Recent content by Yosemite Ranger

That was the original idea. But I have listed in the above comments how things got out of hand. It was supposed to be an extension of my blog.

Right. I wanted it to be a place for Moms to be able to discuss everything under the sun. But it became a shopping group where women started posting stuff they were selling which was fine really. All women love to shop and check out stuff. But then came the problems. As the group got busier...

No, I did not find a viable solution that makes it worth the time and effort it requires to maintain it. The spam got overwhelming. People started posting shopping offers and people who bought from them (it’s a women’s group and shopping is an essential part) started complaining to me about not...

I follow this hugely popular account for trending story templates and noticed that they offer story and reel promotion. It sounds like a good idea to get real reach and impressions as their stories get millions of views. Are there any other such accounts? I am guessing many accounts who post...

Good luck with your journey! I will be following. Have you joined any group boards on Pinterest to promote your articles or are you only pinning on your own boards?

34000. Most activity is from people wanting to post their products for sale. The post reach varies from 10-2500 views for each post. I am not sure this lot will be interested in paying to promote or pin their posts. They might be in it only because it is free. But I will still try to charge for...

I don’t know myself. I was trying to get info. I would love to set up a US based account myself. Payouts are very different for other countries. Following your journey with this.

Thanks, can you help me with where/how to sell it? Do people actually pay for this?

Exactly what is causing this dilemma. It is so difficult to build a community from scratch these days. Thanks for the same advice.

Thank you, this helps. I will look into hiring someone if they can manage to make some profit after taking their cut. Also looking into transferring managing rights

Thanks for both suggestions. Have you heard of, or know anyone who has managed to do either of the above? If yes, can you share how to approach them?

Yes, that was a problem a few months ago, but auto-assist has taken care of that. Now the only issue is the “too good to be true” job offers that still manage to dupe people.

Good to know I am not alone here. No, I never thought of raising the issue of reversals with anyone. I thought they surely know what they are doing. A long time ago, I used to use Shareasale etc. But they constantly had vendors leaving and my links to their products would be rendered inactive...

I run some seasonal websites and used to get a lot of Amazon sales during holidays. But this year, after seeing a lot of sales, they somehow all got reversed by the time the payments were calculated. I saw posts on X by Halloween costume sellers that people bought from them and then returned it...

How do you plan to accept payments from YouTube if you manage to open a US account? Won’t you need a USA based bank account to accept payments?