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extra income streams

Hello all,

Im looking for idea's for a few extra income streams... As like most I want as many as I can.

My 1st is my job and that is my main income as with most.
My 2nd is from selling utility's from home. only makes me about £200pm but its better than nothing.
so I am looking for numbers 3,4 and 5.
I have tried drop shipping (why people pay some of the prices is beyond me)
website building (no demand any more)
affiliate websites (cant get traffic to my site)
am now thinking about becoming a hit man.. but you guys have a knack for pulling ideas from places I did not know you could get ideas so I am hoping some one could throw a good one my way....PLEASE :D

Comments

  • Haha, you made me chuckle :) (Hitman part).

    I've just bought a slide/negative converter. I wanted to transfer all of my mums but then I thought I might try and do some little service with it. No idea what I'm doing yet lol. Might bring in a few pennies. Loads of people have negatives and slides in their attic and there are loads of photo shops that offer the service and charge something like 19p per negative.

    Just bought my machine from ebay for £30.

    Or buying old xboxes with Red Ring of Death and attempting to fix it.....? I'm attempting that one soon just waiting for my tools. If I can fix it then I'll sell them on :D Maybe......

    EDIT: Probably wont sell them on - scared in case my work makes the customers house spark/fuses go lol
    :beer: Thank you to everyone! :beer:

    :eek: Officially addicted to Comping :eek:
  • Surveys?

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3034918

    Won't make millions but will give you a health pot for xmas
    I get what i want. That isn't because i'm a brat or spoilt. It's because i'm determined, i work hard for it and i achieve my goals!
  • sgolfguy
    sgolfguy Posts: 22 Forumite
    Try Freelance work using sites like Peopleperhour.com.

    Dropshipping can work, but you have to find a niche. I dropship, makes me a decent amount of money, Amazon, Ebay etc.

    How can there be no demand for building websites?, people always need websites, maybe your strategy is all wrong.
  • VSC
    VSC Posts: 90 Forumite
    Whatabout using sites such as fiverr.com and fivesquid.co.uk and offer some website /seo advice, or some simple service?
    On volume it could be worthwhile.

    Good luck
    "Out of excitement comes invention" Charlie Chaplin
  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    edited 19 November 2011 at 10:01PM
    Be careful about scanning negatives into digital images. Don't get me wrong, there is potential to make some money, but you need some high-quality kit capable of 3200dpi scanning in order to get the best out of the images, oh, and the ability to save straight to .PNG or .TIFF format is a good plus as it allows the customer to load the images into PhotoShop, GIMP or Paint.net without losing any quality.
    Never Knowingly Understood.

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