How to make money online in 2026 💰 (TOP 5 WAYS- Step by Step)

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Kate Hayes outlines five ways to make money online that she says she has personally tried and used to build what she describes as a seven-figure online business. 1) Affiliate marketing: promote products you genuinely use, find programs via brand sites or searching the brand name plus ‘affiliate program,’ build an audience first with value-based content on one platform, then share unique tracking links and track conversions; she notes some programs pay a percentage and some a flat fee like $10 or $20 per sale. 2) Sell physical products — handmade, wholesale/resold, or print-on-demand/dropshipping — by doing product research (she demonstrates Sales Samurai keyword research), sourcing from legitimate wholesalers found via trade show exhibitor lists, then setting up on a marketplace like Etsy, Amazon or eBay for built-in traffic, or your own site like Shopify for more control. 3) Sell digital products: choose a type, research bestselling styles, fonts and colors on Etsy or Creative Market, create in tools like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Canva or Procreate, and set up a shop. 4) Sell online courses: you only need to be, in her framing, about 10% further ahead than students; pick a topic, film simply even on a smartphone, edit with tools like iMovie or Descript, and host on platforms she names including Teachable, Thinkific and Kajabi, then promote. 5) Content monetization: join one platform’s partner program, learn its algorithm, create engaging content, review analytics and double down on what works.

Key takeaways

• Affiliate marketing: choose products you believe in, build an audience with value content, then share tracked links
• Physical products: research demand first, source via legitimate wholesalers from trade show exhibitor lists
• Marketplaces offer built-in traffic; your own Shopify site offers more customization and control
• Digital products and courses are created once upfront and can sell repeatedly as passive income
• For courses, start small with a mini-course; you only need to be a few steps ahead of students

Episode details: published May 13, 2025 · 20:42 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kate Hayes’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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