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Unusual Ways to Make Extra Money From Home

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1. Test Products

Become a product tester and reviewer, and you can earn free products, services, gift cards, and sometimes cash. Check out: Toluna, Swagbucks, and MySoapBox.

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2. Smartphone Apps

Some apps reward you for taking surveys, playing video games, and watching videos, while others offer cashback. Check out: Dabbl & Dosh.

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3. Sell Your Smarts

If you have training or expertise in a particular area, you can make money answering questions online on Studypool, Course Hero, or Just Answer.

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4. Use Your Car

You can rent out your car on GetAround.com or your camper on RVshare when you're not using them. You can also make money delivering people, food, or groceries. 

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5. Submit Short-Form Content

Magazines and websites are always looking for new content, and many will pay for tips, short stories, recipes, videos, poems, and even jokes.

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6. Test Websites

If you like testing out websites and apps for usability, you can earn extra money with this side gig on sites like Ferpection, Userlytics, or UserTesting.

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7. Surf the Web

Search engine evaluators evaluate search results on sites like Google, Yahoo, and Bing to determine their relevancy to the keyword or phrase that was typed in.

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8. Refer Friends

You already tell your friends and family about your favorite products and services, so why not earn money for doing so?! Tons of companies have referral programs.

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8. Short Tasks

With short-task jobs, you can make money completing microtasks like internet research, data entry, scheduling appointments, making phone calls, and more.

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10. Sell T-Shirts

You can make money selling print-on-demand products like shirts, mugs, bags, jewelry, and more on beeoux, Printify, Spreadshop, Teemill, and Teespring. 

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11. Surveys and Focus Groups

You can make money by sharing your opinion in paid surveys and focus groups with companies like Survey Junkie and Respondent.

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12. Scan Receipts

Companies and brands want to know your purchasing habits, and that’s why companies like Ibotta and Receipt Hog will pay or reward you for scanning your receipts.

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13. Talk to Strangers

If you’re a native English speaker, you can earn money as a Cambly tutor and help non-native English speakers practice their English skills.

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14. Be a Human Guinea Pig

If you’re okay with taking investigational meds, clinical research trials pay fast cash. Check out companies like PPD and ClinicalTrials.gov. 

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15. Feet Pictures

You can make good money selling feet pictures! There are stock photo websites that are dedicated to foot photos. Turns out there is a big demand for them.

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16. Donate

You probably know that you can make money donating plasma, sperm, eggs, and your belly as a surrogate. But you can also donate breast milk, hair, and even your poop!

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17. Cuddling

Today, people have the option to pay for hand-holding, hugging, and cuddling sessions with platforms like Cuddlist, Cuddle Comfort, and Cuddle Companions.

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18. Rent Your Stuff

If you have a spare room or extra storage space, you can rent it out on Airbnb or Neighbor. But you can also rent your pool, clothing, bike, fancy handbag, and more!

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19. Sell Your Farts

Stephanie Matto was a on a reality TV show, and with her fame, came some strange requests - like farts! Due to demand, she started selling her farts for $1,000!

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20. Sound Effects

Did you know that the sound effects used in movies, video games, and TV shows are often reproduced by foley artists? Foley artists can earn $400-$450 a day.