4 ChatGPT Side Hustles to Make $900 Per Day: What They Get Right (and Wrong)

Someone posted a video claiming you can make $900 a day from your phone using ChatGPT with zero skills and zero money. I watched it. I took notes. And I am going to walk you through everything they said, tell you what I actually agree with, and be straight with you about the parts that will trip you up if you go in blind.

I am Alston Godbolt from alstongodbolt.com. I make content to help working adults actually make money online, and I do not sugarcoat things just to get you excited. So let us go through these four side hustles one by one, look at the real numbers, and figure out what is actually worth your time.

What You Will Walk Out With

The real income potential and realistic range for all four ChatGPT side hustles
Why the word “easy” is doing heavy lifting in these kinds of videos
What you actually need to know before you start prompting ChatGPT for product descriptions
What happened to the Mulligan Brothers YouTube channel and what it means for faceless automation in 2024
The two tools you need before you publish any AI-written blog content
Why Amazon is cracking down on low-content books and what to try instead
How to use ChatGPT as a tool without letting it think for you
A free quiz to find out which side hustle matches your specific situation at finder.platformproof.com

Side Hustle 1: Writing Product Descriptions With ChatGPT on Fiverr

The first side hustle is writing product descriptions using ChatGPT and selling that service on Fiverr, Upwork, or People Per Hour. The clients are Amazon FBA sellers, dropshippers, and anyone with a product listing that needs better copy. The income claim in the original video puts your earning potential at $150,000 per year or more. Can that happen? Yes. Does it happen for most people who start a Fiverr gig from scratch? The data says no.

When you look at what freelancers in America actually earn on Fiverr, the average is less than $200 per month. Not $200 per day. Two hundred dollars total for the month. The sellers charging $70 or more per description, the ones the original video points to as proof, have 687 five-star reviews. You are not starting with 687 reviews. You are starting with zero. And when you start with zero reviews on Fiverr, you are competing with people in countries with a lower cost of living who will happily take $5 to write the same description you were hoping to charge $50 for. That is the race to the bottom problem that no one wants to mention when they are selling you on this.

Here is the other thing the original video glosses over: you do need skills to do this well. Not necessarily years of copywriting experience, but you need to understand how to give ChatGPT a useful prompt. If you type “write a product description for a box cutter,” you will get something so generic that no serious Amazon seller will pay you for it. What actually works is something like this: “Assume you are an expert product copywriter. Write a compelling description for a red box cutter that is approximately five inches in length, stores additional razor blades in the handle, and is designed for warehouse workers who need to cut boxes quickly and safely.” That level of specificity is a skill. It takes time to develop, and it is not free.

On top of that, you will need to know enough about the product to fact-check what ChatGPT gives you. You will need to proofread it. You will need to make sure it is not just a rearrangement of a competitor’s listing. The process itself is simple. The execution requires more than nothing. And unless you already have an existing client base, Fiverr is a rough place to build from zero because you will spend a long time undervaluing your work until the reviews come in.

Side Hustle 2: Running a Faceless YouTube Channel With AI Scripts

The second side hustle is creating a faceless YouTube channel, using ChatGPT to write scripts and then using AI voiceovers, stock footage, and B-roll to fill out the videos. The original video points to a motivational channel called Mulligan Brothers as an example of what is possible.

Here is the problem: the Mulligan Brothers analytics tell a different story than the one being pitched. At its peak, that channel was generating somewhere between $175 and $200 per day in ad revenue. By the time the original video was made, that number had fallen to roughly $25 to $50 per day. That is a drop of 75% to 85%. The 90-day revenue window shows the money is back-loaded, meaning most of it happened before the 21st of May. After that, revenue cratered. The channel creator in the original video cannot fully explain the drop, and that should concern anyone thinking about using this channel as a role model.

Part of the explanation is that motivation content is getting harder to monetize through the YouTube Partner Program. Videos that rely on clips from public figures like Denzel Washington playing over motivational music are being flagged and demonetized. If you go the motivational faceless route, you will likely need to monetize through affiliate marketing or sponsors instead of ad revenue, which adds another layer of complexity to an already slow process.

The deeper issue with faceless YouTube automation right now is that it is flooded. YouTube’s algorithm is trying to serve users the best content on any given topic. When thousands of channels are uploading AI-written scripts over generic B-roll about the same subjects, YouTube notices patterns. There are real risks of channels being suppressed or removed if the platform decides they are not adding original value. The RPM on the Mulligan Brothers channel was also low, and the playback numbers reflected that.

The better version of this strategy is to show your face. I know that sounds uncomfortable. The mental block around being on camera is real. But here is the truth: viewers do not care how you look. They care whether you are solving a problem they have. Channels with a real person on camera build audience connection, hold watch time longer, and convert better. The Mulligan Brothers channel, which does feature the creator on screen, has built genuine rapport with its audience. That is what keeps people watching. Do what the successful creators are actually doing, not just what they are telling other people to do.

Side Hustle 3: AI-Assisted Blog Writing

The third side hustle is using ChatGPT to write blog posts and then monetizing the blog through display ads, affiliate links, or brand deals. The income number floated in the original video is up to $80,000 per month from blogging.

That number is real. It is also deeply misleading when you apply it to a beginner. When you average blog revenue across the entire internet, you are averaging in CNET, Good Housekeeping, and NerdWallet. Those are blogs with domain authority built over a decade, editorial teams, and millions of organic search visitors every month. They pull the average up dramatically. If you are starting a brand new blog today with no existing audience, no domain history, and no backlinks, $80,000 per month is not where you start. It is where some blogs eventually land after years of work, not months.

That said, blogging works. It is one of the genuinely sustainable ways people build online income. I got started with internet marketing through blogging. The path is real. The timeline is just longer than most videos admit.

Here is what you actually have to do if you want to use ChatGPT for blog content. You cannot just paste a 5,000-word output from ChatGPT straight into WordPress and hit publish. First, you need to read the entire output and edit it for accuracy. ChatGPT will state things confidently that are not correct, especially anything involving recent statistics, current pricing, or tools that have updated since its training cutoff. Second, you need to run it through a plagiarism checker. A paid tool like Copyscape will tell you whether the text matches other content on the web. Grammarly also has a plagiarism feature you can try. Uploading plagiarized content will hurt your search rankings, and Google’s Helpful Content updates are specifically designed to identify and downrank thin, repetitive, or AI-spun text. Third, you need to write in a voice that reads like a human being, not a content generator. That means adding your own examples, your own experience, and your own perspective on the topic.

ChatGPT is a writing assistant. It should speed up your process, not replace your judgment. The blogs making real money are the ones that bring something original to the reader. If you are just running a keyword through an AI and uploading the output unchanged, you are in the same boat as thousands of other sites doing the exact same thing, and none of them are reaching $80,000 per month anytime soon.

Side Hustle 4: Selling Low-Content Books on Amazon KDP

The fourth side hustle is creating and selling low-content books on Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing platform. Think journals, planners, writing prompt workbooks, and habit trackers. The income range claimed in the original video is $15,000 to $40,000 per month.

The original video also features a woman who is making $17 per month from low-content books on Amazon. Not $17,000. Seventeen dollars. That number does not get much discussion in the original video, but it is worth sitting with for a moment. The gap between $17 and $40,000 is enormous, and most people starting out today will be much closer to the $17 end than the $40,000 end.

Here is the bigger problem: Amazon has been actively cracking down on the KDP low-content space. Since this side hustle went viral on YouTube and TikTok, the platform has been flooded with lined journals and basic planners. Amazon noticed. Reports indicate that some stores have been shut down and certain categories of low-content books are facing new restrictions. I cannot give you a precise policy document on exactly what changed, but the trend is real and it is worth doing current research before you invest time here.

You also do not really need ChatGPT to make a lined journal. Where ChatGPT can add value is if you are making a writing prompt workbook, a journaling guide, or a reflective exercise book where the actual written content matters. In those cases, using ChatGPT to generate prompts and then editing them into something useful is a reasonable workflow.

If you want to sell something in this space, Etsy is worth looking at as an alternative. You can create a digital product, a printable planner or a writing prompt worksheet, and sell it directly as a download without Amazon’s restrictions or the flood of competing KDP listings pushing your price down. The margins on digital products on Etsy can be solid if you find the right niche and build a shop with some reviews behind it.

Not sure which of these four methods is the right fit for where you are right now?

Take the free quiz at finder.platformproof.com and find out which side hustle matches your skills, your schedule, and your goals in about two minutes.

The Honest Truth About All Four of These

Every one of these side hustles shares the same pattern: the process is simple, but the execution takes real work. I want to be direct about that distinction because it matters.

Making money online is not hard to understand. You find something people want, you help them get it, and you get paid. That concept is simple. What is not simple is doing it consistently before results show up, handling the competition in crowded marketplaces, getting your first positive review, publishing content before you feel ready, and sticking with the plan past the point where most people give up.

The original video frames these four side hustles as “extremely easy,” “very easy,” “slightly easy,” and “easy.” I understand why. Easy sells. But if making money online were genuinely easy, you probably would not be watching videos about how to do it. You would just be doing it. The frustration that most people feel when they try these methods and do not see fast results comes directly from the gap between how they are described and how they actually work in practice.

What I fully agree with from the original video: excuses are expensive. There will always be a reason not to start. It is competitive. You do not have enough experience. You do not know enough yet. You need one more week of research. But one solid reason to start is worth more than twenty reasons to wait. Pick one thing, commit to it for a real stretch of time, and figure it out by doing it, not by watching more videos about doing it.

How to Actually Use ChatGPT for Any of These Side Hustles

Whether you go with product descriptions, YouTube scripts, blog posts, or digital products, the same principles apply to using ChatGPT effectively:

Be specific in your prompts. Generic input gets you generic output. Give ChatGPT context about the audience, the product, the tone, and the problem being solved.
Assign it a role. Starting your prompt with “assume you are an expert product copywriter” or “assume you are an experienced affiliate marketer writing for beginners” will consistently get you better output than an open-ended request with no framing.
Edit every line it gives you. Read it out loud. Change what sounds robotic or hollow. Add your own examples, your own stories, and your own perspective. That is what makes the content yours.
Fact-check anything that sounds like a statistic. ChatGPT will state things confidently that are simply not true. If there is a number or a claim in the output, find the original source before you publish it.
Use it to move faster, not to skip thinking. The people who treat ChatGPT as a way to avoid the hard parts of content creation tend to produce low-quality work that does not hold up. The people who use it to speed up their thinking process tend to see better results over time.

ChatGPT is a tool. A good one. But a box cutter in the hands of someone who does not know what they are building is still just a box cutter. You are the one doing the building.

Find Your X

If you are still trying to figure out which of these four side hustles is actually right for you given your current skills, schedule, and financial situation, I built a free tool to help with exactly that. Go to finder.platformproof.com, answer a few short questions, and get a specific recommendation for where to focus your energy. It takes about two minutes and it is completely free. No pitch, no paywall, just a straight answer based on where you actually are right now.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you really make $900 a day with ChatGPT side hustles?

Some people do reach income at that level or higher using methods like these, but they are the exception, not the starting point. Most people who begin with product description writing on Fiverr earn less than $200 per month initially. Getting to $900 per day requires building reputation, getting reviews, finding direct clients, and refining your process over months, not days. Treat it as a realistic ceiling for where things can go, not a starting salary you can expect in week one.

Is Fiverr still worth using for product description writing?

Fiverr can work, but it has a significant race-to-the-bottom problem in crowded niches. There are sellers willing to write product descriptions for $5, which makes it hard to charge fair rates until you have reviews. If you start there, understand that you may need to underprice your work in the beginning to build your rating. The better long-term play is to find clients through LinkedIn, cold outreach, or networking so you are not competing on a platform that defaults to lowest price wins.

Do faceless YouTube channels still work in 2024?

Some do, but the space is significantly more crowded than it was two or three years ago, and YouTube is actively working to identify channels that use AI to generate generic content at scale. Motivation channels in particular are having monetization issues through the YouTube Partner Program. If you go the faceless route, you will likely need a plan beyond ad revenue. Affiliate marketing, sponsorships, or selling your own product will need to carry more of the load.

How long does it take to make money blogging with AI assistance?

Blogging takes longer than most beginner content suggests. Building domain authority to the point where Google ranks your content consistently takes months of publishing, building backlinks, and refining your topic focus. A realistic timeline for a new blog to generate meaningful income is six to eighteen months, and that assumes you are publishing quality content consistently, not just dumping raw AI output onto a site. The people making serious money from blogs have usually been at it for years.

Is Amazon KDP still worth starting for low-content books?

The landscape has changed significantly. Amazon has tightened its policies on low-content publishing as the space became flooded with basic journals and planners. Before investing time building a KDP store around simple lined notebooks, do current research on what Amazon is allowing and what is getting flagged or removed. Etsy is worth considering as an alternative for digital products like printable planners or writing prompt worksheets, where you have more pricing control and face less platform-level restriction.

Do you need ChatGPT Pro to make money with these methods?

Not necessarily. The free version of ChatGPT is enough to get started with all four of these side hustles. ChatGPT Pro, which costs $20 per month, gives you access to more advanced features and faster response times. If you are using it heavily for client work or producing a lot of content, the upgrade may make sense eventually. But starting with zero tools and zero costs is genuinely possible here. The money required to start is close to zero. The time and skill required to build something sustainable is not.

Which of these four side hustles is the most beginner-friendly?

Product description writing has the lowest barrier to entry in terms of startup cost, since you only need a free ChatGPT account and a Fiverr profile. The challenge is that results come slowly because of competition and the review-building process. Blogging has a slightly steeper learning curve upfront but can build toward more passive income over time. YouTube and KDP both have real platform risk right now based on the trends we discussed. For a total beginner, product descriptions or blogging give you the most control over your starting point.

What side hustle does Alston actually recommend?

My go-to recommendation for most people is affiliate marketing. It does not require you to create a product, handle inventory, or manage client relationships. You recommend products or services you believe in and earn a commission when someone buys through your link. It pairs well with blogging and YouTube, and the income can scale without requiring you to trade hours for dollars indefinitely. If you want to get started with affiliate marketing specifically, the first link in the description on the YouTube video walks you through how I approach it.

Sources

Original video reviewed: “4 Side Hustles To Make $900 Per Day From Your Phone Using ChatGPT” (YouTube reaction format)
Fiverr average American freelancer earnings data referenced in the reaction video
Mulligan Brothers YouTube channel analytics reviewed via Social Blade during original video
Copyscape: plagiarism checking tool for blog content (copyscape.com)
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform policy information
ChatGPT by OpenAI (chatgpt.com)