1. Get advertising revenue from your blog or YouTube channel
Turn your videos into cash videos. If your YouTube videos or blog posts draw a big audience, you may be able to make money from advertising. With Google AdSense, businesses pay to advertise around your content. The service is free, but there are requirements you must meet.
- Signing up for Google AdSense is pretty easy, but it can take anywhere from a day to several weeks for your account to be activated.
- Allow at least two months for ad revenue to start trickling in.
- You need to earn at least $100 before you're eligible for a payout.
- Once you hit the $100 threshold, earnings are issued between the 21st and 26th of the following month. It can take four to 10 days to receive a payment via EFT and up to 15 days to receive payment as a wire transfer.
Total time: It can take several weeks to get up and running.
Setup: Not that hard.
How easy to start: Depends on how good you are at producing interesting videos.
Age threshold: 18+.
Payment speed: Could take a long while to earn the first payout; then monthly.
Turn your videos into cash videos. If your YouTube videos or blog posts draw a big audience, you may be able to make money from advertising. With Google AdSense, businesses pay to advertise around your content. The service is free, but there are requirements you must meet.
- Signing up for Google AdSense is pretty easy, but it can take anywhere from a day to several weeks for your account to be activated.
- Allow at least two months for ad revenue to start trickling in.
- You need to earn at least $100 before you're eligible for a payout.
- Once you hit the $100 threshold, earnings are issued between the 21st and 26th of the following month. It can take four to 10 days to receive a payment via EFT and up to 15 days to receive payment as a wire transfer.
2. Take surveys for money
You can make money from home by taking online surveys, but don’t expect to be rolling in the dough. Survey sites don’t typically offer a big payoff, and many sites are more useful for earning gift cards than cash. Some of the more popular survey sites include Swagbucks and Survey Junkie. Read our analysis of a dozen survey sites to find out which one is best suited for you.
- You can register with a site and start taking surveys in a matter of minutes.
- The time it takes to get paid depends on the survey site and how much time you dedicate to taking surveys.
- Some sites let you cash out only after you hit a minimum earnings threshold. With InboxDollars, for example, the threshold is $30 for first-time payments and $10 for additional payments.
- Other survey sites issue points, which can be redeemed for cash (via PayPal) or gift cards.
Total time: It will take a while.
Setup: Just minutes.
How easy to start: Very. Just register and begin.
Age threshold: 13 to 18+.
Payment speed: Varies by site.
You can make money from home by taking online surveys, but don’t expect to be rolling in the dough. Survey sites don’t typically offer a big payoff, and many sites are more useful for earning gift cards than cash. Some of the more popular survey sites include Swagbucks and Survey Junkie. Read our analysis of a dozen survey sites to find out which one is best suited for you.
- You can register with a site and start taking surveys in a matter of minutes.
- The time it takes to get paid depends on the survey site and how much time you dedicate to taking surveys.
- Some sites let you cash out only after you hit a minimum earnings threshold. With InboxDollars, for example, the threshold is $30 for first-time payments and $10 for additional payments.
- Other survey sites issue points, which can be redeemed for cash (via PayPal) or gift cards.
3. You can pick up freelance work online
Make money online through websites such as Upwork, Fiverr and Freelancer.com. These sites offer opportunities to do a variety of freelance jobs, such as writing, programming, design, marketing, data entry and being a virtual assistant. Fluent in a second language? Check sites such as Gengo or One Hour Translation, or drum up business through a site of your own. No matter what kind of freelancing you do, keep track of the going rate for the kind of work you provide so you know if you’re charging too much or too little.
- Upwork will approve your profile within 24 hours. But keep in mind it can take time to land your first freelance gig.
- Payment varies by site. On Upwork, you're paid after you and the client review the work, 10 days after the billing period ends. On Fiverr, you're paid when the work order is complete, but you can't withdraw funds for another 14 days.
4. Test websites and apps
Another way to make money from home is on sites like UserTesting.com. You get paid for your thoughts on how well — or not so well — certain websites and apps worked. You’ll have to pass a short test to be accepted, then you’ll be paid $10 for each 20-minute test, which involves a recording and answering four follow-up written questions. Or you could earn up to $120 to participate in a video conversation with a customer after your test.
- You typically need to complete a sample test as part of the application process.
- You will start receiving testing opportunities after your application is approved.
- The timeline for approval can vary.
- You get paid seven days after completing a website or app test.
- Payment is issued via PayPal.
5. Pick up tasks on Amazon's Mechanical Turk
Even in the age of automation, some jobs still require a human touch. Companies often outsource those jobs via services like Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. As a “worker,” the tasks you’ll be assigned can be tedious — tagging images, transcribing videos, classifying receipts — and can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. Temporary employers or “requesters” set the price for each task and get to approve the finished product before paying you. That can leave room for scams, so do your research. Join a community like the MTurk Crowd forum, or the MTurk and Turker Nation subreddits, which can steer you away from shifty dealers. These communities and fellow “workers” can answer questions and give a realistic idea of how much money you can expect to make.
- It’s unclear how long it takes Amazon to review your application, but according to the MTurk subreddit, it can take several days to learn if you were approved or denied.
- After you submit your work, the requester has 30 days to approve it.
- You can have your earnings deposited into your bank account or put on an Amazon gift card.
6. Make money from your blog as an affiliate
If you’re a blogger who gets decent traffic, you could make money by joining an affiliate network. Affiliates (that’s you) get paid when someone clicks through from the website to the partner site and buys something there. Some bloggers make a lot of money this way.
- First, you need a blog, social media account or other online presence that draws a healthy number of visitors each month.
- Then, you need to apply for and be approved by an affiliate marketing network like CJ Affiliate, ShareASale, FlexOffers or Amazon Associates.
- Payment schedules and thresholds vary by affiliate network, but expect to wait at least a month or two for your first paycheck.
- Amazon Associates pays out earnings 60 days after the end of the calendar month in which they were earned. You must have a balance of at least $10 for earnings to be disbursed.
- ShareASale disburses earnings on the 20th of each month, if you earned $50 or more the previous month.
7. Sell your wares on Etsy
Have a penchant for woodworking, jewelry-making, embroidery or pottery? Sell your goods on Etsy, the go-to site for artisans selling home goods, art and knickknacks. Etsy boasts almost 82 million active buyers and grossed over $10 billion in merchandise sales in 2020, according to the website.
- Opening an Etsy shop is the easy part. It can be done in a few hours.
- The prep work before you open up shop is more time-consuming. You need merchandise to sell, photos and descriptions to post, a name for your shop and a business plan to help you succeed. Once that’s done, you’ll still need to find customers. Depending on what you’re selling, that could take weeks, which is why you should expect the overall time for this gig to be slow.
- Once you sell an item, payment is deposited into your Etsy Payments account.
- In your first 90 days as a seller: Funds are available to deposit seven days after a sale.
- After your first 90 days, funds are available for deposit the next business day.
8. Sell your photography
Turn your photographs into cash via sites like Fine Art America, which lets you upload your images to sell as prints, T-shirts, phone cases and more. Other marketplaces for photographers include SmugMug, 500px and PhotoShelter. Some sites require a subscription but may provide features ranging from cloud storage to password-protected galleries and a customized website.
- You can set up a profile with sites like SmugMug, PhotoShelter or Fine Art America in a few hours, assuming you have a body of original work.
- Payment varies widely depending on the site.
- Fine Art America: Payment issued after 30-day return window expires. Sent on the 15th of each month.
- PhotoShelter: Payment issued at time of sale to your chosen payment method (PayPal, Stripe, etc.).
- SmugMug: You can request payment be issued the following month if you have a balance of at least $5.
Total time: Buyers need to find you — and like your work.
Setup: Just a few hours.
How easy to start: If you have a library of photos, you're on the way.
Age threshold: Any.
Payment speed: Depends on your sales platform.
Turn your photographs into cash via sites like Fine Art America, which lets you upload your images to sell as prints, T-shirts, phone cases and more. Other marketplaces for photographers include SmugMug, 500px and PhotoShelter. Some sites require a subscription but may provide features ranging from cloud storage to password-protected galleries and a customized website.
- You can set up a profile with sites like SmugMug, PhotoShelter or Fine Art America in a few hours, assuming you have a body of original work.
- Payment varies widely depending on the site.
- Fine Art America: Payment issued after 30-day return window expires. Sent on the 15th of each month.
- PhotoShelter: Payment issued at time of sale to your chosen payment method (PayPal, Stripe, etc.).
- SmugMug: You can request payment be issued the following month if you have a balance of at least $5.
9. Become an Instagram influencer
Companies are using Instagram influencers — people with large, dedicated followings on the platform — to rep their products. You can get in on the action by applying for opportunities via a marketing platform like Open Influence or AspireIQ, or by contacting the brands you want to work with.
- Creating an Instagram account is quick, but building a following takes time. Allow a few months to build a large enough following to attract advertisers.
- Once you have the numbers, you'll need to find paid opportunities. You can do this via affiliate networks or by pitching brands you want to work with.
- The time to receive your payment will depend on the terms of your agreement, but affiliate networks typically pay out earnings the month after a campaign is completed.
10. Monetize your Twitch channel
Gaming could be a way to make money from home if you have a steady following on Twitch, the go-to site for gamers. Broadcasters can receive donations from viewers and even get a share of subscription and ad revenue if they reach Affiliate or Partner status.
- You can launch a Twitch channel and start streaming in a day, but it will take weeks or even months to build a following.
- Donation revenue can be withdrawn rather quickly, depending on the payout method.
- Subscription and ad revenue earned as a Twitch Partner or Affiliate is paid out 15 days from the end of the month, and you must have a balance of at least $100 to request a payout.
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