Directly experts get paid an average $200 a week, but the top 5 percent make $2,000 to $5,000 a week, Brydon says. At the high end, that lets them make $100,000 or more a year. That'll be enough for a lot of people, either as a sole income or as a nice supplement to their day job — if the the model scales.

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