He Quit His Day Job After Two $18K Months

Mike Strahl gets paid by Amazon when shoppers watch his product videos and then buy the item 💰

He posts most of the same videos on YouTube too, with an affiliate link.

Where a lot of influencers churn out quick product overviews, Mike films longer how-to, install and fix-it videos for tools, truck, farm and RV gear 👀

Late in 2025, he had neck surgery and barely filmed anything new during Amazon’s busiest season.

With 800+ videos already up, he still earned just over $11K that November 🤑

Less than a quarter of that came from Amazon’s product pages, with brand bonuses (Creator Connections) bringing in about half.

Which is the point of the format…

My top three videos right now I made three and a half years ago…

If you do it right, or if you do it honest and you’re actually trying to help people with the problems they have, then those videos get viewed for a very long time.

One of his best performers, from 2023, shows how to replace the bulbs in a bug zapper 😅

After two $18K months back to back in 2026, Mike walked away from his job of 16 years as a lineman, house already paid off…

I was like, if I could get to where I’m making $5,000 a month, I think I’d probably leave. And I laugh at that now because I just quit and I was making $10,000 a month pretty consistently.

His first month on his own came in around $8,500, so the income swings.

Pick a hobby where you know the gear inside out, apply to the program (you’ll need a social media account), and film the setup and fix-it videos buyers go looking for 👍

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