Everyone’s looking for ways to make money at home. While you can get a remote job, these are getting harder to find as most companies want people back in the office. Luckily, there’s plenty of side gigs you can do to earn money from home.
Use these methods to supplement your purchases, savings, or cash flow, but don’t expect them to replace your full-time income right off the bat. Some of these methods are capable of doing so, but will take some time to get to that level.
How to Make Money from Home: 7 Methods
1. Online surveys
One of the most popular methods to make money at home is filling out online surveys. You can earn a decent amount of extra money per survey while doing so from the comfort of your home (or even any other location with internet access).
Additionally, unlike many other methods to earn money from home, there’s no delay or costs associated with the process. You don’t have to wait for products to arrive, you don’t have to spend anything on marketing,or do anything else.
Most survey providers will have an average payout of $1 per survey and many of them take about 15 to 60 minutes. So, if you have some free time, filling out surveys is a great deal.
2. Freelance writing
Freelance writing is a great way to make money at home as it can even serve as a replacement for a full time job. Companies are willing to pay experienced writers a lot of money for various marketing materials – from blog posts to emails.
It does take some time to get to the level where you earn enough money from home to replace a job or get a decently sized wage. Freelance writing does have a ton of great benefits, though, ranging from freedom to work whenever you want to picking up as much work as you want.
While you can look for contracts on your own, most freelance writers start by going to websites like Upwork and registering an account there.
3. Blogging
An old school method to make money at home is to start a blog. There are plenty of free website builders that can quickly build up a blog for you and all you’ll need to do is write.
As a way to make money at home, however, blogging is one of the slowest ways to build up an income. While the potential earnings are huge (from ad revenue and brand deals), it’ll likely take years until the blog is making good money.
4. Social media (management)
A more popular method to make money at home is social media. Most people read reviews and look for recommendations for various products through social media. Building up a profile and becoming an influencer is a surefire way to earn a lot of money from home.
Unfortunately, just like with blogging, the social media niche is extremely competitive – everyone wants to be an influencer and earn money from home. It may take a tremendous amount of time or money to build up your own social media profile.
An alternative is to become a social media manager. There’s plenty of businesses and influencers that need someone to schedule posts, interact with the audience, create ads, etc. With enough skill in social media, you can make money at home by managing someone else’s profile.
5. Virtual assistant
One of the real ways to make money from home for free is to become a virtual assistant. There’s plenty of individuals and companies looking for someone to record meetings, do various minor tasks, or engage with customers at a basic level.
Usually, virtual assistants have little to no technical skill requirements, so if you have some soft skills, it’s a great opportunity to earn money from home. It’s not as flexible as, say, freelance writing, as you’ll have to match your customer’s day-to-day activities.
6. Graphic design
If you have some artistic skills, there’s plenty of real ways to make money from home for free. One of them is graphic design – you can get gig opportunities with a wide range of businesses. Everyone from large corporations to YouTubers need graphic designers.
Additionally, if you were willing to invest a small amount, you could create various prints or t-shirt designs that can be added to an online store. It will take some money to get the business going, but it can earn a decent profit if you know what you’re doing.
7. Website and app testing
Finally, you can earn money from home by testing websites and apps and writing reviews for them. There’s entire businesses dedicated to providing you with opportunities to test out products and software is sometimes part of the offering.
Website and app testing is generally better than product testing as you don’t have to wait for anything to arrive. All you need to do is register, play around with the website or app, and write a review. You’ll then be issued a small amount of money if your review is reasonably accurate and detailed.
You should be careful, however, when looking for product testing programs. There’s plenty of scams out there. Carefully assess each program – a few of the red flags are asking you to pay upfront to join the program, “too good to be true” deals, and extremely high limits for cashouts.
