How MyLot will help The Horse make about $30.50 today alone.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238342)
Walnut Creek, California
May 22, 2021 2:03pm CST
As some of you know, I enjoy making guitar sound hole coasters during my downtime. Collings, an elite manufacturer of acoustic guitars, has been very cool about sending me the raw soundhole disks that they carve out when making acoustic guitars, as has Martin Guitars, one of the most famous manufacturers of acoustic guitars in the United States.
I usually give my coasters to music friends when they host a party, but I occasionally sell them on Craigslist. For "strangers" (no fellow musician is really a stranger) I ask $15 per pair.
I just received an "order" for two pairs, so I reckon I'll be about $30 richer when the day ends. Plus whatever I make on MyLot.
Do you have hobbies that make you money? It's trivial in the big picture. But it's fun to sell stuff that I make for fun.
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@kaylachan (84823)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 May 21
How does being on Mylot help you earn on Cregslist? Especially if you're doing that seperatly.
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@TheHorse (238342)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 May 21
@kaylachan I have fun with this stuff.
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@kareng (80243)
• United States
22 May 21
It's a big win when you can take something that cost you nothing and turn it into a profit. I would have to say all the sprouting pecan trees, wisteria and muscadine here turn a nice profit for me on Ebay. Although I sell other stuff there, these sales are super sweet. Just takes my time and effort to root them but very worthwhile and it is something I enjoy.
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@vandana7 (102698)
• India
23 May 21
Not as talented as you. The last cake I made turned out to be .. let me not talk about it. What went wrong? Overconfidence...sigh. I think I did not measure the flour properly. Now I am off cake making for a while...with such nasty memory. Obviously, I did not give anything to my prince charming and princess. I still have about 12 pieces.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
23 May 21
@vandana7
Did the cake burn? I can eat partially burnt cakes.
See I do not believe in wastage. Yet I live far from your place, so cannot get the cakes transported.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
29 May 21
@vandana7
You could perhaps write the relative quantities of Maida, sugar, soda etc for the cake preparation.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
29 May 21
@vandana7
You have quite high standard of baking!
I am just good at Tea and heating up for Bread and making chapatis occasionally.
The chapatis sometimes burn a little but it does not feels so bad.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
22 May 21
Sometimes I sell bamboo canes for fishing poles or other home DIY projects. Pretty sells some of the herbs she grows online. *shrug* We aren't trying to make money from them but if/when people offer, we accept.
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@DaddyEvil (174590)
• United States
23 May 21
@xander6464 Is that true? Does your buddy smell like wet rags?
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
22 May 21
Years ago I made a poem about each grandchild when they were 4 or 5 (old enough to know their personality, etc), then sold a few for other people's kids.
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@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
22 May 21
It's good to have using your hobbies to make some cash. Am happy for you
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@TheHorse (238342)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 May 21
@Laurakemunto That sounds like a fun way to make a few dollars.
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@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
22 May 21
@TheHorse sometime back I used to cook at parties, get together and birth days in exchange for some cash
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 May 21
I've sold a few creations throughout the years, but mostly, I just give them away.
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@BarBaraPrz (51837)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 May 21
@TheHorse I used to paint pretty pictures... now I cross-stitch them.
@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
23 May 21
Writing is my hobby so I guess I make money off it here in myLot.
Good for you and grats on the sale.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
23 May 21
We hardly have such things here which we can sell. Some people used to collect coins etc in the times bygone.
Yet those hobbies might not have been money making ones.
Now Mylotting and being on other sites is something that I can count as a hobby- or may be some work+hobby??
@wolfgirl569 (135910)
• Marion, Ohio
23 May 21
My gardening makes me a little bit.
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@wolfgirl569 (135910)
• Marion, Ohio
24 May 21
@TheHorse I think I am done now. At least I hope I dont think of anything to add.
@LindaOHio (222623)
• United States
23 May 21
No. I used to do a lot of needlework; but I never tried to sell anything. Congrats on the sale.
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@LindaOHio (222623)
• United States
24 May 21
@TheHorse No. I have arthritis really bad in my hands; and my fingers lock up and hurt. I've abandoned most crafts. :-(
