Ever thought of making money sitting at home?
Who does not dream of make few extra bucks sitting at home? Expenses are rising and economy is well quite literary shaken up. Everyone wants to save some extra cash for a rainy day, or to pay bills or even get that Xbox for Christmas. Whatever is the reason we all need some extra money to fatten our wallet and to keep up with rising cost of living. Internet provides numerous solutions to people who want to use their skills and talent to earn money sitting in comfort of their home. Here is some information which can help you supplement your earnings.
1. Blogging: Blogging is the easiest way to make few bucks. It takes 5 minutes to make an account and you can begin writing immediately on topics you are passionate about. All you need to have is good communication skills, reasonable grammar and fresh ideas. There are several people who claim to make more money by blogging as compared to day job. World press and Blogger have been popular sites for bloggers for several years now. You can easily make money on sites like Blogger by placing Google Ad sense on them. You can also use infolink.com and kontera.com to place advertisements on your blogs and earn passive income. Squidoo, HubPages, Xomba, Seekyt, She Told Me are few of the best revenue sharing article site. You can also check out examiner.com, firehow.com, helium.com
2. Freelancer: If you love working independently and have the commitment to stick to schedule; you can get started as a freelancer with minimum experience. If you have an expertise you can offer to perspective employers and love to be your won boss, use your skills to earn money. Few sites where you can find a job are- elance, odesk, 99designs, Fivver, freelancer.com, 3desk.com
3. Sell your photos online: You can use your hobby to earn passive income. 500px, Flickr , Shutterstock, Fotollia, Shutterpoint, 123RF, Can stock Photo, Depost Photos are few sites which allow you to upload images and start selling your pictures immediately. You can earn royalties from 15% up to 85%. Shutterfly is another good site which allows you to host your own gallery but annual membership charges are quite substantial.
4. Sell your old stuff: Everyone has some old stuff lying around in the garage taking space. So go on ebay and sell stuff you don’t need anymore. Craigslist is another very hot option besides olx and qurik. So clean your clutter for cash.
5. Sell handmade goods: Sites like etsy.com and artfire.com are dedicated to bring together people who love to create art and people who would love to own the exclusive handicrafts. Other sites which I stumbled upon were- Handmade Catalogue, Craft Mall, Spsell. If you now more sites where people can sell handicraft, add one
6. Get paid to review music: I loved this category!! It’s so simple all you have to do is listen to music, rate songs and guess which can be the next chartbuster. If you are able to identify the next big thing you get a bonus. If you think you have ears for music check out slicethepie.com
7. Get paid to play: Another favorite! Check out moola.com if you want play online games and make money. The winner of the game can win up to $10,000,000. That’s a lot of money for gaming!! . Unfortunately it is open only to US and Canadian citizens.
8. Design and sell t-shirts: I love this idea….it is so easy, requires no investment and it helps you showcase your talent. Two sites which I would encourage amateur designers to try are cafepress.com and spreadshirt.com
9. Write product review: I find this quite easy to start. NY Times owned site consumersearch.com can pay around $350 per review if you are really good. If you your domain knowledge is in softwares, showcase your knowledge on site called softwarejudge.com which pays up to 50 dollars per good review. epinions is another highly recommended site. Other sites which can interest you are justanswer.com and aiip.org.
10. Get paid for your opinion (Online survey): This is boring and little time consuming but, you can make money while watching television. My top picks are- mysurvey.com, surveyhead.com, valuedopinion.com, globaltestmarket.com and the rate these sites offer may vary from $2 to $5 per survey. So you might make $10- $40 per month doing couple of surveys per week
11. Virtual office assistant: This is quite a popular tend making waves. You can offer administrative or technical help to owners of small scale businesses from home by becoming a VA. It generally requires VA to complete mundane office work like record keeping and administrative work.
12. Make and sell apps: This is a very lucrative option. I have more than dozen apps on my cellphone and I am sure you do too. So why not try designing you own app and pitch your idea to smartphone companies. You can get several tutorials online. Just find an idea that will sell.
13. Publish you book on kindle: This is really cool feature by Amazon which enables anyone to publish a story on kindle and earn royalties between 35% -75%. 14. E-tutoring: This is another great way to earn little income on the side. There are a lot of students which require little help with grades to win in competition. There are sites like 2tion.net, tutor.com, tutorvista.com which allow you to create your profile as a tutor for free. All you need to do is dedicate few hours every day to help a student.
15. Online jury duty: I found this a little amusing though I am not really sure how many people have found this helpful. There are e-jury sites which help lawyers to test their trial arguments in front of an e-jury. They claim to pay $20- $50 to every e-jury member. The sites which came across during my search where- onlineverdict.com and trialpractice.com. I am unsure about the authenticity of these sites.
16. Online focus groups: This is another very cool way to earn money. All you nee to do is register with online focus group like 2020reseach.com and get paid for participating in a group survey. You can get paid anywhere between $50-$150 per Focus group discussion. But there is a catch, you might not get called for any group discussion because focus group moderators are mostly interested in a particular consumer profile for there survey.
17. Make money reading mails: I am not a major fan of this. You end up getting too much spam in your inbox but, if you are okay with it check checkoutinboxdollar.com to get started.
18. Search internet: swagbuck.com offers swag buck points every time you use their search engine. And then you can use these swag buck points to shop online!! Isn’t it great?
19. Online customer service: this is another great way to earn some money sitting at home. You need to put in some 20-40 hours on weekly basis answering call or chat with customers as representatives of a company. Many companies or website administrators outsource customer care to a second party which in turn hires people from sites like live ops.com, talk2reps.com, alpine access.com, working solution.com. Compensation may depend from site to site but you can earn anywhere between $9 -$15 per hour.
20. SEO reviewing : To be honest I am little fuzzy about the skills required here but, people tell me anyone can do it so I believe them. As an SEO reviewer you can work for company called Leapforce and help them in search engine optimization by identifying most popular keywords used for searches keeping user intent in mind. Beware – get a good antivirus and malware before you embark on the journey.
21. Picking domain names: This one sounds fun!! So all you have to do is suggest some domain names and get $25 for every name picked. Awesome!!
A little note for you to remember- Making money online is a very time consuming and slow process.Don’t expect results overnight. This is just a small means to supplement your day job income. With perseverance and dedication you will be able to make this mainstream.
All the best to you!!
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