I Have A 100% Passive Income Stream.
I guess that most of us would love to have a passive income, but this sure is the dream and goal for almost every internet marketers out there. During the years I worked as a full time freelancer, I also built up my own passive income stream. It was not passive at first, as I had to set everything up... But it has been a passive income stream for well-more than two years now. I'm talking about SEOClerks and their Affiliate Program. (Don't worry, I will not try to get you on-board or anything, so you don't have to be afraid of any referral links. ;)
Just to quickly explain some details about it:
- SEOClerks is the largest SEO marketplace on the planet.
- You earn 10% for each cent your affiliates spend.
- You earn for life.
Now, 10% might not sound like much, especially as it will take large sums to get anything substantial out of it. The key thing here is that you'll earn for life. It doesn't matter if your affiliate orders something today, tomorrow or a year from now. You'll still earn 10%. You also earn 10% on all orders, so there's literally no limits at all.
- I have more than 1000 affiliates.
I don't earn anything substantial, even though I have more than 1000 affiliates, but I earn something. And each cent I make, is 100% passive as I don't work a single second. I have worked and I did spend an insane amount of hours building this, but it has become a true passive income over time.
I have received numerous offers by people who are interested in buying my account. I am a top rated seller and I have reached the highest user level there is. There's only 13 users with a Level X5 badge, and I am one of them. Each user level comes with some perks, so each level makes a difference for active sellers.
However, I asked what you would pay to have a passive income, and I'm interested in hearing what you would pay for a passive income that generates the amount my account does... But before you can answer that, I obviously need to show my earnings.
As you can see, I don't earn anything substantial at all. I get a bunch of $0,1, $0,5, $0,9 up to $2 or so. I could obviously show you a bunch more screenshots of my incoming funds, but it looks more or less the same. Some days are better than others and everything is 100% passive and automatic. The only thing I need to do, is to press "withdraw" whenever I want cash.
So, my account might not earn anything substantial, but it generates something on auto-pilot. My user level though, should be worth something, if an active seller would be interested in buying my account. Especially as there's only 13 users in total with the badge I have.
I got an offer a while back from a user who was willing to pay me $500 for my account. I declined for numerous reasons, but I've recently started to think about a counter-offer, if I ever would be interested in selling the account.
It's almost impossible to get any accurate numbers, but if I did a very rough estimation, I'd say that my earnings are an average of $1.5 per day. That's based on how long I've been a member, when I started to get affiliates and how much I've earned so far. (To calculate anything more accurate would take an insane amount of time.)
Also, there's obviously a chance that I can start to make much more than this at any point, as I cannot control my affiliates actions... But, it might as well go the other way for that same reason.
So, just for fun...
How much would you pay for a side-income like this?
How would you come up with your offer?
What would you take into consideration and what would you base your numbers on?
Would you pay more for the account due to its outstanding reviews, reputation and user level? Or would you base your offer on the actual income stream only?