My next recommendation on how to make some extra money online, is by freelancing on freelancer sites such as Elance and Freelancer.com. For those of you that are unaware, all freelancing essentially means is to work for yourself!

You can look at freelancing sites as an upgrade from Fiverr - on Fiverr, you would usually make $4 per sale, as Fiverr take 20% of the sale, which is one of the main downsides. On the other hand, freelancing jobs on sites such as Elance and Freelancer.com usually larger sums of money and more serious projects.

For example, a very commonly requested job on freelancing sites is for a website to be designed, which is something we can all do here at WA, right? Although finding a freelancing job can seem pretty tough at first, you can make quality websites in seconds here at WA, so it isn't so tough if you look at it that way!

Just make sure to spend some time working on setting up your profile and portfolio, letting people know your area of expertise and people will start hiring you pretty soon!

It may take a while to get your first sale, as new sellers generally aren't trusted due to the amount of scammers that are around. However, just like with your website - after you get that first sale, you'll see them coming in a lot more often!

Freelancer sites usually take around 10% of what you make as a seller, which is pretty good compared to Fiverr.

Here are a few of the job categories on Elance:



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SoupGypsy Premium
Well said.
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Shawn Martin Premium
Thanks, some great ideas!
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JamesLM Premium
No problem :)
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David-Salt Premium
Thanks! I like the different options!
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JamesLM Premium
Not a problem David!
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floridajf Premium
Thanks, I actually already knew about most of these alternatives, also for freelancing you could also try odesk, it is very popular and helpful. Loved the information you had to share though. Very much appreciated :D
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JamesLM Premium
Yes, odesk also seems to be a good one, but I never tried it myself. I'm glad you liked the training and thanks a lot for the support :)
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floridajf Premium
No problem :) Also if you join ebay partnership as an affiliate, you barely get any of the profit, but it is still profit. You get most of the profit if you are the one selling the item though.
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JamesLM Premium
Yeah, you get a percentage of the revenue that Ebay makes. Ebay often takes 10% from every sale, known as the revenue, and you get a percentage of this. As I mentioned, Ebay is particularly good if you can make people sign up to it - if you can do that, then I would recommend it! Otherwise, it's probably wise sticking with Amazon.
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floridajf Premium
Yeah it definitely is, but I actually do both for particular reasons.
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MozMary Premium Plus
Brilliant! You write this stuff in a way that people actually feel like giving this stuff a shot!!
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JamesLM Premium
Haha, thanks Moz.
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