--- title: '5 Ways to Make Money Online in 2026' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=LOhMlHRljXo' video_id: 'LOhMlHRljXo' date: 2026-07-14 duration_sec: 466 --- # 5 Ways to Make Money Online in 2026 > Source: [5 Ways to Make Money Online in 2026](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LOhMlHRljXo) ## Summary Carlos Estrada presents five practical methods to earn money online in 2026, ranging from side hustles to full-time income replacements. He emphasizes actionable strategies like video editing, programming, niche channels, freelancing, and affiliate marketing, while warning against low-paying activities like surveys. ### Key Points - **Introduction to Five Money-Making Methods** [00:01] — Carlos introduces five ways to earn money online that can supplement or replace a job, stressing no get-rich-quick schemes. - **Video Editing as a Skill** [00:40] — Video editing is in high demand due to content creation boom. Learn using free tools on a phone, then upgrade to paid tools like Captions or CapCut. Build a portfolio and pitch to creators via email or DMs. - **Language Learning with Italki** [02:00] — Knowing multiple languages opens income opportunities. Italki offers private online lessons with native speakers. Use code CARLOS1 for $5 off first class. - **Programming for Websites** [03:36] — Programming, especially web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), is learnable in 3-6 months. English proficiency helps access higher-paying remote US jobs. - **Niche Channels Without Personal Brand** [04:32] — Create faceless YouTube channels in specific niches (e.g., sports highlights, top lists). Monetize through ads; anyone with a phone can build a channel network. - **Freelancing and Scaling Services** [05:27] — Sell skills like photography or writing on Fiverr. To scale, create products (courses, presets) that can be sold repeatedly, decoupling income from time. - **Affiliate Marketing with Product Reviews** [06:44] — Create short review videos for products from TikTok Shop, Amazon, etc., using referral links. Zero investment, no inventory, high viral potential. ### Conclusion Carlos provides five actionable online income methods—video editing, language tutoring, programming, niche channels, freelancing, and affiliate marketing—all requiring minimal upfront investment and offering scalability. ## Transcript cliché a few years ago, but nowadays I can tell you that it's much have. In this video I'll tell you about five ways you can earn focus and take action, these ways of making money can go from being just an extra each month to completely replacing your current job. I'm Carlos Estrada, and if you like videos related to money and personal finance, subscribe so you don't miss more videos like this one. Let's go over the online, and I want to make it clear that there is no such thing as video I'm not going to talk about platforms that pay you to watch videos or pay you to answer surveys. That's not going to make you much money; it's more of a waste of time because what you can earn is ridiculously low. money online is video editing. We are at a point in content, but many stop because they don't know how to edit videos or simply don't have the time to do it. If you have two or three because the average Mexican spends a quarter of the day on social media, you have enough time to learn how to edit videos. And don't tell me you can't computer. If you are watching this video, you have a cell phone with internet access and access to artificial intelligence models . That and willpower are all you need to learn. From your cell phone you can edit long content for YouTube and short content for Reels. You may initially rely on free editing tools, but as you gain clients, you'll be will make your work much easier, such as Captions or Capcod. And how are you going to get clients by putting together a portfolio of videos that you've edited and sending them to content creators? Upload your edited videos to a Google Drive folder and send your pitch along with the folder to content creators via email or Instagram DMs. If you are and in the long term you can turn this into your case, one of the keys to generating income has been languages, since knowing several languages helps you access a information, in addition to helping you sharpen your mind and establish personal and professional relationships. I was fortunate enough to study English in high school, but the reality is that I can still improve a lot and the best way to improve is by learning and practicing with people who speak the language natively. That's where Italky comes in, a using to improve my French comprehension, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Italky allows you to book private lessons online flexibly and teacher sets their own price per lesson. You can access up to three reduced-cost trial classes to find your ideal teacher, and there's no subscription commitment; you only pay per class. YouTube on finance. The YouTube videos are over. Very good. YouTube videos are over. Very good. Ref. Ref is something related to the verb " native teacher who also speaks your language." It is one of the most effective ways to learn the language quickly and ensure that you will speak it like a native and not learned it from a book. Use the code Carlos 1, all in capital letters, to get a $5 discount on your first class. Class prices are in dollars, but when you pay the price of your class and the discount, they are automatically in the description to register for free at Itoki and start learning a language that will help you expand your knowledge and money online is with programming, a skill that the average person thinks is extremely complicated, perhaps because of the stereotypes we see in movies and series that show us that the one that he is super intelligent, but in reality in practice some programming skills are not that complicated. Creating websites, for example, can learn it in just a few months. I studied software development at university studied other careers that have nothing to do with technology, such as law or biomedicine. They couldn't find work in those fields, so they learned to program with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and within 3 to 6 months they had job that can be done remotely and is usually very well paid. Knowing help you a lot with this way of earning money, because you will be able to access remote jobs with US companies that usually pay more than Mexican companies. The third way to make money online is through basically about creating, growing, and monetizing specific niches that are not linked to a personal brand. In other words, no people appear in the videos; they are videos with only background voice and editing. You've probably videos like "The best football plays of such and such player" or "The Mike Tyson story you won't believe" or "The 10 video games that marked your childhood" or " Top best horror movies of all time." These are videos that someone's image. You've already consumed them, your family consumes them, and millions of people consume them every day. The people who create those videos and channels are getting rich. They are like the new television stations, but with the advantage that anyone with a cell phone and the right knowledge can build their own mini television station or network of channels. You decide if you want to be a consumer for the rest of your life or if you prefer to create to reach thousands of people and be able to make a living from it. The fourth way to make service related to a skill you possess. Perhaps you enjoy photography, 3D modeling, editing, storytelling, or even writing. Any someone else and that you can sell on digital platforms like Fiverr. I even have a video I uploaded a few years ago explaining how much I earned doing YouTube channel and I'll leave it here on the screen. The important thing to keep in mind is that this is a way to earn money where the amount of money you earn will be directly related to the amount of time you dedicate to it. You're selling your time, but you can take it to the next level and sell something to many people that you only dedicated time to once selling writing time to someone else, you can sell a book or a course on how to write. Instead of selling your video editing hours, you can upload your own videos and generate semi-passive income for years. Instead of selling individual photo sessions to clients, you can sell image filters or loots to thousands of people. When doing something takes a limited amount of time and you can sell it multiple times, your online business can scale impressively. The last way to make money is to create short product review content with referral links. You wouldn't believe how many times I've seen TikTok accounts dedicated to uploading reviews of products from TikTok Shop, Temu, Amazon, MercadoLibre, or any other buys the product through their referral link, they earn a certain amount of money. Shopify store, buy products from China, and sell them with very high margins. For the referral business, the knowledge you require is basic and the investment is zero because you don't have inventory, you don't sell any products. Furthermore, with well- made and structured content, the potential for those product reviews to go viral is very high. Those were money online. I wanted to be as direct as possible and give you methods that actually work, because it's no use watching a video that tells you that you're going to earn money by answering 1000 surveys or that you're going to earn a few cents by watching several videos. If you enjoyed the video, leave a comment, like, and subscribe If you have any questions, leave them in the comments. I'd be happy to answer that, and the comments. I'd be happy to answer that, and we'll see you in a few days with new news.