Need to earn a little extra cash but can't commit to a side hustle? Don't want to be an MLM "boss babe" losing money on pyramid schemes & working on vacation? Here are some of the sites I use to make cold hard in my spare time, no selling, or scams ever.
As I have mentioned before I got myself into a bit of debt, and I've been doing a lot of these to make extra money. And if you're not in debt, it's a great way to make money to pad your savings, start a Roth IRA or individual investment account. Every little bit helps you work towards your future!
I have it set up with higher potential to lower.
All links in this section are referrals.
Amazon Mechanical Turk/MTurk
These are all pretty low earning until you get through at least 1000 HITs, but I've an extra $5 so far this month just in my extra time. Mostly surveys and easy tasks, definitely check out the MTurk subreddit for more tips and tricks once you're through the hard part.
Prolific
It's academic and business surveys, fairly easy and decent money most weeks. They're currently not accepting new participants but you can join the wait list
Respondent
This is all focus groups and mystery shopper work. It's hit and miss because companies usually have super specific people they're looking for. They also charge you a few but also charge the companies which is annoying but it's almost always a good payout.
SurveyJunkie
This one gets a bit of a bad rap but I've had decent luck with it, a few bucks here and there. Easy surveys, same thing I just do them whenever I have downtime, I just have this one further down my list because it has a lower overall earning potential.
Rakuten
If you're shopping online anyway this is an easy way to get some cash back. And you get $30 by using my sign up link!
Receipt Hog
This is a receipt scanner app for both digital and paper. You're not going to get rich by any means but it's super easy, and money is money.
Receipt Hog pays you to upload receipts, take surveys, and more! Download and enter code spap7733 to earn a special bonus when you upload your first receipt. https://app.receipthog.com/r/spap7733
If you're looking for more work or ideas, definitely check out the beermoney subreddit. I've had Rat Race Rebellion and Work At Home Woman recommended to me in the past, but I don't recom them. They don't actually vet the posts and I've never heard back from anywhere. They also have a lot of things like jobs that require proof of English fluency which native speakers can't prove, aka they want immigrants who will accept lower wages.
If you have skill like a craft or writing, try setting up a site and selling your skills on the side. If you using something like Fiverr you only have to accept jobs you want, when you have time.
Great tips! I signed up for a couple!