Do you need to make some extra cash every week from home? If you are a stay at home parent, retiree, student, or you are working full-time but need another side job to earn extra money, you can easily make an extra $100/week or $400/month from home to supplement your household income.
You could use that cash to boost your savings account, pay off your debt faster, or do the things that you enjoy.
Here are 11 great ways to make an extra $100 every week from home.
1. Complete Online Surveys
You can make a little extra cash every week by completing surveys online on your computer or smartphone. Sign up for a few reputable survey sites and complete as many surveys as possible each week.
Some reputable companies to sign up with include:
They will not make you rich, but earnings really do add up over time. Cash out your earnings when you reach the threshold amount. You can put that cash towards an emergency savings account.
You can make anywhere between a few cents and a few dollars per survey, depending on the survey site and the length and complexity of the survey.
2. Test Websites and Apps Online
Website testing jobs usually involve visiting a website, completing a set of tasks like finding a particular section on a site, then offering your feedback about the user experience via video and audio recording.
Sign up for UserTesting, Userfeel, Whatusersdo, TryMyUI and Userlytics sites that offer website an app testing jobs. You will earn $5 to $15 per test, depending on the job and the site offering the job.
Here is a list of places that pay you test websites.
3. Tutor Students Online
If you are skilled at a particular academic subject, you can tutor students of all ages from home. There are many online tutoring companies/sites you can check out.
As long as you have a bachelor’s degree you do not need a teaching background to be able to earn money tutoring online.
A few reputable online tutoring sites that will help you land online tutoring jobs include Tutor.com, TutorVista, Chegg Tutors, Aim-for-A, Chegg, Student-Tutor, Revolution Prep.
Here’s a list of more places to check out.
4. Offer Your Services on Fiverr
If you have a marketable skill, you can advertise it on Fiverr . You can sell services like writing, web designing, graphic designing, virtual assistance, SEO, social media marketing, programming and more.
Signing up is free. You can then create a ‘gig’ that you are willing to do for others.
For example, you can create a gig like “I will write a 500-word article on any topic for $20”. You can add add-ons to your gig to increase your earnings like “I will write an extra 300 words for $5”. Sellers can offer 3 different packages in each gig.
You can create multiple gigs up to a certain number. When a buyer orders one of your gigs, you will deliver and then get paid by the buyer.
5. Work as a Freelancer
Freelancers offer skills to solve problems for others. Some examples include writing, editing, proofreading, web design, graphic design, internet marketing, programming, teaching, virtual assisting, sales and more.
The great thing about being a freelancer is that you can work for multiple companies instead of just one.
Some sites you can sign up with to find jobs include Upwork, Freelancer, PeoplePerHour, and Guru. These sites will take a small cut from your earnings each time you get paid by a client.
You can earn more money by finding your own clients. Do this by reaching out to businesses, offering your service.
See: Top Freelance Jobs of the Year
6. Babysitting
This work from home job is particularly ideal for stay at home moms. No matter where you live, people are looking for babysitters everywhere, all the time.
Babysitting jobs really pay well. You can make $18 or more per hour, depending on your location. You can make great money in little time. If you do a few hours a week, you can make $100 or more a week easily.
7. Freelance Writing
If you have a knack for writing, you can make extra money creating online content.
There are many different types of sites that will let you make money from freelance writing. You can write articles for clients via article writing sites like Textbroker, iWriter, Online Writing Jobs, and more. You can bid for writing jobs posted by clients to freelance sites like Upwork, Freelancer, and Guru.
You can make more money by finding your own clients. Here’s how.
8. Become a Social Media Assistant or Manager
Do you spend a lot of time on social media sites, like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram? Do you know how social media sites work? Today, companies and individuals use social media to promote their products and services and build brand image.
Many small companies and professionals do not have the time or expertise to manage their social media accounts. You can do this for them and get paid to do so as a social media assistant or manager.
Typical tasks, that you may have to do include post content to your client’s social media pages, schedule posts, create a Facebook page, moderate comments, increase following, and more, depending on your client and your skills.
You can find social media jobs on different kinds of sites like Upwork, Freelancer, Media Bistro, FlexJobs, Fiverr, etc. sites. How much you can earn will vary based on your skills/experience, the job, and the client.
9. Become a Search Engine Evaluator
Do you use search engines often to find information about various topics? Do you have knowledge about how search engines work? Then you can make money from home becoming a search engine evaluator.
Search engines like Google hire search engine evaluators to provide feedback on the accuracy and relevancy of search results based on a particular search term or query. Your feedback will help the search engine evaluate and improve their search listings.
You can earn anywhere from $10 and $15 per hour. So, if you can work a few hours per week, you can earn $100 per week from home.
There are some companies that hire for search engine evaluator jobs such as Lionbridge, Appen, and Leapforce.
10. Get Paid to Answer Questions Online
You can get paid to share your knowledge with others online. If you have expertise in a particular topic you can sign up to answer questions as an expert.
Here’s a list of the top companies to sign up with.
11. Complete Small Tasks Online
There are many sites that will let you earn money by doing small tasks online. Amazon Mechanical Turk and Clickworker both allow you to get paid to do jobs like taking short surveys, data entry, transcription, translation, writing short articles or blog posts, etc.
Best of all they are work when you want type jobs.
Related: 15 Work When You Want Jobs
Yes, You Can Earn an Extra $100 per Week from Home
If you need some extra cash each week from home, try these ideas. Some of them can lead to full-time income every month, depending on your skills and how much effort you put in.
John Manley says
I just wanted to thank you for this post. I think it’s really helpful.
I’ve been unwell for some time and need to slowly get back into earning (or starve! Lol).
It helps having an entry point and your article is it!
Alexa says
I’m glad it could help and best of luck to you!
Fauna says
Thank you so damn much lady!!! I love this article fr, and my situation really calls for this. We are a blended fam- but we’re close as hell, and between hospital bills and things not going right, being new to Arizona and dealing with this heat after moving here from Illinois, this can be applied no matter where you live(least in the USA) so THANK YOU. I was also wondering if I could ask you for some personal advice? I would like to send you an email if thats okay, regardless thanks for this info, and God Bless❤️
-Fauna
Alexa says
Yes, definitely! Email me @ [email protected]