Who we are and how we make money

The short, plain version, so nothing here is a mystery.

What this is. Guides by TIC is an independent, sourced guide to earning online next to a day job. It checks each way and each popular make-money-with-AI scheme against dated sources, says plainly which ones are worth a try, which are not proven and which to avoid, makes no income promises, takes no ads, affiliate pay or paid ratings, and refunds the Recipe Pack within 14 days. Made by Tori, under the name TIC.

We make money in one way: selling the Recipe Pack. There are no ads, no affiliate links and no paid placements, so no company pays to be rated well.

What it is: A one-person software studio that publishes sourced guides to earning online and builds the Restmode app.
Who it is for: People with a day job and under two hours a day, including people with no tech background.
What it costs: The guides are free. USD 19, one payment for the Recipe Pack.
Status: Guides live. Recipe Pack: on sale. Restmode app: preview.
Who is behind it: Tori, one person, under the name TIC. More
Sold through: Gumroad (checkout at shop.ticassociation.com). You pay Gumroad and your receipt comes from them. Paid products are sold only there.
Contact: hello@ticassociation.com

Who

Tori, an individual, working under the name TIC (formerly TIC Association). The pages are built from a sourced catalog by a script. Every claim links to its source; where there is no source, the page says it is our assumption.

What we do

We check ways of earning online and say plainly which are worth a try, which are not proven, and which to avoid. We also build Restmode, a phone app that helps a person pick a path and run its routine work. The app is in preview and is not for sale.

Three rules for our apps

You set the limits, you see every action, and you can switch it off.

What we sell, and what it costs

Recipe Pack by TIC: USD 19, one payment, a PDF and an e-book. The price may change later. What is inside.
Restmode always-on worker: planned at USD 19 a month. Not on sale yet; nobody is charged for it today.

How we make money

Only from those sales. A rating is never for sale, and we never take payment from a platform or a seller to change one.

What we promise

No income promise, anywhere. What you earn depends on you, your audience and each platform's rules.
No made-up numbers, testimonials or screenshots. Every figure links to its source.
Ratings are never for sale.
The app is a preview.

Reach us

Found a mistake or want something explained? Write to us at hello@ticassociation.com. We correct errors in the page and note the date.

Our own record. Of the 40 ways we check, we rate 11 do not start and 17 not proven yet, and only 12 worth a try. Every rule or fee change we found is dated in What changed (latest 2026-10-08).

Where payments happen

Paid products are sold only through Gumroad (checkout at shop.ticassociation.com). Gumroad's terms call it the "merchant of record", which in plain words means the sale is made through Gumroad: the seller on your receipt is the checkout, and it handles refund requests and the sales tax. Prices and terms are on each product page.