1 Launch Your Own BlogBlogging can be done either as a hobby

or as a full-time business. However, the business of blogging

often starts as a hobby, becomes a profitable side business, and
then becomes a brand-new, all-encompassing career.
One of the most beautiful and exciting qualities about blogging is
that you can create a blog that deals with any subject area that
you are either knowledgeable or passionate about (and
preferably both!). You can write about personal finance, careers,
real estate, getting into business, technology, cooking, travel,
personal health, or just about any topic you choose.
You can set up a website, gradually build up the content
(articles, videos, podcasts, etc.), then eventually monetize the
site through advertising, affiliate marketing, or even the direct
sale of specific products or services. Even better, you can
generally find whatever services and technical assistance you
need online and free of charge. Later on, when your site
develops a reliable cash flow, you can begin working with paid
providers who can take your blog to the next level.
2 Take Online SurveysThis might be the most commonly
advertised way to make money online. The concept of taking
surveys in exchange for money is simple, but you should do your
research and tread lightly.
This is also a business that had more than a few scam
operations! I even hesitate to include this category, but the
subject of how to make money online wouldn’t be complete
without including online survey companies that are truly
legitimate.
Some will pay you cash to take surveys, but awarding points
seems to be the more common method of compensation. You
accumulate points by doing surveys, and the points can be
redeemed for merchandise.
3 Invest with Peer to Peer LendingWhile this work at home “job”
requires an investment on your part, you can do this entirely from
home and on the web. It also is possible to get double-digit
interest rate returns on your investment through peer-to-peer
lending platforms, such as Lending Club and Prosper. When you
consider the fact that bank investments typically pay less than
 1%, it’s like getting 9% (or more) on your money for free!
When you invest with peer-to-peer lending sites, you are
effectively functioning as a lender, lending directly to the
borrowers who come to the site. The borrowers are vetted and
rated based on credit profile, income, and the purpose of the
loan.
You can earn above-average rates of return because peer-to-
peer lending eliminates the bank function. That means that you
participate in nearly the entire interest rate being paid by the
borrower, rather than the less than 1% that you will typically earn
with an online savings account. Not only that, but you can reduce
your risk by investing in slices of hundreds of different loans.
4 Start a Facebook Ads BusinessFacebook Ads have become
increasingly popular over the past few years, mostly because
they’re so effective when it comes to reaching new audiences to
buy products or services.
Each year, companies spend trillions of dollars trying to capture
the attention of large audiences.
Due to the massive user-base Facebook garners, it has naturally
become a hot-bed for companies – large and small – to spend
some of their marketing budgets.
Running Facebook Ads is great for small businesses because
there is no minimum amount of monthly ad spend. So, if a
business only has a spare $100 to run ads, that will do just fine.
But, most small business owners simply don’t have the time or
the know-how to run these ads.
That is where you come in.
By learning how to manage Facebook Ads for small companies,
you can make a killing. And, (once you know what you’re doing)
it really doesn’t take much work at all.
Starting a Facebook ads business is simple:
Learn how to run Facebook Ads (Psst…Complete this online
Facebook Side Hustle Course.)
Reach out to local small businesses asking if they would like to
expand their customer base through Facebook Ads.
Propose a simple business relationship in which the company
sets a monthly Facebook Ad budget and pays you to run the
 ads.
5 Sell Homemade Items On Etsy.com 11 If you are good at
creating homemade items of almost any kind, you should try
your hand at selling them on Etsy. This website is dedicated to
the sale of crafts and other homemade items you can’t buy at a
regular store. Etsy charges a fee of 3.5% of your sale, which is a
lot lower than what other online marketplaces charge. The rest of
the profits are yours, so it’s easy to see how you could earn a lot
of money fast with the right homemade product.
The advantage with crafts is that they are creative in nature, and
can work well if you are a creative type. In addition, since you
are making the crafts, you’ll be able to better control your
inventory, as well as the costs that go into it.
6 Rate Products and Services on MyPointsCompanies need to
have their products and services evaluated – it’s a fundamental
part of the marketing process. To do so, they often turn to
individuals to review those products and services. This creates
yet another opportunity for you to make money online and in
your spare time.
A website for this purpose is MyPoints. This website lets you
sign up to evaluate products and services before rendering your
opinions with focus group companies. You earn money for your
time, so it’s a win-win for everyone.
7 Become a Virtual AssistantOutsourcing is the new and dominant
wave of the business world. As businesses shed employees,
they increasingly turn to independent contractors to supply work
that in-house staff used to complete. One of the ways they do
this is through virtual assistants. These are people who provide
certain tasks online. Businesses can use virtual assistants as
much or as little as they need to. If you can make yourself
available to multiple businesses, you might have plenty of work
without ever leaving your house.
You can work as a virtual assistant through dedicated websites,
such as Upwork or Zirtual. All kinds of skills are needed, and
compensation can vary anywhere between $10 per hour to $100
or more. Obviously, the higher pay will be to people who have
more technical skills, such as web building skills and marketing.
 But you can find work doing administrative tasks at the lower end
of the pay scale.
8 Work from Home As a Nurse (For Nurses Only)If you are a
registered nurse, there are opportunities to make money online
and without ever leaving your home. There are businesses who
need the expertise of a nurse to answer questions from
customers, or to provide information and recommendations.
All kinds of companies need RNs for this purpose, including
health insurance companies, hospital chains, and even medical
recruiting companies. You can find them by checking out their
job sites, and entering the key phrases “work at home” or “work
from home” or “telecommuting”.
But you can also register with a company called Fonemed. They
are in need of nurses to provide triage and medical information
to their clients by phone. The clients are primarily doctors based
in Canada and the United States.
9 Start a Product-Based WebsiteIs there a product or service that
you are particularly enthusiastic about? If you are, you may be
able to develop a website that is built around selling it. You don’t
have to be the actual provider of the product or service either.
There are many businesses that offer these products and will
allow you to sell them on an affiliate basis. For example, you
may be able to sell a product on your website for a commission
of 20% or 30% of the sale price.
Shopify offers you the ability to create a fully operational website
for this purpose.
This is a more technical way to make money online then most of
the other strategies given. But you can get an excellent course
on how to make it happen with Steve Chou’s Create a Profitable
Online Store program. Steve and his wife have built a highly
successful online store – selling wedding napkins – and he’s
anxious to provide insider secrets to people who sign up for his
course.
10 Become an Online Freelance WriterDo you see all of those
articles, tutorials, and guides all over the Internet? Somebody
wrote every one of them! If you have decent writing ability (no,
you don’t need a journalism degree!), and knowledge in a few
 specific topic areas, you can be one of those writers. It’s an
opportunity to make money online and without ever leaving your
home. It’s also the kind of venture that can start out as a small
side business but grow into a full-time career.
You can get started by offering your services as a content writer
on a website like Upwork. That can be a good place to get
started, though you’ll want to go full-on independent as your
experience and reputation begin to grow.
Interested in building a freelance career on your own terms?
Check out EarnMoreWriting.com 12.
11 Sell Other Online SkillsBeing an online freelance writer is one
type of skill that you can use to make money online. But there
are a wide variety of other skills that can be used in a similar
manner. Every website and blog on the Internet needs technical
skills. This can include graphic design, web design, search
engine optimization, social media marketing and promotion,
content editing, and so much more.
If you have any of these skills you can market them for websites
such as 99Designs (which is mostly graphic design) and Upwork
for other skills.
If you are more confident in your skills, you can also market
directly to websites and blogs. You can contact the sites by email
to market your services. That will also enable you to select the
specific types of sites that you are more comfortable working
with. Since there are literally thousands of websites and blogs on
the web, the potential market is limitless.
Build up a large enough book of business, and you’ll never need
to look for a job again!
12 Become an Online JurorDo you like watching court trials on TV?
You might be able to turn that interest into a hobby that makes
you some money.
There’s a site called eJury that will pay you a small amount of
money to participate in pre-trial jury cases. These enable
attorneys to determine in advance how a jury is likely to view the
circumstances surrounding a certain case, and to make
adjustments for the real trial.
The site advertises that they will pay you $5 to $10 depending on
 the length of the trial review (usually about 35 minutes). That’s
not a big payday, but if you can get on several cases each week,
it could be enough to make your car payment – who knows?
13 Dive Into Affiliate MarketingIf you already have an active blog or
website, you can earn extra income – completely passive income
at that – by adding affiliate marketing to your site.
With programs such as Amazon Affiliate, Google Adsense , and
Media.net 3, you can have ads related to your content
automatically placed on your site. This will provide you with an
income every time someone clicks on one of the ads. This is the
perfect way to add an extra income stream to your existing web
platform.
If you have high enough web traffic, you can also participate in
affiliate programs from various companies. They will typically pay
you a certain amount of money every time someone signs up for
a product or service that is advertised on your website.
Thousands of websites are making a lot of money using affiliate
marketing.
14 Get Paid to Watch and Rate Online VideosSwagbucks will
actually pay you to watch videos, movies, and even news
programs, and rate them when you’re done. That will earn you
points for each video that you watch, and those can be
redeemed for cash (through PayPal) or through gift cards.
You won’t make a fortune with Swagbucks, but it can provide a
small extra monthly income, which you will earn in your spare
time. And if you have a few hours to kill every night or even a few
nights per month, why not earn some money on the side?
15 Get Paid to Review Software with SoftwareJudgeThis is another
of the more technical online money-making strategies.
SoftwareJudge will pay you to review the software that they
produce. You have to try out the software, render a thorough
review, and provide your opinion about your experience.
Obviously this is a venture for people who are very familiar with
various types of software, and who know how to thoroughly
investigate and evaluate each program. But it’s also one of those
opportunities where you will start small, and your compensation
will grow with experience and as they develop a greater degree
 of trust in your opinions.
16 Online Data EntryIf you have a lot of clerical experience, this
might be your dream job – an opportunity to make money online
and at home with some easy data entry work.
You can go through a website such as Upwork to get online data
entry assignments. Otherwise, you can also check with job
offerings for online data entry on Craigslist .
The jobs may only be temporary, or even related to a specific
project. But if you’re only looking for some extra money, this can
be the way to do it. And you never know – if you get on an
assignment, and it becomes ongoing, you just might have that
work-at-home-in-your-pajamas job that you always wanted!
17 Get Paid to Evaluate WebsitesA site called User Testing will
actually pay you a fee to evaluate websites. This company
typically pays you $10 for each video that you review – which
typically takes about 20 minutes. If the work is there, and you are
particularly good at it, you could earn up to $30 per hour.
That’s a pretty solid pay rate for a work-at-home job that doesn’t
even require a college degree. You wouldn’t have to work a
whole lot of hours to generate a decent part-time monthly
income.
18 Participate in Online Focus GroupsThis is a variation of taking
online surveys. You can participate through ProOpinion with this
gig, and you’ll be compensated with points each time you
complete a survey. Points are redeemable for cash (through
PayPal), or with Amazon Gift Cards, iTunes Gift Cards, or you
can elect to make a donation to the American Red Cross.
Once again, this is one of those ventures that won’t earn you a
boatload of money. But it will enable you to earn some extra
cash (or gift cards) just for participating in online focus groups.
19 Sign Up for Fiverr Fiverr is a website that helps workers connect
with various micro-jobs. You can earn $5 for each task that you
complete. And of course, the secret is to complete as many
tasks as possible.
Those tasks can include either products or services. They can
involve research, data entry, or any one of a number of small
tasks that someone needs to outsource for a specific project.
 You may even be asked to perform unusual tasks! You can
decide which tasks you want to take on, and which you want to
ignore.
You can also sell certain products on Fiverr. Of course, this will
include small items that will cost no more than $5, including
shipping. You may even be able to use the $5 limit as an intro
price on certain skills, such as graphic design or accounting, but
charge higher fees for more complicated projects.
As you go along, you’ll also want to garner positive reviews. The
more positive reviews you have, the more tasks that will become
available, and the more income you will earn.
20 Get Connected with Various Work from Home JobsWorking
Solutions is a web platform that matches agents – service
providers – with clients who need those services. This is a way
for you to land a work-at-home job.
The website has been around since 1996, and it even provides
education to the agents to help them learn about the client’s
business. They do this through a program called Working
Solutions University, and is completely free to use.
Also check out FlexJobs.com 6, which is another website that
connects people with an array of remote work opportunities
around the United States.
21 Sell Your Lesson Plans on Teachers Pay Teachers (For
Teachers Only)If you are a teacher, you can have an opportunity
to sell your lesson plans on a site called Teachers Pay Teachers.
This will provide you with an opportunity to make money online
using a “product” that you already have – your lesson plans.
You can actually sell those plans on the website, which is
particularly beneficial to new teachers, who probably have not
yet created their own lesson plans. They may use your lesson
plan entirely, or they may use it as a template to develop their
own customized version. Either way, if they buy your lesson
plan, you’ll get paid.
This is essentially a peer-to-peer platform for teachers. It is
where they may come and share various teaching resources, as
well as lesson plans.
22 Create and Sell Online Courses with UdemyUdemy offers
 another way to earn money on the education side of the
universe. This is a website where you can sell educational
courses, and it’s not just for teachers. Anyone can create a
course and sell it on the Udemy platform.
It’s an excellent opportunity to offer technical training courses
that teach people how to learn a much-needed skill, or
accomplish an important task. It could also prove to be an
important testing ground for your educational courses. If you are
able to market your course on the site, against direct
competition, you may be able to direct marketing to the general
public, using a website, videos, or even an affiliate marketing
program.
Much like creating an ebook or a video, educational courses on
Udemy can also be an excellent source of passive income. And
that can be an important part of your ability to make money
online on a consistent basis.
23 Answer Technical Questions OnlineAs a professional in just
about any field, you can offer your expertise on JustAnswer 1.
This company is always looking for professionals in various fields
who will provide answers to reader’s questions. You can make
money online by answering these questions and pointing people
in the right direction to get the solutions that they need.
The website doesn’t indicate how much money you can earn, but
it is an opportunity to earn extra money doing what you know
best, at home and in your spare time.
24 Write an eBookIs there a topic that you’re really strong in? You
could write an ebook and start earning some extra money. This
is also a passive venture. Once the ebook is written, you can
begin getting sales through a thoroughly automated process.
People come to your ad page, make a payment, and are then
directed to a download page where they can get their copy of
your ebook. You won’t have to lift a finger. Get a few ebooks
written and marketed, and well, you get the idea. “How to”
ebooks are some of the best ones to provide, especially if you’re
an expert in a given field.
There are different ways to market an ebook. One of the most
common is through Amazon’s Kindle program. They can help
 you with all the steps to both publish and market your ebook
through their incredibly popular platform. There are some
specialized sets of writing software that will help with not only
writing your ebook but also formatting it correctly for the Amazon
market as well as Barnes & Noble and iTunes.
You can also market your ebook on your own website or blog,
which can work pretty well if the site gets good traffic. Still,
another method is affiliate marketing. You can offer to pay sites
related to your ebook a percentage of the sale price – say,
anywhere between 20% and 50% – for them to post an ad or
linked article for your book on their site. This could enable you to
market your ebook on multiple platforms for greater market
exposure.
25 Monetize Your Twitter AccountIf you are active on Twitter and
have a few thousand followers, you may be able to earn some
money tweeting through PaidPerTweet. You can sign up for the
app for free, and then earn money each time you tweet a
message from one of their advertisers out to your followers.
The amount of pay that you will receive per tweet depends upon
the number of followers that you have. Naturally, a person with
100,000 followers will receive higher compensation than
someone with 5,000 followers.
It’s one of those strategies that can enable you to earn a decent
amount of money from a slow drip of activity. For example, if
you’re paid $5 per tweet, and you tweet two messages a day for
a month, you can earn $300.
That’s a pretty good return on about five minutes worth of work
per day.
26 Buy and Sell WebsitesHave you ever seen those shows on TV of
people who buy dilapidated houses, and then rehab them and
sell them for enormous profits? You can also do that with
websites and web domains through a site called Flippa.com 7.
It’s a virtual marketplace for websites and web domains.
It’s something akin to picking stocks. You want to buy
undervalued domains, and sell them later on at a higher price.
For example, you can pick a domain that is out of favor, but
could be related to some future event. So if you decide that the
 stock market is likely to crash in the future, you can buy a
domain that includes the words stock market crash during a
rising market, and then sell it in a falling market.
You can also buy struggling websites and work to improve their
appearance, revenue stream, and value. Once you do, you can
sell the sites for more money than you paid for them. It’s kind of
like doing property rehabs, but without getting your hands dirty.
27 Become an Online TranslatorWe’ve been hearing a lot about
globalization in the past few decades, and that’s meant that more
people who speak different languages are interacting on a day-
to-day basis. That has created a major need for people to work
as translators. If you are bilingual, this could be a real
opportunity for you to make money online.
Proz.com 6 3 is a site where you can get paid to translate all
kinds of documents, including files and even conversations. The
site provides you with an opportunity to list your services as a
translator. They offer opportunities in Spanish, German, Italian,
Chinese, Arabic, Japanese and other languages, and specialize
in legal, medical, technical and other fields.
If you are bilingual, and feel that you can translate any of these
documents, this can be an opportunity for you to make money
online and at home in your spare time.
Side Jobs You Can Do Partially OnlineWhile some jobs can be
completed entirely online, others do require you to leave your
home from time to time. Here are some of the best online
money-making opportunities that may require you to leave home
for certain components of the work.
28 Retail ArbitrageHave you ever watched Pawn Stars or Storage
Wars on TV? That’s the general idea behind this money making
venture.
It’s one of the oldest and most proven ways to make money –
buy low, sell high. The buy low part comes from searching
garage sales, estate sales, and even thrift stores to find items
that are in good condition (“gently used”) but selling well below
what they would if they were brand-new. In this way, you might
be able to acquire an item for $5, and later sell it for $50.
You can sell the items on eBay and Craigslist 5. eBay is the
 better platform to sell small, high-priced, and unusual items.
Craigslist is better for larger and more practical items.
A good book on how to make it work is Garage Sale Millionaire 1
by Aaron LePedis. The book will tell you everything that you
need to know, from buying (including determining values) to
marketing and selling.
29 Become a TutorThis works with just about any subject that you
are strong in – math, science, foreign language, and even test
preparation. By tutoring online, you will have control over your
time as well as the amount of work that you take on.
You can always offer your services directly by marketing to
schools in your area or even placing ads in neighborhood
newsletters and on bulletin boards. But you can also use online
platforms that are dedicated to matching tutors with students.
Two sites worth checking out for this purpose are Chegg Tutors
and Tutor.com 5. You can use either to enable you to tutor online
and from home.
30 Take Photos and Sell Them OnlineSome people have a talent
for taking pictures. If that describes you, you might be able to
make money online from what has been a hobby up to this point.
Websites like iStock and Shutterstock will allow you to post your
photos on their sites. Since they are common photo sources,
you’ll get people looking for very specific types of photos. If they
download one of yours, you can earn anywhere from a few cents
to a few dollars per downloaded photo.
If you can create an online portfolio of several hundred photos
that people are interested in downloading, you may have created
one of the very best passive income sources. Take a look at the
types of photos that you see appearing across the Internet, and
tailor your work to meet that need.
31 Drive for Uber or LyftDriving for Uber and Lyft technically isn’t an
online activity. However, the source of the business is online, or
more specifically, through your smartphone.
Customers sign up for a ride on their own smartphones, and you
are alerted if you are in the area. Since payment is made online,
you do not have to concern yourself with collecting from the
customer, the way you would if you were driving a traditional
 taxicab.
This opportunity works better in large metropolitan areas, where
people are both more likely to not own cars, but more likely to
attend major events, like sporting events and concerts. Airport
connections are also a very important source of business.
The downside is that you have to use your own vehicle, but this
can be either a very generous part-time venture, or even full-
time. It all depends upon how much activity there is in your area,
and how much time and effort you are willing to put in.
32 Become a Pet Sitter or Dog WalkerPet sitting has become one of
the more common ways that people are making extra money.
Fortunately, you can use an online resource like Care.com 3 to
find paid opportunities.
Care.com 3 hooks up service providers with customers for all
types of care-related situations. This includes childcare and elder
care as well as pet care. It can be an excellent source when it
comes to finding ongoing business, particularly if you are new to
the business.
One factor that you must be aware of though is that Care.com 3
is a peer-to-peer arrangement. That means that you will be in
direct competition with other pet sitters in your area. You must
price your services competitively in order to get business. Once
you begin to develop a list of regular clients, you will be in a
better position to raise your rates. This will be particularly true as
you get referrals from those customers.
Also, check out Rover.com 3 if you want to be a pet sitter. This
website will connect you with pet owners in your area who need
pet sitting, dog walking, and more. You can set your rates and
pick your own working days and hours too, so this side job is
very flexible.
33 Make Money with Amazon Mechanical TurkRemember earlier
how I said that the new order of business is outsourcing? Well,
that includes every task that you can think of. And that includes
what have come to be known as “micro projects (or tasks)”. If
you’re interested in getting involved in these, you can do so
through Amazon Mechanical Turk .
Amazon will have you work on micro-projects that require some
 sort of human interaction. Tasks can include translating a
paragraph into English (or another language), rating the search
results for certain keywords, or reworking an article. The tasks
are simple, and you will be paid a small amount to complete
each. But if you do enough tasks quickly, you can make a
respectable amount of money.
There’s certainly nothing glamorous about micro-projects, but
check out the site, and find out if it is a good fit for you. It will
enable you to earn at least a small amount of money online, at
home, and in your spare time.
34 Buy Broken Items You Can Fix and SellWe already talked about
buying used items at garage sales and other places, and selling
them on sites like eBay and Craigslist. But you can do a variation
of the strategy by buying used items and either repairing or
restoring them and then selling them on Craigslist at a
substantial markup.
The advantage here is that items that are broken or deficient can
often be had for next to nothing, or even completely free. If you
have the skill, you may be able to restore them to a very usable
condition with a few dollars and some elbow grease.
Craigslist even has a free section, where you can get items that
people are just looking to get rid of – not to make any money.
Why would they do this? Because it might actually cost them
money to have the item hauled away by the trash company.
If you can find and restore items like furniture and appliances,
you can make a substantial amount of money. You can acquire
the items on Craigslist, or even at garage sales or estate sales,
restore them, and then list them for sale on the site. You may
also be able to market certain items on eBay, particularly if they
are small or unusual but at a high price.
35 Buy and Sell Used BooksThis is another favorite way to make
money online! Everybody has used books somewhere in their
home, and a website like BookScouter can help you turn some of
them into cash.
BookScouter is actually a book buyer aggregator site. They work
with dozens of companies that buy back books. You can enter
the ISBN number on the site and it will connect you with the
 buyer that will pay the most for the book. You then send the book
to the site in a prepaid envelope, and you will be paid within a
few days.
If you are good at finding valuable books in good condition, you
may be able to turn this into a profitable side business. It’s
another example of putting the buy low, sell high strategy to work
for you.
36 Complete Tasks with GigWalkThis is another variation of micro-
projects, except that it is oriented toward doing tasks on the go.
Gigwalk enables you to sign up for the app and begin to receive
job orders right away. Those orders come in on your iPhone, and
you must be prepared to perform the task and to do it quickly
and efficiently.
As is typically the case with micro-projects, they are usually
simple tasks that pay a few dollars each. The key is to complete
as many tasks as possible, in the shortest amount of time. There
are people who claim to be earning full-time equivalent salaries
by fully committing to this venture.
There are a variety of tasks that you may be asked to perform.
This can include delivering documents, delivering food or
restaurant meals, taking pictures of a building for a real estate
developer, taking pictures of a menu in an upscale restaurant, or
even delivering auto-parts. If you have a good working car (or
even a good bicycle), time on your hands, and a lot of energy,
this can be a real opportunity to make money online.
37 Complete Micro-Tasks On ZaarlyThis is similar in concept to
micro-tasks, except that it is oriented toward specific services
such as cleaning services, pest inspection, handyman services,
house cleaning, lawn & garden services or any of the skilled
trades. It might actually be more accurate to say that it is a
platform where skilled service providers can offer their services
to site visitors, similar to Angie’s List.
Zaarly is currently available in just three cities – Charlotte, Dallas
– Fort Worth, and Kansas City – but we should suspect that it will
add more as time goes on. The tasks are actual customer jobs,
and generally more substantial than micro-tasks. They may even
hold the opportunity to develop ongoing customer relationships.
 38 Get Paid to Be Politically ActiveNext Wave Advocacy is a
platform that will pay you to get involved in specific political
activities. You’ll perform these tasks from your home, and exactly
what you will do will vary each day.
They often expect you to commit to working a certain number of
hours per week, which is generally part-time. They will pay you
an hourly salary for that work, so it is really more of an at home
job situation than it is in an entrepreneurial way to make money
online. Still, if you want to get involved in political activity, and
you have the time and motivation, this could be a way to
monetize that passion.
39 Sell with Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA)We’re always being
inundated with news about how online sales – and particularly
Amazon sales – are eating up retail stores. Rather than getting
rolled over by the trend, you can get on the bandwagon and let
the trend help you make money online. You can do that through
Fulfilled-by-Amazon (FBA).
There are a large number of independent businesses and
individuals who sell through Amazon. FBA enables you to set up
an online business. In the process, Amazon will actually pack
and ship the orders that come from your ads on the Amazon
website.
The process looks something like this:
Send your products to Amazon’s fulfillment centers.
Upload your listings to Seller Central.
Let Amazon fulfill all or part of your inventory.
Print PDF labels provided by Amazon or use FBA’s Label
Service.
Use Amazon’s discounted shipping or select your own carrier.
Amazon stores your products
Customer’s order your products
Amazon fulfills orders placed directly on Amazon.com 1 or
fulfillment requests you submit for sales not on Amazon.
Amazon picks and packs your products
Amazon ships your products
Think of it as creating your own online product business, but one with
the power of Amazon behind you. How could you go wrong?
Making Money By Selling or Renting Your StuffSome work at home
jobs require you to rent out your personal items or sell them at a profit.
Here are some of the best money-making opportunities in this niche.
40 Rent Out Your Unused Musical Instruments with FretishThere’s
an excellent chance that you have one or several musical
instruments sitting in storage that haven’t been used in years.
Perhaps it’s a leftover from when you were in school, or even
from your days playing in a band. Whatever the reason that you
have it, it’s probably worth money if you can sell it. Brand-new
instruments are ridiculously expensive, so people often look to
buy used equipment instead, particularly if they are novices.
You can make money online by selling your used instruments on
a site called Fretish. Naturally, they’ll take a fee from the sales
proceeds, but that will still enable you to make some money from
an item that is just sitting around collecting dust.
Also, if you know a good bit about musical instruments, and
know-how and where to buy them on the cheap, you can use
Fretish to sell them on an ongoing basis. That can turn into a
nice side business, that eventually might grow into something
more.
41 Make Money Renting Out Your CarNot everyone will be
enthusiastic about this idea due to the fact that renting your car
does come with certain risks like damage or loss of your vehicle.
But if you don’t use your car a whole lot, and would like to use it
to earn some extra income – without doing any extra work – web
platforms are available to make this happen.
Sites like HyreCar and Turo enable you to rent out your car
hourly, daily, for a weekend, or even for a specific trip. Some
advertise that you can make up to $10,000 per year renting out
your car while you’re not using it.
42 Host Travelers In Your HomeThe peer-to-peer concept is coming
to virtually every corner of human existence. That includes the
hospitality industry. Through the AirBnB website, you can
actually rent out your house for various lengths of time for a
predetermined fee. This lets you earn extra income on your
house while giving the visitor the benefit of having an entire
house versus being crammed into a single hotel room.
 Exactly how much you can earn from this activity depends on a
variety of factors. Obviously, the size and amenities of your
home are important and larger homes will fetch higher fees. The
location of your home is also critical.Locations close to a large
city or major recreational venues are perhaps the best
candidates.
The practice isn’t for everybody, but as AirBnB has become
common across the globe, there are safeguards in place. If you
tend to be out of town a lot, this can be an excellent way to earn
additional income.
43 Sell Your Old Cell Phones for CashMost cellphones need to be
replaced every few years, but you can use this situation to earn
some cash on the side. Gazelle is a web platform that will pay
you for your old cell phone, typically in the form of cash or gift
cards.
You might be able to turn this into a small part-time business if
you are able to obtain used phones on a fairly regular basis. But
be advised that Gazelle only pays for late-model, higher-end
smartphones. That means that there isn’t any money in selling
old flip phones you can usually find for free.
Sign up for Gazelle
44 Turn Your Car Into a Mobile BillboardLike online surveys, this is
another opportunity that exists in the “gray zone” (a lot of
companies in this space have come and gone). But the theory of
it makes it interesting! Basically, you use your car as a moving
billboard, displaying advertisements for the general public. And if
you don’t mind driving a car that’s covered in ad space, may be
able to make several hundred dollars per month through My Free
Car.
Do some deep research on the company, and if it seems to be
on the up and up, give it a try. You’re going to be driving anyway,
and you know that it always costs money to keep and drive a
car. You may as well earn some money doing what you’re going
to do anyway, and this is an opportunity to make that happen.
According to the company website, you can get paid up to $400
per month.
Miscellaneous Money-Making Opportunities You Can Do From
 HomeOther money-making opportunities don’t really fall into a
specific category, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use them to
rack up cash when you need it. Here are some other alternative
work from home gigs to consider.
45 Find Hidden RefundsWhile this is hardly the most generous way
to make money online, it gets my vote as probably the most
interesting. An app called Paribus enables you to get money
back on online purchases. And it’s free to sign up!
They scan your email archives for the receipt of any online
purchases made. They have a list of several major retailers that
they regularly work with (such as Amazon and Target), and they
will issue you a refund anytime there is a price drop on the
product or service that you purchased. That’s free money for the
taking, so you might as well take advantage.
Get Paribus
46 Get Paid to Get Fit with AchieveMintDoctors and health experts
are always telling us we need to take better care of ourselves.
Well, thanks to the internet, you may be able to earn some extra
money for doing just that.
A website called AchieveMint gives you points for engaging in
healthy activities like exercise, tracking your eating habits, or
even taking health related surveys. Points can be redeemed
either for cash (10,000 points are worth $10) or for Amazon Gift
Cards. The app actually connects with other health apps, like
Fitbit and MyFitnessPal, to track your progress.
Check out AchieveMint here
47 Get Paid to Lose WeightWhat could be a better payoff for losing
weight than getting healthy? How about some extra cash for
doing it?
It sounds too good to be true, but that’s exactly what
HealthyWage will do. You sign up with the site, set your goal
weight, and the amount of time that you expect to achieve it. You
then place a bet of between $20 and $500 per month that you
will make it.
The site advertises that you can win up to $10,000 for reaching
your goal. They even have an on-site calculator that will
calculate how much you can win based on the amount of weight
 you need to lose.
Obviously, this will represent a one-time payout for your efforts.
But you’ll lose weight along the way, and this website could even
provide you with extra motivation to reach your goals.
48 Sign Up for RakutenIf you do a significant amount of your
shopping online, Rakuten is a good way to earn some extra
money from doing it. It doesn’t actually provide an additional
income in the true sense, but it does provide you with rebates on
your shopping that have the same net effect.
The platform is free to use. When you make your purchases
through the site, Rakuten splits its commission with you in the
form of rebates.
This is also a generally passive income source, and one that you
can earn just from doing what you would be doing anyway –
shopping!
Earn $10 free when you sign up today and earn your first rebate.
49 Give InboxDollars a TryInboxDollars is another website that
makes it easy to earn money when you shop online, but you can
also earn rewards for completing simple tasks like watching
television, taking surveys, and even playing games. At the
moment, InboxDollars is even offering $5 just to sign up. While
this platform won’t help you get rich, you can at least sign up to
earn your free $5 and give it a try.
Note that, in addition to money, InboxDollars might also pay you
in Paypal cash or gift cards to retailers like Amazon.com 1.
Click here to give InboxDollars a try.
50 The Bottom LineThese are some of the best ways to earn money
from home, but don’t forget that you can try more than one.
Since most of these opportunities require mostly time on your
part, you don’t have anything to lose when it comes to
experimenting with new gigs that could help you earn significant
amounts of money over time.
And heck, get one of these jobs up and running – earning even
just a few dollars per month – and you’ll be on your way. From
there, it’s just a matter of scaling your business or adding any
other businesses to your income mix. If you keep plugging away
and never give up, you’ll be an entrepreneur in no time!