Ways to get financial freedom as a creative

Being a first-year high-school student I wanted to be independent because my parents spent a lot of money on campus and goods for me. I was really embarrassed to ask my parents if they could get me a new phone because mine was really old and all my friends had better phones than me. We all know that moment and it’s really painful as a teenager.

One day, I started to think of selling my own creative content on the internet in order to get the things I wanted. Searching for ways to get a passive income I found many websites that sell creative templates for people that need them for their business. I created accounts on all those platforms and I started to plan my week to get productive and achieve my goal as fast as I can. As a graphic designer, it was really shocking seeing that flyers and websites perform so well in terms of selling on those websites and it motivated me.

1. Sites that could earn you some passive income

Websites that could help you become financially free are GraphicRiver, UpWork, RedBubble, and CreativeMarket. The main websites that helped me the most are GraphicRiver and UpWork.

What most people think about selling for the first time on GraphicRiver is that it's just submitting your work and that’s it. I had that in mind too when I first tried…