An Easy Method to Make Money From Home

This is so simple that you will wonder how come you have never thought of it before. This is a consistent steady money maker that really requires very little work, though it does take a little bit of money.

Have you heard of penny auctions?

Imagine if you had discovered eBay as a place to buy things before everyone else did? I have always been pretty "plugged-in" in regards to the internet and I did. I will tell you the deals I got there were ridiculous. I never used it to make money, but I did use it to save a ton. I find most things sell on ebay now for about what they are worth. There are so many buyers there that bids just go up and up and up. In fact, many people use eBay as their first stop when looking for something to purchase now. It's the first place I go when thinking about a used car.

So, penny auctions. There is a second generation of online auctions that is just now getting started. The deals are there like they were on eBay in the beginning. Only now I know how to make extra money on them. There are two methods to do this. The results are different so I will share both here.


The first thing you need to do is join a penny auction site, there are several out there but rather than trying to track auctions at multiple sites stick with just one. I use Quibids, I did try a few others, and this is the one I have stuck with the longest. Their url is www.quibids.com

Make money from penny auctions.

So, here is what we are going to do. We are going to buy products on the penny auction site with the intent to resell them. Then at the end, I am going to share some tools to help increase your earnings.

Pick any product on the site, really anything it doesn't matter. Look it up in two places, eBay and your local craigslist. You will notice a difference in prices. Ebay is generally more than craigslist. It goes to what I said above, they just have more buyers. So why do you want to look at both?

If you need to get your cash back fast, craigslist is the way to go. It has never taken me more than 48 hours to sell something on craigslist. That's 48 hours from when I posted the ad to when I met the person at Starbucks and gave them the product and got my cash. (Always meet your craigslist buyers in a public place, never let them know where you live. Actually I even go so far as to have a tracphone just for craigslist business and not give out my real number.)

One other thought about craigslist. I sold three iPad's on craigslist before I found the right price. The first one I under priced and could have sold it a hundred times. The second I was a little over priced and my first inquiry took two days, but he did buy it. I dropped the price a little on the third and sold it in one day with only three inquiries about it. eBay is  little more forgiving if you miss the price.

Which brings me to the times you would use eBay. All your auctions on eBay should be at least four days. Then you also have to ship the product to the buyer. It takes a little longer, and is a little more work. You should be fine though as the prices are generally higher on eBay sales. The other good thing about eBay is you don't have to talk to anyone. Generally buyers bid without asking questions, and send you their shipping info and payment as soon as the auction ends. You come home from work package and ship their product.

That's it. I sell three to four things a week on eBay that I buy from quibids. I stick to electronics because they always sell and they have a high profit margin. Also, I cheat. I found a program that helps me on quibids (another reason to stick with them.) Bid-Ninja is the program. What it does is it analyzes activity on quibids and then shares that info with you. This allows you to know what you should pay for something. So you stumble across what looks like a really good deal on an iPad. Bid Ninja will tell you if it is. Then you know if you should bid on that auction or look for another.

Even though that's a great feature, here is the real benefit. While you are at work, fixing dinner for the kids, taking them to soccer practice or any of the other myriad of things we have to do, bid ninja bids for you.

Remember I said this system was easy. I put maybe three hours a week into buying products on quibids using bid ninja, then posting on eBay and shipping out. In the last six months I made $4,825 from doing this. That breaks down to $61 bucks an hour for a part time job. I only plan to increase that as I save up money to buy more inventory to resell.

Try this out and come back and leave me a comment about how it worked for you.

What You Need to Know About Making Money Online

It's probably one of the most popular search terms in the world: “how to make money online”. But it can also be one of the most difficult things to accomplish. There are thousands of work from home jobs, as well as literally thousands of ways to make money online – but it can be really tricky to sort through the wheat from the chaff, so to speak, to find the right opportunities for you. Here's what you need to know about how to make money online.

·         If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Thousands of positions advertise astonishing salaries, job perks and much, much more, but it is very rare for any of these perks to actually occur. Use a little bit of savvy when searching for positions and in general, always follow the rule that if it seems to good to ever be true (especially if the position mentions that you might think it is too good to be true), it likely is.

·         Competition is fierce. The work from home industry is huge and worth millions and millions of dollars a year and because there is the potential to earn so much money – if you know where to look – competition is particularly fierce. If you're looking for jobs online, or through freelancing sites, competitors in other countries that have a lower cost of living could easily undercut you and this does tend to mean that you really have to prove yourself in the market. If you have the skills, you can expect to claim a higher price in the market – but if you're new and still trying to prove yourself, you might well find it difficult to compete and so it's important that you spend a little bit of time on developing your skills before you get started.

·         You need to put in a lot of work. There isn't one magic system that can help you make thousands of dollars a week by clicking a few buttons. No system is truly automated and you will always have to work. Although adverts might tell you that all you need to do is “click this button” to receive thousands of dollars a week from Google, it is simply a way to get you to click on their ad and buy their product. If you want to make serious money, you have to put in serious work – but the bonus is that you can do it from home.

·         You can make more money than you would in a “real” job. Some people have a bit of a misconception and believe that working from home isn't a “proper” job and that you can't make “proper” money. Wrong. The only difference is that how much money you make is dictated by what you do. You can't coast and play games on your phone all day. Although this can be scary, it can also be a particularly powerful motivator.

·         This isn't a 9 to 5 job. Although you can work from 9 to 5 with an hour for lunch and a break mid-afternoon, you'll find that your earnings increase massively if you'd be willing to put in a little bit of work in the evenings and at the weekends. Also, you'll probably end up working with people who live in completely different time zones – and this means that you might have to stay up late or get up early in the morning for a Skype chat or to answer an email. But the flip side to this is that although you might be working, you still get to be at home with your family – and that's why so many people want to work from home.

·         You can always go back to working in the “real world”. There is a bit of a misconception that if you leave the world of work and set up your own business or work from home that you can never go back. But you absolutely can. As long as you don't leave your job and sit at home for six months before you do anything, working from home demonstrates that you have a lot of business savvy and the potential to be something amazing.

Tips for Making Money From Home

Whether you just like being at home, or are housebound due to family or work commitments or disabilities, there are literally scores of ways to up your income from the comfort of your own home – without having to do much in the way of work. Learn how to make money from home by decluttering, reclaiming, getting cash back and renting out your goods with these simple yet easy tips.

·         Firstly, make the money that you do have work harder for you. Put your savings into high interest rate accounts or ISAs, switch to cash back debit and credit cards, ensure that you are receiving all of your entitlements when it comes to state benefits and pensions and if you are particularly savvy with money, you can get interest on your earnings by saving them and spending on a 0% interest card instead.

·         Sell what you can. Go onto auction websites and flog clothes, unwanted or unused gadgets, jewelry, furniture and virtually anything else you can think of. This way, you get to declutter your home whilst making profits, too!

·         Don't forget that you can sell or trade in old books, CDs and DVDs, too. Textbooks for school and college are particularly valuable, but you can also easily sell books, CDs and DVDs by popular authors, singers and actors very easily.

·         Find objects at antique fairs, flea markets and car boot sales and sell them on. If you have a good eye and can spot a bargain, you could potentially earn a lot of money by buying items very cheaply and selling them on. You can earn the largest amount of money by selling on items that are particularly old. Look for Victoriana furniture and art deco pieces, as they tend to sell really well. Don't forget to look for vintage clothing, too – there's a potentially huge market for it.

·         Got a story that you think lots of people would want to hear? Or do you want to inspire people? Sell your story. It's easier than you might think, too. Magazines are often willing to pay a huge amount of money if they can publish your story, whilst others will pay for funny photos or snippets. Contact magazines directly for the best rates.

·         Rent out goods. If you have a spare bedroom and can take in a lodger, do so. If you live in the centre of town and have a potentially valuable parking space, you could even rent that. You can also rent out spare storage space, if you have it, such as in your loft space or even in your garden shed. And if your home is particularly pretty, you might even be able to rent it out as a film location!

·         If you're a bit of a shopaholic, one of the simplest ways of making money online is to sign up to cashback websites. Buying through a cashback website, instead of directly from a website, could help you earn between 2-5% per purchase. You can also earn money by clicking through from certain sites when you want to make a purchase like car insurance, and by registering your credit or debit card online with certain cashback sites, earn cashback when you shop in store too. In store cashback can be anywhere from 4-12%, which is a huge percentage, particularly for high ticket purchases.

·         Have a think about what you're good at. Love crafts? Making jams? Chutneys? Or are you a dab hand at sewing? Trade on your skills and make people happy at the same time by setting up a little cottage industry from your home. Enquire with your local council if you want to sell food or drink goods as these may require certain permissions and inspections.

Making money from home is easier than you might think. Making your money work harder can be more lucrative than you could ever imagine – and so could renting and selling your goods.

Finding Legitimate Work From Home Jobs

More and more people are searching for work from home jobs, but many find it difficult to secure a position because they do not know where to start – plus, there are so many scam positions that it can be difficult for any would-be job hunter to find the right job for them. But there are literally thousands and thousands of legitimate work from home jobs – it just takes a little more time and effort to find them.

Avoiding Scam Jobs

Internet fraud is now more sophisticated than ever before and newer and more complicated scams are occurring day in, day out, across the country. One such scam is the “seems too good to be true” work from home job. These scam jobs are often advertised on local selling sites like Craigslist and Gumtree, rather than through their own legitimate website, and offer a wide variety of job perks. These positions advertise salaries of anywhere from $250 a week to $2500 a week, depending on “how much work” you put in, working as few or as many hours per week as you like. The catch? 9 times out of 10, these positions require you to send in a small “token” payment of anywhere from $5 to $100, while others ask for your bank details so that they can take the funds directly. Because $5 sounds like a small amount, thousands and thousands of people would be willing to pay – which adds up to a huge pay day at the end of the month for the organization who posted the job. In general, these positions are no more than pyramid schemes. If you're unsure, email to clarify what the job entails. Most genuine companies will be happy to give you at least a brief overview of the

How Can I Tell if a Job is Legitimate?

There are thousands of companies out there that are willing to hire people to work from home, so don't just assume that all jobs are scams. Generally, legitimate work at home positions include responsibilities like customer service, customer agent, writing, transcribing, recruiting, sales, tech, web design, marketing, telemarketing and customer care, although positions like illustration, copywriting and voice work are also fairly common. With a quick internet search, you should be able to tell whether a company is legitimate or not. Generally, you should be able to find background information, information about the company or employer or at least more information about the position. If you are unable to find anything, run addresses, phone numbers and email addresses through Google too.

What Job Can I Do?

When looking for work from home jobs, the first thing you need to do is assess your own skill set.  What is it that you can do? What did you do in your previous job and how can you apply those skills? Once you've had a good think about the type of skills that you can bring to a job, you'll be able to assess how those skills could work for other positions. For example, if you worked as a salesperson, you might also be able to work in customer service or sales writing. Think about what you can do and search for jobs that match that skill set.

There is a work from home job for everyone – you just need to go out there and find it.

Do Things Differently to Make Money Online

Virtually everyone has to rely on their income in order to survive. To pay for the mortgage, to pay the bills, enjoy holidays and days out with the family and have some leftover to spend or use as disposable income usually requires a full time job. Most people working for a company do so at an office or place of work, for 40-60 hours a week with a commute there and back. But what if you could do things differently? What if you could make money online and still enjoy the same lifestyle, without having to commute to an office, without having to spend 60 hours a week at your desk, allowing you to spend more time at home with your family? It can be done! Learn more about how you can make money online with the tips below.

·         Sell stuff. Data shows that everyone has at least $1000 worth of goods in their home that they don't use and don't need. Sell that stuff and you get $1000. Easy, right? Well, you can take this idea even further. Instead of just selling things that you don't need, think about things that other people need and sell them instead. Things that you might never think of, like mobile phone cases, earrings and pet clothes are all big sellers on certain auction sites. Set up a seller's profile, buy from a wholesale seller and sell the goods on. It's an easy and very effective way of making money!

·         Flipping domain names. With a little bit of business savvy and a little hard work, you can buy domain names – and flip them – to make money. Poorly maintained sites that use a generic search term or that contain a valuable name can be bought for less than a few thousand dollars and sold on for two, three or even ten times that, depending on the amount of work put into the flip.

·         Customer service. There's a growing demand for remote customer service agents, simply because the costs associated with a freelance customer service agent tend to be far less than the costs associated with staff in-house. If you have a knack for customer service, are handy with a computer and like talking to customers over the phone, a home-based customer service position could be for you.

·         Sell online content. If you're a keen photographer, a writer, web designer or app designer, content creator or even a musician, you can make money by selling that content online. Photographers can sell their images through stock photography sites, while web designers and app designers can design content and apps for other companies and keen writers can self-publish their own ebooks through sites like Kindle. Most of the time, whatever you can do, you can sell.

·         Sell your knowledge. There are thousands and thousands of people across the world who want to be tutored in a wide variety of subjects. Many people are willing to pay good money to learn how to speak English, whilst others want to learn how to play an instrument, how to eat properly as well as how to pass exams in science and maths. If you've ever worked as a tutor, teacher or teaching assistant – or if you just have a lot of knowledge about something, you'll be able to work as an online tutor. You can even teach online classes, too, as well as individuals.

There are a huge number of ways to make money online. Think outside the box and think about the commodities that you have or that you could provide and you'll soon be on your way to making money in the comfort of your own home.