- Small ads on the right side of the site. Can be standards ads, even better if you can get "sponsored" directly by companies with no adtech middle man.
- Store of probably-not-actually-worth-the-price merch that people might still buy if they like you.
- Be content with not monetizing everything. I personally don't follow any monetized blogs (besides substack and minor sidebar ads, which pays the server bills) because I don't trust opinion from monetized bloggers. That trust is hard to gain, easy to lose, and poor monetization is an easy way to lose it.
- Small ads on the right side of the site. Can be standards ads, even better if you can get "sponsored" directly by companies with no adtech middle man.
- Store of probably-not-actually-worth-the-price merch that people might still buy if they like you.
- Be content with not monetizing everything. I personally don't follow any monetized blogs (besides substack and minor sidebar ads, which pays the server bills) because I don't trust opinion from monetized bloggers. That trust is hard to gain, easy to lose, and poor monetization is an easy way to lose it.