How to Earn Money at Christmas Time
Christmas time can be a very expensive one ,however, you can also take advantage of this time of year by actually making money from it. There are various ways in which you can make money at Christmas which can help fund your own seasonal activities. Below are some tips as to how you can do this.
- Sell!
At Christmas time there are millions of people who are looking for gifts for people. Take advantage of all these shoppers by using this time to sell. Maybe you have items in you house which you no longer need or use which can be useful to someone else. You could put these on ebay or go along to a local car boot sale. People may be likely to buy these items at any time of year but when it draws closer to Christmas there are more people looking around for items to buy as gifts or decorations.
- Make!
Make some items which you can sell. This could be anything from your own handmade Christmas cards which you could sell at your children's school or something more complicated like jewellery or decorations which you could sell on a website. Think of what skills you have and how they can be tailored towards making something this Christmas time that people would be looking to buy. Always remember to try to keep your costs down so do not spend lots on material or the price of a stall so that you will make a decent profit.
- Bake!
There are many people who will be willing to pay someone else to make their Christmas cakes or shortbread for over the festive season. Ask your friends and family if they would like you to make it for them this year and explain that you will be charging a small fee for doing so. Many people would prefer to pay a friend than a big company.
- Cash back
There are many cash back websites which allow you to buy products from shops via them and will give you cash back for doing so. Try buying your Christmas presents this year through websites which are linked to cash back sites so that every purchase you make will reward you with cash! This is a very simple and straight forward way to earn money without going to any effort.
- Arrange a party
You could arrange a Christmas party and charge people tickets to attend. Bare in mind the cost of the food, hiring a Santa and the actual cost of the room to hire and then add a small fee on top of this so that you make a profit out of organising the event. Everyone will have a great time with lots of memories and you will have some money as a result.
- Offer a service
What are you good at? What can you do? Perhaps you could offer to wrap peoples' presents for them for a set price per item or maybe you could do a one off clean in someone's house to prepare it for Christmas. There are other ideas too such as offering yourself as a taxi service for friends attending Christmas parties and such. These may not earn you lots of money but every penny counts and it can also result in your friends feeling very grateful towards your help so you can feel pleased that you have helped someone out too.
Think about what you can offer and how it could make you money. There are ways in which Christmas time offers ideas which are not around all year so do take advantage of them and see if you can earn yourself some money by recognising these potential money making ideas.
