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When Someone Asks "When Will I Start to Earn Money?"

EricCantu

Published on August 16, 2025

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When Someone Asks "When Will I Start to Earn Money?"

Totally normal question to ask, but completely unanswerable.

Except for one thing.

Technically, from day ONE you'l be earning (thanks to activity commissions) just by being on the platform. Technically you could earn enough in activity commissions to be profitable in month one, since all you have to overcome is $49.

My month one of activity commissions more than doubled that.

So technically speaking, yes, you can now say that in your very first month at WA you could be profitable.

But realistically speaking, you're going to be busy learning a completely new craft, creating content via mediums you've probably never used, getting hands-on experience with tools you've never used before, following core training step by step and bringing your vision to life.

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And that's exactly where you want to be.

Any commissions you earn via your activity on the platform are just icing on the cake. And if you offset your monthly premiums by even $10, that's $10 your didn't have to spend. In 5 months at $10 a month you'll have basically earned a free month of membership.

That isn't something to make light of, but don't put your focus on activity commissions.
Put your focus on mastering this craft, because when you do, your business can literally bring in thousands of dollars per month.

You just have to learn first.
Everything else falls into place after that.

I got my first commission 6 weeks in.
I had a $4k month my first year.
I had a $7 month my second year.

And none of that means a thing to you if you're not focused on learning.

If you see someone with a successful tattoo shop and you pick up that tattoo gun for the very first time and ask "ok, if you train me how soon will I have my own shop?", do you see how that's an unanswerable question?
Are you going to quit when you get frustrated?
Are you going to get bored of the process?
Are you going to trust the training?
Are you even gonna be good at this?

The only answer that is 100% for certain is that you will either succeed or you will fail, but no one knows to what extent and in what direction.

You just have to try.
You have to put in the work.
You have to focus on learning.
And probably most importantly you have to stop asking when you're going to earn.

You have to just be stubborn and learn first.

You got this!

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