stuck with me though: "It's not about money, it's about sustaining a business for long term."

    I also like watching Santrelmedia. These young six figure online entrepreneurs are just amazing to watch.  He explains in detail the different Amazon seller programs and other online businesses available as well.

    Just be sure if you decide to give them bank details like your credit card number for their courses or other enticing products/services and when you buy or join "you will get rich" lessons or apps, etc. that you really want to spend money.  As for me, I don't mind sticking with slow and prodding along.  I may not reach six figures yet but I am having fun with the process and not risking or wasting any resources.  Plus, these kids are so entertaining to watch and most are pleasing to the eyes too.

Thank you for stopping by.  

Glynith