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Run an overseas store for 72 hours and make $1,000

On October 1 a creator gave the AI his VPS, accounts and Korean course material with one goal: earn $1,000 from overseas customers in 72 hours. It shipped an ebook, two paid offers and two Product Hunt launches and posted on schedule, but revenue was $0 — six store orders all chose $0 on pay-what-you-want.

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How it works

  1. Take over VPS and accounts
  2. Rebuild Korean course as a 151-page English ebook on Payhip
  3. Create a $39 code kit and a $149 services offer
  4. Launch twice on Product Hunt
  5. Post on a schedule from the server and run one paid X ad ($41)
  6. Report numbers every six hours

Why it’s worth knowing

The agent shipped four products and ran ads for 72 hours straight — and still earned exactly $0.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on dev.to. See the original ↗

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