I'm interested in adding a little to my family's income, so I've been researching ways to make money from home. The thing that immediately popped into my mind was selling for a company like Tupperware. Unfortunately, I'm not really the social type and we live in a small town with limited prospects. I'm also not that into the up-front investment.
So far I've found two websites through which I can make at least a little bit of money. Amazon Mechanical Turk (weird name, I know) offers "HITs" or short jobs for pay. I try to snatch up short articles to write. Those will make me $2-4, and it only takes me 10-15 minutes. Not too bad.
I've also joined Associated Content, where I can get paid for writing articles. The idea is to get paid for page views of your articles, but so far I've only done assignments that also have an up-front payment (usually of only $1).
Then I also do some online surveys and stuff. I've done that for a long time, and it's not much, but it's something.
Over the last two days I've made about $20. If I could make $10 a day, five days per week, that would take a huge chunk out of our grocery budget!
What I'd really like to do is sell candy or baked goods. I'm not an expert by any means, but I think I'm a decent baker. I also enjoy making things like chocolate covered Oreos. Nothing too fancy.
Turns out it's a little complicated. I don't exactly have a commercial kitchen in which to prepare these items, and that makes getting a food license a little difficult. I'm still exploring my options.
Too bad it's the middle of winter; otherwise I could have gotten a table at a local farmer's market.
So I'm still looking around, asking questions, and generally making myself a nuisance to the state health department!
One option for qualifying without a commercial kitchen is to borrow or rent one from a church or company which is already approved. If you are really serious about it, ask around your local area.
Thanks for that tip! Unfortunately, the local churches don't have certified kitchens. =( I think it's all for the best, though, as it wouldn't have worked if I had to leave home to cook. I need to be here to help DangerBear with his business and homeschool Chickpea. That idea is going in my notes for the future. =)
So, I'm interested in this Amazon turk thing, how'd you come acrossed it? What do you write about? Feel free to email me if you like. Or have time. lol ;)
Sarah: Expect an email from me sometime this weekend. =)