how i made $3k in a week! | how to make money during quarantine *fast*

Overview (Finance-focused)

The video focuses on earning quick cash during COVID-19 quarantine through side hustles, rather than investing. It provides practical, income-oriented ideas and some platform/payment mechanics—such as payout timing and fees—along with examples of what the creator earned in roughly one week.

It does not cover capital markets, macroeconomic indicators, portfolio construction, or performance metrics beyond the creator’s personal revenue examples.

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Instruments / Assets / Tickers Mentioned

No financial tickers or tradable assets (stocks, bonds, ETFs, crypto, commodities) are mentioned.

Instead, the “assets” are personal items used for resale or sale:

• Old clothes/shoes/accessories
• Electronics (e.g., handheld digital cameras, headphones)
• Home goods/furniture (e.g., night table, coffee table, credenza / “CD3” or “cred”)
• Video game items (e.g., Nintendo Switch games)
• Art commissions (pet portraits/watercolor/AI-generated art implied)

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Key Numbers & Timelines (Explicit)

Income / Outcomes Claimed

• Target / framing: “$3k in a week”
• Mentioned breakdowns include:
  • Two side hustles totaling about $1,400 (undisclosed)
  • Other side hustles totaling about $3,300 in a week (wording varies, e.g., “one thousand dollars,” “about a thousand dollars of revenue”)

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Side Hustles

Side Hustle #1: Virtual / Social Media Manager

Pay rate examples

• Starting around $12/hour
• Up to $60/hour with experience/marketing degree
• No experience estimate: about $12–$16/hour

Potential additional earnings

• At least $800/month

Notes

• More people at home can mean more applicants (more competition), but the video still recommends pursuing it.

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Side Hustle #2: Delivery / Gig Work

Apps/platforms referenced

• Uber Eats
• DoorDash
• Postmates
• Instacart
• Wag
• TaskRabbit-like references (not explicit)
• Amazon grocery picker (as an idea)
• Mobile budtender delivery (weed delivery)

Cautions

• Some services may be not accepting applicants now in the creator’s area (early surges led to applicant flooding).

Incentives

• Apps may offer incentives because people are ordering more during quarantine.

Example timing

• A delivery order “about to be here in a few minutes” is referenced, but no clear revenue metric is provided.

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Side Hustle #3: Reselling on Poshmark / Related Marketplaces

Platforms mentioned

• Poshmark
• Macari (spelled “Macari”)
• Depop
• Letgo
• Facebook Marketplace
• Optional mention: USPS partnership for shipping

Velocity / performance example (creator’s example)

• Started with ~300 followers after the first 5 listings
• Reached:
  • 70 listings
  • 60 sold in ~3 days (very fast turnaround)

Revenue example

• “Made $1,000” on Poshmark (screenshot referenced)

Pricing, Fees, and Cash Timing (Poshmark)

Pricing recommendation

• Mark items down by about ~50%

Payout timing

• Poshmark doesn’t pay until the customer receives and approves.
• If the customer doesn’t approve within 3 days, on the 4th day Poshmark auto-approves and releases payment.

Fees

• Poshmark takes 20% of sales.

Shipping

• “Poshmark shipping” priced at $7 is described as expensive and reducing profit.
• Labels are supported via USPS (priority mailboxes described).

Shipping Costs / Supplies (Examples)

• USPS Priority mailboxes: described as “free” (with the note that Express isn’t free; priority only)
• Tape example: “about three packs for six bucks” (Walmart)
• Poly bags from Amazon:
  • “75 for $16–$18” (creator chose nicer color)
  • cheaper plain option: “12–13 dollars for 75”

Other Reselling Examples (Items + Prices)

• Handheld digital cameras
  • Worn one sold for $150 (original cost about $1,000)
  • Better one sold for $325
    • Initial ask: more
    • Buyer offered $200
    • Seller countered to $325
• Furniture / home
  • Sold old night table and coffee table (replacement at same price; no specific price provided for the replacement)
  • Sold credenza / “CD 2” for $400
• Headphones
  • Sold for $30
  • Bose headphones sold for $85
• Letgo “cash hole” example
  • $1,240 from selling on Letgo (note: they “didn’t have much else” to sell)

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Side Hustle #4: Sell Art Commissions / Products

Commission pricing example

• “$35 or 40 bucks” for pet portraits

Shipping

• Customer pays shipping (creator notes buyer pays shipping).

Other Platforms for Selling Art

• Society6
  • Selling print-based products (pillows, mugs, blankets, wall tapestries, etc.)
• Upwork
• Fiverr
• Fibre
  • Mentioned as another place for gigs (no metrics given)

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Methodology / Step-by-Step Frameworks

Poshmark Reselling Workflow (Implied Steps)

1. List items on Poshmark
2. Set pricing
   • Use approximate retail comps from Poshmark
   • Account for condition/wear
   • Mark down by about ~50%
3. Use Poshmark shipping
   • Shipping cost referenced as $7
   • Use USPS priority supplies (priority mailboxes)
   • Create/print labels and pack items
4. Understand payout timing
   • Buyer approval required after delivery
   • If no approval by 3 days, auto-approve on the 4th day

Delivery / Gig Workflow (Very General)

• Apply to apps that are still accepting drivers
• Expect limited acceptance due to prior demand/applicant spikes
• Take advantage of current incentives during quarantine

Art Commission Workflow (Very General)

• Offer custom commissions (pet portraits/watercolors)
• Price competitively (example $35–$40)
• Customer pays shipping
• Deliver work and ensure customer satisfaction

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Explicit Recommendations & Cautions

Recommendations

• For commissions/art:
  • “Don’t undervalue yourself, don’t charge too much but don’t charge too little.”
• For reselling:
  • Mark down items (about ~50% suggested)
  • Don’t assume items won’t sell—“everyone wants to buy everything right now”
  • Be a seller, not a buyer, if your goal is cash generation

Cautions

• Platform acceptance:
  • Delivery apps may stop accepting applicants due to earlier surges (explicit in the creator’s area for some apps like Instacart and Wag).
• Shipping costs:
  • Poshmark shipping at $7 is described as expensive and potentially limits profit.

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Disclosures / Disclaimers

• No formal financial disclaimer (e.g., “not financial advice”) is present.
• The creator frames the content as side hustles during quarantine, not investing.

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Presenter / Sources

• Presenter: YouTube creator (speaker in subtitles; name not provided)
• Influence mentioned: the creator’s older brother, referenced repeatedly as the main educational influence.

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