How to make money online is easily one of the most searched terms on Google and other top search engines like Bing, Baidu, Yahoo, and AOL. Most times, this particular keyword is enhanced and combined into long-tail searches like “How to make money online without a website” or “How to make money online from the comfort of your home”.

Whichever one of these search terms appeals to you, the truth is more people are starting to embrace the “Make Money Online” lifestyle due to the freedom associated with it and the possibility of earning more money. If you are the type of person who doesn’t feel comfortable working under anyone, or you desire an extra stream of income to complement your job, then this article is for you.

In the early days of the internet, making money online was practically impossible without having a website, and this forced people who couldn’t afford the cost of having a website built to seek other alternative means of earning online. However, in recent times; the trend has changed and anyone can make money online without having a website. All you need is to have an idea of what to do and work towards it. In this article today; I’m going to highlight how to make money online without a website, and also suggest several ideas on how to go about it. Let’s check them out below;

How To Make Money Online Without A Website

Freelancing 

How would you love to work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer? or sell services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them? Freelance platforms like Fiverr, Upwork, PeoplePerHour,  and the rest were created for the purpose of skilled individuals to offer their services to those who require them at an agreed fee.

Freelancing is simply a different way to work. Instead of being employed by a company in one particular job, freelancers are self-employed and find work via a variety of sources. Clients hire a freelancer to work on a task, project, or service for them in exchange for money.

For instance, if you are very good at building websites, writing articles or creating animation/explainer videos; you can sign up, and set up your profile on any of these freelance websites. At first, the pay might be little, but with time, after you’ve successfully completed a few jobs, more clients would start trusting you and contact you to do stuff for them.

Drop shipping

Dropshipping is easily one of the best ways to earn online without having a website of your own. All you need to do is make research on high-in-demand products, and promote them via Facebook Advertising or Google Adwords for the prospective buyer(s) to see them. When a prospective buyer shows interest in any of the products and wants to make a purchase, you simply collect money from the buyer and pay the supplier what’s left after removing your commission; while the supplier takes care of delivering the goods to the buyer.

This way, you don’t really need to see the goods you’re selling, because the seller has the physical product in stock, and you are just a middle man linking the buyer and the seller while making some money for yourself.

Advertising Your Skills On Forums & On Social Media Platforms

Social media is a very powerful tool if used the right way. If you’re very good at something, let’s say setting up a Facebook advertising campaign or google AdWords campaign, or teaching people a new skill; you can leverage the power of social media and forums to earn money online and make a name for yourself.

Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter & Instagram are set up in such a way that makes it relatively easy for experts to grow their profiles and acquire followers, provided they offer something of value that people need. If you can successfully do this, advertising your skills on these platforms becomes easy, and you can also monetize your skills to your followers as well.

This strategy is the quickest way to build your profile online and earn money without having a website. For instance; let’s say you are a web developer or cartoonist; you can make sample cartoon drawings for some of your followers for free; this would endear them to you and they would help share and publicize your works without you asking them to. Aside Facebook, Twitter & Instagram, other equally cool social media platforms and forums where you can showcase your skills include; Reddit, Tumblr, Snapchat e.t.c

Ghost-writing

If you possess very good and articulate writing skills, you can easily use it to earn online. There are lots of blogs and websites that constantly need competent writers to help them create content, and most blog owners don’t really have the time to create these contents for their blog, or they might not possess the required skill to do so, hence the need to hire competent writers to do it for them.

However, in most cases, the blog owners might require you to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement), which transfers all the intellectual rights of the article to them after submitting your work. The credit for the written content go to the blog/ website owners you write for, and that is why you are offered money in exchange for your writing skills.

Vlogging/Uploading Videos

According to Wikipedia; A  VLOG (video blog or video log), is a form of blog for which the medium is video, and is a form of web television. Vlog entries often combine embedded video with supporting text, images, and other metadata. Entries can be recorded in one take or cut into multiple parts to increase user engagement.

Although, not quite as popular as Blogging, Vlogging offers a unique way to make money online without a website by uploading video contents and monetizing them for your subscribers to watch. Setting up a Vlog is free, all you need is the ability to create high quality and original videos which have the possibility to go viral. Some of the popular platforms where you can easily start up your Vlog and monetize your contents include; “Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and a few others.

However, you should also be mindful of uploading only contents which were created by you, as uploading other peoples content without their consent might lead to your Vlog channel being disabled.

Other Ways To Earn Money Online Without A Website

Domain Name Monetization

Domain name monetization which is also known as Virtual Real Estate is one of the easiest ways to generate cool cash online without a website. it’s  Just like the case of owning a property, where you could decide to sell the land or rent it out or even lease it out for a period of time so you could make money on it over and over again. Read up more on Domain Name Monetization.

Do you know of any other cool ways to make money online without a website, kindly share your thoughts below.