There is something for everyone in this list of work-from-home side jobs! If you’re looking to make extra money, you can get started with some of these online side jobs right away, and some you don’t need any experience. And of course these are all legitimate work-from-home jobs because I want to keep you away from the scams out there (and there are lots!)
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1. Work-from-Home Side Jobs as a Virtual Assistant
A V.A. or Virtual Assistant is quickly becoming one of the most popular work-from-home side jobs.
A V.A. takes the place in the online world of what would have been an office manager, communications manager, receptionist, and other in-person jobs.
You can be a general V.A. or niche down and offer specific V.A. services.
Some Virtual Assistants specialize in Pinterest, others in email campaigns, some in blogging, some in editing, social media management, you get the idea.
Figure out what your strengths are and put those together in a package to offer future clients.
There are two ways to offer services and get paid as a work-from-home virtual assistant:
- Hourly rate
- Monthly rate
If you choose the monthly rate method, you could offer different tiers of packages (bronze, silver, gold, for example). Each level up would have additional services included for an increased rate.
The beauty of being a virtual assistant as a work-from-home side job is that you get to set your hours.
Work when your kids are at school
When your baby is napping.
At the end of the day after the kids are asleep, etc.
As long as you get things done on time – and better yet, ahead of time – you can choose when you want to work this flexible side job.
Here is a quick course you can take to get your own freelance business as a V.A. started.
Related post: 20 Single Mom Jobs That Will Fit In With Your Busy Life.
2. Freelance Proofreading
If you mentally correct the grammar and spelling on signs and menus, proofreading might be an amazing work-from-home side job for you.
There is a huge and ongoing demand for freelance proofreaders.
Read this for where to find proofreading jobs from home.
And here is a really informative interview with a super successful freelance proofreader you should read.
You can get in on this free workshop that will teach you how to get started with a new work-from-home career as a proofreader.
3. Legitimate Work-from-Home Side Jobs as a Search Engine Evaluator
Search engine evaluators are also called search engine raters.
The main company that hires search engine evaluators is Appen.
There are a slew of other legitimate work-from-home side jobs at Appen. They do a lot of work with AI, voice recognition, mapping, translations, and more.
Many of the work-from-home jobs at Appen don’t require experience.
I worked for Appen remotely for 2 years while my daughter was still napping (those were the days – ha!)
It wasn’t super easy to start working for them at the time – you had to take tests and most people didn’t pass.
It’s different now, and there are work-from-home jobs with Appen that are much easier to get than that.
Go here to read my honest Appen review.
4. Work-from-Home Side Jobs as a Freelance Writer
If you have always wanted to be a writer but don’t have a degree in English, don’t sweat it, and don’t hold yourself back.
Most writers out there don’t have degrees (though of course that can help in certain cases).
An interesting place you can get work-from-home side jobs as a freelance writer is Textbroker.
You offer your services for a certain rate per word, and people looking for freelance writers can browse and hopefully pick you. When you’re starting out, you should charge a lower rate until you build up a small portfolio, and then raise your rates.
It can be easier to stand out as a freelance writer if you specialize in a couple of different topics. Pick a couple of areas you can write about easily, and highlight those on your profile. Also include why you’re qualified to write about those topics. This doesn’t have to mean a degree, etc. but real life experience is great.
You can also start a profile on Fiverr and offer freelance writing services.
For a great course on freelance writing – including how to get writing work-from-home jobs – check out this course. Especially, if you’re a beginner, I’d really recommend it to give you the confidence on how to get writing jobs, where, and how much to charge.
Related post: Unique Side Hustles: 35 Unique Side Jobs that Pay Good Money.
5. Easy Work-from-Home Side Jobs Selling Feet Pics
This is one of the work-from-home side jobs I tend to get a lot of questions and comments about. 🙂
I don’t know why?
My Aunt told me she reads my posts and really enjoys all of them, “except for the one about selling feet pics”.
Sorry Auntie!
Anyways, this is actually a legitimate work-from-home side job for a growing number of people.
There are a ton of scams out there, for almost any online job, and particularly more niche ones like selling feet photos.
This post will go into all the details, and over-arching requirements and information you need.
(Couldn’t resist.)
6. Become an Appointment Setter
If you’re looking for an easy work-from-home side job, take a look at appointment setter jobs.
You often don’t need any kind of special experience or education to get these flexible positions.
You can set appointments for medical offices, real estate agents, online coaches, and many other niches.
This is also sometimes known as lead generation, as you’re helping your client or employer by setting up potential sales appointments for them.
For all the details, check out these 24 easy online jobs as an appointment setter for when you’re feeling lazy.
Also see Jobs for Lazy People: 10 Best Jobs to Make Money Without Working Hard.
(Don’t hate me for the title – we have all wanted easy jobs at some point in our lives.)
7. Work for CVS Online
There are a lot of work-from-home side jobs in the medical field through CVS.
CVS has an awesome job portal here where you can search by location or remote.
They have positions called fully remote, and positions called work-from-home flexible.
When I did a quick search, they had all kinds of positions available, from client services to IT jobs, marketing to nursing RN jobs from home.
You can sign up to get emailed their latest job openings that fit with what you’re looking for as a work-from-home side job.
8. Legitimate Work-from-Home Side Jobs Taking Surveys
Many survey companies out there are crap.
They just are.
And you won’t get rich quick (or get rich slowly) by taking surveys.
But they are a great way to make extra cash in your spare time, and are awesome for multitasking.
You can watch The Crown or Love Is Blind and make coffee money at the same time by taking surveys.
Or if your daughter wants you to cuddle on the couch while she watches Gabby’s Dollhouse (which you have watched with her a grillion times and can recite), why not make extra money at the same time by taking a few surveys on your phone?
This is my favorite survey company, and this is another great one.
9. Get Paid to Answer Questions
If you can research online and write clear answers to questions, you might be interested in this legitimate work-from-home side job.
Answering questions online likely won’t turn into a full-time job, but this is a nice way to make extra money from home.
There are a couple of main companies who hire people to do research and answer questions.
You can find out where and more about this side hustle in this post.
10. Work-from-Home Side Jobs for Google
There are a bunch of different jobs at Google that you can do from home.
Go here and make sure you have the box checked for “remote eligible”.
You can search for work-from-home jobs by the level of education you have, job type, or skills and qualifications.
If you’re looking for a side job in particular and not a full-time job, you can toggle temporary, part-time, and intern.
You can also find work-from-home jobs for YouTube, Fitbit, and more on this job board.
There are positions in writing, engineering, and content creation and management, among others.
Related post: Beware of Work-from-Home Scams: How to Protect Yourself in the Remote Work Era.
11. Sell Books on Amazon
One of the best Amazon side jobs is selling used books.
For beginners, it’s one of the easier products to source using retail arbitrage.
Retail arbitrage simply means going into stores like Target, Walmart, or thrift stores, buying up books for the cheap, and reselling them on Amazon.
If you use Amazon FBA, you won’t even need to store all your inventory of books. You source books, and then pack up boxes to ship to an Amazon warehouse.
Then Amazon deals with the storage and shipping of your books when customers buy them.
There are actually a surprising number of ways to make money on Amazon, including some most people never think of.
Check out this important article on How to Make Money with Amazon: All the Best Ways from Selling to Self-Publishing.
And if you’re a beginner who wants to sell on Amazon, this post will be invaluable.
12. Sell Digital Products on Etsy
A few years ago most of us probably didn’t know what a “printable” was, and now many of us have either bought them or created them. 🙂
If you’re new to the printable world, a printable is a digital product like a planner, calendar, checklist, ebook, etc. They are often sold in pdf form.
When a person buys a printable, they download the digital file right away and there is no physical book or planner.
The market for printables is going to be even bigger this year.
If you want an easy and fun way to make passive income from home, you should definitely keep reading!
I have 3 amazing resources for you today.
If you are curious about selling printables on Etsy but don’t know where to start…
First grab this free ebook, which will give you a secret list of best-selling products by month and teach you how to capitalize on seasonal trends to make sales.
If you have questions about printables and want to know how the whole printables market thing works online, head over to this free 15-minute FAQ video.
It’ll make it really clear how this works and how easy it is to make money from.
For the 3rd thing, grab a seat for this online workshop on how to make money selling printables.
Like thousands of dollars in passive income…
Printables are honestly super easy to make now with the free programs that are out there.
And once they are made and available, sales can come in while you sleep, when you’re on vacation, when you’re having your morning coffee.
Learn how to make thousands in passive income selling printables here.
Related reading: Etsy Tools: The Best Free Etsy AI Tools to Crush Your Competition.
13. Blogging as a Work-from-Home Side Job
Blogging is a very flexible work-from-home side job that has the potential to make a high income. It is not a get rich quick business; you’ll have to be dedicated and put in the time. But if you are committed, it’s one of the best work-from-home side jobs in terms of flexibility and income.
Types of blogging you can do:
- Travel blogger
- Food blogger (read this if you’re interested in starting a food blog)
- Mom blogger
- Dad blogger
- DIY blogger
- Animal blogger
- Home décor blogger
- Lifestyle blogger
This is only a small list to get your ideas going; the possibilities are endless.
You can follow my easy tutorial to start your own blog here (in less time than it takes to drink your coffee!)
Blogging about blogging is one area that is really hard to break into because it’s so saturated with really skilled, established blogs.
It is doable if that is your passion and you have knowledge in the area, but you’ll have to work harder.
Sign up for the waitlist on one of my signature coaching programs: Blogging Camp:
You’ll find out when the next round opens and how to apply.
It’s 12 weeks and will teach you everything you need to know to start and monetize a blog.
Woohoo!
14. Legitimate Work-from-Home Side Jobs as an Online Tutor
If you like talking to people, a good fit for you might be to tutor online as a work-from-home side jobs for extra money.
There are more formal online side jobs as a tutor where you can teach kids or adults how to speak English.
You are often given the curriculum and tools to teach, and then you conduct a video lesson in real time.
Some of the matching agencies require a college degree (in any subject), but not all do.
Other companies hire online tutors to simply talk to their clients in English.
In this case there are no specific set of lessons; this is just conversational English so people who have English as a second language can practice.
To find out where to apply for work-from-home side jobs as a tutor or English teacher, and what the requirements are, read this post.
15. Mystery Shopper
You don’t have to leave your house for all mystery shopping jobs.
There are some work-from-home side jobs as a mystery shopper that are internet-based or phone-based.
A few years ago I worked mystery shopping side gigs for this company so I know first-hand that they are legitimate.
You can apply here to be a mystery shopper.
If you’d like to find out more first about what a mystery shopper does, pay, etc. read my review here.
16. Start a Dog Treat Business
Get paid to bake cookies for dogs!
Doesn’t that sound like one of the best work from home side jobs for extra money?
There is a free workshop here that you can sign up for to find out more about starting a dog treat bakery.
You’ll learn things like:
- What are popular dog treats
- Where to sell dog treats you make
- How much to charge for dog treats
- What you need to start your own business from home
Sign up here for the free workshop.
Read more about how to start a dog treat business here.
17. Relaxing Work-from-Home Side Jobs as a Pet Sitter
You can pet sit or dog walk for Rover.
If you choose to dog walk, you won’t exactly be working-from-home, but pet sitting is one of my favorite easy work-from-home side jobs.
You get to hang out at home, taking care of a dog or cat while their owner is away. You could get a week-long pet sitting job, or even up to a month or more if the owner is going to be away on a longer trip.
Sign up to become a pet sitter here.
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