Earn money online
Earning money online is both easy and time consuming. The ways you can make money online are varied, so here I’ve compiled a list of ways to earn cash online.
I’ve grouped these together with free ways to earn money online and ways to earn online money that may take an investment of cash.
I’ve grouped these together with free ways to earn money online and ways to earn online money that may take an investment of cash.
Easy
Online Surveys
If you ever read any list on how to make money online, then surveys always comes up, I’m sorry but this is the easy section. I can’t really recommend surveys, but if you are stuck in a bind, then surveys offer an easy and free way to generate cash. Either by offering you cash directly or vouchers, which in tern you could sell.
My tip would be to join several survey sites, so you can always be plugging away at it, as sometimes there are gaps between survey invites.
Time Investment - low
Money investment - non
Return - low
Cost on your soul - high
If you ever read any list on how to make money online, then surveys always comes up, I’m sorry but this is the easy section. I can’t really recommend surveys, but if you are stuck in a bind, then surveys offer an easy and free way to generate cash. Either by offering you cash directly or vouchers, which in tern you could sell.
My tip would be to join several survey sites, so you can always be plugging away at it, as sometimes there are gaps between survey invites.
Time Investment - low
Money investment - non
Return - low
Cost on your soul - high
Wombling/coupons
Now wombling is a weird word and coupons probably have you putting your head in your hands, but hear me out.
Coupons are a way for people to get discounts off products, so get enough of these and you have generated something to sell. Coupons can be found in newspapers or magazine or online, usually for signing up to a site or downloading an app. Sometimes these coupons entitle you to a free product, which you could in turn sell.
Wombling is the act of foraging loose till receipts discarded around supermarkets. If these supermarket receipts have unclaimed points on them, you can claim them yourself. Remember coupons equal cash. There are even some apps that let you scan till receipts for rewards, so that’s something to consider.
Time Investment - low
Money investment - non
Return - low
Cost on your soul - high
Now wombling is a weird word and coupons probably have you putting your head in your hands, but hear me out.
Coupons are a way for people to get discounts off products, so get enough of these and you have generated something to sell. Coupons can be found in newspapers or magazine or online, usually for signing up to a site or downloading an app. Sometimes these coupons entitle you to a free product, which you could in turn sell.
Wombling is the act of foraging loose till receipts discarded around supermarkets. If these supermarket receipts have unclaimed points on them, you can claim them yourself. Remember coupons equal cash. There are even some apps that let you scan till receipts for rewards, so that’s something to consider.
Time Investment - low
Money investment - non
Return - low
Cost on your soul - high
Medium
Print on demand
Print on demand, to me at least, is the first reasonable way to earn money online. So what is print on demand?
Well I’m glad you asked. Basically you come up with a design, it could be a graphic, text or a combination of the two.
You then offer that design on a choice of products on one of the MANY print on demand platforms online. When a customer sees your product they buy the item, the platform arranges for the item to be made and shipped to the customer.
You do have to know what designs people want to buy, be able to draw and there is a LOT of competition.
I discuss the process of getting started in print on demand here and I also wrote about the pitfalls designers face here.
Time Investment - medium
Money investment - non to medium
Return - low to medium
Cost on your soul - medium
Print on demand, to me at least, is the first reasonable way to earn money online. So what is print on demand?
Well I’m glad you asked. Basically you come up with a design, it could be a graphic, text or a combination of the two.
You then offer that design on a choice of products on one of the MANY print on demand platforms online. When a customer sees your product they buy the item, the platform arranges for the item to be made and shipped to the customer.
You do have to know what designs people want to buy, be able to draw and there is a LOT of competition.
I discuss the process of getting started in print on demand here and I also wrote about the pitfalls designers face here.
Time Investment - medium
Money investment - non to medium
Return - low to medium
Cost on your soul - medium
Sell books on Amazon
Selling books on Amazon is easier than you think, and that is, like the example above the problem. Competition to sell self published books on Amazon is fierce as the bar to entry is very low.
Amazon is also like all the other major platforms, in that they take the lion share of money from sales leaving you very little.
Still with all that said, decide what you want to write. Upload it to the Amazon platform and have your book get in front of the huge customer base Amazon have.
Time Investment - medium
Money investment - non to medium
Return - low/medium
Cost on your soul - high
Selling books on Amazon is easier than you think, and that is, like the example above the problem. Competition to sell self published books on Amazon is fierce as the bar to entry is very low.
Amazon is also like all the other major platforms, in that they take the lion share of money from sales leaving you very little.
Still with all that said, decide what you want to write. Upload it to the Amazon platform and have your book get in front of the huge customer base Amazon have.
Time Investment - medium
Money investment - non to medium
Return - low/medium
Cost on your soul - high
Sell carboot haul on Ebay
Buy low sell high is a very simple term you need to remember if you want to succeed in business.
And who will sell you an item lower than someone who is looking to quickly get rid of their items on a carboot sale? No one, well not legally anyway.
So you buy someone’s unwanted goods very cheaply on a carboot stall and then list them on Ebay. You can even research the item online before you buy while at the carboot sale, to see if you would make a profit on the item before you buy it.
There can be a stigma around people buying from carboots, as they see it beneath them. This is tragic for them but good news for you, as those same people will happily buy items with your profit thrown on top because they bought it off Ebay.
Time Investment - medium to high
Money investment - low to medium
Return - low to medium
Cost on your soul - low
Buy low sell high is a very simple term you need to remember if you want to succeed in business.
And who will sell you an item lower than someone who is looking to quickly get rid of their items on a carboot sale? No one, well not legally anyway.
So you buy someone’s unwanted goods very cheaply on a carboot stall and then list them on Ebay. You can even research the item online before you buy while at the carboot sale, to see if you would make a profit on the item before you buy it.
There can be a stigma around people buying from carboots, as they see it beneath them. This is tragic for them but good news for you, as those same people will happily buy items with your profit thrown on top because they bought it off Ebay.
Time Investment - medium to high
Money investment - low to medium
Return - low to medium
Cost on your soul - low
Hard
Dropshipping
Dropshipping is similar to print on demand, but worse for you as YOU have to pay to have items made and shipped.
It’s all so any t-shirt returned are at your expense. The upshot is you don’t have the print on demand platforms brand all over the items you sell. Plus you are free to hook it all up to a custom website, giving visitors the illusion you are a big business.
With you having to pay for the items and do all the marketing, this is not a great option for those new to making money online.
Time Investment - medium to high
Money investment - medium to high
Return - low to medium
Cost on your soul - medium
Dropshipping is similar to print on demand, but worse for you as YOU have to pay to have items made and shipped.
It’s all so any t-shirt returned are at your expense. The upshot is you don’t have the print on demand platforms brand all over the items you sell. Plus you are free to hook it all up to a custom website, giving visitors the illusion you are a big business.
With you having to pay for the items and do all the marketing, this is not a great option for those new to making money online.
Time Investment - medium to high
Money investment - medium to high
Return - low to medium
Cost on your soul - medium
Sell products from your own site
Selling products from your own site is easier now than it has ever been throughout the history of the internet.
There are website packages that are literally drag and drop elements into place and just like that you have a beautiful site.
You will need to source your own products, ship the goods, deal with customer complaints and do your own advertising though.
There is a time sink getting this setup and there is quite a bit of money involved in costs. But this is really the only real solution to regular money online when it’s done properly.
Selling digital goods is a lot trickier than physical at the moment, but there tends to be a solution for everyone.
Time Investment - medium to high
Money investment - medium to high
Return - medium to high
Cost on your soul - low
Selling products from your own site is easier now than it has ever been throughout the history of the internet.
There are website packages that are literally drag and drop elements into place and just like that you have a beautiful site.
You will need to source your own products, ship the goods, deal with customer complaints and do your own advertising though.
There is a time sink getting this setup and there is quite a bit of money involved in costs. But this is really the only real solution to regular money online when it’s done properly.
Selling digital goods is a lot trickier than physical at the moment, but there tends to be a solution for everyone.
Time Investment - medium to high
Money investment - medium to high
Return - medium to high
Cost on your soul - low
Youtube
I’ve made Youtube videos under many different Youtube channel names over the years in quite a few different genres.
So I say this with a certain level of authority - Youtube can earn you a fair bit of money, but you will have to grind for it.
Pick a topic you could talk about forever and that people are interested in and away you go.
Just know that Youtube is a cold war style censorship machine, so don’t talk about topics Youtube doesn’t want you talking about or your channel will be shadow banned.
Time Investment - very high
Money investment - high
Return - low to medium
Cost on your soul - high
I’ve made Youtube videos under many different Youtube channel names over the years in quite a few different genres.
So I say this with a certain level of authority - Youtube can earn you a fair bit of money, but you will have to grind for it.
Pick a topic you could talk about forever and that people are interested in and away you go.
Just know that Youtube is a cold war style censorship machine, so don’t talk about topics Youtube doesn’t want you talking about or your channel will be shadow banned.
Time Investment - very high
Money investment - high
Return - low to medium
Cost on your soul - high
Shares
Stocks and shares are easily the best way to earn money online. They are also the easiest way to scare off newcomers, as they often know nothing about buying shares so they run for the hills.
Remember I said earlier about buying low and selling high? Well it’s the same here. Just research a heck of a lot of information before you do.
I wrote an easy guide to investing in the stock market here for you to read.
Time Investment - medium to high
Money investment - medium to high
Return - medium to high
Cost on your soul - low
Stocks and shares are easily the best way to earn money online. They are also the easiest way to scare off newcomers, as they often know nothing about buying shares so they run for the hills.
Remember I said earlier about buying low and selling high? Well it’s the same here. Just research a heck of a lot of information before you do.
I wrote an easy guide to investing in the stock market here for you to read.
Time Investment - medium to high
Money investment - medium to high
Return - medium to high
Cost on your soul - low
This is all NOT expert advice (otherwise I would have charged you) this is just simple information and I’m sharing my opinion.
By Roley
19/03/2022
19/03/2022