12 Ways You Can Make Money Online

With the bad economy and ensuing job cuts, most people are opting for alternative methods of earning income. One of the popular methods that many have adopted is earning money online. As you prepare yourself to be an online worker, you should know that most sites offer small payments for individual jobs, but these small amounts add up to bigger sums as you get more jobs.

Below are the few online money making alternatives.

1. Click and get paid

Some online brands such as Swagbucks, gifthulk or hunters club offer money to perform fun activities such as watching videos, playing games or performing online surveys. When you take part in this program, you will earn money in virtual cash, and you can later withdraw it as real money through PayPal or claim it as gift cards.

Online pay-for-clicks sites get money from brand advertisers to carry out advertising for them. They in turn pass these tasks to you and that is how you get to make money. Such a program requires real dedication. Though different tasks pay different amounts of money, you can earn a lot in a day by performing as many tasks as possible. There are also point systems used to reward more dedicated contributors.

There are many sites that will pay you to click or perform the tasks listed above. If you have a lot of time on your hands and all you want is to make a few extra dollars per month, this program is right for you.

2. Doing online surveys

Online survey sites provide you the opportunity to make money for giving opinions about any topic. You don’t need any special skills or qualifications to perform these surveys. All you need is access to a computer and a stable internet connection, and you can fill in as many surveys as possible.

Most sites are free to join, so you can sign up and make hundreds of dollars a year just giving opinions.

3. Earn money on search engines

You can turn your search engine activities into a money making activity. This requires use of add-ons such as Qmee on your internet browser, so that when you perform your searches on the search engine, they appear on your screen via the add-on. If you click on any of the search results, you get paid.

4. Make money watching videos

You probably watch all your videos online. You can now get paid to entertain yourself through videos, or when searching for product video promos, on sites such as Maximiles. You earn money through points, which are then converted into vouchers. To make money, you have to log in with your ID, otherwise, your points will be lost. 

5. Online contests

There are online contests that have the potential to make you a lot of money in cash, get you holiday prizes or even cars. These online contests are known as ‘comping’. If you like contests or find that you are a lucky winner through contests, comping might make you a windfall.

6. FREE cash-back

You make money with this method by channeling traffic to cash-back sites by clicking on their link. You do not need to buy any item on these types of sites. All they need is for you to click on their internet link, and by doing so you will be captured as traffic to their site.

7. Make money reading adverts on your smartphone

Thanks to mobile phone apps such as Qustodian, you can make money online while on the move through your mobile phone. When you download such an app, you simply set your preferences and you will receive your ads based on those preferences.

You will view messages, answer questions or watch video adverts and get paid when your money gets to a certain limit.

8. Get paid for content

If you are a good writer and you can generate content daily about different topics, this method might be for you. Content creation sites accept writers who can write about anything and have time to deliver creative and original content daily. Besides just text content, videos and pictures are also acceptable on some sites.

Depending on the amount of time on your hands, you can take up content writing full time or part time.

9. Online data entry

Many companies have a lot of data that they need captured into their systems, but they just don’t have the manpower for such jobs. These companies therefore outsource such data entry jobs to other companies, which then hire you to perform the data entry.

A simple search on search engines will reveal that there is never a shortage of data entry jobs. If you are quick with your fingers and can sit for hours capturing data, this job is for you.

10. Paid product reviews

Another great and easy way to make money online is to give product reviews. You will find that you have used or are familiar with most of the products available for review and this should make it easy for you.

Payments for each review will differ based on the review forum you use and also depending on the category of product you are reviewing.

11. Share videos on YouTube and make money

If you have ever wondered why there are so many videos on YouTue, the answer is pretty simple. It’s because of the earning potential involved. You will initially start out with very little income, but the more content you share, the more money you will make. However, you could post one video and make a ton of money, just based on the views generated.

12. Review music and get paid

There are some review sites that allow you to get paid for rating any song you listen to. For those sites, your earnings start out small, but as your reputation grows, you start to make more money. Amounts paid per review depend on factors such as the length of the song and how detailed your review is. This is indeed a great way to get paid while engaging in your hobby.