120 LEGITIMATE WAY TO EARN MONEY FROM
ONLINE
1. Take part in surveys
to make an extra $250+ a month
Simply answer online surveys or
product tests and make money from home. You can easily make an extra $250 a
month while watching T.V.
Take a look at some paid survey
websites listed below. At all of these websites you not only earn some extra
cash, but also get rewarded through gift vouchers, prize drawings, free
products, etc. All of these sites are free to sign up and use. Heads
up: If any survey site asks you to pay, they are probably scams.
Survey Junkie
Swagbucks
OneOpinion
InboxDollars
American Consumer Opinion
Pinecone Research
Update: Here are some additional
survey sites we’ve added since this article was first published: PaidSurveys, Opinion Outpost,
MySurvey, Toluna, and Global Test Market.
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3. Get
a free $10 Amazon gift card
Sign up for MyPoints and get a free $10 Amazon gift card.
It’s easy to get started:
- Join
MyPoints here for free.
- Shop over 1,900 top online retailers (including Amazon,
Walmart, and Target) through MyPoints and earn points for your purchases.
- Redeem your points for gift cards, travel miles and
more from over 75 top retail, restaurant and travel partners.
4. Watch movie previews, YouTube, and like
videos
Do you like watching videos in
your free time? Now, you can get paid for watching videos including movie
previews, news, celebrity videos, and all kinds of other videos.
Sites like Swagbucks ask you to watch certain videos and like
them. You have to watch for a certain number of minutes which you’ll be told
ahead of time. You could earn over $200 a month (earnings vary). You’ll
earn Swagbucks for watching (points that can be redeemed for gift cards or
Paypal). You can get
$5 just for signing up!
5.
Get Money Back Instantly For Stuff You’ve Already Bought
Do you love getting refunds? How
cool would it be to get money back on stuff you’ve already bought without
having to do a thing? Paribus is an app that lets you find out if stores you’ve shopped
at online owe you a refund. It’s free to sign up. Paribus connects to
your email account and checks your receipts. If they find out a retailer
has dropped their price they file a price adjustment claim for you
automatically. Try out Paribus.
Paribus works with a huge number
of merchants that you probably already shop at, including Walmart, Amazon,
Costco, Best Buy, Target, Apple, Kohl’s, and more!
6. Download and install
these apps
A lot of companies – including
Google – pay you for installing their apps. Moreover, you get paid for each
month the apps are installed on your phone. Some of these sites include:
- ShopTracker
– Answer a few questions then launch the app on your device, and you’ll
earn $3.00 instantly. Keep the app on your phone to earn money each
month and help companies understand what people are buying online.
- Nielsen Mobile Panel – From the people that run
Nielsen TV ratings, the Nielsen mobile app rewards you for using your mobile
device. You can earn up to $50 a year.
- MobileXpression – Install this app and you’ll
be eligible to win prizes each week. You get to play an instant rewards
game by participating in market research.
7. Sign up for
free gift cards
Ebates will give you a $10
gift card when you sign up
and earn your first cashback rebate. It’s great for online shoppers.
Ebates is free to use.
You just visit the Ebates
website and click through to the store you want to shop at. If you buy from the
store Ebates gets a commission that they split with you. It’s an easy way
to save. Click here to sign up for Ebates.
8. Test websites for
$30 an hour
Ever visit a website and you
thought about how bad or how great it was? Now you can get paid to share your thoughts.
Just open a website, click
around, and get paid. New or updated website owners compensate you to test
their sites.
For example with User
Testing you can earn almost $30 for an hour. Here’s how it works:
- You get paid $10 via PayPal for every 20-minute video
you complete.
- UserTesting pays you to visit websites or apps,
complete a set of tasks, and record your thoughts.
While you’re visiting a website
your screen will be recorded as well as your voice. Their clients include
Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, and other Fortune 500 companies. How would you
like a few bucks to share your thoughts?
Check out how to make quick money from home testing
websites for a full list
of companies that will pay you for testing.
9. Get
paid for being healthy
The health app AchieveMint gives you points for being healthy and
doing things like walking, tracking your food, or taking health surveys.
You earn points which can be redeemed for cash or Amazon Gift Cards.
For every 10,000 points, you earn $10 and there is no limit on
your earnings.
AchieveMint connects to the
fitness apps you may already be using including Fitbit, RunKeeper, Healthkit,
and MyFitnessPal.
You can earn 10 points just for signing
up with AchieveMint and
connecting an app.
10. Become a
freelancer or freelance writer
Doing freelance work can greatly
increase your income. Are you a stay at home mom with an English degree or a
guy who naturally can find mistakes in written text?
Huge and trustworthy sites like Upwork have thousands of employers who want to
hire for all kinds of tasks where you can write or edit about anything from
technology to business articles. Get paid for every single article. Get a great
reputation and you can turn this into a full-time job.
Read the 7 easy steps to become a freelance writer.
11. Technical
freelancing
Freelancing isn’t all about
writing. You can do everything from design, graphics, marketing, and web
programming jobs from sites like:
Pick your payment on per project
basis.
12. Become a virtual
assistant
Work for someone from home.
Virtual assistances (VAs) can do everything from checking emails and making
travel plans to handling internet research or working for their small business.
High-end earners can command $50-$100 an hour.
Some reputable sites are Zirtual
and Upwork
Read how to become a virtual assistant and
work from home.
13. Tutoring
Give private tuition classes at
your home and use your SAT knowledge. Choose your schedule, if you have some
imperative routine tasks.
Or rather, go for online
tutoring and earn $20 per hour on Chegg
Tutors.
14.
Share your views
Share your honest opinions for
everyday services and products you use with focus group companies. These
organizations can improve their products on your feedback, and you get to make $50,
$100, or more. Check out 2020
Panel.
A friend does this at his local
mall. He only makes a little side money doing the focus groups, but it pays for
a babysitter and a night out occasionally.
17.
Change your search engine
Do you use Google or Yahoo to
search for something on the net? Now, leave them behind and opt for the Bing
search engine.
Conduct your regular searches on
Bing, make it your default search engine, and earn credits that can be redeemed
for gift cards. You can earn as much as $5 to $10 per month. Tip: Just
stay signed-in, when you perform a search.
Another option is Nielsen Digital Voice. Digital Voice is a part of Nielsen –
the big company that publishes T.V. ratings. Just surf the web and
you may be able to start earning money.
18.
Data entry
Use your accurate and quick
typing skills to enter information. Go through Craigslist or Upwork and find data entry and administrative
jobs for yourself. These jobs can be easily done through telecommuting.
19.
Work for Amazon
Pick micro tasks from Amazon
Mechanical Turk. These
are services that require human interaction. You can work from home, flexible
hours and get paid by one of the world’s largest retailers.
Here are some examples of tasks
workers have completed:
- Select the correct spelling for these search terms
- Is this website suitable for a general audience?
- Find the item number for the product in this image
- Rate the search results for these keywords
- Are these two products the same?
- Choose the appropriate category for products
- Categorize the tone of this article
- Translate a paragraph from English to French
20.
Online travel agent
Do you explore travel websites
like Expedia in your free time? Then, do it for a commission by offering your
services as an alternative to travel agencies. Start at Wikihow for tips to get started.
21.
Associate marketing
If you already have a blog on
something that interests you, turn it into a money maker.
Join an associate network like Amazon
Affiliate or Google AdSense, choose products to promote, and
advertise them on your content site. Whenever someone reads your blog or
article, you get paid.
22.
Sell lesson plans
Have a soft corner for academic
study? Sell your lesson plans, especially to new teachers or first-year
teachers.
Teachers Pay Teachers is a market of educators, where you can sell and share your
teaching resources.
24.
Take part in an online focus group
Participate in an online focus
group like ProOpinion and get paid through a check, gift card,
or PayPal deposit.
25.
Examine search engines
At Leapforce,
you can evaluate search engines by conducting researches on predefined queries,
analyzing them, and providing feedback for search engine results by their usage
and relevance.
26.
Maintain fan pages
Fan pages on Twitter or Facebook
require people to connect with them. Log on to Fiverr and get jobs for maintaining social
pages.
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27.
Fix Google’s mistakes
Sites like Google, Yahoo, Bing,
etc. pay you for fixing their search results. You just have to mend the errors
of the search engine results and make them qualitative, relevant, and useful.
Doing this you can earn around $12 per hour.
.
30.
At-home daycare
If you are home with your
children, why not start an at home daycare.
They are highly sought out in
our area of Dallas
because people like that they are close and that there are much fewer children
involved that a more corporate daycare.
You will need to get a
certification from your state, but you can make big bucks caring for children
while getting to spend the day with your children as well.
31.
Calligraphy
Do hand lettering for invitation
cards, wedding cards, and other stationery. Use your favorite font combinations
and start off with your calligraphy adventure. Look at the Etsy
Calligraphy section.
32.
Transcriptionist
Even if you don’t like your
writing skills or have a programming talent, you can still do freelance
transcription. Transcribing is detailed work, but luckily you can do it any
time of night or day. Check the same sites listed above.
37. Rent
your clothes online
If you have a closet full of
clothes that you haven’t worn in a long time, rent them out. Sites like RentNotBuy and Loanables make this possible.
If they don’t fit anymore or not
fitting your current lifestyle include them in the garage sale or selling
online mentioned above.
40. Tidy up
You probably have much more
stuff than you realize. According to The National Association of Homebuilders,
the average house size in 1973 was 1,644 square feet. That grew to 2,624 square
feet in 2014. Clean the dust, sort out your storage closet, and put up a garage
sale.
If you are overwhelmed with
“stuff” in your house, check out a great book called, The
Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
The book is about changing your perceptions of your things so you can keep what
is really important and get rid of what is not.
41. Sell your
antiques
Did you collect things when you
were younger or have items that fit your last home but don’t fit your new one?
Get out all your collectibles and sell them off. If some are antiques or
collectibles, make sure to get them appraised. Otherwise, you may sell some
rare items at low prices.
Sadly my long kept collection
of Star Wars and X-Files trading cards were only selling for a few cents on
eBay, so I decided just to keep them for the memories.
42. Flea
market tossing or flipping
If you have a crafty side, put
it to good use. Visit the nearest flea market, Craigslist, or Freecycle.org and buy some interesting items, restore
them, add your special touch, and resell them for a profit.
Think about refinishing tables
or converting old plates into art. Turn trash into treasure.
If you need ideas, check out
Pinterest. It has a world of ideas, and you’d be surprised how much people will
pay for a custom baby nursery lamp or a re-stained bar from the 70s.
If you enjoy this type of work,
consider starting an Etsy store. One of my wife’s friends felt staying home
with her two boys was great, but she missed having an artistic outlet. She
researched what was popular on Etsy and started making artistic versions of
people’s photos. It only took a few months for her shop to become as busy.
43. Sell
your cell phone
Whether a new model or an old
one, you can sell your cell phone. You can go for Amazon that gives gift cards
for working iPhones, or websites like Gazelle that give you cash for that old phone.
45. Sell
your old snapshots
Do you have some random pictures
lying somewhere or taking computer space? Sell them on stock photo sites like Shutterstock.
Such websites purchase photos
from anyone. Even if you feel that the images are not worth selling, just give
it a try. Very often, the most neglected pictures of everyday objects do the
trick, like a simple pen and paper.
47. Sell
online
A garage sale might not be your
style, or maybe you only have a few really nice things you want to sell.
Consider selling on Ebay, Craigslist, and Facebook groups.
My wife sold some Kate Spade purses
that she no longer used and made much more by using Ebay than trying to sell
locally. She started by asking a very low price for the purses and the bidding
drove the price up much higher than she expected.
48. Open a
bank account
A simple Google search for banks
giving bonuses for opening accounts returns a list of current offers. Be
careful to read the requirements, but if you have time, you can make a few
hundred dollars.
49. Sell
your books
Check out this recent story from
frugal living expert Lauren Greutman:
My 10-year-old son brought home
a book from our park’s free library box. It was a biology textbook – teachers
edition. He said it looked interesting and hey, it was free (having no idea you
could sell it). I scanned it in my Amazon seller app and realized it was worth
around $150. He was so excited. We listed it for sale for $130 and it sold!
Going to tell him, he just made $130!
My father-in-law did this with
his old seminary books. I couldn’t believe that books 30 years old were still
worth so much!
Even regular books can earn you
money. Stores like Half Priced Books and others will give you cents to
dollars for each of your current books. It saves space on your shelves for
something new, and you earn a few bucks.
But if you want the most cash
for your books, check out getting rid of your old books using BookScouter.
- Enter the ISBN of your book into BookScouter
- BookScouter searches their database for the highest
paying book buyback companies.
- Once you find the company offering you the most money
for your books, you fill out some information
- Ship off your book, and get paid! Most companies offer
pre-paid shipping labels which saves you time from having to print
shipping or go to the post office. It’s super easy!
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50. Shop
online and earn cash back
Sites like Fat
Wallet pay you back when
you shop at their store. This can mean discounts for you or simple cash back
deals.
52. Share
what’s in your fridge
The Nielsen Consumer Panel offers gift points to look what’s in your fridge. You just
have to scan barcodes of your fridge products and send it to them. Here’s how
it works:
- Each week, you scan all of your purchases and transmit
the data. You may also be contacted from time to time about your opinions
and to answer questions.
- Being a panelist takes about an hour a week.
- You accumulate points with each interaction and earn
more points the longer you’re on the panel.
- When you’re ready, you cash these points in to get
rewards.
53. Sell
your junk mail
Do you love getting junk mail?
If you’re like me, you probably don’t – that’s why we call it junk! Other than
recycle, trash, or burn it in the winter what can you do with it?
The Small
Business Knowledge Center
is a market research company that will take your junk mail and email and give
you a Visa prepaid card.
54. Refinance your mortgage
Interest rates are at an all-time low and many families are considering
refinancing their home to save on monthly mortgage payments. Determine whether
refinancing will save you money in the long run using a refinance
calculator.
55. Switch providers
Don’t assume that your cable,
cell phone
and internet bills are locked into a slow but inexorable climb. Once you reach
the end of your current contract, get on the phone or into an office and
negotiate your bill down — or at least get a few perks thrown in for free.
If that doesn’t work, shop for another provider.
56 Get rid of cable
Cable can rack up a hefty bill over a year, especially when you keep
pay-per-view, premium channel and miscellaneous costs in mind. Opt for online
providers like
Netflix
or
Hulu Plus
that let you stream shows directly onto your computer, mobile device or TV.
57. Use credit cards with the best rewards
The best things about credit cards are the perks and rewards. Using a
card with shoddy rewards or no cash back does your budget a
disservice. Find a credit card that rewards the categories you spend the
most on, whether that’s travel, gas, groceries or supporting your shoe
habit. This
credit cards
comparison tool gives you personalized recommendations based on your
own spending patterns and credit profile.
58. Invest wisely
You’re never too young to start investing — in fact, the time to have
an aggressive profile (high risk, high reward) is when you’re younger and you
don’t plan to use the money for a few decades. But there’s no reason to
pay top dollar for actively managed mutual funds. Despite the prestige and high
fees, 80% of
actively
managed funds underperform market-indexed funds and exchange-traded
funds. You’re better off with an index fund, which has much lower fees and will
probably get you a better return for your money.
59. Pay off your debt
Speaking of investing, paying off high-interest debt is the best
investment you can make. It’s virtually impossible to get a guaranteed 12%
return on your money — unless you’re getting rid of credit card debt.
Check out this
in-depth article
on getting rid of debt for guidance.
60. Improve your credit
This one’s a no-brainer. Your credit score determines how much you’ll
pay for any type of credit. There are multiple online sites, including
NerdWallet, that will give you
a free
credit score. After finding out where you stand, work on
building
your score. Once you make some progress, contact the issuer of your
credit card, personal loan or other debt to negotiate a lower interest
rate.
61. Maximize your tax refunds
Tax time brings an opportunity to boost your income.
Scrutinize
your last tax return to discover ways you can maximize your
long-anticipated refund check and optimize your tax strategy.
62. Use rewards malls and cash-back websites
Little-known fact: You can earn cash back for the money you spend online
anyway, just by clicking through another website first. Your credit card
probably has a
rewards
mall that offers cash back or points on everything from Expedia to
Macy’s to Zales. Even if it doesn’t, you can use straight-up
cash-back
sites like Ebates to get an automatic discount on online purchases.
63. Take advantage of price guarantees and deal finders
Stores often advertise that they’ll beat the lowest price offered by
any competitor. Many credit cards also give price guarantees, paying you the
difference if the price drops below a certain amount after you’ve made the
purchase. Check your card’s fine print for details.
Turn money into more money
Before you try to add a side gig, make sure your main job is doing all it
can for you.
64. Ask for a raise
Saving money is all well and good, but making more money is even better. Try
negotiating
a raise — even in a tough job economy, sitting down at the bargaining
table with politeness, confidence and respect for yourself and the
organization can have its benefits.
65. Max out your IRA and 401(k)
Put the maximum allowable amount into your 401(k) and IRA contributions
every year. The tax benefit may boost your refund now, but the real
payoff comes at retirement. A 22-year-old who invests $5,000 in an IRA and
never invests again will enjoy $137,000 at retirement, compared with just
$101,000 if the money were invested in a regular savings account. And
you’re much better off putting your money in the markets than sticking it
into a savings account that doesn’t beat inflation.
It
doesn’t matter how old you are — unless you’re paying off debt, the
time to start saving for retirement is now.
66. Consider a flexible savings account or health savings account
Your employer may offer an
FSA,
which allows you to use pretax dollars to cover medical expenses that aren’t
paid by insurance, tax-free. This can include a range of things — out-of-pocket
costs, prescriptions and dependent coverage, for example. Because the
contributions get taken out of your paycheck before taxes, it’s like
saving up to 30% on medical expenses. Keep in mind, though, that you lose
any funds you haven’t spent at the end of the year, so you need to budget
wisely. If you have a high-deductible insurance plan, you can also
contribute to a
health
savings account, which doesn’t lose money at year-end.
Convert clutter to cash
Let’s be honest: Chances are, you have too much stuff. If you can identify
high-value items and present them well, you can have a cleaner, simpler living
space as well as money to spend on what you really want.
67. Sell some stuff
Wipe off the dust, clear out the storage closet and set up a garage sale.
Put some effort into presentation: Items lovingly arrayed on a table will sell
better than those chucked into a cardboard box. If you don’t have enough
clutter to warrant a garage sale on your own, rope a few neighbors into a group sale.
Another option is selling online through sites such as Craigslist or
Nextdoor. If that takes too long or you don’t want to deal with buyers in
person, be aware that
pawnshops don’t
just lend, they also buy items outright. You’ll probably get less than with a
private sale, because the pawnshop has overhead to cover, but
you’ll get your money faster.
68. Value your antiques and collectibles
Dig into storage, sell off what is valuable and throw away the rest. Before
you sell indiscriminately, double-check eBay and similar websites to see if you
have a collectible, antique or valuable heirloom on your hands. If
you think you might, spring for an appraisal. Otherwise you risk selling rare
and valuable items below market rate.
69. Free and flea market flipping
Buy interesting items both online and at your local flea market and restore
them and resell for a profit. Flea Market Flip offers some great ideas for
trash-to-treasure projects.
70. Sell old phones, electronics and unused gift cards
Given the rate at which we churn through cell phones, tablets and other
electronics these days, you probably have some old stuff lying
around. You can
sell
your phone on sites like Swappa and NextWorth, and some sites also
take other electronics. Check out Amazon’s trade-in site and eBay, too. And if
you’re in a rush for cash, try an ecoATM. If you have unused gift card balances
you don’t want, some online sites and Coinstar Exchange will buy them.
71. Turn in printer cartridges
Many office supply stores, including Staples and Office Depot, will offer
credits for empty printer cartridges. Not only is it good for your wallet, but
it’s good for the environment.
Take part in the share economy
If you have an extra anything, chances are there’s someone who’d like to use
it. As the so-called share economy grows, you have increasing opportunities to
get cash for your idling machines and empty space.
72. Rent out an underused parking spot
Parking spots can be a hot commodity, particularly in crowded cities. If you
happen to be holding onto a coveted spot that you do not use all the time, put
it up for rent. If your landlord or building offers you parking at a discount
rate, consider seeing whether you can rent the space out for a higher
price — assuming you’re allowed to do so, of course.
73. Rent out a spare bedroom
If that guest bedroom in your midtown Manhattan
walk-up is left unused, consider renting it out on Airbnb or other vacation
rental sites. Make sure that everything is kosher with your rental agreement
beforehand.
74. Get a roommate
If you really want to free up money, a surefire way to do it is to split
household expenses. Take the usual precautions: Ideally, choose someone known
to you or trusted friends. If you rent, make sure your lease allows additional
occupants. Be clear on expectations around timely payment, personal space,
and noise and cleanliness habits.
75. Rent out your car
Don’t need your car on the weekend or during the day? Going on a trip?
Services like Getaround and Turo let you rent out your car by the hour.
Turn talent into a paycheck
Look to your hobbies and current or past job skills to mine useful ways to
generate income.
76. Crafty? Crochet away!
Have a penchant for crocheting, jewelry-making or embroidery? Sell your
goods on Etsy, the go-to site for artisans and impassioned folk selling
home goods, art and knickknacks. Offer to make personalized products
— not only does it establish a connection with the customer, but it often
brings in more income.
77. Become a freelance writer
Many websites, like eHow and Livestrong, will pay by the article for content
on such topics as business, tech and how to bake bread. Check each
outlet for details on its requirements and pay structure, so you don’t end up
doing a lot for a little.
78. Take up a skilled freelance gig
Websites such as TaskRabbit, Updesk and Craigslist offer
opportunities to avid freelancers to pick up programming, design and marketing
jobs on the side. Working on a per-project basis lets your balance your side
job with your current one. Sites like Freelancer.com can also offer a leg
up.
79. Sell your photos
Stock photo websites like iStock purchase images from everyday people. Even
if you aren’t Ansel Adams, the most commonly requested (and often overlooked)
photos include images of stop signs, coffee cups and other
routine objects.
80. Be a virtual assistant
Websites such as VirtualAssistants.com list jobs ranging from
bookkeeping and accounting to writing and editing. Or go to a local site such
as Craigslist to advertise your skills or seek ads matching them.
81. Small-scale catering
Fancy yourself the next Iron Chef? Take those skills to the marketplace by
running a catering business out of your kitchen on the weekend. Cook
for dinners, birthday parties and friends’ events; or just bake a bunch of
cookies and stand outside the nearest bar at 2 a.m. Heads up: Be careful to comply
with
food
safety laws.
82. Become an online travel agent
Have a knack for finding the best deals on Expedia? Hawk your services as a
low-cost alternative to full service travel agencies. Be careful with this
one, as scams abound. Thoroughly vet any lead generation or host agency before
signing up. Be skeptical of offers to sell you a license or credential, and
avoid anything that pressures you to recruit other agents below you.
83. Bartend or wait tables
The great thing about nightlife is that it doesn’t conflict with day life.
Pick up shifts bartending or waiting tables at catered parties. Websites like
Indeed.com list opportunities. You can earn some extra income without
sacrificing hours at your current job or studies. Note: Check your state’s
rules; you may need a server’s permit for bartending.
84. Tutoring
Were you an SAT wiz? There’s a big market of competitive
parents and children looking for private tutors. Join a large company like
Kaplan or Princeton Review, or tutor on your own schedule by going private
through a site like Care.com. If you’d rather work with adults, look into
tutoring ESL learners.
85. Try affiliate marketing
Maybe you already have a website or blog. If so, you might be able to make
some money through it by joining an affiliate network (
Amazon has a good one) and
delivering traffic to your new partner. Affiliates get paid when someone clicks
through from their website to the partner site and/or buys something there.
86. Translate
Fluent in a second language? Advertise translation services on local job or
listings sites. Check online at sites such as Gengo or One Hour Translation;
or you may find better pay through a membership service such as Proz.com.
Turn lack of talent into a paycheck
You don’t need to be a master craftsman or wordsmith to earn
supplementary income. Here are some income boosters that don’t require specialized
skills. But do your due diligence. Check out any website by searching its name
plus “scam” and read online reviews. Be wary of any “opportunity”
that asks for an upfront fee, wants you to pay for certification, or
requests your Social Security number or bank or credit card information.
87. Referrals
Services as diverse as your cable company and your orthodontist
sometimes pay a nice little gift for both referrer and referred. Small
businesses and companies just getting off the ground are often the most likely
to give referral bonuses. Your employer might give referral bonuses too,
so scour your personal networks to see if you know a good fit for open
positions.
88. Survey websites
Although those posters on the side of the road may overstate how much
you can potentially make by simply answering surveys online, generating a side
income from online surveys is still possible and profitable.
89. Baby-sitting
If you have an affinity for children, get yourself registered on a reliable
sitter website like Sitter
City and get to
work. Baby-sitting has the advantage of dovetailing well with a 9-to-5 job. To
make yourself more marketable, look into a child-care safety course from Red
Cross or a similar organization.
90. Pet-sitting
Most pet owners cannot afford a luxury weekend for their pet at the kennel.
Price your rates competitively during your stint as a pet sitter, and make sure
your place allows for multiple pets if you intend to board them with you. Many
sites, such as Care.com, offer job boards for pet sitters and those looking for
animal care.
91. House-sitting
If you don’t care for either kids or animals, you can look for
house-sitting gigs through personal referrals, Craigslist or websites like Mind
My House. You may be able to double up the income by renting out your own
place while house-sitting.
92. Engage in market research
Market research is the bread and butter of advertising agencies. To better
tailor their strategies, many large ad agencies hold focus groups and offer a
stipend to participants. Contact a local or larger market research firm and
secure your spot in a future group.
93. Get on a test jury
Sites like VirtualJury.com and JuryTest.Net recruit people to serve as mock
jurors who help attorneys test their cases and arguments. Payment and time
commitment vary.
94. Become a tour guide
If you know a bit more history concerning the old town square than the
average resident (or if you can put in some research time), consider
running your own personal tour guide business. Walking tours are en vogue, and
you can advertise your services on TripAdvisor for tourists looking for an
insider’s perspective. Note: Check your city’s regulations; some guides work
for tips only if their city prohibits or heavily regulates tour guides.
95. Find seasonal work
Snow shoveling, amusement park work, holiday staffing and lifeguarding are
all seasonal work options that are low commitment and can be done sparingly
according to your schedule. You want flexibility, employers want flexibility
— it works.
96. Become a part-time helper
With the baby boomer generation retiring, older folks in your community
may need someone to help them around the house and with chores. Make
a side income at a job that helps you contribute to your local community.
97. Admin and data entry
Pick up administrative and data entry jobs that can be done by
telecommuting; look on Craigslist or at the career center at a
local college campus.
98) Neobux is one of the oldest and a
very trusted site which pays instantly to Paypal as soon as you request payout.
All countries are accepted. It pays through Paypal, Payza and Neteller. The
minimum amount to cashout is just $2.00 on the first cashout. You can earn a
lot of money from Neobux through "minijobs". You can easily make $2 in
short time and cash it out instantly to paypal/payza.
There are a lot of
people who are earning their primary source of income from these minijobs. You
are paid a definite amount of money for every page of a task you finish.
Note: The higher paying jobs ("level
2" and "level 3") will not be available to you in the beginning
itself. You need to finish hundred or more "level 1" tasks/jobs. Once
you finish more than 100 tasks well, you will be considered as a reliable
member who follows instructions properly. Then the level 2 and level 3 jobs
will be available to you.
Strategy:
After you log into
neobux, go to "View Advertisements" and watch the 4 orange ads. You
need to do this only once and this will unlock the minijobs section. You can
continue viewing more ads if you wish. Anyways then go to Offers=>Minijobs.
There you can see high paying jobs but they are disabled for you. You need to
complete 100 low paying tasks to qualify for the higher paying ones. But these
low paying tasks are not always available. So keep checking the minijobs
section and whenever you see some jobs available to you, do them. Follow the
instructions properly. They will be easy to do. Once you complete 100 tasks
like this, you will be promoted to a higher level and the higher paying jobs
will be available to you.
Also for every 1$ you
earn through minijobs, you get 0.12$ as bonus. This is a very generous move
from Neobux and will encourage members to work on more tasks and make more
money.
With the higher paying
jobs, you can make money faster. Sometimes there are simple tasks like doing a
google search or classifying objects into categories and sometimes the tasks
are a bit tough but can be easily done if you understand the instructions
properly. But know that there are a lot of people doing these tasks. So they
can get over quickly. So do the tasks as soon as you have free time and dont
keep them for later. If you find any job difficult to do or you get
disqualified from that job, just skip it and do another job or wait for a
better job to come in the next few days. The minijobs are available throughout
the year and so you can earn a lot of money easily like this. Have fun! :)
99)
TheAdsTeam
(Investment Site)
This is the only site in this
list which requires an investment in the beginning to earn. I have included
this site in this list only because this is my main source of income from the
time this site started and you can make a good steadily increasing profit for a
long time. If you can invest some money in the beginning, you can make a good
amount of dollars per day. You will get the money within a few hours of
requesting a payout. So i recommend you to invest as much as possible in the
beginning to reap a good steadily increasing profit because the money you
invest compounds and multiplies. You can join from any country. The maximum
money you can withdraw from this site is $200 (200 US Dollars) per day. The
minimum you can withdraw is just $10. Also there is no fees for withdrawing money.
So you can withdraw money from TheAdsTeam (TAT) as soon as you make 10 dollars
and you will get all 10$ to your payment processor. TAT already has 50000+
members who are earning everyday (as of Feb 2017).
This site is highly
reputed and greatly respected in the online earning community and has set a
very high standard/benchmark for other earning sites to follow. Its admins are
located in UK.
Its main administrator is Muhammad Azam. He has a background in IT with a
Masters Degree in Computer Networking and he is a down to earth public figure
with a very good reputation and a vision for the company spanning atleast
another 20 years. TAT has partnered with major MNCs like Amazon, ebay, Alibaba,
Tesco etc and TAT has its own shopping platform which adds revenue to the site.
Earning is quite easy and is explained below in "Strategy" section.
Register in TAT by clicking the image or title above. Then click on "Join
Now" and fill the form. While registering it will show sponsor as "10896-
darklordsk". If it is different and not 10896, please change it to 10896,
so you join under me and i can help and guide you however possible.
The payment processors
which can be used to deposit and withdraw money are Payza, Perfectmoney, STP,
Payeer & Bitcoin. (These payment processors are free and you can
deposit/withdraw money with them from your bank account. Since paypal is not
available, just open an account in one of these processors to invest and
withdraw your profits).
Note: When you withdraw
money from TAT, it will be sent to your payment processor (Payza, Bitcoin etc)
in US Dollars. From your payment processor you can withdraw to your bank
account and if your local currency is different, the US dollars will be
converted to your local currency (your country currency like Euro, Rupees etc)
and sent to your bank account. It's the same when you deposit money. The local
currency you send from your bank account to your payment processor will be
converted to US Dollars and deposited in your payment processor. Then you can
invest that money in TAT to start earning there.
Strategy:
TAT (TheAdsTeam) is a
revshare site. It distributes all the revenue generated among its members every
hour. You have to purchase an adpack and watch ads everyday and you will keep
earning money. Watching ads takes just two or three minutes everyday. Each
adpack costs $10 and you will have $12 when it expires, that is, 120% of its
value.
To invest money in TAT,
click on "Finance" and then click on "Add Funds". After
investing, click on "Buy Adpacks" and buy 10$ adpacks from the money
you invested. After buying adpacks, click on "Start Surfing" and
watch 10 ads. You need to watch 10 ads everyday. So after a few days of
watching ads, you will be paid 120% of total adpacks you purchased and those
adpacks will expire. So if you had invested 50$ and purchased five 10$ adpacks,
you will get 120% of fifty ,that is, 60$. Now you can withdraw this money. (You
can withdraw even as little as 10 dollars from TAT to your payment processor
and then to your bank account). But i dont recommend withdrawing money till you
earn a lot. You can exponentially increase your earnings if you reinvest them.
So keep buying more and more adpacks and you will be making more and more
profits each hour which will let you buy even more adpacks. So basically the
profit you are making keeps on increasing every single day. You can withdraw
the money anytime you want but dont withdraw and just keep buying more adpacks
and building a good amount of adpacks so that you will have a steadily increasing
earning. The best strategy which most people employ is to keep on buying more
adpacks with the money they earn from the site, till they earn a good amount of
dollars everyday.. The big investors do that till they earn 200$ profit per day
(since the maximum you can withdraw is 200$ per day). It will be easier to
reach a earning of above a hundred dollars per day, if your starting investment
is high.
You can also earn a lot
from referrals. You get 8% referral commissions from your direct referrals and
an extra 5% from the referrals of your referrals! For example, if person X
joins under you and invests 100$ you get a commission of 8 dollars. If X buys
more adpacks with the profit they made, you get more commissions. That's huge
considering there is no limit on the referrals you can have. On top of this, if
another person Z joins under X, you earn extra 5% comissions from Z too, along
with the 8% you already earn from X. So you can earn lots of dollars a day from
referrals alone if you can get some people to join under you and invest money.
If that's too much work or you dont like doing that, you can just earn more
than a hundred dollars a day by investing money in the beginning and watching
10 ads everyday.
So overall you can earn a lot of money from this site with or without
referrals. Join & invest as soon as possible and build a big stash of
adpacks so you will be making a big fat profit on a daily basis. Good luck!
100)
Paidverts
Paidverts is a kind of PTC site (paid to click). It is free and you can earn
without investing any money. You have to view ads for 30 seconds each.
Sometimes there are very high paying ads , even 1$ per ad if you have a lot of
BAP (but not at the beginning). All countries are accepted. The minimum cashout
amount is just $2.00.
Paidverts is owned by
"Mytrafficvalue" which is a very reputed established site and has
been paying its members on time from many years.
Earning is very easy in
this site but you need to understand how it works. The ads are assigned to you
only if you have BAP (Bonus Ad Points). To get BAP, you need to see activation
ads of 30 seconds each. One activation ad will give you 25 BAP and you can see
maximum of 8 "activation ads" in a day.
Strategy:
So here is the strategy. After logging in everyday, watch all the 8 activation
ads to get 200 BAP. After some time, paying ads will be assigned to you.
Sometimes in the beginning you may not see paying ads for a few days. Just keep
increasing your BAP by clicking activation ads everyday. When you get paying
ads, watch them to get paid. When each paying ad is assigned to you, your BAP
will decrease. So remember to click on your 8 "activation ads"
everyday. If your BAP becomes zero, you wont get any more paying ads, till you
watch more "activation ads" next day. As soon as you make 1$, dont
cashout. You should invest it to make much more by buying the 1$ advertising
package.
For every $1
advertising package you purchase, you get 2400 BAP free which will assign you
paying ads worth $1.2 in the next few days. So for every $1 you spend, you will
get $1.2 back and along with that you will also get 50 user visits (for 30
seconds each) to any site you want and also around 125 banner impressions. To
do this, go to "Buy Ads" and click on "Create Campaign".
Now enter your site/blog there to get 50 free visits from others and also 1.2$
worth of ads in the next few days. So everytime you make a dollar, buy the 1$
advertising package to get 1.2$ back. As you keep doing this, you will have
more and more ad packs and your earning will keep increasing if you are active
on the site.
Also know that once an
ad is assigned to you, it will be available for only 18 hours. If you dont
click it in 18 hours, it will be assigned (recycled) to someone else.
It may take some time for you to get ads even if you have lot of BAP.
You can earn still more
by getting referrals. You will earn 10% of all ad purchases your referrals make
and also earn 5% of the value of all ads your referrals watch.
Note1: Once you click on an ad, you get 3
boxes with 3 sentences. You need to just copy those sentences and paste in the
boxes. Then you will be able to see the ad.
Note2: You can make 200 BAP everyday from
8 activation ads. But there is a BAP tax of 100 BAP everyday. This is
done so that members are active and watch all activation ads everyday. But if
you purchase 1$ ad pack there is no BAP tax for 14 days. So as soon as you make
a dollar, buy 1$ ad pack so your BAP will not decrease. You can also invest
some money and buy 1$ ad packs from the beginning so that you never have to pay
BAP tax.
Good luck!
101) GoalTycoon
GoalTycoon is a free
football game from which you can earn good money. Sounds awesome right!! The
game is very reputed and is paying its members on time from several years. All
countries are accepted. The money you make in the game can be converted to
Euros. When you reach 20€ (20 Euros) in your account, you can withdraw this
money.
A new player will receive a predefined team from the start, composed of 11
players and 9 reserves, as well as 2 trainers. You will get a football team and
a club park, which consists of a stadium, hotel, restaurant, clinic, parking lot,
administrative building and training field. You will also have a team of
advisors that will help develop your club, giving information about the
necessities of the club stadium and other things.
Popularity is an important factor in GoalTycoon. As your popularity level
becomes higher, so will your incomes, becoming substantial. A higher popularity
entails more ticket paying fans that will come to your team’s games. Therefore,
your club will be making more money. The popularity of your club will keep increasing
as you win more matches.
Strategy:
You need not do anything.
The matches will be automatically played and you will get paid after every
match played in your home ground. Just remember to login atleast once in a few
days.
You will get paid from fans
whenever a match is played in your home ground which is usually once in two
days. Keep converting all the money you earn in local currency to gold and then
to euros. These euros are added to club funds and when you make 10 euros in
your club funds, you can transfer it to your manager funds and then use that
money to buy more seats for the stadium. Each seat bought from market gives 100
more seats to the stadium and they will increase the money you earn from each
home match. When you have more euros, upgrade the "Hotel" to higher
levels so that you get more energy each day and you will win more matches.
You can start earning
higher ticket incomes from the beginning itself if you invest some money and
use it to buy more seats for your stadium. Otherwise you will have to just wait
for some time and earn that money from the game and then upgrade the stadium.
Also you can earn more from referrals. Your referrals will pay a tax of 10%
from each of their incomes. Along with that, you will be also be paid by the
game every month in gold for all the active referrals you have.
102)
Clixsense
ClixSense is one of the
most well established PTC sites and has been online and paying since February
2007. Restricted countries from where you cannot join are Afghanistan, Albania,
Antarctica, Azerbaijan, Cuba, Kazakhstan,
Iran, Iraq, North Korea,
Nigeria & Vietnam. All
other countries are accepted.
Clixsense offers some high
paying ads to view and mainly there is an abundance of ads available for
viewing every day. People make good money with clixsense and so the site is
very popular and respected. You need to stay with it for the long haul. There
are several ways to earn money with ClixSense : By viewing advertisements, completing
tasks, participating in surveys, winning in ClixGrid, downline click
commissions, upgrade commissions, commission from referrals's purchases and so
on.
Strategy:
Here I will brief you on
how to make money from clixsense. Start clicking all the ads daily. You keep
getting new ads throughout the day and some of them are high paying. You can
play ClixGrid every day for a chance to win up to $10 USD per day. As soon as
you reach $17, upgrade to Premium Account. This will make your earnings
skyrocket since a lot more high paying ads are available to click, you earn
much more when your referrals click, you will be eligible for the 8-tier
referral earning and you will have double chances of winning clixgrid. The key
to success in ClixSense is through referrals. You are paid for referring others
and you also get paid everytime your direct referrals click on ads, purchase
advertising and everytime they and their referrals upgrade to premium through 8
levels! After you upgrade to Premium, you should get some people to sign up as
your direct referrals. You also get 1$ everytime your referral upgrades to
premium. Even with a few direct referrals you can make decent money. But
more the merrier. People are making hundreds of dollars because they were able
to get a lot of direct referrals.
Also you can go to
"tasks" and do some minijobs to earn more money. These minijobs are
the same ones which are there in Neobux. So in case you did not qualify for a
minijob in Neobux, you could give it a second try in Clixsense. Good luck and
happy earning. :)
103) Marketglory
Marketglory is an old and
famous free game from which you can earn real money and has been paying its
members from more than 6 years. All countries are accepted. The game is very
simple to play and has a very simple user interface. This is an invitation only
game. Please click
the image above to open an account.
In the game you work, fight
and then later you can set up companies, run for the government, gain military
ranks and build your own organization.
MarketGlory has as a global
currencies "Euros" and "GOLD" and local currency of your
country. When you reach 20 Euros on your account you can withdraw this money to
your PayPal account. You can reach this amount easily in a short time if you
are active everyday (just a minute a day is enough if you are short on time).
The game has 20% fee on withdrawals.
Strategy:
All you have to do is fight
and work everyday. Working takes just a click of a button and fighting is
optional if you dont have much time to spend but fighting will give you more
income. If u can you should fight atleast 5 times a day. You get a good extra
bonus for working continuously for 3 days in a row. Also there are different
bonuses awarded daily automatically which will add up to your balance. If you
refer some people to the game you can earn still more. You will be awarded gold
daily if you have active referrals and also for each referral you get you will
be paid some amount of euros as bonus directly on 20th of every month. When you
make some money, you should get some clothes which last for 10 days each.
Clothes will give extra wellness and so more money when you work and fight.
When you have enough money, you can use it to make much more ( for example, by
starting your own company) or just withdraw them. You can reach 20 euros
for cashout soon, if
you are active everyday.
104)
Ayuwage
Ayuwage is another high
paying well established site that has been online and paying since February
2010. This is quite a popular site since you can make atleast 30 cents a
day clicking ads alone. You can get a lot of ads paying 0.015 cents and a few
even paying 0.025 cents. Also the ads have a short timer and you will get
credited instantly. The site is very quick with payouts too. Once you reach 5$,
you can cashout and you will have the money in your paypal within 2 days.
But be careful. They are
very strict with rules and if you are found cheating you will be banned after 3
warnings. But there is nothing to worry if u can just follow the simple
instructions of viewing an ad for a specific number of seconds.
There are many other
options to earn too. All countries are accepted. It pays through Paypal &
Payza. The minimum amount is $5.00 which you can reach easily since you can
earn a lot in a day. There is also an auto surf option to earn in which you can
just open your browser and it will keep earning by itself (You dont have to do anything.You
can just leave your computer and go outside.)
Note: You may not see any ads to click, when you first login.
This is the reason many people quit the site thinking ads are less. But they
are missing the opportunity to earn from one of the best sites online due to
lack of info on how the site works. Please just check the site multiple times a
day and then you will hit the jackpot. You will get all ads to click one after
another and make more than 30 cents at one go.
Strategy:
The ads are very high paying
compared to other sites. Lot of ads are
available and new ads keep coming throughout the day. Just from clicking all
these ads we can make a lot of income. On top of this, we can make unlimited
money through referrals. The site allows unlimited direct referrals which makes
our income limitless. 10% of your referral earnings go to your account and so
you can keep on referring people to this site and keep making more and more
profit from each of them.
I recommend once
again for you to join all the sites listed above. Each of them has a lot of earning
potential. Please join by clicking on the images, so that i can assist you
however i can. You can give your feedback about this post in the comment
section below and ask any general queries you have. I will try to answer them
as soon as possible. I'll keep updating this post whenever necessary and
add new sites to the list if they have good earning potential. Wishing you luck
with these sites. Happy Earning!!
105. Write And Sell An Ebook
If you have a propensity for writing and you can slay with your prose,
consider writing an ebook. While the market has certainly become saturated as
of late, books that help teach people about a technical topic still sell
extremely well. This is a great source of passive income but does require a
large amount of effort at the outset before any money is generated.
You can sell your ebooks through
Amazon's
Kindle program or
Apple's
iTunes Connect, which gives you access to a large majority of the
digital-book reading market and the barriers for entry are incredibly low. You
don't need to invest lots of money to make this happen, but you do need to invest
lots of time, not only
in writing the ebooks, but in marketing them as well.
106. Sell Audiobooks With Audible
I've been in the audiobook-selling business for some time now and
have over 3
dozen titles to my name. I know a thing or two about audiobooks. And, what
I've noticed recently is that audiobooks are growing in popularity as their
digital-ebook counterparts are becoming less and less popular.
People are turning to audio and visuals when it comes to technical subjects.
However, you should consider doing an ebook first and turning it into an
audiobook through a resource like Audible's
ACX
platform. You can hire a producer either through a royalty share program, so
you don't have to shell out upfront cash, or you can do a pay-per-hour hire as
well.
107. Create An App
Yes, this is far more technical. Unless you have the right app-development
skills, doing this is going to be a significant undertaking. But, apps are also
a great source of
passive
income when done the right way. You can reach a massive audience of
smartphone users by building a great app.
However, like anything else truly worthwhile, apps require a significant
investment of your time or money upfront. If you don't have the skills, then
you have to hire someone who can assist you in creating a great app. But first
you need to come up with an idea that will sell. Do the proper market research
and analytics to come up with the right app.
108. Use Mechanical Turk
Mechanical Turk is
Amazon's take on micro-jobs. These are small miniscule-jobs that you can do for
other people, which they call HITs, or Human Intelligence Tasks. These are
super simple tasks that anyone can do. Some examples are listing off some URLs
with certain kinds of images for one cent, or recording a few phrases with a microphone
for 6 cents.
Yes, they don't pay much, but if you string together hundreds of well-paying
HITs, you can make a bit of money quickly online if you're in a crunch for
cash. Also, it's important to note that you can also employ people with HITs to
help you with whatever micro-tasks you might have.
109. Offer Gigs On Fiverr
If you have some professional experience in graphic design, accounting,
social media marketing, web development or SEO, for example, you could offer
gigs on
Fiverr starting at $5 per job.
You could perform a valuable service that you could also up-sell to make more
money per gig.
Fiverr is one of the biggest providers in the gig economy on the web and you
can sell a wide variety of services and products through this medium. Do the
research and find out what you can offer. However, keep in mind that like any
other money-making task, it takes time to succeed here. And
stellar reviews will help you generate more and more income over time.
110. Sell Professional Services On Upwork or 99Designs
Upwork and 99Designs are two of the biggest resources for selling just about
any professional service under the sun. If you have extensive experience in a
field, you might want to consider selling your services through one of these
sites. 99Designs only applies to graphic design while Upwork applies to nearly
every other professional service.
However, like anything else, the beginning will be difficult. Before you
have a significant track record and extensive reviews, sourcing work in one of
these highly-competitive platforms will be difficult. Find the most successful
people in your niche and try to model your approach and online profile
after theirs.
111. Build A Blog
One of the most exhaustive endeavors when it comes to making money online is
to
build
a blog. But we all know that building a blog with real readership is
difficult. It takes a lot of work. And I'm speaking from experience. However,
once you reach a certain point, the progress and momentum sways in your favor
and it becomes far easier.
Blogs can easily generate tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of
thousands of dollars per month when done right. Yes, that much. But it won't be
easy to get there. However, looking back on it, a year from now you'll wish you
started today. So why wait another moment?
112. Email Marketing
Email marketing is at the heart of every successful endeavor on the web. For
those serious about making money online, email marketing is certainly where
it's at. But it has to be done the right way. Before you even try to market
anything to anyone via an email list, be sure that they're people that
subscribed and opted in directly to you.
When you try to market to people via email out of the blue, you won't find
as much success. But, if those email subscribers are actively and keenly
interested in what you have to say, and they signed up directly through your
blog or site, your success rates will be much higher.
113. Ebay
Coming in at #7 on my list of
ways to make money online is Ebay. I still find that Ebay is one of hte best
ways to make money online by selling physical products. There’s a few different
ways you can do this. You can:
- Sell your own stuff – We all seem to accumulate junk over time that you can
sell on Ebay.
- Garage sale hunting – You can go garage sale hunting and this can be a lot
of fun. This can actually help you make money with a hobby. I find this to
be a lot of fun. One of the best things I find at garage sales are
antiques and antique clothing. A lot of times people don’t realize when
something is valuable. So, garage sale hunting is a great way to earn some
extra money on Ebay.
- Purchase items in bulk and resell them for profit – An example of this is purchasing a
bulk order of car chargers for a newly released cell phone. You can
usually find a bulk manufacturer in places like China or some other asian
countries. You can buy them by the hundreds or thousands and basically pay
under $1 for each one, then resell them on Ebay for several dollars. You
can still keep it cheap, maybe $5 for an iPhone charger, and if you only
paid a dollar for that you’re making a $4 profit.
With that said, I find Ebay is
better for supplemental income instead of a full-time income. But you CAN grow
a full-time business on Ebay if you choose to. I simply prefer other ways to
make money online. I don’t like to rely on Ebay or any single company to grow
my business, so I tend to use Ebay for things that I find to be fun like garage
sales. It’s not something I like to earn a full-time income from, but others do
choose to grow an entire business centered around Ebay. If it’s really
something you enjoy, you could do the same.
114.
Multi-Level Marketing (MLM)
Coming in at #6 is Multi-Level
Marketing, also called MLM. This is one of the better known ways to make money
online because it is promoted to death. This is a great option for those who
want to grow and develop a sales team. Basically, the way MLM works, is you
promote one product, but then you also build a team of people under you. A lot
of people don’t like MLM, myself included, because it sort of mimics a pyramid
scheme. If you’re not at the top of that pyramid, you’re not going to make a
lot of money. But if you do get to the top of the pyramid, you will earn an
income based on sales that everyone below you is making. This can really give
you a good passive income stream.
So, you need to focus on, when
you first get started, is growing a team to be under you, and then having those
people also build a team under them. Everybody who is under you, you’ll earn
some profits on. If you’re a “team player” this can be one of the best ways to
make money online.
There’s a high probability of
passive income if you get to the top of the pyramid on these MLM networks.
Multi-Level Marketing does take some time, so this is more of a marathon rather
than a sprint. It takes some time to build a good sales team. So as long as
you’re willing to start at the bottom and work your way up over time,
Multi-Level Marketing can be a great way to earn an income online.
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Freelance Writing
Coming in at #5 is freelance
writing. There are many different services that exist for you to promote
yourself, including:
These are just a few services,
but probably the most popular that are online. There are many services that
exist where you can promote your own writing abilities. On something like
Elance.com for example (one of my favorites), is somebody – a website owner or
publication company – will post some content that they need. This isn’t one of
the most profitable ways to make money online and it is also not a residual
source of income, but it is a way to work from anywhere with an internet
connection.
Just as a personal example, I
own a website called DogFoodInsider.com. Most of the articles on that site have
been written using freelancers I found on Elance.com. So, I would post a job on
Elance saying that I need reviews of dog food. A bunch of freelance writers
would come back with how much they charge, their experience, why they are an
expert with dog food and writing dog food reviews, and then I can go ahead and
choose from the list who I will hire. So, Elance.com is great, anybody can
join, and in fact, any of the above services are open to any freelance writers.
The problem with freelance
writing is the income can be sporadic, but it can also be relatively high
paying when you do get a job. You might get hired one week to write 20
articles, but the next week, you don’t get any work at all.
Now, once you earn a reputation,
you can start charging more and even earn a higher income. The goal here is to
focus on a specific niche and become an expert in that niche. After that you
can really thrive. When you first start and you have no experience, you’ll have
to price yourself a bit lower. But once you become an expert in a specific
niche, you can easily start charging more and increase your rates.
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Leveraging The Kindle Store
A lot of people don’t realize
this, but anyone can sell an ebook on the Amazon Kindle Store and elsewhere. It’s one of the single
best ways to make money online and earn a residual income. There are many
places you can sell an ebook online, but the Amazon Kindle Store is by far the
most popular and it doesn’t look like that will change anytime soon.
With an ebook, there is no need
for publishers, editors, printing companies, etc. So, you basically just write
the book, you edit yourself and overhead is extremely low. You do have to share
a small portion of your revenue with Amazon when you sell a copy of your book,
But you’re not paying anybody up front. The only time you have to pay Amazon is
if you make a sale.
Now, don’t just write one book
and expect to earn a full-time income from that. What you want to do is write a
series of books and start to gain a following. Whether you’re writing fiction
or non-fiction, really try to keep everything within’ the same niche and
within’ the same industry. Once you do that, you can start getting a following
of people who are highly targeted and every time you come out with a new book,
they’ll be ready to download it immediately. That can take some time, but
gaining a following is the best way to grow a legitimate long-term and
sustainable business.
The beauty about writing an
ebook is, once it is written, your book can earn you revenue month after month
and for YEARS. So, basically, you earn an income passively. While you’re
sleeping, people can be purchasing your book. So if you’re looking for one of
the best ways to make money online through passive means, this is a great
option.
Also, you can start with
whatever time you have available now. So, if you have a full-time job right
now, you can spend maybe an hour per day or so writing a book, then publish
that whenever you can. There are no time commitments here – you can do
everything at your own pace.
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Become An Infopreneur
Number 3 on my list of ways to
make money online is to become an infopreneur. I love this one because it’s how
I got started. The way to do this is to use the CTPM
process to track
thousands of visitors to your website per day. You can learn more about the
CTPM process at MySiteSell.com. That is the service I used to start
learning how to make money online. Within’ one year of going through their
training program, I was able to quit my job as a full-time truck driver.
Becoming an infopreneur is how I started.
What exactly is an infopreneur?
You will basically create a website, and don’t worry, you don’t have to know
any computer code to do this. You will write about a topic you already know and
love on your website. You don’t actually sell anything on your website. You
just create as much information as you can. As you create that information,
you’ll naturally start getting website visitors from search engines, social
media platforms, etc. People will naturally share your awesome content. Once
you start gaining all these visitors on your website, you can start selling ad
space on your website. This is a great way to earn passive income without any
customer service, or products, or anything like that.
So basically just start creating
information about a topic you already know and love. There is a very, very high
income potential for this. A lot of people don’t really know what the
infopreneur business model is. If you want to learn more about this business
model, again, visit MySiteSell.com.
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Sell Your Own Products Or Services
Coming in at number 2 for the
best legit ways to make money online is by selling your own products or
services. So many people have skills or they can make something that other
people want. For example, my sister is phenomenal at making specialty cakes.
Not just regular cakes, but they actually have almost a whole scene on them
with different people and houses or whatever you want, she can make it. She
could either sell training programs or she can sell cakes themselves. People
can request cakes and go on her website and request certain things. Not only
can she do this for people and make money at it, but she’s making a living
doing something she really likes. It’s turning a hobby into a career.
You can promote your own business
or skills on social media, on your own website, on forums, with YouTube videos,
and even with super-targeted pay-per-action advertising. What I mean by
pay-per-action advertising is, when you advertise on the internet, you can
usually target it to a point where you only pay if somebody clicks into your
website or even if they make a purchase. As an affiliate marketer, most of my
clients only have to pay me if I drive a sale to them. You can leverage that.
With the internet, you can reach
a global or a local audience. There has never been a better time to start your
own offline business, by promoting it online. Every offline business should be
online, either with their own website or through social media. Preferably
through a bunch of different methods. Online can really lead to a huge spike in
sales.
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Affiliate Marketing
As you might guess, I think the
#1 way to make money online is affiliate marketing. This is my all-time
favorite method to make money online. You can make money selling ohter peoples
products and services. In other words, you don’t have to deal with any customer
service, you don’t ahve tod eal with storing any products, you don’t have to
deal with any payment processing, and you don’t even ahve to hire any
employees. Just create a website, get out htere on social media, start to
advertise a little bit, and you will earn commissions on selling other peoples
products.
There is extremely low overhead
with affiliate marketing and you have none of the stress that comes with
selling your own products and services. So, I love affiliate marketing.
If you’re not familiar with what
affiliate marketing is,
read the affiliate
marketing section on my site
and also consider signing up for this amazing affiliate marketer training
program, where you’ll
learn how to truly make money online.
So there you have it! The top 7
ways to make money online. What do you think? Let me know in the comment area
below.
