$10k Challenge: More Creative Ways to Make More Money

I'm on a quest to raise an additional $10k this year in income -- extra income outside my regular job. The numbers I ran show that making this amount and socking it away year after year can yield quite a sizeable next egg.

I've received several comments from readers over the past couple weeks listing ideas they've either thought about or are implementing themselves to add some extra income to their bottom lines. I thought you'd all like to hear them and we'd add them to the growing list of $10k ideas. Here's the first:

I'm about to embark on a MAJOR debt repayment adventure and I plan on moonlighting and using all the income to reduce my debt. Some ideas I have for moonlighting:

• Working at a store offering a discount on products I use, i.e. Best Buy
• Driver for Airport Shuttle service
• Waiter

I also have a part-time, home based travel agent business I am not using as a business. I was previously using this for myself and family.

I'm also going to do some Focus Group work and some Mystery Shopping work. I'm blogging about my journey to keep me accountable so not really counting on making significant money that way, although it would be great if it happened.

Some good ideas here, huh? Here are some more:

Some other ideas off the top of my head:

• Filling out paid surveys online
• Buy items on sale and sell them on ebay
• Sell things you no longer need around the house on ebay
• Look for rare coins / bills
• Baby-sit / Pet-sit
• Spring clean for somebody
• Weekend job such as waiting, or cashier

One last idea:

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but taking a trip at work can earn some extra cash for me. I usually eat cheaper than the per diem and can pocket an extra $25-50 a day. Of course it comes at the expense of being away from home.

So, any other good ideas out there?

Comments

[dev]

hey , I have serious doubts about earning money by filling out surveys .............if its that easy and simple why would there be so many unemployed out there??????

[Scott]

How would you go about becoming a driver for the airport shuttle service?

Another idea that goes along with auctions is to attend storage unit auctions. This can be extremely profitable if you already have a system set up to dispose of the goods. Just go to self-storage centers and have your name put on a mailing list or check the newspapers. In my experience expect to pay around $100-$200 per unit to have a chance to find something worth while. Finding a unit for $20 and finding a treasure is not realistic.