8 Best Claude Prompts To Use for Making Money
As anyone who has messed around with AI can tell you, the difference between asking it something vague like "how can I make more money" and asking it something specific is the difference between getting generic listicle advice and getting an actual plan you can execute this week.
Luckily for you, we've dug up some of the best prompts to get Claude working overtime to make you rich.
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1. 'Here's what I'm good at — help me figure out what people would pay for it'
Instead of starting with "what side hustle should I do," start with your actual skills and let Claude work backward to monetization ideas. List out what you're competent at (writing, organizing, a specific software, a hobby you've gotten genuinely good at, customer service instincts, whatever it is), and ask what services or products people realistically pay for in that space. This produces far more specific and personally relevant ideas than generic "50 side hustle ideas" content, because it's built around what you'd actually be good at delivering rather than what's trending.
2. 'Help me price this service — here's what I'm offering and my experience level'
Pricing freelance work, consulting or a service business is one of the places people consistently underprice themselves out of fear of asking for too much. Describe exactly what you'd deliver, how long it takes, your experience level and what similar providers seem to charge, and ask Claude to help you land on a number with reasoning behind it. A specific, defensible price point you can explain confidently to a client beats a number you pulled out of anxiety.
3. 'Write me a pitch email for [specific service] targeting [specific type of client]'
Cold outreach is one of the highest-friction parts of starting any freelance or service-based income stream. Give Claude the specifics — for example, think of the answers to what you're offering, who you're pitching, what makes you credible, what you know about their situation — and ask for a draft pitch email. Then push back and ask for a second version with a different angle, so you're not sending the same generic template everyone else is sending. (That's key. Push the AI to give you something original.)
4. 'I want to sell [specific items] online — write me a listing that actually converts'
Whether it's eBay, Poshmark, Facebook Marketplace or Etsy, listing copy that just describes an item flatly underperforms listing copy that's been written with the platform's buyer psychology in mind. Give Claude the item details, condition, and platform, and ask for a conversion-focused listing — title, description, the works. For anyone reselling at volume, asking Claude to draft several listings in a consistent voice saves real time compared to writing each one from scratch.
5. 'Help me negotiate this — here's my situation and what I'm asking for'
Whether it's a salary negotiation, a freelance rate increase or a vendor discussion, walk Claude through the specific scenario — what you currently have, what you're asking for, what leverage you actually hold — and ask for the actual language to use. A drafted script that accounts for likely pushback is far more useful in the moment than general advice to "just ask with confidence."
6. 'Turn this skill into a digital product idea I could actually build'
If you have expertise in something, ask Claude to help you think through what that could become as a sellable digital product: a guide, a template pack, a short course outline. This is useful specifically because it forces the idea past "I should write something" into an actual structure with a real scope, which is usually the part that stalls people before they start.
7. 'Audit my resume and LinkedIn for a higher-paying role in [field]'
Paste in your current resume or LinkedIn summary and tell Claude the type of role or salary range you're targeting, and then ask for a direct audit. Claude said that asking questions like what's underselling you, what's missing, what language would land better with hiring managers in your specific field will help you produce more actionable feedback than a generic "make my resume better" request.
8. 'Here's my current income breakdown — where's the highest-leverage place to focus my time?'
If you're juggling multiple income streams, describe roughly how much time and money each one produces and ask Claude to help you think through where an extra hour of effort would generate the most return. This is the prompt most people skip, and it's often the most valuable one, because it turns a scattered set of efforts into an actual prioritization decision instead of working hardest on whichever task feels most urgent that day.
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