How to Make Money Online in 2023: A List of 100+ Legit Ways

13 Best Side Hustles

A side hustle is any economic activity that allows you to earn additional money along with your other commitments.

Let me show you the 13 best side hustle ideas so that you can earn extra money quickly.

Paid Online Surveys

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Participating in surveys for money is perhaps one of the easiest ways to earn money online. 

Brands need your feedback so they can either keep on track or increase their efforts and improve their products/services. That’s why they’re open to paying you for providing your honest opinion about them. All you need to do is fill out a small questionnaire about the brand that you’ve used.

But how can you find surveys for money? In fact, there’s a range of survey sites like Survey Junkie and Branded Surveys rewarding you either with gift cards or PayPal cash.

And since it doesn’t require any particular skills, paid online surveys are especially a great option for a college looking to make more money.

Paid Focus Groups

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If you want to step up your game and earn even more for providing your opinion, then you should consider participating in paid focus groups. 

Focus groups are more in-depth studies, aiming to get your feedback about certain topics and/or brands, companies, and products. It’s usually held in-person, but you’ll also find a number of focus groups that are held online.

As a focus group participant, you’ll be sitting with 7-11 other people in a group to answer specific questions asked by the moderator. These questions often turn into a discussion, which helps researchers get more insights about the topic.

Product Testing

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Would you like to receive free products from various brands, including some of the world-famous ones like Nike and Procter & Gamble?

What’s best, all it takes to become a product tester is to opt-in for product tester programs. Once you receive free products and test them, you should provide your honest opinion.

Note that while most product testing programs will let you keep the product forever, some might require you to return it after testing.

Website Testing Jobs

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As a website tester, your goal is to visit a website and provide your honest opinion about:

• The site’s design
• Layout
• Overall user experience
• Find bugs

Website testing is an essential step for many businesses because they need to make their websites perfect before it rolls out to the public.

Related: 28 Sites to Find Website Testing Jobs

Pro tip: Sign up for multiple website testing jobs to increase your earning potential.

Play Games for Money

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If you enjoy spending your leisure time playing games, then you might as well make money out of it.

While you may have heard that testing video games is a lucrative career, you can also make money playing more casual games like trivia, Second Life, and more.

Let’s take a look at what you need to start making money playing games:

• Smartphone – iPhone or Android with latest software updates
• PC or laptop – Intel 5 or more
• Sign up for websites that reward you for playing games, such as InboxDollars, MistPlay, Second Life, and more.
• PayPal account on your name to withdraw your earnings

Get Paid to Watch Videos

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It’s no secret that many of us enjoy watching videos. But the fact that you can get paid to watch videos is almost too good to be true.

But let me tell you this, companies need to get their videos in front of as many people as possible. That’s why, there are websites and apps like Swagbucks, InboxDollars, MyPoints, and more.

Get Paid for Searching Web

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You’ve heard it! You can indeed make money for searching the web – what you’re probably already doing anyway.

There are different ways you can earn money by searching the web:

1. Swagbucks will pay you for using its search engine. The platform uses Yahoo! Search, so rest assured, you won’t notice any significant difference compared to Google. And you’ll earn about $0.50 for each hour of search activity. Once you accumulate $25, you can redeem your earnings for PayPal cash or gift cards.
2. You just activate Honeygain, continue using your device as you normally would. Honeygain then accesses your internet browsing data and uses it to help its partner companies improve their digital presence. And for this, you’ll receive around $0.01 for every 10 MB of traffic you share.

Now, while searching the web for money may not be the most lucrative gig, it’s still making money for no extra effort. So it’s better than nothing. You just need to download or opt-in for apps that will pay you for searching the web.

Get Paid to Read Books

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If you’re a bookworm, always exploring new books, you can turn your interest in reading to develop a decent side hustle. Or even a new career.

In fact, there are multiple ways to get paid to read books. Let’s what you can do:

1. Read books and write reviews – this is the most optimal way to earn money for reading books if you enjoy writing. Writing a 350-500-word book review will typically earn you anywhere between $5 – $60. Kirkus and Online Book Club are some of the best platforms you can join to find such gigs.
2. Read audiobooks – writing isn’t for you? No problem. For example, you can find jobs on Voices.com and earn up to $200/hour for reading books out loud.
3. Get “paid” with free books – if you like the idea of becoming the book review influencer, you can join platforms like NetGalley, My Reader Rewards Club, Moody Press, and more to get free books. Once you receive free books, you should review them and spread the word to your audience.

Make Money Selling Photos of Yourself

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As a photography enthusiast, you might be thinking that you have to work long hours shooting the events to earn a significant amount of money. 

However, you can shoot a photo once and sell it unlimited times through stock image stores like:

• Shutterstock – $9.16 to $9.80 per image sold
• Foap – $5 per image sold
• GettyImages – get 20% commission for exclusive image sales
• Adobe Stock – get 33% commission for each sale
• And more

You can even sell your selfies through Stylinity and earn anywhere from $5 to $50 per image. Here’s the case study of a 23-year old Lottie Miles, who makes over $3,000 per month with her selfies.

Related: 10 Platforms to Sell Stock Photos

Rent Your Stuff

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Renting out different things can earn you money on a monthly basis. The best thing is, you can rent out a whole range of different things in different categories. 

Let’s see some examples of things you can rent out for extra money:

Rental Item	Earning Potential	List On
Car	$30+ per day	Turo
House	$1,000+ per month	Airbnb
Garage, Attic, Basement	$250 per month	Neighbor
RVs & Campers	$50 – $275 per day	Outdoorsy
Money	Average return: 5-10%	LendingClub
Clothes	$30 – $150 per day	Style Lend
Camera Gear	$15 – $1,000 per day	KitSplit

Pro tip: To maximize your earnings, rent out as many things as possible.

Sell Your Stuff

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Let’s be honest, most of us have extremely cluttered storage rooms. There are things that we don’t use anymore, but don’t want to throw away as well.

The best solution here is to sell your stuff. You’ll not only declutter your storage but also make some money out of it.

So what can you sell? 

Literally anything from old CDs/DVDs to wedding dresses and accessories. 

The best thing is, there are over 65 best places to sell your stuff online, including: 

• eBay
• OfferUp
• Facebook Marketplace
• Poshmark
• Peddle
• Gazelle

Pro tip: Clean and fix your items before taking quality photos to make your listing more appealing to potential buyers.

Review Music

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Choosing the right music for radio stations, movies, TV-shows, or even YouTube videos usually takes plenty of time. That’s where the MusicGateway comes into play. It offers people who are looking for music a perfectly categorized music library. 

On the other hand, you as a music curator spend your day reviewing music and labeling them with matching categories.

Most days, you’ll receive hundreds of song applications a day and you need to categorize them by:

• Genre
• Feel
• Instrumentation
• Male or female vocals
• And anything else you can think of

The best part is that you get paid based on how many pieces of music you review. Let’s take a look at your earning potential with MusicGateway:

Submissions	Earnings
0-199	0
200-499	140
500-999	$280
1000-2499	$560
2500	$1120

Note: You can sign up as a music curator from the US as well, even though earnings are given in Pounds.

Test Games for Money

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If playing video games is your hobby, I have great news for you!

Depending on how much of your time and attention you want to put into gaming, there are various ways you can earn money testing video games. Accordingly, different ways and platforms will earn you different amounts of money.

Let’s take a look at some of the most popular ways you can make money gaming:

Platform	What to do	Earning potential
Twitch	Stream video games	$3,000+ per month
Game Testers Net	Report bugs	$50 – $150 per hour
Sign with eSports Team	Compete and win tournaments in a team	$1,000 – $5,000 per month

However, the potential is unlimited and there are a number of people who play games for a living. For example, PewDiePie is the most popular gamer who has made $15,5 Million in 2018.

Related: 14 Sites to Find Video Game Tester Jobs

16 Best Money Making Apps

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Money making apps give you an opportunity to easily earn money right from your smartphone. Since money making apps reward you with money for completing simple tasks in your spare time, you’re not required to have any special skills. 

What’s more, most money making apps reward you for doing simple things you’re already doing on a daily basis anyway, such as shopping, watching videos, playing games, or more.

Shopkick

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Shopkick is one of the major shopping rewards apps that allows you to earn points you can redeem for gift cards. 

With Shopkick, you can earn points for:

• Watching videos
• Walking into stores
• Scanning items
• Submitting receipts of in-store or in-app purchases
• Shopping 
• And more

When it comes to earning potential, each task gives you a unique number of kicks you can redeem for gift cards from popular retailers like Amazon and Starbucks later on. And there’s no limit as to how much you can earn in total.

For instance, walking into a certain store can earn you 80 cents, watching each 10-30-second video is worth up to 10 cents and referring a friend to the platform gives you $1.

Rakuten

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Rakuten is the largest online shopping platform that offers you cash-backs, deals, and shopping rewards on your regular online purchases.

How much you’ll get in cash-backs varies from store to store. Here are some of the examples of cash-backs Rakuten offers you:

Brand	Cash-back	On what
Nike	0.08	On qualifying orders
Samsung	2-3%	Categories like mobile phones & accessories, tablets, laptops, wearables, home appliances, TVs & home theater, and other categories.
AT&T	Up to $150	Mobile plans
Sephora	6%	Most cosmetic brands on Sephora online
Postmates	$5 off your first 5 orders and additional cash-back of up to $7 from Rakuten	Groceries

But apart from online purchases, Rakuten also lets you earn cash-backs (up to 6%) in certain physical stores, including H&M, Gap, Guess, BareMinerals, and many more. All you need to do to claim your in-store cash-back you should link the offer to your debit card using the Rakuten app.

Ibotta

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Ibotta is a savings app that lets you earn cash-back on your regular online or in-store shopping at popular stores like Amazon, Target, and more. 

The app currently features a total of 1,500 major brands. Once you download the Ibotta app on your smartphone, you’ll find the stores available in your location. Additionally, you can set your favorite stores so their offers pop up first in the app.

The table below shows how much Ibotta can save you:

Walmart	$0.25 – $4 cash-back
Groupon	Up to 10% cash-back
Petsmart.com	10% cash-back
Bed, Bath & Beyond	2% cash-back
Macy’s	15% cash-back

What’s more, as a new user, you can claim $20 as a ‘Welcome Bonus’. Ibotta offers 2 types of bonuses you can claim as a new user:

1. Get a $5 welcome bonus when you redeem your first offer using the Ibotta app within 7 days of registering
2. Get a $15 welcome bonus when you redeem your first 9 in-store shopping offers

Mistplay

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If you’re an Android user and love playing games MistPlay will pay you for what you’re already doing – playing games.

Mistplay rewards you with points when you play in-app games. And these points are redeemable for a range of gift cards from top retailers like Amazon, Google Play, and virtual Visa gift cards.

Raise

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Raise is an online marketplace for gift cards, where you can find both digital and physical gift cards at discounted rates. Discount rates usually range between 1% and 30%.

With Raise, you’ll find discounted gift cards from brands like:

• Target
• Walmart
• Starbucks
• Best Buy
• Lowe’s
• Nike
• Macy’s
• Airbnb
• iTunes

But Raise can not only help you save money on your next purchase with a gift card, it also allows you to make money in 2 ways:

1. Sell your unwanted gift cards
2. Buy a discounted gift card from the platform and resell it for profit

Pro tip: Stack these discounts with store deals and cash-back apps to maximize your saving potential.

Fetch Rewards

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Fetch Rewards is one of the largest shopping apps rewarding you with points you can redeem for gift cards and sweepstakes each time you shop.

The most amazing thing about Fetch Rewards is that it lets you save on your regular purchases, without having to change your shopping habits or increasing expenses.

For example, you’ll earn 25 points for just scanning receipts, and additionally, you’ll earn points on special offers:

• 500 points – when you purchase Dove hair care or hair styling products
• 1,000 points – when you purchase Axe antiperspirant deodorant

1,000 points = $1

And all you need to earn rewards from Fetch, you just need to download the Fetch app on your iPhone, or Android smartphone. 

Once you’ve done that, you can upload receipts to the Fetch app using your smartphone from:

• ANY grocery stores
• Restaurants
• Liquor stores
• Convenience stores
• Gas stations
• Drugstores
• Big Box and Club Membership stores
• Pet stores
• Hardware stores
• Retail, clothes & fashion stores

Drop

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Drop is a shopping app letting you earn gift cards from popular retailers like Amazon, Target, and more, on your regular purchases. 

But what differs the Drop app from other similar shopping apps is that you only need to connect the app to your debit or credit card once and forget about it. The app will automatically transfer cash-backs into your account.

This way, you’re not spending time selecting available offers or uploading receipts to the app.

Here’s the example of your earnings with the Drop app.

Store	Reward
Walmart	2 points for each $1 spent
Trader Joe’s	12 points for each $1 spent

1,000 Drop points = $1

HealthyWage

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HealthyWage is a weight loss platform, encouraging you to achieve your weight loss goal by rewarding you with cash prizes and competitions. Apart from these financial incentives, you’ll be also getting social motivation and positive peer pressure from the app.

The best thing about HealthyWage is that you can either participate individually or join the team to reach your health goals together. Plus, you can choose the fitness plan and diet according to your preferences.

In fact, the app simply doesn’t provide fitness or diet plans. It simply gives you motivation and encourages healthy weight loss.

Sweatcoin

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Similar to HealthyWage, Sweatcoin is an app that encourages you to live healthier. 

The way Sweatcoin works is it automatically tracks your steps and rewards you with its own currency – sweatcoins – for walking.

As a beginner Sweatcoin member, you can earn $0.25 per day walking around 5,000 steps. But there are different membership levels, allowing you to earn more as you level up. 

As mentioned above, the app has its own currency, called Sweatcoin, which you can redeem for the following rewards:

• Physical products – such as fitness apparel, or equipment, shaving products, jewelry.
• Restaurant vouchers, holiday vouchers.
• Digital offers
• Pay using Sweatcoins
• Bucket list
• Marathon offers – earn an Apple Watch, iPhone, Samsung TV, $1,000 in PayPal cash.

Pro hack: You can use Sweatcoin while running or cycling to maximize your earning potential.

Tally

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Tally is a personal finance app for iPhone or Android smartphones, that helps you pay down your credit cards. 

What’s more, using your FICO score, Tally saves you money by analyzing credit cards with the highest and lowest APRs and assisting you to pay down your credit cards faster. 

The Tally app also bundles all of your credit cards into one single payment to offer a lower interest rate and a late fee protection guarantee.

To qualify for the Tally app, you’ll need a FICO score of 660.

Foap

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Whether you’re an amateur or professional photographer, you can sell your work at Foap marketplace and earn anywhere from $5 to $100 on a single image download.

Imagine this, you’ve shot an amazing photo. You upload it on Foap. People appreciate your work and purchase it. You’ll get a 50% revenue share from Foap.

Basically, Foap is a great way to generate passive income as you publish your work once and it can be sold unlimited times.

Fluz

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Fluz is a cash-back app that lets you earn cash-backs while you shop. But that’s not all. Unlike other cash-back apps, Fluz allows you to invite your friends to the app and earn cash-backs every time they shop as well.

With Fluz, you can earn cash-backs at your favorite stores and retailers, including:

• Sephora
• Domino’s Pizza
• Macy’s
• DoorDash
• Uber
• Hulu
• Netflix
• Adidas
• And more.

And what’s best about Fluz is that it allows you to securely transfer your earned funds to your bank account via PayPal.

Dabbl

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Dabbl is a free money-making app that allows you to earn some extra cash for completing small simple tasks.

Small tasks include:

• Participating in short surveys, 
• Watching short videos
• Answering trivia questions
• Playing interactive games

The only major drawback of Dabbl is perhaps that it doesn’t offer cash withdrawals. The only way you can use your earnings is to redeem them for gift cards. However, the app gives you a range of gift cards from popular retailers, including:

• Walmart
• Amazon
• Starbucks
• Target
• Best Buy
• Bed, Bath & Beyond
• Lowes
• TJ Maxx

Dosh

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Dosh is another cash-back app that’s widely used among savings-savvy people. The simplicity of using Dosh is one of the major things most users appreciate. You just download the app on your iPhone or Android smartphone, link your card at sign up and automatically earn cash-backs on your regular purchases.

Once you reach $25 in cash-back earnings, you can transfer money to your bank, PayPal, or Venmo.

The list of Dosh partner stores includes Walmart, Asos, Sephora, and more. For example, you could earn $2.64 on your $26.44 Sephora purchase.

But that’s not all. Dosh also partners with thousands of hotels, offering you a cash-back of up to 40% when you travel.

BeFrugal

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BeFrugal is a shopping app that offers various ways to save and make money, including:

• Coupons for restaurants
• Daily deals – e.g. “Buy 1, get 1 egg McMuffin at McDonald’s”
• Cash-backs of up to 40% for online purchases at over 5,000 stores.

Plus, you’ll get $10 for every friend that joins BeFrugal with your referral link and earns their first $10 in cash-back.

What’s good about BeFrugal is that it allows 3 ways to clear earnings:

Payout Option	Min. Transfer Requirement
PayPal	0.01
Direct deposit in your bank account	0.01
Check	$25

Gig jobs allow you to set your own schedule around your current commitments, and complete tasks assigned to you. Generally, gigs are one-time jobs, but you’ll often find repeat clients with whom you can build up a reliable relationship and ultimately a longer-term income stream.

11 Best Gig Economy Jobs

Let’s take a look at what options you have to join the gig economy today.

Delivery Gigs

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If you own the car and making money delivering online orders to customers’ doorsteps sounds good to you, then you should consider delivery gigs.

What’s best about delivery gigs is that you don’t need any special skills to start working. Here are the requirements most delivery gigs require:

• Be at least 18 years old
• Have a high school diploma
• Have a valid driver’s license
• Own a vehicle that is insured
• Provide a clear criminal record
• Have an up-to-date iPhone or Android smartphone to run the app

Best delivery gig platforms: Postmates, Shipt, and Amazon Flex.

Related: 25 Companies to Find Delivery Driver Jobs

Driving Gigs

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Another option to make money with your car is to become a rideshare driver and help people transport from one place to another.

Lyft is one of the largest ride-sharing apps that operate throughout the United States, connecting you to people who need a ride.

All you need to become a rideshare driver is:

• Have a valid driving license
• Consent to a background check (Lyft checks your criminal background and driving history)
• Have your car or a rental (vehicle must have 4 doors)
• Insurance and other documents 

What’s more, Lyft provides you tools to help you earn more and offers cash-back and discount deals on various purchases, including groceries, gas, and car services.

Related: How to Make Money with Lyft?

Dog Walking Apps

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Walking dogs is perhaps a dream job for every dog lover. Luckily, dog parents get so busy they require help from others to walk their dogs or even take care of them during the day.

And there are dog walking apps like Rover and Wag that provide you with leads that you can convert into long-term clients. Basically, these apps allow you to start your dog walking business and make money doing what you enjoy.

Pro tip: Walk multiple dogs at a time to maximize your hourly earning potential. E.g. if you can walk 5 dogs at once, you could be earning $50 per hour.

Related: 14 Sites to Find Dog Walking Gigs

Grocery Shopper Jobs (Instacart)

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Do you like shopping? Then becoming a personal shopper and doing grocery shopping on others’ behalf might be a perfect job for you.

Instacart is an app that connects you to people who need you to shop for them. 

What’s good about Instacart is that it gives you 2 options to make money shopping:

Option	What you have to do	Finances
Full-service shopper (independent contractor)	1 – Accept the order request2 – Drive to a specific store3 – Collect the items in the order4 – Deliver the order to your customers’ doorsteps	Get paid weekly. Earn $7 – $10 per order.
In-store shopper (Instacart employee)	In-store shopper (Instacart employee)	Get paid monthly. Earn $13/hour.

Mystery Shopping

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Mystery shopping or secret shopping is a flexible gig, which requires you to visit businesses anonymously and check the standards of service they offer.

Businesses you might be assigned to visit include: 

• Retail stores
• Restaurants
• Movie theaters 
• Banks
• Medical institutions
• Any type of service provider

In other words, you’d have to visit the business as if you’re a normal customer. You might have to ask certain questions to audit their customer service, or you might be required to simply take a photo of their entrance.

And after you leave the venue, you’ll also need to fill out a simple questionnaire that will showcase your experience with the business.

Pro tip: Since it’s a little daunting to find mystery shopping jobs as a beginner, it’s a good idea to sign up for multiple platforms offering mystery shopper jobs.

Related: 30 Sites to Find Mystery Shopper Jobs

Best platforms to find mystery shopping gigs: Shopkick, Market Force, Secret Shopper.

Housekeeping Jobs

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Housekeeping jobs tend to appeal because they are considered low-stress, while you can take pride in delivering a high standard of service to homeowners or hotel guests. 

Moreover, there are lots of opportunities in the housekeeping industry. 

But what is housekeeping exactly? In general, housekeeping roles vary and you might have to do one, or multiple tasks, including:

• Cleaning – you may be required to vacuum, wash dishes, clean bathrooms, tidy, and mop floors.
• Babysitting – includes looking after children.
• Pet Sitting – may involve feeding, grooming, and walking pets.
• Preparing Food – some clients may require you to cook meals and prepare snacks.

Best platforms to find housekeeping jobs: Care.com, Handy.com, ThumbTack, and Pro Housekeepers.

Related: 15 Sites to Find Housekeeping Jobs

Car Wash Jobs

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If turning dirty cars into shiny ones is something you enjoy, then car wash jobs might be a great fit for you. As a car wash attendant, your daily job would include cleaning customers’ car interior and exterior.

So what do you need to get a job in a car wash? 

• First, you’ll need to learn about different types of cleaning agents and materials. ChemicalSafetyFacts.org is a great platform where you can find all the information you need. 
• Level up your customer service skills, because you’ll need to provide an excellent service to succeed. I highly recommend taking an Online Customer Service Class on SkillShare.
• Sign up at online platforms that provide car wash jobs.

Best platforms to find car wash jobs: MobileWash, Washos, Crew Carwash, Splash Car Wash.

Related: 15 Car Wash Companies that Hire Now

Babysitting Jobs

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1 in 10 parents hire a babysitter to take care of their kids after school, and 13% of parents have hired overnight sitters. These are the numbers the 2017 study has shown. What’s more, 74% of parents hire a babysitter at least once a month.

So if you like spending time with children, babysitting is a great option you can consider.

But note that babysitting isn’t a job to be taken lightly. Here are some things that you should know to become a babysitter: 

• First of all, you should know the basics of child care and safety. If you’re not experienced in these, you can take a Babysitting Basics Online Course that the Red Cross offers for $45.
• You can also learn first-aid basics and CPR. This is optional but some recruitment platforms may require you to pass the CPR certification.

Best platforms to find babysitting jobs: Babysits, Care.com, Sittercity, UrbanSitter.

Moving Gigs (Bellhop)

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33 million Americans move every year. And while many people will move by themselves, most people would pay for moving services.

Bellhop is a platform that connects you with people who are seeking movers to help them move with ease.

What’s best about this job is that joining Bellhop is extremely easy.

Here are the requirements to sign up as a mover:

• Be able to lift 100+ lbs
• Pass a background check
• Be at 18 years or older
• Be trained, licensed, and insured to get regular work on the platform
• Own a smartphone to use the Bellhop app
• Have access to a reliable transport
• Have a checking account to get paid

Contractor Gigs (Thumbtack)

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Whether you’re already providing certain professional services as an independent contractor or as a team, you can find Thumbtack to be a useful platform for getting new leads and clients.

Thumbtack allows you to sign up as a Pro and connect with people who seek skilled people in one thing or another. 

Here’s the list of service categories you can provide as a Thumbtack Pro:

• Home improvement/remodeling
• Repair and technical support
• Cleaning 
• Pet training, grooming, sitting
• Wellness
• Business
• Events
• Design and web
• Lessons
• Crafts
• Photography
• Legal
• Writing, translation, and transcription

Since you’re an independent contractor, you’re free to set your own prices and schedule. Accordingly, your earnings would depend entirely on these factors. However, Glassdoor states that Pro Service providers’ annual earnings at Thumbtack range between $40,000 and $43,000.

House Sitting Jobs

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Many people hire house sitters to protect their properties and look after their plants or pets when they are on a vacation. In exchange, you as a house sitter get to stay at their houses and use their facilities, while also getting paid for the service you provide.

House sitting job is a great way to save (and make) money on accommodation while traveling. But you may also do it in your local area as well.

Best platforms to find house sitting jobs: Trusted Housesitters, Mind My House, HouseCarers, Care.com.

Related: 17 Platforms to Find House Sitting Jobs

24 Best Freelance Jobs to Make Money Online

A freelance job is any job that doesn’t employ you, rather businesses order certain professional services from you. Accordingly, you’re paid per-project basis and have the flexibility in terms of your work schedule and location.

Let’s list the most lucrative freelance jobs you can consider taking today.

Virtual Assistant Jobs

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A virtual assistant (VA) job is to assist businesses virtually, from a remote location, such as a home office. This position is commonly demanded by entrepreneurs and small online businesses who need help with various tasks, including: 

• Managing emails, calendars, and appointments – e.g. replying to emails, calling clients to set up appointments, managing work calendars.
• Customer service – e.g. answering calls and replying to emails to help customers solve their issues.
• Research – e.g. searching the web to find relevant information, facts, and figures.
• Social media management – e.g. updating profiles, posting photos/videos, replying to comments, extracting data for analytics, running ads.
• Simple digital marketing tasks – e.g. writing and publishing blog posts, interacting with online communities, checking web analytics data, performing search engine optimizations.
• Personal tasks like booking hotels and restaurants – using online platforms or over the phone.

If you’re looking for in-depth guidance to become a Virtual Assistant, I highly recommend you check out the Horkey Handbook FullyBookedVA Virtual Assistant Course.

Best platforms to find VA jobs: Fancy Hands, FlexJobs, ZipRecruiter, Zirtual.

Related: 55 Sites to Find Virtual Assistant Jobs

Proofreading Jobs

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The very last step in the writing process is proofreading, which includes proofing spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors as well as inconsistencies. 

As a proofreader, you might have to edit written content, such as:

• Student essays 
• Blogs 
• Online articles 
• Interviews 
• Cases Studies 
• User manuals 
• eBooks 
• Press releases 
• Newsletters 
• Social media posts

Since a proofreader’s job is to make the textual content perfect, you’ll be required to have the following skills:

• Attention to details
• Fluency in the language you’re proofreading
• Rich vocabulary
• Perfect knowledge of grammatical rules
• Some understanding of the subject matter

Best platforms to find proofreading jobs: ProofReadingServices, ProofreadingPal, Prompt.

Related: 29 Sites to Find Online Proofreading Jobs

Chat Jobs

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Every business needs a customer service representative that will support the customers and help them solve issues via chat.

So in order to get this job, you’ll need to have at least basic customer support experience. Other requirements for chat jobs include having:

• PC, or laptop
• A reliable internet connection
• Typing speed of at least 35 words per minute
• Professional and friendly attitude
• Ability to handle several conversations at once
• Clear communication skills

Best platforms to find chat jobs: Alorica, ModSworkdayquad, Apple.

Related: 28 Sites to Find Chat Jobs to Work from Home

Writing Jobs

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If you’re good at writing, you could join freelancing platforms and offer your copywriting services.

As a freelance writer, you can write content for:

• Blogs
• Websites
• Social media posts
• News articles
• Whitepapers
• Press releases
• Books & eBooks
• Reports
• Research papers
• Video scripts
• Conferences 

While you can find a writing job without much experience, you need to have strong research skills and be fluent in the language you’re writing in.

Best platforms to find writing jobs: Upwork and Fiverr.

Related: 50 Sites to Find Remote Writing Jobs

Transcriptionist Jobs

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As a transcriptionist, your job would be to turn voice recordings into text documents. Voices are typically recorded during the meetings where professionals discuss medical, legal, or other topics.

To become a transcriptionist, you must have an excellent command of language and fast, yet accurate typing skills. Working as a transcriptionist, you’ll be spending your workday typing as you listen to the recording, converting audio files to text documents.

It’s important to ensure that the text document you’ve developed 100% aligns with the voice recording.

Best platforms to find transcriptionist jobs: Scribie, Quicktate, TranscribeMe, SpeakWrite.

Consulting Jobs

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Many business owners rely on consultants to help them solve their questions or issues with their professional expertise. So if you’re an expert in any niche, you can provide invaluable services.

But what would you be doing on a daily basis? Essentially, as a consultant, you’d be scheduling either online or in-person consultation sessions and provide expert recommendations, analysis, and opinions to individuals, companies, or organizations.

Consultants usually serve as an objective troubleshooter, providing strategies to improve performance and prevent issues.

Some of the most common consulting niches include:

• Legal
• Financial, or accounting
• Business development
• Sales and marketing
• IT and computer sciences

Best platforms to find consulting jobs: LinkedIn and Upwork.

Related: How to Become a Consultant? (10 Steps)

English Teaching Jobs

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Whether you’re an established English language teacher or someone who’s passionate about teaching foreigners English, you can become an online English teacher.

While some online tutoring platforms would require a degree, there are others that don’t require one, yet still pay well. 

However, a TEFL certification will help you jumpstart your career from the very beginning. And there are 2 ways to get TEFL certified:

	Cost of Courses	Where to Register
Online	$400+	TEFL.org
On-site	$1,000+	Find TEFL courses near you

Best platforms to find English teaching jobs: VIPKID, Skooli, DaDa, iTutorGroup.

Related: 26 Websites to Teach English Online

Social Media Jobs

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In today’s world, every business needs social media presence. Accordingly, they need people to manage their social media accounts. 

As a freelance social media manager, you’d be doing various tasks on a daily basis, including:

• Scheduling, planning, and publishing content across different social media platforms
• Tracking, analyzing, and reporting campaign performance
• Looking for opportunities on social networks
• Working with influencers to enhance business visibility, drive lead generation, and increase sales

Best platforms to find social media manager jobs: LinkedIn, 99 Dollar Social, Vendasta, Upwork.

Related: 14 Sites to Find Social Media Manager Jobs

Customer Service Jobs

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Businesses need customer service representatives. And technological development allows you to become a freelance customer service agent and work from the comfort of your home.

But what would be your responsibility as a freelance customer service agent? Most commonly, duties on this position include:

• Answering customer queries via email, website live chat, social media messengers, or over the phone.
• Helping customers solve issues related to the product or service your company provides.  They may also have issues related to online payments or shipping.

Best place to find customer service jobs: FlexJobs, Amazon, TTEC, Remote, and Pink Callers.

Related: 15 Sitest to Find Remote Customer Service Jobs

Online Tutoring Jobs

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If you’re passionate about teaching, then you might as well consider online tutoring jobs. As an online tutor, you can make money teaching students the subject you’re good at. 

Online tutoring involves working within an interactive digital classroom – teaching one-on-one or to a group of students. 

What’s best about online tutoring is that some platforms (e.g. Cambly) don’t require any specific qualifications and even hire teens. On the other hand, some platforms would require you to have specific certifications.

Moreover, some online tutoring platforms may require you to have certain technical equipment, such as a webcam and microphone. 

Best platforms to find online tutoring jobs: Magic Ears, Peerly, Cambly.

Related: 54 Sites to Find Online Tutoring Jobs

Data Entry Jobs

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As a data entry clerk, your job would include taking hard copy information, such as survey responses, sales receipts, or addresses, and entering them into a computer program. Your responsibilities may also include:

• Coding insurance forms
• Scanning documents
• Transcribing audio files

Data entry clerks typically work with law firms, medical practices, sales organizations, and other professionals.

Best platforms to find data entry jobs: Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, Axion Data Entry Services, Capital Typing.

Related: 17 Sites to Find Remote Data Entry Jobs

Accounting Jobs

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If you’re a certified accountant or planning to become one, you could consider freelance accounting jobs as well.

As a freelance accountant, you’d have the same responsibilities as you would at a regular office job, including: 

• Maintaining records of financial transactions
• Processing payments 
• Creating financial reports
• Ensuring the accuracy of the company’s financial documents
• Filing tax reports 

Here’s the step-by-step guide to becoming an accountant, in case you’re still wondering how to start your career:

1. Learn accounting principles at Udemy.com
2. Learn how to use accounting software like QuickBooks
3. Get accountant certifications: CPA – Certified Public Accountant, or CMA – Certified Management Accountant
4. Practice your accounting skills or volunteer to do the job for free
5. Apply for remote accountant jobs that are hiring beginners

Best platforms to find accounting jobs: Accountingfly, AccountantList, Remotive.

Related: 15 Sites to Find Remote Accounting Jobs

Photography Jobs

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The variety of freelance photography jobs allow you to develop in the niche that you feel most comfortable in.

The table below shows some of the most popular photography niches, how much they could earn you and where to find relevant jobs.

	Average Earning Potential	Platform
Wedding Photography	$500 per wedding	Thumbtack
Food Photography	$16 – $34 hourly	Indeed
Fashion Photography	$20/hour	ZipRecruiter
Estate Agency Photography	$32 – $96 hourly	Airbnb
Event Photography	$15/hour	Indeed
Medical Photography	$22/hour	Indeed
Portraiture Photography	$14/hour	Glassdoor
Film Set Photography	$20/hour	ZipRecruiter
Product Photographer	$5 – $15 per photo	Fiverr

Related: 14 Photography Jobs

Web Developer Jobs

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If developing websites sounds interesting to you, you might as well consider web developer jobs.

A web developer’s main duty is to turn a web design into a functional website by writing lines of code using computer languages like HTML and CSS.

If you like the idea of becoming a freelance web developer but have no experience, don’t worry. Treehouse offers online courses that you can take regardless of your educational background or current web development skill level. This platform provides a wide range of web development topics, including computer languages, securities, machine learning, APIs, and more.

Best platforms to find web developer jobs: Upwork, Leftronic, GitHub, Toptal.

Related: 14 Sites to Find Web Developer Jobs

Digital Marketing Jobs

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Digital marketing is one of the highest-paid careers nowadays. Plus, it allows you to start from scratch and build your way up. 

If you’re still unfamiliar, digital marketing is a form of marketing that leverages the power of the internet and digital technologies to reach new customers and engage with existing ones. 

Pro tip: Consider taking the Complete Digital Marketing Course on Udemy to develop your skills.

Let’s take a look at the highest paying and best part-time digital marketing jobs:

Highest Paid Digital Marketing Jobs	Best Part-time Digital Marketing Jobs
Digital media manager ($66,000 annually)	Email marketing specialist ($21/hour)
E-commerce specialist ($56,388 annually)	SEO specialist ($25/hour)
Content strategist ($61,000 annually)	Blogger ($18/hour)
Brand marketing ($70,000 annually)	Social media manager ($16/hour)
Digital marketing manager ($75,000 annually)	Pay-per-click manager ($22/hour)

Best platforms to find digital marketing jobs: LinkedIn and Upwork.

Related: 10 Digital Marketing Jobs

Graphic Designer Jobs

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Since people respond best to images, businesses hire professional graphic designers to do the job and captivate their customers with visual content.

As a graphic designer, your job is to turn ideas into visual concepts using computer software or by hand, which transfers certain messages to customers. Graphic images should either inform, captivate or inspire the audience.

So if you’re a tech-savvy creative person, you might as well consider becoming a graphic designer.

Graphic designers typically create content for various products, including:

• Logos
• Websites
• Advertising – social media or traditional
• Product packaging and labels
• Apparel 

Best platforms to find graphic designer jobs: 99 Designs, Upwork, Fiverr, Behance, Dribble, Zazzle.

Related: 11 Remote Graphic Design Jobs

Photo Editing Jobs

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A photo editor’s job is to work with photographers, designers, or business owners directly to create on-brand images that improve the viewing experience for clients and customers. You may even work with social media influencers to provide them with the best quality images for their social media posts.

While being a great photographer isn’t required for photo editing jobs, you’ll still need:

• A creative mindset
• Eye for details
• Basic knowledge of lighting, camera techniques, and color balance

Best platforms to find photo editing jobs: Fiverr, Upwork, SimplyHired.

Related: 13 Sites to Find Photo Editing Jobs

Product Design Jobs

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A product designer is a professional, who works with various clients – model makers, engineers, sales and marketing staff, and others – to create appealing products that meet project specifications.

This role requires you to use graphic design and 3D modeling software, or other techniques to help develop the product design.

Best platforms to find product design jobs: Toptal, Dribbble, Upwork.

Related: 11 Websites to Find Product Design Jobs

Narrator Jobs

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In today’s busy world, many people have changed their reading patterns. Audiobooks are now becoming a convenient way to enjoy a good story or learn something new when people are driving, doing chores, or other tasks.

Accordingly, the demand for audiobook narrators has increased as well. As an audio narrator, your job is to read a book aloud in order to convert the text to an audio file.

So if you’re a bookworm and would like to earn money reading books, narrator jobs are perhaps the best job for you.

Best platforms to find narrator jobs: ACX, Voices, Upwork, Brilliance Audio.

Related: 13 Sites to Find Audiobook Narrator Jobs

Travelling Jobs

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Traveling doesn’t have to be expensive. On the contrary, you can turn your passion into an opportunity to earn money while exploring new places.

Some of the best travel job ideas include:

• Travel blogger – start a blog where you share your travel experiences, tips, guides, and more.
• Entrepreneur – selling travel products or services, blogging.
• Freelance writer – write for other travel blogs, or create other content. 
• Flight attendant – attend domestic or international flights.
• Tour guide – share your knowledge of history with people exploring new places.
• Cruise ship worker – you could be a restaurant server, cashier, maid, technician, or even entertainer and performer. 

Related: 17 Travel Job Ideas

Online Teaching Jobs

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Online teaching jobs allow you to work from the comfort of your home and teach students the subject you’re an expert in. 

Typically, becoming an online teacher doesn’t require you to have teaching experience. Nevertheless, most online tutoring platform requirements include holding a bachelor’s degree in any field.

Here are the exact steps to become an online teacher without any prior experience:

1. Choose a subject you can teach
2. Outline a course and prepare study materials
3. Take an online course to prepare yourself for tutoring
4. If you don’t already hold, you can get a bachelor’s degree online from the University of North Texas
5. Apply to online teaching platforms to find students to teach

Best platforms to find online teaching jobs: VIPKid, DaDa, K12, Instructional Connections.

Related: 26 Websites to Teach English Online

Audio Jobs

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An audio engineer is someone who edits, mixes, or manipulates audio content. This could be a music project, audiobook, filmmaking, theater production, or any other project that requires the use of recording and enhancement of sound.

So where can you work as an audio engineer? As a skilled audio engineer, you’ll most likely find a job in a recording studio, but you can also find freelance audio engineer jobs as well.

Best platforms to find audio jobs: Soundlister, Indeed, SimplyHired, LinkedIn.

Related: 5 Websites to Find Audio Jobs

Video Editing Jobs

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As a freelance video editor, you’d be using a collection of footage, graphics, and audio to create a story that’s interesting to the audience. 

Video editors are in need to create various video content, including:

• Social media posts
• YouTube videos
• Explainer videos
• Advertising
• Films and TV-shows
• And much more…

This could be short-form media for social media platforms or something more substantial for a longer piece of media.

Video editing jobs aren’t easy. So even when you’re looking for entry-level jobs, you’ll find that you need the following skills:

• Good storytelling skills
• Ability to put yourself in an audiences’ shoes 
• Editing skills to maximize the effect of the story
• The computer software knowledge, such as Adobe Premiere Pro or Apple Final Cut Pro 
• Know how to use color grading, after effects, and sound effectively
• Understanding the video editing techniques, such as cuts and transitions to make seamless video edits 

Best platforms to find video editing jobs: LinkedIn, Behance, SimplyHired, Mandy.

Related: 13 Sites to Find Video Editor Jobs

Brand Ambassador Jobs

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A brand ambassador or influencer is a person representing the brand in a positive way and showcasing its values. Brands typically work with influencers/ambassadors who already have engaged audiences who trust them and would easily take new information from them.

What brand ambassadors typically do is get paid collaboration offers from various companies, helping them spread the brand’s message, increase their brand awareness and/or sales.

What’s best, you don’t have to be a celebrity to become a brand ambassador and you can build this career completely from scratch.

Best platforms to find brand ambassador jobs: Fourstarzz, Tapinfluence, Tidal, Tribe.

Related: 15 Platforms to Get Brand Ambassador Jobs

12 Best Online Businesses to Make Money

Online business is a type of business that sells products or services online. What’s best about online businesses is that it’s relatively easy to set up and you can manage all (or most of) your business operations online.

Let me introduce you to the 12 best online businesses to make money from home

Become a Social Media Influencer

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Social media influencers are creators who collaborate with brands and share their experiences via social media. While you’re not required to have any previous experience, you’ll need to have the skill to engage with your followers, build your community, and share value with them. As a result, your audience should trust you and take your tips and suggestions.

The most trustworthy and credible influencers have the power to persuade others and therefore earn a commission selling certain products or services from various brands.

The table below shows how much you can charge brands per post according to your audience size:

Audience Size	Earnings
Up to 10,000 followers	$88 /post
10,000 to 100,000 followers	$200 /post
100,000 to 1,000,000 followers	$670 /post
1,000,000+ followers	$3,000+ /post

Related: How to Become a Social Media Influencer?

Affiliate Marketing

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Affiliate marketing is a type of marketing that allows you to earn a commission fee each time your audience makes a purchase through your affiliate link. In fact, affiliate programs are one of the best ways to monetize your blog or YouTube channel.

Some of the best affiliate programs include:

• Amazon Associates
• Shopify
• LiveChat
• Pure VPN
• Kinsta
• SEMrush

But how can you promote these products to earn affiliate commission? Here are some content ideas:

• Share your personal experiences using specific company 
• Do a comparison between similar companies 
• Do a tutorial on how to use service/product

Start Your Own Website

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As I’ve mentioned in the previous section, a blog is a great way to make money via affiliate programs. But that’s not all. You can also monetize your website with advertisements and sponsored posts, and even sell your own products or services as well.

What’s best, you can start your own website where you can share your expertise about a certain niche regardless of your interests and preferences.

If you’re still wondering what niche to pick up, here are some of the most profitable ones nowadays:

• Health – Weightwatchers
• Self-Improvement – Zenhabits
• Beauty – Lisa Eldridge
• Gadgets and Technology – Engadget

Once you pick your niche, you can start building a website. And I highly recommend using Hostgator as your hosting provider.

Start a YouTube Channel

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Another great way to promote either affiliate programs or your own products or services is to start a YouTube channel.

According to statistics, over a billion YouTube videos are watched every day. Plus, the platform has more than 30 million active users, making it a perfect place to build your career as a content creator.

Just like a website, YouTube lets you monetize your content in various ways, including:

• Enabling Google AdSense – Google places ads on your videos and you earn per ad views or clicks
• Creating sponsored videos – brands pay you for creating content around their products/services
• Promoting affiliate products – you earn a commission each time someone purchases the product or service with your affiliate link.

Related: 10 Ways to Make Money on Youtube

Start a Dropshipping Store

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Dropshipping is a business model that allows you to start an e-commerce business without holding an inventory in advance. So how does the dropshipping model work?

1. You build an e-commerce store and upload your products
2. A customer purchases your product from your website
3. You order the product from the supplier and let them deliver to your customer’s address directly
4. You alert your customer of shipping updates

What’s best, you can automate all of these processes, meaning you don’t have to manually order products from your supplier. For instance, if you build your e-commerce store using Shopify, you’d be able to set up these types of automation easily.

Related: How to Start a Dropshipping Business?

Sell on Amazon FBA

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FBA stands for Fulfilled by Amazon.

Shortly, Amazon allows 3rd party sellers like you to sell products on the Amazon marketplace. 

But that’s not all, with its FBA program, Amazon handles all the procedures related to fulfillment by itself. This means, you don’t have to hold an inventory in your storage, rather Amazon holds it for you and ships it to your customers once they place an order.

So let’s break it down: what do you have to do and what does Amazon do for you?

Here’s what you do:	Here’s what Amazon does for you:
1. You find products you’d like to sell	1. Amazon sorts and stores your product inventory as soon as they receive it from your supplier
2. You purchase the inventory and ship it to one of the Amazon fulfillment centers	2. Amazon packs and ships the order when someone buys your products
3. In the meanwhile, you promote your products by creating quality images and descriptions	3. Every 2 weeks, Amazon sends you money for the products you’ve sold via bank transfer
4. Once you start selling, make sure that there are enough products at Amazon stock	4. Amazon handles any issues customers may raise

Related: How to Sell on Amazon FBA?

Sell on eBay

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eBay probably doesn’t need any introduction. Just like Amazon, eBay is a leading online marketplace where you can sell your products. 

What’s more, there are 3 ways you can sell products through eBay:

1. Using a dropshipping model
2. Purchasing an inventory and shipping your products yourself
3. Selling your old stuff

Moreover, what makes eBay stand out from other online marketplaces is that there are 2 types of listings you can create – fixed-price, or auction-style. 

Logically, fixed-price listings allow you to set a fixed price for your item, enabling shoppers to know the price of the item up front and place an order immediately. 

On the other hand, auctions are typically open for a couple of days, allowing people to place bids. The person who places the highest bid throughout the auction will get the item for that price.

Sell Crafts on Etsy

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If you’re a creative person who’s passionate about creating crafts by yourself, then you could as well turn your hobby into a full-time business. 

Luckily, Etsy has been founded with the purpose of connecting you as a creator to people who seek unique, handmade items.

Today, Etsy is a go-to platform for selling and buying different categories of crafts with over 45.7 million active buyers and 2.5 million active sellers.

Related: 23 Easy Crafts to Make and Sell

Sell Your Book

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Whether you’re an established writer or planning on publishing your own books anytime soon, Amazon lets you self-publish your book. 

Here are some of the advantages of self-publishing your e-book or a book via Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) compared to traditional publishing:

• The publishing process is faster and easier: self-publishing your book eliminates time and efforts related to traditional publishing. You can publish your book yourself within 24 to 72 hours.
• It’s accessible to a larger audience: while traditionally published books are accessible to local audiences only, self-published books on Amazon Kindle are accessible for Amazon users worldwide.
• More profits: Kindle Direct Publishing pays royalties of up to 70% each month compared to 5-15% traditional publishing.
• No upfront printing fees: with KDP, you don’t have to hold inventory in advance. You can print your paperbacks on-demand after a buyer places an order.
• No risk: since you don’t have to print out anything in advance, there’s no risk of losing money if there’s no demand for your book. There’s also no risk of your book getting out of stock if there’s high demand because you’re printing paperbacks on-demand.

Related: How to Publish a Book on Amazon?

Sell Your Online Courses

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Selling your online course is a great way to make a passive income source, especially when you’re passionate about teaching.

Some profitable online course categories include:

1. Education
2. Career Development
3. Computers and Technology
4. Health Advice
5. Business and Entrepreneurship
6. Arts and Crafts
7. Content Creation
8. Personal Development

The best platforms that allow you to create and sell your online courses easily are Udemy, Teachable, and Skillshare.

Sell Your Photos

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No matter what type of photography you prefer, you can sell your photos online, including your selfies.

A recent study has shown that the global Stock Photography market is projected to increase at a considerable rate between 2020 and 2028. 

What’s more, your photos can be sold unlimited times, meaning you could turn your passion into a source of passive income.

Some of the best platforms to sell your photos include Stylinity, Shutterstock, iStockphoto, Foap, GettyImages.

Sell Food Online

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There are multiple ways you can turn your cooking skills into cash. One way of selling food online is meal-prepping. 

Meal-prepping is the concept of preparing healthy meals for people, who live a healthy lifestyle but can’t prepare their food because of their busy office workdays.

What’s best, you can run this business from home and promote it through social media or personal connections.

Related: 5 Steps How to Sell Food Online

14 Best Investment Apps

Investing involves buying assets that you predict will increase in value and get you return on your invested funds. Let’s review 16 of the best investment apps offering different types of investment opportunities.

Acorns

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Whether you’re investing for your retirement or for your kids’ future, you should as well consider Acorns. This investment app allows you to start micro-investing with as low as $5. 

What’s more, Acorns offers 3 different membership levels – Lite, Personal, and Family – for different financial goals. Accordingly, the account management fees range from $1 to $5 per month, which is considered the lowest on the market.

M1 Finance

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M1 Finance is a hybrid online platform combining brokerage and investment manager services in one place. This platform stands out from its competition because it offers both Robo-advisors and self-managed investments.

Needless to say, M1 Finance is a great option especially for investors who want the freedom to pick individual stocks themselves, but want to be largely hands-off otherwise.

Stash

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Stash is a one-stop-shop personal finance app striving to improve your financial life. As a multi-purpose app, Stash unites banking, investment, and advice in one place.

If you’re a beginner investor, Stash investment advisors could make the process of selecting investments – especially forex and stocks – quick and easy for you.

Moreover, Stash offers 2 subscription plans for different needs you might have. Accordingly, subscription fees range from $3 to $9 per month. 

Ally Bank

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Ally Bank is a leading online banking provider offering competitive fees, high annual percentage yields, no minimums, and 24/7 customer service.

Here’s the list of investing services Ally Bank provides:

• Savings account
• Certificate of Deposit (CD)
• Investing services
• Retirement investment services

Rocket Dollar

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Rocket Dollar is one of the leading investment apps in the United States that provides a one-stop-shop account for your retirement investments. This app is best known for offering self-directed IRAs and Solo 401s allowing you to invest retirement savings into your chosen asset classes.

Asset classes you can invest in with Rocket Dollar include:

• Real Estate
• Stocks & Bonds
• Digital Assets & Cryptocurrencies
• Startups
• Peer-to-peer Loans, Debt, & Promissory Notes
• Precious Metals
• Private Equity
• Crowdfunding
• International Investments
• Other alternative investments allowed by the IRS

Fundrise

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Fundrise is a crowdfunded real estate investment platform that allows you to invest in real estate with as little as $10. 

Let’s illustrate how investing in crowdfunded real estate works. Say, you’re interested in a property that costs $100,000. Obviously, you don’t want to buy it for the full price. In this case, Fundrise allows you to invest only $1,000 and become 1 out of 100 investors who invested $1,000 each. 

As a result, when this property gets renovated and resold for a profit, you as a partial owner will get dividend income. According to Fundrise, you can expect an annual return up to 12.4% on your investments.

Roofstock

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Roofstock is a real estate marketplace where you can buy single-family houses with tenants in them. This enables you to immediately earn rental income after you close the deal.

What’s more, Roofstock allows you to invest a minimum of $5,000 and become a partial owner of the house. Accordingly, you’ll get paid a part of the monthly rental income.

Robinhood

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Robinhood is a widely used personal finance app in the United States, that’s well-known for offering commission-free trading on stocks and ETFs (exchange-traded funds).

With the ability to invest in fractional shares, you can start investing with as little as $1. That means you’ll buy a portion of a share for $1 and get a return on your investment accordingly. 

Investing in fractional shares makes it easier for you to diversify your investments across your investment portfolio.

Personal Capital

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Personal Capital is a budgeting app that focuses on investing and combines all your accounts in one space. This app is especially ideal for when you’re new to investing and don’t know how to locate your investments appropriately.

Additionally, Personal Capital offers a wide range of tools for savings, retirement, buying a house, or other long-term financial goals.

Modiv

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Modiv (previous Rich Uncldes) is a real estate investment app that allows you to invest in its real estate portfolios with $1000.

And because Modiv trades privately, the company doesn’t suffer the fees that apply to publicly traded companies. That’s a huge plus for you as well.

Webull

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Webull is an app-based brokerage that offers commission-free stock and ETF trading. This app is best for active traders because it offers advanced and intelligent tools and services that let you leverage your trades.

Advanced trading tools Webull offers:

• Technical indicators
• Economic calendars
• Ratings from research agencies
• Margin trading
• Short-selling

What’s more, Webull doesn’t charge you any account maintenance fees, membership, or software platform fees.

Public App

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Public app is a social platform for all your stock market investment needs. This app allows you to follow other investors and discover companies with high return potential.

Since you can follow experienced investors, the Public app is a great place to start investing as a complete beginner. Taking a look at what seasoned traders do, you won’t feel alone or confused about what to do.

Coinbase

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Coinbase is a digital currency exchange app allowing you to securely trade with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more. 

Moreover, Coinbase isn’t just a trading platform – it also provides a digital wallet and lets you buy, store and sell your crypto coins.

Since Coinbase provides learning programs and other useful tools, it’s ideal for beginner crypto investors. However, experienced traders can benefit from more robust features that the Coinbase Pro account offers.

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9 Best Passive Income Ideas to Make Money Online

Passive income is a type of income that doesn’t require much involvement from you on a daily basis. Typically, you’d set up your passive income source once and enjoy the income it generates regularly. 

Let’s review the 9 best passive income ideas to make money online.

Share Internet (Honeygain)

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Honeygain is a passive income app letting you earn money for sharing your internet data for research purposes. The data you’re sharing through this app helps big companies improve their online presence. Companies use your internet data to test how their content is shown in different countries.

Helping Honeygain partner companies improve, you’ll get paid: 

• $1 for every 10MB of your internet traffic
• $10 per hour for Content Delivery

Share Browsing Habits (Nielsen)

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Nielsen is the number 1 market research company worldwide that tracks TV ratings to analyze users’ viewing behavior. 

And to keep up with today’s technological development, this company features Nielsen Mobile & Computer Panel. This program rewards you for sharing your internet browsing data to help them build a picture of your internet browsing behavior. 

What’s best, Nielsen keeps your privacy safe by separating the data you’ve shared from your name.

Lend Money (Peer-to-Peer Lending)

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One of the best ways to put your money to work for you is to consider peer-to-peer lending. LendingClub allows you to lend people money and earn a yearly interest of 5%. 

Here’s how peer-to-peer lending works step-by-step:

1. People apply for a loan.
2. As an investor, you can spread your money across multiple notes (each note corresponds to a fraction of the loan).
3. You receive principal and interest as borrowers pay back their loans each month.

Rent Your House/Apartment (Airbnb)

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Real estate is one of the best assets you can own to generate passive income. So whether you own an apartment or a house you don’t live in, you could as well rent it out and get recurring income.

Airbnb is one of the leading rental platforms that let you list your property and set the daily rental price. Once your listing is published, travelers can find it on the platform and rent it to accommodate during their travels.

Remember, the daily price of properties varies based on the property’s location, size, and facilities.

Rent Your Car

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If you own an extra car or don’t use your vehicle often, you can as well make money out of it. 

Turo is one of the best platforms where you can list your vehicle for rent. What’s good, you can either set your daily price yourself or let Turo automatic pricing feature set it for you.

Pro tip: Use a Turo Calculator to estimate potential earnings before you start renting out.

Related: 12 Platforms to Rent Out Your Car

Rent Your RV

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Owning an RV means it’s parked somewhere around your house for most of the year. But the good thing is, you can put it to work and make some solid amount of passive income annually.

How much you can earn renting out an RV depends on the RV type you own. For example, Pop-up Camper can make you up to $13,000 per year, while a Class A Motorhome can make you up to $30,000

Some of the best platforms to list your RV for rent are RVshare, Outdoorsy, RVezy, Airbnb.

Related: 6 Places to Rent Your RV

Rent Your Storage Space

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While you may have a space that you’re not using, there are people who need room to store their stuff like old furniture, winter equipment, or anything else.

So whether you have an empty basement, attic, or a garage, you could rent it out as a storage space and earn passive income out of it. 

One of the best platforms to list your storage space for rent is Neighbor.com because this site is dedicated to connecting you as a property owner to people in need of storage space.

Buy Existing Business

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Starting a business from scratch is a risky decision. Luckily, there are established businesses you can purchase and know for sure that they will work in your hands as well. 

What’s best about buying an existing business is that you can know its existing cash flow right from the start and not wonder whether it will work or not. But that’s not all. Most businesses that are on sale come with a team of people who operate this business. This means you don’t even have to find the professional staff to handle your business.

Some of the best platforms where you can find existing businesses for sale are BizBuySell, Flippa, Businessesforsale.com, Empire Flippers.

Related: 15 Platforms to Buy Online Business

Advertise on Your Car

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If you use your car for your daily commutes, then you can as well make some cash on the side by placing advertising banners on your vehicle. 

Wrapify is one of the best advertising companies that pay you for letting them place advertising banners on your car and driving around like you usually would.

Let’s be honest, this option of making money won’t make you rich, but it can cover your car-related expenses and may even leave you with some extra cash.

How Can I Make $100 Today?

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“I need $100 now” is a very familiar phrase in many people’s everyday lives. In fact, there are multiple same day pay jobs that can make you $100 today, including:

• Sell your stuff
• Drive for Lyft
• Shop for other people with Instacart
• Deliver food with Postmates or DoorDash
• Complete surveys with Survey Junkie

Pro tip: Do at least a couple of gigs listed above to make $100 in a day.

How Can I Make $200 Fast?

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Some of the best ways to make $200 fast include the following:

• Selling your stuff
• Renting out your stuff
• Completing paid surveys
• Testing websites
• Renting out your car
• Renting out your spare bedroom
• Babysitting or dog sitting

How Do I Make an Extra $1000 a Month?

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There is a range of side hustles, gigs, or freelance jobs you can take to make an extra $1000 per month. Let me list just a few of the best options:

Top Side Hustle Ideas	Top Gigs	Top Freelance Jobs
Start a dropshipping business	Delivery driver gigs	Virtual assistant jobs
Sell on Amazon FBA	Drive for Lyft	Social media manager jobs
Become a consultant	Walk dogs with Rover	Freelance writing jobs
Start a blog	Fix cars with YourMechanic	Digital marketing jobs