Top 10 ways to make money online for mums.

Have you ever wanted or needed to get something for your children but not know where to get the cash? Perhaps you would love to book a holiday for your family that you have paid for yourself or from money that hasn’t come from your income? Or you would you like to start a business but do not have the initial capital investment?

In this article, I am going to give you 10 income making activity you can do to get that extra cash. The amount of money you make will be determined by how much time and effort you put into the work.

1. Sell your unused items:

If you are anything like me mums; you probably have a house full of items, you don’t use or need anymore. Old baby clothes or items, clothes that you buy on sale with hopes of one day fitting into? Books you have read, CD’s DVD’s old electronics like phones, tablets, games console. The list is endless. Why not take a few hours to take an inventory of such things, make a list and sell them? There are various places you can sell such items such as

1. eBay: this is a good selling site, and it has a cost involved so make sure you add those costs to the price of your items when you list them; also make sure you add postage costs. While eBay could be expensive, it reaches a lot of people so is almost guaranteed to sell.

2. Facebook Buying and Selling Page: Another option is to sell it on Facebook. Join your local area page and list things for sale on there. The great thing about it is that, it is free, you can deliver the items or get the buyer to pick up with no postage costs involved.

3. Have a garage sale or car boot sale: On a nice spring or summer day, why not open up your garage or put a table in front of your house and have a sale. Who doesn’t love a bargain right?

4. Amazon: You can sell old books, CD’s and DVD’s on amazon. It gives you the option to say what condition the item is, if it can be boxed and is intact. You can reach a lot of people who are already looking for such items anyway.

5. Music Magpie is another place where you can sell you electronics online. Do you research, find out where you can get the best price for your item before you sell it on.

1. Do some Freelance work: Fiverr.com, Upwork.com or such websites let you register to do freelance work for people that need it. You identify your skills, what are you good at e.g. social media, design, writing, website design, accounting the list goes on. List your skills on those sites and people who need your service will buy it and you can deliver it to them.

1. Sell your photographs: Do you have special photography skills? Perhaps you can see a great shot everywhere you go. Selling your pictures is a great idea to make some extra cash. There are some websites that you can sell your photographs to.

2. https://submit.shutterstock.com

3. https://www.istockphoto.com

4. https://www.etsy.com/

5. https://www.smugmug.com/pro

6. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/collections/500px

Do your research and find what the fees to use these services are. Then just go for it you’ve got nothing to lose.

1. Online surveys / Market Research: There are online survey companies that pay you for your opinions on some products or services. Their rates of pay vary and sometimes you might not qualify for the survey they have available. There are online surveys you can do for cash or another option is to get involved in focus groups.

Examples of Online survey companies are:

1. https://social.i-say.com

2. https://www.swagbucks.com

3. https://www.globaltestmarket.com/

Focus groups: This is usually just giving your opinion on certain things over a cup of tea and sandwiches. You can only do 2 focus groups a year and below are the agencies you can do them through

a: https://www.sarosresearch.com/

b: http://www.focus4people.com/

c: https://www.researchopinions.co.uk/

d: https://www.focusforce.com/

1. Writing: You can make money from by being a freelance writer. Do you have great writing skills? There are some websites that will pay you hundreds of dollars a day to write freelance articles for them. They include:

1. http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/

2. https://writers.work/

3. http://www.collegehumor.com/articles/write-for-us

4. http://www.cracked.com/write-for-cracked/

5. http://whatculture.com/write-for-us

6. https://www.clearvoice.com/freelance-jobs/

7. https://www.textbroker.com/

1. Typing: Many of us have great typing skills learnt either from school or by learning old school “touch” typing and what most people don’t know is that there are actually websites that you can make as much as $100 per day typing.

2. www.babbletype.com

3. www.scribie.com

4. www.Transcribeme.com

5. www.Transcribe.com

Those are only some of the websites available, now you know this option is available, why not do your research and find more online typing jobs you can fit around school runs.

1. Affiliate marketing: This is when you market a product or service by generating leads to the. You get paid when someone buys such a product or service. This is a relatively low risk business model as it means you have a very low start up cost. The idea is to find a niche that is in high demand with a good commission rate, try to find people that will be interested in such products either on social media or through chat groups and lead them to the products. The more you help sell, the more money you make. This is quite a diverse field that will need a lot of research, but people gives testimonials about how they make a 6 figure income doing it, so it definitely works.

2. Drop shipping: This is an ecommerce business. The idea is that you set up an online shop selling products. The way it works is that you don’t keep a stock of those products, once someone buys from you; you order the products and ship it to them. This is a great model of online retailing that works for many companies and is very low risk as it requires little or no capital investment.

3. Become a social media manager: Are you good on Instagram? Perhaps you have thousands of followers or a very engaged Facebook page. If you can replicate this success, why not get paid to help someone else grow their social media? Businesses now recognise the importance of social media in growth and profit making and a lot of small businesses and even big ones just don’t have time to manage their own social media and will gladly pay someone to do it. You can advertise your service on fiverr or upwork to get this job

4. Use your driveway. IF you have a driveway that sits empty during the day, why not make money from it by renting it out to commuters. Websites such as parkatmyhouse.com helps you rent out the spot. You set your fees and the website highlights the location and helps you find a customer.

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