Best Way To Make Money Working From Home

30 Real Ways to Make Money From Home Part-Time

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Ideas to Make Money from Home

What are some real ways on how to make money from home part-time?

This is the question I asked myself while 4 months pregnant with my second child and ready to make that transition from my 9-5.

I was looking online for the best ways to make money from home part time but I couldn't find ANYTHING.

There were so many scams out there. Most of the opportunities seemed too good to be true and they were.

While continuing to look and realizing that there was nothing out there, I decided to reach out to people who were actually making money from home (so I could know it was real) and I interviewed them, documented everything and created this website to share their stories for people like I looking for real ideas to make money from home part time.

I focused on asking those who successfully make money from home three questions:

How to make money from home
How much do you make
How can others get started

And that's what I'm going to share with you today.

Some of these jobs, unfortunately, do not offer health insurance, so if you're in need of health insurance see what others who are self-employed are using and how you can get health insurance here.

People often ask,

Are there any legitimate ways to make money from home?

Yes! Just use this list to see what others are doing today and see how you can get started learning how to make money from home part-time.

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30 Real Ways to Make Money from Home Part Time

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1. Blogging

Blogging is #1 on the list because it is one of the most flexible jobs you can have and the earning potential is limitless!

Blogging is one of my favorite forms of passive income because I make money just for people reading my articles from ads. I can assure you I did not write this article today, and yet it's making me money.

When you get a nice amount of people reading your articles, it brings in a nice income.

Here's a screenshot of one of my monthly ad earnings:

How I Make Money Blogging Consistently screenshot of earnings on mediavine

I also make money by partnering with companies and becoming an "Affiliate". You can see how I make money blogging here.

Keep in mind that you do not have to be an excellent writer if you want to blog. I'm definitely not, you just write like you talk.

I don't want to make blogging sound easy because it's not (in the beginning anyway), it takes a lot of work and a year before I made any money that mattered but it was soooo worth it. I was able to quit my corporate job and stay home with my kids.

I work about 15 hours per week now and earn much more than my corporate job.

How much can I make? I know bloggers making between $2,000-$100,000+ per MONTH (and I'm one of them).

How do I get started? Check out my step-by-step guide on how to start a blog from scratch along with the most popular niches that make the most money and get the most traffic.

2. Notary Loan Signing Agent

This business is not talked about enough and it needs to be heard. I interviewed a gentleman who earns $5-$7k per month in retirement only working 3-4 days per week!

What does a Loan signing agent do? Loan signing agents are hired by mortgage companies, escrow companies, title companies, and signing services to identify loan documents and obtain necessary signatures.

How do I get started? See how John Flick does it here and how you can too!

3. Proofreader

Do you find yourself easily catching errors when reading? Do you cringe when you see grammar mistakes? If so, you should consider becoming a Proofreader.

Proofreaders are NEEDED, I know because I use one myself.

How much can I make? Caitlin Pyle made $43,000 in a year working part-time! You can see her full story in my How to Become a Proofreader article. Many others are making between $1,000-$4,000 a month.

How do I get started? Take this FREE introductory workshop to help you learn the skills needed to start your own freelance proofreading hustle and see if this is the right career for you.

5. Get Into Real Estate BUT w/o Selling or Buying Anything

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Yes, this really is a thing. I met Boss Mom Danielle Pierce who is doing this earning over $400,000 a year WHILE homeschooling her 3 kids!

It's called Property Preservation or Repairing Foreclosed Homes. Danielle outsources 100% of the work and only does admin work.

How much can I make? It varies but Danielle says it's very feasible to gross $100k+ or more in revenue within 18 months

How do I get started? Check out my interview with Danielle to see how it all works

6. Selling on Amazon (FBA program)

If you like shopping and searching for a good deal, you should definitely consider Amazon's FBA program.

You find good deals on products at brick and mortar stores or online and resell them on Amazon for a higher price.

What makes Amazon's FBA program so great is that THEY ship the products to your customers and handle the customer service!

How much can I make? This varies significantly and depends on how much work you are willing to put in, Jessica from the Selling family made OVER six figures her first year. Check out my awesome interview with her on How to Sell on Amazon.

How do I get started? Take this FREE 7-Day Email Course on how to start selling on Amazon. My sister recently took this course, and she's selling products already!

Related: The Best Part-Time Jobs Online that Pay Well

7. Freelance Writer

Do you like to write? You can make a lot of money as a writer, I know because I interviewed Holly Johnson in my How to Become a Freelance Writer article who makes OVER $200,000 a year. I didn't even know that was possible!

How much can I make? Holly Johnson said that she finds it hard for you NOT to earn AT LEAST $40,000 to $50,000 a year working full-time as a writer.

How do I get started? Holly Johnson found the secret sauce when it comes to writing and charging the right rate for your work. She created a free introductory training on how to build a six-figure writing career.

I highly recommend taking her course on freelance writing if you want to work from home writing and follow her path to success. I also have several ways to get writing gigs at the end of this article on freelance writing.

8. Teach or Tutor

Online teaching is growing thanks to the advancements in technology, and it's an excellent way to make money at home if you have teaching experience or knowledge of a specific subject.

How much can I make? $10.50 – $60 per hour, check out these companies hiring now.

How do I get started? Apply to the best online tutoring jobs here.

9. Social Media Manager

Are you active on Social Media and would like to post on behalf of other businesses? It's important to be knowledgeable about the different Social Media platforms, and you will need great organizational and communication skills.

How much can I make? Depending on how many clients you have you could earn between $1,000-$10,000 a month.

How do I get started? Consider taking this highly recommended Udemy course and also check out my How to Become a Social Media Manager article to see how Nicole got started.

10. Virtual Assistant

Are you task-oriented and have skills in the areas of social media management, editing, graphic design, tutoring, researching, writing, administrative duties or data entry? Then becoming a Virtual Assistant may be an excellent choice for you.

How much can I make? You can earn $25-$100 an hour as a Virtual Assistant.

How do I get started? I interviewed Gina Horkey who is a six-figure Virtual Assistant and she shares exactly how you can get started as a Virtual Assistant. You can check out my interview with Gina here.

11. Transcribe

Transcriptionists listen to audio files and record (type) what they hear. If you have patience and the ability to sit for long periods of time and an eye for detail, you should consider transcribing.

How much can I make? You can earn $7-$21 per hour or more if you start your own business transcribing.

How do I get started? Take this Free Mini-Course or check out these companies hiring for remote transcription jobs along with a work at home success story from Kim (transcriber).

12. Virtual Receptionist

Answer calls and web chats for a variety of businesses and professionals across the US alongside the fun and friendly team at Smith.ai. It's fast-paced work, so previous phone experience is a must. Applicants will need to be in the US, Canada, or Mexico.

Smith.ai operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Choose a full-time or part-time schedule. Currently hiring for shifts Monday – Sunday between:

10am – 9pm Eastern
9am – 8pm Central
8am – 7pm Mountain
7am – 6pm Pacific

You must be available 4 hours a day, 5 days a week (minimum of 20 hours per week, 40 hours max). Shifts are broken into 2- to 5-hour blocks. Applicants will need to be from the US, Canada, or Mexico.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Pay is hourly and starts at $10 per hour ($11/hour for bilingual English-Spanish receptionists), with raises based on performance and longevity with the company.

Benefits include:

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Retirement plans
Cash bonuses
Weekly pay

How do I get started?Apply Here for SmithCareers

13. Life Coach

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Do you love personal development and enjoy helping people? Do you want to build a business of your own? If that's you, you should consider becoming aLife Coach.

How much can I make?It depends on your market. If you are targeting lower-income, you can charge $47 per hour, if you're targeting higher income you could charge $297 per hour or much more.

It also depends on your model, are you doing 1-to-1 coaching or group coaching?

How do I get started:Check out my article on How to Become a Life Coach and consider this Life Coach Certificate Course.

14. Create an Online Store with Drop Shipping

Dropshipping is a method where you can sell third-party products from a Drop Shipping Company without ever seeing or shipping the item. When you make a sale, the product is shipped directly to the customer from the drop shipper.

Your profit is the difference between what you charge your customers and what the drop shipping company charges you.

How much can I make? This really depends on you and how much work you put into it, but you could make $10,000+ a month!

How do I get started? Theo McArthur has great success with dropshipping and created a dropshipping course that teaches you how to launch your first profitable Dropship Website in 14 Days or less and grow your Income to $10,000 per month in profits.

15. Graphic Designer

If you have an eye for design and have experience in Adobe Creative Suite/Adobe Creative Cloud – including InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop, there is a profitable market out there for you.

How much can I make? You can charge $25-$300 per hour, depending on your experience.

How do I get started? Check out this highly recommended course Learn Photoshop, Web Design & Profitable Freelancing. Promote your services to your social network and create a wordpress blog showcasing your services and work.

16. Become a Travel Agent

Do you love to travel and enjoy helping people? Consider working from home as a Travel Agent.

How much can I make? Glassdoor states the typical salary ranges from $29,000 to $58,000 a year, but it all depends on experience and number of clients.

How do I get started? You can either start your own business or work for an agency, Sarah B. who started her own Travel Agency tells us how to do both in my How to Become a Travel Agent article.

17. Search Engine/Social Media Evaluator

Search Engine/Social Media Evaluator rate social media ads and search engine results for relevancy.

This job is great because it does not require getting on the phone, you make your own schedule, and it does not require any training.

How much can I make? $12.50 – $14 per hour.

How do I get started? Apply to the only two companies I recommend in my How to Become a Web Search Evaluator article.

18. Customer Service Rep

Customer service positions typically provide product or service information. It is a growing trend to hire customer service reps remotely.

How much can I make? The pay ranges from $10-$21 per hour according to Glassdoor for the companies below with a rating of 4/5 star rating or higher:

Hilton $10-$21 per hour
Apple $13-$19 per hour
Amazon $11

How do I get started? Consider applying to the companies above and check out these job boards for an up-to-date list of available remote customer service positions such as FlexJobs, Indeed, and UpWork.

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19. Earn $30-$50 per hour Picking Up Trash

Yes, it's true. You can make money picking up trash in parking lots for Commercial Real Estate Management companies.

I was privileged to interview Brian who earns $650,000 per year doing this! Check out my article on litter removal to see how it works, how to get started, and how he'll help you grow your business.

The beauty of this job is the service hours don't interfere with a typical day job, so you can do this on the side and grow it however big or small as you want.

20. Flip Items from Flea Markets and Thrift Shops

Rob from the Flea Market Flipper is the MASTER flipper. He made over $130,000 flipping items from Flea Markets and thrift stores PART-TIME.

And, you don't need to have a lot of money to start either. Rob recommends his students to start with a budget of $20-$50 to find items. Based on that, they should be able to make $100-$300 (mostly reselling on eBay) and then take some of the profit and do it again.

How do I get started? Rob created a free workshop to turn your passion for visiting thrift stores, yard sales, & flea markets into a profitable reselling business – in as little as 14 days. You can click here to sign up for Flea Market Flipper.

21. Sell Printables on Etsy

Do you consider yourself as artsy or creative? Etsy is a great platform to turn your hobby into a thriving business. You can make crafts, printables, and more.

Printables are so great because you make them once and can earn money from them over and over again. See how these others are making money doing this here.

How much can I make? $500-$1,000+ per month

How do I get started? I interviewed two women who are doing this successfully and they show us how to get started and make money.

22. Make Money by Losing Weight

HealthyWage is a company supported by the Government to incentivize people to lose weight by putting their own money at risk with the potential to earn up to $10,000! It's the ultimate losing weight challenge.

Here's How it Works:

Start with the HealthyWage Prize Calculator. Enter how much weight you want to lose, how long you'll take to lose it, and how much you want to bet a month for that period of time.
You can play around with the calculator until you get your desired prize amount. (up to $10,000)
Sign up and agree to pay the monthly amount for the duration of the challenge.
Achieve your weight-loss goal, and win your prize!

If you don't hit your goal, your money goes to support HealthyWage, including prizes for others who achieve their goals.

Click here to See How Much Money You Can Make and see how Jaclyn won $5,294.12, and Anastasia won $10,000 losing weight here.

23. Clean Houses

Do you enjoy cleaning or just know it's something you wouldn't mind doing to make extra money? If so, you really should consider doing this because you could make a lot of money.

How much can I make: $1,000 per week working part-time

How do I get started: Check out my article on How to Start a Cleaning Business and get all the information you need to start today.

24. Rental Property Income

Have you ever thought about making a monthly passive income from a rental property(s)? My friend Dustin does this and was able to make enough monthly passive income from his properties to quit his 9-5.

Dustin created a FREE Real Estate Investing course to show you how to quit your J.O.B. and live the dream life.

Click Here to Get the Free Real Estate Investing Course

25. Start a Baby Equipment Rental Business

Baby Equipment Rental Business items next to a bed

Do you live in a popular tourist area? Did you know you could make a lucrative side hustle renting baby equipment to traveling families? I didn't either, but I interviewed boss mom Ashley Anderson who made me a believer.

How do I get started?I recommend reading my interview with Ashley on How to Start a Baby Equipment Rental Business

How much can I make?Ashley earns over $3,000 per month

Related: How to Make Money as A Kid

26. Run a Speed Dating/Event Business

I know this is definitely not for everyone but I at least wanted to mention to those who may be interested. If you like the idea of hooking up couples you could start a Facebook page, find a venue and sell tickets.

Start with age ranges from 25-35 and 35-45 selling tickets from $10-$30 depending on the venue. Many bars or local restaurants may let you have the event for free on a weekday just to make some extra money with your event OR pay you to have the event at their venue.

It's an easy business to run and a great way to make some extra money on the side.

27. Make Money with Your Amazon Alexa or Google Home

If you have one did you know you could make up to $100 per month using the Conversationally App?

Conversationally is a market research company and they need to gather real data to help companies like Google and Amazon improve their Voice Assistants, and they'll pay us to get it. I use it and I love it.

Just use your Voice Assistant like you normally do and earn! You can see my full review of Voice Assistants here or you can easily click here to get started with Conversationally.

28. Earn $75 or more as an UpVoice Panelist

Get paid for the time you spend on Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, YouTube and more social media sites.

I did a full review of UpVoice, and it's literally one of the real ways to make money from home for free online. Currently only applicable to candidates in the United States.

Click Here to Sign Up for UpVoice

29. Make Money off Your Change

Acorns is a neat way to start micro-investing. It rounds up your purchases to the nearest dollar and invests the difference on your behalf.

Acorns monitors your bank account and automatically invests the change from your daily purchases. For example, if you buy a coffee for $1.75, Acorns will round up to $2.00 and automatically invest $.25 in "smart portfolios".

I made $60 without even noticing. There are no fees for withdrawing, just keep in mind that it may be more of a tax implication for the following year.

Click here to start investing your Change and $5 Welcome Bonus

30. Interior Designer

Do you watch HGTV and think, I can do that, I want to do that? See how Boss Mom Julie Putzel got started and manages to earn a six-figure salary.

How much can I make? You can make anywhere from $50-$150 per hour as an Interior Decorator. Interior Designers income varies significantly, but you can make six-figures or more.

How do I get started? To become an Interior Decorator (this is different from Interior Designer) I recommend starting a website, take quality photos of your work, ask friends and family if you can work for them at no charge to help add to your portfolio, once you've created a polished visualization of your work you can then start to charge for your service.

Find out how to get started as an Interior Designor here.

31. In-Home Childcare

If you love children and have a passion for the opportunity to impact a young life, this is a great opportunity to work from home.

How much can I make? It really depends on where you live, but you could charge $30 a day which turns out to $600 a month (assuming its for 8 hours a day), while some daycares will charge $900 or more a month.

How do I get started? I recommend taking this neat course on How to Start a Home Daycare Business. Ladonna operated her own profitable home daycare and shows you how you can do the same, along with all the information you'll need to get started.

32. Photography

Take this FREE 1-hour class to show you how to make your photos look better than ever before no matter what camera you have! No experience required

How much can I make?

Wedding Photography -$700 – $3,500+
Senior Portrait Photography – $100-$300 a session
Small local businesses – $25 – $200 per image

How do I get started? Start taking pictures of any and everything, take classes and learn photoshop to polish off your photos and add quality finishes. Post your pictures to your social network and check out these two apps to make money from your phone taking pictures.

Bonus Tip – Make Money By Paying Your Bills On Time

Do you spend money on groceries, bills, clothes, gas, and entertainment? Of course, you do, so why not get a percentage of that money back?

My husband and I use one credit card on everything because the more you spend the more points you accumulate. We use the Chase Freedom credit card and had over $500 last year that we used on Christmas (cash and gift cards) and we're back up to $654.15.

screenshot of freedom rewards

This is FREE Money.What's the catch? Pay your bills on time. That's the only way this works. As long as you don't spend what you can't afford, you win. This is a great form of passive income.

If you sign up for the Chase Freedom Credit card as we did you get a $150 bonus if you spend $500 within the first 3 months. That should be easy to do if you use it on everything like us.

How to Earn Money from Home without Any Investment

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31. Rent your Car for Ad space

This is for the true hustler who has no shame. You can have your car wrapped by Wrapify and make between $264-$452 a month with no upfront costs.

First, you'll need to download the app, drive with the app, get matched with campaigns, and then you'll take your car in to get wrapped and make money driving places you normally go. Easy passive income if you don't mind your vehicle being wrapped.

32. Rent Out Your Space

Do you live in a prime location or have a room to spare? Consider making money with Airbnb.

Riley from Young and the Invested generates $400/month on average from his unit listed on Airbnb.

33. Dosh

Dosh is a money earning app that is COMPLETELY passive. I downloaded the app and linked my credit card, so every time I shop, eat, travel, and more at participating local and national merchants I get a percentage back.

I forgot I had this app, and I was out to dinner with my husband for our anniversary and received this email after we paid below

screenshot of cashback from Dosh

and this keeps happening when I use my credit card at participating merchants!

Click here to download Dosh

35. Ibotta

Ibotta allows you to get cash back for items you buy anyway. I LOVE this app.

Here's How it Works:

Download the Ibotta App and before you shop, add offers on products you normally purchase anyway.
Buy the products you selected at any participating store. Don't forget your receipt!
Redeem your offers by taking a photo of your receipt. Ibotta will match the items you bought to the offers you selected and give you the cash!

Your cash back will be deposited into your Ibotta account within 48 hours.

37. Sign up for Research Studies – Up to $400 per study

You can make quick easy money by participating in research studies. Below are the best-paid companies to sign up for

Respondent – $50-$400 per study
User Interviews – $50-$100 per hour

38. Get Paid Taking Surveys Online ($50 -100 per month)

This may not be the most exciting way to make money, but it is one of the real ways to make money from home for free. To make a lot of money with surveys, you'll need to join many survey sites.

Before you start applying I highly recommend opening a new email account to direct all surveys to that account because you'll be inundated with daily survey emails.

I only recommend applying to the following survey sites:

Survey Junkie
Swagbucks
PrizeRebel

39. Get Paid to Test Apps and Websites

Companies need feedback on the user experience of their websites, and they'll pay you to get it. This is a fast and easy way to make money online.

Here are two reputable companies to sign up for:

User Testing (up to $60 per test)
UserFeel ($10 per test)

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