58 Creative Ways to Make Money

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Sometimes making extra money requires thinking outside the box. I’ve put together 58 creative ways to make money quick just for you.

What we will cover:

1 Donate Plasma

Donating plasma has been one of my favorite creative ways to make money. I made $60 every time I donated, not to mention saving some lives.

2 Door Dash

Door dash is a great way to make some extra cash. You can work the hours you want and all you have to do is deliver food.

3 Uber

Kind of like Door Dash, you can work the hours you want. You get to drive people around and get paid.

4 Sell thrifted clothes

To make extra money, you can do some thrift shopping and sell it for more online. You can also clean out your closet and sell the stuff you don’t wear or use anymore.

5 Movie extra

Being a money extra can be a fun and creative way to make money. If there’s a local movie looking for extras, give it a try!

6 Pet sitting/walking

Pet sitting or walking can get you some exercise, make you feel better, and get you paid.

7 Streaming

Granted, it might take a while to build traffic. But if you like playing video games, try streaming to make some extra money while having fun.

8 Referee

If you like sports, try using some of your extra time to referee at games.

9 Caddie

This could be an actual part-time job, or you can just caddie some on a weekend.

10 Test Websites

There are places you can sign up that will pay you to test websites. One of the most well-known is User Testing.

11 Baby sitting

Baby sitting is a great little side job to make some extra money.

12 Rent out your room

Yes, you can totally rent out a room in your house!

It can seem a little scary and weird, but more and more people have been doing this!

If there is an empty room in your house, you can rent it out to someone on Airbnb.

People are looking for a place to stay, and this is a great way to give them that.

13 House sitting

This is a super easy way to make money. Get paid to take care of someone’s house and pets while they’re gone.

14 Sell a painting

If you like to paint anyway and don’t know what to do with them, sell your paintings online.

15 Secret shopper

There are companies that will pay you to go into stores and then tell how their services are.

16 Teach online

Another creative way to make money is teaching online. I like this because it’s a quick way to make money online.

The best website for this is VIP Kid. VIP Kid allows you to each English to students living in China.

This is perfect for teachers if you’re looking for a little extra money.

Put in an application, interview, do the training, and get started teaching.

The things you will need include good internet, a headset, a webcam, and it’s also good to have props.

17 Pearson scorer

If you have a bachelor degree, you can apply to score tests and essays for Pearson.

18 Sell your old phones

If you have old phones just laying around, you can sell them to make some quick money.

19 Get cashback on receipts

There are apps that will reward you for shopping. My favorite one that I started using a few months ago is Ibotta.

All you have to do is take a picture and upload the receipt to the app. You can buy certain things that will give you cashback.

20 Sell your notes

If you’re a college student and take notes for your classes, sell your notes online.

21 Forage for mushrooms

Mushrooms can actually sell for quite a bit. Learn about the mushrooms in your area and see if there are any you can sell.

22 Sell homemade crafts

If you make crafts anyway, you can sell them to make some money on the side.

23 Online mock juror

You can work from home as an online mock juror. Lawyers do this to see how they do in a case.

24 Participate in studies

You can make money from places like Dscout to participate in research studies.

25 Take surveys

Here are some of the places you can take surveys to make extra money.

InboxDollars– Watch videos, take surveys, or play games to earn cash. Get a $5 bonus when you sign up today!

Swagbucks– Get bonus $$$ when you sign up today.

26 Rent out your car

If you don’t have any plans, you can just rent out your car to someone (if they’re trustworthy) to make some extra bucks.

27 Affiliate marketing

Affiliate marketing is when you promote someone else’s products or service and get paid for it.

A lot of affiliate marketing companies require you to have a blog, but that’s not always a requirement.

If you don’t have a blog, you can promote affiliate products on social media sites. All you have to do is post the link, and if someone buys something from that link, you will get a commission from that.

My favorite affiliate market programs for beginners are Clickbank and Flexoffers. Both of these sites offer a marketplace of services and products you can promote to earn commission.

If you want to learn more about how to make money with affiliate marketing, Clickbank even has it’s own course that you can access here. <<

28 Make and sell cards (greeting cards, birthday cards)

One of the best ways to make money is making things and selling them. One thing you can easily make is cards, like greeting cards and birthday cards.

You can make them online and just send people the link to print them after they buy them.

29 Freelance

Freelance work means you are self-employed and it’s usually more flexible.

Two of the most common freelance websites are Fivver and Upwork.

All you do is set up a profile, set up a gig, and then people can search for and find your service.

If you think you don’t have the skills for freelance work, think again. You can write, take pictures, edit photos, write captions, proofread, make graphics, and anything else someone might need.

30 Sell aluminum cans

You can recycle and make a little change by turning in cans.

31 Do yardwork for someone

Getting paid for yard work can add up fast. Mow your neighbors lawn or even start your own service.

32 Flip furniture

Go to thrift stores, find some potential furniture, make it look nicer, and then sell it at a profit.

33 Personal shopper

If someone has difficulty getting around or just wants someone to do their shopping, you can get paid to do their shopping for them.

34 Pressure wash for someone or rent one out

Pressure washing is a service that a lot of people are willing to pay for. Find people who need something pressure washed or even just rent out your own pressure washer.

35 Life coach (give people advice)

You can become a coach and get paid to give people advice.

36 Become a notary

It depends on your state, but you can get paid to notarize people’s documents.

37 Drop ship through Amazon FBA

Amazon FBA is fulfillment by Amazon. You choose products to store in an Amazon warehouse and they store, pack, ship, and deal with customer service.

You have to pay to get the products to sell and you also have to pay to have it stored and shipped from their warehouse.

38 Sell things in video games for real money

If you like playing video games, you can earn or buy things with in-game currency and then sell them for actual money.

39 Haul things

Looking for extra cash and have a trailer or pickup truck? You can haul things to people for extra money.

40 Transcription/caption

Transcribing and captioning are good flexible ways to make extra money on the side. You can randomly get on throughout the day and choose to transcribe or caption something.

My favorite websites to use are Transcribeme, Rev, GMR Transcription, and GoTranscript.

One thing to keep in mind is that they don’t pay very well. You can paid by the audio hour. The quality is often bad, and if you’re a slow typer, this may not be for you.

This is one of my favorite ways to make a few bucks if I feel guilty about buying a shirt or something cheaper.

41 Donate eggs/sperm

This is probably the most unconventional way to make extra money, but you can donate your eggs to sperm to make a lot of money.

42 Grow and sell plants

If you like growing plants anyway, you can grow plants and then sell them for a decent profit.

43 Trade stocks

My favorite way to get started investing so far is by using Robinhood. I didn’t know anything about stocks before, but it’s a great way to start.

If gives you articles to help you along the way and it makes it easy to invest.

You can get a FREE stock to see what you think about it using this link. <<

44 Design and sell t-shirts

Another creative way to make money is designing t-shirts and selling them.

Print on demand (POD) is when you design a product and submit it to a company, and then they make and ship it to the customer.

The most common POD companies are Printify and Printful. I chose to go with Printful, but the companies are about the same.

I spent a few weeks making designs to go on t-shirts. I created the mockups on the Printful website and opened an Etsy store, then I connected my Printful to Etsy so it automatically uploaded the designs.

Now I don’t have to touch anything except customer service.

45 Start a Youtube channel

This is another creative way to make extra money that is similar to blogging.

You can make money on YouTube through ads, affiliate marketing, and sponsorships.

A lot of people prefer watching videos to reading, so in some ways it’s easier to gain more traction.

46 Start a laundry service

Some people absolutely hate doing laundry and are willing to pay you to do it for them.

47 Play poker

You can play online or at casinos to make a little extra money (if you win).

48 Play in video game tournaments

If you’re good at video games, video game tournaments usually have large payouts.

49 Have a bake sale

Bake you up some goods, set up shop, and watch the money roll in.

50 Amazon delivery

Amazon actually has a service where you can go to their warehouses and deliver stuff on your own.

51 Start a blog

I’ll come right out and say that you’re not going to make money immediately. It takes time to build traffic.

But once you do, you can make crazy amounts of money straight from your home.

Here are some of the blog income reports I’ve read:

You can learn more about starting a blog here.

52 Microtasks (Amazon M-turk and Clickworker)

Amazon Mturk is a website where you complete micro-tasks to make money.

Although you make very little money, it can add up to give you an extra boost. Someone requests a task, like taking surveys, transcribing, and a myriad of other tasks.

Another con is that it can be hard to get accepted, so if you don’t get accepted, another creative way to make money is through Clickworker.

Clickworker is pretty much the same as Amazon Mturk, but it’s easier to get accepted. You can sign up to Clickworker here.

53 Become a proofreader

If you enjoy spotting errors in writing and fixing them, this is a great way to make money.

Proofreading entails looking for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. You can also be an editor, which is a little different. As an editor, you actually go in and change the content to make it more readable.

Caitlin Pyle put together an amazing course on proofreading. She not only teaches you about the skills needed to proofread, but also how to start your own proofreading business!

Caitlin’s put together a free online workshop that answers all of the most common

questions about becoming a proofreader, and she even shows you how to use the most popular tools used by proofreaders around the world.

Take a look here: Proofread Anywhere

54 Evaluate search engines

One of the best ways I’ve been able to save money to pay off student loan debt is by becoming an ad evaluator.

I signed up with Appen, and I rate ads on Instagram for one hour 5 days a week. You can make up to $250 a month with this specific project, but you can also sign up for other projects that give you more hours.

55 Plan parties

If you love party planning, make some money off of it by planning people’s parties. Planning parties can be fun, and is another great, creative way to make money.

56 Decorate someone’s house

Are you constantly looking at things to buy for your house, but don’t want to spend the money? Make some extra money instead by helping other people decorate their homes.

57 Start a podcast

Like a YouTube channel, you can make money from podcasts through ad revenue.

58 Flip websites

Last but not least, if you know a bit about creating websites, you can take websites that aren’t doing so good, improve them, and then sell them for a profit.

I hope you enjoyed this list of 58 creative ways to make money!

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