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First money I ever made online was $35
2013. Design was a hobby, t-shirts and paintings mostly. Then I found Freelancer.com, companies ran logo contests there and picked one winner
I entered one and won
$35.. but someone I'd never met paid for something I made, that stayed with me
After that I sold logos and business cards on Envato. Then I made a die-cut business card, nobody else was selling one like it, and that became my hit
Been selling design one way or another since then
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