For all those confused, this is door dash, post mates, instacart but also your grocery store, Walmart target etc. love the visuals, thanks.

Actually, selling courses is how you make money in the business 😂😅

Can you PLEASEEEE make a video about the outsourcing process. How you go about finding employees, how you pay them, communication with your team(apps, groupchat etc.), taxes (W2 or 1099 contract), how much work per employee. This is a topic that isn't really talked about, and it would be extremely helpful if you got into it! Thanks and keep up the good work⭐

bro spent 10 min blabberring about milk and avoided at all coast adressing the real and important stuff ! lol youre selling a course at 100$ per month , we all know your Real "business model"

I already paid for the course your talking about over a year ago and the little sauce you have in this video just spark the last connection needed for me to actually do something with it thank you so much for the video and hopefully I’ll hit my first 10k month so I can comeback and thank you again

The middleman strategy is a classic yet effective business model! 😊 By offering convenience and connecting supply with demand, it opens up endless opportunities for profit and growth.

Thomas, just want to give you a quick update. I closed my first client after only sending ONE cover letter in five days!! Your cover letter tips worked wonders helping me to create mine. You're awesome!

How to make someone pay without bringing any "real value" for your customers lmfao Genius!

Yo wtf I was freelancing and dealing with annoying clients when I could’ve just outsourced and focused on other stuff…

I wanna be my own boss so badly dude. It's only a matter of time until I figure out something that is a good fit for me.

The problem with this strategy is you don't actually know how the third guy works and the quality of his work. So you're paying someone to do the job for you, but that third guy might potentially work like crap, while you're the one to blame. And you're also risking not getting hired again. Of course there are people that know how to work (properly), but you have to find them first. And that usually costs time/money.

I recently came across your channel, and although you seem to be a transparent guy. You also follow the blueprint for a lot of these guru start up that eventually start selling their bs. The video that really stuck out to me the most that I find really genuine is your video on "addiction", but more than anything, it seems like a good method of connecting with your audience to lead them on. Could you make a video addressing these concerns and why you're doing what you're doing? If not that then let me just leverage off this comment and ask about monetizing passion projects that are long term goals and not instant gratification such as upwork. What if I have a passion I want to monetize but because we're so addicted to instant gratification, we can't grind out the work long enough to reap the reward of our labor?

bro used to hate on gurus selling courses and now he's one of them

This is so clear. Thank you for explaining

Thomas I just found your channel and saw a video titled “I cannot work a 9 to 5 job” and your sincerity got me hooked. Can you please with this same sincerity do a video exclusively speaking how much did you make and how did you do the Instacart gigs??? I would like to know from an honest review about this kind of gigs. ❤ New subscriber here!

so you basically outsource the work

people want someone that they can relate to, someone raw and honest. Your content shows that. I like your simple and direct approach and appreciate you sharing your experience and thoughts.

TLDR: he forwards all his jobs to other freelancers and takes a cut. Also, this is all just advertising for another shitty online course that will at its core tell you nothing more than the first sentence I wrote. Which is probably how he really makes money. Just like all the other grifters making money by selling online courses while pretending they make money through the skills they will teach you in their courses.

This is everything wrong with the American economy but hey don’t hate the player hate the game

Thomas, i like your channel, the fact i feel like i kind of know you is a testament to how you conduct yourself on camera and the authenticity you display 😁

I know most people won't give this a try but I will and I'll let you know how it works. You mentioned it works I'll take your word for it. The concept makes sense and honestly is doable. I'll comment back in a week and let you know any updates. p.s also watched the video about "I can't work the 9-5" and it sparked some fire in me to get going. I'm in the process of looking for work and haven't had too much success. I've also tried phone reselling and it worked but i slowly realized in the long term I want something online and more convenient which I think this might be it but I won't know until I try. anyways thanks!

It's interesting as a wannabe entrepreneur I was always drawn to the "middleman" strategies the most, probably because as you mentioned int he video, they don't require hundreds of hours of specialized skills, just being able to use marketing to actually find the people that can provide those skills. Even my most recent interest being Real estate wholesaling, its just a fancy way of being a middle man between a home seller and a homebuyer. Turns out there is a lot of money for the middle men out there, just takes a lot of work upfront to get it rolling lol

well the problem is fiding the proffessional person and then delivering the work. also there are some cases the other person directly contact the person who needed the work and cut off the commision of middle person

The issue comes when your "worker" doesn't meet your "client" deadline or expectations or vice-versa. The middle man takes on the risk for both.

After you accept the job on upwork, where do you find the people to do the jobs for you? And then for your portfolio, do you use their work or is it your own personal work?

With such low price on upwork. You can find another worker do the job. I just can't believe it.

Thumbs up if you think Tomas stole this from Montell Gordon?

Basically recruiting-talent sourcing. You do need to do the pm though which shouldn’t be an issue if you make your margin. Solid idea if you have industry knowledge. Worth trying.

Explains why it's so friggin expensive to find a video editor on Fiverr. Everyone is a middle man 😕

The whole middleman explanation makes sense, but you are saying the client and the worker don't know how to find each other. How does this make sense when both the client and the freelancer come from the same place you are also on (Upwork)? Aren't you just competing with the other freelancers and have lower margins? lol nevermind got my answer, im guessing you make little to no money doing this and try to make it seem like you do to sell a course.

A wasted 10 min video 😔

Basically got addicted to scamming people with his course

You are a course selling grifter

The problem is why I don't get job offer ? I'm really tired of it anymore

Don’t want to miss the game on tv.

Hey guys, as a skeptic who just discovered this channel I hope yall can excuse my cynicism. We all know there's a lot of grifters out there and I don't know much about this fellow. So what's the endgame here? Selling a course on how to BYOB? Giving "not financial" advice? Or a genuinely no-agenda grassroots youtuber who is just wanting to share their journey of self-employment and how YMMV and replicating him may not necessarily lead to success?

Your channel is growing so fast!!!

Thanks. This is very interesting. But your reputation for the quality of work delivered is totally upon someone else...? Upwork seems to be a sea of many deliverers of poor quality, unreliability, poor understanding, poor communication, etc..

Thanks for this video!!!

what if the customer finds out who the supplier is then they reach out to them?

And there it is, another "guru" with a "course" for $100/mo. Thats how he made $10k, not by sub-contracting on Upwork.

Thomas, as someone who makes something that requires a lot of detailed work and quality attention, how do you ensure the quality of the work of a subcontractor if the client doesnt know theyre not paying you but someone else? Ie that your reputation is held in tact, work is delivered on time etc? Or are you always open about the fact youre referring the work away to someone else?

I don't know how to say thank you more

companies use employees to fulfil customer orders. at 10k a month, consider hiring a full time employee.

Only catch is that the client comes to you for support, discuss milestones etcetera.

pretty smart - wonder how long until it’s the next online courses grift

So as I understand it, upwork is essentially taking the place of cold calling? It's bringing the customer to you, rather than vice versa?

Great explanation. The analogy is so apt, clear and effective!

ty for the vid. So I assume you must have found some reliable people to get the job done for you? Otherwise I don't see how you could maintain your feedback with some random workers on upwork. I've seen so many dropshipping videos but barely anyone talks about issues with suppliers, what if your sources suddenly weren't available you can't just go pick out another one randomly because there is a risk of unreliability...

Great explanation - love the videos man

this is amaing thanks for sharing. what does it take to be a good middleman?

It works for a while, but the middle man is eventually taken out in any business model. What is stopping your contractors from reaching out directly to your clients?

lol it's who's the most lazy, the first guy is the laziest but he has the money to spend and can afford to be lazy and pay someone to do it, the middle man is actually the genius in that he is also lazy in that instead of collecting the full payment he is also too lazy so he pays the last person who actually does the job and is forced to do it because they are poor and have no real choice. So basically we are living off of the rich or those that can afford to pay others because either they themselves don't want to do it, or can't do it.

Hey thomas! Just a simple question... Can we charge a flat rate even though we have an hourly-charge concept? For eg. You mentioned your hourly charge is 15$/hour and let's assume, you quote a specific client 300$ for a project. Doesn't the client ask you why it takes 20 hrs(300$/15) for the project?

Hey bro, I would like to know if there’s a way i could get in contact with you to figure out how to start being a middle man. I have tried so many businesses lately i feel overwhelmed and dont know what to do or how to start. I would be more than happy and ready to put in whatever time and effort is needed.

wow! amazing

You are a very efficient young man taking a laptop and a little imagination. Much more success

woah how did you find out about this strategy? i'm going to sign up for upwork NOW!

This is actually the basics of freight brokering in the trucking industry scaled down. Huh?

best REMINDER among all smma ive watched you have to have value as a middleman you have to have good system/process/structure/prices/package the reason why uber works its not because their a good middleman its because they provide value and they have good systems that make things convenient not just for the customer/employee but also the driver/client the driver & customer need uber

Actually you're the one who opened my mind into this business and everyday when I fell like I'm going to fail or I don't want to search and try I remember you and come to watch one of your videos I don't know but I think all the people in KZfaq trying to sell me something or scam me except you and I guess it's because I was like you I was a Fortnite kid and I was addicted to it and now I'm trying to addict to the work because of you so thank you so much

Hey man, I just saw your video and you inspired me to start an Upwork account, any tip on how to get your first customer to get the ball rolling?

Whether or not you are in fact calculating your dollars earned per hour or not your still participating in it regardless. If your entire goal is purely to make money then the most efficient way to calculate your gains is by measuring your dollar earned per hour. If you have a better way to measure your income plz tell me. Your examples are bad to me even from a simplistic point of view. Your acting like the time spent finding the customer who needs the milk doesn't matter or the time it takes finding the person to go get the milk doesn't matter. The simple fact is anyone can go get a job working 15$ an hour and they are getting 15$ 100% guaranteed every hour. That is going to be hard to beat just in general and figuring that out is the hardest part. I understand things such as passive income exist which doesn't exactly calculate your dollars earned per hour. I suppose you could calculate your time spent vs the reward and would give you an idea. Even if you spent weeks to make 1 big sale for say 10k you can still calculate your $$$ per hour , hell you can even calculate your EV of dollar per hour before you even do the job. I just don't understand your logic of not thinking about your time in a dollar per hour way. Maybe you could explain it a little better.

This is what’s up g.

Bro pulled an Iman gahdzi lmaoooo

Where is the proof that u make all that money in a month???

See thats why i left college too. I was a business major i learned so much on my own than what they was giving me. Why am i in a class on how to start a biz and the teacher never started a biz 🤣

How are you preventing the client from taking your contractor? If it's something like fb ads or copywriting services, I imagine the contractor would have to have direct communication with the client to provide the service

so he dropships milk? gotcha

BRO, YOU SPILLED THE SECRETS. FOR FREE.

great video sir

Did i Must Proof my skills on Upwork to looking a Job as a freelancer ?

Hey Thomas. Quick question, if you do a call with your clients, how do you handle them asking you question about the work you will be doing? If you're middleman with no knowledge, surely there are questions you can't answer? Would be good to understand how you process working using this model! Thanks

yo...your channel is gonna blow tf up man. you are amazin

You're upwork on upwork. 🙂

make your thumbnaills better like all them other guys do when they make a video talking about money more views bro i understand your not really interested in the yt money but dont let that go to waste when you already have an audience and potential to grow !!!! keep working

what is black white screen show step by step only to sell course

I did enjoy Thomas. Keep being real

bro but say I'm drop servicing web dev and I have no idea about it, how would I convince a client

its dropservicing

this youtube channel is like a visual copywrite. copywriting is changing and its disgusting imo

Would you be willing to provide the same presentation you showed on the video for us to view and analyze on our own time ?

Don't fall for the scam people.

You're scamming both the client and freelancer

New name: Thomas "UBER" Im

You don't charge 850 dollars for your course right? 😂

I know it may be covered in your course, but do you hire out the same few freelancers for the jobs you take on, or are you constantly searching for new ones to fulfill orders that you come across?

Do you use dual monitors ?

This is called arbitrage.

Dady clases be like:

Do you find client first or the people who fulfill the service first?

Maybe this is just ads word upwork?

So upwork is the only accusation channel you have to acquire customers?

thank you.

What value can you give to these clients??? and the freelancers too???

I need link to your course plz.

Thank you Thomas. You never answered us a question, who does graphic design for you? You outsource it? You said that your knowledge and skillset in graphic design is limited. Do you outsource it on Fiverr or use Canva or ?

So dropshipping...

Hm I'm confused how u make 100k? Cuz I saw ur upwork ur rate is at 18/hr and at even 60h work week that's like a bit more than 50k

How do you find freelancers to do qork for you?