Product Reviews evidence: 27 quotes from 4 creators
Every quote, figure and source behind our product reviews guide: 27 quotes from 4 creators, grouped by claim, with the full source list.
Every quote, by claim
Accepted figures: each is backed by the creators quoted under it, verbatim and linked to the moment they said it.
Full-time or part-time: full time capable
“she was able to quit her corporate job making six figures a year”
“And I don't sell on Amazon anymore. I focus on this and then like UGC platform.”
Ongoing cost: $0/month
“There's no overhead. You're not buying inventory. You don't have fees.”
Fit by life phase (employed_moonlighter): 0.70 score 0–1
“Even if you're working a nine to five You know doing fba full-time doing something else full-time you can easily set aside 45 minutes”
Fit by life phase (retiree): 0.70 score 0–1
“she's retired. So she's on social security, but it helps her a lot.”
Scalability: high
“the average sort of beginner to mid-level person is usually making about a buck 50 to two and a half dollars per video per month.”
“It was like a three month process where he didn't upload a single video, but he was still doing I think like five to eight thousand per month.”
Startup cost: $0
“starting with the stuff you've already got lying around your house.”
“start this business with zero capital. You do not need to start shopping anything.”
“If it's something that's already in my house, let's say you have a microphone that you do podcasts for”
“these 14 15 thousand dollar months with pretty much no upfront cost”
Single reports, not yet confirmed
What one creator said, before a second independent source backs it. Not used as a fact anywhere on the site.
Monthly earnings, part time
“she's doing anywhere from $400 to $600 a month with the influencer program”
“The fact that I can make $20,000 a month literally doing that is bonkers to me.”
“I would say 1 to 3k is very very reasonable”
Startup cost
“start this business with zero capital. You do not need to start shopping anything.”
“starting with the stuff you've already got lying around your house.”
“these 14 15 thousand dollar months with pretty much no upfront cost”
Ongoing cost
“There's no overhead. You're not buying inventory. You don't have fees.”
Time to first dollar
“So in the first, you won't get paid for 60 days in the beginning.”
Common pitfalls
“don't go to like Target or Walmart and just start filming everything off the shelf. That's going to get you kicked off really, really fast”
“So if you mention price, uh, it will actually be no good.”
“In the beginning, a lot of people were tagging multiple products and like getting their accounts shut down because of that.”
Income volatility
“Plenty of your videos are going to make zero dollars a month. A couple of them will make maybe $10 a month. A few of them will make maybe a $100 a month.”
“Plenty of your videos are gonna make $0 a month. A couple of them will make maybe $10 a month. A few of them will make maybe $100 a month.”
Equipment
“I don't even have a microphone that I plug into it. I just point my camera.”
“as long as you have kind of good lighting, good sound, um like a simple lav mic.”
“and you have a phone, you can make a video that's good enough for the platform.”
All sources
- Chris Koerner, The $0 Side Hustle Anyone Can Start (YouTube, 31 Jul 2026, at 25:43)
- The Side Hustle Experiment Podcast, How to Become an Amazon Influencer and Make Over $10,000 a Month with Kyle and James ... ep 17 (podcast, 22 Mar 2024, at 27:02)
- Chris Koerner, He Makes $10K a Month With Just His Phone (YouTube, 4 Aug 2026, at 0:53)
- The Side Hustle Experiment Podcast, How Steve Raiken Built a Reselling Empire and Became A Millionaire .. ep 39 (podcast, 23 Aug 2024, at 53:46)
- The Side Hustle Show, 759: Zero to $20k/mo with the Amazon Influencer Program (podcast, 10 Sep 2026, at 1:00:15)
- Side Hustle Nation, The Amazon Program Almost Nobody Is Actually Doing (Full-Time) (YouTube, 15 Sep 2026, at 0:22)
All data
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time or part-time | full time capable | Chris Koerner, Jul 2026; The Side Hustle Experiment Podcast, Mar 2024 |
| Ongoing cost | $0/month | Chris Koerner, Aug 2026 |
| Fit by life phase (employed_moonlighter) | 0.70 score 0–1 | The Side Hustle Experiment Podcast, Mar 2024 |
| Fit by life phase (retiree) | 0.70 score 0–1 | The Side Hustle Experiment Podcast, Aug 2024 |
| Scalability | high | The Side Hustle Show, Sep 2026; The Side Hustle Experiment Podcast, Mar 2024 |
| Startup cost | $0 | Side Hustle Nation, Sep 2026; Chris Koerner, Jul 2026; The Side Hustle Show, Sep 2026; The Side Hustle Experiment Podcast, Mar 2024 |