2 Quick Ways to Make Money Online

Arush Srivastava
3 min readMay 16, 2021

Making money online sounds like a daunting task. When you’re just starting out, it can seem like it’s impossible. But it isn’t! In fact, here are 2 really easy ways to earn money online.

1. Freelancing

Freelancing is one of the best ways to earn money online. To start earning money freelancing, all you need to do is sign up on one of the following websites and start working!

Fiverr-

Fiverr is the most famous freelancing website on the web. To start earning, click on this link — fiverr.com — and click join. Create your profile and offer your skills! Once your services are posted on Fiverr, any customer can come to the site and decide to hire you. You do what they want you to do, then get paid! It’s that easy.

Freelancer.com-

Freelancer.com is another famous website for freelancing. To start earning, go to freelancer.com and sign up for a freelancing account. Freelancer.com works a bit differently than Fiverr. Freelancer.com is based on freelancers bidding for jobs on the website. There will be many gigs posted on the website which you can bid for to see if you can get the gig. If the job poster chooses you, you do what they need and get paid. If bidding for jobs is not your cup of tea, there is another way to earn money on Freelancer.com — contests. There are many contests on Freelancer.com as well. For example, let’s take a contest for designing a logo. The contest criteria are listed on the website. Follow this criteria and submit your best work. Whoever the contest holder selects gets the money. Even if you don’t win the contest, the contest holder can still choose to buy your work for a preset price.

One thing to remember about freelancing is be wary of whoever is hiring you. Many people earn money on these websites but sometimes people are scammed out of their work. Pay attention to the profile of whoever posted the gig, and make sure they are reliable.

2. Affiliate Programs

The second quick way to earn money online is affiliate programs. Many famous companies like Wix and Fiverr have affiliate programs. Affiliate programs are programs where you refer people to the company’s website. Affiliate programs can use links, videos, or ads. In fact, the links in the previous sections are affiliate links! Here is a list of some of the best and high paying affiliate programs:

Fiverr Affiliate Program

Wix Affiliate Program

Bluehost Affiliate Program

However, how do you get people to click on your links? To market your affiliate company, you need have have some sort of social presence. Whether that be on Medium, Youtube, Instagram, or on your website. Put your affiliate in these places and gather followers. The more people that sign up with your links, the higher your payout!

One extra tip before you begin your journey:

Before you start using these methods to earn money, keep in mind the one golden rule: verify the reliability of whoever is giving you money. Do a little bit of research if it is an affiliate company, or check the profile of whoever is hiring your freelancing services. Whatever the case may be, always be alert.

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Arush Srivastava

Hello Medium! I am a software developer/freelancer from the United States.