Seven extra income sources to explore
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Whether you are a stay at home mom, or employed full-time outside the home, most of us could use a little (or maybe more than a little) extra income, especially in these trying economic times. Below I have compiled a list of options for us all to try, so let’s fatten our wallets together!
- Sell your plasma - Many states have facilities where you can donate plasma (the liquid portion of blood). The pay varies per state, as well as how often one can donate. Generally, the requirements to donate are that the donor is a healthy adult, who is not underweight, and without any recent tattoos or piercings
- Try out Homescan - Homescan is a program where you are asked to scan in the groceries you purchase with a specialized scanner that will be sent to you. The more you scan, the more points you are awarded - which can then be redeemed for prizes.
While it cannot hurt to try, I have heard mixed reviews of Homescan. It is legitimate, however it can take a lot of time and effort to earn enough points to make this program worthwhile.
- Mystery shop until you drop - Evaluate companies from the consumer point of view in exchange for a wage and, often times, free merchandise.
- Participate in online survey sites - While dubious claims of making $200 an hour are not generally feasible, you can expect to earn fifty cents to a dollar per survey at reputable survey sites. Just remember, credible companies will not ask you to pay a fee to join in on the surveys. I can recommend inboxdollars.com, as well as pineconeresearch.com as legitimate online survey companies.
- Take on a paper route - Not just for kids, paper routes are an excellent way to make extra income while getting exercise. It’s important to walk and not burn fuel, as a gas expense could really cut into your earnings on this one.
- Clean neighborhood houses - Post an ad in your local papers or Craigslist.org, and take care of all the messy homes in town. Where I live, people who offer homecleaning services command anywhere from 12-20 dollars per hour.
- Become a Chacha Guide - A what you ask? Chacha.com users text or call in questions, and chacha guides research queries online and earn 20 cents an answer. I’ve wanted to try this myself, however Canadians are not eligible to become guides.
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Good tips. Selling plasma is kind of scary but hey that do bring bacon home.
There are some website which tells about freelance writers or blog writers stuff. They generally pay economically from $10 to $100 onwards depending on the job. But it ofcourse ask for references and write ups etc.
Keep it up.
I use to do Homescan, I felt it was a complete waste of time. At first it was kind of fun, but that wore off pretty quick. It got frustrating to have to scan everything before I could put it away. And after more then 6 months I had very little points. You can only get points once a week, even if you scan more then once a week you still only get the points once a week. You get points for surveys too, but there weren’t very many of those.
When I finally decided to stop doing it they deleted my account right away and didn’t even give me a chance to see if I had enough points to use for anything. So I spent a lot of time doing all the scanning and ended up with nothing for it all.
I used to do the plasma thing in college. I had a friend who did it to get money to go clubbing but I did it to pay the electric bill. It is not bad…but I did not know I was anemic and then after doing it twice a week for three months I started to get sick and pass out.
I just took a break for about a month and then they told me I could start coming back again.
@Phoenix2Life - I admit, I haven’t tried the plasma thing myself. Mostly because we don’t have a facility here that allows it.
@Jolene - I have heard homescan is quite time consuming. Six months is a long time not to see any results.
@lulugal11 - Eek. Yah, I don’t think I’d use it for fun money, but towards necessities instead. To each their own.