While getting or maintaining a job outside of your home may be difficult in today’s climate, there are still a variety of ways to make money from the comfort of your home without even needing to leave your bed or change out of your pajamas.
For the artists
Whether you like to draw, paint, sketch, craft or sew, there are a variety of ways to get paid for your artistry and gain exposure.
RedBubble
RedBubble is a website that allows artists to upload their digital designs onto a variety of different items, including stickers, clothing, cases and home decor, which they can then sell to anyone interested. Allowing artists to set their own margins and markups, RedBubble pays artists once a month for their sales and covers all manufacturing costs and product making. Easy to maneuver and user-friendly, all artists need to do to make some extra money this summer is upload their digital art and RedBubble does the rest.
Etsy
For artists and crafters who prefer to make their own art, mostly by hand, Etsy is a good place to market and sell your work. User-friendly and well-known, Etsy is a marketplace that allows sellers to create their own selling page, only takes 5% of profits and can even cover shipping. If your selling page begins to get a lot of sales, Etsy even helps out with filing taxes for your shop.
For the fashionistas
Living (sadly) in a world of fast fashion, fashion lovers may be drawn to purchase trendy clothes that they may only wear a few times and then stick in a drawer or the back of their closet. Luckily, if this is your case, you have the opportunity to make some money back from your fashion buys and give these items a new loving home.
Mercari
Mercari is an app that allows users to purchase and sell almost everything. From clothing to home decor, to electronics and kitchen supplies, Mercari is a safe place to shop and sell. Users are required to provide tracking when selling items and Mercari not only assure sellers their profit when an item is sold, but guarantees safe transactions. Mercari does take 10% of all profits, but they do conveniently provide direct deposit.
Depop
For those who not only want to sell their clothes, but model them while at it, Depop is the perfect place to put your items up on. Depop is the home of unique fashion and a lot of thrifted, transformed and homemade items. If you’ve got some clothing items that you know wouldn’t sell originally, try transforming them into something new and putting them up for sale on this platform. If you’ve also got some old school, vintage items you are ready to part ways with, Depop is a good spot to put them up for sale on.
For the critics
For those who like writing reviews and trying new things, there are a variety of websites that send you items to test out, want to hear your opinions and may even pay you for it.
Opinion Outpost
Opinion Outpost is a free market research website that allows you to earn cash and other rewards by taking surveys. The way it works is you create an account, take surveys and accumulate points. You can then exchange your points for cash or rewards based on your preference. If you’re the type of person who enjoys filling out surveys, Opinion Outpost is a good pass-time you can earn money from.
Influenster
If you’re wanting to test out a variety of products for free, Influenster is an app that sends you beauty products, pet products and more in exchange for your thoughts and reviews on the products. While Influenster does not offer users money, they do send high quality products to influenster users. If there’s an item you personally don’t like and didn’t use in your Influenster VoxBox, you can always gift it to a loved one or put it up for sale on one of the aforementioned selling platforms.
