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What It's About
Today's caller wants to catch them all... and get paid for it.
Notes from Chris
Episode 1806
Millions of people are playing Pokémon Go. I tried it out a few years ago and thought it was really cool. I didn’t get into it but I admired how well done it was. There was a dip in the user base after the initial crazy wore off, but now there are actually more people playing than ever before! There’s also a new game called Pikmin Bloom, and this I have been playing a little to try it out—I like to keep up with the culture, you know. Today’s caller is all about both of these games and maybe some others. What’s the connection to Side Hustle School? Well, he wants to make money from it! Awesome … uh, but how does that work?"Hi Chris, this is Derek from San Francisco and I’ve been listening to the show for a couple of years. I’m not sure if you know but more than 150 million people play Pokémon Go every month. There's also a new game, Pikmin Bloom, that is trying to do something similar in terms of real-world interaction with a digital app. As you walk around in real life, you collect digital Pikmin in the game. I'm really good at this and have become the go-to expert for both games among my friends. That's great, but is there some way I can get paid for this? I can't really charge my friends, and I think most people would laugh at me if I said I was selling a service that helps people collect in-game characters. But you always say that there are all kinds of markets, so do you think there's any potential here? If so, how would I set it up? Thanks and l can’t wait to hear from you."Listen to today's episode to learn more...
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