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Intro

If you are reading this, congratulations you are among the privileged part of the population with access to The Internet. Arguably the greatest tool ever created by humankind. But how to leverage its power and unleash its true potential?

Keep reading for a list of online money-making ideas.

“If you’re good at something, never do it for free.” ― The Joker — Heath Ledger

What’s great about The Internet is that it is limitless. The only boundaries for use cases of this tool are set by us - its users. But as with most tools, it is only as good as the person using it. The best way of harnessing the power of The Internet is focusing on your talents and passions. If you are not into selling stuff and don’t like Dropshipping, you don’t have to do it. There are countless ways of generating income online. Focus on what you are good at or what you are really interested in, and you are bound to succeed!

Endless Possibilities

There is tons of content about ways to make money online. And in itself, it’s one way to make money online. You can always leverage this while working on other income sources.

But the true key for success is focusing on something you’re good at or something you really like. Something you are less likely to quit. Here is a list of some online money-making ideas.

1. Writing Online

This one is quite obvious as I am doing it right now. But there are countless ways to make money by writing online. You can write on platforms like Read.cash to monetize your articles. Check out this link here, if you are interested in similar platforms.

You can create your own website and use it as a blog and monetize it with ads or affiliate marketing. Or you can use it to sell your own digital or physical products.

You can write articles as a freelancer and find gigs on platforms like Fiver or Upwork. You can also try copywriting, ghostwriting, or doing research for someone else. If that’s not enough you can write and publish e-books.

2. Create a Service That Provides Value

The Internet is full of free automatization tools. If you get a little bit creative you can figure out a way to provide value to others just by using these tools. Here is an article by Amir Ali Hashemi with a great example of leveraging free online tools to generate income.

You could also use tools like Zapier to find useful niche information on website feeds and automatically post it to social media platforms. If you find information that’s valuable for your followers and automatize its delivery your audience will grow. And you will be able to find ways to monetize it. With some basic programming knowledge, you could easily set yourself up for some good passive income streams.

3. Youtube

Another obvious one. You can do almost anything on youtube and make money in the process. If you got some unique hobbies, maybe you can create content and become successful in the niche. But even if you don’t want to film yourself and have something to say. You can still be successful on youtube. You can create video essays by using stock footage. And if you are worried about your voice, you can find pretty good text-to-speech programs these days. But even less personal input could still achieve success on youtube. Faceless channels that post copyright-free music for studying, work, etc are known to be very successful on youtube. And if that’s what you're going for don’t limit yourself to posting only on youtube. There are similar sites that allow you to monetize video content. For example 3speak.tv. Youtube can be great, but it’s quite difficult to start earning.

4. Use Your Voice

Same as with writing. There is no one definite way to make money by leveraging your voice. You can do voiceovers for videos on gig-economy platforms. Or you can try your luck narrating audiobooks. ACX.COM is a platform where authors, publishers, and narrators come together to find projects to work on.

5. The List Could Go on Forever

The possibilities are limited only by your imagination. But it’s impossible to go in-depth on everything in one article. So I will just list some more ideas here: Stock photography/video, Print-on-demand store, Online course, Newsletter, Affiliate marketing, Building websites, Flipping websites, Flipping domains, Dropshipping, Dropservicing, Investing, Creating NFTs. These are just some ideas off the top of my mind at the moment. I am sure there are plenty more ways of generating online income. You have to find the best ones for you.

The Bottom Line

All of the ideas are useless if you are not willing to put in an effort. There’s a lot of talk about passive online income on The Internet, but not a lot of the ideas shared in the articles are truly passive. You have to put in some work first in most cases. That being said, some of these ideas can one day become a meaningful income source. Follow your dreams, make use of your talents, and put in the work to be successful.