how to make money online

On this page you’ll find all the best ways to make money
in your spare time whilst at university based on our own
experience. We’ll keep adding new ways to this page so
go ahead and bookmark it. And please do share your
own ideas in the comments!

Top ways to make money online and offline

1. No-risk matched betting

Hands down the quickest way to make a lot of
money (well, without breaking the law). Lots of
students have genuinely made £100s from this
technique. It’s completely legal, risk free, tax free,
and anyone can do it.
It works by taking advantage of free bets regularly
offered by betting sites through ‘matching’ them at
a betting exchange. Matched betting eliminates the
risk (you are betting both for and against a certain
outcome).
This leaves you being able to squeeze out the free
bet, which can be as much as £200! Multiply this by
how many betting sites there are and you can quite
easily come away with a profit of a few hundred
pounds.
Owen walks you through how to make your first
£15 profit (using a real life example) in this gem of
a guide to matched betting. If you know of any
better way to make £30/hr sitting at home, please
let us know!

2. Online surveys

An increasingly popular way for students to make
money is to fill out online surveys in their spare
time. Research companies are always recruiting
new members to answer surveys and test new
products.
For a few minutes of form filling, you can make a
couple of quid which is paid as cash or rewards.
You can bag up to £3 ($5) for some surveys!
A few good ones to try are: Toluna.com, Vivatic.com,
OnePoll.com, MySurvey.com, SurveyBods.com, Valued.com
Opinions.com, The Opinion Panel{google that}, YouGov.com,
PopulusLive.com, GlobalTestMarket.com, Pinecone.com,
IPSOS.com, Hiving.com, PanelBase.com, MintVine.com, OpinionOutpost.com, Mingle.com, HarrisPoll.com, MindMover.com, NewVista.com, iPoll.com .
Also sign up for Swagbucks.com which rewards you for
surveys as well as simply surfing the web, watching
videos and playing games.

3. Paid for searching the web

Interested in earning cash for doing what you
already do online? This has to be one of the easiest
methods of making money online without really
any effort or change in your behavior.
This innovative idea by Qmee.com rewards you for
searching in Google, Bing or Yahoo. You just install
a simple add-on to your browser and when you
conduct a search there may be a few sponsored
results alongside your normal search.
Each Qmee result has a cash reward attached – if
you are interested in it simply click on it and collect
your reward.
The best thing is there is no minimum to cashout –
our first one was just 72p wired to our Paypal
account. You also have the option to donate it to
charity.

4. Social Investment Networks

The historically hard-to-break world of investing in
stock markets and currencies has been cracked
wide open. Today there is no need to be a fat cat or
fund the yachts of Wolf of Wall Street style stock
brokers. You can do it all yourself with the help of
online market trading platforms.
Having spent many hours researching this new
opportunity, I’ve been experimenting with the two
biggest platforms: Plus500 and eToro.com.
Both offer free practice accounts, and Plus500 also
give you a free £20 (without depositing, terms
apply) which is worth taking up. Overall I prefer
eToro with over 4 million users worldwide. It was
recently featured in the BBC 2 documentary
“Traders: Millions by the Minute” and the Financial
Times.
One of the best things on eToro is the CopyTrader
feature. This lets you literally see, follow and copy
the investments of other top performing traders.
Follow George’s complete guide to trading on
eToro to learn more. I think $200 is a good amount
to get the most out of the learning curve by trying
out a few different markets. If nothing else you’ll
learn a great deal about various investments and
industries.
Warning: trading can be volatile and you can lose
money, so don’t throw your life savings into it!

5. Review websites & apps for cash

Well it seems like you’re pretty nifty with a web
browser, so perhaps it’s time to turn pro and
browse websites as a paid and fun job!
Introducing UserTesting.com – a new platform
that pays everyday people to review all kinds of
websites. Each review takes around 20 minutes and
bags you $10 (£6.50) via Paypal.