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Do you think LI, Fb, or freelance marketplaces are not overcrowded?
there are tens of thousands of guys like the OP who can't sell their services for $10, let alone for $100/hour.
How to make money in 2026?
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there are tens of thousands of guys like the OP who can't sell their services for $10, let alone for $100/hour.
Armagedd0n
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Can you advice on ways to promote my gig as a new Fiverr seller in order to get my first gig order?
GeorgeCruzz
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Focus on developing AI agents; you can sell them to businesses on a monthly subscription basis, which will provide you with a steady income.
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I see you already have the skills; you can start using those skills.
r2150523
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The point was, it's harder to find a job than clients. That's it.Do you think LI, Fb, or freelance marketplaces are not overcrowded?
there are tens of thousands of guys like the OP who can't sell their services for $10, let alone for $100/hour.
This whole domain of coding is being reworked by AI... you have to be very up to date in order to get anything out of it.
You can seek job and clients at the same time, although if you focus on what matters for you, chances of success are higher as motivation goes up.
Not even that, just reply within at least 24hr and not once per week
Daniel081
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You're looking at this from the wrong angle. If you already have the coding skills, understand data structures, and have the compute power, your biggest mistake is trying to sit in a room and 'invent' an idea from scratch.
The real money isn't in building another generic AI wrapper for the masses. The money is in B2B AI Automation and custom workflow architecture.
Instead of searching for a magical SaaS idea, look for traditional, non-tech businesses (like logistics, real estate firms, legal practices, or e-commerce operations) that are drowning in manual work. They don't know what an API or an LLM architecture is—they just know they are wasting 20 hours a week copying data from emails into dashboards or manually processing invoices.
Your play should be building custom internal tooling or middleware that connects their current software stack to specialized LLM pipelines. You don't sell them the tech; you sell them the exact amount of time and labor costs your system saves them.
Stop looking for a product idea to sell to thousands of people. Find one business with a messy workflow, solve their bottleneck, and charge them a premium for a tailored solution. The data architecture skills you have are exactly what's needed to build those backend pipes.
The real money isn't in building another generic AI wrapper for the masses. The money is in B2B AI Automation and custom workflow architecture.
Instead of searching for a magical SaaS idea, look for traditional, non-tech businesses (like logistics, real estate firms, legal practices, or e-commerce operations) that are drowning in manual work. They don't know what an API or an LLM architecture is—they just know they are wasting 20 hours a week copying data from emails into dashboards or manually processing invoices.
Your play should be building custom internal tooling or middleware that connects their current software stack to specialized LLM pipelines. You don't sell them the tech; you sell them the exact amount of time and labor costs your system saves them.
Stop looking for a product idea to sell to thousands of people. Find one business with a messy workflow, solve their bottleneck, and charge them a premium for a tailored solution. The data architecture skills you have are exactly what's needed to build those backend pipes.
luckydogproxy001
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With my low educational background and lack of skills, who can help me point me in the right direction? I am very interested in games and animation and have self-taught myself modeling. However, the results are rather poor. The company's recruitment requirements not only include modeling but also some other skills.
You don't lack AI skills; you lack a clear market. In 2026, the money isn't in building complex AI systems—it's in solving a specific problem for a specific group of customers. Instead of searching for the perfect idea, focus on finding problems that businesses are already willing to pay to solve.
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Your biggest advantage is your technical background. Many people making money from AI aren't necessarily top-notch specialists; they simply focus on a specific problem and deploy solutions quickly.
Xin 3
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You don't need a groundbreaking AI idea. With the skills you already have, I'd focus on finding a specific problem that businesses or users are willing to pay to solve, build a simple solution, and start selling it as soon as possible. In today's AI market, distribution and understanding customers often matter more than the technology itself.
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100% true. Find a niche, build a small tool, find your first client and iterate. Try to find niches that already make good money.
I'd say the way I succeeded as a developer is the day I understood that I needed a commercial.
You build the perfect apps, your commercial build the fomo in the head of your prospects.
KilluaNPC_
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create AI agent for a business.
Build a Micro SaaS solving a narrow, painful business problem for a specific niche (e.g., AI-powered CRM automation for Maryland real estate agents, inventory optimization for small retailers, or automated lead qualification for service businesses). Your combination of LLM architecture knowledge, API skills, and clean design is perfect for building reliable, non-generative AI tools that deliver measurable outcomes.
Instead of chasing flashy ideas, identify pain through daily outreach: talk to 20+ small business owners in your area, ask what repetitive tasks waste their time, then build a focused solution. Sell via monthly retainers tied to results (e.g., “$299/month, saves 10 hours weekly”) rather than one-time fees.
Start with freelancing/consulting to gain case studies, then productize into SaaS. This path generates income in 30–60 days if you pair build time with consistent outreach.
Instead of chasing flashy ideas, identify pain through daily outreach: talk to 20+ small business owners in your area, ask what repetitive tasks waste their time, then build a focused solution. Sell via monthly retainers tied to results (e.g., “$299/month, saves 10 hours weekly”) rather than one-time fees.
Start with freelancing/consulting to gain case studies, then productize into SaaS. This path generates income in 30–60 days if you pair build time with consistent outreach.
If you have 0 coding experience I would not suggest very big applications heavily relying on technology. Because most of the crap you see online will crash after some time and the guy doing it won't understand why it crashed, AI will have hard time pinpointing the problem because you don't know what's the problem. most off the schoolchildren doing those are bunch of kids flexing with their moms/dads money. the one's that actualy doing something has already have some sort of expertise in sales, marketing, seo, coding and business and maybe finance in general. AI wont make you rich, It just gives leverage on what you know.
FistFullOfCash
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Commercial equipment automations, concessions improvements to storefront. Subleases, even in parking can bring profits. Vending machines. Passive opportunities not seen before. Conveyors, robot arms, self checkout mini markets. Anyways Im looking to see how to improve a commercial building space. I have deep pockets soon off some things, for down payments to own real property. You can offer high ticket services. Licenses are easy to pass state exam for most who dedicate the time. I look at business models like even candy stores, want to get better at reading the financials.
Have commercial printing experience, so if I had a Ryobi offset printer I could do playing cards/carton, direct mail, coupon deck, booklets that may act as good lead magnets, labels of many sorts. I saw one machine for 20K.
Commercial Equipment Ive been buying that also serves my own needs. Like I have started buying things for a future store, when I have a LLC later I can roll assets into the company. So far candy machine, deposit safe, mini rotary. Had to sell the 3d printer. Also develop hobbies to business.
Check for leaks in your game. Waste is worse because its like throwing away hours. 2026 I decided Im done with crypto, unless it goes to 5K or so.
Have commercial printing experience, so if I had a Ryobi offset printer I could do playing cards/carton, direct mail, coupon deck, booklets that may act as good lead magnets, labels of many sorts. I saw one machine for 20K.
Commercial Equipment Ive been buying that also serves my own needs. Like I have started buying things for a future store, when I have a LLC later I can roll assets into the company. So far candy machine, deposit safe, mini rotary. Had to sell the 3d printer. Also develop hobbies to business.
Check for leaks in your game. Waste is worse because its like throwing away hours. 2026 I decided Im done with crypto, unless it goes to 5K or so.
gr33ng0bl1n
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some interesting ideas here