19 best methods to earn money online with less investment

You can find out 19 best methods on how to earn money online and as far as investment is concerned, you can start most of them in a very less amount also. Earn money online was a magical term few years back but with the advent of technology, faster internet speed and amalgamation of smartphones and heavy mobile data in every hand boomed this concept. As per the research, in 2018 only, 52.2 percent of all website traffic worldwide was generated through mobile phones which is up from 50.3 percent in the previous year.

Meaning of ‘Earn money online’ buzzword

Online working means with the help of Internet, working on PC/laptop/smartphones for others/online-vendors located at any part/region of the world connected through Internet, delivering their work done at your home through internet and against this, getting money/payment online via wire transfer, Paypal or Payza to your bank account.

Online working does not follow the time barriers contrary to the 9-10 hours of jobs, country barrier. You can do the such online jobs as per the convenience set by you, as per the time decided by you.

Whether you are a student, housewife or a working professional, online money earning methods given below could be beneficial if you want to put some extra bucks into your pocket. There are so many (I will call) Entrepreneurs in India and overseas who are making handsome amount of income/money working from home either through blogging or through YouTube or any other ways given below.

Requirements to work and make money online fast

What you require to do online work and earning is just a laptop/PC, smartphone, bank account, high speed internet connection, email account, Paypal or Payza account for money transfer. I thinks every household possess laptop/PC, smartphone and internet connection; and rest of the things can be managed without paying any extra cost.

Best Methods To Earn Money Online Free

Lets take a look into the ways how you can earn money online –

1. Earn money online through Survey sites

Online survey are available on many sites posted by other companies, such surveys may take 5-20 minutes of time based on the requirement to get completed.

Such surveys are option-based in nature most of the time where you have to select your choice from the question & there is no need to write anything; and sometime you need to write your feedback & opinion in a survey.

Each survey can earn you from $1 to $20 based on the size of the survey. You can create your account on online survey sites such as ClixSense, Neobux, Swagbucks etc. and based upon your profile, you will receive surveys to fill up and upon completion of survey you will get paid via Paypal or other medium based as per the survey site norms.

2. Blogging

If writing is a hobby and comes under your passion then blogging is the evergreen field to get money and fame. You need to create appealing content on any niche topic based on your choice, circulate it in all channels such as social media, SMS, WhatsApp to your friends, do proper SEO of the article and submit it to search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing, submit them into online directories etc. as well. There are various free platforms such Blogger, WordPress, Wix etc. where you can create your website and start blogging.

There is a self hosted way also where you can buy domain name, hosting plans, website templates or themes, required plugins etc. which can cost you around $100-$150 bucks. This is much better way to run a blog and choose blogging as a career, it’s a long term way where you can customize your website, put additional functionalities as per the requirements.

Making career as a blogger needs patience, it is not the overnight path to get success rather it takes a year or more than that to get income from this field. But remember, if your niche articles are appealing and you’re putting regular efforts into your blog, then it is dead sure that you’ll get traffic in your site at some point of time.

3. Earn money online by Freelancing job sites

There are various freelancing website available on the internet where you can get registered yourself, and make your profile as per the education, work experience etc.

There are various companies and job providers also who are registered in those freelancing sites and regularly put number of job work at those sites. Based on the job, they select the job seeker and vice versa.

Once your profile is selected by the job provider then you will be assigned job by them for their work, the time may vary from site to site and vendor to vendor.

The jobs in these freelancing websites may vary from content writer to top notch software engineer.

4. Guest Author on niche websites, write articles for websites

If you want to become blogger and want to choose blogging as your career, then you can write posts/articles for particular niche website based on your writing skills, send mail to those websites for the guest post and if they allow then send your article to them. This way you can refine your writing skills and improve them.

Once this writing skills is improved then you can contact bigger sites to write blogs for them and in return you can earn money from them. The earning depends on the category/topic of article and popularity of website. But in normal case, if your article is carrying 1000 words then it could be somewhere $40-$100.

You can refer other ways to make extra money through creative writing.

5. Paid to click (PTC)

Paid to click sites are designed in a way where registered user clicks & reads the advertisements for 10 to 30 seconds & get paid for each & every advertisement. There are many sites where you can register & make money by reading ads. These sites are free and require no investment at all. Trusted sites such as ClixSense, Neobux, RebelPrize, Paidverts are good source of income from clicking ads.

As a point of caution, there are thousands of PTC sites available in the internet who are fake so please don’t waste your valuable time on those sites.

6. Earn money online by Captcha entry job sites

Captcha are the small images with some text and numbers which need to be filled into the text box provided at the same or other place.

There are various Captcha entry job sites which could be some source of income for you if you are ready to work for 2-3 hours daily provided your typing speed is very fast.

Since the earning through this type of work is not very good (some $2 bucks for 1000 Captcha entry), but it is very easy job which can be done on your free time.

You can get registered on Captcha solving job sites such as Kolotibablo, CaptchaTypers and Megatypers etc, login into your account and then type the correct Captcha images.

7. Affiliate marketing

Now a days affiliate marketing is a buzzword, due to increase in online shopping sites around the world. Increase in number of products, number of manufacturers of the same kind of products and shopping channels has also increased the competition to sell the products.

The product may range anything from a gadgets to website hosting available at the online marketplace, all depends upon your ability and writing skills to make the visitor of your website to become a potential customer.

Affiliate marketing is a concept to let the customers know the specifications of the products, help them to choose the right product and once they buy the product, you get commission ranging from 4%-20%. For this you create website and write an article about the particular product with the affiliate link, once reader clicks on that link and purchases the product then you get the commission out of it thus becomes one of the 19 best methods to earn money online.

8. Earn money online by becoming Virtual assistant

Virtual assistant is also a freelancer providing his services from home. The services may be any sorts of technical assistance, administrative or creative assistance to the clients spread across the globe and earn through them.

A virtual webmaster assistant, virtual marketing assistant and virtual content writing assistant are the freelancers that are usually experienced employees from corporate environment that started to set up their own virtual offices.

There are various companies such as Belay, Timeetc, AssistantMatch, Lifebushido, Gabbyville etc. are some of the companies who hire VAs and pay somewhere around $10-$25 per hour basis.

9. Earn money online as Translator

If you know any other language other than your native one, then this could be a lucrative job for you. Such work pays you somewhere $15-$20 per hour and sometimes you are paid per word basis.

Most demanding languages are Spanish, French, Arab, German, Japanese and English.

Freelancing sites given above and sites such as Translate[dot]com, Unbabel[dot]com, OneHourTranslation[dot]com, Rev[dot]com, Tethras[dot]com, TextMaster[dot]com, Acclaro[dot]com etc. are some of the site that can provide online translation jobs.

10. Online Tutor

If you have command over any subject then this seems to be one of the prestigious jobs available to earn extra online money. If you are little bit techie then you can create your own website and publish your online content/study material to the world.

You can create your profile in websites such as Teacheron[dot]com, Vedantu[dot]com, MyPrivateTutor[dot]com, BharatTutors[dot]com, tutorindia[dot]net as an online tutor and list the subjects you want to teach.

There are various job sites as well such as Naukri[dot]com, Indeed[dot]com, Timesjobs[dot]com, Tutor[dot]com, Preply[dot]com where you can seek online tutoring jobs.

These online classes may be taken through Skype, Google hangouts, Viber etc.

11. Earn money online through Social media

If you have pretty large network in social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat etc. then you can earn money from there also by sharing review of the companies/products, creating awareness about the brand etc.

Social media strategists are the persons who have large network in social media, create post and interact with their network in a creative way and make their brand value whose views on any point are liked and shared in social media.

Earning from social media is not that easy as it requires dedicated time and energy and sharing relevant content there on a regular basis. Interaction with your followers and getting their reviews is also a key factor.

12. Earn money online by YouTube

Deep understanding about the topic and passion to deliver the content in effective way can land you at the list of top YouTubers.

You can create Youtube videos on topics based upon your interest. Videos may be created to educating others on any topic such as reviews of the products, kitchen recipes, prank and comedy videos, technical education, tech-how-to, travel tips and so on.

After creating videos, you can create your account in YouTube channel and upload those videos there. Once your videos start getting views and subscribers for your channel then you can apply for YouTube partner program to monetize from ads.

You can use your smartphone or any camera preferably DSLR to shoot the video and any video editor to edit the video. This is one of the best methods now a days among 19 best methods to earn money online with less investment.

13. Earn money online by selling eBooks

If you have strong command on any niche topic such as SEO, SMO, online marketing, affiliate marketing, etc. then you can create your own e-book and publish that in your website. You can also list your e-books in Amazon’s Kindle, BooksFundr and Pblishing[dot]com etc. and reach millions of readers across the globe.

You can earn royalty from 50-70 percent on sales to customers in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, India, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, and so on.

14. Selling products in online marketplaces

If you are a small or medium manufacturer, handicraft maker, artist and painter then apart from selling your products/works your own way, you can also choose online marketplace such as Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal etc. to get registered and list your products there. More website lists you can find through below links.

This way you can increase the visibility of your products and market & sell them online.

15. Earn money online doing for micro jobs

Small graphics design, video and animation, writing, advertising, rating & commenting on different sites, visiting websites to find contact addresses phone number and emails, small research on any object, writing small articles, building backlinks, blog commenting, designing logo and business cards, SEO, copy-writing are the jobs which comes under micro jobs category.

There are various freelancing jobs sites where you can create your profile and people may contact you for the specific services.

There are various other websites such as SEOclerks, gigbucks[dot]com, Envatostudio, Zeerk[dot]com, etc. who are offering micro working jobs and you can create your profile there as well.

You can earn about $5-$50 per service per client by offering such micro jobs.

16. Selling domains & Selling websites

Purchase domains online with specific keywords, park them and after some time sell the domains to the needy or sell them on Sedo[dot]com.

Same way you can create your website, work on it, bring it to the earning level, earn for some months from it and then sell it on Flippa[dot]com, Empireflippers[dot]com, Websitebroker[dot]com.

The earning may depend upon the popularity and keyword of your domain name but both of these ways may bring at least 5-10 times invested money back to you.

17. Earn money online by making Apps

There are various iOS and Android app you can install in your iPhone, smartphones and get the review work, ads clicking etc. and can earn through this.

Swagbucks, Slidejoy, Make Money, iPoll, TaskBucks, CashPirate, Pact, Google Opinion Rewards, Ibotta, Rewardable, Loot, Gigwalk are some of the apps which offer money, gift cards, airline miles, magazine subscriptions etc. against review task, ads clicking and others.

18. Earn money online by Selling photos on stock marketplaces

Take high quality photos from your high end smartphones or DSLRs, register yourself on stock marketplaces, upload your images, fix your price for each images and wait for someone buys it. This way you can earn handsome amount of money.

Stock marketplaces such as ShutterStock, Fotolia (nowAdobe Stock), payloadz[dot]com , iStockPhoto, Photobucket, Alamy, Etsy, Fotomoto, Crestock, 500px etc. are some of the best places to sell photos online. They offer photographers to get register on their portals to create portfolios and a whopping commission of 20-60 percent of the sale to the contributor. You can also use below photography apps for more help.

19. Website testing as QA (Quality Analyst)

If you are a professional quality analyst then you can also earn some extra bucks on daily basis by giving your opinions on websites such as design, quality, and ease of use of a site. If your work satisfies the owner of the websites and improves its quality then you are get paid.

This is a short duration testing which includes maximum 15-20 minutes of time on each website and for this you’re get paid around $10 for each website.

Various websites such as Usertesting[dot]com, TryMyUI[dot]com, EnrollApp[dot]com etc. are offering such services.

These are the 19 best methods to earn money online with less investment, if you want to share your ideas then you can share those ideas with me via email.