What do you do for extra cash?

United States
December 21, 2010 1:14pm CST
With todays economy alot of us are looking to make extra money and I was wondering what type of things you do to try and get extra money? I know that we all do mylot but what others things are out there? Do you babysit, sell items online, shovel snow? If you do sell online what type of things do you sell? Do you notice a difference in sales with the economy?
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@Pitgull (1522)
• United States
21 Dec 10
I do a lot of different things online to make money. For example, I participate in surveys regarding website tutorials, that can pay well. Microsoft sometimes has these studies where they look for feedback from frequent users. It helps looking where you spend a lot of your time. Paid e-mails are reliable, but not as lucrative; however, if you read a lot of e-mail, it makes sense to do it. I also have a construction company, and we do odd jobs for people to make ends meet sometimes. However, I just came upon this ecofriendly company that is really helping make a difference in peoples lives. All natural products, from detergent to vitamins--and biodegradable packaging! And you can work from home, on your own schedule. If you are interested to find out more, please e-mail me and I'll give you more information. If you have the time, it's a nice way to free yourself from paying to drive to work, when you can work on your own schedule, at home. Good luck!
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• United States
22 Dec 10
Thanks for your response..I am not really looking for any side work online. I do mylot and that is enough for me...there is already enough time that I spend online LOl I have my own photography business as well as when I find the motivation I also make handmade tote bags and hairbows. Thanks for your response
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@umer5222 (724)
• Cyprus
21 Dec 10
If i get some little Extra money online, i would like to invest in some online games to improve my rating and play jackspot
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• United States
21 Dec 10
I usually just let mine sit to build up and then I will use it to buy something cheap online but now I have been trying to get up enough each month to use to pay for my website payments each month...if I dont make enough I am okay with it but when I do it is like a little extra bonus for the month because them i save that amount out of pocket. Thanks for your response umer...
• Canada
22 Dec 10
For extra money, I do what I can do on line. MyLot, Gather, Neobux, Clixsense... I love all those sites. They're wonderful.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
22 Dec 10
I'm not able to work anymore but when i was i usually had two jobs plus selling on ebay & whatever else i could do to make an honest living. When i had to quit working i was in shock. I just had to make some big adjustments in my life style.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
22 Dec 10
no, i don't. I'm not able to get out & look for things like i use to. I don't get around very well anymore. Merry christmas.
• United States
22 Dec 10
Yes, not being able to work is a big life change...do you still sell on ebay?
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@Vick77 (488)
• Mexico
21 Dec 10
I work as freelancer, if you have some skills this is a good option to make money online, I like freelancer sites because you can make very good money depending on your skills and the time you invest to work, in my profile you have more info, if you are interested contact me and I'll help you more. Regards.
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@murkex (6)
• India
21 Dec 10
i do jobs =)
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• United States
21 Dec 10
Anything in particular?
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
24 Jan 11
Personally for me, besides being a member here in myLot I have been known to sell my things on certain sites, and am also doing an Online Business, and selling things locally to friends, as well as trying to get a Business going from my home. It it becoming harder and harder to make ends meet and I think personally without people taking time to find other ways to make some Extra $$ there could be No hope for them for sure.
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
22 Dec 10
I used to go to flea markets and sell stuff but that was in Tenn Here I usually do a yard sale but not this year it turned to cold to soon just about the time I wanted to do one!
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
28 Dec 10
I just cut back...or try to. At my age, there's not much I can do physically, and there is no work where I am so I just do my volunteering and live as simply and frugally as I can.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
22 Dec 10
hi froggieslover all I do is mylot and mysurvey. the others just come to me from friends who send me christmas cash as their gift to me so am sitting pretty right now with some mo ney in my checking account. so now I can pay bills and actually buy myself several things I need for me. lol
@rebelann (112907)
• El Paso, Texas
25 Jan 21
I play games on a couple of sites to earn gift cards
@jerzgirl (9325)
• United States
19 Jan 11
I used to sell online. I even had a store on eBay for a while. I didn't make a lot - more broke even. It was more a hobby than anything. I still have a few things on Amazon and Bonanza related to my Avon (excess stock), but make more money with writing sites like this one, Associated Content, ReviewStream and SideTick. I also have begun again to use SwagBucks to get what little I can get from them. It might not be much, but it's something. I haven't really noticed any downturn because I haven't been involved on a regular basis, but I have no doubt that there has been some.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
26 Dec 10
Aside from being here I try to sell articles to magazine editors. I don’t make a great deal of money but it all helps meet our household budget! I am looking to start a business for myself because I am ready to make some ‘real’ money now! It is not going to be easy but I will keep working at it, you never know my dream may even come true one day...
• Singapore
22 Dec 10
I earn online and that's my preferred way of getting extra way. Working offline will need time and I don't quite like that and I'm still a student. Online, I write articles and reviews. Last time, I used to write for Ciao UK but I realized that they refused to pay by Paypal, which is really not recommended and that really pissed me off so I quit that site. I then went to another UK site called WikiNut whereby they pay by British Pounds. I wrote about 6 articles there and I just got paid like 2 months ago.
@rebelann (112907)
• El Paso, Texas
25 Jan 21
That sounds like a kool site. I'll have to check it out.
22 Dec 10
I collect all the recyclable materials that are available in our household like for example old newspapers tin cans etc and sell them to a collector of this materials.
@mhypie03 (683)
• Philippines
22 Dec 10
I have been doing a lot lately though I am not yet married but I want to take advantage of my youth. I work full-time as an IT professional. March of this year, I started selling apparels on Facebook and I import those items directly from China. I also have a part-time job as a Technical Consultant but haven't earned from them since I was not able to close accounts with them. In a while I will be registering myself in an MLM company so I could resell their Anion Sanitary Napkin product which is very marketable considering its great health benefits. I partnered with my bf for his second-hand laptop reselling so I help him resell it too. I just love selling now more than what I do in the office though my full-time job is what really makes up for my living. They say it's better for me to put up my own shop/boutique but maybe in the nearest future I could do that. =)
• India
22 Dec 10
send me if u have any thing legit and with proofs.like neobux and mylot contact me @ my email d_distructor@yahoo.com same email @ 1.facebook 2.yahoo 3.hotmail 4.gtalk 5.orkut.
• India
22 Dec 10
Say me if u have anything legit like mylot and neobux.