5 Easy Ways of Making Money Online
- 1 - Cashback websites
Let's start with a classic - the cashback websites. It's so simple, and works like a dream! All you do is sign up to one of many cashback websites out there - it's free to do, and the bigest four are quido, greasypalm, topcashback and Rpoints. . Then, whenever you buy anything online, from travel insurance to your weekly grocery shop, all you have to do is click on the link of your retailer , and you'll either get a fixed amount or a percentage of your spend back. Read The best way to shop online to find out more about how cashback websites actually work.
- 2 - Surveys
This is a dead easy way to make money , with very little effort involed. Just sign up for research company, likeYouGov , for example, and you can soon run up a healthy amount . YouGov polls tend to pay between 50p and 1$ for each completed and once 50$ is built up, they send you cheque. Ok, so it might take a while to build up 50$, but it's easy money! Other sites to have a look at includes panelbase and toluna.
- 3 - Flog your old stuff!
When I got back from university, I had an awful lot of books I had no intention of ever reading again ('A critique of practical reason' by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant was firmly at the top of the pile). So I created an account on Amazon, and started selling them.
In no time at all I had pretty much made back the money I had spent on the books in the first place!
Of course, if you have other items you want to get rid of besides books, then the obvious place to start is eBay, but I'd also recommend having a look on Gumtree, as you can list your items for free.
There are a load of other auction sites you can take advantage of, including eBid and OnlineAuction. I'd suggest having a look at OnlineAuctionSites, a site which reviews all auction websites and provides a host of useful information on how much it will cost you to sell your stuff on them.
Read Make money from your old junk (even if it's broken!) for more ideas!
- 4 - Join the blogosphere
If you fancy sharing your thoughts and views on anything and everything, why not start up a blog?
You can do this absolutely free on WordPress. Other sites also allow you to make a few quid from placing adverts on the site (I'd recommend using Google AdSense to keep these as relevant as possible).
You can also sign up to affiliate marketing schemes, which will match your website with suitable advertisers, absolutely free!
- 5 - Flog your photos
Now, this one isn't much use for me - David Bailey I ain't. In fact, I'm banned from using cameras in our family as they are guaranteed to be out of focus, or feature a cheeky little cameo from my thumb.
However, if you are capable of taking photos without involvedmaking a right balls up of it, why not look at selling those photos online? Sign up to sites like Fotolia, iStockPhoto and PictureNation, and you could get paid each time your photo is downloaded.
