How to make money at home
Become a Virtual Assistant
A Virtual Assistant provides clients with administrative services while working online from a remote location such as a home office. They handle a variety of tasks for their clients, such as making travel plans, performing online research and checking emails.
Pet Sitting
If you enjoy animals you might consider pet sitting. It’s a good way to earn money by watching someone’s pet at your home, however most sitters perform their duties at the pet owner’s home. So if that’s the case what about dog walking.
Selling your possessions online
Survey your home and look for items you no longer use, such as furniture, clothes, books, electronic products or toys children have outgrown. You can list those items on different e-commerce Sites in order to find buyers. Make sure you research online to find out how much similar items sell for and price your items competitively.
Start a blog
If there’s a topic you’re particularly interested in you could start a blog and promote it on social media. If your blog draws a large enough audience you can make more by running adverts on your page. For example you could start a blog rating local restaurants or comparing various drinks.
Sell Services Online
There are many online Sites where specialists offer their services on a contract or per-project basis. Some different types of services you could offer are website design, marketing support or market research. Many Sites can also assist you in selling expert services to local and international clients.
Launch an online store
While major e-commerce retailers have the majority of market share, consumers are always looking for great deals online. Buy up products as cheaply as you can and decide on a fair price. Consider using social media to drive traffic and buyers to your online website. Choose a product you believe in, be it pet products or clothes.
Launch a Podcast
A podcast is another great method for sharing your experience with a virtual audience. The key to a podcast’s success is finding a specific niche and providing great content to grow your audience. Once you have built an audience and are receiving a large number of downloads per episode, you can then look for ways to make your podcast pay i.e.: sell advertising space.
Get a babysitting job
Babysitting is another option for making money from home. Word-of-mouth referrals are a great way to get started babysitting, although there are also a number of free websites you can use to promote your services. To make yourself more appealing to families, consider getting relevant certification such as a DBS and a first aid qualification.
Take part in surveys
You can get paid by taking on online surveys. Whether you are interested in sport, new technology or health and beauty, there’s a survey out there that you can get paid for participating in. There are endless websites that advertise paid survey opportunities so it’s an easy role to obtain.
Rent out a room
Why not take in a lodger? If you have a spare room and it is nicely furnished and has a TV you can rent it out. You will have to share kitchen and bathroom facilities with your tenant but if you put in set ground rules it could work out and to be a good way to earn money and not do anything.
So if you want to be home all day for whatever reason there are plenty of opportunities out there, all it takes is energy and enthusiasm for you to be the next big entrepreneur.