Being a student is all about zeal, passion to grow up and guess what! A lot of expenses as well. Students are extremely excited for their future and planning goes side by side. Nevertheless, there is one thing we all students care about! And that’s off course ‘How to Earn Money Part-time?’ In a nutshell, almost every student’s dream is to earn some bucks along with hectic and costly education.
Thanks to freelancing platforms for solving this myth for some students but if truth be told, these platforms have become so much saturated that its somewhat difficult for newbies to earn until and unless they are a professional. But cheer up! As I’ve compiled a list of best ways to make money online that require no monetary investments from you. What it requires is your determination to explore and your passion to do exciting work.
1. Online Tutoring
This is a no-brainer for majority of students! Currently 1.2 billion children are affected by school closures due to the pandemic. With this sudden shift in many parts of the globe, some are wondering whether the adoption of online learning will continue to persist post-pandemic, and how such a shift would impact the worldwide education market. Hence online tutoring market is not saturated and there’s a lot of space for young people to show their talent.
Now you might be thinking that what if I’m not good at Math, Chemistry or maybe Physics. Problem Solved! Because you can teach anything you are good at! For example, you can teach your own native language to a foreigner and earn dollars. Or art, music, photography, baking and acting skills. Now let’s jump to websites from where you can avail this opportunity for free.
- Preply.com
- Chegg.com
- Tutor.com
- Tutoeme.com
- Skooli
2. Sell Photos
As a photographer you can easily earn some extra cash. As a matter of fact, photographers of different skill levels are in high demand, now more than ever. Since everyone form large corporations or even small businesses to graphic and web designers buy and use photos online regularly.
Let me crack this topic and make it easier for you. People are looking for these niches in photography: food, cities, nature, buildings, travel and people! You might be thinking about the pictures you took at a park or maybe of a building or any landscape. So what are you waiting for? Edit those pictures and earn some bucks by selling them on the following platforms:
- Adobe Stock
- Shutterstock
- Etsy
- PhotoShelter
- TourPhotos
3. Voiceover
This is the era of podcasts and videos. And this requires a man sitting behind the camera explaining the purpose of your content. For sure this man is a voiceover artist who has a skill of speaking in a way that people would love to listen! Now if you are gifted with a good and clear voice then practice some voice acting exercises available on YouTube and kudos! You could become a Voiceover Artist and even find a career in this field.
All you need is a microphone at home, you can get paid to do voiceovers. You can work on following platforms from home as a Voiceover Artist:
- Fiverr
- Upwork
- com
- Voice123
- Bunny Studio
4. Content Writing
There is no room for doubt that content writers are very talented and are paid a lot! Every second there are million searches on Google and the content which is shown to them is off course written by content writers. Amazingly, there’s a lot of space for content writers to get writing jobs and work with big organizations and multinational companies.
To become a content writer your words must hold power and the ability that will encourage readers to read till the very end. Grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure are important as well. Following platforms offer content writing jobs:
- Fiverr
- Upwork
- iWriter
- com
- Guru
- FlexJobs
5. Virtual Assistant
Are you skilled at keeping things organized, meeting time schedules and an effective communicator who properly records the event, then this is for you!
In this fast-paced generations, tycoons and businessmen find it difficult to manage their schedule on their own. But this problem is also solved with a Virtual Assistant. This person must have effective qualities that have long-lasting impression on clients.
They can offer data entry, social media management, research, website maintenance and other services. Here are some great sites to find virtual assistant jobs for students:
- Extreme Commerce by Sunny Ali
- Fiverr
- Upwork
- Fancy Hands
- Belay Solutions
6. Graphic Designer
Do you have an eye for design and experience in Adobe illustrator or Adobe Cloud? If you do, there is a profitable market out there for you. But if you don’t then no worries! All you need is a desire to learn and grab some courses from YouTube. Within 3 months you will be ready to get hired!
Promote your services to your social network. The more people see your work the more they will be reminded of you when a project/need comes up. Following websites are available for graphic designers:
- Guru
- Fiverr
- Upwork
- 99designs
- com
7. Selling Items
Students can not only sell their old stuff or unwanted things on online websites like Instagram or Amazon (I’ll write detailed article on how to sell from Pakistan later, until then relax!) and other marketplaces online but can also sell items that they have created themselves. You can also buy things in bulk from another supplier or more at cheaper prices and resell them at higher prices.
Including your own products, textbooks, unused gift cards, old CDs, DVDs, furniture, and much more items online. Sell via marketplaces online such as:
- pk
- com
- Amazon
- Ebay
Final thoughts
Making money online for students is entirely practicable. You just need to make sure that whatever service you are offering, you are good at that. By earning money online, you can pay fees and bills of university. Or you can achieve any other financial goal.
For this article I picked up the best and profitable niches for my fellows. And I hope, this article will improve most of you financially! And please do share your own ideas in the comments!
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