A YouTuber with 1.5M followers paid this indie maker for a consulting call
tibo_maker · x · 2026-09-11
tibomaker shared that a YouTuber with 1.5 million followers paid for a one-on-one consulting call with him, joking he can now "call my mom saying I made it."
It's a real-world example of paid consulting as a monetization path for indie makers: once you build public expertise and an audience, even creators far bigger than you will pay for your experience.
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