I always knew I wanted to work from home. In my mind, I had happy visions of sitting on my couch while the cash flowed in. Today, I do work from home. And while my vision looks slightly different (in that I actually have to do some work in order to start the cash flowing), it’s still very nice! Here are some easy ways to get started today making money from your couch!
1. Bing Rewards
Bing Rewards makes earning so easy, you might even forget you’re earning—seriously! All you have to do is sign up for Bing Rewards using a Microsoft account and then search the web using Bing as your search engine browser.
The best part is, you start earning just by joining! It’s free and you’ll get 120 credits when you join now!
Here are other easy, free ways to earn:
- Accept new offers.
- Try new features.
- Make Bing your homepage.
- Search on your mobile device as well as your work and home computer.
How you earn:
- You can redeem your earned rewards for gift cards (including Amazon, Starbucks, Groupon, xBox, Dominos, Sephora and more).
- You can turn your rewards points into fuel rewards or airline miles.
- You can use your points to enter sweepstakes for bigger winnings.
- You can donate your rewards to the charity of your choice.
2. Pinecone Research
Pinecone Research is a particularly unique way to earn from your couch—and one of my favorites. Not only do they maintain an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau (not an easy feat), but they get rave reviews from Survey Police and others.
But even these wonderful points aside, one of the reasons I love it so much is that you’ll be asked for your opinions on products most people don’t even know exist yet—so it’s exciting as well as financially rewarding work!
It’s free to join, and you can start receiving survey opportunities as early as immediately. Most surveys will take 15 minutes or less. The number of points you earn will vary for each survey, but most will equal out to around $3 cash. You can then redeem accrued points for cash (via PayPal) or rewards and prizes.
3. Start your own blog
At this moment in time, I make most of my couch-side income through blogging. I love it. Blogging is one of the most rewarding career choices I’ve ever made—it’s fun, flexible, creative, and opens up a whole new world of money-making opportunities. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
If you’ve been dreaming of starting a blog but aren’t sure how to get started, check out our How to Blog series! We’ll show you how to start your own coupon blog and make it profitable in 30 days!
Other ways to monetize your blogging (all covered in the How to Blog series!):
- Affiliate links. Products you endorse on your blog.
- Sponsors. Ads you accept for your blog.
- Images. Enticing images can reel readers in.
4. Opinion Outpost
Opinion Outpost pays you for—wait for it—sharing your opinion. Since you likely often do that for free (I know I do!), it’s great to get paid for it too!
You can sign up via email, or use Facebook or your Google+ account to join (it’s free!). Once you join, you can start earning right away. One of the most popular ways to earn is to get cash, but you can also redeem rewards for other perks.
- About the surveys: Surveys are sent via email. Most are 10-15 questions and will only take a few minutes to complete. The surveys you get are customized to your profile, so you may get different surveys than someone else in your family.
- About the rewards: You can earn cash (via PayPal), redeem rewards for great gift cards (Amazon, iTunes, etc.), and—best of all—for every survey you take, you get one entry into the quarterly prize draw to win $10,000 (that isn’t a typo—yes, $10,000!).
5. Inbox Dollars
Inbox Dollars has become such a popular way to earn money from your couch that it was featured on Good Morning America. You can start earning ($5, to be exact) just for signing up!
Inbox Dollars gives you six ways to earn:
- Read emails.
- Take surveys.
- Try new brand name products.
- Play games online.
- Shop online.
- Refer friends (when they join and earn, you earn 10% of what they earn).
How you get paid:
- As soon as your Inbox Dollars account reaches $30, you can request a check or a Visa Cash card—it’ that easy!
One of the best things about choosing Inbox Dollars to earn from your couch is that you will never wonder how much you will earn for your activities—each offer has a dollar amount (or another type of reward) stated right up front. So you can maximize the time you have to earn.
Also, Inbox Dollars and Bing Rewards (see #1) are linked—so you can potentially double what you are earning!
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