60 Creative Ways You Can Make Money Online

Being able to make money online is a dream for a huge number of people. The idea of being able to earn a living without leaving the front room, or being able to supplement your income significantly through just a few hours of work a day, is incredible appealing and could provide a lifeline for many people.

But for many of us this dream might seem somewhat distant. How can you make money online if you don’t know anything about business? Or about computers? Well actually the good news is that anyone can make money online, thanks to the sheer number of different methods available. Here we will list sixty different ways you can make money online – yes sixty – and you’re almost certain to find something that you can do out of that lot…

1. Create a website and put advertising on it
2. Sell an affiliate product, through a blog or through social media
3. Buy and sell products for more through eBay
4. Enter competitions
5. Use cashback sites to get money off of your purchases
6. Buy items wholesale and then sell them for more on eBay
7. Learn an art or craft and then sell your creations on eBay
8. Offer writing services to webmasters
9. Offer design services to webmasters
10. Offer to create video openers
11. Learn social media marketing and offer it to small businesses
12. Learn SEO and offer that to small businesses
13. Create a large Twitter/Instagram account and then post sponsored Tweets
14. Offer a fun service through Fiverr
15. Look into many of the similar sites to Fiverr
16. Raise money for a genius invention or service through Kickstarter
17. Offer proof reading services to websites/writers
18. Sell your hair
19. Sell your breastmilk
20. Become a mystery shopper
21. Commentate on sports matches online
22. Be a jury on a mock trial
23. Set up an e-mail course
24. Create and sell an eBook
25. Create and sell an eBook through Kindle
26. Self publish a book with Lulu or Amazon and sell that
27. Carry out paid surveys
28. Create an app and sell it through iTunes or through the Android Play Store
29. Create a piece of software for Windows/OSX/Linux and sell it
30. Monetise a YouTube account
31. Offer programming skills on eLance or ODesk
32. Find work you can do from home through LinkedIn
33. Create and monetise a social media site
34. Create a popular social media account and then sell it on
35. Build and sell websites on webmaster forums like Digital Point or Warrior Forums
36. Buy websites, grow them, then sell them on for more
37. Use paid-to-review websites
38. Buy domain names and then sell them on for more
39. Day trade in stocks and shares
40. Offer video editing skills
41. Offer consultation for business/anything else really
42. Offer to publish writers’ works as eBooks then keep a percentage of sales
43. Run a competition
44. Create music tracks and sell them on iTunes
45. Create music tracks then charge for companies to use them in videos/on their websites
46. Take photography and sell it through a stock photography site
47. Create a piece of software that automate any of these jobs
48. Generate and sell mailing lists
49. Create a shop on Etsy
50. Create an item with 3D printing and then sell it using a site like Shapeways
51. Sell libraries for programmers to use in their own programs
52. Give something away for free – such as a fan game or a piece of code – and then ask for donations
53. Create and sell website templates
54. Offer to convert websites into apps
55. Record voice-overs for businesses
56. Run an online talent agency
57. Buy and sell work – get paid to create a website on Digital Point, then pay people less to do it through GumTree
58. Play Bingo
59. Create a paid links directory
60. Create an online magazine and then charge for subscriptions

Whew, so there you have it! Sixty different ways to make money online. But if you don’t find anything you like there, remember that almost any of them can be tweaked to suit you more. Don’t want to convert websites into apps? Then why not convert apps into websites? Or books into websites? The only limit here is your imagination, so get out there and get earning money!

Jenny Wadlow is a freelance blogger by profession. She can be the best guide when it come comparing life insurance.  Her other interests lie in shopping and painting. You can follow her on Twitter @JennyWadlow.