5 Ways to Make Money From Home

This question gets asked all the time: "How can I, a stay at home mom, make money from home?" Really, there are very few legitimate ways in which ANYONE can score a few bucks while being parked on the couch watching The Sopranos like I am right now. I've seen people list out a ton of things but I'm going to weed out the multi-level marketing companies and such and just give you 5 ideas that have worked for me.

1. If you are crafty, create and Etsy store. I make hair bows, and I hesitated with this because I worried about losing money ($0.20 fee per listing) but Facebook (where I was selling) is changing more and more everyday and making it nearly impossible to do business without paying to promote your items, which made Etsy the smarter, cheaper option. 

Click Here to check out my Etsy store to get an idea of how etsy lays out your items. I feel like it's a really professional way to sell your product without needing much knowledge of HTML and other techy stuff that I know nothing about. ;)

If you decide you would like to open your own etsy store, feel free to use this link to get 40 free listings when you sign up!

2. Swagbucks. I was iffy about joining because I saw a lot of "sign up for this for 1000 swagbucks!" and that's not going to cut it for this frugal gal. But, you can earn a few swagbucks everyday by doing the daily poll, and watching a few videos. I figure if I spend a few minutes on the site everyday, I'll at least earn enough points for an Amazon gift card by Christmas, and I'll be able to mark a gift off my list without my wallet punching me in the face. :)

3. Get Paid to Write when you become a yahoo contributor. You can write about what interests you and hope it gets published, or to get a guaranteed payday, choose an item from the assignment desk!

4. Amazon. You can make money with Amazon by becoming an affiliate, where you earn an average of 5% of whatever people buy using your referral link, you can also make a few bucks using Amazon's MTURK program where you get paid a few cents here and there to complete simple tasks.

5. Facebook Yard Sales: Sell your junk! This has been very lucrative for me lately! When you're spring cleaning, make 4 piles: keep, sell, give away, trash. Then go through your sell pile, take pics, and list everything on your local facebook sale site or on ebay if you don't have a local site. It's crazy how much money you can make just by selling stuff you don't want anymore!

I hope this is helpful for you guys! There are a number of other ways to make money, but these are relatively simple, and cost you NOTHING up front!!

-Cilla