Online Money Maker #9 ... Sell Handmade!

So I started knitting a blanket a few months ago. Anyone who knows me just hurt their jaw when it hit the floor HA HA. I am not known for my domesticity. Anyhow my cousin's wife taught me how to knit. Just basic stuff, but knitting just the same. My blanket looks more like an 1/8th of a scarf and is like 12 feet long, it's going to take me a good couple of years to finish at this rate. But, it got me thinking; someone like my cousin's wife who can whip out a beanie during a phone call could make some decent pocket change with a hobby like that. So I started looking around (of course because I am a research nut) and I found Online Money Maker #9.

I'm sure a lot of you have heard of it, maybe not, but it seems pretty popular. This site has been featured on Rachel Ray, Martha Stewart, Fox Business News, The Today Show, Good Morning America and the list goes on. Sounds pretty popular huh?







Esty.com! Such a cool place for all things handmade. Just visiting the site makes me want to get crafty. I'm inspired to work more on my blanket although the only way I'll part with it is if someone prys it from my cold dead hands =). Any how you should check it out, I have totally fallen in love with that site.

I imagine with as widely publicized as it has been (check out their "esty in the news" page) it's become pretty popular, creating a great market place for you Crafty McCrafterson's to sell your stuff AND it's free to sign up!

I FREAKING LOVE IT! I know where I'm doing my Christmas shopping, they have the coolest stuff!

Online Money Maker #8 ... Ocho

Do you speak more than one language? I don't, but if I did I would definitely put that skill to use. Being fluent in another language is such a valuable thing and if you've got it by god put it to work. You could be making extra money or work from home sooner than you think as a freelance translator.

Check out www.proz.com/ - there are currently 187,242 translation jobs posted!

If Elance Doesn't Tickle Your Fancy ..

Try these other freelance sites where you can put your administrative skills to work from the comfort of your home.

http://www.ivaa.org/

http://www.gofreelance.com/ - Be Your Own Boss!

http://www.ifreelance.com/

Online Money Maker #5

If you are looking to work from home or just earn extra money you may want to consider freelancing. Writing isn't the only thing you can do on a freelance basis; there are a lot of businesses big and small looking to cut overhead by outsourcing their administrative work, data entry & accounting. Of course you can also freelance ghost write, content stretch, edit and a plethora of other things.

Elance is a great place to find those jobs that people are outsourcing. Once you sign up for Elance you create a profile, go through their Elance University to make sure your competent and can use their site. Once you've done that you can search the jobs that are up for bid. When you find a project that seems like something you can handle you place a bid. If you are awarded the job your funds are placed in an escrow account until your project is completed and accepted.

http://www.elance.com/

Online Money Maker #4

So maybe writing isn't your thing. Are you good at taking pictures? I'm not, but here is a place I found you might want to check out if you are.

www.istockphoto.com

I stock photo allows you to upload and sell your photos on a royalty basis while letting you maintain rights to your work. So every time your photo is downloaded you earn royalties. What's really cool is that one photo has the potential to earn you money for years to come or for as long as you keep it posted for others to download.