Yes, you heard right, sharing skills, or however you want to call it, can make some money for you, and now it’s the time to get started! Before we get into it let’s start with the basics.
What is a skill?
In the dictionary “skill” is defined as “having or showing the knowledge, ability, or training to perform a certain activity or task well”. For instance, it can be anything, from being good in languages to being good at craft work. In other words ANYTHING what you do well – is a skill!
Who has a skill?
Any individual on this planet has a skill:
Students
Freelancers
Professionals
Remote Jobbers / Digital Nomads
School / University Lecturers
Personal Trainers
Financial Advisors / Consultants
Regardless, it often takes individuals a very long time to figure out what they are good at.
How we used to make money with our skills in the past?
Here are some examples of how we used to monetize our skills:
If you were good at sports activities and loved physical health, you could get hired as a Personal Trainer or Nutrition Consultant and help others to get in shape
If you were good in mathematics or any other subject area, you could give private lessons for students after school
If you were a Subject Matter Expert in areas such as marketing, you could offer physical master classes to a wider group
If you had a passion for baking, you could make e.g., cupcakes for e.g. birthday parties and so on
If you knew how to travel the world safely and cheaply, you could provide a travel guide for others
All the above examples were and still are side hustle methods and sources for a solid income. But….it comes with challenges
What are the challenges of selling skills?
There are many reasons why selling skills can also become a challenge. The main reasons are:
Costs: Often the initial setup to sell a skill can become high
Maintenance: Sellers need to maintain e.g., their own website
Many platforms to sell: Sellers must store content (skill), market, exchange with buyers, and sell in different platforms just to make one sale (e.g., upload content on a shared drive, market it on YouTube, communicate through E-Mail, and sell through given bank details.
Customer Base: It needs time to build a solid customer base
There are challenges sometimes that are hard to overcome and even demotivate/stop highly skilled people from getting their content out to the world!
How to sell skills/knowledge/expertise online in 2023?
Post Covid-19 and the current economic situation led to a higher unemployment rate. People have lost their jobs after many years and still struggling to find new jobs.
However, looking from the other side this difficult situation opened doors! People have lost their jobs but have not lost their skills.
Imagine, taking the opportunity caused by the current challenging economic situation and to sell skills online. This is a mind-blowing!
That’s exactly what our online marketplace You.cept does. You.cept is a FREE-to-use online marketplace to buy and sell knowledge, skills or expertise of any kind in any form.
A one-stop-shop to Pitch, Store, Share, Communicate, Sell, Get Rated.
Do you want to become a seller on You.cept?
This is how it works:
1.Go and check out www.youcept.com
2.Create a seller account in.a few minutes
3.Upload your content (we call it concept)
4.Market it and get it out to the world
5.Get in touch with potential buyers
6.Sell and make money online
7.For any inquiries, you can contact us via email support@youcept.com
See you soon on You.cept
CEO & Founder
Thanu
