Figuring out new ways to slim your budget and start saving more money is not necessarily that difficult.
If you’re trying to conserve funds, there are plenty of routes to do that online.
While not everyone is exactly a digital guru, these four steps to earning money on the internet don’t require a ton of tech savvy, but merely a little bit of time.
Check out these four easy ways to use the internet to earn money:
Earn Cash Back When You Shop
While you might not think of it as earning money per se, you’re saving money on the items you would be buying otherwise, and you’re collecting a check in the mail, so in our book, you’re basically earning money. When you shop online using savings tools like Ebates, you can get online discounts and cash back offers like Target coupons to buy your favorite products. Looking for a new sweatshirt? Great, collect 4% cash back on it. Ordering a present for your niece’s birthday? Cool, you can save 20% by using a coupon code. It’s fast, it’s easy, and it’s more money in your pocket.
Selling Your Unused Junk on eBay
Ok, so you’ve had that collection of beanie babies sitting untouched in your attic for the past ten years. It’s probably a safe bet at this point to assume they’re not going to increase in value anytime in the near future and you might as well start getting rid of them. The best place to do just that? On eBay. A collector’s paradise, eBay connects buyers from all over the world to you, seller of junk from your attic. If you haven’t been skiing in five years and don’t plan on doing it anytime soon, maybe put your skis and ill-fitting ski jacket up for sale. Trust us, you won’t miss them.
Speaking of clothes, if you’re like most of America, you probably don’t wear a solid 30% of your clothing in a regular basis, possibly more than that. Rather than just letting those clothes take up space in your closet and making you feel guilty for not wearing them, just sell them already. You can get some cash for clothes you were never going to wear again, and you can put that money into buying some new clothes you’ll actually enjoy.
If you need some help getting started selling on eBay, they have a pretty straightforward sign-up process that should make things easy.
Take Surveys
If you’ve got some time to kill and want to spend it earning money, try taking some online polls. While you’re not going to become an overnight millionaire answering questions about your favorite foods, you can still collect a decent amount of money doing some incredible easy “work”. You provide some insight into consumer preferences, and businesses are more than willing to compensate you for your time.
Sites like iPoll gives you rewards for taking surveys on their site, and lets you choose how you want to be compensated, whether it’s with gift cards, magazine subscriptions, airline miles, or something else!
Surf the Web in Exchange for Rewards
Similar to taking surveys in exchange for money, Swagbucks gives you rewards for basically just spending time online, and if we’re going to be honest, we’re all doing a fair amount of that on our own anyway. Users can play games, watch viral videos, do some online shopping, search the web, or more, and earn virtual “swag bucks” for their participation. It’s super easy and you get 30 swag bucks when you register for free. It’s the best way to put those hours of procrastinating on the internet to work for you.
Earning money on the internet isn’t too difficult, all you need to do is get savvier about how you’re spending your time on it. Whether you want to get a little kickback on your online shopping, take a few surveys, play a game, or maybe sell a few of your unwanted items on eBay, you can start collecting some cash and rewards for your efforts. Isn’t the internet great that way?
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I agree there are plenty of ways to earn money online, but I try to avoid the ones that seem like they aren’t worth it for the amount of time put in. I’ve never had much luck with surveys and last year I signed up with this one site to review music but the opportunity ended up not being worth it for the amount of time I had to put in and how little the company paid. But Swagbucks has worked well and I love the convenience of Target coupons right on my phone. I really need to get started with Ebates as well!
Chonce I also need to get started on Ebates, I don’t use it as regularly as I should. I also agree that you have to weigh the time commitment and the payout. If you can do something while watching TV you really don’t have to make much money to make it worth it, which is nice for some of those things that pay out a little less than you’d like.