I saw this on Reddit a while ago and saved it to my phone. I don’t even remember what subreddit it was originally from
How can I make $250 today? My boss gave me and my 2 co-workers covid and I had no way of working for 2 weeks. I provide for my girlfriend and my cat and i’m worried about the bills piling up…
One thing you could look at if you need additional income is your current spending habits. To get help with that go to /r/personalfinance, join the subreddit and read the sidebar. This is a highly active and very well moderated subreddit. Not only will they teach you the basics, they can also help with complex situations like loan consolidations etc. There’s also /r/povertyfinance, same deal, but more extreme and geared towards lower income situations.
Then if you still have questions, submit a detailed post there that includes all your expenditures and they will tell you all the possible ways in which you can reduce your spending.
The best time to submit on Reddit is early in the morning EST.
Making money online:
- You can transcribe audio on rev.com. Here’s how much money that can make you.
- You can also do mechanical turk Here’s a some details and what to watch out for. There is an active subreddit as well: /r/mturk and check out: https://turkerview.com
- Here is a list of 12 legit data entry companies, with details regarding how much it pays and type of work. Watch out if you search for companies on your own, there are apparently several scams out there for these jobs.
- You can also find work on Clickworker. Sign up: Clickworker
- 63 Jobs That Require No Experience & Let You Work at Home!
- Appen and LionsBridge seem to be quite populair currently as well (training AI networks).
- Do you have any specific skills? If you do, check out:
- fiverr: r/fiverr
- upwork: r/Upwork
- Reddit also has it’s own market place where you can advertise or find work: /r/slavelabour. This does have several (account) requirements.
Don’t bother with the unskilled jobs there, you’ll be outbid by people from developing nations willing to work well below minimum wage. There is an art to properly using these websites and you can find guides both on reddit as well as online on how to maximize your returns.
Want more options? Go to /r/beermoney. Pay attention and educate yourself if you go down this route and read the sidebar, sometimes scammers use surveys to collect information.
Keep in mind, if you follow through with this and you make a decent amount of income, you’ll have to pay taxes on it. So be prepared for that when it’s time to file your taxes.
Looking for more stable, less flexible, higher income job?
There’s some luck involved with these jobs (a lot of people consider these jobs highly desirable), so don’t give up it doesn’t pay off right away. Also do proper research on the company to make sure they are legit.
Also check out /r/WorkOnline/ and go there if you have any questions. If you sort on top last year there, you’ll find many more jobs.