Last updated on October 20th, 2023
What are the legitimate ways to earn money online?
Do you know, there are 4.5 billion internet users as of June 2019? Asia has the most internet users of all continents (sources: Internet World Stats)
Due to the fast-growing of internet users, the opportunities to earn money online from home increase as years pass.
Your dream of working from home, having more time for your family, no more commuting, and having control over your own income is possible now. By the fact, people have already been doing it.
In this post, I will show you how people earn money online successfully.
How To Earn Money Online:
1. Make Money With Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a great way to earn money online without any investment to start.
The thing about affiliate marketing is you do not own any products, thus no front investment is needed.
To get started with affiliate marketing, you can share products with your social media friends or from your blog.
When your friends purchase the product through your link, you will earn a commission for their order.
The best place to start is on Pinterest. Pinterest is a visual discovery engine for finding ideas such as home decor, wedding invitations, recipes, and more.
2. Turn Your Photos And Video Into Cash
Do you like taking photos or videos with your smartphone? If you do, this will be a great way for you to earn extra money.
All you need to do is download the Foap app (ISO or Android device) to your smartphone. Sign up for an account with them and simply upload your photos and videos to earn money.
For every photo or video, Foap will sell it at $10 each. When someone buys it, Foap will share the profit with you 50/50. That is you will earn $5 for each sale. The same photo can be sold over and over again.
Besides selling your photos or videos, you can join their Premium Mission and the chance to win $200 or even more in cash if you win.
To join the mission, you need 20 Foap coins to unlock the upload. To earn the 20 Foap coins, all you need is to simply watch their video ads in their app to earn 5 Foap coins for each ad.
One thing to take note of is that you do need to have a PayPal account to cash out your money.
3. Freelance Writer
As a freelance writer, you have the luxury to choose where you want to work and what time you want to work.
If you are looking to spend more time with your family, jobs are not location-bound. Then a freelance writing job is what you need.
You can write for magazines or become a travel writer. The choice is yours as you are your own boss.
Interested? Why not take this FREE workshop to understand this writing career and find out the techniques Holly Johnson used to build a $200k 200k-a-year freelance Writing?
>>> Read More: Build A Six-Figure Income As A Freelance Writer
4. Get Paid Taking Surveys
Taking surveys is an easy way to make money from home without any investment. All you need is a laptop and your opinions.
You do not need any experience to start. Just sign up with the survey companies and start earning money.
My sister made about $100 every three months from one survey company she joined. So, if you want to make more money you must join more companies.
Here are 8 survey companies you can join today.
5. Live Chat Agent
The Chat Shop is a UK-based company that hires people living in the UK and USA to work from home.
Basically, you are hired as a chat agent to work for different companies. A live chat agent is responsible for customer sales, answering queries, and assisting customers through chat.
You must have a distraction-free workspace, reliable internet, be a native English speaker live in the UK or a US state in which they’re recruiting, and have a typing speed of 65+ WPM, with 97% accuracy.
Currently, they are hiring residents from the following US states Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
If your application is successful, our recruitment team will arrange your live chat interview, assessment test, and phone interview. Reference checks take place if you’re offered a position with us, so be sure to have your referees ready.
Interested in joining their team, just apply online.
6. Review Websites & Apps For Cash
Won’t it be nice to get paid for reviewing websites and apps? You can do just that at UserTesting.
Earn $10 via PayPal for every 20-minute video you complete. UserTesting pays you to visit websites or apps, complete a set of tasks, and record your feedback about the user experience.
You need to have a PC/Mac, an internet connection, and a microphone. For the mobile tests, you need to have an iPhone, iPad, Android phone, or Android tablet.
You are required to download their testing software. You must be at least 18 years old and have the ability to speak your thoughts aloud in English.
7. Online Tutoring
Do you have the love to teach? If you do, you can consider applying for online tutoring jobs at Tutor Me.
This is a great online part-time job you can work from home as they have a flexible schedule. Having the freedom to decide when and how often you want to tutor.
You will be paid $16 per hour (plus bonuses). You can tutor anywhere as long as you have a computer with internet access.
8. Virtual Assistant (VA)
Virtual Assistant duties are to provide administrative services to clients from her/his home office. They are basically an independent contractor.
Their job consists of making phone calls on behalf of people, scheduling appointments, and data entry, just to name a few.
There are some basic requirements such as you must have a computer with a stable, high-speed internet connection.
Check out this “FREE VA Training Course“ to have a better understanding of:
- What is a Virtual Assistant and what a Virtual Assistant is NOT?
- What are the types of Virtual Assistants, what do they do, where they can get trained, and how do they find clients
- The ONLY 3 things you need to run your Virtual Assistant business
- What do Virtual Assistants charge for their services and HOW do they get paid?
9. Transcriptionist From Home
As a transcriptionist, you are required to listen to recorded audio or video and type it into text for your clients.
Transcription job is suitable for stay-at-home moms, college students, and anyone who is interested in working at home.
There are typically three types of transcription: General, Medical, and Legal.
Take this free mini-course: General Transcription and decide for yourself whether transcription is for you.
10. Be A Proofreader
As a proofreader, you are not just able to earn extra money, you can even do it anywhere in the world. It’s that flexible!
There are two types of proofreading: General and Transcript.
As a general proofreader, your job consists of proofreading books and blogs. It is less technical with a short learning curve.
But if you are looking for higher earning potential than general proofreading, transcript proofreading is what you should be aiming for.
It does need more technical skill which means more money to you. If your skill is good, you will definitely have more repeat clients.
To have a better understanding of what proofreading is, join this FREE training workshop created by Caitlin Pyle a successful proofreader herself.
11. Blogging
Starting a blog to make money online is not something new anymore. Many have already made money with their blog.
Having a blog means you get to decide how much you want to earn. If $1000 per month advertising revenue is good for you then it shall be.
But if you decide to make more, you can scale your blog to the next level by adding affiliate marketing, etc
Learn about what are the different ways to make money with your blog: “How To Make Money Blogging For Beginners”.
12. Sell Your T-Shirt Design
Do you have a flair for design? If you do, why not consider selling your T-shirt design at Merch by Amazon?
Just upload your artwork, select your product type, and color, and add your product description. Amazon will handle the rest such as production, shipping, and customer services. Totally no upfront costs from your side.
Amazon will sell your designs as Amazon products reaching millions of customers worldwide.
You will earn a royalty with every product sold.
Merch by Amazon is by invitation only due to an overwhelming response.
13. YouTube
YouTube has made it possible for ordinary people like you and me to make tons of money online.
There are different types of topics on YouTube such as fashion, beauty, photography, making money, and cooking – the sky’s the limit.
Do you know the richest YouTuber in 2022 made a whopping $58 million? The youngest 7-year-old YouTuber Ryan Kaji made $11 million in 2017.
One of the key factors as a YouTuber is to be consistent.
In Conclusion,
These are the 13 legitimate ways that you can earn money online from home. If your dream is to work from home, just select one of the ways above and make it work for you.
Are you currently making money online from the comfort of your home? If you are, I would love to hear from you.
