A story of experimentation, creation and digital entrepreneurship. Without spending a single euro on ads.
| Year | Age | Project | Key Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | 13 | best_memes_over_here + Art + YouTube |
Instagram meme page 0→27K. First revenue, first page sale. Multiple art profiles & YouTube edits. |
| 2019 | 15 | Cobe Arts — Pinterest |
800K–1M monthly organic impressions. |
| 2020–22 | 16–18 | Curiosity Team |
9K+ followers in 1.5 years. Among the first on TikTok for Greek self-improvement content. |
| 2023–24 | 19 | goldclassicmemes — TikTok |
3rd video: 40M views, ~67M total. Withdrew due to algorithmic instability. |
| 2023 | 18 | Affiliate Marketing |
Amazon Associates, Pinterest, Medium, social media. Stopped to focus fully on Adobe Stock. |
| 2023–24 | 19 | OffensivePlug — Etsy |
POD T-shirts. 22 sales across 6 countries. Lesson: market selection matters as much as the product. |
Age 13. In ~1 year: 27,000 followers, 2,000+ posts, €200 in ad revenue, sold the profile for €100 to perierga_gr — among the first to do so at the time. Marketing, content strategy, algorithm, pricing: all self-taught through experimentation.
In parallel, multiple Instagram profiles with 2–7K followers across various topics — non-commercial, cross-promoted with each other.
Throughout my teens, 4+ hours/day on painting — graffiti, illustration, character design. Not a hobby: a way of thinking that built deep familiarity with aesthetics, composition and detail.
A multi-platform brand around economics, entrepreneurship and self-improvement. In 1.5 years: 9K+ total followers, 500–885 likes per post consistent engagement — among the first Greek pages on TikTok.
We had planned something much bigger — a website with e-learning, certificates and university partnerships. Stopped deliberately due to lack of time.
2023: created goldclassicmemes to test TikTok's Creator Rewards Program. Third video: 40M views — ~67M total across the entire profile.
Stopped deliberately: TikTok's algorithm is particularly volatile, can zero out an account for no apparent reason — it didn't offer enough stability.
The longest-running project: street art content, photography and quotes. 800K–1M monthly impressions for 6 years — ~65M total, without a single ad. Top 4 pins: 213K, 93K, 52K and 48K impressions.
Edgy meme T-shirts via Print on Demand (Printful) on Etsy. A business model with zero startup cost, zero stock, focused exclusively on design and marketing.
~3 months leveraging organic reach for affiliate marketing — primarily through Pinterest (800K–1M monthly impressions), Medium and social media. 46 total affiliate conversions through automated programmes. Stopped to focus entirely on Adobe Stock.
| Project | Est. Impressions | Period |
|---|---|---|
| best_memes_over_here | 80–150M | 2017–2020 |
| Cobe Arts (Pinterest) | ~65M | 2019–2026 |
| goldclassicmemes (TikTok) | ~45–55M | 2023 |
| OffensivePlug (Etsy) | 4,015 visits | 2023–2024 |
| Curiosity Team (Instagram + TikTok) | ~8–15M | 2020–2022 |
| YouTube Channels | 400K+ | 2017–2020 |
| Art & Curation Profiles | ~3–5M | 2017–2020 |
| TOTAL | ~245M+ | 2017–2026 |
All of this journey — the 245M+ impressions, understanding algorithms, content strategy, the aesthetic developed through years of painting, the commercial thinking from Etsy and affiliate marketing — was the foundation for success on Adobe Stock.
It wasn't luck. It was the result of years of testing, failing and accumulating knowledge.