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Last Updated: October 4, 2022 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 4 Comments

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you. Please read my disclosure for more info.

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I talk about extra income a lot. To read my posts about extra income, click here.

Below are my extra income updates:

  • $672 extra in May
  • $994 extra in June
  • $1,425 extra in July
  • $1,603 extra in August
  • $3,275 extra in September
  • $3,700 extra in October
  • $5,114 extra in November
  • $5,770 in Extra Income in December

 

Here are some sites that I use to make extra money. They are relatively easy.

Starting a Blog

  • I haven’t made a post yet on blogging, making money, etc. but for now check out my post on the ebook about How I Make Money Blogging.
  • Currently work on a post for this 🙂 but if you’re wanting to start your blog, click my affiliate link to get your domain and hosting here.
  • And once you have your domain and hosting, also make sure to start an e-mail list. AWeber is great and very easy to use. Not having an e-mail list for so long is something that I definitely regret, but I am glad that I’m finally starting with this.

 

BestMark Shopping

  • I’ve talked about BestMark in a lot of my posts so far. It’s easy money and I do secret shops for restaurants, Best Buy, and so on.
  • Click here to read my post about mystery shopping.
  • If you do join, please say I referred you! My ID is MO4999

 

Mr. Rebates

  • Whenever you are about to buy something online, check to see if the company is listed on Mr. Rebates. If it is, then when you buy something, you will get a rebate (can be anywhere from 1% to 40% back).

 

Swagbucks

  • Swagbucks is a search engine (like Google or Yahoo) that offers you the chance to earn “swagbucks” for different things. I mainly just do my normal internet searches through Swagbucks. Then when you accumulate enough, you can go to the prize store and get anything from toys, electronics, and gift cards. Most people buy Amazon gift cards.
  • So far I have made over $200 in Amazon gift cards. It’s super easy to use, so sign up NOW!

 

Ebates

  • With Ebates you just shop like you normally would online. Go to ebates first and then search for the store you are wanting. They have many stores and most likely the store you are wanting to buy your item(s) from will be listed.
  • Then you just click to your online retailer of choice through ebates, and then ebates will give you your percent back! Sometimes you can get 10% to 15% back on your purchase. It’s easy money!
  • This is a free service, click here to sign up.
  • This is a quote from their website: “People often ask: “This sounds too good to be true, how are you able to do it?” It really is quite simple. Just like almost every other online shopping center, we get a commission from the stores when you make a purchase. Instead of keeping that money – like almost all other sites do – we share it with you!”

 

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About Michelle Schroeder-Gardner

Michelle is the founder of Making Sense of Cents, a blog about personal finance and traveling. She discusses how her business has evolved in her side income series. She paid off $40,000 in student loans by the age of 24 mainly due to her freelancing side hustles. Click here to learn more about starting a blog!

Comments

  1. Emma, Ella you pick! says

    October 4, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    Nice!!! :)xo Emma

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  2. spendersbroke says

    October 4, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    I have an offermatic account, but it's linked to my now closed checking account.I used Fandango to buy some movie tickets and offermatic gave my $5 back for it. I haven't really used it enough to figure out if it's really worth having it linked up to my account though.

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  3. hello, Friday says

    October 4, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    Great. thanks for sharing! xox ohttp://hellofridaybypaik.blogspot.com/

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  4. Amanda says

    April 17, 2016 at 4:18 pm

    Aww I love reading your beginning blog posts! Thanks for still having these!

    Amanda

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