Welcome to my 9th income report! Check out my past income reports here. My personal goal is to make as much money as I can from home while not sacrificing any of my family responsibilities. This means I’m cooking, cleaning, going on field trips, arranging play dates, driving to/from sports, etc. and then working from home in my “spare” time. I started My Income Journey to show you how it’s possible to make money and save money from home! I hope you can gain some insight into what works (or doesn’t) and improve your own income journey! I love being a stay at home mom and think everyone should have the option to make money from home!
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Why I Publish Income Reports
If it weren’t for other bloggers posting their income reports I would have never started this blog. I am so grateful for their willingness to be open, honest, transparent, and inspire me to get started blogging. Blogging can be an excellent income source that anyone can do! If you want to start a blog, read my How to Start a Blog Step by Step Tutorial.
Total Income: $1,289.14
Income Breakdown
Photography – $187.49
I love selling stock photos because the income is completely passive once your photos are uploaded. If you want to learn how to get started with stock photography, check out all of my photography posts and tips!
Shutterstock – $133.99 (362 images on file)
istock – $47.19 (172 images on file)
Bigstock – $5.32 (104 images on file)
Fotolia – $.99 (18 images on file)
Etsy – $245.72
Etsy has been a fun, profitable side hustle that I’m glad I started last year. Here’s my tutorial on How to Start an Etsy Shop!
February Orders: 39
Products Listed: 63
Piano Lessons – $387.50
Learn how to teach piano, what my favorite piano books are, how to sell music you compose, get free printables, and more!
Blogging – $420.28
Learn how to start your own blog here, it’s been a very rewarding source of income for me and anyone can do it from home!
Ads – $172.98
Affiliates – $247.30
Side Hustles – $48.15
As you can see, I have a lot of different side hustles! Check out my list of over 100 side hustle ideas here.
ibotta – $20.50 (referrals and rebates)
Checkout51 – $1.00
MobiSave – $1.85
Shopmium – $2.00 (enter code KYGKMHGH for a free chocolate bar)
Swagbucks – $2.90
Inbox Dollars – $2.34
Zazzle – $0.68
Redbubble – $16.88
Conclusion
Overall I’m happy with how March turned out. My current (realistic) goal is to stay above $1,000/month and I was able to do that. My longer-term goal is to get just my blog earnings to be over $1,000/month and my total work from home income closer to $2,000. I know I can do it, there’s just a lot of steps I need to take to get there. I only work about 2-4 hours per day or around 15 hours per week. This is just an estimate, but it puts me around $22/hr. Not too shabby for working at home in my spare time! I mentioned in my income report last month that I signed up for Elite Blogging Academy. It’s already paying off!! My pageviews jumped from 5,000 to 8,000 and I made some much-needed changes to my blog design. Plus, I’m learning about SEO and other elements I’ve been neglecting. I’m not even halfway done with the course and I already feel like I’ve learned a ton!
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This is a very helpful post. Looking at it, you’ve really diversify pretty well in terms of your income sources. Hope to learn more from you! following now…
Congratulations! I appreciate your sharing the income as it gives others a chance to see what is possible or see how they are doing. Working from home is a gift and much more possible than people think.
This is great! It is so rewarding to make money doing things that you love!
Congrats! Thanks for sharing, I am looking into your stock photo tips 🙂
Thank you for sharing your income report. One day I hope to be making as much as you are currently + more. Your other posts about money making tips are great and I will certainly bookmark them 🙂 x
This is amazing! You are inspiring me. I’m just getting going and we have so many of the same passions. Hope clarity comes along the journey because I’m floundering right now. 🙂
Thanks so much for this post. It’s so much more realistic and doable than many others out there. Do you think that a teenager could do the stock photography if the account was in their parents name?
Thanks, Heidi! I know I’m not making 6 figures a month yet, but I hope it’s helpful to see an easily attainable income report. 🙂
Most the stock agencies like Shutterstock and istock require you to be 18 years old, but I do believe there is a form a parent/guardian can fill out to sign them up as a contributor. Contact the stock agencies and they’ll let you know how to go about signing your teenager up. You can also sell on Etsy as a minor and that’s another great revenue stream for photographers.
https://www.etsy.com/help/article/127
Good luck!!