Tips to Make Money from Your Own Home

Everyone wants to have more money. It doesn’t matter if you’re struggling to pay your bills or simply have too much to know what to do with it; having more money is a dream. However, how many people want to actually do work for that money? Hardly anyone, which is why there are ways to make money from the comfort of your own home. Here are some tips, although some do require a little work.

1. Offer Your Skills: Whether you’re great at photography, you can write well or you simply make your own crafts, offering your own skills is a great way to make money. The best part is that you do something you enjoy, which means you’re more likely to put more effort into it without seeing it as a chore. There are many people who started doing this on the side and then made it their own business, whether setting up a shop or freelancing.
2. Sell Your Items Through the Internet: There’s a popular saying: one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. This is definitely the case when it comes to items lying around your home. Start getting rid of the things that you don’t want or need, such as clothes, shoes, ornaments and even books, and start selling them online. There are some websites that will take them for a set price while others you can set the price and wait for people to agree to them. This will depend on how quickly you want the money or whether you can wait for the best offer. Plenty of people have started setting up shops on some websites as a way to sell their things on a regular basis or even resell items when they know they can get something for more.
3. Take Paid Surveys Online: Ever wanted to be paid for your own opinions? That is easy with paid surveys. There are a number of companies out there offering small amounts of money for your time – the most you will usually get for a survey is around £5. Watch out for the scam companies. You will never need to pay for access to these surveys – the companies offering them get the money from the businesses that need the surveys doing. You will only get a small amount of money but it could be enough for small extra things in life.
4. Claim Back Your PPI: Many people are making extra money by claiming back their PPI. If you have taken out a loan or credit agreement in the last 10 years, you could be owed compensation for mis sold payment protection insurance. Check out your records and if you don’t have the agreements, there are companies that can do it all for you. The average payout is around £2,000 but there are people gaining tens of thousands of pounds back.
5. Become a Virtual Assistant: For those who are good with organisation and management, being a virtual assistant is a possibility. There are plenty of companies looking to hire people virtually to handle their calls and calendars. Since you will be a freelancer, you can take on a number of companies and they can pay you a flat fee or by the hour at a rate that you can negotiate between you.

Above are just five ways that you can make money from the comfort of your own home, but there are many more. Think about the skills you have and how they can work to help you earn extra cash, whether you need it to pay the bills or want it for an extra holiday.

Author bio:

This guest post was written by Frank Manley, a financial manager. He helps many people with their finances and offers tips on how to claim back PPI and make more money from their own home.

 

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