1. Make Money Online with Swagbucks
Basically this is a free site that offers you a bunch of ways to earn cash, gift cards, or other rewards.
You can earn by answering polls, taking surveys, doing simple tasks (like giving feedback about a website), trading in old video games or books, and even playing games on their site.
I have tried it out and have received multiple payments from them, so I can attest that it is legit. While you won’t get rich doing this, to me it seems like a great way for internet-lovers to make some money. Find out more
here.
2. Cleaning out Foreclosed Homes
With there being as many foreclosed homes out there as there are, the bankers (who now own the houses) don’t want to clean them up and they are willing to pay hefty sums for those who will. So it is fairly easy to start a Foreclosure cleanup business and get paid pretty well in the process. If you are interested here is
a course you can take to learn more.
A couple years ago I did an
interview with a guy who made $28,000 in one year doing this part time. It is work and requires organization skills to do it well, but it is legit.
I tried my hand at it using
Project Payday and their training materials to see that it was legit.
Basically companies are willing to pay you to do trial offers for their products. They know that many people who do the trial offer will like their product and continue to be customers, so they are willing to pay people to sign up for trial offers.
So one of the main ways of making money freebie trading is signing up for offers like a Free Netflix trial, emusic.com, applying for a Discover Card, etc. The key to success seems to be having a calendar where you can keep track of when the trial periods end and make sure to cancel before they end.
If you are interested in learning more I definitely recommend
Project Payday as they have a ton of training guides (free if you complete a couple offers) that will greatly simplify the process.
4. Take online surveys
This one can be hit or miss. I have used some survey sites and had a bad experience (
CashCrate), on the other hand I have found some survey sites to be a decent way to earn a few extra bucks. Here are a few if you want to investigate further:
I recommend proceeding with caution and definitely not paying anything to join.
5. Raise Money Online
If you are
raising money for a community service project or missions, you might want to check out a site like
GoFundMe.com. They make it easy for teens to raise money for any type of project. People have used it to raise the money for everything from mission trips to medical bills, weddings and honeymoons, business ventures, and even college tuition.
6. Start a Christmas Light Hanging business
If you aren’t afraid of heights and can handle being out in the cold, this is a pretty great business opp. Some people earn a full-year’s salary just hanging lights for 2 months each year. Here is
a course that provides some more info.
Some of these might be landscaping work, or similar odd-jobs, but it might be great summer time work for teens!
8. Freelance Write
As they say on the web “content is king” and everyone wants it. Places like
Elance or
Odesk have thousands of different job openings available for freelance writers. If you are not in a rush for receiving compensation and know how to do keyword research, there is money to be made writing at
Hubpages and
Squidoo. For more on this method, check out
How to make money with Hubpages.
9. Sell Plasma
Not sure how old you have to be, nor how painful it is, but if you are into that sort of thing, it can be a way to make some quick money.
10. Write product reviews
There are places like
Ciao,
Epinions.com,
ReviewStream.com that pay for product reviews – if you have an opinion and can type quickly this might be a good option.
11. Take part in medical studies
I have a couple friends who have almost done this exclusively as a job. They were basically human guinea pigs, but they made some decent cash at it. Sometimes they would have be at the medical facility for up to 48 hours, so your schedule may need to be flexible. Just google “medical studies” + your city to find some options.
12. Get Paid With Your Phonewalk
Juno Wallet and Gigwalk is are fairly new iPhone apps that offer payment for completing simple tasks based on your location. For example users earn by taking pictures of a restaurant’s menu, verifying roadblocks and signage, and other simple tasks. If you are in a big city (which typically has more opportunities) there is some decent potential with this one.
13. Have a Garage Sale
If it is something too large or that won’t
sell on eBay for some reason, you can always have an old-fashioned garage sale!
14. Tutor or give lessons
Are you great at math, science, or kicking a field goal? Why not advertise your skills to those a few years younger than you? Many parents are willing to pay a teenager to tutor their child in an area that needs development.
15. Create Facebook Graphics or Pages
or Twitter backgrounds for that matter. Just set up a simple site to sell your work, get a paypal “buy it now link” and you are off and running.
16. Social Marketing Consultant
Many companies are looking for qualified candidates who know the ins and outs of Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter to help them with their social marketing efforts. Head over to a
job site and search for “social media marketing”.
17. Use Fiverr.com to sell some service
Fiverr.com is a service-orientated website that allows you to sell your service for $5. As you can probably imagine there are a lot of bizzarre services that people offer. But if you do some searching on the site you can start to see some opportunities for a lot of different skill-sets.
18. Build Websites For Others
I can’t tell you how many people have asked me to build them a website since I started this one a couple years ago. I am not seeking the work and people are requesting it, so if you do a little legwork and pursue small business owners, there is a lot of work available. Teens might be great for this, because they would be able to work for less than some higher end website developers, which would put them in the price range that it seems many small businesses are looking to spend.
19. Blogging
Two years ago I wasn’t sure if there was money to be made blogging, but I have since found it to work out nicely. It isn’t something that will provide much income quickly, but if you stick at it, it can. I wrote extensively about
how to make money from a blog a few months ago.
20. Design Web Logos
23. Sell Digital Photos
Making money as a photographer has become easier over the last decade. There are now lots of sites looking to buy digital photos:
Shutterstock.com,
123RF.com,
Dreamstime.com,
CreStock.com,
Fotolia.com. As with most things, the better you are the more money you will make, but it can be nice passive income if you work at it.
24. Sell articles
25. Start an eBay business
Last year I experimented with
starting an eBay business to see if there was money to be made. While profit margins can be thin selling on eBay, there are over a million eBay businesses, so it is a viable option.
26. Sell widgets on Etsy.com
If you create any kind of arts or crafts or widgets of any sort, you should check out
Etsy.com.
27. Join a Focus Group
There are likely to be focus groups in your area that may be willing to hire teens. Organizations are always looking for participants because there are
business advantages for focus groups. Just Google “focus group” and your city to get started.
28. Be a Mystery Shopper
This is the dream job isn’t it? You get to shop and get paid! The added bonus is that you secretly have recourse when you are treated poorly in the store.
I am sure your parents wouldn’t mind sharing some of the profits, if you sell some of their clutter for them. I say ask them for 50% of what you make from it!
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