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Want to make some money online? This is not as easy as it once was in the early days of the Internet, but there are still many online money making ideas you can use to supplement your income. If you’re good enough, you may find that you can quit your day job and work at home full time. This is a dream of many people. If it’s one of yours, continue reading to learn more.

Ways to Make Money Online

Here’s a look at some of the more popular ways to make money from home in your spare time – or full time. The best thing about these is that they’re relatively easy to do. Depending on what skills you have, you can make quite a bit of money online.

• Write Content – One great way to make money from home is to write articles. You’ll need a basic comprehension of the English language and how to put ideas together in an easy to digest manner, but you can make $10/hour or more by writing for other people online in your spare time.

• Sell Items – If you’re not a writer, you can still sell items online. Many people find collectibles locally at garage sales and then take them to eBay to sell for a profit because there’s a larger (global) market. And if you are artsy, you can create items to sell on Etsy.com or other similar crafting marketplaces online.

• Design Websites – For geeks who know how to put a website together, there’s a huge market for these skills. A lot of freelance websites exist – like oDesk – where you can place bids on web design work. The amount of money you charge (and make) is really up to you and how good you are at what you do.

• Flip Websites – If you’re really good at designing websites, this is another great idea that can make you money online. You’ll need to spend some money, but that’s the way to make money in America. Basically, you’ll look on a website like Flippa.com (or other website with greater reputation) to find a website that is making some money but could be improved. After purchasing the website, make beneficial changes and then turn around and sell it again for a hefty profit once it starts doing better.

The good thing about the list of money making ideas above is that they’re all legal and are NOT scams. The sad truth is that there’s a lot of different work at home scams out there these days. As long as you’re careful and stick to the adage (if it sounds too good to be true it probably is not true) then you’re going to be fine. Leave a comment if you have any of your own tips for making money from home that worked for you in the past.

Written by: Writter knows a thing or two about real estate for sale in Reno because he has friends and family who live in the biggest little city in the country.