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How to Make Money at Home: 14 Easy Ways to Start a Side Hustle Online
People want to work from home for various, and rather simple reasons:
They want to work in an environment of their liking
They want more freedom with their schedule
They want to cut commute hours and spend more time with their loved ones
But whatever your reason is, we want to help you achieve your goal and work from home!
Just to make it clear: we’re not going to pitch you ways that’ll make you sit in front of a screen all day for a few dollars — that’s right, no online surveys, no clicking on ads, and no “get-rich-quick” schemes to waste your time.
We’ll explore 14 proven ways, their requirements, how much money you can earn from them, and more. Let’s begin!
Drop shipping
Credits: System.io
Requirements:
Internet access
Marketing skills (you can learn this as you progress)
Some capital for investing in an ecommerce store(~$100)
Finding reliable vendors for products
How much money can you earn: $1,000 — $5,000/month on average. Profit margins are up to 30% of that figure range.
Have you ever wanted to open your own online store? Well, you can, and it’s way cheaper than you might think!
Drop shipping is an ecommerce business model that has very little start-up and overhead costs because you aren’t producing, storing, or shipping the products yourself.
Here’s how it works:
You build an online store where you display and sell products
When you receive an order, you forward the details to your supplier/vendor
The supplier ships the product to the customer
You charge customers a retail price for the product, while your supplier charges you a wholesale price for the order.
For example: if your customer pays you $10 for a product and you forward their order to your supplier, who charges you $9 to fulfill the order, you’ll get a profit of $1.
Sounds easy, right?
Well, it is. And that has created a problem where the ecommerce market has been saturated by an influx of dropshipping stores that all follow the same style.
It has gotten to the point where certain stores just scream low-effort because their products can be easily found on places like AliExpress or Alibaba for a fraction of the retail price.
But with a twist, you can avoid this issue and stand out from the crowd — just use white labeling.
Simply make a deal with suppliers/vendors to ship your orders with your own logo and packaging for the products.
After setting up all the logistics (there are plenty of YouTube videos on that) and your ecommerce store with a platform like systeme.io or Shopify, you’ll need to focus on a scale plan that ensures growth and stability; don’t get stuck selling the same things forever.
Pros and cons of drop shipping
Pros
Low start-up and overhead costs
You can automate the process if you work with a platform like systeme.io
Relatively easy to scale
Possibility to turn into a brand with loyal customers
Cons
No control over the quality of products
It’s hard to find “winning products” that aren’t already saturated in the market.
Managing inventory can be a pain as you need constant communication with vendors
You’ll need to keep moving with market trends and adapting to changes in marketing strategies
Question, did you know that you can open an ecommerce store for free with systeme.io? And when we say an ecommerce store, we mean:
Unlimited products, storage space, hosting, and bandwidth
No limits on sales, monthly traffic, or conversions
A custom domain
No transaction fees whatsoever, you keep all the profits!
— What? All that for free?
You heard us, go get your forever-free account at systeme.io and build your ecommerce store today!
Publish an eBook 
Credits: System.io
Requirements:
Internet access
Writing skills
Marketing skills
A platform where you can publish and sell eBooks
How much money can you earn per eBook: $10 — $1,000/month on average.
It costs nothing to write your own eBook, and there are plenty of options for online publishing.
A popular one is Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), which allows anyone to publish as many eBooks as they like for free.
The catch is that, as the author, you only get up to 70% royalties when you make a sale.
If you produce high-quality eBooks regularly, Amazon’s algorithms will make sure your eBooks get lots of hits, so 70% could be more than enough.
If you’re wondering what to write about, these are the best-selling eBook categories on Amazon:
Religion and spirituality
Biographies and memoirs
Business and money
Self-help
Cookbooks, food, and wine
We think it's best to write books that you actually want to read or have extensive knowledge about.
Then work will become play, and you’ll have your first eBook published in no time. You can share samples of your eBook as a PDF to gauge audience interest. Doing this is relatively straightforward. For example, you can create a QR code for a PDF that you share through offline reading groups.
And if you’ve already got an audience, you can sell your eBook on your own website (for free if you use systeme.io) and keep 100% of the profits!
Something to consider: You can also look into private label rights (PLR) when publishing eBooks — which basically means selling licenses for people to use and sell your eBooks.
(You could also be at the other end of the spectrum, and buy PLR for certain eBooks that you think can sell well.)
Pros and cons of selling eBooks
Pros
Writing an eBook is free, you can start with 0 expenses
Easy when you’re writing about something you’re skilled at or have a passion for
Has room for innovation and creativity — which will allow you to charge higher down the road
Credits: System.io
Cons
You only get up to 70% royalties if you use Amazon KDP
Competitive market, and you’ll need to price accordingly
Without a marketing plan, your profit will be low
Start affiliate marketing 
Credits: System.io
Requirements:
Internet access
Payment processor accounts on platforms like PayPal and Wise
Affiliate accounts with companies you want to work with
How much money can you earn: Around 80% of affiliates make $0 — $80,000/year.
In a nutshell, affiliate marketing is when businesses market their offers through affiliates using trackable links that people can click on to take them to the products that are offered.
For example, anyone can sign-up for free and head to our affiliate marketplace: 
Credits: System.io
View all the offers they can promote
Get a trackable link for any available offer
And start promoting it right away
Each time someone buys the offer through the link, you get a commission!
This is a good option for someone who already has a big social media following, a blog, or a large and engaged email list.
To be a good affiliate marketer, it’s important that you actually believe in the products you’re pushing or your link will be left untouched by your audience.
If you really want to start off your affiliate marketing career with a bang, check out our affiliate marketing for beginners guide.
Or simply sign up for a free account with systeme.io, and start promoting our platform to earn 50% lifetime commissions! 
Credits: System.io 
And we’ve got powerful email marketing tools that you can automate to get your affiliate link out there, making this method more passive.
Pros and cons of affiliate marketing
Pros
Minimal costs, you can start for free most of the time
It’s a billion-dollar industry, and if you’re consistent enough, you’ll get a piece of the pie
Grows over time and could replace your full-time income
Cons
You’ll need to find good offers to advertise with good commissions — easier said than done
You don’t really have clients of you’re own, you’re building someone else’s business
A lot of competition
Start Blogging 
Credits: System.io
Requirements:
Internet access
Writing skills
Research skills
A website to publish your blog posts on
Consistent traffic for said website
How much money can you earn: You can earn $500 — $2000/month in your first year. (Multiple sources, this range is totally reachable for most people)
With blogging, you can make no money, you can make some extra money, or you can make big money.
Blogging is a great way to make money online in 2022, and there are plenty of great (free) blogging platforms for you to try.
You can blog about almost anything, but the most popular types of blogs in 2022 are:
Food blogs
Travel blogs
Health and fitness blogs
Lifestyle blogs
Fashion and beauty blogs
Building your audience will take time and dedication (and knowledge of SEO best practices), but once you’ve done that, you can start using your blog to make money from home.
When you’ve got tons of traffic coming to your blog, you can start selling ads and backlinks or doing some affiliate marketing.
Eventually, your audience might start wanting more, so you can come up with a product or service to sell from your blog.
For example: if your blog is about fitness, you can sell a fitness guide or a consultation to kickstart a client’s fitness journey.
Pros and cons of blogging
Pros
Minimal costs — you can start for free with a platform like systeme.io
Write the content you want, and leave your mark on the internet
You can have multiple sources of income fuelling your blog
Cons
Tons of work to do, and your work quality is crucial to rank on Google
You’ll have to adapt to constant changes to Google’s algorithm when it comes to SEO
You need an audience or it wouldn’t help you make money
Sell digital products 
Credits: System.io
Requirements:
Creative skills
Tools and platforms to make and/or host the digital products
Competitive pricing model
How much money can you earn: Technically speaking, we’re in ecommerce territory again, so here you could be making anywhere from $500 — $10,000/month ($10k+ is like a unicorn).
Digital products take money-making ideas from regular ecommerce models whilst taking out the pain of handling the logistics of shipping offers.
Although eBooks were stated as an example of a digital product before, there are many more types of digital products available. These include:
1. Games
2. Software
3. Podcasts
4. Graphic design products
5. Pintables
6. NFTs (they have functionality beyond monkey images)
There are so many platforms where digital creators can sell their digital products online like Etsy and OpenSea — and there’s always the option of creating your own ecommerce store.
And as a tangent for this method, you can try print-on-demand websites such as Redbubble that allow your customers to purchase your design printed on t-shirts, mugs, or phone cases!
Because the design you’re making is digital, there are no costs to this money-making idea, besides your chosen design software.
Pros and cons of selling digital products
Pros
You’ll be forced to be creative, leaving you with an impressive portfolio
Next to no costs involved
You don’t have to package and ship products — plus, you have infinite inventory (copies)
Cons
Lower overall profit compared to regular ecommerce
Digital products can be stolen and copied easily
There’s a lot of competition
Become an online tutor 
Credits: System.io
Requirements:
Internet access
Particular skillset or knowledge about a niche people want to join
Some capital to invest in your teaching credentials if needed
How much money can you earn: Anywhere between $15 — $60/hour in your first few years.
Depending on your education and experience, tutoring can be a seriously lucrative way to make money from home.
If you’re good at maths or science (or any other academic subject), show off your grades to attract struggling students.
If you’re fluent in English, you can find some non-English speakers looking for online classes.
It may be useful to list yourself on a tutoring platform such as Tutor.com or Superprof.
Or, if you prefer to work independently and keep all of your earnings to yourself, post adverts to your local social media groups.
Tutoring for the TEFL academy is also a great option, but you have to complete some courses before you can join their team.
Pros and cons of becoming an online tutor
Pros
You’ll get to interact and help people
Parents are often willing to pay high prices when it comes to their children’s education — lucky you!
Cons
Tutoring platforms take a cut of your money
If you go without a platform, you’ll have to put effort into marketing your offers
Online tutoring takes a lot of effort if you’re not already in the business of teaching
Sell online courses 
Credits: System.io
Requirements:
Knowledge in a certain niche
Marketing skills
Teaching skills
A sustainable business model
How much money can you earn: $100 — $10,000/month when starting out. This depends on your niche, the value you’re giving out, and the number of courses that you have.
Did we mention that it’s predicted for the eLearning market to reach a value of $375 billion by 2026?
Well, it is — selling online courses is a super hot niche right now. In a way, it’s similar to online tutoring, but it’s way easier than sitting around all day and trying to find online tutoring jobs.
To sell your own online course, you’ll first need to create a recorded course on a certain topic and deliver a thorough explanation that would take students from point A to point B in their lives.
Then you want to figure out how you’re going to host your course online.
As a pro tip: your course content should deliver great value for your students so they leave great reviews, and keep coming back.
Pros and cons of selling online courses
Pros
You can start with minimal costs
You can create courses on anything you have expertise in
Easily scalable
You’ll help people do better in their lives
Cons
It takes time and effort to create the content for your course
Many course creation platforms take a share of your earnings or require you to pay monthly fees
Depending on your country, you may have to pay taxes for selling online courses
Takes time to build a list of students and you’ll be criticized for every mistake you make
(We know that online courses are also defined as digital products but they’re such a huge topic and revenue generators for creators — they honestly deserve their own section)
Become a social media influencer
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Credits: System.io
Requirements:
Internet access
Charismatic or unique approach to your social media accounts
Integrity
Quality content
How much money can you earn: $1,000 — $10,000/month on average.
Depends highly on the number and type of followers, and methods of monetization (affiliate marketing, merch, sponsors, etc).
Over 80% of internet users are on social media, and big brands need influencers to help them reach this massive market.
If you’re able to create quality content for social media and you’re willing to put time into engaging with your community, you’d be a perfect influencer!
And don’t think you need millions of followers ― there’s a growing demand for micro-influencers (influencers with 3,000 to 100,000 followers).
Companies want to work with micro-influencers because their smaller audiences trust them and are more easily influenced by them.
To become an influencer your social media accounts need to convey a clear personal brand.
If you want to learn from professionals, YouTube is loaded with “How to Become an Influencer” tutorials.
Investing in courses at Udemy is also an option if you’re really serious about this.
Pros and cons of becoming a social media influencer
Pros
Flexible working hours and location (you can plan posts up ahead)
Loads of freebies from sponsors and fans
Inspire communities and genuinely help people in your own way
Can make quite a bit of money once you have built a semi-substantial following
Work with big brands that you love and build your own
Cons
Maintaining and growing a following is very tricky
You have to maintain your integrity (pretty hard these days)
You can easily fall into mistakes that ruin your career
Expect some level of toxicity (in whatever niche you’re in)
You can’t really put this endeavour on your résumé if you fail — won’t help with getting you a more “classic” job in the future
Write closed-captions (transcribing)
Requirements:
Internet access
Fast typing (+60 words per minute)
Food language skills
How much money can you earn: $100 — $5,000/month on average. It depends on the frequency of the jobs you get.
When first starting, you can sign up for transcription companies like GMR Transcription or Rev.
You can also go the solo route and offer your services on freelancing websites like Upwork.
Usually pay is determined by $X/minute of audio or $X/hour of work, and it starts for as low as $3/hour on certain platforms.
As you gain more experience, your pay will gradually increase up to $30 - $40/hour on the very high end.
So certainly don’t lock yourself to a platform like Rev where the pay just doesn’t match your value after a while of work.
Again, if you want to really brush up on your closed captioning skills, there are YouTube tutorials to assist you.
Pros and cons of transcribing
Pros
Super flexible schedule
You get to watch and listen to the content you caption (so choose stuff you enjoy)
You work at your own pace
Cons
Captioning 1 minute of audio takes more than 1 minute of work (and audio quality plays a huge role)
Very low earnings at the start
Your work needs to be flawless
Try freelancing
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Credits: System.io
Requirements:
Internet access
Skills and knowledge about a certain niche
A good and clear portfolio about your services (could be a dedicated website, or a profile on a freelance platform)
How much money can you earn: Depends on the niche you’re working in. So you could start making a few $100/month but the sky is really the limit when you go all in.
Freelancing is a type of self-employment where you work with clients as an independent contractor — which is similar to building your own business (you’ll need to market yourself, get leads, and sell your services).
In order to freelance from home, you’ll need to build a portfolio of your services and past social proof — naturally, starting can be rough when you don’t have the latter.
(You can check out how you can gain social proof for your offerings in our sales page structure guide)
For an “easy” start, sign up for freelance platforms like Fiverr and Upwork.
Plus, keep an eye out for growing ones like PeoplePerHour where you can rank in your niche faster.
This is where you monetize all kinds of different skills you possess like graphic design, writing sci-fi, or anything that comes to mind really.
Freelance platforms are generally very competitive, so look for niches that have moderate saturation compared to market demand and give excellent deals to your first few customers.
Furthermore, don’t look for “dead” niches where you can easily rank but can’t get any customers consistently.
As a last piece of advice, try to be specific about what you can do, don’t oversell your abilities, and never sell yourself short.
Pros and cons of freelancing
Pros
Get paid after completing tasks and contracts — the better and faster you are, the better you get paid
Can turn into a business if you build a big enough circle of recurring customers
Grow your skills way faster than usual (you’re always adapting to customers needs)
Cons
Freelancing platforms take a big commission from each “gig” you take on them (usually around 20%)
It takes a few months of consistent work for things to start taking off and get regular work — and long term there are really no guarantees
You can get overwhelmed if you take on multiple projects at the same time
Sell used stuff you don’t need
Requirements:
An announcement that you’re having a yard sale (online and/or offline)
Second-hand items that you can sell
How much money can you earn: Aim for $500 — $1,000 per yard or garage sale.
You can sell anything online from gently-used clothes and furniture to arts and crafts.
In 2022 consumers are more concerned about the environment than ever before, so buying second-hand is becoming more and more popular.
Plus, all this can be virtual, it’s effortless to set up Instagram Shopping using this guide, or you can explore selling on peer-to-peer social shopping apps, like Depop.
Make sure to use captivating and clear product photos to entice buyers and give lots of information such as detailed measurements or how used an item is.
This makes your store professional and maximizes your sales!
Pros and cons of selling your used items
Pros
Declutter your home
Selling used goods is environmentally friendly
Good way to socialize with your acquaintances
Cons
You’ll be responsible for packaging, posting, and shipping sold items (if your sale is virtual)
A short-term business model because you’ll only have so much lying around that you can sell
Now granted, you can always pop into your local second-hand shop to buy ‘new’ stock for very little money and do the process all over again.
Monetize your gaming with Twitch
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Credits: System.io
Requirements:
An account on Twitch
Actual skills in playing games
A character that appeals to people (at least those who are defined as your average Twitch user)
How much money can you earn: Depends on how many views you pull in per stream.
Once you average 100 viewers per stream, you can make around $1000 per month (From ads, donations, subscriptions, and sponsors).
If you’re an amazing gamer, we know a way you can monetize that skill! With Twitch, you can turn your hobby into a money magnet.
For the uninitiated, Twitch is an online platform where gamers and streamers share their screens, and viewers pay to watch them.
With almost 3 million active viewers at any given time, streaming on Twitch is a solid way to make money from home.
The main way of making money on Twitch is through donations. But building up a big enough following will earn you Affiliate or Partner status, and you’ll start earning ad revenue.
Furthermore, you can easily get sponsors down the road and compete with events happening in your local country.
It doesn’t get any better than earning money by doing something you enjoy.
Pros and cons of becoming a streamer
Pros
You’d probably be gaming anyway, right?
The ceiling is really high on how much money you can make
Meet like-minded people and streamers
Go to events and compete for being the best in your game
Cons
It takes a while to work up to Affiliate or Partner status
This ‘job’ might confuse your parents, future employers, and yourself at times
You’ll deal with a level of toxicity frequently, keep that “block” button close
You’ll have to keep up with gaming trends, there’s no point in playing a game no one wants to watch
Become a YouTuber
Requirements:
Content that people want to watch
Business skills to capitalize on opportunities and not get locked in shady contracts
Recording tools that would present your content in the best light possible
How much money can you earn: Around $1 per 1,000 video views when starting out.
Have you ever considered opening a YouTube channel?
Beyond sharing your skills, there are so many genres on YouTube that you can create content for.
At the time of writing, the top five YouTube genres were:
Vlogs and commentary
Product Reviews
How-To’s/Tutorials
Top Lists
Comedies
Once you have 1000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watch time, YouTube will start paying you ad revenue.
To get that subscriber count up, always include a strong call-to-action at the end of your videos ― that’s when YouTubers say: “Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and comment if you enjoyed the video”.
You should also write compelling video titles, reply to every comment when possible, and remove all the bot accounts that might fill your comment sections.
Pro tip: You can use your YouTube Channel as a platform for some of the other ways to make money such as affiliate marketing or selling things online.
Pros and cons of becoming a YouTuber
Pros
Starting a YouTube channel is free
You can reach a massive, worldwide audience
Genuinely help people and receive feedback from them
Cons
Editing videos for YouTube takes time (varies by niche)
YouTube is very competitive
Deal with online toxicity
Offer virtual assistance services
Requirements:
Internet access
Computer skills
Deep knowledge in researching the web
A passion for wanting to learn more
How much money can you earn: Anywhere from $7 — $60/hour. This depends on your location, experience, and niche you’re in.
Being a virtual assistant is like being a personal assistant for your client, you help them with day-to-day tasks, and handle trivial stuff that gets in the way of their productivity like data entry and scheduling appointments — but it’s all done virtually while you’re at home, duh.
This is very appealing to people who naturally want to help others succeed by unlocking their full productivity levels.
So if this sounds like someone like you, give it a shot! Go make a profile at some of the freelancing platforms we mentioned earlier, and start looking for clients that you can work with.
Pro tip: Always look to build long-term relationships with your clients and once you’re big enough, open up your own agency!
Pros and cons of becoming a virtual assistant
Pros
Minimal starting costs
Choose your own schedule and your own clients that you’d like to work with
It’s scalable long-term
Cons
Lots of moving parts between clients that you need to keep an eye on
No regular job benefits
It can feel lonely at times when you’re just there to do the tasks you’re asked for by clients
FAQs
How soon can I get my 1st $1 working from home?
Can I work from home, full-time, on my own?
Conclusion
Life’s too short to stay at your desk job!
As you can see, there are lots of ways to make money from home.
Whether it’s a side hustle or a main hustle, these tips will help you escape the rat race.
But they definitely work best in conjunction so consider doing 2 or 3 of these for amazing results.
Remember to do your research and be patient with the method you choose.
And don’t forget to grab your forever-free systeme.io account to start:
Building your own website
Experimenting with affiliate marketing, and email marketing.
Selling online courses, eBooks, and other digital products
Creating membership sites, subscriptions, and coupon codes for your products (physical or digital)
Now, go out there and start making money from home today!
Credits: System.io
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