Surprising, Reputable Ways To Make Money At Home Online

Want To Work From Home? Whether you’re a busy working mom hoping to stay at home with the kids or just plain sick and tired of a routine nine to five job, there are endless ways you can still earn a living from home. Even just a couple hours a day can help put money in the bank. No matter your educational or socioeconomic background, the options below are reputable options for working wherever you are.

Surveys

It truly almost sounds too good to be true, but you really can make a decent amount of money from home just by filling out surveys. If you don’t mind answering question after question, there are dozens of reputable sites that will pay you to fill out surveys. It may not be enough to earn a living, but it could certainly cover a few monthly expenses!

Swagbucks

Swagbucks is one of the best sites out there when it comes to making extra money on the side. Just by using Swagbucks as your search engine, you’re rewarded with points. Think of each point earned as $0.01. It may not sound like a lot, but points quickly add up.

There’s a lot of ways to earn points on Swagbucks, including watching videos, but surveys tend to be the most interesting and rewarding. The points you earn are then redeemable for cash or gift cards. I’ve personally already earned more than 5,000 points using Swagbucks and that’s mostly just from setting it as my search engine. Plus, you get a $5 bonus just for signing up!

MySurvey

Named the world’s #1 survey site, MySurvey allows you to earn 2,000 points just for signing up. Then you can earn up to $5 per survey, which again, quickly adds up if you dedicate enough time to it. It’s easy money!

American Consumer Opinion

With enough time put into their surveys each month, you can expect to earn about $100 on American Consumer Opinion. The average survey takes 10 minutes to complete, but the longer ones tend to have better rewards. By taking surveys, you can earn cash, points, a gift, a check, or a free test product.

Website Tests & Reviews

You can make a surprising amount of money evaluating websites and giving your honest opinion about how user-friendly they are. It’s a great way for companies to improve their sites and they’ll pay you to do it! Check out the sites below that are easy to work for and make real money.

Analysia & User Testing

All you need to make money on both Analysia and User Testing is a computer, an internet connection, and a microphone. You’ll get an email whenever a test is available and each test typically takes 10-15 minutes to complete. You then get $10 for each completed evaluation and payments are made through PayPal.

User Testing also offers the occasional 5-minute test that pays $3 and longer evaluations that can pay as much as $100. How many tests you get depends on what demographic the company is looking to have evaluate their site.

Bonus Hunting

It may sound crazy but it also sounds like a lot of fun too, doesn’t it? If you like a bit of an adrenaline rush, you could potentially make good money gambling, no trip to the casino needed! The main difference between an online casino and a land-based casino is the promotions offered.

Online casinos will offer money or casino credits for free, to win back together with your winnings. According to NetBet.org, an online casino review site, those bonuses are used to “attract a new player to the casino site and keep the old one in place.” In order to truly take advantage of what is essentially free money, you have to fulfill specific requirements that come along with a chosen bonus.

The one bonus that doesn’t require a deposit is a type of sign-up bonus received when you register with the casino. The catch, however, is that you’re not allowed to cash the money out, you can only use that money to play. Then, to withdraw the money you have to fulfill the wagering requirements first, which can sometimes be pretty difficult.

That’s why it’s always important to read the terms and conditions for an online casino before registering. The perk of this type of bonus is that it allows you to test-drive the casino games for free and experience the excitement of an online casino without paying for it. Then, once you get the hang of things, go ahead and gamble away. It could be worth it.

Start A Blog

Sites like WordPress allow you to sign up and create a blog for free. To register a domain you’ll need a hosting site like Bluehost, but that can be taken care of once you’re more established in the blogging community. While it’s certainly not a get-rich-quick type of job, with time and effort it can certainly pay off in the long run.

The key is consistency and reader engagement. If you want people to read your blog, you have to read other blogs yourself. Comment on other blogs, engage other writers, and share everything you can on social media. As long as you can create content that is unique and interesting, there’s no reason you can’t create a great blog!

To earn income, you can sign up with advertising sites like Google Adsense that will then pay you every time a site visitor engages with an ad on your page. Sounds pretty easy right? For the most part, it is, especially if you enjoy writing. But again, it just takes some time.

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