tried making money online with just a phone

I was sitting there, staring at my phone, wondering how on earth people claimed to make money online with just a tiny screen. No fancy laptop. Just this overused smartphone that I sometimes wish would respond like a sentient being. So, naturally, I dove into the chaos that is online money-making.

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Let me tell you, it was a rabbit hole. The internet is loaded with promises like “Earn $10,000 in a month with this simple trick!” Spoiler alert: if you’ve never busted out laughing and crying at the same time, read those advertisements. Anyway, I eventually stumbled across some entity called dropshipping. Sounds fancy, right? It’s where you apparently sell things without actually holding the inventory. I saw these guys talking about it and it seemed, I don’t know, doable?

Anyway, I began searching for some apps that would apparently, magically help me with this whole process. Every other step of these guides was listing all these great products that I felt like I needed a translator to understand. Through cluttered screens and a ton of “Do you accept the terms and conditions?” pop-ups, I signed myself up.

The reality is, setting up an online store on your phone is like training a cat to do your taxes. You think you’re getting somewhere and suddenly… nope. Something unexpectedly needs debugging or just stops responding altogether. But my phone was game, buzzing along with me.

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There was this moment, right in the middle of the night (because why sleep when you can lose sanity?), when I thought I finally figured it all out. Had my store up, selected a few trending products (thank you, TikTok teenagers for your oddly specific shopping habits), and was almost euphoric enough to actually, briefly, pat myself on the back. Until I realized… processing an order took a level of tech-savvy coordination that I clearly lack. Sending through payment details with my phone’s spelling corrections was, let’s just say, a comedy of errors.

And customer queries popping up on the notification bar felt like tiny nags from an invisible boss.

So, next time you hear about some get-rich-quick scheme with just a phone, remember the reality might include plenty of… let’s call it ‘learning experiences’. And maybe, before jumping headfirst into such endeavors, ask yourself if you really want to spend endless hours tweaking product descriptions only for your phone to randomly reboot.

Yeah, my eyes still hurt. I need coffee. Ugh.