Best 25 Jobs To Earn Extra Money Fast (4 of 5)

Put out your photographs in the market

If you’re a budding artist, you can make use of websites such as Fine Art America to earn money from your photographs. These websites allow you to showcase your artwork or pictures to be sold as prints, shirts, phone covers, etc. More marketplaces for selling your photographs are SmugMug, PhotoShelter, and 500px. Some of these might need a subscription fee, but they provide a range of features including cloud storage and password-safe galleries.

Setup: Quick. If you already have a set of original works, you can create your profile on PhotoShelter, SmugMug, or Fine Art America in a matter of hours.

Payment: Medium to steady. Payment methods and time vary from website to website.

Fine Art America makes the payment after the 30-day return period expires. They make payments on the 15th of every month.

PhotoShelter makes payment when your work is sold and it’s sent through the payment method of your choice.

SmugMug lets you request payment to be made the next month only if you have a minimum balance of $5.

Prerequisites: You’d have to check the requirements of each site, but the most important thing is for you to have the rights to the photographs you sell.

Tutor people in person or online

Make use of your science, math, foreign-language expertise by turning them into a source of side income. Set off as a private tutor and teach people in-person or online. You can decide your charges according to your expertise and experience after researching the market rate for your subject. You can explore websites like Craigslist, Tutor.com, Care.com to know what kinds of tutors are required in your area. Additionally, you can advertise your tutoring service at community centers or local schools.

Setup: Fast. It basically depends on the demand for tutors for your subject in your locality. If you’re a newbie to tutoring, it might take time for you to land your first pupil. You might also want to have some prep time, so that your services can be more efficient.

Payment: Quick to medium. Payment time varies for online and in-person tutoring services, but it will likely be fast enough.

Prerequisites: Deep knowledge of a subject that is in demand, like a foreign language, mathematics, test prep, or science. And of course, you’ll need some teaching ability.

Affiliate Marketing

If your blog gets good traffic, you can join some affiliate networks and make money out of your blog. A lot of bloggers get paid through affiliate marketing. If you’re new to the concepts, affiliates are bloggers who get paid if someone on the internet clicks from your blog website to a partner website and makes a purchase there. There are many other ways in which bloggers make money.

Setup: Steady. You’d require a blog or social media profile, which gets a decent amount of visitors on a regular basis. If you have that, you can sign up (and get approved) on networks for affiliate marketing such as CJ Affiliate, FlexOffers, ShareASale, Amazon Associates, etc.

Payment: Steady. Payment time and schedules vary on different networks, but it’d likely take one month or more before you get your first check.

Amazon Associates pays the affiliates two months after the month in which the earnings were made. You should have a minimum balance of $10 to receive payment.

ShareASale pays the affiliates on the 20th of every month if they have made at least $50 in the previous calendar month.

Prerequisites: A social media profile, a blog, any online presence, which gets a decent and regular number of visitors.

Sell your artwork on Etsy

Etsy is the go-to platform for a huge number of artists for selling their works. You can sell a range of handmade products on Etsy like woodworks, embroidered pieces, pots, jewelry, home goods. Etsy claims to have about 48 million regular customers and around $5 billion in goods sold in 2019. So, if you have a knack for an artisan in yourself, head on to Etsy to earn money from your artistic skills.

Setup: Medium. Setting up a shop on Etsy is pretty easy. It can easily be completed in a few hours. But prepping potential merchandise is the time-consuming part. You’d need products to sell along with pictures and descriptions for the site. You’d also need to think of a catchy name for your online shop. Then, you’d have to find customers. Landing your first customer could take a few weeks depending on the demand of your merchandise category.

Payment: Medium. When you make a sale, the payment is sent to your Etsy account. During the first 90 days, the funds are deposited in your account after seven days of a sale. After 90 days, the funds are deposited the next day.

Prerequisites: You should be at least 13-year-old. If you’re already 13, but under 18, you’ll have to take care of extra policies being a minor.

You should have all the rights to the goods you’re selling.

Earn money through advertising on your YouTube channel

If you have a YouTube channel that has a big and dedicated audience, you can make money using Google AdSense. Companies pay YouTubers to put advertisements around their video content. This way, you can turn your cute videos into cash videos. The service on Google AdSense is free, though you’d have to meet certain requirements.

Setup: Quick. Signing up on Google AdSense can be fairly quick and easy, but your account activation could take anywhere between a day and many weeks.

Payment: Steady. Wait for at least a couple of months to get ad revenue. You’ll receive a payout only if you have earned the minimum balance of $100. Once you’ve earned $100, payments are made the next month. The payment can take around 10 to 15 days to reflect in your account.

Prerequisites: More than 1000 YouTube subscribers on your profile. You should be at least 18. If you’re looking to generate ad revenue through your blog, you must have a website of your own that has been active for at least 6 months.