With this post, I am going to list a couple of methods that you can use to earn some cash online. I am only going to list stuff that I personally tested/used in the last 10 years of my online life and that worked! This will exclude:
Rewards programs – If you want to spend an eternity to earn a measly $10, good for you. No logic for me to waste time on something that is not a profitable option. Time equals money and your time is precious right? Rewards programs are great if you literally have nothing and want to earn a bit of extra cash to buy hosting, a domain, or whatever start-up cost you need. Examples of these, are sites like SwagBucks.
Binary or Trading type of websites - Although you can make good money from these, it is still very close to gambling and people usually spend more than they make.
A lot of the recommendations will be based on blogging, website creation, and SEO. This is a skill that is worth having and does not cost a fortune to learn. In fact, nowadays you can become an expert with all the free information available online. Let's be realistic, you are looking to make money in an online world that mostly consists of web code, content, advertising, search engines, and so forth. I would say brushing up on these types of things is crucial if you want to make it in a competitive environment, where skill and knowledge determine who gets the job/placing or preference.
Did you visit to find a way to become rich overnight doing nothing much? Haha, if it was that easy, every single person on this planet would be sitting behind a laptop in the Maldives. Let us be realistic here, money is one of the items on this planet that is not easy to come by without skill or some effort. If you are here, looking for a way to earn $200 in 10 minutes by only clicking a few buttons, you might as well bounce.
This post is intended for those who are tired of always be without money, who earn too little and cannot pay the bills, those who want to live a better life come next year. The individuals who want to learn a new skill and who do not have thousands to invest in education.
Blogging For Cash
This one is mentioned first because, yeah, I am a blogger and make a full-time income doing it. Besides, you do not need any investment or only a small investment. I can go right now, create a free site (or for cheap), monetize it, and drive traffic to it, have my first $100 before the sun goes down all without spending one dime. Easy right? For me, not for you, you need to learn the skills first. However, once you learned those skills, you can be set for life and there is no limit on how much you can make or how many websites you can have.
This is not a quick fix to satisfy your money craving. You will have to learn a completely new skill and a lot of trial and error will go along with it. However, if you are looking into a long-term financial solution, blogging is a lucrative online business model with a lot of potentials. Is it worth learning the skill? Well, duh, obviously it is if you love money and dream about a business of your own! Takes about a year to learn the inside and outsides of blogging and all that goes along with it (if you use proper training) compare that to getting a degree, going to college, and so forth? I earn more than a doctor with blogging so the math on this one is easy.
Places where you can learn how to build a successful Blog/Website that generates income:
Wealthy Affiliate
Affillorama
Create Websites for Small Business Owners in Your Area
A Lucrative business model in a world where everything is going online. There are plenty of free/cheap website builders around to build small to medium-scaled business websites. Believe it or not, but not every business out there has one, or they have a poorly designed site with errors. Web designers usually charge a small fortune to build sites, you can do better right?
A simple Google search should provide you with all the local businesses in your area and you can start looking up their sites to determine the quality/if they have one. If you find a potential business, well, you know what to do.
Obviously, you will need a bit of knowledge to pull this off, just like we mentioned with blogging above. You decide, is it worth learning a new skill for the potential it holds?
Tips:
Create a few sample websites to showcase your work to potential clients.
Do not contact them via email or phone, go straight to the manager and present them with your service.
Build their site for free, with the only requirement that they pay for hosting and domain by using your recommendation. (Make affiliate commissions)
Treat it as a business model, brand yourself, advertise, and be great at what you do and you have a business with huge potential, created out of zero investment.
Learn how to use WordPress if you do not know how!
Reliable Website Builders For small businesses:
Create a Website That Provides a Service
Can you offer a service that people need in the online world? Why not create a website that does just that.
Examples include:
A directory – List services, jobs, and so forth. Does your city/town have a directory that lists businesses and services? If not, or it is incomplete, why not start one. It is easy to drive traffic to these types of sites via Social media and not hard to monetize with advertising.
Membership site – Offer online courses, services, or whatever you feel like and get members to join. A bit more difficult to create a successful membership site, however, if you have something unique or educational, it will be worth the effort. Can be anything from a free membership to paid, or a combination of both free and premium membership.
Content Provider – A site that gives away/sell content like ebooks, education, photos, and so forth.
Best to build such a site with WordPress as it is just easier to manage and will work out better in the long run if your site expands or if you need to switch hosting providers.
DreamHost with their WordPress builder seems to work the best in my opinion.
Make Money with Ebooks
Few ways to go with this option and I made my first $10 online via giving away an ebook.
1. Write your own ebook and sell it online. A good method if you know how to write or at least have a good topic. Millions of ebooks online and a lot of them are free for download; you will need something special if you want to make a good amount of money in this saturated market. However, if you are a creative writer with awesome ideas, this can be a good way to earn money. Books that teach people how to master a certain skill, especially on the technical side still sell.
Affiliate Marketing
ClickBank
ShareASale
Rakuten
Multi-Level-Marketing - MLM
Think of it as a pyramid, with you on top. Under you are the people you have recruited, and they earn you, for the sake of this example, 50% commissions. After teaching them, they will recruit people under them, forming the next level in the pyramid, which earns you a 25% residual commission. They go on to recruit people under them, forming another level in the endless pyramid.
Commissions, percentages, and levels depending on the program you choose, with some offering commissions up to the 5th level, and others only the third.
When subscribing/joining a program, always take a look at the tools, and training they provide, as this is key to your success, as not only will you need to learn, but you will have to teach others, via video, live stream, online chats and such.
Email Marketing
A lot of people became rich, doing this and although the effectiveness of a list simmered down a bit, it is still a lucrative method of marketing that works after many years.
Sell Products on Etsy
Are you good at making handcrafted goods? Etsy is one of the biggest platforms for selling crafts. Anything from mugs, shirts, pet supplies to phone cases. If you have the imagination and know-how to work with your hands, why not sell your stuff online?
Stream on Twitch
Choose a niche to ‘promote’ on Instagram, creating a brand for you. You will need a minimum of 6000 followers to become an influencer. Once a large enough follower base is created, you can advertise products, that relate to your brand, on your account, in order to earn money.
It is exactly what it sounds right. You go and test other people’s websites, apps, and so on, in order to earn rewards, aka cash. This can be a great way of supplementing one's income.
Most of the feedback will be done via video. Make sure you have a proper webcam/video recorder with good sound. Keep in mind that this is a competitive market and that you will have to act fast when new tasks are added.
Some of the most popular feedback sites include:
Ubertesters
Are you into photography/image design or capturing video, and good at it? There is ALWAYS a need for content, especially images and videos and you can make money by selling your work online.
Keep in mind, this is a competitive market, with thousands of people trying to sell their stuff, and with the amount of free content available these days, you will have to create something unique and of extremely good quality to get people to pay for it.
Tips:
Do proper research to find out what it is people are looking for, what is in demand and the type of photo’s/images/videos that are high in demand.
Create your own niche and upload your content often to create a large portfolio.
Some of the most popular websites to sell your stuff include:
Shutterstock
Become a Writer
No, not books, though it sounds like a fun idea. Becoming a writer in the online world means learning niches, and everything that has to do with them. Writing content can be a way of earning a well-sized income, especially if you are good at it.
People do not always write or produce their own content for websites, blogs, and so forth. Instead, they will find other people to do it for them. Becoming an expert in niches only increases your income, as your content will be unique and not repetitive of everything else. It will also help with clientele, as some, or rather most will not know the differences between niches and having to hire someone to write their content, and they will choose the one with expertise.
One can sell content, or rent out one's expertise on sites like:
Problogger
Buy and Sell Domain Names
This is quite a profitable business if done right. Domains are like “property” on the internet. Everyone needs one and at some point will buy one for their business website, online store, or blog. If you have a domain that someone wants, you can sell it for a good price. Works almost the same as “property”, certain domains are in a certain niche, a niche everyone wants to build and thus needs a domain for. If you can get your hands on a domain that is high in demand, you can sell it for a really really good price. Some domain names can sell for millions.
How does it work?
Do research – (Lots and lots of research). If you do not know how keyword and market research works, learn. Find domain names for cheap that holds potential, buy them. Sell the domain for a profit.
Or
Buy domains and resell for a profit. You will need some good investment for this as some domains can cost thousands.
Keep in mind, it is not easy to find domains that are worth gold, you will end up doing hours of research. In addition, patience is needed. You might buy a domain today for $12 and only sell it for a good profit 2 years from now. Usually, time is involved; you buy today and sit on it while it gains value.
Tips:
Look at what is trending right now, those domains have a good chance of getting sold.
What will trend a year from now? Not easy to see what the future might hold, but with proper research, you might get close. Buy those domains and hold on to them until the trend arrives.
Look at the type of domains that currently sell well, those with the highest bids. This will give you an indication of what is in demand and how much profit you can make.
If you have no clue about domain flipping, I suggest you learn first and start small. You can earn good profits doing this BUT you can also lose a lot of money if you don’t know what you are doing!
You can buy/sell your domains on GoDaddy’s Domain Auction
Become an Online Tutor
Teaching can make a lot of money, so it is only realistic for tutoring to make the cut.
Teaching others a new language, for instance, is all you need to be able to do. You can make videos, live chats, webinars and so much more, as a way to teach others. People will pay to learn, that is a guarantee, so the only question is can you teach somebody.
Showing your skills and degrees will be important when it comes to getting clients, so always show what experiences you have, the degrees you got, and so on.
Prices for tutors can vary, depending on, what you teach, how you teach, how good you are, and so forth. Prices can vary from $20 per hour to $200 a lesson and so forth.
If this kind of work sounds interesting, then check out these sites:
VerbalPlanet
Remote.co
Learn4Good
Chegg Tutors
Become a ClickBank Vendor
ClickBank is one of the most popular marketplaces that mostly sell digital products. If you have your own product, you get to list it on ClickBank and have affiliates sell it for you, to put it in short. A bit of work to get everything set up but once it is done properly, you have affiliates that sell it for you. No worries about driving traffic, marketing, or building lists, others do it for you. This was/is one of the most popular online business models.
How does it work?
1. Decide what you want to sell - This can be an ebook, membership, educational course, and so forth.
2. Acquire all necessary legal documentation - You are responsible for all the legal documentation and copyrights of your product.
3. Assure that your product is in compliance with federal, state, and local rules and regulations. (Depend on what you sell)
4. Get a domain name and hosting.
5. Create a Pitch Page for your product - Also known as a "sales-page". This page will provide customers with information about your product.
6. Create a Thank-You page - This is the page that the customer will be directed to after purchase.
7. Add the ClickBank trust badge - A badge that signifies that your product is approved and supported by ClickBank.
8. Create and test the payment link. - The link that will direct customers to the order form.
9. Create a Hoplink - These are links that are used in the marketing materials of CB Affiliates to direct traffic to your sales page.
10. Enter the product information into the CB Marketplace where Affiliates can find and promote it.
11. Request product approval and pay the activation charge.
Interested in learning how to become a Vendor, check out the ClickBank University Training.
