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13 ways to earn money online!
There are more ways to make extra money than ever before, both online and offline. That's great, but knowing where to invest your time can be tricky.
Use this list and discover new ideas to make money online and from home. Earn cash from walking, recycling, reviewing music, and even searching the web.
We'll update this page with fresh ways to make money fast, so go ahead and bookmark it.
1. Online paid surveys
A popular way for people to make money online is to fill out online surveys in their spare time. Research companies are always recruiting new members worldwide to answer surveys and test new products.
For a few minutes of form filling, you can quickly make a couple of quid which is paid as cash or rewards. You can bag up to £3 ($5) for some surveys!
2. Searching the web
Interested in how to make money fast by doing what you already do online? This has to be one of the easiest methods of making money online.
Qmee.com rewards you for searching on Google, Bing, Yahoo, Amazon, and eBay. Install a simple browser extension and sponsored results will show alongside your normal search results.
Each Qmee result has a cash reward attached. If you are interested, simply click on it and collect your reward. You can also complete surveys to top up your earnings.
The best thing is there is no minimum to cash out. Our first one was just 72p wired to our Paypal account. You also have the option to donate it to charity.
Sign up now for free and start earning from your own searches!
3. Online market trading
Investing in the stock market isn't necessarily an easy way to make money, but it can be lucrative if you learn to do it properly. By the same token, you may suffer significant losses if you don't take it seriously.
Today there is no need to fund the yachts of Wolf of Wall Street-style stock brokers. You can do it all yourself with the help of online market trading platforms.
Having spent many hours researching this new opportunity, I've been using the popular platform eToro.com.
eToro has over 20 million users worldwide and offers free practice accounts. They featured in the BBC Two documentary "Traders: Millions by the Minute" and sponsor several Premier League football clubs.
4. Start your own website
Interested in generating passive income? You need a website. It's the way to make money while you sleep.
Starting a website with Bluehost takes less than 20 minutes, costs hardly anything, and can be done by an 82-year-old.
It only takes a bit of plugging on social media to get your first visitors, and there are plenty of ways to monetize your site.
Save the Student is just one example of a successful website. Started at the university by Owen Burek, it has since grown to serve over 1 million visitors a month.
Read Owen's step-by-step guide on how to create a website 20 minutes from home. It's really one of the best assets you can have.
5. Review websites & apps
Well, it seems like you're pretty nifty with a web browser. So perhaps it's time to turn pro and browse websites as a paid and fun job!
Introducing UserTesting - a platform that pays everyday people to review all kinds of websites. Each review takes around 20 minutes and bags you $10 (£6.50) via Paypal.
Simply sign up here, complete a test review and look forward to receiving websites in your inbox.
6. Publish a Kindle eBook
If students are good at anything, it's researching and writing. With the Kindle store, anyone can publish an eBook and make money on Amazon.
The Kindle app is now available on any device so your global market is huge!
List your book for £1.49 - £6.99 and you earn 70% of the sale. Considering Amazon is the ultimate selling machine (and remember, people, are looking to spend), that is a fantastic deal.
The key to success with eBooks is to create value, and write non-fiction. Bundling information you have researched and compiled on a common problem (eg. 'secrets' to finding a job) and then presenting it in an easy-to-digest format (an eBook) justifies someone spending a few quid on it.
Have a professional cover designed so it stands out (browse these).
Once your eBook is live on the Kindle store, it's important to get some reviews so it shows up higher in results. Encourage readers to leave an honest review at the end of your book.
The best thing about this lucrative idea is that once you've invested the time (say 20 hours), you'll earn a passive income for years to come!
For more tips see our guide on making money from eBooks.
7. Affiliate marketing
If you have a social media following or a website, you can start making money immediately by promoting all sorts of companies, products, services, and offers online.
Sign up as a publisher on the Awin network. Check their offers blog or browse the merchant listings to find something you think your followers would be interested in. Then grab your affiliate link and share it.
If someone buys using your link you'll make a nice commission (can be within up to 90 days).
Learn more with our guide to affiliate marketing.
8. Mobile phone recycling
You can earn money and help the environment by recycling your old mobile phones and other unused devices. Ask your parents if they have any lying around too.
Head to our page on making money from old phones for the best companies to use and how to ensure you get all the cash quoted to you online.
9. Become a 'Clickworker'
The Clickworker.com concept is based on 'internet crowd-sourcing where businesses advertise specific, scalable tasks they need to complete quickly. And for us, it's an easy way to make money fast from home.
There are a variety of tasks, but most commonly they involve mindless data entry, web research, or form filling.
You are paid in cash (via Paypal) for the work you choose to do.
10. Gigs on Fiverr
Fiverr is the world's largest marketplace for people to make money selling small services (known as 'gigs').
What you offer could be absolutely anything. From writing and translating, social media posting, playing pranks and teaching to creating music, voiceovers, and short video clips for people around the world.
The default price is $5 (hence Fiverr), but you can attach extra services to gigs for more money. Earnings can quickly add up and there are thousands of people making a really good living from the site. The key is to get a system in place which minimizes the time spent on each gig.
There is another way to profit even more from Fiverr, for potentially far less work. How? By simply reselling gigs elsewhere.
For example, find a decent logo designer then reply to jobs on Upwork or local classifieds. A $5 spend can easily become $50+, and it's repeatable! Just check with your designer that they are happy with this.
If you're not interested in selling, there's so much good stuff you can get done for yourself. Have a browse and get inspired!
11. Sell course notes
If you don’t mind sharing your notes with other students, this is a good way to generate some extra cash.
There are several sites where you can upload your notes. When another student downloads them you get paid.
Sites like Nexus Notes and Stuvia are free for you to list your notes. They take a small cut of any sales in return for connecting you with customers.
You can submit handwritten notes but you’re likely to make more money if they’re typed up.
12. Buy and sell domain names
A domain name is just a website address (eg. 'savethestudent.org' or 'mysite.co.uk') and there are lots of extensions (.com, .net, .co.UK, etc).
They cost as little as £4 to register with GoDaddy.com, or even free with Bluehost packages.
Yet premium domain names can fetch £1,000s if not millions when sold on. In 2007 VacationRentals.com sold for a cool $35m!
Now you're not going to come across anything like that, but you could still turn a quick profit with a bit of searching.
The trick is to find available domain names which have some commercial value. Snap them up and then list them for sale on a site like Sedo.com.
13. Create YouTube videos
According to recent stats we now watch more videos on YouTube than searches on Google.
And with the YouTube Partner Program, you can profit from making and uploading videos. You will receive a percentage of the advertising revenue per 1,000 views.
Depending on how successful you are (virality, watch time, subscriber base, and topic) you can make a lot of money. There are plenty of examples every week of YouTubers making it their career.
For more tips read our guide to making money from YouTube.
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