9 Ways To Make Money Online During The Pandemic

9 Ways To Make Money Online During The Pandemic

Do you want to make some extra money during the pandemic? Or do you want to make a full time income online, so you can be financially free, and work from anywhere? Then you have come to the right article, the summer of 2021 has been called the summer of quitting, just because of all the people realizing they can make a full time consistent income, online by themselves. Of course the smartest thing you can do before you quit your job, is create your online income, and then make sure it's consistent and covers your daily needs. But now let's get into some online money making ideas, shall we?

1. Create how to videos on youtube

In the last couple of years, youtube has grown into the go to source, for video courses and guides online. First off all, you need to learn the phrases people search for. To find potential and highly used search phrases, go to youtube and write “how to (your topic here)” and then see which phrases are generated in youtube’s auto fill dropdown menu. Then use these phrases and keywords when you write your video title, description and tags. Of course there are also a lot of tools out there, which makes this process both faster and easier. There is for example TubeBuddy, which is a chrome extension, with a free version, that helps you run your youtube channel, and help's your videos go viral.

2. Start a podcast about something that interests you.

Starting and running a podcast doesn't have to be complicated, all you need is a microphone, laptop and some free recording software. Even better is that podcasts should not be too long and they don't have to run every day, once a week is actually the best. There are a couple of ways to make money with a podcast, the most normal one is commercial sponsorship, of course you would need a decent audience to achieve a commercial sponsorship. But you could also use your podcast to advertise your own products, and generate a stable income that way. 

3. Sell your photos online

Do you have a special talent for taking beautiful photos? Then stock photography could probably be something for you, stock photos are covering almost every subject imaginable, so you would be able to take pictures of almost anything. But how does it work? Photographers can upload their photos to any number of online databases, then magazines, designers etc. who think you have taken a great photo, can decide to buy it for commercial use. On top of people being able to buy it, you can sell the same photo over and over again. So if your photos are great enough, you could make a passive income stream of selling photos. Websites to check out if you want to try this out are Shutterstock, Photoshelter and Getty images.

4. Create a web development business

Do you know how to make beautiful websites on Wordpress, Weebly or Joomla? If you do then this is definitely for you, start by advertising website development to your friends and family, and see if there is anyone that needs a website. You can also sign up for sites such as Fiverr or Upwork, which are platforms where you sell your service for money. 

5. Start copywriting 

Do you want to generate a great income, no matter where you live? Then copywriting could be the ideal job for you, copywriting is a huge industry with a lot of opportunity. People who are good at writing fresh marketing messages, are exactly the people the copywriting industry and companies are looking for. This would especially be great for you, if you're traveling and have done some freelance work before. The only thing you're needed for, is selling the company’s product, through the text you have written. A site you can use to find writing jobs is Contena. 

6. Create a dropshipping business

You have most likely heard about dropshipping before, and if you haven’t i will briefly explain the concept for you. It's a method of selling a product, or several products, without actually having them in stock at all. So when a customer makes a purchase on your website, you have another company that produces, packages and ships the product for you. This means you won't have to spend money storing products, or have products in stock all the time. It's easy to start a dropshipping store in 2022, there are alot of companies that sell website services specifically for dropshipping, Shopify is a good example, and therefore you just need to set it up on their website, with a tutorial and then you're all ready to start selling after 1-2 hours. 

7. Type for money

Are you a quick typer? Then transcribing might be something for you, you just need to listen to an audio file through headphones, and then type it down on a document. If you choose to try transcribing, your pay is dependent on how fast you write. Transcription jobs are paid by the audio hour, rather than by the hour worked, and the speed you can transcribe an audio file down, is also affected by the audio quality, background noise and more. An average transcriber will have an hour long audio file, transcribed in 4 hours of work. If you want to try this sometime in the future, consider Rev.

8. Become a proofreader

Proofreading is another online lucrative career, most agencies will pay around 25% of the price of a translated document to a proofreader. Generally agencies charge in the range of $75 for s standard 5 page business document, to be translated. So if you were to proof read the same 5 page business document, you would make in the range of $18 to $20. Proofreading could of course be a full time job, but you can also just do it part time for a little extra income. Check out Mediabistro if this is of any interest to you. 

9. Surveys and internet research 

Last but not least we have surveys and internet research, if you're looking for a way to make an extra $1000 to $2000 a month part-time, then this is definitely something for you. You’ll only need to share your opinion on companies, or take surveys. Sites to try out include Qmee and SurveyBods. Qmee offers it all, surveys, opinions on brands and money just by clicking on search results.