8 Easy Ways To Make Money Online

Nowadays, earning money online has become a trending topic.

If you've some basic skills like typing, communication skills, excellent attention to detail to work online, then you can earn a passive income. You can do these side hustles, even if you're a student, and make your life enjoyable and cheerful.

All you need is a piece of laptop and an internet connection. You can use your spare time to do these side hustles and make a good income.

Here are some easy ways if you are hunting for earning some extra cash online.

1. Freelancing work

Freelancing is one of the best paying online jobs. You will only need a computer with an internet connection.

You can find many kinds of jobs on the freelancing website. Including copy-paste typing job, virtual assistant, graphic design, translation, voiceovers, logo design, web development, etc. You might love to do one or more of them in your spare time. There are so many freelance jobs out there that require simple skills or just time that someone else might not have.

And the best thing about freelancing is that you can work for clients in the UK and around the world with just an internet connection from home.

You can pick jobs directly from a live job board or have to bid on a job and hope that the job is awarded to you by the relevant client, depending on how the site works.

Some sites may require you to take an English grammar and writing test, and some may require you to submit a sample or samples of your work, while others may require you to take a grammar test to evaluate your skills. If you pass any relevant test, the site will let you take on writing jobs.

There are many freelancing websites, such as-

• Upwork.
• Freelancer.
• Guru.

But among all of these websites, Upwork is the best site to earn extra cash.

2. Write and publish a Kindle eBook

If you are good at researching and writing, with the Amazon Kindle store, you can publish an eBook and make money.

All you have to do is list your book for £1.49 — £6.99, and you can earn 70% of the sale. Amazon is an ultimate selling machine where anyone can earn easily. But to execute this awesome deal, you have to follow some steps:

• Create meaningful content.
• Design a great cover page.
• Text without any grammatical errors.
• Encourage readers to leave an honest review at the end of your book.

The best thing about this idea is that once you’ve invested the time (like 20 hours), you’ll earn a passive income for years to come.

3. Affiliate marketing

Affiliate marketing is the process of earning a commission by promoting other's (people or company) products. You've to find a product you like, promote it to others, and earn a piece of the profit for each sale that you make.

If you have a good presence on social media or have a blog website, then you can start bringing in money immediately by promoting all sorts of companies, products, services, and offers online.

Many websites offer to promote their products. All you have to do is joining that sites and check their offers blog or browse the merchant listings to find something you think people would be interested in, then grab your affiliate link, and share it. If someone buys using your link, you’ll make a nice commission. The sales are tracked via affiliate links from one website to another.

Some affiliate marketplaces are Clickbank, ShareASale, JVZoo, Rakuten Rewards, etc. To take it a step further, set up a topical Facebook page and invite all your friends to join it and post your affiliate offers on there.

4. Gigs on Fiverr

Fiver is one of the largest marketplaces for making money by selling small services in the world. It is a company that provides a platform for freelancers to offer services to customers worldwide.

All you have to do is sign up on Fiverr and create a gig containing your skills. It could be writing, copy-paste typing, voiceover, designing logos, virtual assistant, data entry, web development, graphic designing, and more all over the world.

The default price is $5. Although the fee for each gig might seem small, there are a good number of people who are managing to generate a reasonable income from the site. But you can make it a large amount if you continue learning new things. Along with all of these, you have to promote your gigs to gain a large number of reviews.

5. Become a tutor

If you are thinking that how is it possible to become a tutor without going out. Then you’re wrong. You can become a tutor by staying at home.

There are plenty of reputable tutoring online sites where you can sell your education and earn money. These sites will let you apply for becoming a tutor and connect with the students online that need your help.

All you have to do is make a video that matches your skill and post it on the online tutor sites. Udemy is a site that allows anyone to create an online course (on anything!) and get paid forever after as users take it up. You can expect to earn upwards of $10 an hour.

For one-to-one tutoring, list yourself on Superprof and UK Tutors.

This technique allows you to earn extra money easily. If you are not highly qualified, then you can teach younger or A-level students.

6. Start print on demand t-shirt business

Print on demand website is an online marketplace where you can design your favorite products (t-shirt, hoodie, sweatshirt, mugs, and more) and earn a passive income by selling them.

There are many sites where you can sell your design. Some of them are-

• Teespring
• Redbubble
• Merch by amazon
• Shopify
• Etsy.

Now you might be thinking about the delivery system. Then, no worry as you do not need to do anything. Because print on demand websites themselves produce, sell, and ship products to the customer. All you have to do is sign up and create new designs. You can write text on t-shirts, hoodies, tees, bags, mugs, canvas, and many more. But it would be great if you know graphic design and photoshop as this skill of yours will let you create amazing designs.

Once you're done, promote your designs on social media to gain a large number of views.

7. Sell on E-bay

E-bay is such a marketplace where anyone can sell their old stuff. Along with that, people can sell items that they have created.

You can also buy things in bulk from another supplier or at low prices and resell them at higher prices. You can earn some extra money by selling your old stuff online. You can sell a wide variety of used and unused things (including your own products, used clothes, textbooks, gift cards, old CDs, DVDs), and many more items online.

8. Get paid for writing on Medium

Medium is the largest and best platform where anyone can write and earn a great amount of money. If you are good at writing, then you can start writing on Medium.

To get paid on Medium, you have to join Medium Partner Program. After publishing a story, the more your article gets views by Medium members, the more you will earn. For that, you have to choose great content that matches the skill and a catchy title. Because if you have a great title, people will get attracted to your story.

It is the best site for a beginner to earn extra income, as Medium allows everyone to share their story. Moreover, more than 200 million people are on Medium. Most writers who publish at least one article on Medium per month generate some money. 8% of active writers earned over $100 in July 2019, Medium reported. The most earned by a writer on that month was $22,639.47, and the most earned for a single story that month was $6,720.35.

Final thoughts

Last but not least. You may find difficulties for the very first time. But there are plenty of stories of such persons who have achieved success after a long period after joining online jobs. It may take some time for you also to get established, but you will get it if you don’t stop trying. So my advice is never to lose hope and keep trying. You’ll find success one day. It may happen later, but surely.

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I hope this article helped you.