1. Work for Google from Home
This one seems like a dream, but it’s actually not quite as far fetched as it seems. Google is sometimes hiring for job positions that you can do from home.
Most of these positions are real, full-time jobs which require relevant previous work experience. They do, however, offer a few positions that are entry-level. These positions often require simple but necessary work, like proofreading advertisements and similar activities.
As you might expect, these positions get scooped up pretty quickly, but if this is something you’re serious about getting in on, you should check every so often.
2. Take Opinion Surveys
Some of the sites mentioned below have survey sections. Now, let’s talk about survey exclusive sites. There are many, but we’ll name drop a few trustworthy ones: PineCone Research, SurveySavvy, and SurveySpot.
Trustworthy is important in the realm of survey websites, because there are a lot of illegitimate ones. One rule of thumb is to never, ever pay a membership fee. You’re here to make money, after all. Don’t pay a single penny to a site like this.
For the legitimate sites, usually you’ll make somewhere around $1 to $5 per survey, which isn’t bad for something so easy.
The best news is that a lot of these sites are willing to give you legitimate cash, deposited to PayPal, and a few will even send it to you in a check!
3. Buy & Sell Used Books
I have made so much money with this that it’s just ridiculous.
There is a site called BookScouter that makes it so easy to sell used books. You simply visit the site, put in the ISBN number of the book into the provided box, then their technology searches over 40 online book buyers to give you the ones that pay the highest for your used book.
Now, I started with my own used books in the basement. But now I have expanded it to almost a part time side business. Whenever I go to a thrift store, yard sale, flea market, or any other kind of place where I can get used books for cheap, I simply pull up BookScouter on my phone, then I check prices for interesting-looking books I see.
The most I have made on one book was $25. I bought it for $0.75 from a thrift store, and was able to sell it for $25 by using BookScouter. That’s more than $24 profit for just a few seconds of work.
4. Background Apps
It’s actually possible to make money doing nothing at all by downloading a few apps. These apps run in the background once they’re installed and pay either weekly or monthly. The big two are Google Screenwise and Media Insiders Panel.
You will, of course, need a smartphone to install them, but Google Screenwise can also be installed on your home computer.
The payout goes like this: Media Insiders Panel will pay you $5 a month per device you have their app installed on. You can install it on up to 3 devices.
That’s a tidy $15 a month if you have multiple devices, all made passively. They’ll even pay you an extra $5 on the 12th week.
Google Screenwise pays weekly, and they want you to install it in three places: Your personal computer, your smartphone, and your tablet.
They’ll pay you $1, $1.50, or $2 a week for the devices you have it installed on, respectively, as well as $8 for signing up.
Now, it’s important to note that these dollar amounts are paid out in gift cards, but hey, if you fully utilize both of these services, that’s $295 a year in gift cards for doing nothing.
You should know that the way these apps work is by tracking what websites you use, how often you use them, and what type of information you share. They aren’t interested in your personal information, so they won’t be recording your calls, text messages, or other types of personal information.
These apps are purely for market research. However, they are still researching your online behaviors, so you have to be willing to have your data monitored for marketing research.
5. Helping Companies Name Things
Yes, this is a real way to make money! It seems pretty simple, doesn’t it?
NamingForce is a place you can go to submit name suggestions for companies or products based on simple descriptions of the entity in question. They don’t limit you on how much you submit, so feel free to drop all your most clever ideas out there. If your idea is chosen, you’ll get paid for it, easy as that.
There are stories of large corporations dropping big multi-hundred-dollar rewards for certain naming projects, so this is definitely among the best ones on the list to get involved with casually.
6. Teaching Online Language Classes
Regardless of what language you speak natively, there is money to be made teaching language classes on the internet.
There are freelance language education sites like Italki where you can register to teach and set your own price.
Even a novice instructor could make $10 an hour, and many experienced instructors are asking for more.
You will need the ability to display your video and audio (like a face chat) for educational purposes, but if you have that, this is an easy way to make money.
Lessons are usually 1-on-1. This method is particularly popular with English speakers, because there is a high demand to learn English around the world, particularly in Asian countries.
7. Professional Writing and Proofreading
There are websites like Demand Studios which are looking for skilled writers and editors to do professional-quality work.
It is important to note that this website is not an entry level position. They have previously employment requirements, ask for resumes, and have a thorough interview process.
This is a way to make money for someone who has already had formal employment in the skill. Demand Studios will pay you over $20 per assignment, sometimes upwards to $100 or so. In fact, if you’re a senior member of the website who is highly active, you could become a viable candidate for health insurance!
HubPages is also a potential avenue for writing for pay. Self-submitted articles can earn $1.50 per 1000 page views. It sounds like peanuts, but you write 10 articles that get a fair amount of views a month, and now you’re making over $100 dollars passively.
For a list of 20 sites where you can get paid to write, read this article.
8. Provide Triage from Your Home
OK, so this one is only for currently registered nurses, and you must have at least 3 years experience in the field. So, it is another professionals-only opportunity, but the pay is quite good.
The company is called Fonemed, and they will pay you to be the triage nurse when doctor’s offices are closed. Because of this, the hours are usually limited to weekends, nights, and similar time slots. They have a particular availability for people with pediatric experience.
Working for Fonemed, you get paid an hourly wage for all the time you spend on-call, as well as a “commission” of sorts for every call you take. A highly active Fonemed nurse will be able to earn traditional benefits like paid leave once they gain some seniority.
The expected rate of pay is an average $20-30 an hour, according to the owners of the company. That’s a great paycheck for working out of your living room!
9. Working Online Customer Service
LiveOps is a website where you can work as an independently contracted employee– that is to say, you choose your own hours.
Getting in is rigorous, the application process involves a written application, a background check, a phone interview, and a skills exam. However the pay is pretty nice at $10 to $15 an hour, and again, you can work for as long as you’re able.
Websites like Working Solutions hire at-home workers for more scheduled work and will give you full or part time hours. You’ll take calls on behalf of companies that have contracted their customer service to Working Solutions.
Pay is about $9 an hour, increasing all the way to $13 with time, and there are incentives which become available occasionally. Since this is technically a formal employment, you can work towards health, dental, or 401k plans.
Another company which offers this type of employment is Alpine Access.
0 comments: