As a student, you will face times when you won’t have a single penny in your pocket and you will be struggling for a minor job while managing your studies. It’s super challenging, that’s why nowadays students are seeking different methods for earning money wherever and whenever possible.
Honestly speaking, we are blessed to be present in this digital era, since earning extra cash for students was never easy. But in the era of the internet and digital media, it’s possible for students to make money from everywhere and anywhere.
Here are some top sites that can assist you in earning good money, just from sitting home with your laptop and a stable internet connection.
1. Fiverr
If you love to work reliably and have a desire to construct a personal marque, then you can really make good bucks by using Fiverr. You can use Fiverr easily and earn from it by offering your amenities in a variation of different niches from writing, programming to graphic designing and much more. The most interesting and cool thing about this platform is that there a lot of random stuff that you can do and get compensated for, like for e.g. the girl who will read a message outfitted in a weird fruit costume etc.
2. Airbnb
You are probably not alien to this idea, this website mainly lets you lease out homes or apartments of people in different places all around the world and you can use this as a substitute to reserving a hotel. So if you are fortunate to have your own place or you can convince your roommates, then you can easily lease out your additional space to guests for few days and night and make a lot of good money from it.
3. Flippa
College students can earn good money by using this website; all they need to do is buy and sell domain names at a higher price. It may take you some time at getting good at this, but this work includes fining valuable domain names for businesses, sites like Flippa is a place where you can auction domain names at a high price.
4. YouTube
Well, I can’t really promise that you will become a viral celebrity instantly, that’s completely up to you! The money people get for associating with YouTube and posting commercials on their videos differs, nonetheless if you keep on posting regularly then you can raise your income to $10/day and there is a potential you can even earn hundred bucks if your channel rises up.
5. Upwork
Upwork is the place where you can start a profitable freelance career while you are still studying. It’s all about how you utilize your special skills and make money out of it. At Upwork you can do all sorts of assignments from SEO, marketing, social media, graphic designing, writing even you can be a virtual assistant. Upwork is so far the most popular website for freelancing work but there are many other platforms that offer the same services.
6. UserTesting
There are a lot of website that claim that you can make cash simply by surfing the web, this commonly comprises you to install an add-on in your web browser and you get paid for what you normally do on your web. It sounds cool but it doesn’t earn you good money. UserTesting is a website with the same concept but with a twist. With this website you get to look at different websites and review them, for every review you get paid $10 and it takes 20 minutes to write a review. Now this is how you can earn good bucks.
7. ShutterStock
If you believe you are good at taking pictures and you have a good camera then you can easily sell your stock of photos to big websites like BigStock Photo, Shutterstock and Dreamtime. You can sell the photographs of your friends which you have captured or your city and make good income from them. This can also land you in being a top contributor at the website and you can sell more pictures.
8. Amazon
Do you believe you are good at writing? Then scripting and self-publishing a book at Amazon could land you with lots of money. Initially, its time consuming as you have to write an e-book and then proofread and edit it, but once it’s published you will earn reflexive revenue which will keep on coming and you can sit and look at the money rolling in. It is a decent idea to pen your e-book during the summer break so that your studies won’t be interrupted.
Author Bio – As Product Marketing Manager, Adam drives product-focused communications for WestendITStore. He is actively involved in product strategy and specializes in articulating technical concepts in the form of creative, value-based messages. Adam brings 10 years of experience in marketing enterprise software/hardware products in startup, high-growth and mature companies.
