Ways to Make Money while Sitting at a Desk
Making money is on most people's minds. This is especially true with the economy in a pinch. No matter what trade a person is in, making money can be a difficult, yet necessary task. Some people go out of the home to jobs, and that's okay. However, many people desire to sit at home in their pajamas at a home office desk and make money. This is alright too. Many people will say the possibility of working from home is just an unattainable pipe dream. It doesn't have to be unattainable. There are several ways to sit behind a desk at home and make money. Some require internet service and a computer. However, not all of them do. Here are a few ideas:
1. Ebay-With ebay, one can sell items with intent to make a profit. To get started with ebay-clean out the closets and garage. Sell anything you don't want or need on ebay. Then, take the profit and use it to bid on cheap, ending auctions. When these are won, resell for further profit. Repeat this. This will get an immediate start at money making from a desk. One can also use dropshipping services such as Doba or SMC and sell their merchandise. No inventory is needed for these. One just lists their items, sells them, and these services ship them. If someone has their own product, it can be sold via ebay as well. Either way, ebay is a quick start for money making from home.
2. Affiliate Websites-Many websites will pay for referrals or sign-ups to their sites. They will pay commissions for their products that are sold online. The marketing can be done online through several marketing sites. These advertisement places include traffic exchanges, safelists, and free classifieds. Commissions earned are paid by check or paypal usually. A few of these affiliate websites that are reputable are Clickbank, SFI, Global Domains International, and Commission Junction. These are all very easy to work with. Some give affiliates advertising websites to use as marketing tools. In a sense, they help the affiliate to succeed. Some of these sites offer free start-up. Succeeding means making money. Isn't that the primary goal?
3. MLM's-Multi-level marketing can be done from the comfort of one's own home. Amway, Avon, and GDI(Global Domains International) are all examples of MLM's. These can all be advertised online through the same means as affiliate websites. These products can even be advertised on facebook and other social networking sites for profit. The more sales made, the more profit it made. Multi-level marketing is very simple to get the hang of as well. This is a little easier than most of the affiliate websites. Most of these require a small start-up fee to get up and running with your own business. The small start-up fees are well worth sitting at home working from a desk in pajamas, huh?
4. Crafty?-Anyone who is crafty can make a profit from home. Make hairbows? Crochet? Sewing? These items can be made at home and sold at home. They can be sold on ebay(at home). They can also be sold on the etsy website. Get crafting, and get to making that money!
5. Writing-Have a talent at writing? One can write books, poetry, or articles at home. Get the books published and reap the royalties. There are several writing websites online that will pay for articles. These include Helium, Bukisa, and Associated Content. Some of these offer writing contests for extra money potential. Royalties are also made off of these articles everytime someone reads one of them. This can add up if a significant amount of articles are published. These are all free to start.
Several of these work from home ideas are very simple. Many can be done at once to make even more money. Most of these ways to make money from a desk at home are cheap or free to start. Cheap and free business start up is priceless.
