12 Best Websites To Make Money Online
© (Getty Images) I want to share this photo on social networks! Handsome concentrated bearded with stylish hairdo cabinet maker is taking a picture of his wooden diy using his smartphoneYou don't always have to spend money to make money. If you want to launch a side gig to generate regular part-time income, or if you're looking for some quick extra cash, there are websites that can help you do it.
Consider these top resources to make money online:
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Depending on whether you're looking to earn extra money quickly or build a long-term income stream, each of the following websites offers unique advantages (and sometimes disadvantages) tailored to different needs and interests. Read on for more information on each site.
UpworkHow it works: Upwork is essentially a meeting site where businesses and freelancers throughout the world can connect and collaborate on certain projects. Businesses hire freelancers for a variety of different services, including writing, web design, running SEO campaigns and pretty much any work that can be done on a computer.
Highlights: Upwork takes a commission from 5% to 20%, but the more money you make, the less the commission is.
Drawbacks: Upwork has been so successful that there is a lot of competition on the website, and that can be a real drawback for people who are new to the site, says Sacha Darosa, owner of a digital marketing agency in Toronto called The Shirtless Web Guy.
"Before I started my business in web design, I created profiles on websites such as Upwork. In the beginning it was a struggle to attract any attention from buyers on those platforms because there's so much competition. And much of the competition was from overseas, which made it impossible for me to compete with others on price."
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So Darosa lowered his prices and for a while, he was working for next to nothing. But the positive feedback made his profile look better, and Darosa started charging more.
"Although platforms like Upwork can be helpful in building a portfolio and initial client base, I am glad to be off them and on my own," Darosa says.
FiverrHow it works: This is also a popular website that can be helpful for freelancers. Know something about digital animation? You can work for someone who doesn't have these skills and pick up some extra cash. Even better, you can offer to compile web research for someone for fast cash.
Highlights: You can make good money from the site, asserts Dan Bochichio, a web designer and digital strategist in Albany, New York, who runs a two-person company called Bocain Designs. He says that his firm makes $3,000 to $5,000 a month from Fiverr. "To stay ahead of the competition, I make sure my Fiverr profile and gig descriptions are well written and communicate the value of the services I'm offering. When someone reaches out to me, I make sure to reply as quickly as I can and follow up with to inquiry by asking good questions. A quick, but carefully written reply will increase the odds of them hiring you drastically," Bochichio says.
Drawbacks: Bochichio's success aside, Fiverr's name comes from the fact that many people used to work for $5 a task. You can ask for more (and arguably should), but a lot of your prospective clients are probably expecting you to work for next to nothing.
EtsyHow it works: If you're artistic and are the type of person who can make custom jewelry or refrigerator magnets, Etsy is the place to sell your products.
Highlights: It's easy to navigate the site and set up a shop.
Drawbacks: There's a lot of competition on the website. On one hand, the branding is big, and a lot of people know about Etsy. But once you put up your wares, as with Upwork and Fiverr, you are one in a gazillion people selling stuff on Etsy. It may feel a little overwhelming.
TaskRabbitHow it works: Are you willing to get your hands dirty? People come to this site to find those willing to do various tasks, such as putting together a bookcase, cleaning a garage or running an errand. Do as many tasks as you want, and this could become quite the part-time (or full-time) job.
Highlights: You can apply for tasks, but you can also put up a profile, explaining what tasks you're available for and skilled at, and people may end up seeking you out for work.
Drawbacks: A lot of the tasks you'll find on TaskRabbit are, as noted, physical – like setting up furniture. Of course, if that's your jam, that's a plus. WonderHow it works: People come to this site when they need research done. Wonder doesn't hire just anyone, but you can apply. The process takes about five minutes, according to the website. And if Wonder thinks you have the skills to do research, you'll get access to its dashboard. You can then choose to answer a question – perhaps coming from a business executive or an author writing a book.
Highlights: Researchers report making, on average, $8 to $16 for each detailed answer, and job sites suggest researchers can make, on average, about $20 an hour. In short, Wonder offers an ideal gig for those who really enjoy the process of doing research, as opposed to those who just want to make fast money.
Drawbacks: As noted, the money is not spectacular, especially if you spend a lot of time answering questions. If that happens to you a lot, you may wonder why you're using Wonder.
ThredUpHow it works: With the tagline "secondhand clothes, firsthand fun," this e-commerce company appeals to thrifty types looking to make money and sell their clutter for cash. The online thrift store sells women's and kid's clothes. Here's how it works: You send your clothes in a ThredUp bag with a prepaid mailing label, and ThredUp will decide the value. They're looking for nice clothes and popular brands, and keep in mind there's a fee if your items aren't accepted. So, if you have clothes better suited for a yard sale, hold a yard sale. But if you have quality outfits you no longer want, ThredUp enables you to sell unwanted items and may even pay you enough so that you can buy new threads.
Highlights: The process is pretty easy. ThredUp will send you a prepaid bag to put your clothes in, or a shipping label if you prefer.
Drawbacks: You won't get paid (naturally) until your clothes reach ThredUp, and they've been accepted. But if they aren't accepted, you will have to pay a fee to have them shipped back to you – or they can responsibly recycle them.
SwapHow it works: Like ThredUp, Swap is an online consignment store. After you send in used clothes and toys and games, Swap will sell them for you. As for how much you can make, the website explains that if something is priced for less than $10, you'll get a 30% credit to buy something from Swap.Com – or 20% of the sale price back in cash. If your item sells between $10 and $20, you'll earn a 50% credit or 40% back in cash. If it sells for more than $20, you'll receive a 70% credit or 60% cash.
Highlights: It's easier than, say, selling on Facebook Marketplace, where you generally must meet somebody to hand off an item. And aside from collecting stuff in your home, and putting items in a prepaid box sent to you, the process is pretty easy.
Drawbacks: As with ThredUp, you may have your clothes rejected, which means either you won't get them back – or you'll pay a fee to have them returned to you.
GazelleHow it works: If you have an old cellphone or another device (think iPads and computers), you can sell your electronics here. The website will give you a cash offer for your device. If you agree, you'll be sent packaging materials. Gazelle pays the shipping costs, and you'll wait for a check in the mail, a gift card to be sent or cash transferred to your PayPal account. You may not make a fortune, but it's better than letting an unused device collect dust on a shelf – and far better for the environment to sell it than toss it in a landfill.
Highlights: As you would expect, it's a pretty seamless process from start to finish.
Drawbacks: If you send in, say, a phone, and the phone isn't what Gazelle thought it might be, the offer for what it will pay for it may go down considerably. On the other hand, Gazelle will send you your phone back for free. So you aren't risking much, other than time.
CardSellHow it works: This is a popular site for selling gift cards. Maybe some of the gift cards you got last Christmas have sat around unused, and you don't think you'll ever use them. Well, tell CardSell what you have, they'll make you an offer and if you agree, you can exchange it for cash or, ironically, another gift card.
Highlights: There's no charge to mail your gift cards to CardSell, and the process is pretty easy, as you would expect.
Drawbacks: You'll never get the full value of your gift card, of course. So you might ask yourself: Isn't there some friend or family member I can sell this to?
OfferUpHow it works: If you don't have the energy to hold a yard sale, OfferUp may be the next best thing. After you take a picture of what you have and price it, hopefully somebody nearby will see it online, love it, send you a note and you'll meet – in a public place, OfferUp's website recommends – and you can get your cash. That said, OfferUp also offers ways to mail items to buyers.
Highlights: OfferUp is often compared to the ever-popular Craigslist, but some users claim it's an easier site to post on, probably because if you download the app, you can instant message buyers and sellers, and members have profiles, so you can get a better sense that people are who they say they are. If somebody has earned badges that OfferUp gives out, that's also a good sign they're considered a trusted, reputable seller on the website. Nevertheless, you'd still do well to use common sense and buy and sell OfferUp items in public places.
Drawbacks: As noted, if you're meeting a buyer to sell an item, meet in a public place. You don't really know who you're dealing with. On its website, OfferUp says, "Keep in mind that just because someone is buying or selling online doesn't guarantee your safety: You're responsible for your safety, so when you arrange a meetup, take sensible precautions. In the event of an emergency or any danger, call 911 or your local emergency number."
NeighborHow it works: Do you have storage space in your house? Or maybe an empty garage or storage shed? You could sign up on Neighbor.Com and offer to store your neighbors' stuff. It's sort of like Airbnb for the self-storage industry. You don't pay a dime and set your own prices. The person who rents your space will pay Neighbor.Com a service fee for getting the two of you together. And on the plus side, if this goes well, now you have incentive to clean out your attic or garage.
Highlights: You're paid via direct deposit, or you can receive a debit card at the end of the month. There are some small fees taken out of your payment for using the Neighbor website (a processing fee of 4.9% of the total reservation plus 30 cents per payout).
Drawbacks: There don't seem to be many. Well, if somehow you suddenly need to use your storage space, you may be a in a pickle. If that's the case, you need to give your renter 30 days advance notice to pick up their stuff. If you don't give them enough notice, according to the Neighbor website, you'll get a $60 eviction fee.
Merch by AmazonHow it works: John Frigo, an affiliate manager for a website called MySupplementStore.Com, says he sometimes makes money on the side by creating designs for T-shirts. He sells on Merch by Amazon as well as other platforms like Redbubble.Com.
Highlights: Frigo says you can simply upload your designs and get paid. "Graphic designers can upload T-shirt designs and at that point it's pretty much entirely passive, and you're paid a royalty for every one of your designs that sell – but you don't have to handle returns, do any customer service or ship anything," Frigo says.
Drawbacks: You probably won't get rich. For instance, Merch by Amazon offers examples of royalty prices, and for a T-shirt that sells for $15.99, the royalty would be $2.21. Still, once the hard work – designing the piece – is done, it's easy money. If somebody buys your T-shirt, that is.
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How To Make Money Easily With A Nightclub In GTA Online?
The appeal of having your very own Nightclub in GTA Online has to be absolutely palpable, which is why many often flock to the property right off the bat, but is it worth it? The game throws plenty of opportunities towards the players' way to make a whole ton of cash in GTA Online, but the challenge is to sort through the litter.
Players can make just about any business worth it in GTA Online, but the trick is to be efficient with one's time and money. For instance, a Document Forgery business will net the player some amount of profit over time, but it will be a lot of grinding before they can see any results.
Similarly, a Nightclub isn't exactly the most lucrative property by itself, but when it is used in tandem with other businesses, it is pure gold.
The Nightclub by itself will make a little bit of cash, and players can try and boost the club's popularity in order to increase the Nightclub revenue. The revenue is deposited in the player's safe in their office.
This amount is only minimal and won't help all that much in recovering the cost of the acquisition. To truly make the Nightclub a lucrative property in GTA Online, players will need some upgrades and a storage facility in the Nightclub.
Players can acquire storage when purchasing the Nightclub or by simply renovating it through the Maze Bank Foreclosures website. The best business to get started with and use with the Nightclub is the Cocaine Lockup from the MC Business.
To start a Cocaine Lockup business in GTA Online, simply follow these steps:
After that point, the Cocaine Lockup can begin production at the player's request, after which they will be able to complete sell missions. To use the Nightclub for the business, simply follow these steps:
This way, players will be able to replenish their stock in the Nightclub hourly in GTA Online, allowing them to sell more products in public sessions. If the player purchases equipment upgrades, they will be able to double their output in the Nightclub in GTA Online.
How To Make Money Online Using A Blog: 9 Strategies That Work
It may not be a get-rich-quick scheme, but you can earn enough revenue from your blog or website to fully support yourself if you know what to do and are effective. Whether it’s growing your side hustle into a full-time gig or finding easy ways to earn passive income, we’re here to give you the low down on how to make money online. From strategies used to sell products from your website or a physical store to more passive methods of earning income – here are the 9 best ways to make money online.
OK, so these methods aren’t entirely passive, but they don’t require a full-blown e-commerce effort, even one using third-party sellers such as Amazon. These methods to make money online involve changing what you already do on your website, mainly creating valuable content. With relatively little effort, you can use these strategies to make money from your website without an entirely new tactic.
We positioned this piece in terms of using your blog or website to make money online. However, don’t stop there. These passive means to make money online work in your email marketing programs, social media marketing, and other online marketing efforts.
Affiliate MarketingWhen it comes to making money with a blog, many website owners opt to start with affiliate marketing as it’s a great way to make passive income. Affiliate marketing promotes products from other online businesses to visitors to your website using visual advertising, such as banners embedded on your sidebar, the bottom of your posts, or on your pages.
Affiliate marketing works by including direct links or codes triggered when users use your ads to perform a specific action, such as making a purchase or signing up for a trial. Each conversion earns you a commission. The commission varies from brand to brand, but some publishers boasted making up to 50% of the sale price. Some programs require a conversion from the visit, while others retain the information for a period of time and pay a commission if the individual converts within that period of time.
There are tons of affiliate programs for publishers to join. Start by exploring your options, focusing on affiliate programs that match your visitor demographics and needs. Most importantly, to successfully pull off affiliate marketing, don’t join every affiliate program out there. For instance, if your blog revolves around cooking, partnering with a tool-kit provider doesn’t fit your visitors. Moreover, many affiliate programs are selective in who joins their program. Some require a certain number of visitors before they’ll let a publisher join while others drop publishers that don’t deliver sales for a period of time.
AdvertisingIf you want easy, passive, and lucrative income, ads are the way to go. Advertising works by setting aside specific sections on your website, called ad units, available to advertisers. Although functionally ads look very similar to affiliate marketing, the main difference is in the payment structure. Ads pay for clicks and don’t require conversion, although the payment is much lower than in affiliate marketing.
Google’s Adsense is the most typical starting place for beginners, as it offers easy setup and maintenance. They operate on a pay-per-click model, meaning you get paid whenever users click on an ad.
AdSense is just one of the many ad networks offering publishers its services. Before partnering up, ensure they provide a fair deal and limitations are the right fit for you. Many networks have strict guidelines and policies, so you want to ensure that your site is fully compliant.
Header BiddingHeader bidding, the best alternative to AdSense and other similar ad networks, is one of the easiest ways to maximize ad revenue. It’s an advanced programmatic technique that brings an array of ad networks to simultaneously bid for your ad units.
Header bidding platforms often use a CPM, or cost-per-thousand system, to measure earnings, meaning you get paid for impressions rather than clicked. So, if your site has a generally low click-through rate but a ton of daily impressions, header bidding offers superior revenue. AdSense offers a CPM system whereby publishers receive a small commission based on impressions and a larger commission for clicks.
Starting with a provider who’s ‘non-exclusive,’ meaning you can still use other services like AdSense with no issue, is the best move for your earnings. In addition to working with a network that meets your needs, you benefit from an increase in profits from the extra competition. Besides delivering more advertisers to you, header bidding providers assist in optimizing ad units, page loading speed, and user experience, so you don’t have to.
Sponsored PostsSponsored posts are articles a company pays a publisher to place on their site, written by the publisher or advertisers to endorse or review products and services. With the right effort, they can easily appear organic and balance promoting a brand with giving users valuable information. Equally beneficial, keeping sponsored posts relevant to trending topics and brands could lead to an influx in traffic for your site.
Active ways to make money online Guest BloggingIf you enjoy writing–this one is for you! Offer your expert writing services to other bloggers or brands. You can connect with others in your niche and get paid to write guest blog posts on their websites about anything from reviews to solutions. Much like freelance writing, guest blogging is a great source of income if you like to write. This strategy works in one of two ways.
First, websites need fresh, valuable content on a consistent basis. Hiring writers to craft great content helps support their efforts to gain authority and drive organic traffic to their website. Second, guest blogging benefits brands by containing links to purchase their products embedded within the content in a very natural way that doesn’t look like advertising.
Websites also benefit from your brand’s traffic and credibility, and you get money in your pocket as well as strong backlinks to your website. It’s a win-win situation for everyone.
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While this isn’t the most passive income method, it generates good money and can even fuel your other revenue streams. For example, if the owner permits, you can always add your affiliate links for a chance at a sale.
Lead GenerationThough this won’t get you rich, it can bring you lovely little bursts of revenue from time to time (vacation, anyone?). With lead generation, you’re connecting third-party organizations with relevant users in your audience/niche. Publishers get paid for supplying data (emails, names, etc.); no user purchasing of products or services required.
With the tightening of data privacy and protection laws, be sure to avoid selling any information without user knowledge. Instead, opt for placing a referral form on your website where users can actively apply to connect with a specific company. This way, users are aware and active in the decision-making process to communicate with a third-party brand.
A simple type of lead generation is blogger outreach. If you start writing blog posts for a company or plan to, many of them will pay you for any blogger you can successfully refer to write as well. Oddly enough, Twitter has a large community for blogger opportunities–just log on and start exploring some hashtags!
Sell Digital ProductsDigital products require an initial upfront effort but are a highly profitable revenue stream for publishers. You can create online products such as an Ebook, course, or guides for popular topics or solutions their viewers seek. You then sell these products on your website or even use affiliate marketing or advertising to sell them from other websites, as well.
An interesting take on this strategy involves creating a subscription-based section of your website where you make money online from users willing to pay for access to this protected area of your website. Lots of successful financial analysts use this strategy to sell newsletters containing investment insights.
With a little social listening, you can craft digital products relevant and valuable to your audience. And the best part is, once you made the digital product, you get to sit back and enjoy money every time someone makes a purchase or pays their subscription fee.
Offer Your ServicesAs a publisher, you already have a solid portfolio (your website!) and access to a strong client pool (your readers!). If you’re good at other aspects of blogging (graphics, monetizing methods, etc.), feel free to freelance your services. Your dedicated readers trust you, and it’s the perfect chance to help them further. Allow them to reach out and work with you on an individual level with a ‘hire me’ or ‘work with me’ call-to-action button on your website.
Take DonationsThis is more of an honorable mention, but you never know. There’s no shame in asking for a monetary donation if you invested a great deal of effort into crafting a quality website for your readers. It’s important to make a subtle request for a contribution to support your sustained efforts. Setting a simple call-to-action button like “donate please,” somewhere on your website should get the job done! State how much money you hope to raise and why you want to raise these funds (more of a one-time deal) may encourage many to help.
A large number of sites offer tools for taking donations, such as GoFundMe, which makes it easy to raise money online. If you offer creative products, Kickstarter and Patreon might help support your efforts. If you run a non-profit, a number of online sites help with raising donations. These sites work best if you offer something in return for the donation, such as a copy of the finished product or mention in a written work.
Get StartedSo long as you work to ensure people are reading your blog, the continuous traffic helps you make money online without running an e-commerce site involving products. When switching from an ad network like AdSense, publishers see a 50-200% boost in earnings. Newor Media has partnerships with some of the largest networks and does more for your ad space while taking care of the heavy lifting. A dedicated account representative helps you optimize your units to make the most money possible!
Still not sure where to start earning with making money online?
Author: Angela Hausman, PhDI manage Hausman and Associates, a full-service marketing firm operating at the intersection of marketing and digital media. We provide a host of digital marketing solutions including content marketing, email marketing, SEO/ SEM, social media marketing, lead generation as well as marketing strategy, branding,, market research, and a variety of… View full profile ›
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