10 Ways to Make Money As A javaScript Developer
JavaScript is the most used language of 2023. It’s popularity and adaption has been increasing day by day.
Learning JavaScript opens up a huge realm of possibility. There are lot of job opportunities for anyone with a JavaScript Proficiency.
Working as a Developer is only one out of many ways, you can earn money with JavaScript.
Difficulty Level
Easy — ??
Below Medium — ??
Medium — ??
Hard — ??
Here are 10 ways you can earn money with JavaScript:
?? Freelancing
Freelancing is the most lucrative way you can earn money.
You work with clients on a project basis, contract, or even hourly basis. It depends on what client is looking for.
Getting first client is the hardest. But once you get the first client and make him happy, you will retain that client again.
They may even refer you some extra work.
But for the first job, you may have to work for low price, or even free.
Once you show them your performance, you can start charging more to them.
Tips for getting your first client:
On Average, You have to DM 10+ people for getting 1 interview, and interview 100 prospects before getting 1st client.
1st client is always the hardest to get.
You can also get clients on freelancing platforms, but the competition is very high there. Upwork & Fiverr are the most popular ones, but its hard to get the clients here, as a beginner.
?? SaaS (Software As A Service)
While Freelancing is giving service to the client. SaaS is the model of automating the service to a client with a software.
You can charge a small fee monthly in return of the problem you solve for the user.
Finding the app idea is not a challenge. Finding solution that people are ready to pay for is challenging.
Users will not pay for what you build, instead pay for what problems of theirs you solve.
Creating a SaaS which don’t fits to user needs is doomed to failure. No one will use it, far fetch buy it.
You have to know your users and their pain problems. Learn the gap between their position and desired position.
Once you identify their problem, code the solution & sell it to them.
Tips for launching a Successful SaaS:
1/ Don’t code from scratch: Use Boilerplate codes, snippets, use libraries
2/ Don’t add Dark mode: This point is just for the analogy that you don’t need to add dark mode to your app if it solves the TC(Target Customer)’s Problems.
3/ Validate the Idea faster: All the time you invest building app will be wasted, if you work on wrong ideas.
Therefore, validate your ideas faster.
4/ Start Marketing from Day 1: From the day you start building your SaaS, start writing about it to the TG.
Send DMs to people, asking reviews on your SaaS. Write blog posts, articles about it. Advertise it with your all means.
If you are interested in SaaS Business, Here’s a Guide I have written from Start To Launch. Grab the Copy
?? SaaS Boilerplate
SaaS boilerplate is nothing fancy but just a project with required features already coded.
Authentication, Subscription Model, CI/CD Setup, Email Setup.
All these things are required but coding it will probably take 10–20 hours.
So, You can set up these and sell them on marketplace.
There are lots of SaaS Boilerplate
SaaS Pegasus $100K/year Ship Fast $32K/month
SaaS Boilerplate is a good way to earn a decent income as a JavaScript Developer.
?? Programmatic SEO Sites
When I started my niche site, I used to published 2–3 articles per month. It would max out to 50 articles per year.
But, when I learnt about Programmatic SEO, I published 15,000 posts at once. All SEO optimized, targeting specific keywords.
This approach has 100x my website visitors, and 7x my revenue.
That’s the beauty of the PSEO.
PSEO is the way of creating seo-optimized, valuable blog posts at scale with datasets and templates.
Read about programmatic SEO
?? Technical Writing
Have your ever
All of these blog post are technical blog posts/articles.
Technical writing is important form of writing, because it reduces the need of human being to explain the concept to every individual.
You can publish a blog post, and 1000s of user can read it and follow along to achieve the desire result.
Yes, but How to earn money with Technical Writing
Technical writer get payed a decent amount for the technical articles.
Digital Ocean pay ranging from $300 — $400 per article.
Tutorials Point pay up to $500 per article.
There are lots of website, that pay good amount of money per article.
?? Tools List
Checkout this Calculator.Net
This website is a collection of 40–50 Calculators.
The average earning of Calculator.Net is $49,467 per day.
Even, I have started creating tool website, after knowing about this. But I have only created 1 tool (Word Count).
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Check out my tools list here
The major benefits of creating tool website is, it cost you $0. (if you do it right)
The cost of creation is $0, maintenance is $0, hosting is $0. You only have to pay for the domain.
?? Tips for starting Tools Website:
?? create simple tools first, for eg: Calculators, Converters, Word Counters, etc.
?? Don’t get demotivated by if you don’t receive traffics at first, you will eventually start getting traffic after enough promotion and marketing
?? Write blog posts about tools you create. You may also include content in the same page as the tools.
?? Get Inspiration from other sites. Look how other sites are created.
?? Be Patient, it may take some times; may be months for you to start getting decent traffic.
?? APIs
Selling
API Marketplaces
There are many API marketplace out there.
I have used few
RapidAPI: One of the largest API Marketplace with millions of users worldwide. It has good developer experience.
?? Supports wide ranges of API types
?? Large Audience, your API will get more visibility
?? Supports Collaboration with Teams for building APIs
Others
API Layer: It has a free plan for getting started.
Gravitee.io, Abstractapi.com, etc.
?? Js Blog
Blogging has many benefits.
?? Increases Credibility in the field
?? Improves your personal brand
?? Your writing skills get better
?? You get exposure in public
?? Positions you as a expert
I could go on for next 20 advantages. Blogging has numerous advantages.
It is also a good source of income. If you write consistently, you will get a lot of opportunities for earning money.
Some of the ways to earn from blog are
1?? Run ads on your blog
You can run ads on your blog sites. There are lot of advertisement partners like Google Adsense, Ezoic, Mediavine, etc.
They pay a good amount of money for allowing ads on your site.
2?? Affiliate Product
You can add affiliate links of relatable products in the blog.
So, for example, if you like a course or JavaScript book, you could add an affiliate link of the book in your blog.
Affiliate links make a good side income.
Some of the popular affiliate networks are Amazon Associates, ClickBank, etc.
3?? Sell your Digital Product
Selling affiliate product means you get to keep fraction of money after you make a sale.
But selling your digital product means you get to keep the full money after you make the sale.
After people start reading your blog, you will win the trust of the visitors. And if you understand the pain point of the visitors, you can create a solution and sell it for a small price.
For example, you could create a e-book “Reactjs Interview Questions”, and add all your interview experiences and sell it to the visitors.
4?? Sell your Services
You can sell your service like Website Development, Mentorships, etc in your site
?? eBooks
Selling is possible only if you have a audience who trust you.
For building audience, you should have a credible digital presence like social media, blog or YouTube channel.
After you create enough content online and start getting feedback, you will understand the pain points of the audience.
You can create a solution of that pain point, create a eBook about it and sell it at a reasonable price.
There are lots of creators selling eBook to earn money.
But before selling, you must win their trust by creating content that is valuable to your audience.
You can create a solution of that pain point, create a eBook about it and sell it at a reasonable price.
There are lots of creators selling eBook to earn money.
But before selling, you must win their trust by creating content that is valuable to your audience.
?? YouTube Channel
YouTube channel has similar benefits to creating blog. But most people prefer watching videos compared to reading a blog.
Creating a JavaScript YouTube Channel can help you stand out in eyes of recruiter.
It makes you see as a expert person in the field.
Other than that, YouTube provides monetization option to earn money
Conclusion
These are the top 10 ways to make money with JavaScript in 2024.
I have provided the difficulty level for all the ways (?? being the easiest, ?? being the hardest)
But I believe, if you choose one and stick to it with dedication, you can excel in anyone of those, no matter the difficulty level.
If you want more ways to earn money with JavaScript.
Check this E-book. Its free for now, don’t know for how long.
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Have a good day!
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11 个月Thanks for the insight