30+ Additional Income Sources – Work Online When You Want

Regardless if you work online as a freelancer, a contractor or an employee, or even if you work a job outside of your home, it is always a good idea to keep a few options available at all times for extra cash. Having the option to work when you want for online companies allows you to supplement unexpected expenses, have some extra spending cash or pay off debt faster.

First step toward supplying your bank with additional income sources is to secure 2-3 online gigs.

The second step is to keep them warm.

When I say warm, I mean that you stay active and up to date with the company.

I have made the mistake of not returning to some pretty good online extra money earning jobs and then either lost my account status or I fell way behind on policy updates and expectations of the company.

You will need to find jobs that allow you to work whenever you want. If there is a minimum work requirement, be sure it is manageable with your current schedule.

Here is a huge list of some great places to turn for a second, or even third, stream of income, all of which you can work at your own pace and whenever you want! They are categorized by the type of work, so it should be easy to quickly find the right online job for you.

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3PlayMedia – Must commit at least 15 hours a week.
Quicktate – Great side gig to have. However, work is not always available.
Rev- Pays weekly but application process can be lengthy.

Writing

BoostMedia (formerly BoostCTR) – Write advertisement copy.
Newslines – Earn 50% revenue share for writing and editing news summaries.
Textbroker – Paid weekly, work may be limited.
ReviewStream – Write Reviews

Tasks/Secret Shop

Amazon’s mTurk – All types of work listed but pay is often very minimal.
Fancyhands – Online Virtual Assistant
Field Agent – Smartphone app that lists tasks in your area
Marketforce – Mystery Shopping
Rewardable – Complete tasks in your area or from your phone and cash out to PayPal after you have a minimum of $5 earned.
TrendSource – Mystery Shopping

Website Usability Feedback

TryMyUI
Userfeel
Userlytics
Usertesting

Education/Tutor

Cambly– Get Paid to video chat with English students from around the world. Cambly pays $0.17 USD per minute ($10.20/hour), sending you your earnings via PayPal.
Enroll
GoFluent
idapted
ISUS

Phone Work

CallCenterQA
Vocalabs

Search Engine Evaluating

(there may be a monthly minimum work requirement)

iSoftstone
Leapforce
Lionbridge

Virtual Assistance

Time etc: Provide virtual assistant services to busy professionals and entrepreneurs.

Zirtual: Offer virtual assistance and administrative support to clients.

Online Course

Udemy: Create and sell online courses on a variety of topics.

Teachable: Build and monetize your own online school by selling courses.

Translation

Gengo: Work as a freelance translator and get paid for translating texts in various languages.

Unbabel: Translate and edit content for companies and earn money as an online translator.

Miscellaneous

Fiverr – Offer any type of virtual service.
Humanatic – Listen to recorded phone calls and categorize.
Postloop – Earn for posting in forums.
Slicethepie – Listen, Rate and Review music – cash out after $10.

Hopefully this list has provided you with enough flexible work at home options that you will be able to build up your income. These additional income jobs are great to have availability to when needed. Definitely provides some additional security, financially and the peace of mind type.

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