Welcome to HustleReceipts
I'm a stay-at-home parent who's been side hustling since the early 2010s — coloring books, MLMs, Marketplace flips, exam prep apps, and a few things I'd rather not admit to publicly. This blog documents all of it with real numbers, honest verdicts, and zero advice I haven't tested myself.
June 16, 2026
365 days. 365 videos. 119 subscribers. $0 revenue. Here's the honest scorecard from a year of daily motivational YouTube content — what I learned, why I stopped, and whether it was worth it.
Read more →June 11, 2026
Real numbers from selling on Facebook Marketplace. What I made, how long it took, what sells best, and an honest account of the human beings you will encounter along the way.
Read more →June 9, 2026
The real numbers from month 1 of HustleReceipts.com — 156 views, 58 active users, 4 posts live, zero email subscribers, and one affiliate program approved. Here's what I learned.
Read more →June 4, 2026
I uploaded the same coloring book to Amazon KDP. Here's the royalty math, the formatting headaches, and whether passive royalties are real.
Read more →June 2, 2026
The study materials were outdated, overpriced, and not good enough. So I built something better using Replit and Claude with no formal coding background. 3 sites live, 1 ready to launch, 8 more in the works. Here's the origin story.
Read more →May 29, 2026
Three MLMs. Several years. Real money spent and made. The honest scorecard nobody in your upline will ever show you.
Read more →May 26, 2026
Real numbers from selling an AI-generated Appalachian folklore coloring book on Etsy as a digital download, in local Asheville stores, and internationally. What I made, how long it took, and whether it was worth the weeks I spent learning the tools.
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