5 Best Ways To Earn Money Online Other Than Freelancing
By: Abdullah Gull
Tags: Gaming, Money, Online Earning, Instagram Marketing, YouTube

Wanna make some easy money from your laptop, lying in your bed? You’ve come to the right place.

We already know what freelancing is and the methods to make money online so, I’ll not bore you by giving some brief introduction or something like that.

Why Other Than Freelancing

The online marketplace is stuffed with freelancers and skilled people that offer their services online.

People opt for different methods like graphic designing, content writing, programming, app development, program cracking, web development, etc.

But as you know that these skills have a lot of professionals and they make freelancing platforms like Upwork, Fiverr, PeoplePerHour extremely competitive platforms.

People face a lot of difficulties in securing a job.

Intro:

This antagonistic environment made me think that you must be looking for alternate methods for making money online.

Well, these methods exist and they do require some hard work and skill but you don’t have to fight your way through a horde of competitors.

Let me tell you that these methods are not even a bit related to those cheap methods like filling captchas, surveys, playing games on some mobile app, and crypto-currency trading.

These methods are completely legit and they promise a lot of money for their practicers. These jobs are:

1) Social Media Influencer

You must have seen famous Tiktok celebrities or Instagrammers promoting some brands in their videos and posts. They are social media influencers and they use the popularity of their social media pages to make money.

If you have the ability to make creative content that can attract viewers, then you should definitely go for it.

You can utilize your time on the internet to make some money rather than scrolling uselessly and sharing memes.

This job has a plus point that your work will not remain a boring job because the same thing you previously did for recreation or enjoying will become a good source of income.

All you have to do is to create social media content that attracts people. Use all methods of optimization and marketing tricks to gather more and more followers.

Scope:

This field has a lot of scope in the future because marketing is the need of every major or minor brand.

This field will always be waiting for newcomers because Instagram marketing proves to be much cost-effective for brands than TV marketing.

Income:

You can:

use affiliate links

be a brand ambassador

create promotion posts, stories, and IGTV videos

All of them offer a large sum of money as salary.

The income varies with the number of followers you got. It also depends on the brand you’re advertising for and the country you live in. No matter where you live, you can still earn a handsome amount of money.

Christiano Ronaldo, the football legend earns approximately $40 million per annum from Instagram.

But here we are talking about beginners like you. The rate is charged per post. In the US people charge $100 per Instagram post if he has less than 10,000 followers.

2) Sell Your Best Shots

If you’re talented in photography and love to click the best moments, nature, and animals, then you can turn your passion into cash.

You can spend your job time in the lap of nature instead of some boring room with computers in front of you.

Even if you are not trained enough to be an expert photographer you can still use photo-editing and graphic designing software to create bewitching pictures.

There are many websites that buy photographs like,

Shutterstock

Getty Images

Foap

Adobe Stock

Alamy

Fine Art America

Scope:

This niche has extensive scope now and also in the future. This method is a respectable way to earn money for photographers especially in South Asian countries like India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh where photographers are not given a good status.

Many magazines and bloggers are in need of good photos. You can supply them with your valuable clicks and get paid.

Students can make more than sufficient money and still study because this skill just requires your recreational time. You can make money and still enjoy.

Income:

Income here is commission-based. Different websites have their own rates. Adobe pays 33% as commission. Foap, Alamy, and Shutterstock also have their rates to roundabout 20%-40%.

The money you earn is based on the number of photos you upload and for how many times it is used. Agencies rent the photos for a specific time and you get the royalties

You can easily earn about $300 a month by stock photography. Hence it is a much-worthy platform for South Asians.

3) Sell Domain Names

This niche is much like the real estate business.

You’ll have to make a little investment for the registration of a domain. You must apply SEO rules to make a perfect domain for a specific purpose.

Name the domain according to the buyer's needs and interests. You’ll have to wait for a considerable time for selling your domain at the best price.

There are a number of websites that sell domains according to your needs like,

Domain.com

Namecheap

Bluehost

GoDaddy

Buydomains

For selling a Domain at a good price, you should have a website that ranks at a good position at Google.

You should do some research before buying a domain, for example, if you acquire a domain that much resembles a popular one, then there are high chances that it’ll help you earn a lot of money.

Strategies like creating more and more backlinks can increase the worth of a domain.

A cheap bought domain can actually create thousands of dollars. A well-curated domain can earn you $5000 per month easily. All you have to do is to follow some steps to increase its worth and wait for the right time to sell.

4) Gaming

The best method to earn money as a gamer is by creating a YouTube channel. There are other methods like winning E-sports tournaments, but these are relatively difficult.

The gaming industry has seen a substantial expanse in the last few years. Games that were previously regarded as a waste of time are now being pursued as successful careers.

Scope:

Gaming channels are one of the most viewed YouTube channels.

Good graphics, interesting story, fascinating gameplay are a complete alternative choice for any other story-based content.

What you need is just a regular gaming setup which some of you might still have.

Good story-based gameplay coupled with some interesting commentary from your side can create a bewitching video for viewers.

It is expected that the circle of E-sports will be expanded. Each country will have its own team. Domestic tournaments will be regularly held like we see today in cricket and football.

This step will increase the number of players required hence more players can pursue gaming as a career.

Income:

As aforementioned, the source of income is YouTube monetization. Moreover shorter TikTok videos can also be availed for making money.

YouTube earning can be increased through ads and promotions.

5) YouTube

This platform has been used for many years to make money.

It has millions of users across the world that’s why its monetization program proves to be much cost-effective.

You just have to pick up a niche of your interest. It can be a tech channel, gaming channel, comedy skits, or music channel.

Every niche gathers lots of viewers if the video is perfectly cured with the right tools.

The most trending topic right now to make a YouTube video is “Making money online”. Young YouTubers are explaining in their videos that how to get orders on Upwork, Fiverr, etc. These videos have a lot of viewership.

The reason is that Covid 19 and the recent trend of online earning have inspired many to increase their income.

Scope:

YouTube will remain a continuous source of entertainment and infotainment. Every person needs to get some rest after his arduous job. YouTube is the most commonly used free platform that provides quality content.

Hence, anyone with good entertaining skills can gather a lot of viewership.

Income:

YouTube monetization can be activated by achieving a goal of 4000 hours of view time and 1000 subscribers in the previous 12 months.

Forbes estimated the earning to be almost $5 per 1000 views. Using this pay rate a video having 1000,000 views can make you $5000.

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