I have heard a lot about ways to make money from home recently and began to ask myself at a point whether it was really possible to make money from home on a regular basis. It is true some people make some cash online while some find it difficult to get something that can fetch them some dough.
Everybody is looking for some form of financial freedom; nobody wants to work for another man all the days of his life. Some want to be their own master and determine how many hours they work daily. Others just are looking for a way to cut the rat race. People make money from home, but not equally – my research has helped me to discover this.
After visiting several sites online, and after trying my hands on a few things, I decided to come up with this post which I believe would be of help to those people out there who are thinking of where to start and what kind of business they could do from home and make money. There are actually several opportunities to make money from home on a regular basis, but I am only going to talk about 20 of such opportunities in this post.
This post is not designed to be exhaustive. So you have an opportunity to make your own contributions at the end of the post. I love to hear from you the various ways you have experimented that are giving you regular income from working from the comfort of your bedroom.
Why work from Home?
There are several reasons why people want to work from home. Let me quickly run through some of those reasons so that we can go to the main purpose of today’s post. So some of those reasons include:
1. They want to be their own bosses
2. They want to be in charge of their time and determine how long to work per day
3. It is less stressful compared to having to struggle with traffic to and from work
4. Enables more time to look after one’s family
5. Requires no hiring and payment for shops
6. Helps to cut cost (no payment of transport, no buying of fuel for your car, etc
Areas to make money from home
The following are the 20 areas where one can easily make money from home on a regular basis, so long as you are committed to your work. The opportunities to create wealth from these areas abound everywhere on the net; so you can make money from the comfort of your room in these areas:
Logo design:
A lot of websites are being built everyday. Bloggers are springing up; e-commerce stores are coming on stream and several brands are building their websites. These all require professional logo designers to help design logos that would represent these sites very well. If you are a logo designer, you can make money from home on a regular basis by designing logos for websites and blogs. The demand is quite high.
Freelance writer:
Freelance writing is another area where the demand is high. Of the over 200 million blogs and websites worldwide, only a few owners are actually able to update their sites without any form of assistance. Several of the site owners are too busy to do everything alone. So being a freelance writer or ghost writer is a great way to earn some cool cash.
Web design:
I just talked about over 200 million blogs and websites; but funny enough, not up to half the number of the owners are able to design the sites themselves. They need professional web designers and blog designers to help them bring those blogs and websites to life. They need you to help them configure those sites and make them work the way they want.
Blog commenter:
Recently someone contacted me to find out if I could do blog commenting for him and get paid. He needed to build back links but didn’t know how to do it; he did not even have the time. I later realized that blog commenting has become a big business and back link seekers are willing to hire you to do the job for them.
Guest post:
Some people contact me regularly to help do guest posts on their behalf. They’ve seen my guest posts on several blogs like Blogengage, Spiceupyourblog, Mybloggertricks, Comluv, intenseblog, Bloggerspassion, Emfastincome, Webmaster-success, ajnabii.com, socialvani, ogbongeblog, stunningmesh, etc and the interactivity they generate, so they get in touch with me from time to time asking to do a guest post in their name. Some even tell me they wouldn’t mind even if it is just 200 to 300 words post. If you can develop your skills in that area, you can make a lot of money from home too.
Blogging:
I don’t need to emphasize on this too much because you all know that blogs are fetching moneys for bloggers these days and that a lot of them now write from their bedroom and earn big cash. Develop your blogging skills and the sky would be your limit to income earning.
Coding/Programming:
Coders and programmers are in hot demand online and those who have mastered the job earn fat incomes online; they never need to work for anyone again. Coders and programmers also receive handsome rewards if they provide tutorials for web designing sites.
App Developer:
You can also work as an App developer and make some dollars from home. Apps are needed everywhere these days – Facebook Apps, Android Apps, Blackberry Apps, website Apps, etc. Vast opportunities abound here.
Special services: People need PayPal accounts, Adsense account, payoneer cards, etc but they don’t know how to go about it. For instance PayPal does not work in all countries, yet some people from such countries still open functional accounts. Google Adsense account has become very difficult to get these days, etc. If you can render those services satisfactorily, you are sure to make money from home.
Sponsored reviews:
Sponsored reviews is another way to earn passive recurrent income from home. You can earn regular passive income from here if you can do it very well. You can get sponsored reviews from sites like Sponsoredreviews, reviewme, Linkfromblog, etc.
Affiliate marketing:
Affiliate marketers are smiling to the bank everyday. This is one business that one can conveniently do from home and yet be comfortable earning fat incomes. All it takes is for you to understand some of the tricks and marketing skills involved in it and you are set to go. You can promote products from ClickBank, Linkshare, Shareasale, Avangate, etc.
Another option could be to select a specific product or services you already use and love. Some of them will have affiliate programs, especially SaaS companies. Moreover, another great option would be to support education and knowledge by promoting eLearning platforms. For example, companies like BitDegree and many others have 50% commissions for each course someone buys. This approach would also allow you to find some joy helping out companies that you value.
Membership site:
Some guys are earning recurrent, passive incomes by running a membership site where you pay some monthly or annual fee before you can get access to members privilege. If you have a membership site with 10,000 members and each member is paying only $10 annually to access the members privilege area, how much are you going to earn annually?
MLM:
Multi-level marketing is dead and yet alive. So many people still run this form of marketing in different forms and they are making a real kill. If you arrange it well and members are getting paid, you will definitely get more members and make more money from home.
Online training:
Online has become the place where a lot of people get what they want, including trainings. If you can organize online training in blogging, freelance writing, logo design, coding, photography, Adobe Photoshop, etc, then you are assured of regular revenue from home.
Tweet service:
Social circles now play a relevant role in determining the importance of websites. So people want to increase their Facebook likes, twitter tweets, Google+ add, etc. If you can provide a service that takes care of this, you will be swimming in dollars. Retweet service can help do the magic – provide it and get a chunk of the pie.
Facebook Fan page:
With all the blogs and websites springing up here and there, Facebook fan page is in increasing demand. Master the art of setting up attractive Facebook fan page for individuals, blogs and websites and the money would be on your table.
E-books:
Quality e-books are ways to make money from home. If you can write very good, highly informative e-books, you can easily sell them and make a lot of dough online. People need information, and they usually migrate toward those who can provide the information they need. You can money from either writing to sell or by writing for others and get paid.
E-book cover:
Writing e-books is one good business; designing e-book covers for those who want to writing e e-books is also another big business. So if you can design quality e-book covers, you are sure to make money from home on a regular basis.
SEO Services:
Have you noticed that a lot of website owners, bloggers and brand owners are all looking for ways to optimize their sites for the search engines to get high quality targeted free traffic. They want on-page and off-page optimization as well as building of back links. They want to submit their sites to web directories but are either too busy or too lazy to it themselves. If you can render these services, money is sure to come your way regularly.
Software:
Can you provide software like plugins, WordPress themes, automation software, e-mail software, etc? They are all in hot demand. They can easily fetch you the money you want. While not offer them online and get paid?
Conclusion
These are the 20 ways to make money from home on a regular basis. You can see from the list that you definitely have something to offer, no matter how busy or how lazy you are. Just offer what you have and forget whether they would be needed. Don’t let your fear stop you; there are several people out there who are prepared to pay to offer the services.
How have you been making money from home? What can you offer for money online? Tell us what you feel should be included on this list. A lot of our readers would gladly implement your recommendations if they are useful.
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Qasim says
Hi Efoghor,
Yes You are right, some people are looking for financial freedom, others looking for another source of income to help in this economics while others have been forced to leave their work and stay in home. And for the good of all these people the internet was a great place for opportunities to make money online.
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
Yes Qasim, The internet provides avenues for everyone who is serious and knows what he is doing to be able to make money. There are connections for everyone to be able to cut across ethnic barriers, geographical limitations, etc and get in touch with others irrespective of distance.
All you need to make money is your computer and internet connection. If your honesty is not in doubt, you can make money from anybody so long as you are able to deliver.
Anis Chity says
Hi Joseph,
This was an awesome post I really loved it so much!
You spotted some amazing and the best ways ever to make money from home. There are some few ways you mentioned that worked for the which are guest posting on behalf of someone else, sponsored reviews and paid posts these are really good money makers 🙂
Thanks for sharing this awesome post Have a cool day ahead 😀
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
Anis, Thanks for sharing with us what have worked for you. A lot of people think it is not possible to make money online. At least you are one of the numerous bloggers making money from sponsored reviews, paid posts, guest posting, etc.
Everyone has to find out what he can do and where he can translate that into money. Talents should never be wasted; they should be able to give people a source of livelihood.
Sorry, I skipped your comment earlier. I appreciate your contribution. Have yourself a lovely and productive weekend ahead. Remain blessed.
Tom Jamieson says
Very nice list here. All are good ways to start generating some income from home. Thanks for sharing your insight.
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
Thank you Tom for appreciating my list. Stay cool and enjoy your week.
adetechblog says
Hi Efoghor,
This is great post, and eye opener on how to make money online. I really love blogging as it worth doing but the earning does not come over night but when one have a head way, the earning from blogging can be very easy and attractive.
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
You are absolutely right, adetechblog. Making money with blogging takes some time; but once it starts coming, your lost time is compensated for. It is good to build your blog and exercise the patience till money starts coming in. But while you develop your blog, you can also try your hands on other couple of things to make some residual income.
Jerry Saliu says
Thanks for sharing this information. Good to know there all a LOT of ways to make money online
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
Jerry, thanks for visiting and for leaving your comment here. There are really several tested ways to make money online. You need to try your hands on them to see which one pays you best.
Reginald says
Hey there
As much as I like MLM, I really hate it for some reason. Nice collection of ways to make money at home but one thing people got to understand. Make money at home … takes lots of time. Nothing grow overnight 🙂
Reginald
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
You are right Reginald. Money does not come too easily; but if you work hard and follow a system that works, you are sure to make money.
If MLM does not work for you, you can try your hands on the remaining 19 others to see how best they work. Don’t give up simply because one system fails to meet your expectations.
Harleena Singh (@harleenas) says
Hi Joseph & Bashir,
What a well written post about ALL the possible ways to make money from home regularly 🙂
People think that they can’t make money from home, or if we tell someone from the offline world about it, it’s tough for them to believe us. But the fact is that there ARE many options available, just as you mentioned here.
Honestly speaking, some of them are new to me too, or perhaps being a freelance writer, I just know of that one well enough. I’ve heard about most of them, paid guest posts or reviews and sponsored posts too, but other than that – I never knew Tweets and Facebook pages etc are also paid things. Yes, someone had asked me to write their blog comments too and was willing to pay a good price, but I really don’t find that kind of time or else I’d have done up my own blog comments instead 🙂
Thanks for sharing this with us. A must share for people to know. Have a nice week ahead, all your team here who are doing a wonderful job of sharing great information with all of us 🙂
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
Harleena, I am sorry for replying your comment late. I got so busy, travelled from my station to relieve a colleague, and also took time to help out some fellow bloggers on their blogs. I really appreciate your finding time to leave a comment here.
Like you rightly observed, there are countless opportunities to make money online. It’s just that a lot of people feel money is only in the offices and so they want to do office jobs all their lives. But for those who have ventured out into other areas, they are able to make money in different areas working from home.
You can actually make money with any job you can do on a computer. The internet provides a kind of equal opportunity for everyone – Blacks, Whites, Poor, Male, Female, Able, Disabled, etc. You only need to be inquisitive to know where the prospects are hidden.
sally brown says
Hi,
Wow! You came up some things I hadn’t heard before. Blog commenting being one of them. Something a blogger does anyway, so why not get paid to do it. Freelance writing was one I tried and enjoyed for a while, then decided it wasn’t for me because it took more time than I wanted to give. However, there are lots of good sites and bloggers out there doing this. Nice article. Thanks for sharing. Sally
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
Sally, thanks for stopping by and for leaving a wonderful comment. Yeah people don’t have all the time in the world; so they are ready to hire somebody to help them out. I have been approached by some to do blog commenting and guest posting on their behalf, but I didn’t because i felt it wasn’t the right thing for me. Perhaps I might have considered them if the offers were good enough. For those people who don’t something to keep busy, this might be a good opportunity to make money.
Ramesh Kumar says
All ways are useful i use almost half of ways to make money… thanks for share the another tips that i don’t know… thanks for share dear…
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
Ramesh, it’s good to hear you are making money with almost half of the ways listed here. I think you are really lucky to have multiple income streams online. Perhaps sharing your strategies with us might be a nice way to motivate those who are yet to start making money to make a move.
Muhammad Muneeb Ahsanu says
really great post , actually i personally think work from home is far more better than of a full time job of submissiveness. Writer discussed here almost all methods by which one can earn good amount working from home. thanks for sharing that kind of great knowledge with all of us. keep sharing
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
Muhammad, Thanks for the visit and also for your comment. It is good to work from home and enjoy freedom. But you must not dump your job just because you want freedom; be sure there is a workable alternative before quitting your job.
Thanks for sharing with us. Do enjoy a lovely weekend ahead. Stay blessed.
Raplus says
I have read many Make Money Online bog posts. But this is a really nice one. I didn’t see any one write this type of post. I mean all are talking about only Adsense, Affiliate marketing, etc.
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
Raplus, thanks for stopping by and for the comment. it is true a lot of bloggers are writing about AdSense and Affiliate marketing. This is because these two seem to be the easiest ways to make money. But there are several ways you can make more money than you make with AdSense.
Stay cool and enjoy your weekend ahead.
yourblogcoach says
Thanks for that Mr Joseph, but from what you’ve mentioned above. which site can someone visit to be able to make an e-book?
Manish says
Hi Efoghor Joseph,
That are some great ways .I think in internet there are a lot of ways one can make money and trend is changing a lot of people now want to make money from home working online.
Thank You
Bashir Ahmed says
Hi Manish,
Please use your Gravatar enabled email address if you have or create an account on Gravatar.com and upload your own photo so that we can see whom we’re talking?
Really if you want to build relationship with bloggers then do that otherwise we’ll not approve your comments here – Sorry!
I hope you’ll follow our blog comments rules.
Thank you!
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
Yes, Manish there are several options available for you to make money online. You only need to choose the one that suits you best.
Shameem says
Hi Bashir great update about making money from home which we will not have stress and not to have 9 to 5 job no need to report any guys enjoyed reading it
Shathyan Raja says
Great.
Thanks for sharing this huge and genuine ways to earn money online. These money making tips can be used by everyone and not only by bloggers. This article has the real value of it and its going ot be a useful for many millions of people worldwide who is searching daily in Google on how to make money online.
Efoghor Joseph Ezie says
Shathyan, Thanks for stopping by and for leaving a comment. Yes, the article is tailored to take care of everybody who wants to make money from home, not just bloggers alone.
If you read the lines carefully, you will discover there is something in there that you can do to earn money for yourself.
This hunger to help people discover how to make money for themselves led me into creating a site recently where people can easily earn some passive income using their skills/talents.
At www.mygigerr.com, you can earn money as a writer, web designer, editor, logo creator, SEO expert, software installer, blog customizer, etc. All you need do is create an account and set up your gigs there.