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Ebates is a "click-through" website that connects you to hundreds of well-known stores. By using them you can get money back for shopping online - you can even get rebates from eBay!
All you do is go to Ebates before shopping, use their link to the retailer you want to shop with, and start shopping.
By going through Ebates you'll get cash back on all of your purchases - usually 1-3% of your purchase price.
You can also earn money by referring others to Ebates. If they sign up as your invitee th... Continue reading ...
RedGage.com is a first-of-its-kind web site that pays people for their online content and monetizes their social activity. It's centralized hub where you can earn money for all the things you're already doing online at places like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and Blogger. RedGage pays based on the value of your content, measured by page views/popularity. It aggregates from other sites so you don't even have to regularly visit RedGage.
RedGage has redefined socializing and creating p... Continue reading ...
You can sell your photographs through Shuttercock.com. There are stringent guidelines, but if you're a really good photographer this is a good option.
Here's a blurb from their website:
Make your creativity shine at Shutterstock and watch your earnings grow. Get your work seen by the high-volume buyers who prefer Shutterstock. It's free to contribute and you'll earn $0.25 to $28.00 per image download. Learn how it works here. Continue reading ...
If you have a good speaking voice, you might consider doing voiceover work for Voice123.com.
It's free to join - and that's always good. All you need to do is register and create your profile. Potential clients will go through the profiles and, if they like your voice, you may be the next voiceover star.
According to the website, it doesn't matter:
Whether you are union or non-union...
Whether you have a home studio or not...
Whether you can do post-production work or just deli... Continue reading ...
If you’re a good typist and you have quick fingers you can be a Ticket Puller. You’re basically buying tickets for a company to resell – they need lots of folks to buy because the ticket sellers usually limit the number of tickets that one person can buy at one time.
Here’s a description from the website:
Got fast fingers? We will pay you up to $50 per successful session to help fans get the seats that they want. You never pay us a dime or give out your credit card information!... Continue reading ...
Here's an interesting way to make a bit of money - become a field agent for big companies.
If you have an iPhone you can download an app called "Field Agent". Large companies hire them to post simple jobs for people to do for them. Many involve taking a photo of an item in a store and showing it with the posted price. Other jobs involve taking a survey.
You get paid per job and the money is paid to you through Paypal. Most jobs are in the $2 to $5 range, but there are some better paying ... Continue reading ...
You can actually get paid to look at websites and critique them. Here's what www.usertesting.com has to say about their program.
1. Website owners will pay to watch a real person use their site so they can discover where their site is confusing. UserTesting.com has a panel of "user testers" to do this. If you become one of our user testers, then whenever your demographic profile is requested, you'll have an opportunity to earn money using a website.
2. You use our software to rec... Continue reading ...
If you have money to invest but can’t find good returns, perhaps you should take a look at LendingClub.
LendingClub acts as an intermediary, hooking up lenders and borrowers. You can invest your money, choose who you give it to, how much to give to each individual, and what kind of risk and return you’d like to go with.
LendingClub generally recommends breaking your one large investment into increments of about $25 each, thereby reducing your risk.
Return is based on the risk of the... Continue reading ...
We all know about YouTube - you can find videos and upload video of just about everything. But there is something many people don't know - YouTube pays out money to people that have a lot of views on videos that they post. That's right! You can earn easy money online by posting videos on YouTube.
The first thing you need is a FREE YouTube account. Simply login to YouTube and sign up, they will ask for basic information including a user name and password.
Once you have your account you nee... Continue reading ...
At Student of Fortune you can earn money by helping students learn.
If you're well versed in any subject there's a good chance you'll find questions here that relate to it. But be prepared - the questions can be pretty tough (otherwise the student would already know the answer).
You get paid by the answer, and the questioners sets the price they are willing to pay for the answer.
It's free to join so there's no cost to you. Continue reading ...
Here's an odd one. Lawyers looking for feedback on how a case will play before a jury can make use of online e-jury sites to solicit input from the type of average citizens that show up on juries. Yes, you get paid.
Fees for complex cases can run over $50, though $20 is more typical. To serve as an online juror, check out onlineverdict.com, or trialpractice.com.
Be aware, though, that none of the sites I've registered at has ever actually contacted me for a jury case, so I'm not sure just ... Continue reading ...
Google Adsense is one of the most popular ways of making money on the internet.
Look at the top and bottom of my pages and you'll see little ads. These are placed by Google.
Google selects (hopefully) relevant ads and places them onto your site for you - and you get paid every time someone clicks on one of the ads.Please note that clicking on your own ads is considered click fraud and will get you kicked out of the program quicker than a kid goes through a Happy meal!
You'll need a web ... Continue reading ...
With the poor economy showing no sights of recovering anytime soon, more and more people are looking for alternative ways to make money through the internet. Websites are being created daily that have people filling in information or performing tasks to make money.
Short Task is an up and coming website that works just like Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Seekers post tasks that need to be done and solvers are in charge of completing the task. Upon completing the task the solvers are paid by th... Continue reading ...
At Fiverr.com you can offer your talents to others and get paid for your troubles.
If you go to their website you'll see that folks are offering to do almost anything (legal) in exchange for $4 (Fiverr charges the buyer $5 but pays you $4).
Sign-up is simple and you can offer as many services as you like. Obviously, the better the service you offer the more likely you'll get takers - BUT, you can make a few crazy offers and see who bites as well. What have you got to lose? Continue reading ...
Mechanical Turk (www.mturk.com)
is a service hosted by Amazon.com. People post simple tasks (called HITs) and then pay others (you) to perform them.
The HITs may be as simple as comparing two items or something more complex, like writing an article. There are always hundreds of HITs available for you to choose from.
The pay is generally pretty low per HIT, but they don't take much time so you can still pick up a fair amount of money if you put your mind to it. Continue reading ...
Making money online by filling out surveys is actually quite simple, but does require patience and some persistence.
Do a search with your favorite search engine for "paid surveys." There should be quite a number of links come up and then you have to decide which ones you want to try.
The easiest and least risky thing to do is to stick to the websites that offer free lists, with no requirement to register. These lists are often supported and built by the members of the website. In that c... Continue reading ...
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