The 5 Best Ways to Make Money Without a Job

If you think making money without a job sounds too good to be true, you are completely wrong! Honestly, it is possible and it can become a reality for you. If you open yourself up to thinking about money in a different way than the structured, typical work day and paycheck, you will open yourself up to a world of possibilities!

I have to say that if making money without a job is a dream of yours, now is the best time to pursue that dream! The opportunity to create your own income streams has never been better. There are hundreds of ways to make a living without crumbling to the pressure to get a 9-5. I’m going to share with you the 5 best ways to make money without a job right now.

1. Shop Til You Drop

A great way to start making money without a job is to help others by shopping and/or making deliveries for them. You can earn cash being a full service shopper for those who can’t or don’t want to go out to the store. Let’s face it – in this scary Covid world there are plenty of people who would rather not go out to shop for themselves.

You can become a full-service shopper with a company like Instacart, just fulfill someone’s shopping list and deliver the items to them. Signing up is super easy and you get to make your own schedule, choosing the hours and locations that work for you. And the best part is you get paid within one hour of making the delivery with the instant cash out option.

Don’t want to go into the store and actually shop yourself? No problem. Door dash is a food delivery service. Customers place an order from the approved list of hundreds of restaurants, including Starbucks and Chipotle to name a couple. The Doordash app pushes the order out to nearby Dashers who are currently logged into the app. You just pick up the food, drop it off to the customer and collect your payment.

With Doordash you keep 100% of the delivery fee plus any tips or boosts. Dashers earn between $15-$20 per hour on average. You can work as much as you want, when you want and where you want. All you need is a vehicle, a smartphone and to be over 18 years of age.

2. Franchise

If you are willing to put a little money in up front, finding a franchise opportunity might be right for you. You can research franchises through many different avenues. Try looking up best franchise to operate today, or most profitable franchises, the easiest franchise to start or franchises with low initial investment.

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There is a franchise out there for nearly every interest you may have. The beauty of investing in a franchise is that you don’t have recreate the wheel. The process, systems, products are all there for you already. Keep in mind that some franchises offer multiple franchise locations so you run multiple locations however some require the franchisee to be on location which is what you are trying to get away from.

I could lose a few hours researching franchises. There are so many fun, interesting and profitable opportunities.

3. Be a Freelance Writer

Another great way to make money without having a regular day job is to work as a freelance writer. If you like to journal or write at all, you can sell your words. Freelancing is an easy way to make a few hundred or a few thousand dollars per month.

There are many resources online that teach freelancers how to find their first clients, what they should charge and how to develop a specialty or niche. I like The Barefoot Writer for general information about being a freelance writer. Some sites that I have used for finding work and for hiring people are Upwork, Scripted or Fiverr. They all operate a little differently so you just have to check them out to see which you prefer. There are many other sites similar to these as well.

Most freelance writers make on average .10 per word, so a 1000 article could earn you $100. Of course your earnings depend on how fast you write, review and edit your work. The first year for a freelance writer is the most challenging as you work to find clients and improve your speed.

Developing a niche is helpful in not only getting clients but it helps you write more informed specialized articles since you are becoming an expert in your field of choice.

4. Affiliate Marketing

If you are learning and developing your own interest in a specific niche then you might want to consider my favorite way to earn a living without a job. Affiliate marketing is something we all do every day. When you talk to your friends and tell them about a great restaurant you went to and you are so compelling in your description of the atmosphere, menu and amazing meals that they go to the restaurant, you have been affiliate marketing. Your experience got someone else to purchase something. When you are an affiliate, you earn a commission on that sale.

You can earn money by word of mouth, for example that might be like a referral bonus. If you send someone to buy a product and they use your name or special code, you will get a percentage of that sale.

There are some great companies that teach people all about affiliate marketing. Some even have step by step programs to help you build a website and many event offer web hosting platforms. My favorite and the one I joined many years ago is Wealthy Affiliate.

5. Blogging

Affiliate marketing ties in with another great way to earn money without a job, which is blogging. Anyone can start a blog today. Make a list of things you enjoy or are interested in learning about and start writing.

I sat down a while ago and wrote a list of about 25 things I enjoy – it only took bout 10 minutes. Then I put a mark next to those that I really love and another mark next to any of those that I had a fair amount of knowledge about. I circled any item that had two marks next to it. Those are the topics I feel that I could write and write and write about. I am passionate about them so hopefully my passions would come through in my writing. If I am passionate about something then I already know some stuff about it and I want to continue to learn more. In other words, I have a lot to write about that topic and I enjoy researching it and learning more about it.

Once people start reading your blog, because you have helpful tips, funny insights and new ideas, then you can recommend products and when someone clicks on a link in your blog and buys that product you get paid. Blogging and affiliate marketing go hand in hand. They are different in that you can blog without any affiliate commissions and you can be an affiliate without using a blog (you might use social media or YouTube).

In Summary

All of these methods to make money without a regular job (or a boss) are doable for the average person.

The combination of blogging and affiliate marketing is to me the most exciting and profitable way to make money without a job. Another bonus about blogging and affiliate marketing is that they can be done 100% online from your home. All you need is a laptop, internet connection and a web hosting platform.

Making money without a job is a real possibility for you. The best advice I can give you if you are truly interested in making money without a job is the get started today. You will be ten years older in ten years whether you are working a 9-5 and stuck in the same spot or going for it and making money without a job. Either way, ten years from now, if you do not get started today, you will look back and regret it! Don’t let that happen – Dream big!!