The Side Hustle Receipt Kit is live.
I wrote a coming-soon post when the free Starter Scorecard went up. The full version is finished now. This is the longer explanation of why it exists and what you actually get.
Why this kit exists
Most “side hustle” content is a list of ideas or a screenshot of gross sales. Both skip the part that decides whether the idea is real: fees, costs, time, and a clear rule for when you’re allowed to call something profit.
I’ve been writing that missing part in public for months.
The early reselling checkpoint was $78 in sales and still underwater on inventory. August and September later locked at $1,349 profit after fees and pickup across 80 sales. October locked at 52 sales, $1,233 gross, and $688 profit after cost. The hours post put a rough $30–$40/hour on the two-month total once listing stopped taking ten minutes an item. The Whatnot first show was six sales at $12 each — useful as a clear-out, not a new main channel.
Those posts are the receipts. They are also long to reverse-engineer if you just want the process.
The kit is the short version of the same method so you don’t have to piece it together from six blog posts. It is not a course. It is not a promise that your numbers will match mine. It is the scorecard, the shortlist, and the 14-day start so you can run the experiment yourself and see whether it is worth continuing.
What’s in the $10 kit
10 hustle cards
Each one is written as a bare-bones start, not a highlight reel:
- Startup cost range (including $0 tests)
- Account creation and first setup steps
- Step-by-step process for the first week or two
- Honest range from experiments I’ve run or published
- The kill shot — the mistake that usually ends it
The ten cover house-first reselling, Marketplace clear-outs, niche exam-prep apps, eBay / Poshmark / Depop lanes, Amazon books, faceless YouTube, a one-product POD or digital test, and selling a skill you already have. Some of these made money. Some were $0. Both are in the kit on purpose.
Scorecard template
The same structure I use to lock a month:
Gross → fees and shipping you covered → net → COGS on every sold item → profit → hours → profit per hour.
Plus a live-inventory table so cost still sitting on the rack does not get mixed into the sold number, and a platform-split table so you can see which channel is actually carrying the month.
14-day start plan
Default path is house-first reselling. Days 1–3 are $0 inventory only. A capped haul is allowed only after something sells. There is a mini scorecard to fill at the end. The plan is short on purpose — one path, not ten at once.
Lock checklist
The rules before you publish a profit number anywhere:
- Pending is not sold
- No cost on every sold SKU means no profit claim
- Live inventory is a separate column
- Estimates get labeled
- Hours are required only if you are stating a wage
Free vs paid
The free Starter Scorecard is still available. It has three hustles I’d try first at $0 and a blank version of the table. That is enough to start this week if you are not ready to pay.
The $10 kit is the full set: all ten cards with the step-by-step process, the complete scorecard and platform split, the 14-day plan, and the lock checklist. It is the version you can run without going back to the blog for the missing pieces.
What it is not
Not a course or a membership.
Not a guarantee you will make money, or any specific amount.
Not the deeper reselling field guide with the full workbook (that is separate and later).
Not a list of signup codes or affiliate links.
Past results on this blog — including the locked months — are my numbers. They are not typical and they are not a promise. Side hustles involve the risk of losing time and money. The kit is educational. Use the templates and plans at your own risk. If it is not useful, there is a 7-day refund.
How to use it
- Pick one hustle from the ten cards.
- Copy the scorecard into a note or sheet.
- Run the 14-day plan for that path only.
- Use the lock checklist before you call anything profit.
If a cost box is blank, the month is not locked. If you only have gross, you have a screenshot.
$10 · instant PDF
Get the Side Hustle Receipt Kit →
The free Starter Scorecard is still here if you want the short version first:
The next closet scorecard on the blog will still follow the same rule — gross, fees, COGS, profit — or a note that the month is not locked yet. The kit is just the templates behind those posts, in one place.
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