How to Make Money Fast: 39 Proven Ways

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Fast Ways To Make Money:

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Fill Online Surveys with Swagbucks

Swagbucks is one of the most popular companies to offer paid online surveys.

For every survey you take, Swagbucks compensates you in “Swagbucks,” also known as SBs. You then convert your SBs into cash, gift cards, or PayPal credit.

You can withdraw your earnings from the platform via PayPal. There is a $1 minimum withdrawal threshold, so you will need to have at least 500 SB before you can cash out.

Here’s the exciting part. Other ways you can earn with Swagbucks are:

• Add the SwagButton to Your Web Browser and earn points.
• Shop online through Swagbucks to get SB Points for every dollar you spend.
• Vote in the Daily Swagbucks Poll to score one extra SB point each day.
• Check out Swagbucks Free Offers that earn SB points
• Use Swagbucks as your default search engine – Earn SB points when you use Swagbucks instead of Google for your internet searches.
• Invite your friends to join Swagbucks -when they search and win SB points, you’ll win too, and much more.

Read our full Swagbucks Review.

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Watch Videos

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Large companies, advertisers, and brands will pay you to view their content. InboxDollars makes it simple. It rewards you for watching TV and videos, taking paid surveys, playing games, shopping online, reading sponsored emails and much more.

So far, InboxDollars members have received over $57 million in rewards. In fact, you get an instant $5 bonus as soon as you sign up.

The flexibility of earning money by watching videos and movies is what makes it a fun and creative opportunity for anybody. You can do all these while on your mobile phone via iPhone and Android apps.

Additional top sites include: Swagbucks, Survey Junkie, Perk.tv, Nielsen Digital Voice, Slidejoy and SuccessBux .

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Verify Information

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You can help individual and businesses to verify information regardless of whether they are in a county or hundreds of miles away.

With WeGoLook, you could be earning between $25-$200 per job just by acting as someone else’s eyes and ears. All it takes is a smartphone and a simple process to make money fast.

Here’s how it all works:

• Complete simple onboarding process
• Review available Looks in your location
• Accept the Looks you want
• Perform your tasks and submit.
• Get Paid

You don’t need special skills to become a WeGoLook PRO. However, membership is an exclusive, invite-only opportunity extended to top lookers based on experience and performance.

Related: 7 Ways to Make Money on Snapchat

Charge Electric Scooters

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If you live in an expensive city, you’ve probably noticed many types of electric scooters lying around everywhere.

As a Bird charger, you’ll be collecting electric scooters with low battery, charging them overnight and delivering the Bird scooters in the morning.

You can easily make $20-$30 per hour charging Birds.

Download the Bird App on your smartphone, then apply to become a Bird charger by following these 6 Steps:

1. Provide Your Shipping Address so they can send you power supplies
2. Enter in your tax info-they need this to pay you
3. Scan your debit card so they can deposit earnings
4. Review how to find Birds
5. Learn how to charge Birds
6. Discover how to release Birds

Related: 17 Ways to Make 50 Dollars Fast

5. Grocery Shop for Others

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Grocery shopping is stressful for most people yet unavoidable because we must eat. Turn your grocery trip into a cash source as someone is willing to pay you to grocery shop for them.

Work about 35 hours doing four-day weeks, including tips, and take home about $600 a week. Other Shipt Shoppers make between $50,000 – $100,000 a year shopping and delivering groceries.

Additionally, Shipt shoppers get a free membership, a value of $99 a year or $14 a month. It allows you to let someone else shop for you but, of course, pay for your own shopping.

Shipt membership is free and flexible. You can schedule deliveries any time from 7 am – 9 p.m., 7 days a week. It allows you to shop in your spare time, evenings, or take on a full 40-hour schedule.

Sell Your Trees

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SellYourTrees.com pays you a top dollar for your unwanted trees. They are interested in buying hardwood trees such as birch, oak, mahogany.

You can make between $35 to $800 depending on the age and size of the tree.

Contact SellYourTrees.com today and request an immediate cash offer.

Related: 14 Legit Ways to Make Money Online

Become a Food Tester

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Eating out and getting paid could be added perk for swaying people to your opinion about a meal.

Contract Testing Inc. is a research company which helps companies to client-test and evaluates their products. They can offer you the job of a food tester.

Some companies pay individuals $30,000 – $60,000 annually as full time professional tasters. Part time food taster can earn up to $20 per hour. You can also get gift cards or free product coupons.

You get to taste varieties of foods like: Cookies, French fries, Soup, Frozen dinners, Sandwiches, and so on. Big clients such as Nestle, Tyson, Pepsico, Dole, Kraft Foods, etc. are looking for you.

Related: 35 Opportunities for You to Make Money Instantly

Sell Your Junk Mail

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SBK center is one of the most trusted websites to sell your junk mail. They have a list of categories under which they accept junk Mails. Forward the junk mails you receive in your inbox related to the given categories and the site will add the credit to your account.

Every time you reach your payment threshold, you can redeem the money you made selling your junk mail in the form of Visa card credits.

Frequent participants can earn up to $20 in points every 6 to 10 weeks or more and faster for business owners or self-employed.

Here’s how it works:

• Visit their website and sign up to be a Consumer Panelist.
• Once your application is approved, forward your junk email to SBK Center. Or put your junk mail in the self-addressed, stamped envelopes the company provides.
• For every piece of qualifying email or direct mail you send to SBK Center, you receive points. You will have to get approval to receive a package detailing exactly which types of junk mail and email pieces they are looking for.
• Once you receive 2,000 points, you can redeem your points for gift cards.

You also use the mail you already receive, instead of signing up for new mailing lists.

Find Unclaimed Money

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In fact, there are billions of dollars in unclaimed money out there waiting for people to claim it.

Go to MissingMoney.com and type your name into their database to search for unclaimed funds available across all states.

Try the Unclaimed.org site if your state doesn’t participate with the free site. It is the clearinghouse for the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators.

Also, if you ever had an FHA home loan, HUD may be sitting on refund money for you. Go to HUD.gov and see if you’re in their refund database.

Other opportunities include your former pension plan, old bank account, the IRS, or saving bonds.

Mystery Shopping

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Secret Shopper is a legit company that pays you for your feedback.

If you are detail oriented and recognize excellent service when you see it, then businesses will pay you to become their mystery shopper.

For each shop that you visit, companies pay a fixed amount of money, usually $5 to $20. They often want you to purchase to get the total customer experience. They also offer to reimburse for a particular portion of the item.

Sounds doable?  So sign up with 20 or more companies to start today.

Do Micro Jobs

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Clickworker uses a platform to distribute tasks to remote freelance workers. All you need is a computer or mobile device, internet connection, and minimal skills.

Join Clickworker for free, you work independently, set your working hours and get to choose your assignments from data entry, copy editing, web research, proofreading, taking surveys, and more.

Depending on qualifications, speed, practice, and concentration you can earn well over $10.00 per hour. On average, a Clickworker earns $9.00 per hour.

You can withdraw via PayPal. The minimum withdrawal amount is $5.

Share Your Opinion

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Does being the first to hear of a new song or latest trend fascinate you?

Slice the Pie pays you $6 or more per hour to share your honest reviews. And pays you even more when you provide high-quality and consistent reviews.

Slice the pie company offers you a 10% referral commission. Suppose, your referrals have earned $100 in total, you will get $10.

Get Refunds for Price Changes

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Paribus helps you get the best deal for your money after purchase rather than before by tracking back all your purchases.

In today’s digital world, all purchases require email verification — in-person retailers email receipt instead of or in addition to printing one for you.

Paribus works as follows:

• Scans all your emails for receipts from your purchases.
• Identifies receipts, evaluates, and imports data into its database. The key feature is the buying price.
• Your refund period generally lasts for about two weeks. During this period, Paribus monitors the cost of the product at stores such as Amazon, Target, Walmart, Costco, and other major retailers.
• Submits a refund request on your behalf should the price drop, then collects all your refunds on your behalf.

Sign up for Paribus and find out if stores owe you a refund – effortlessly.

Join a Focus Group

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Participate in a focus group to generate income good enough to supplement your income. A focus group shares opinions on a subject matter, e.g., market research for new or existing products, services, political campaigns, and organizations. You can do it either online or in person led by a moderator.

Marketing companies are everywhere. You can find them through websites such as FocusGroups.org, and FocusGroup.com.

Most studies pay between $70 to $250.

Sell Bottled Water

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Summertime events such as fireworks, fairs, festivals, etc. present a business opportunity to sell bottled water.

Target a high traffic area and make $15/hour if you sell 20-30 bottles an hour charging between $1-$2 per bottle.

All you need is a good sized cooler loaded with ice and water bottles (you don’t need to brand them). A sign with the price would help a lot in a marketing effort.

It’s pretty easy to make money selling bottled water. Suppliers are easy to get. Locations to sell are all over the place.

Just go out and do it, and you’ll be making money in no time.

Get Paid to Get Fit

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Fitbit is a free app that allows you to earn money just for walking or running. It tracks the number of steps you walk and other fitness metrics and rewards you points.

You can convert your points to cash or redeem to purchase items at selected stores. For example, you can earn 20 Walgreens Balance Rewards points for every mile you walk, and 40,000 points earn you a $50 reward.

Warning:

• Fitbit could cause an allergic reaction in some people from the nickel that the fitness band contains. Do not wear it too tight.

Try No-risk Matched Betting USA

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No risk-matched betting is one of the best methods to make money online. You can earn up to $500-$1000 per month risk and tax-free all from the comfort of your own home.

In a nutshell, you bet both for and against a particular outcome so that you win no matter what the outcome. You then use the free bets you’ve unlocked to repeat the process and make more money.

They have many generous offers and bonuses each week. E.g. GT Bets offers a combined 150% bonus on your first and second deposit.

No risk-matched betting is legal in the U.S.A. However, it’s up to specific states to make up their own legislation regarding sports betting and in what form it takes.

States where sports’ betting is already legal and available sports betting app to check are: Nevada, Delaware, New Jersey, Mississippi, and West Virginia.

Here are some of the best betting companies you can use for no risk-matched betting USA: Bovada, BetOnline, and SportsBetting. All of these bookmakers offer different sign-up promotions that are worth completing.

Walk or Sit Dogs

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Dog walking or sitting is in high demand with lower entry barriers. You can make money right away. How about combining it with your fitness program (Fitbit and Lympo)?

Pet sitting and dog walking on Rover.com is a perfect kind of self-start-up.

Earn an average part-time income of $1,000 per month taking two or three dogs for two weeks. Or make it as a full-time job working four weeks taking 2-3 dogs at a time and earn an average of $3,300 per month. Branch out to other pets including lizards, goats, birds, turtles, and fish.

• Create your profile for free to list your services.
• Provide a detailed profile and personal information
• Pass a basic background check
• A team of sitter specialists will approve your request

The standards are strict, and the screening process is also thorough.

Freelance

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You can make money in your pajamas as a freelancer writing articles for business and publications.

The pay varies by client, article length and your experience. You can make $35-$500 for a piece of content.

Upwork helps you connect with clients looking for written content from experts like you. You have to create a profile and writing samples. You’ll find both short and long term freelancing tasks for you.

To clarify, this isn’t only for freelance writing. You can do many different tasks including Virtual Assistant, Programming, Proofreading, Writing, Graphic design, Data entry and much more.

Become a Delivery Driver

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Uber Eats has expanded their delivery service to almost every city, and they’re looking for more than just drivers.

They need people with bikes and scooters too – in cities such as New York, New Jersey, Washington DC, San Francisco, Seattle, and more.

Expect to make around $8 – $12 per hour after factoring in vehicle or bike expenses. Delivery pay varies from day to day and hour to hour, and it’s crucial to work lunch and dinner rushes if you want to earn on the higher end of the pay scale.

Sign up for Uber Eats and see if there’s a bonus for delivering in your area.

Join Rideshare Company

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Lyft pays you to drive others and your income depends on a few factors such as:

• The time it takes to complete a route
• Number of miles traveled
• Current demand for rides
• Your city size
• Type of vehicle you drive

If you need a side gig, Lyft is a great option with flexible hours. You can easily do this on the nights and weekends even if you have a full-time job.

You determine how many hours to work each week.

Give Tours of Your City

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Vayable allows you to guide tours centered on a particular cultural experience. It pays you to use knowledge of your home turf to help travelers have a great visit.

To get started, you first join to become a Vayable Insider. As an insider you can be anything from a writer, taxi driver, musician, teacher, poet, travel agent and so on as long as you can provide cultural enrichment.

You can make around $20-$75 an hour or $200 in 24 hours.

Show someone a historical building in your town, take them to a famous local bar, and make a shopping trip at the local farmer’s market, to whatever else that you think is interesting about your city or town.

Vayable has stringent requirements, and expect you to:

• Commit to delivering a high-quality experience to every traveler.
• Prioritize security above all else.
• Be passionate, personable and trustworthy.

Answers Questions

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JustAnswer.com is one of the highly-trafficked websites that pay people to answer questions. It’s where people seek advice from a variety of different kinds of experts. There are over 175 categories including lawyers, mechanics, doctors, and vets and over 11,000 verified experts on the website and over 16,000,000 questions answered.

They pay you 50% of what customers are willing to pay for your answers as commission.

With a computer and internet connection, your earning potential depends on how much time you devote to the site. However, top experts earn over $1000 each month.

To join as an expert, you must fill out an application which takes less than 30 minutes. Apply to as many categories as you can as long as you can support with professional credentials for each group.

The requirements may vary for each category, but usually, the site will ask for work history, certification, and a diploma.

Tutor Kids Around the World

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VIPKID.com is an excellent option for North Americans to teach English online to children in China.

They deal with lesson planning, marking of tests and speaking with the parents of the children you teach.

Classes run for 25-30 minutes each, with a potential earning of $22 per hour, a bonus during holidays, seasonal incentives, and $50-$60 referral bonus.

Note: It’s only for North American Teachers for children in China, and you must have a University Degree in any subject. Unstable internet can also cost you a cancellation fee.

Promote Business Merchandise

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A Street Team is a term in marketing that describes a group of people who ‘hit the streets’ promoting an event or a product. Companies use large street teams to reach out to customers and improve sales.

When factoring in bonuses and additional compensation, a Street Team can expect to make an average total pay of $21,000.

Request a Salary Raise

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Requesting a salary raise is an excellent move because it doesn’t require you to trade more time for more money. You’re putting in the same amount of time, but pulling a bigger paycheck.

But, it’s always a bit tricky to ask for a raise when your company already has you at your current salary. You’ve got to make a strong argument you deserve the increase.

Here’s a tip you can explore – document everything good such as:

• A compliment from your boss
• positive monthly metrics
• new clients, you brought in
• additional tasks outside your job

Focus on what you’ve done already, and use your records as proof of your value.

Of course, this won’t work the same way for everyone—small companies can usually be more flexible with compensation—but a record of your accomplishments is always a good thing to have.

Rent Car Parking Space

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Pavemint is a parking app that turns your empty car space into cash.

If you live in a city with limited parking or live close to a stadium or another popular venue, you can rent your parking space at a premium. Use Pavemint to list when your space is available.

Make $200-$600 a month renting out your unused car parking space. In fact, you may find it lucrative enough to make it worth planning to be away from home during games and concerts.

Before you list your parking space, make sure:

• It’s legal to rent parking spots in your area
• If your community participates in the sharing economy.
• Check with your landlord, local government or tenant board for clarifications.
• Confirm that your insurance policy covers your users.

Sign up to list your space on Pavemint, add a photo and a quick description about your space’s availability. Then start renting it out and watch your money roll in.

Alternatives to Pavemint include: JustPark, Park on My Drive, etc.

Rent Your Room

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Consider renting out your unused extra room on Airbnb if you don’t mind sharing your house with others.

Airbnb allows choosing your own schedule, prices, and requirements for guests. It charges hosts a 3% fee that covers the cost of processing payments.

Rent it out temporarily to holiday makers and earn $2,000 net of costs a month per apartment at 90% occupancy. Or nearly half of all smaller hosts make more than $500 per month.

Caution:

• You’ll be on call whenever you have a guest, and you’ll always need to keep the place clean for incoming visitors.
• Be sure to screen clients carefully or work through word-of-mouth before you pick your tenant. Bad tenants can cause you to lose money test your stress levels too.

Rent Your Shed or Garage

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Similar to Airbnb, Store At My House enables you to rent your shed or garage. It’s secure and a hustle-free way of earning from your unused space.

List your shed on Store at My House and start making $150-$500 or more per month.

Refinance Your Mortgage

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A cash-out refinance finances your existing mortgage with a new home loan for more than you owe. You get the difference and spend it on other financial needs.

However, you must have equity built up in your house to use a cash-out refinance.

Here’s how it works:

If your home value is $200,000 and your mortgage balance is $100,000, you have $100,000 of equity in your home. Let’s say you need $50,000; you can refinance your loan for $150,000, and receive $50,000 in cash at closing.

Quicken Loans gives you a lower interest rate on their mortgage refinance and the lower rate translates to lower payments.

Negotiate Your Current Bills

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Comparing gas and electricity prices are made even easier now with Compare Power

With hundreds of tariffs, plans, contracts and discount structures, finding a better energy deal can be tricky. However Compare Power’s expert service, you can now make a better, more informed decision and can be confident that they are getting a great deal.

Compare Power enables you to choose the best gas or electricity supplier from their panel at the best price. The result – more of your hard earned money back in your pocket.

Complete the sign-up process in less than 10 minutes. Enter your zip code to view electricity plans available in your neighborhood. Compare options and find one that matches your needs.

Related: 67 Practical Tips to Save Money

Sell Your Photos Online

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If you’re into UI/UX designing or have a thing for recording HD and 4K videos, you can earn $120 per image uploaded on Shutterstock.

Its referral program is cooler than that. Refer to other photographers and make good $0.04 for each time they sell an image. If you refer a customer who purchases images, you can earn 20% of their first purchase that is up to $200.

Shutterstock allows you to protect your copyrights, so it’s up to you to set the rights on the photos.

Become a contributor to Shutterstock and start earning every time a customer downloads your content. You can make anywhere from 20% to 30%. Payouts are done monthly.

Wrap Your Car in Advertising

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Thanks to the sharing economy which gives you different ways to make money with your car, including driving for Uber and Lyft or renting out your car with companies like Turo.

But, car wrapping is another better and easy way that doesn’t involve changing anything on your car.

Wrapify makes it very easy to get paid to advertise on your car:

• Sign up, create your account, and then download the Wrapify app on both iOS and Android devices.
• Start driving with the app. Wrapify uses your driving habits to create your driver profile and match you with advertisers.
• You have to drive 50 to 100 miles for Wrapify to gather enough information to begin the matching process.
• After you qualify as a driver, you receive notifications when campaigns become available in your area. Select the advertisers that you want to work with.
• Wrapify will wrap the car in advertising for you – for free! You can choose the extent that your vehicle will be wrapped.

You can make an average of $450 per month. According to Wrapify, a driver with a fully wrapped car in San Diego who drives 25 miles per day can expect to earn more than $300.00 per month.

Rent Your Car

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How many hours a day does your car sit idle? Probably at least half of the day, right? Now, you can rent it out to others and make over $600 per month with Turo.

It’s free to join, and the signup process only takes 10 minutes. The Turo app connects car owners to people who need a vehicle to rent.

On average, owners listed on Turo make $720 a month. Turo takes up to 35% of the rental cost, but that covers insurance for your vehicle and advertising your car on their site, which helps bring in customers.

Note:

• Your car must have fewer than 300,000 miles,
• No salvage or branded title
• Have a value not exceeding $150,000.
• Motorcycles, passenger vans, cargo vans, and vehicles intended primarily for off-road use are not eligible for the Turo app.

Use your email or Facebook login to create an account, click on “list your car” tab and start making money.

Sell Your Old Stuff

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Ever wondered what to do with your old CDs, DVDs, books, games, and tech devices if they’re still in good condition?

The site Decluttr makes it safe and easy to make money off your unwanted stuff. It offers instant price quotes, a free shipping label to ship the box to them, and pays you quickly.

To get started, you enter the barcode for the items you wish to sell, it give you an instant quote and ship it to them for free. It pays up to 33% for a phone more than your phone carrier.

Decluttr pays you via a pay check. However, you receive payment the following day when you choose PayPal or Direct Deposit.

Sell Old Electronics

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Gazelle buys smartphones and other devices.

To use the service, search for your phone on the website. It doesn’t accept any phone, not listed on their website. Then, choose the network, storage capacity, and condition: broken, good or flawless.

Make sure you’re accurate about your item and its condition. Otherwise, you’ll receive a revised offer upon receipt.

After Gazelle makes you an offer, it will send you a box to pack your phone in and ship it for free. You can receive payment via PayPal, a check or an Amazon gift card.

Sell Coupons Online

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We all know that coupons are a great way to save money in 100’s of dollars every month. But, here’s a little secret, you can earn money as well if you sell them for cash.

Let’s say you receive a coupon worth $20 off any $100 purchase from a national chain store. Pick it up its free cash.

Sell it one a day and at the end of the month pay a bill or two. Or, sell 5 or 6 a day and make a car payment at the end of the month.

Once you realize that this is money you will start seeing coupons everywhere.

Sell Your Gift Cards

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Raise.com allows you to sell all types of cards including electronic gift cards. You can get up to 92% of the card value through the site, or you can name your own selling price. You’ll receive a payment within one business day.

Payment can either be a Direct Deposit, PayPal or by paper check mailed to you.

You can also buy all kinds of new and discounted gift cards for your favorite restaurants, department stores, movies, and theatres and much, much more, and get up to 35% off with Raise.

Related: 19 Guaranteed Ways to Get Free Gift Cards

Have a Garage Sale

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A garage sale is a way for homeowners to purge items they no longer need.

You already know that selling your stuff is a great way to declutter and earn extra money.

According to the New York Times, if you put some thought and planning into your garage sale, you can net between $500 and $1000.

Sell Your Old Clothes

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Poshmark.com is one of the top sites for selling clothes and other items.

Poshmark is an app that lets you sell clothing, shoes, handbags, jewelry, makeup, and more, right from your phone. … But, even without all that, it’s possible to learn the ropes – and work your way up to them – to become a popular seller.

You only need to upload photos of your items from your phone to the app to list them for sale.

Poshmark takes a $2.95 commission on all sales under $15. It takes a 20% commission on any purchases above $15.

Top sellers have made $10,000 to around $100,000 a year over the past few years.

Make a Healthy Income from Side Hustle

Here’s the secret. You don’t have to quit your day job to earn extra cash. Starting a hustle during your spare time is easier than you think. Plus, it brings you the added job security and satisfaction.

The options we have discussed will not make you a millionaire but will provide you with additional income when you need it most.  Take action to start where you are to make extra income to get you out of debt, stay afloat in tough times, or build up your existing home. One or more of the above options will work for you.

Related: 15 Ways How to Make Money Online for Free

Your Turn: Which of these options do you think you’ll try to make money?