Need advice / suggestion to monetize my side hustle

Hello, I have an Instagram account which is in specific niche - gaming. I share a lot of gaming stuff memes/upcoming games etc. The account has around 11-12k followers. I have a website where I share some interesting news about upcoming games, hardware, reviews but I do not put much work on it atm. I am looking for any suggestions on how I can make money from this side hustle. I started it all just because I really enjoy gaming and everything around gaming. But now as I have decent community I wonder what would be the best approach in monetize it. Tbh I do not want any affiliate marketing methods but I am open to suggestions. I was thinking about some merch or companies who can whit label my IG name / website name so I can start selling branded products on my website. My goal is in the next year to be making around $100 a day from the website and the IG account.

STARKIND said:

Tbh I do not want any affiliate marketing methods.

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Welp, there goes your best bet.

there's not a lot of ways to monetize a social media account, affiliate marketing is the best option imho.. i don't know of any other good alternatives unfortunately