How do you make extra money?

GirlieSurfer

I'm fairly new to DFW (joined last week) and I've noticed that a few more have joined since. A common question seems to be 'how do I make extra money?' so I thought maybe you lovely regulars could help us out?! I'm deperate to throw extra money at my debts, I already work full time and do an evening job so thought there may be something I could do at home?

I've noticed that some of you do surveys? or snowball? quidco? I've tried to do a search but I must be doing it wrong as I've not really found anything that explains it.

Many thanks!

GirlieSurfer

Princess_Jane

I've got two jobs as well, so you have my total sympathy on that front!

I also sell things on ebay, some of which is my own tat, and other stuff which my fella picks up from bailiff auctions.

We make an odd extra hundred quid here and there, every little helps!

Hope that helps.

Lucy1982_2

here is the link for Quidco - www.quidco.co.uk it's worth looking at for internet shopping, when you renew any insurance things like that.

Then there is Pigsback - www.pigsback.com where you can earn piggy points. There is a thread on how to use this somewhere.

And then there is the good old, have a clear out and do a Boot sale or try selling stuff on Amazon or Ebay.

Good luck

sleepless_saver

There's a very useful forum just a bit further down from DFW called "Up your income" which brings together all the ideas people have had so far.;) It has helped me increase my income, very handy with Christmas on the way.

MiasMommy

EBAY!!! is mine.
I always sell stuff, even if its just a few quid it still counts, from now till Dec Ive set myself a little challenge to make a hundred quid just so it can help with christmas, I plan on selling about 10 items hopefully it will average up to a tenner each.

For instance, I brought a brand new pair of converse off the net for £9.99 sold them off on ebay and got £26 not thats good profit!

GirlieSurfer

Great, thanks! And thanks on behalf of other newcomers that read this!

chevalier

All of the below I have had pay outs/vouchers from. There is also a couple of other suggestions on the bottom

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Here are some websites, on which you can earn a bit of money or points to put towards vouchers. Sorry if it is a bit long!

www.lightspeedpanel.com - this is a survey site, where you get points that turn into vouchers (you choose). May not help with the cash flow, but the vouchers could be saved towards birthday/xmas or given as presents.

www.ciao.co.uk - survey site that gives money. A bit fits and starts i.e. no surveys for a couple of weeks, then three or four the same day.

www.yougov.com - again paid surveys. However takes a while to get to the minimum payout level

www.mytns.com - again this is a survey site, but it pays you in points that convert into Nectar points at Sainsbury’s.

www.pigsback.co.uk - this is a points site, i.e. they give you points for buying things via their site. BUT you also get points for signing up for news letters (some of which are even interesting!), and also for clicking on adverts with pink borders. I have spent NOTHING with them but got a £10 voucher through this week (only been registered since January). There is also a thread in the freebies section, of https://www.moneysavingexpert.com that gives you all the daily answers to the competitions so you can have a better chance of winning on them. I won £20 of points recently on the daily quizzes so a nice boost to the Christmas fund.

www.mutualpoints.com - another points for clicks site. You can also buy things via their site and get points too. For a long time, I just clicked the links in the emails they send you, and that gets you 5 points. At 3000 points you get £20 I think. You can do searches via their site and that gets you points too.

www.quidco.com - this is a cash back site, so very good, for checking if any potential new insurers (i.e. if you have checked your contents insurance say and found a new provider), are offering cash back. E.g. Lloyds was offering £120 cash back on new policies at one point (the offers do change). You can also get small amounts of cash again for doing searches via their site. You can earn 52p a day by doing this. Every little helps.

www.greasypalm.co.uk - another cash back site, where you can do searches and get small amounts of money. But it all adds up. I think you can get about 50p a day on there for nothing. Minimum payout is £20 I think, but you can sign up to survey sites via there, and get extra money that way for nothing.

www.topcashback.co.uk - another site where you can do daily clicks to get money for nowt.

www.britishrewards.co.uk - same as topcashback, daily clicks to do searches for pennies a time.

Again more medium term money might come from claiming back bank charges. Also if you had an endowment you can write to your provider suggesting you might have been misinformed about its performance. Many people have got money back on that. There are articles from Martin on the main site about how to go about doing this.
If you are going to do this, it is wise to set up another current account first, with a bank that you have no debt with. Just to be on the safe side.

Are you in the correct banding for your council tax? Again there is an article by Martin on the main website about how to go about checking this. If you are in the wrong band and due a rebate, it is for all the year you have been living in the house since 1991, so this can be several thousand pounds back.