Would your hobbies fetch you money?

@alienstar (5142)
India
January 24, 2007 12:18am CST
All of us will be having hobbies of our own isn't it? some of them have a hobby of collecting coins, some of them take paintings as their hobby..so, each one will be having his own hobby to list and do you think that your hobbies will fetch you money in this internet world?
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anonvenu
@anonvenu (401)
• India
24 Jan 07
My hobbies are collecting coins and stamps, collecting cheap but good quality art, surfing Mylot, answering questions at justanswer.com and allexperts.com, writing e-opinions at eopinions.com. Interestingly most of my hobbies do make money directly or indirectly. Or maybe I cultivate hobbies that pay :)
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alienstar
@alienstar (5142)
• India
24 Jan 07
Are you interested in art works also? are you into paintings and all? you have listed some of the sites which really makes moneya nd it is hard to earn there isn't it? how much you earn on monthly basis in all these together? Anyway's, thanks for responding
alienstar
@alienstar (5142)
• India
17 Feb 07
Oh..basically i am also an artist sort and in the begining i was also thinking to take my carrier in paintings and al .But, later found that we need so much time for art works and earn less and so, i discontinued that and now into web development and here in mylot.
anonvenu
@anonvenu (401)
• India
17 Feb 07
I make very little money out of all these activities. That is why I list them as hobbies not as profession :)
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ashumit02
@ashumit02 (818)
• United States
2 Feb 07
My hobby is expensive.I think that it will fetch the money some time.This is due to my expenses.I like to purchase electronic goods for my equipments.Some time they are easily available while at other time it requires money to purchase.I like to expense with care.But my deedee is too expensive.He have purchased a flower for herself in $20.I hate too much expenses on these items.
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alienstar
@alienstar (5142)
• India
2 Feb 07
Yes, your hobby seems to be too much expensive and don't you have any other hobby of yours? is it just buying electronic goods? if so, then teh onlyw ay you can earn is selling all thgose old usable electronic stuff in e-bay isn't it? who know's , you may get a god price for that Anyway's, thanks for responding
caraj444
@caraj444 (1075)
• Canada
27 Jan 07
My main hobbies are scrapbooking and photography. As far as the scrapbooking goes if you have the time its something you could make lots of money on right now as theres been quite a surge of people that have taken up scrapbooking. With the photography im just not good enough at it that it would make me money at this point and i mainly just do pictures of my children and sometimes some nature photographs but i would love someday to take some courses in photography and really learn about the hobby that i love. Good discussion to start. +
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alienstar
@alienstar (5142)
• India
1 Feb 07
Photography is the best hobby one can have and i really think you can develop your skills on photography if you are really interested in photography as i alway's believe that anything can be achieved if you have interest in that particular thing and teher are many sites which take your photo's and meanwhile you can also amke some nice money selling your photo's.But, i don't anything of scrapbooking...what is it actually? Anyway's, thanks for responding
sunshinecup
@sunshinecup (7871)
•
24 Jan 07
Well this is my hobby now a days, and yes, it's fetching me money,LOL. I don't like to collect things because I can't stand clutter. I like my house nice and clean. You got it, I am one of those nuts, LOL. So I like talking and communicating the best, Mylot is it for me now. Doesn't pay much, but hey it pays.
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alienstar
@alienstar (5142)
• India
24 Jan 07
Ha...Ha...working in mylot is your hobby now...! is it so? then it is fetching you good money also isn't it? if you work hard here in mylot, even this hobby of yours will pay well and believe me you will make good money inmylot also provided you believe in yourself and mylot.... Anyway's, thanks for responding
fake_you
@fake_you (391)
• Philippines
25 Jan 07
my favourite past time as of now is drawing. it doesn't get all my money, just when i need to buy a new pencil and eraser. i think that my hobby can fetch me money in the future if i get much better.
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alienstar
@alienstar (5142)
• India
25 Jan 07
Oh...nice to meet you as i also do some drawings and allBut, never took it as a carrier option and about making money through drawings, which was my favourite hobby is very difficult a sit is too much time consuming for me and it's nice if we can earn some better money otherways... Anyway's, thanks for responding
marcoo
@marcoo (189)
• Italy
24 Jan 07
my hobby doesn't make me earn it's alone for one personal pleasure of mine i collect shirts
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alienstar
@alienstar (5142)
• India
24 Jan 07
Shirt collection....! maybe this will fetch you money and try to auction these shirts in e-bay and see as in e-bay, many interesting things are done and people are actually doing very well in e-bay and you can also try out that and see your luck there... Anyway's, thanks for responding
Cheryl Larkin
@sunnypub (2128)
• United States
24 Jan 07
My hobbies are ebay, ebooks and fiddling with websites and all of these put together can absolutely earn me money. I am actually working on getting it all put together right now so I can start making a decent income online.
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alienstar
@alienstar (5142)
• India
24 Jan 07
Maybe you can do really well as you are already into e-bay things right...e-bay will fetch you more money as far as i heard and you need not take any extra lessons from anybody to learn e-bay as working on this itself fetch you decent money and more over if you also work on other sites to earn good online money, you will really do well..... Anyway's, thanks for responding
blondbat
@blondbat (503)
• United States
21 Jun 07
I am fortunate that my hobbies do make me a little bit of money right now. I make bead and wire jewelry and work with polymer clay. I sell my items on etsy.com and am teaching classes on how to make bead and wire jewelry at a local craft supply store. The store manager, another instructor and other employees want me to teach a class in polymer clay as well.