Top Ten Easy Ways To Make Money

Holidays are here with us and as usual we know you’d like to have some extra money for that road trip, a treat for loved ones or just to have some stacks in your pocket. Bearing in mind just how hard it sometimes gets to have some money, we have compiled some easy and fun ways to make extra money. Okay… maybe not that easy and fun but definitely better than sitting in an office the whole day or scrubbing floors.

 

1. Photography

Photography is probably the easiest thing to do now that almost every device comes with a camera. Photography is however more than just aiming and clicking a button, but with such simple and easily available software like Adobe Photoshop, Picasa and Photopad Pro, you can easily become the best photographer in town. So grab any decent camera, take photos and edit them so well and give them out for free or for very little pay at first. Soon you will be commanding big money.

2. Busking

This is for those that can sing and/ or play instruments. All you need is some confidence and good knowledge of your instrument or songs. Secondly, choose a nice spot with a lot of people who are able to drop you some good change, like outside parliament or the UN Complex. Thirdly, sing your heart out baby! Many famous people started out busking and ended up balling!

 

3. Buy and Sell

This sounds like a typical business but you must be very smart in whatever you decide to deal in if you want to succeed. Don’t deal in sukumawiki because thats a lot of work. Just get a reliable internet connection and you can buy and sell things like domain names from GoDaddy.com and sell back on DomainLore for profits. All you need to do is be able to identify domain names with commercial value. Otherwise you can also buy and sell things on OLX or from your home.

 

4. Make Stuff

With more and more people now interested in custom stuff, you can take advantage and create whatever you want and sell. You can design your own or simply take whats already designed and only customise them before selling. It can be anything from jewellery, clothes or even utensils and furniture. All you need to do is be creative and identify a market.

 

5. Wash Cars

This is one way of making money that never fails because just like the sun rises and sets, cars will always get dirty over and over again. All you need to do is find a spot that frequently hosts nice cars and some water. For a start, you only need to buy a sachet of powder soap for 50 bob then you grab a bucket and an old cushion from home. A church or an established car park is a good ground if you can speak with the authorities to let you do so.

 

6. Tutor

If you are patient and have some knowledge, then try finding people that you can teach. It can be a musical instrument or a subject. This is very good because you will be paid per the duration you work which could be anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour and the timings are very strict. You can find clients through social network posts, referrals or placing an advertisement at a public place like a mall, a church or a school.

 

7. Cool Mobile Apps

This is not only for techies and geeks, actually its not for that kind of people at all because its too easy. What happens is, there are these cool apps that let you do things like scan a business card and all the information is copied and stored in a data base. The catch is that such apps are still quite expensive, so all you need to do is invest in one then you can go from office to office compiling all their business card contacts in one neatly organised electronic database.

8. Rent Out Spare Rooms

If you live in a big house or simply have a room that is not occupied, then you are wasting time and money. Just find a bed, a shelf and a wardrobe if there is non and you can rent out the room to either people on short stays or to long term tenants. All you need to do is discuss other things like house facilities; how you will share and how they will pay for them.

 

9. Be A Middleman or Agent

Middlemanning is not a new trade but there are always new ways and fields to it. All you need to do is find out who is selling what then go out and find a buyer. This way, according to your arrangement with both buyer and seller, you get paid good money by both as commission if the transaction goes through.

10. Sell Yourself

Believe it or not, there is a market for human body parts. So if you have long hair or dreadlocks that you dont treasure so much, you can find a buyer. Just ask around salons. You can also sell your plasma, eggs and sperms at some facilities in Nairobi. These specifically take some time for tests before you can start earning and there are conditions to be followed, but you make good money at the end of it anyway.