One fine day Mr. Purna Duggirala left his high paying job and became a professional blogger when he saw that his blog is actually making more money than his regular job. This is yet another story of a professional blogger Purna, nicknamed Chandoo of Chandoo.org, where he writes how to effectively use Microsoft Excel.
There are many such examples where people have left high paying jobs and have started to earn full-time income from their home. One thing that is common among such stories is that they blog about something that they are extremely knowledgeable of, in case of Chandoo.org it was his expertise about Microsoft Excel. One another such example is of Mr. Amit Agarwal of Labnol.org who has great knowledge in all things technology, and he blogs about the same.
Before diving further let me warn you about another aspect in this; if a handful of them have made it to six-figure incomes right then there are scores of other people that have lost money and haven’t made a single cent.
There are all sort of bad advice out there in the cyberspace that 'promise' you’ll get overnight success. Nobody can guarantee that you’ll be able to replace your day job. But don't get discouraged, there are some websites where you can at least make some cash. These are not get rich quick type of sites (no website can guarantee that; one who guarantees is a scam), just like anywhere else it takes time and effort to make anything on the net.
So if you are a student, stay at home mom, or anybody who has some time to invest then you can make some money from the sites that I’m going to list below. So for all those who already have a day job don’t ever think to leave your current job to pursue make money online.
I'm not here to give you the ways that you can make money online, I'll be giving specific websites that you can sign-up, and that too absolutely free to get started.
From the last two years, I have been working part-time on the internet in some or the other way. I have never spent anything to earn on the net. I had that much in my head that I will get scammed if I pay. Don't ever spend money to earn money (pun unintended).
I'm writing this hub by keeping in my mind readers from India but all of the sites listed below allow people from anywhere, say for instance these sites allow people from Pakistan, Philippines, China etc.
Though explaining ever other thing or rule about the listed sites will be a far over-stretched for this article. So I will provide links pointing for each of them so that you will get additional information on that aspect.
Writing Articles Online
One of the most preferred ways to make money online is by writing content. If your written English is good, that is you have good grammar and can get your point fairly easily across the reader then you can write online.
Majorly there are two ways from where you can write and earn online. One is that you start your own blog and the other is to write articles for revenue-sharing websites.
1| Hubpages.com
The site on which you are reading this article is one such site where anybody can write articles and earn revenue generated on their article.
There are many such revenue sharing website all over the web but Hubpages is by far the best site according to my experience.
There is a pre-requisite for getting started at Hubpages.com (aff. link), it is that you must have an approved Adsense account. Getting an adsense account requires you to have good content on your profile and you should be a member here for at least six months. However, this is not compulsory to get approved by Google Adsense. I got my adsense approved from a revenue sharing site within two months.
So practically you won't earn before getting approved. Once you get approved then you can make money. Have some thoroughly researched articles and I'm sure you'll get an adsense account pretty easily within six months.
There are also other ways to earn here like promoting products of amazon.com or ebay.com. More information on the links below.
To get how it works you must read voraciously about each and every aspect to understand the process. Learn about each and every thing.
Links to know more about:
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Learning Center - This is the most useful for a newbie. Get every information about how you can get started here.
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Hubpages Faq - To know about the rules and other information that you must know
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If you still have a question to ask you can ask at the
Q & A section.
2| Squidoo.com
Squidoo is also a revenue sharing website more or same on the lines of Hubpages. But there is a good news for all those folks that don't have an adsense account. You can still earn here without having an adsense account.
It works like this: You create articles known as lens and advertisement is shown on your lenses and the revenue generated from there is accumulated in a common pool and you get paid according to the popularity of your lenses.
Use the below links to learn more about Squidoo.
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Squidoo - Get complete information about the faqs, ToS, and other information.
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3| Wizzley.com
A recent addition to list of revenue sharing websites. 
I haven't written any thing on this one but have read and heard good things about this. You can sign up from this link (aff. link).
This was launched in 2011 in the wake of a major algorithm change in Google's search engine known as Google Panda. Wizzley is very similar to Hubpages.
4| Your Blog
So you don't want to write on sites which share revenue. Then go on and create your own blog about something that you have enough knowledge. The key is to write regularly and provide real value to the reader of the blog.
By providing original and well-written articles that help people they will return back to read more from you.
Just imagine why you buy the newspaper daily or watch the news daily, because they provide you information that is good for you.
Create a blog that people will love to read and comeback for more.
Do Small Task
The internet has opened up many unique models of business. The internet has made the world very short. It can bring many people together for interaction and communication becomes easy.
This is what the below business models do. It takes the advantage of crowd. The below first two sites are crowd-sourcing websites and the third one is another unique way to earn from your skills.
5| Mturk.com
Mechanical Turk as it is called is the place where employers upload task, which are generally short task such as finding an email ID, writing a description of business, transcribing an audio, or to find some specific information on the web.
The employer or requester may have thousands of task (known as HITs) where workers like you (there would be many) can complete the task and get paid. HITs pay anywhere between 0.2 $ to even .50 $ depending on the employer and the work involved. The task can often be completed within a minute or two and for us Indians we can withdraw the amount in Indian rupees by requesting a cheque.
I have written some extremely pointed hubs detailing every aspect of Mturk, links below. Have a look at them before hoping out to signup.
6| Microworkers.com
Similar to mturk they also operate on the same lines. In my opinion mturk is way ahead when compared with microworkers but they can be used as a substitute when you don't have any suitable work on mturk.
Another good thing about crowd-sourcing sites are that they don't require any sort of bidding process in order to work on the task.
http://microworkers.com/faq.php - The link provides all the necessary information and the details like how you get paid, what sort of work is involved etc.
7| Fiverr.com
Another unique business model that is great for a side income. List anything that you can do for five dollars and get paid if anyone avails your services.
It is on you what you want to work for; that maybe writing an article, or it can be to be provide a handcrafted greeting card or even singing a birthday song for someone.
Just join the site and most of the things there are easily understandable.
Freelance Sites
If you have been looking to work online for sometime then you must have heard about freelance sites. Below are my personal favorites freelancing websites. Both are really strong in connecting workers with employers.
8| Odesk.com
If you have specific work experience about a certain field then you can bid and work on the projects here.
Getting projects is very tough on these sites but if you have expertise and have a good portfolio of previous work then it gets easier to get projects. There are many kinds of projects in there but majorly I see writing, web designing, and programming projects.
9| Elance.com
Another site to get freelance work is Elance.
Both Odesk and Elance guarantee that you will get paid for the work you do and there are many checks and balances in place to benefit both the employers and the freelancers.
I will say that joining more than two freelance sites is more than enough. If you don't get a project despite trying hard then it's time to accept it and move on for other avenues.
Sell Products
10| Ebay.in
Ebay is one of the giants of online shopping. The business model of Ebay is such that anybody can set their own shop and list their products and sell them for a profit.
Become a seller and start to earn. Let me admit to say that though many are earning here but I haven't yet had any success on Ebay. To sell on Ebay is just like setting your own shop elsewhere. You need to invest money and time to get something out of it. If you are ready to take a plunge then go ahead and make it possible.
