$10k Challenge: Even More 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 already have quite a sizeable list of money making ideas, but I'm going to add several more in this post thanks to a piece I saw on MoneyCentral that lists a few ways one woman makes some extra money:

• I earned $35 for watching a porn film. I sell my blood, a couple of teaspoons at a time, to medical researchers. I get a monthly rent credit for being the go-to gal in my apartment building.

• An acquaintance gave me $120 to watch her dog for four days. I get $10 to $15 an hour to care for children who go to bed 90 minutes after I arrive. I was paid to buy $179 sunglasses and then tattle on the sales clerk for not doing his job right.

• Medical testing, child care, dog-sitting, mystery shopping and apartment management helped keep me afloat last year. This year I'm scaling back on the side jobs, but I haven't given them up entirely. Extra income is always welcome.

Wow! You'd think that with all this going on this woman would be quite well off. Then again, if she was well off she probably wouldn't be doing many of these things.

Ok, it's your turn to add to the list. Are there any ways you're making extra income on the side that the rest of us should know about? ;-)

Comments

[David]

I gotta tell you, I am loving this series. It is amazing to see how creative people are to make money. Its inspirational to a lot of people I am guessing. Thanks!

[Cents You Asked]

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.

[tanyetta]

The going rate to view porn is $35 now? :)

Cool List by the way.

the kids are put to bed 90 minutes before you get there????? i'm impressed :)

[The Slacker]

How do you get the job watching porn? :)

Been reading the site for a while and love it. Just thought I'd ask my question and tell you to keep up the good work.

[FMF]

Just to be perfectly clear, it's not me watching porn -- it's the woman in the piece I've linked to.

[Adventures In Money Making]

wish I could make money watching porn!

i find calling up TDAmeritrade is good for about $100/yr. Just got $50 deposited into my account - my gift for opening an account in my wife's name ;-)

also my blog has started generating some decent money now. its just over $2,000 for the year.

[Smarty]

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

[Fellowes]

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.

[CuteThang]

Your peices are amazing! They have made me make $700 by reading these tasks and trying them. Thank you so much. I do have one question though, how do you do all of these things in not to much of time? If you could answer that would be great. Oh and thanks again, this is for sure a sucess. THANKS!:)

[FMF]

Cute Thang --

I don't do them all. I find ideas, put them out there for all of us to consider, and let people pick the ones they like. I do the same.

[Cathy]

I bartend and help cater events or do wedding planning on the side for extra money. The nice thing is you can pick and choose what jobs you want to do.

you could also clean houses or rentals /walk dogs/ pet sit/ baby sit/ eldercare/ drive people who don't have transportation/ etc. possibilities are endless if you get creative.