Introduction
In 2024, I went to Europe for a month. I didn't ask for permission from any job. I didn't pause anything. I didn't touch my savings. I managed everything from any Airbnb or cafe.
That didn't happen because I had a brilliant idea, raised capital, or built the next big SaaS. It happened because one day I saw a random post on Reddit, validated an opportunity that seemed stupid, and didn't stop looking for the next step.
This article isn't to show you what I earned. It's to show you how I think, how I see opportunities where others see nothing, and how you can replicate that way of acting regardless of where you are starting from.
The first thing I'm going to say is: money doesn't have to be glamorous. All money is the same, all bills look the same, whether they come from a super SaaS, a corporate job, a greengrocer, or selling Fortnite V-Bucks.
The Reddit post that changed everything
It all started with a message from a guy on Reddit looking for an Argentine to sell him coins for an old Xbox game for him and his friends. Most ignored him: surely he's a scammer, I'm not going to be an accomplice in raising the price of games in my country, I'm too lazy, etc.
I saw dollars and dove in headfirst.
I saw a concrete need, a person willing to pay, and a price differential that was huge in Argentina. The coins cost $100 USD in the official market. I could get them for 800 Argentine pesos. I sold them for $24 USD.
But before getting excited, I asked myself a question: is this real or am I being scammed?
I validated that the Western Union payment worked. I got paid. It was real.
There I learned the first rule: show me the money.
Social proof from day one
The problem was obvious: no one was going to believe me. I was a stranger on the internet selling game coins at 25% of the value.
The solution was simple: I asked the first customer to leave me a review on a Discord server I set up specifically for that. Then I did the same with his friends. Every new sale was a new review.
It was important to have the backing of these real customers. Once achieved, it was time to scale.
With that, I went to the official server of the game, looked for the admin, showed him the reviews, and proved to him that I was legitimate. I loaded his account for free to show him it was true.
He made me an official seller of the server.
Second rule: detect problems before they happen and act accordingly. Don't let them catch you with your pants down.
The mistake almost everyone makes: staying in the middle
When I found Robux, the volume exploded. They were asking me for hundreds of thousands per day.
But I was trapped in the middle of the chain. I was a provider for a Frenchman, who resold to a Russian, who sold to the final public. I did the work, they took the margin.
There I understood something that changed how I think about any business:
Being in the middle of the value chain is the worst place you can be. You depend on someone above and someone below. You can get screwed at any time.
The decision was obvious: start moving up. I scaled positions in the chain until I was the one selling directly to the final public, maintaining my own production. The margin multiplied.
Third rule: always look for the next step in the chain. The goal is to reach the final customer.
Never depend on a single game
Robux was doing well. Too well to rely on that alone.
A policy change, a game update, a competitor with more capital—anything could bring the business down overnight.
I pivoted to Fortnite. It was the game of the moment, and it had a specific advantage for Argentina: V-Bucks could be bought using Samsung accounts at prices the rest of the world couldn't access.
But a new problem appeared: reloads took time, and customers didn't want anyone entering their accounts. They were right; it was a real risk.
Instead of seeing that as an obstacle, I saw it for what it was: an unresolved need in the market.
The solution was to build an automated website that sent Fortnite gifts directly, without needing access to the customer's account. The process became instant, secure, and scalable.
That system was what took the business to another level.
Fourth rule: your customers' problems are product opportunities. The one who resolves the friction wins.
The real numbers
I'm not going to lie to you with a linear success story. The curve went like this:
With the Xbox game, I started earning money that compared to my job at the time. It wasn't much, but it was the signal that there was something there.
With Robux, the volume made it stop being a side gig and start looking like a real business. With the profit from two days, I bought an Xbox Series S to speed up production. I reinvested from day one.
With Fortnite and the automated web, the first year of my LLC I invoiced $225,000 USD. My best month was December 2024: $34,000 USD.
It all started with a Reddit post and 800 Argentine pesos.
The pattern that repeats
If you look at the whole story, the same pattern appears over and over again:
1. Find where there is a value difference that others ignore.
It doesn't have to be glamorous; it just has to be real. A price differential, an unresolved need, a market that others don't reach.
2. Validate before scaling.
A real sale is worth more than a thousand hours of planning. Make the model work once before investing time or money.
3. Build social proof from the first sale.
Trust is built with evidence, not promises. A real review from a real customer is worth more than any landing page.
4. Move up the value chain.
There is always someone closer to the final customer than you. Find out how to get there. Margin and control grow together.
5. Diversify before they force you to.
Don't wait for a game, a platform, or a provider to cut off your access to look for the next opportunity. Do it when everything is going well.
6. Problems are the product.
Every friction your customer has is an opportunity to build something. I didn't make the automated Fortnite web because I wanted to; I made it because the market needed it.
7. Always look for the next step.
This is the most important one. At every moment of the way, the question is not "how do I maintain this?" but "what is the next step?". You always have to have the solutions to the problems that haven't arrived yet.
Conclusion
I'm not telling you to sell Fortnite V-Bucks. I'm telling you that there are rare opportunities everywhere, all the time. On Reddit, on Discord, on a game server that no one takes seriously. The difference between those who take advantage of them and those who don't isn't capital, experience, or contacts.
It's the ability to see a need, validate fast, act, and always look for the next step.
Money isn't glamorous. But it's still money. And all bills look the same, whether they come from a super SaaS, a corporate job, or selling Fortnite V-Bucks.
What you do to get them says more about how you think than the business itself.
