How much did I earn in June 2025?
A nice payout this month, strangely some made a large purchase via an automotive link but it was a high value item. Can only assume they’re purchasing for the other half as a present or to beg forgiveness. I’m not complaining. I’m happy with this month
My Amazon is a rolling balance, as I haven’t really focussed on Amazon affiliate links it’s been taking time to build them, although these are now growing and growing so I’ll eventually hit payout. It’s currently just accruing then gets paid out in my bank.
I haven’t received any further payments from Aklamio about the two missing Virgin media payments on my internet. I think I won’t get these for my Virgin Internet post article unless realistically I can get in touch with the other two people who purchased for the pending payments. If you follow the above link, follow my instructions in the article about messaging me. As it will allow me to speed up the money return for you if missing.
My affiliate earnings for June 2025
| NETWORK | EARNINGS | COMMENTS |
|---|---|---|
| Google Adsense | £4.42 £50.15) | Rolling balance |
| eBay Partner Network | £28.56 | Commision earnings |
| Amazon Affiliates | £0.64 (£15.64) | Rolling balance |
| Awin | £0.00 | |
| Newsflare | £0.00 | Abandoned Youtube, better results with Newsflare |
| Shopping Receipts | £0.00 | Amazon Shopper Panel |
| Amazon KDP | £0.00 | |
| Virgin Broadband | £0.00 | Pending |
| Virgin Broadband | -£100.00 | Missing payment |
Total Earnings for June 2025
£33.62
Monthly admin thoughts
Finished respraying the wing on my car, it’s not a colour match so it’s something I can practice with. The colour appears to be a sort of Matt, rather than Glossy finish. It’s flat. I assume this is down to the level of cure, lacquer and base primer. The panel itself came with black primer, but when doing colour testing I sprayed with the supplied grey primer and it seemed like a match.
My best guess is that you are meant to use black base coat primer on the panels, then cover it with the metallic spray paint and the gloss makes it shine. I didn’t sand it down, so maybe that has an effect to. This is mainly a learning lesson but getting my car in better condition at the same time. I use car repairs as a learning experience, and will freely admit I have no skills when it comes to painting / bodywork.
I coated the sill in Zep Rust Converter after grinding down the rust to the base metal, this was mainly done to protect the car sill from further rusting. I applied one coat, waited 24 hours, then applied another coat. After this I left it for a few days and give it a basic primer and basecoat spray of the paint. This is because the wing covers up the sill which means it won’t really allow me access once replaced.
I also purchased an arch fitting kit on eBay (Part number 8P0098625A) so that I had all new fittings if needed to be used. If not I have some spare for the other side. I don’t persoanlly rank the seller due to the customer service I received from them, but business is buiness. They sell the products, and I received them quickly. This is a product people seek. So have listed above
Once I replace the arch I’ll be ripping off the stupid foam covers behidn to help minimise further damage. I’ll be keeping my existing arch to practice welding and painting on to help improve my skills. The car is also booked in for an MOT in around 1 month, so I’ll need to get it ready
I fixed the glovebox again as previously mentioned. However the repair only lasted around 1 month, too much breaking finally weakened it I think. May end up having to use a glovebox repair kit, or fabricate something new. Hell might even use it as an excuse to make a fibreglass or carbonfibre mould of the glovebox so that I can make my own to replace it with hinges that are servicable that you can 3D print. Any excuse to learn to make money from something.
My 1u pfSense server build is still ongoing. The pain point is the problem I mentioned previously, connecting the cables to the cards. Initial testing works, however I’m struggling to find a way to permanently bond the pfc connectors to the pci-e connectors. I have a 3d printer, so at the moment I’m thinking of maybe a miniature clamp of something that I can physically screw them together with.
I’m not worried about anything else as I know I have the space for it all, it’s just getting them permanently bonded. I have some silver paste for connectors, but that doesn’t seem to work in my opinion unless I’m using it wrongly
Last but not least, my home CCTV failed. I had a DVR unit which I purchased around 10 years ago, and it finally shit itself. I think it happened during the hot spell we’ve had recently. It literally wouldn’t post no Hikvision logo or anything. I couldn’t repair it either. I used it as an excuse to accelerate the purchase of my new home security system. I’ve been meaning to have a POE system for a while now and ended up purchasing a Hikvision 32 channel POE system (this is the 16-port version of what I purchased). The model code for the item I purchased was DS-7732NI-M4/16P.
The reason I picked the above model, was mainly down to price point. I managed to find an eBay seller who was selling one with 4 Hard Drives installed 2TB each which were surveillance hard drives (Seagate skyhawks). It was also a 16-port POE system (which I wanted), and one of the 1.5U professional models for extra space. Plus it was one of the systems which supported a high bandwidth rate (320/400) and cameras can record up to 32MP resolution. Whilst I will never use this (well for now anyway). The features are there, and it’s a nice powerful system that dwarfs my existing one. These systems also retail for around £680, and I had around another £300 of hard disks, so it’s almost £1000 of CCTV system I got for less than £500. I’m not complaining
I didn’t have any POE cameras, so ended up purchasing a 12MP POE ColorVu one. I don’t personally rank this, although this was my fault for not reading the technical documents in the links. This camera only supports 10Fps at maximum resolution, which means you get jerky video when it records (like still frames), as you need at a minimum 20Fps (30 Fps ideally) for smooth video. Now I’m not going to ditch the camera, I can’t fault the quality or the colour. It’s amazin and detailed, it’s just I prefer frame rate more than anything else. I’ll end up sticking the camera at the rear of the property where I can mainly use it for identification at a higher resolution where there’s less traffic and movement. I’ll then upgrade the front cameras to one of the higher end 12MP Darkfighter models (that support around 25fps), these are still around £200 each so well worth it. Once I get the main cameras installed, I’ll just get other cameras for the rest of the property. This camera only uses around 5w of POE power just for info. I have 200w of POE budget available with the system I have. So plenty of further cameras can be added.
