I started working on this article keeping in mind the top 5 trusted websites to make money online. The target audience that I had in my mind then was - students, housewives, aged folks etc, who could make extra income while working from home, making use of Internet and Computer. Since this post got published some years ago, its size as only increased! I managed to add more entries (sites and ways to make money online) to it on a regular basis. This is one such update. I did more research and ended up finding some more awesome ways and websites, using which one could make decent amount of money online. Read on and you’ll get all the information that you need.
As usual, making money using the below mentioned websites and methods isn’t very easy. You will have to put in decent efforts before you may start seeing results. Also, having good skills (that one can sell on Internet) will be a boon!
# Making money using Facebook
Facebook is a Social Networking site that we all love to use! It is so simple, powerful and useful that we find ourselves addicted to it! Excess usage of Facebook is not something we often tend to end up with, thanks to this addiction. And this excessive usage of this social networking site is not something that we should be really proud of!
How cool it would have been, had it been possible to make money using Facebook! Wait, according to me, that feat is very much possible! Yes, it is possible to make money using Facebook. It is very much possible to make money using a site, on which, we tend to spend a large chunk of the 24 hours that we get daily!
There are different techniques using which one may make money on Facebook. Some commonly used methods are - setting up pages and making money using them through content promotion and advertising, sharing shortened links (paid ones), becoming Social Media Manager, selling products using Facebook pages (just like in case of a shop!), flipping Facebook pages etc.
If you are interested in knowing about the above mentioned methods in detail, do check out this article about making money using Facebook. You’ll love it for sure!
# Making money using WhatsApp
WhatsApp is the hottest messaging app on Earth right now. Know why it is so popular? It is simple, efficient and clean, that’s why! Like Facebook, we all tend to spend considerable amount of time using this app too!
Like in case of Facebook, WhatsApp can also be used to make some amount of money! And since we all spend a good amount of time using this app, I couldn’t resist but write an article about making money using WhatsApp. You may check that link and find out some cool methods, using which, you may make money from WhatsApp!
Got decent writing skills? If yes, iWriter website could help you put this skill to use and help you earn money by writing for others! The way it works is similar to that of sits like Cracked and Listverse - you get paid for writing articles.
In simple terms, iWriter is a platform, where writers and requester (who need articles) are allowed to interact. Writers may register and take look at the list of requester and the type/topic of article that they want. The price specs are decided by the requester.
The price depends on the quality of the article, article length, the writer’s level on the site etc. Quality content is valued on this site. The requester's reviews help writers climb up the rating level ladder quickly. On the upper rungs, payments are much more than in the case of new members. So, the key while using iWriter should be to churn out quality content, satisfy the requester and thus improve own rating!
Like iWriter, Fiverr too is a site that lets you make money by making use of skills that you possess. iWriter focuses exclusively on writing skills. Fiverr, on the other hand, allows one to come in with a much more wide set of skills. It is a freelancing site that will help you market your skills and find relevant gigs from buyers.
Fiverr too is thus like an online market place, where sellers and buyers may interact and do business! Getting started is simple - register on the site, fill the profile correctly and provide details of skills that you possess! To get more out of Fiverr, it is necessary to jump on to higher levels! Doing quality work and satisfying buyers will help get good ratings, testimonials and even handsome tips!
Like Fiverr, there exists other freelancing sites too, which you folks may check out. The basic concept in their case too is - “put your skills to use and make money using our sites”. Some good sites are - Elance. com. Freelancer. com and Peopleperhour. com.
All of the above mentioned sites help skilled freelancers find buyers. If you have any useful skill - writing, graphics, video making/editing, web designing etc, register on the above mentioned sites and you’ll be able to find relevant gigs and works!
Udemy is a very popular site that focuses on online courses. The good news is that Udemy allows people to register as course Instructors and use their platform to reach out to students. They allow course Instructors to create course material and monetize them!
Udemy provided awesome tools using which course material can be designed. After that, this course material can be put up on their platform for students to use and thus help Instructors monetize it in this process! In case of Instructors, advantages are two - they will be able to reach out to students and help them acquire knowledge and skills and they will also be able to monetize their course material! In simple terms, it is like getting paid for teaching online.
# Paid survey sites
A paid survey site asks users to take part in surveys and in return pays the user a small amount. While this scheme sounds exciting at first, this field is filled with fake survey sites, which pays nothing at all to users!
But there are good paid survey sites out there too, which rewards users well for the surveys that they take part in. I’ve compiled a good list of trusted paid survey sites that one may make use of and make money online!
Most E Commerce sites also have attractive affiliate programs, which common users like you and I can make use of. Basically it is all about promoting products available on the site and register sales using affiliate link (can be obtained after registering as an affiliate on that particular site).
The first step is to register as an Affiliate on the site. After that, you may access the affiliate dashboard, find good products to promote, get the affiliate link and promote it on platforms like Social media sites, WhatsApp, forums, blogs etc. For each sale that you manage to get (via your affiliate link), you’ll be paid a commission (depends on the site and product being sold).
See, making money online is not something that is very difficult. But it is not a very easy task either! As evident from this article, there are number of methods to get started. Each method requires different set of skills to succeed. There are various methods to accept payment/get paid, when it comes to making money online. PayPal is a commonly used mode. Make sure that you have means and modes to accept payment! Choose a method that suits you best and start working hard on it. With time, results will begin to show up!
