Do you want to make extra money? I believe knowing a few ways to supplement your income won’t hurt. You might not need them now, but when you needed them it’s nice to know the available options.

There are many ways to earn extra income, but here I make a few restrictions to prevent this post from being too broad:

1. I only cover how to make extra money online. This way you can work wherever you are in your spare time.
2. I only cover ways to make money in relatively short time. I don’t include anything that takes weeks or months to get results. That’s why I don’t cover things like blogging or revenue sharing with article sites (because building the necessary traffic could take a long time). On the flip side, most of the ways I discuss here won’t give you passive income. They require you to actively work to earn.

For each of the ways I’m about to share, I list some relevant web sites you can use. I don’t test all of them, so please read their terms before you decide to use them.

Without further ado, here are 9 ways to make extra money online:

1. Writing

Writing is a popular way to earn side income. The world is always hungry for good content and if you have writing skills you will find many opportunities online. Here are some sites that offer article writing jobs:

• Associated Content
• Demand Studios
• TextBroker
• Constant Content

You can also write tutorials. Tutorials are more difficult to write than ordinary articles since they contain step-by-step guide on a topic. But they also pay more. The sites below pay between $150 to $300 for each published tutorial:

• Tutorial9 (design and blogging)
• Tuts+ (design, photography, web development)
• Gomedia (design)

2. Designing

Graphic design skill has a lot of demand these days. You could design logos, posters, or even entire web sites. Browse the sites below to find design jobs:

• Envato Marketplaces
• Graphic Leftovers
• 99Designs

3. Programming

Do you know how to program? Then what about taking some programming jobs online? You can find them at:

• Rent A Coder
• ScriptLance

4. Tutoring

If you liked to teach then online tutoring is perhaps the way to go. The nice thing here is you don’t need to physically go to a certain place to tutor. You can do it in the comfort of your home. Here are some web sites that offer the opportunity:

• Tutor.com
• TutorVista
• TransWebTutors

5. Selling stock photos

Many people like photography. If you happen to be one of them, why don’t you sell your photos for profit? These sites help you sell your photos:

• iStockPhoto
• Fotolia
• Shutterstock
• Dreamstime

6. Microworking

With microworking, you make money by doing simple tasks that you can usually finish in a few minutes. They pay you a little for each completed task, but because the tasks are simple, you could complete a lot of tasks in a day. Here are two sites for microworking:

• Amazon Mechanical Turk
• Microworkers

7. Selling stuff

Obviously, you can make money by selling stuff. Do you have items in your home you no longer need? Other people may want to buy them from you. Just list them at:

• eBay
• Craigslist

On the other hand, you can also sell your own creations. They could be T-shirts, post cards, bags, and pretty much anything you can imagine. Here are some places to sell them:

• Etsy
• CafePress
• RedBubble

8. Website flipping

If you’re good at making web sites, you can sell them for profit. It could make you more than $100 for a few hours of work. Here are two popular places for website flipping:

• Flippa
• Digital Point

9. Translating

Do you master foreign languages? If you do then translating is something you might want to consider. There are a lot of translation jobs online. Here are some sites that offer them:

• ProZ
• TranslatorsCafe
• Translatorsbase

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In addition to the specialized sites listed above, there are sites that offer opportunities in more than one category. Browse them to find various opportunities:

• Guru
• Elance
• Freelancer

Do you know other ways to make extra money online? Feel free to share them in the comments.

Photo by Don Hankins