Make Money Online

One of the ways to make our family budget work is to increase our income. When looking for ways to increase your income don't forget to look at the internet. There are a variety of ways you can make money on the internet. The important thing to remember when looking to make money on the internet is to avoid any get rich schemes. Always follow the basic rule "if it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is". None of our ideas will turn you into a millionaire but they will give you some opportunities to increase your income.

• Display and sell your artwork. If you are an artist there is a wide variety of sites where you can post and sell your art online for free. We have a complete list here of reliable sites. My husband has listed artwork at all these sites so I know they are trustworthy.
• Add Revenue ads to your website or blogs. Adding revenue ads to your blog or website gives you an opportunity to make money off your site. How much money you make varies greatly and depends on how many visitors you get on your website. Website Creations has some great informative pages on how to increase your website traffic.
• Sell items online. We all know about eBay but there are other places to sell your unwanted or created items on the web. If you have books, you may want to sell them on Amazon. You can set up a free account and sell your books or other items through Amazon. On Amazon you set the price and shipping amount. When someone purchases your item, you will get an email with the buyers name and shipping information. Amazon collects the money and it is deposited into your banking account. Etsy is another great site to sell items. For only a fraction of the cost of eBay you can sell any homemade item or craft.
• Start a website or blog for your offline business. Having your own website or blog is low cost and you can make money in a variety of ways from your site. Some sites may be created to highlight a business you already have. These sites can increase your visibility in the community, which will help you increase sales. Fewer and fewer people are using the phone books now and if you have a business you need to have a website. A great free feature of having a website is adding your business to Google Local Business. They will add a map to your business and you can add any information about your business that you want. This is a free service and can get your small business lots of extra notice!

• Create an online store- if you have a special hobby or skill you can create a website and trying selling your wares online. The cost of an online store is almost nothing and you can use Google or PayPal checkout for free. My daughter in law starting her jewelry online store " A Plus Creations" and with no overhead she is able to enjoy a nice second income. Website Creations can give you complete information on setting up a website or blog.
• Join Mr. Rebates and then get other to join. Mr. Rebates is a great site for saving money online, but you can also make money by recruiting more people to sign up. Mr. Rebates offers a cash-back rebate at over 1000 popular stores like Best Buy, Dell, JC Penney, Overstock.com and more.  Second, Mr. Rebates staff adds daily money-saving coupons and special sales/price drops on hot products.  The combination of the Mr. Rebates cash-back rebate plus coupons/sales insures that you will save money on your online purchases. You can earn 20% of your referred friend's cash-back rebates on every purchase they make through Mr. Rebates (at no cost to them).  You get that extra 20% for every purchase your referred friend makes.  You just can't lose on a deal like this! Mr. Rebates will track your referrals in your account automatically and any bonus cash will be posted to your account on the My Account Page.  Some Mr. Rebates members make hundreds of extra dollars per month by simply referring a large network of their friends!  It's a win-win for everyone! Mr. Rebates offers variety of ways to to refer friends, including emails, banners for websites and social bookmarks, like Facebook or Twitter.