Take Paid Surveys On The Internnet
Until a few months ago, I had never heard of paid surveys. Sure enough, they are real…and they can net you hundreds of dollars each month.
Users are usually notified by email when a qualifying survey is available. Because of that, I recommend signing up for multiple survey sites so you’re eligible for as many surveys as possible.
You won’t get rich from it, as most surveys pay less than $5, but you can easily earn upwards of $100/month or more just by filling out surveys in your spare time. Some sites even give you a free $5 (or more) just for signing up — it’s hard to beat that!
Make money from home with these paid survey sites:
Survey Junkie
Survey Junkie is among the most straightforward survey sites out there, which puts them near the top of this list. All you have to do is sign up to be eligible for surveys. Once you complete a survey you earn a certain amount of points that you can exchange for cash paid directly to a PayPal account or you can redeem your points for gift cards. Super simple.
Swagbucks
Perhaps the most well-known and trusted of all the survey sites, users earn “Swagbucks” (also known as SB’s) for each survey they complete. Swagbucks even gives you a free $10 as an incentive just for signing up.
Vindale Research
Vindale Research asks for information about you that they can match you with fitting surveys. At up to $50 a pop for some surveys, and a free $1 just for signing up, it pays to check in daily to see which ones are available to you. Cashouts are through PayPal.
InboxDollars
Cash and simplicity. Those are my two favorite parts about Inbox Dollars. After a few minutes of answering questions and watching a couple tutorial videos on how the site works, I had $5 added to my account. Pretty sweet!
MyPoints
MyPoints rewards members when they shop online, take surveys, play games, watch videos and more. Similar to Swagbucks, plus they give you a $10 Amazon gift card for free after signing up.
Note: There are dozens of other survey sites out there. These just happen to be the more well-known ones that have a reputation for paying out in a timely manner and not having impossible standards for cashing out. As always, be careful with your personal information. I recommend using an entirely separate email address for survey sites so they don’t clutter your inbox.
2. Start a blog
If you happen to be even a half-decent writer, you can do what you love and make money at home simply by writing about it.
DollarSprout uses a blog as a way to spread information about earning and saving more money. You too can be a source of information (or amusement) for just about anything that interests you.
And you can make money by doing it. A lot of money, in fact.
Whether you’d like to start a lifestyle oriented blog, where you share your favorite home decor ideas, or a beauty and fashion blog where you film makeup tutorials and write product reviews, you can turn your favorite hobby into a budding online business.
Some elite bloggers are even pulling in over $100,000 each month! For example,
- Michelle @ Making Sense of Cents made over $241,000 last month alone!
- or Pat @ Smart Passive Income who made over $167,000 in his last report.
- and lastly there’s Rosemarie @ The Busy Budgeter who also made over $100,000 in her most recent report!
Craziness. And those are but a few of thousands of bloggers making five, and even six-figures a month, working from home.
If you’re new to blogging, want to make money at home but aren’t quite where to start, I’d consider starting a WordPress blog (like this one) with HostGator. It’s a low cost way to start your own online business (less than $5/month) and HostGator offers a 45-day money back guarantee if you deciding blogging just isn’t a good fit for you.
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3. Make money delivering food with UberEats
Depending on where you live, you can deliver food with your car, bike, or scooter. You can deliver day or night, for however long you’d like. Once you are approved with UberEats, you can sign onto the app and start accepting delivery requests right away (and making money).
4. List an extra room in your house on Airbnb
Have an extra room in your house? Going to be gone for a week and are looking to make some serious dough?
Literally make money from your home.
Believe it or not this is seriously the easiest way ever to pull in hundreds (even thousands) of extra dollars per month. Most of it involves very little or no work on your end and there is almost 0 overhead to get started.
This is something that not nearly enough people are taking advantage of. If you own a home, consider putting a room (or the whole place) on Airbnb.
Here’s how it works:
Create a listing by filling out a description, taking and uploading photos, and setting a price. Your listing helps guests get a sense of what your place is like.
Then, you set the availability and house rules for your listing. Once your listing is live, guests can book their stay at your home, and you start earning money.
To up the “trust” factor for both the host and the guests, Airbnb does require some verification information, including phone numbers. After a visit, everyone gets the chance to write a review. Reviews keep guest accountable for treating hosts and their homes with respect, and helps ensure hosts make their space as welcoming as possible.
5. Become a freelance writer (or proofreader)
Along the same lines as starting your own blog, if you haven’t gathered by now, writing quality content for viewers is worth a lot of money. To the tune of several hundred dollars for a 3-4 page article.
If you’re still reading this article, odds are someone would have paid you over $100 for something of similar (or hopefully better) quality.
The better you are at writing, the more your content is worth. Even part time freelance work can add thousands to your monthly income. Holly Johnson from Club Thrifty makes over $200,000 a year from freelance writing! And she has a course that teaches others how to do the same.
If writing isn’t your thing, do what Caitlin Pyle did:
In 2014, Caitlin made over $43,000 by working as a freelance proofreadproofer…part time. If you’ve got a knack for spotting typos or naughty grammar, this side hustle might be right up your alley.
When she wasn’t working, she even had time to go on several fun vacations. After she had a ton of success doing that, she decided she wanted to teach others how to do the same thing, so she started up Proofread Anywhere.
Sign up for one of her free workshops to learn more about how to make money from home as a proofreader.
