I Tried The Easiest AI Side Hustle For 30 Days

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VIDEO SUMMARY
In this video, I tried selling AI Art Patterns for 30 days. I take you through the entire journey of starting this hustle, from generating digital pattern images using Midjourney, to selling on Etsy. It was an adventure!
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[@jensentung]

✉ Subscribe to my NEW newsletter: bit.ly/44JJjhQ Should I continue selling patterns for 6 months and make an update?

[@cynthiamaguire3209]

Yes! I’d love to see that! I’m always curious about these and I think it’s helpful to see what is realistic.

[@Bartetmedia]

Why not, you already did the work. From my research on Etsy from pro sellers it seems to take 4 to 6 months before any substantial sales start happening.

[@RebaoneSenne]

yes you should Jenson because I am starting an ETSY store soon and I would love to see how your shop progresses over the next coming months take note that on etsy you need to consider trends and the time of year think of what season it is and what people are buying it can guide you to make products that will sell faster

[@smlc4407]

Yeah. Because things need time

[@BlancOwly]

Yes

[@lunaenter4042]

This is the 1st I saw people reveal the truth, usually they tend to sugarcoated it with unbelievable amount. Thank you so much for the tips by the way.

[@guethao396]

That’s because they only make money once you buy their courses 😊. They always have a course to offer

[@krazytube15]

To be fair the image chosen for the video had like $9k as clickbait. In the end, he's here for your clicks, but at least his somewhat honest.

[@jasmineancheta]

I also noticed the same. Click bait for the thumbnail 😢

[@curiousmind6472]

💯🔥

[@ShawwnParrr]

I was about to comment the same thing. I love how I still enjoyed the video and he put out a good video about an interesting idea that failed and he clearly put a good amount of time into trying too

[@emmanuel6303]

It's so refreshing to see a content creator who's realistic with the results. Big respect to you Jensen.

[@aAarohiTiwari]

Can we appreciate how he doesn't make everything look all-good but instead shows us the truth!! Also, would love to see your selling mugs challenge

[@MawPawsarksanctuary]

hes the only i have seen that shows the real truth,

[@chickenlurkinyungchihuahua]

This is the most honest content I've ever seen. I'd rather we learn from real failures than many pretentious click baiting videos here on KZbin, because the reality is that many of us failed over and over again.

[@noelcervantes6189]

Bro huge respect for revealing the truth about these. Whether it's t-shirt art or patterns, the problem is if it's too easy, most likely a lot of people will do it, leading to a saturated market. Thanks for testing this out and showing your actual and detailed expenses and net income!

[@ElfsArtStore]

Every emotion he showed during the entire process is accurate. You feel ecstatic when making and putting up listings but when you dont hit views and sales you start questioning everything. Then when you check revenue after deducting expenses and see a loss you question everything even more but the idea is to never give up. Good things take time ❤ Loved the honest video. Thousand times better than the other videos with unrealistic thumbnails. Sales pick up after atleast spending good 4 to 5 months with continuous efforts and modifications everyday sometimes even longer, saying with experience. Looking forward to more videos.

[@LauraJadePrado]

Now imagine the artists selling hand drawn original patterns designed from scratch with their own artwork. It's triple the amount of time invested upfront, and almost always a similar outcome. The extreme underpricing on Etsy has been wildly unsustainable lately and is a real shame. Thanks for the honest insight here. Too many people think this is a get-rich-quick process and it's far from it.

[@afreenafzal1696]

my story. I create watercolor artwork from scratch. But people can just use AI for it now.

[@joseph-the-seventh]

This guy is a sobering breath of fresh air, helping us all realize how misleading and dishonest other KZbinrs like “Alek” are. Those clickbait “get rich quick” videos are causing us all a lot of problems and giving false hope, I’m glad Jensen has stepped in to show us the reality of this landscape. Keep up the good work! And shame on people like @Alek

[@GettingGoal]

Actually truth is little different. Its not easy to start Etsy digital shop but the thing is that it might take time when it goes up. You have to be very patient and add every day more listings be consistent and it might take up to 3-4 months before you start to earn decent revenue. It took for me 5 months to make decent money. First 2 months i did not earning nothing but I did not give up. Its tough business and if you dont believe and dont put months of effort then you will have disappointment and end of your business. After 4 months my shop skyrocketed and I earned 7000 dollars in month and now after 10 months it scaled back because its gone really saturated but still earning 2000 dollars in month which is good passive income.

[@melmanhattan]

This is one of the first of these types of videos that I have seen that is actually honest on the work that goes into this!

[@ByteSizeAnimeTales]

This is a great video! I'm so tired of clickbait AI videos saying they made thousands with no proof at all. Your video brings a great breath of fresh air. Subscribed. Please keep up the awesome and honest work

[@beefyasian88]

Thanks heaps Jensen for your transparency, honesty, and sincerity in making this video to help us all. Keep doing what you're doing. Am promoting and sharing your channel to my network. 🗣

[@JohnDoe-cf8jz]

I like that you were straight about the numbers, no BS scams for clicks. Thumbs up!

[@pixi111]

as an artist, actual graphic designer, this is sad - but I appreciate that he is honest

[@novi_pacific_island]

As a painter this taste bitter.

[@HolyAwesomeStitches]

Agreed. I've tried selling seamless patterns that I actually drew and it... sucked. I did make 1 or 2 sales, but I put so much time into making the actual patterns that to see it really amount to nothing can be extremely disheartening and make it easy to want to quit.

[@thereisnostore]

Did you with to the end? He lost money lol.

[@ervhint]

As someone who just started digital arts, this is depresing, should i just stop, or continue 😢.

[@thereisnostore]

@@ervhint keep going, I do illustration, painting and digital arts full time, I’m not overly worried about AI include it into some of your business don’t fight it. Ai has so many uses other than making images

[@faseetahir578]

Appreciate you putting the hardwork into showing how difficult it is to sell stuff on Etsy. Im contemplating everyday whether to start my page or not. Keep up with the good work. Will definitely check out your future videos

[@rawansawalha4193]

How incredible is this video !!!! This kind of video is the best I had ever seen in KZbin !!! How honest you are , thanks 🙏🏻

[@octanedesigns]

Honest & straight to the point. We USED to have an etsy shop. No longer. Appreciate you Jensen! I subbed!

[@NoroDope]

I find it so funny how some KZbinrs say it's so easy to make money selling printables on Etsy. But you are one of the few KZbinrs that shows how hard it actually is. You earned a subscriber.

[@lorrainec4270]

This video is very sad for us artists that draws everything my hand and has the hard job to be creative and took years on etsy to get reconzied. After AI showed up my sales on etsy went down so much! It makes me so discouraged to continue =(

[@aeternalux9175]

Just incorporate AI into your workflow. Make rough images, learn prompts abd then use your advanced art knowledge to improve all those pesky AI images to make it more than the sum of its parts. And it will still be you and your own. Then you will see, that it will work out ❤

[@voidreaperexpert]

​@@aeternalux9175nah, Ai is dumb. And doesn't even understand Art. Copy patterns. Dumb people who buy Ai fake art literally get scammed. Ai generated image is free and easy to use

[@sunshinecoasttrailcam]

Focus on promoting your art to the right audience.

[@crystalmason829]

Turn your original art into a pattern and see where that takes you the possibilities are endless because no cpu can create something as authentic as your work.

[@kateberger6242]

I understand but unfortunately AI will take the designers work, I quote mug models for my business and designers charge me a lot of money then I ask for AI they sent me a free model perfect to my business, so I totally respect the professionals but as a client if I have some product for free why I’m going to pay?

[@celiamenes143]

I love your honest real world challenges of all the most popular side hustles. I’d love to see you sell ai mugs too!

[@lucasaraczudar5291]

I really appreciate your honesty opposing to the other youtubers who promise we would get rich doing this in no time. I ended up as an Etsy seller because I believed many of those people. I still don't regret it because I found a new hobby that might end up profiting one day, but so far after 2 months of hard work (opposing to the promised easy job) I'm still deep in negative profit. And they make the market more saturated too by convincing other people to jump into the wagon. At least your videos show the truth and honestly the products you showcased in this video, including their thumbnails are very high quality that most new Etsy sellers won't be able to produce unless they have experience in graphic design. Also many people wouldn't have the time to produce such a high number of listings, and having more listings helps with being found. So chances are other people might get their first 2 sales many months later, while initially believing they would get rich in a month.

[@nobswithwes]

It sucks you haven't made that much money yet but that's the thing about making money online. Nothing about online is easy and takes literally years to be truly successful. And now with AI, everything is just going to get even more saturated which sucks even harder! The best way to succeed is to focus on what you're truly passionate about. Otherwise you don't have a voice and no one will listen to you or give a shit.

[@Thedarkbunnyrabbit]

I'd be interested to see a 90 day or 6 month Etsy challenge. I think these challenges have established that Etsy is way too slow to do a 30 day challenge for, and with the upfront costs you'll end up deep in the hole after 30 days. But it would be interesting to see if long term it turned around.

[@rogerriveroll6324]

I’m pretty sure it doesn’t get any better with time it’s just that the market is really saturated and you need to create a really specific pattern for each client which makes it really unprofitable

[@Thedarkbunnyrabbit]

@@rogerriveroll6324 I'd like to see for sure. There are successful people on Etsy, but these experiments are usually too short and come up empty handed.

[@williamedwards4151]

@@rogerriveroll6324 It does get a little better but, you're right. It's so saturated. The key to success, from what I've found, is getting reviews on your shop. People tend to buy something from a proven seller or one that appears "trustworthy". So, as time goes on, you MIGHT get some reviews that add credibility to your shop, which COULD translate to more sales. The best advice I've gotten is to have friends/family make a purchase and leave a review for you. Or even trying co-workers. Anyone that knows you on a personal/in-person level can be a great help. What sucks is that this whole platform leads to a kind of feedback loop for successful sellers. If you're successful, then more people will choose you over someone else. Which leads to more sales, more success and more customers. That's how you see the big sellers on there, their success feeds into itself. I personally wish Etsy would make more of a effort to highlight newer sellers rather than spoon feeding customers to sellers that don't need them.

[@heysimmone]

​@@rogerriveroll6324I think it's worth testing out. 90 day and 6 month challenges are needed.

[@SimothyInOz]

Etsy is terrible to be honest. Even after a year your business is unlikely to make money. Even when you’re in a unique market or product. They have too much control, and will move customers away when you don’t attract enough attention or the opposite too much. They’ve gotten awful with control over customers in terms of unable to email, etc over the year too

[@latashasmith1778]

Thank you for this video. I just watched the other guy pushing this on his channel. Your honesty earned you a suscriber

[@Selene-AI]

Thanks, Jensen. You're videos are amazing and I love the honesty about the number of sales. I also think the sales would go up after some time. I'm looking forward to the 6 month update video!

[@FullBarrelHomeBrewClub]

Great effort man. I'm actually impressed you got the 2 sales that fast! With zero starts its tough to get that first foot in the door. I think you'd see a nice upward trend at the 4-6 month mark. keep at it!

[@Selene-AI]

I agree!

[@Certainlycaroline]

Honestly two sales is a start, and that’s all you need. Keep expectations low at first and improve workflow process so it doesn’t cost all of your time. I bet you’d start making money on this shop eventually

[@Selene-AI]

Tip for Leonardo AI users: You can easily create repeating patterns by choosing 1:1 as the dimension of your image. That means the width and length should be the exact same number, for example 1200 px. And most importantly you need to tick off tiling. When you use tiling it will create patterns that can be repeated endlessly without a visible border. Good luck!

[@safinaxo5940]

Thanks man I've been wondering how to do it for days. The patterns were never repeating when I tried

[@Selene-AI]

@@safinaxo5940 You're welcome!

[@Bikinibee]

I've tried and it's still off my a smidgen, doesn't line up.

[@largeroomnolight]

Wow thank you!!! I was about to do research on how the tiling can be done in Leonardo AI. 🙏🏾❤

[@mailelement1100]

Yay!! Your honesty and transparency is refreshing. I never did understand why customers would be buying AI patterns in the first place. I suspect the high competition comes from people trying to mimic the success touted by an early-to-market KZbinr but the new market entrants are all too late to the party and customers have realized they don't need the product.

[@ForbiddenFlameStudios]

You just gained a subscriber for keeping this video REAL

[@largeroomnolight]

Thank you for the complete honesty. 🙏🏾 Unlike others you didn’t hide any of the costs and expenses involved. I can feel more confident watching your videos.

[@WeDidntExpectthis]

Love your honesty! I will keep watching your channel

[@isharaweerasekara1339]

Thanks Jensen. As always you are one of the genuine youtuber shows how to do something in it's best way as well as it's realistic side. 😊

[@camelliaperez6209]

One million thanks to you for your brutal honesty and transparency!

[@afreenafzal1696]

This is the best video I've seen so far. So incredibly informative. Good job!

[@L0U1SE]

Thankyou for the thorough and honest take on an Etsy store

[@sylviamacdonald7625]

Jensen you are awesome. As a, " Grandmother " with next to no Etsy or computer skills even I could follow your innovative and highly informative channel. Thank you

[@TheMcLiz]

I appreciate this transparency. This was worth the watch. I've also never heard Navajo said like that before

[@creativecommunity9017]

What I love about this channel is the honesty.

[@deborahngere7061]

You just got yourself a new subscriber for your honesty! 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@michaeltwoison]

Bro! You just earned yourself a subscriber. Really good content and we appreciate the transparency!

[@InspiredbysuccesswithLindaVo]

Great honest video. You forgot to mention the hours you invested but the video you created here was worth it in the long run. Great content! You now have a new subscriber. 👍

[@BuildaSolidBizwithLisa]

Love all the information you covered and your honesty!

[@lightbeu]

Appreciate your honesty. This was a great honest video. You’re a genuine gem!!

[@snolan2788]

I appreciate you spending the time to be realistic about selling Things on Etsy or making money on side hustles. Like the other comment before me this is the first I’ve seen someone actually show the truth!

[@GenauGreta]

Thumbs up for your honesty and realistic results.🙂

[@ajaventures22]

love how realistic this vid is! no sugarcoating!

[@kitten2781]

Thank you for being honest! I have a 7+ year old Etsy shop, so I'm a little established. I think you are on the right track with unique/niche designs. If you created the store for this challenge, it makes sense that it started slow. The longer your store is up, the more it will be seen. It's just like SEO and websites. Takes time. Add more product categories too. POD is a great idea and I'm curious how that will respond.

[@netnet27]

Pls do more videos like this and we can get rich together 😊 Thank you for sharing a side hustle idea.

[@Onecreativestation]

i’m subscribing simply because of how transparent you were thank you for that

[@ibtissamouakha3920]

Love the honesty here. Makes me wanna subscribe !

[@TheMsChipsy]

This helped me so much, seeing that yes it IS satureted and no, I'm not the only one who failed. Thank you

[@user-jw3fk4ki8l]

Not sure if you know but ETSY gives a boost to all new listings so in stead of listing them all so fast keep enough to list at least one or two a day after uploading the majority. so you get a boost everyday. Etsy also loves it when you have outside likes bringing people to the site so just post them on a social media site with link to your products will have ETSY liking your store even more.

[@benndickerson4568]

An HONEST content creator !!! It is rare these days... Thank you brotha...

[@lauraantos3105]

I enjoy watching your challenges and would definitely watch one in AI art on mugs. 🎉

[@annaqnyeste]

This is the most refreshing video I’ve seen in this space. Instant subscribe 🎉

[@JannieCummerou]

Thank you for some much needed honesty on the topic!

[@accountmann]

finally an honest person, love you man ( for your content :D)

[@venusekeji]

Thanks for your sharing the realistic picture via Etsy…things just never be easy at all. Keep it on 🤗

[@PriscillaAmandaArt]

This is the type of content I actually want to see. Thank you.

[@shiverwind4361]

I love the honesty here Jensen, thank you. and I'd love an update

[@gamingalapip4760]

The honesty. Truly gold. THANK YOUU!!

[@amity3404]

From Vancouver BC, neighbor 🤘 thanks for the detailing video, much appreciate the work that you make here thank you so much good morning and blessed week end 🌞

[@NobodyLearnings]

Finally someone showing the other side of side hustles as well. +1 sub. BAAM CHANG

[@dcro9903]

That you for your candor; I will start to view your publishings frequently. In the internet land of unrestrained hype it is a welcoming sight to see honesty.

[@gerinja]

Honesty goes a long way. Thanks for sharing your experience. God bless.

[@onyinyedominic7211]

The honesty in this video is 2nd to none thank you...

[@luluandthereviews]

Liked and subscribed for your honesty, knowledge and wit. Fantastic video!

[@loffsamawlong4143]

Thank you for this beautiful honest content. ❤

[@Emily-kj1tb]

Finally, someone who keeps it real! Thanks for making this, I learned a lot from it.

[@LiarFireDesire]

I'm so glad I came across your video before trying this. Thanks!

[@creatornerds]

YES! would love to see the mug sales and hope it does better! Thanks for doing this because I was considering it.

[@thecarrotdude]

This was a fun and informative video. Good content!

[@kes136]

Thanks for being straightforward, to the point and sincerely honest👍🙂

[@Saintly2]

Hey, as a previous card maker, your papers were gorgeous! You just need the proper exposure. ❤ Also… not a lot of card makers have the proper printing capabilities for these. Am here if you want any help.

[@DanielSOlmstead]

Thank you so much for this honest experience! Also, VERY well made video. 👌🏻

[@christineh86]

I really like your channel ! Very honest and also good advice. I think the patterns looked ok, but as you said it would need a more specific niche like a popular fashion trend or aesthetic to make people interested. I think the whole Etsy store should have a niche and very specific branding to make people connect with the store

[@AaradhyaShukla]

Thank you for your honesty and show us how it actually is in IRL (in real life)

[@4155abc]

Wow! So sad. Now I know that I can't make $100 a day selling patterns. I really appreciate your honesty! I get really tired of people telling me that I could make $100 a day or more doing something like this. Other people are encouraging us to do something that is just going to be a waste of time and money.

[@VDigitalPH]

This is the reason i subscribed. The content wasn't sugarcoated.

[@outdoortherapy6596]

The knowledge you have in this area is priceless

[@ShreyaScope]

Bro thank you so much for being honest! 💗

[@TaaliyahPov]

So amazed with the truth in this content.❤❤❤ a lot of us can relate..but i am learning many things. Love your videos.

[@WRiga]

Thanks for being honest! You got a follower! 🙌🏻🙂

[@aurapuraMeditationLifestyle]

thank you for clarifying, revealing the truth and helping several people who listen to those who don't tell everything....

[@DinaLu]

Such a fun and entertaining video but oh boy.... the negative profit😂Congrats on the 2 sales though, that's actually not bad for such a competitive niche hahaha. Mad respect for spending all that time making 100 listings!

[@raiteva4080]

Finaaalyyy a real review!!

[@Bikinibee]

Love this 😅 I create my own patterns for my swimwear. Which I love because I don't sell my patterns, and it's likely no one else has my pattern. This is gold to selling products, but I do see a saturation once AI was available to everyone. Where I can get more creative is drawing or painting my patterns then making them a step repeate pattern. Not AI and I put my logo into the print which really makes it cool amd custom. Then have my fabric printed. I cut and sew the swimwear as well. I think print on demand is saturated....and we will see a turning point in a few years of more hand artistic items.

[@brittsar]

Finally an honest video of the “quick easy rich” hype. Thank you for being honest❤

[@suryangshabhattacharya1263]

You, My Brother, just earned a LOYAL SUBSCRIBER💥💛

[@StellaDavila]

Great video! I wish i had seen this before i created 100 images. However, I am happy I have only uploaded about 25 of them. Happy to see you try to sell mugs. Lol

[@marykirsten7773]

Wow--SUPER helpful--thank you so much for sharing!

[@natalieatkinsprincessnatki1553]

Great video, easy to follow and super informative! Thank you!

[@anushkashagun6478]

Thank you for posting this video. Really helps understand the reality of the sugarcoated side hustlers.

[@pohkoon]

Finally someone tell the truth! Stop flooding Etsy with AI art! Dang

[@bongumusamdeuka6079]

Thank you for your video , honesty is the best medicine. You are a real content creator you earned a subscriber

[@MINDYWAAAA]

Feels like ai in the comments. Wouldnt surprise me

[@WohlstandsWal]

Great stuff. In the past I did almost the same business and made some money, but tbh it felt like it wasn't scaleable and competition was rising.

[@IntrovertedAffiliate]

Finally some realistic results from a new shop instead of all those videos showing the huge earnings from the biggest shops promising we can do it too and how easy it is.

[@9amStudio]

you are soooooo talented. to put all that work together looks easy but I know it takes a lot. That was very informational though.

[@senlee325]

This was funny (and informative). I subscribed!

[@crimsonhunter]

Props to you for showing the harsh reality. Also appreciate the final cost split. Really helps to understand what you're going into.