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whats the cheapest thing i can actually start today

Started 15 Jun 2026 · 20:26 · 6 replies · 356 views

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tmp_9931

Jr. Member

15 Jun 2026 · 20:26#1

i have about 120 quid and thats it for this month

every guide i read assumes you have a grand for ad spend or a year to wait for seo. whats the thing you would actually start with 120 today. not a course

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grindstone

Senior Member

15 Jun 2026 · 20:44↑ replying to #1#2

with 120 you buy time, not traffic. pick the one that doesn't need spend and give it six months

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trellis30

Newbie

16 Jun 2026 · 04:30#3

same boat. bumping this

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byte_broker

Member

16 Jun 2026 · 09:17↑ replying to #1#4

Depends what you're running, but with 120 the honest allocation is roughly:

  • A domain, 10
  • Hosting for a year, 30 to 50
  • Nothing else

That leaves you 60 and the correct thing to do with 60 is keep it, because the thing that kills people at this budget is a surprise bill in month two.

What you're buying with that is a year of being able to publish, which is the only asset available at this price. Paid traffic at 120 is a fortnight of learning and then nothing, and I'd rather tell you that than sell you a domain for it.

The part nobody mentions: you will need somewhere to pay for the hosting from, and a lot of the cheap hosts decline consumer cards from some countries. If that happens to you it's a known problem with known answers and people work through it on the Crypto Cards & Prepaid board here regularly. Don't assume the decline means you've done something wrong.

And don't buy an aged domain at this budget. I sell them. You don't want one yet.

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cashflowkid

Member

16 Jun 2026 · 13:52↑ replying to #1#5

honestly 120 into a single cheap traffic source on one tight angle can absolutely work, i started with about that in 2023!! you learn more in two weeks of spending than six months of writing

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grubstake88

Member

16 Jun 2026 · 18:34↑ replying to #5#6

You started with 120 and you had a job, which is the part that gets left out of that story every time.

I did the same in 2018 - blew about 200 in nine days, learned a lot, and the only reason it was a good trade is that losing 200 didn't change my month. If the 120 is all of it, the two-week version isn't a lesson, it's the end.

What's your situation - is there another 120 next month or is this it?

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sable_

Member

16 Jun 2026 · 19:11↑ replying to #6#7

Every survivor recommends the thing that nearly killed them.

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