There are many ways to make money online, but what do you do if you need money quickly?
A goal of making $1,000 in the next 30 days might sound like a lot, but it’s not impossible. If you only work during the week, you’ll have 20 days to work in the next month. $1,000 / 20 days = $50 / day.
This article will tell you everything you need to know to make $1,000 in the next 30 days. Almost all of them require little to no money up front and very little time. Choose one or two and you’ll be on your way to making money quickly.
How to Make Money Fast (9 Proven Ways)
- Sell your used things.
- You should sell your photos.
- Do business online
- Online teaching
- Flip furniture
- Take online surveys
- Become a pet sitter
- Do tasks on TaskRabbit
- Use Airbnb to rent out space
1. Sell your used things.
Even though this might not be a long-term job, selling things you no longer need is a great way to get cash quickly. If you have enough things to sell, you could easily make $1,000 in the next 30 days.
Depending on what you want to sell, there are many places you can go, both online and off, to sell your used items:
- Facebook Marketplace lets you list almost anything for sale to people in your area. You can decide if you want to meet somewhere or have the buyer come to you to pick up the item.
- On Craigslist, you can list almost anything for local buyers, just like on Facebook. You can then meet up with them or have them pick up the item.
- OfferUp is another way to sell almost anything locally; it’s a great way to avoid shipping.
- Poshmark lets you sell your used clothes online, where buyers can look for them. You will have to ship your items.
- Decluttr lets you sell books and old tech online, but you’ll have to ship the items.
- Swappa is an online market where you can sell old phones and laptops. You will have to ship your items.
- eBay lets you sell used items to the highest bidder to make even more money. Unless you set up a local pickup, you will probably have to ship your items.
If you want to sell things you made yourself, you could also open a shop on Etsy or Amazon Handmade. But it can take time to build up a customer base, so if you want to make money quickly, you shouldn’t rely on that alone.
It will take you a few hours to set up seller accounts and listings for each of your items.
Medium amount of work to get started: you need to clean up your home and decide what you’re going to sell. Then, you need to list those items on the vendor sites you’ve chosen.
How long it takes to get your first payment depends on where you sell your items. Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist pay you as soon as you give the buyer the item, but other sites may take longer.
What to remember:
- If you sell things on an online store, you may need to think about shipping costs.
Requirements:
- Accounts for all of the online stores you buy from.
- The ability to move or ship something.
2. You should sell your photos.
Do you know how to take good pictures? Though it can be profitable, becoming a professional photographer can take a long time. If you want to make money quickly, you could sell your photos to online stock photo websites.
Here are some sites to check out:
After you’ve taken and uploaded your photos, you get paid based on how many people download them. This means that selling your photos is a great way to make money even after you’ve done all the hard work of taking them.
Startup time: If you already have photos, it will take a couple of hours to sign up for the stock photo sites and submit your photos. Taking pictures will probably make this take longer.
How hard it is to get started depends on whether or not you already have photos.
Most sites pay once a month based on how many times your photos have been downloaded. Take a lot of photos and keep sending them to your favourite stock photo site to make more money (s).
What to remember:
- There can be a lot of competition, so you should take a lot of photos to send in.
- Not all stock photo sites let you send photos to more than one site, and the ones that do usually pay less for photos that aren’t exclusive to them.
Requirements:
- Photography skills.
- A camera of good quality (although newer smartphones also take phenomenal photos).
3. Do business online
You can make good money consistently by offering services online. If you’re good at what you do, you can start making well over $1,000 per month. But if you want to make money quickly, you’ll need to start small.
You might think about offering the following online services:
- Data entry
- Transcription
- Social media management
- Writing and proofreading
- Virtual assistant tasks
- Graphic design
- Website design
- User testing
If you don’t have more specialised skills at first, you can get started by offering simple services like data entry, transcription, or virtual assistant work while you learn how to do other online services.
And while it can take time to find new clients on your own, using a job marketplace site like Fiverr or Upwork makes it easy to find work right away. With these sites, you can list the services you offer and apply for jobs. As soon as your account is approved, you can start getting in front of clients.
After you’ve been doing this for a while, you might start getting referrals from your past clients. Eventually, you could turn this into your own small business.
Startup time: It can take either site up to 24 hours to approve your account, after which you can start posting gigs and applying for jobs.
Low work to start.
Your first payment comes as soon as the buyer approves your work on Fiverr. On Upwork, it can take up to 10 days for you to get your money.
What to remember:
- Your buyers/clients can write reviews about you, so make sure you give each one great service and an enjoyable experience.
- Choose the jobs you apply for carefully to make sure you only take on good work.
- If you want to avoid scams, don’t let clients try to pay you outside of Upwork until you’ve built a strong relationship with them.
Requirements:
- Computer
- Internet connection
- Skills to give the services you offer
4. Online teaching
Another good way to make money quickly online is to teach. If you want to share your knowledge with other people, you might want to think about making your own online course on a site like Teachable, Coursera, or Udemy.
If English is your first language but you’re not sure what you can teach, a site like VIPKid makes it easy to start teaching part-time.
With VIPKid, you can teach English to kids all over the world while working from home and making up to $22 per hour. The platform gives you the lesson plans, which makes it easy to start teaching right away.
Startup time: It can take anywhere from two to three weeks from when you sign up to when you can start teaching, so plan ahead.
Medium amount of work to start.
Time until first payment: Teachers get paid every month between the 10th and 15th.
What to remember:
- VIPKid has teachers sign six-month contracts, so make sure this is something you can do.
- VIPKid pays $7 to $9 or more per 25-minute class, so to make your $50/day goal, you’d have to teach six to seven classes (three to four hours) each day.
Requirements:
- Computer
- Internet connection
- Master of English or whatever else you’re going to teach
5. Flip furniture
If you like to do things with your hands, you could flip furniture that you find for free or cheap in your area. Even if you have to pay for materials up front, this is still a fun way to make $1,000 in 30 days.
The first thing to do is to look for furniture. Here are some tips to help you:
Drive around your neighbourhood to see if any of your neighbours have left any furniture on the side of the road. If the furniture isn’t broken, it might be a good thing to flip.
Check out local markets, like those on Facebook or Craigslist. People often post free furniture, but you have to go pick it up. Or, you might want to think about paying a small fee for easy-to-sell furniture.
Check to see if there are any “Buy Nothing” groups where people post free things in your area.
Look in thrift stores near you for cheap furniture you can fix up.
If you’ve never done it before, you might want to watch some videos online to get ideas. Many people on TikTok talk about their experiences flipping furniture and how much money they make, so that’s a good place to start.
Take a look at this example of a bedside table that was changed:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdcWRgUs/?k=1
And to give you an idea of how much you can make, this TikToker bought this vanity/dresser combo for $60 and sold it for $600:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdcnn2QX/?k=1
Then, you’ll put the piece of furniture you just fixed up on a site like Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist. Depending on the piece of furniture, you may get questions about it the same day. This can be a great way to make money quickly. If you can find furniture that fits a specific niche style, like midcentury modern or postmodern, you might also be able to sell it on Instagram.
Startup time: Finding and flipping your first piece of furniture can take a few hours.
Start-up work: a lot.
Time to first payment: You’ll get paid as soon as you meet the buyer to sell the piece of furniture.
What to remember:
- Make sure you only start with things you know you can change or sell again.
- Consider looking into where a piece of furniture came from to find out how much it cost when it was new. This can help you price it later.
- Find the best price for your repurposed furniture by looking at Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist.
Requirements:
- A car that can carry large items.
- Supplies for flipping.
- Learn the basics of how to sand, paint, etc (though these can be improved through practice).
6. Take online surveys
One quick way to start making money is to fill out online surveys. All you need is a computer with internet access and a little time.
Even though it’s not exciting and can get boring after a while, taking surveys every day can help you make a nice amount of extra cash. Remember that we need a lot of people to take surveys for us to reach our $1,000 goal.
You can use a number of online survey sites to make money quickly:
- Swagbucks: It pays in Swagbucks, which can be turned in for gift cards or PayPal cash. Most surveys are worth between 40 SB points and 200 SB points. Since 100 SB points are worth $1, this means that most surveys are worth between 50 and $2.
- LifePoints is another site where you can take surveys and get paid in “points.” Again, you can get gift cards or PayPal cash with these. Surveys are worth between 60 and 350 LifePoints, but it’s not easy to figure out how many points are worth how much money. People have said that 550 LifePoints are the same as a $5 gift card. The site says that each survey takes between 10 and 20 minutes.
- InboxDollars: This site pays cash. Each survey takes between three and twenty-five minutes and pays between 50 and $5. With
With InboxDollar, you can also get paid to shop online, play online games, or read emails. - With Survey Junkie, you can get gift cards and PayPal cash. One point on Survey Junkie is worth the same as one point on Swagbucks, which is 1. From what I’ve seen in online reviews, most of its surveys seem to be worth between 40 and 80 points each.
- Opinion Outpost: The points-to-cash exchange rate for Opinion Outpost is 10 cents per point, and surveys range from 5 points to 250 points (50 cents to $25) You can also test products, review ads, and do other things to earn money on this site.
Sign up for all of the above survey sites to make $1,000 in the next 30 days. Most sites offer a sign-up bonus that can help you get closer to your goal. You’ll have to put in several hours every day to make any real money.
Many people who were new to the sites said they made between $2 and $4 per hour. As the sites learn more about your profile and show you surveys you qualify for, you’ll be able to raise that hourly rate.
Setting up an account on each of the survey sites you choose takes only a few minutes.
Start-up work: To make $1,000 with this side job, you have to put in a lot of time.
Depending on the survey site, it takes about a week to get the first payment.
What to remember:
- To make a lot of money from surveys, you will need to spend a lot of time on them, and you may want to use more than one site.
- Not every survey will let you qualify, so you might spend a few minutes on the qualification part and then not get to take the full survey.
- This means that you don’t get paid the full amount.
Requirements:
- Computer
- Internet connection
- Time
- Many online survey sites have a minimum age requirements (usually 13 or 18)
7. Become a pet sitter
Do you love animals? If so, it would be easy for you to start a side business as a pet sitter or dog walker. With apps like Rover, you can spend your free time with other people’s pets. You can sign up for services like house sitting, boarding your dog, walking your dog, dropping by to check on your pet, and doggy day care.
You can charge anywhere from $15 to $45 per walk and even more for some of the other services you offer. You can easily reach your $1,000 goal in the next 30 days if you walk three to four dogs every day.
Startup time: It can take Rover anywhere from five to ten business days to review your account, so make sure you sign up in plenty of time.
Low work to start.
When you’ll get your first payment: Two days after the service is done, the money will show up in your Rover account. You can then ask for them to be sent to PayPal or by check. A check will be in your mailbox in five to seven business days.
What to remember:
- Set your prices around what other dog walkers in your area charge, or pet owners will be less likely to hire you.
Requirements:
- An account for Rover
- Knowing how to take care of dogs and other animals
8. Do tasks on TaskRabbit
If you think that sitting at your computer all day is the worst way to spend your time, you might want to sign up for TaskRabbit instead to reach your $1,000 goal. Before you use this site, you should make sure it serves your area:
Then you can make an account, list your services, and set your prices. People usually use TaskRabbit for the following kinds of jobs:
- Put together furniture
- Help moving
- Delivery
- Cleaning
- Ironing and doing laundry
- Pet sitting
- Shopping
- Yard work
TaskRabbit is a great place to go if you’re handy, have a truck and can move things, or want to do some tasks that a personal assistant would do. Also, you can set rates anywhere from $20 to $80 an hour, so you should be able to reach your $50 per day goal without much trouble.
Less than an hour is needed to sign up and set up your services and rates.
Medium to high, depending on the services you offer. For example, moving furniture takes more work than running errands.
Time to first payment: Payments can take up to 24 hours to be approved after the job is done, and then another three to five days to reach your bank account.
What to remember:
- TaskRabbit shows you what the most common rate is in your area, so set your prices the same way until you get some good ratings and reviews.
- Offer as many services as you feel comfortable with to improve your chances of getting hired.
- Make sure your availability is correct, or you won’t show up for jobs when it says you’re not available.
Requirements:
- Account on TaskRabbit
- The skills to finish the jobs you sign up for
- Having access to a car (often)
- Time
9. Use Airbnb to rent out space
If you don’t use a spare bedroom, a mother-in-law suite over your garage, or another habitable part of your home or property, you could rent it out on Airbnb as a short-term rental.
How much you can charge per night depends on where you live, how much space you give each guest, how many people you can house, and how close you are to tourist attractions.
Depending on where you live, you could charge anywhere from $50 to $100 a night to rent out a private bedroom. In the next 30 days, this could easily add up to more than $1,000.
Startup time: Your listing may not show up in search results for up to 72 hours.
How hard it is to get started depends on how ready your space is for guests.
The first payment is sent to the host one day after the guest checks in. PayPal payments show up the same day, but bank account payments can take up to five days to appear.
What to remember:
- Pay attention to the rules set by your HOA, city, apartment complex, etc.
- on rentals for a short time.
Requirements:
- A place for rent
- Account for Airbnb
- Any paperwork or permits that are needed for short-term rentals
It takes time to make enough money to live on.
It’s easy to start making money quickly. But while these are great ways to get out of a tight financial spot, they are hard to turn into long-term wealth.
Instead, think about other ways to make money online, like opening a Shopify store and building your own ecommerce business.
How to make money fast?
How can I get money right away?
- Get rid of your old things.
- You should sell your photos.
- Offer your services online.
- Online teaching.
- Flip furniture.
How can I earn extra money?
- Make your own things and sell them.
- Make your own designs for a business that prints on demand.
- Start a drop-shipping company.
- Start a zine and sell digital subscriptions.
- Join the economy of freelance work.
- Teach a class on the Internet.
- Find more ideas at 24 Best Side Jobs to Make Extra Money Right Now
How can I make $1,000 a day?
- The dropshipping business
- Print on demand
- Handmade products
- Digital products
- Photography
- Video games
- Published by themselves
