Money Making Schemes

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Get a bank account. You will need your Mum or Dad to be on the account until you are 18. 🙂

Then, you connect your bank account to Paypal. That is a website that allows you to pay for things, or (very important) BE PAID by other people without sharing your bank account details. I buy things on EBay with it all the time.

Then, you ask your Mum and Dad if you can sell some stuff you own on EBay. You have to ask them, because they have paid for everything you own, pretty much, so they technically own it.

I have a friend who does this with car parts. He buys old cars, parts them out, and sells the parts to make far more than he paid for the old broken down car. You could sell your old stuff you aren’t using (kids clothes are great) or go to the op shops and buy stuff that you know you can sell. Kids clothing, especially if it is in good nick, or kids toys, are good ones. Have a look on EBay for similar stuff so you can get an idea of how much to charge. Then, you just sell stuff. People go crazy for baby stuff. Just be prepared to post it anywhere in Australia. Make your stuff nice and cheap, because it generates interest and you will get more bidders, who hopefully will drive up the price.

You should keep saving. Always try to save 10% of your income. That way you’ll always have some cash in an emergency. I invested $5000 at 16 and in ten years it was worth $19000. That was the deposit for my house. So don’t stop at the iPad mini. 🙂

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You could set up a summer business such as washing cars, washing animals, dog walking, or doing household chores for people for a small fee.

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Baby sitting, perhaps running errands for the Elderly or someone who needs help, cutting grass, news paper ”girl”,
and helping your Parents around the house. 🙂

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Here are some things I did last summer to earn money, when I was 11…
Weeded neighbors gardens
Babysat
Mothers helper
Took dogs for walks
Pet sitter
Plant Waterer (when people are away)
And Here are some things I didn’t do but you could do
If you have a garden, sell some veggies…it actually makes more than you think
Lemonade Stand (I know lame but i did it a few years ago and got like $40)
Tag Sale
Hope This Helped 🙂

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I was used to do job as a tutor in summer vacation, I think that would be better. Selling products on EBAY, I think that’s a good idea,just don’t give up,it is a promising job, although right now it is a little difficult to do business, but it would be getting easy to do business online in the near future.

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You can check with your local church, school or ymca type places. Word of mouth works wonders..Good luck

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I babysit or dog sit. Easiest job ever. First, when I babysit, I play with the kids and then when they get tired, i put them down for a nap easily. When they’re asleep? I watch TV, get on the computer, or talk on the phone. I also sometimes dog sit for my neighbors while they’re at work. I take the dog out twice a day to do it’s business, and take it on a walk every day. It’s pretty nice, too, getting outside and walking. If you want to get one of these jobs, look around your neighborhood. If you know the lady down the street has some children she needs watched over the summer, offer to watch them a couple of days a week. The best part is,you pick your hours and sometimes… Your pay!

Hope I was helpful!

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Here are some ideas:
– Sell newspaper logs. Look on the Internet on how to make them.
– A bake sale. Buy some cookie mixes, muffin mixes, and cake mixes from the store and bake them, then sell them.
– Pet sit. I recommend only doing cats and small animals, since dogs can be a handful.
– Scoop snow. If you live in a area that has snow, advertise around your neighborhood.
– Ask your parents if they could pay for the camp, but you could work it off.
– Tutoring. Tutor younger kids that have trouble in school.

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M, I would up that $2,000 US dollars a little further, I would be looking at a minimum of at least three.. I blew two and a half grand in two weeks.

Remember November/ December is the high season over there, their summer.

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Collect bottles

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I am in the same situation. I would like to do something part time to earn some extra money. Everything that you think might be interesting to do really does seem like a scam. If you find anything, let me know!!!

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R.sionnach@yahoo.com

I have been working from home for 5 years.

It is great to be able to set my own hours and work days, but is still work. If you are serious, send me an email to the address above or see my profile for more information.

I can help you get started and give you any advice I can through email (obviously for free).

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You seems to do a lot of things, in reality most work at home job opportunities are for USA peoples. Well I can suggest you to make your own website/blog and promote it and make money from google adsense. This is real way of making on internet. Before I realised this I too was looking for work at home opportunities like mad 🙂

I would like you to do some google search with keywords

make money from website
earn from google adsense
earn money from blog

……and related keywods

Some guys are making great money from their website and blogs. Read about it on internet and gater information.

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Let’s split this into two sections. As for coupons the online route will be the best. Http://www.couponcraver.com/ usually has anything I’m looking for. It doesn’t require a membership like most sites do, and is easy to navigate.

As for making money from home look into Seo, websites, and advertising. For SeO I use Sicksubmitter ( http://www.linkbuildersoftware.com/ ) and SeNuke ( http://www.senukediscount.net/ ). These are just a few ideas. Wahm.com is Work At Home Moms.com there is suggestions and advice on there as well.

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My husband and I started our home based business over six years ago. Not with Mary Kay or Avon, but with the worlds largest direct selling telecommunications service provider.
A product that is and always will be in high demand. There are a lot of products and services out there that are good. Mary Kay has a great product so does Avon. But my husband did not want to sale make-up or go around town in a pink car. I guess it’s a male thing. I wouldn’t of minded that. But his male ego got in the way. We decided to partner up with another company because it was things that people will always use and pay for anyway, pretty much no matter what. We didn’t have to worry if money became tight that they could easily run to the store and purchase the items on sale or be able to buy it at the dollar store, or go with another brand even if it was temporarily. So, we got involved in the world’s largest direct selling telecommunications service provider that was started back in 1993. It’s now a 15 year old, world wide international company. With headquarters in Michigan, Charlotte, Amsterdam, Sydney and Montreal.
They have been featured in several magazines like USA Today, Success, Fortune etc. Inc 500 rated them the 22nd fastest growing company in it’s first five years. They are registered with the BBB and the DSA.
They market in services people use every day and pay for anyway. Services like Local and Long Distance telephones, Internet, Digital, video phones, Satellite TV, and all the major cellular phone companies like T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Nextell, Altell etc as well. We save people money and make money at the same time. Every single month these people pay their bills, we make a percentage over and over again each month.
How many people do you know, or know of around the world that uses one or more of these services or products? . A lot of money involved in this industry.
When we started our non profit organization called SOFTIN (www.seafaringopportunities.org) funding is so hard to find with the compeitition involved. Every non profit organization is out there trying to find donors through large corporations. We could make the monthly funding needed to well support our non profit organization. So we started a funding program through our business for our non profit as well as it being a major funding source for other non profits.
I also created a blog on my 360 page on home based business opportunities. Your more then welcome to take a look at it for more ideas. If you find one you like, contact the person who wrote the comment.
If you need further information feel free to email me at Kaiden4@aol.com

Good Luck!

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Go and do some labor kid. Good god, go help a farmer out, thats how i got my money.

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Every year my old school did something called the holland festival. It was a festival with games, food, a silent auction, and a live auction. Every family would donate something for the auctions and classrooms would bring in stuff for themed baskets to auction off. Each year it made roughly $100,000. You can also look online for fund-raising ideas.

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SEO is a great tool for increasing traffic to your site. Making sure that your website is accessible by many different keywords will also increase the traffic, and ultimately, your earnings. However, why can’t you have a raffle with more than 49 numbers? If not, could you do more than 1 raffle that includes maybe 1-49 x however many raffles to equal up to the bottom number you need for the increased revenue? The downside to your idea is that you’re already a site that’s selling items, so how appealing can you make the idea of using a method of increasing sales that includes an entry fee. It’s almost like saying I need a way to have people spend money when they could spend money anyway by making a purchase? Just an idea.

The link below is to the google search of increasing web traffic:
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=crnk_fspiked&gs_nf=1&qe=d2F5cyB0byBpbmNyZWFzZSB0cmE&qesig=c6kuw8r8xd7RKGF7SgSXRA&pkc=AFgZ2tnOQInmTtdpCuJp4J4zjY1oYPom0ZDApjcW1BEF5rL0ShaJDCLHLw85JMjmIyVLV5rDsPmxq0eLPvJGDYzzjPKgIuuu-Q&pq=how%20to%20start%20a%20cleaning%20business&cp=20&gs_id=5s&xhr=t&q=ways+to+increase+traffic+to+your+website&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&oq=ways+to+increase+tra&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=9aad8ba49e1f6fd3&biw=1276&bih=686

This link is about increasing revenue to your site:
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=how+to+increase+revenue+to+your+website&oq=ways+to+increase+revenue+to+your+website&gs_l=hp.1.0.33i29.29467.30271.4.31699.7.7.0.0.0.3.175.885.1j6.7.0.crnk_fspiked..0.0…1c.P6Hi9WTlU60&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=9aad8ba49e1f6fd3&biw=1276&bih=686

GOOD LUCK!!!

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Here’s how we did it, when money was tight BEFORE children, and we were renting our 1st apartment. Put each one in the envelop, mark them.

We put aside $50 a month for groceries. But, I have no idea how much you spend per month, that was in the 70’s. This is 2012.

We put aside 99 cents a week for a double feature movie multiply that how often you go per month. Again, if you can’t afford a movie, watch them @ home.

We put aside $350.00 monthly rent. If you can’t afford rent, live with your parents until you both can afford rent.

Don’t owe nothing for Credit Card. If you need to use Credit Card for everything, make sure you pay it all off every month. If you’re paying MORE per month, start cutting down, even if you don’t have money for entertainment, but you need to compromise somewhere. Don’t spend more than you make.

We didn’t have phone bills & cable until after we owned a house.

Put all your money in one account, and anything leftover goes for: car, Xbox, stuff you don’t really NEED tomorrow.

Wife is unemployed, she should be keeping that extra money for day care instead of giving it to someone.

You guys need to cut down on your spending!

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It’s always free to reevaluate the relationship. If she puts down EVERY idea you try, that’s just mean. She doesn’t sound like a very happy person.
But, if you truely love her, here is one idea. You have to buy groceries, so get some frozen pizza and some wine. Do you have candles? Music? Have a candlelit picnic in your living room. If you think she’ll put down pizza (it’s just cute) then make her favorite food for the picnic.
Another idea would be board games. It gives you the opportunity to talk while doing something entertaining.
Good luck!

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The minimum age to work (for someone other than your family) is 14. In most states, it’s 15, though. As a 13 year old, you might be able to get a job busing tables at a local restaurant. I know someone that did this even though the minimum age to work in that state is 15. If that won’t work, here are some other ideas:
-get a paper route
-babysit, pet sit, or house sit
-make and sell jewelry, birdhouses, etc.
-have a garage sale, bake sale, or lemonade stand
-collect cans and bottles to turn in for cash
-mow lawns or garden
-do chores for your parents, neighbors, or relatives
-tutor younger kids in your favorite subject
-sell old toys, books, video games, or clothes on eBay or craigslist
Good luck! 🙂

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You can now use your ATM and credit cards at ATM machines to withdraw cash from your own accounts, but you need to check with your bank that your cards are suitable, and what the charges are – ATM cards are the cheaper option usually, but credit cards can be quite expensive, so I would only use that as a last resort. Don’t bring large amounts of cash, it’s only inviting trouble, traveller’s cheques are expensive to use, and of credit cards, Visa and Mastercard are the most widely accepted, but you will need a PIN number to use them.

If you are staying in or near Dublin, don’t bother hiring a car, use the public transport instead. For Dublin, I think €200 per day per person spending money should be about right, as long as you don’t spend have the night skulling pints and don’t eat at really expensive restaurants every night.

If you are in a more rural area and don’t have a hire car, you might find you need the same anyway for the local taxi/hackney service, but if you are going to a well-known spot, it’s likely there will the local tours available.

Remember that the Republic of Ireland uses the Euro (€) and Northern Ireland uses the Pound Sterling (£).

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Click bank like that..

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Try calender you already have a built in market your parents and grand parents my nephew got us for 5 at 25 bucks each

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Yard work and gardening is another good idea. Offer your services to cut grass, weed gardens and do general yard work for people, seniors especially can use the help in the summer.

Hold a car wash! Get a group of friends together and with parents permission start your own car wash.

Have a garage sale. Clean out your closets, toy chests and basements of all the toys/books you no longer use. You’d be surprised how much stuff you no longer use.

Check with the local employment agencies to see if they have any listings for youth. Occasionally camps and other organizations are looking for youngsters to help out.

Unfortunately there are laws about kids working so you have to be creative when you are young to earn a little extra cash. Get your parents involved too, they may have some good ideas. They may even be more encouraged to help you out if they see you trying to make your own cash instead of just holding out your hand.

Cooking meals

-tutoring

-cutting lawns

-landscaping assistant

-bagging groceries at the local store

-polishing silver

-DJ for parties

-clown for birthday parties

-gift wrapping

-lemonade stand

-cage cleaning

-cake/cookie bake sales

-face painting

-party planner

-taking garbage to curb for neighbors

-paper route

-recycling

-delivering groceries

-errand boy (or girl)

-photographer or videographer for parties

-walking dogs

-house cleaning (so much per chore per day, or several days per week. Ex: vacuum twice a week=$4, dust three times a week=$5, mop twice a week=$4, so a month of these would total of $42.

-project painting house

-project cleaning out garage or attic

-pool maintenance

-baby sitting

-washing cars

-beautician’s assistant (washing hair, cleaning brushes, sweeping hair)

-cleaning out closets

-washing, drying,folding and hanging clothes

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Angel
http://www.sunshinecrafts.com/body_project_xmas2004_grapevine_angel.php

Basket, topiary ball, & vine garland & ribbon:
http://www.craftsetc.com/store/department.aspx?dep=65&cat=32&subcat=0

Baskets made from grapevines:
http://www.merr.com/users/1bear1/baskets.htm
http://www.sfp.forprod.vt.edu/factsheets/vines.pdf
http://www.capebasket.com/baskets.html

Trees made from grapevines can be used all year, if decorated for the changing seasons:
http://www.grapevinecreations.com/grapevinecreations/index.htm

Grapevine pentacle:
http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/lammascrafts/ss/Grapevine_Pent.htm

Grapevine Heart & wall baskets:
http://www.buygrapevines.com/hearts.html

I’ve seen grapevine vine trellis & supports for plants … Used to hold up climbing plants, & to keep tall plants upright.
Http://www.frenchgardening.com/tech.html?pid=310533300811696
Grapevine Arch Trellis
http://www.smarter.com/trellises/dura-trel-grapevine-arch-trellis-75-inch/pd–ch-32–pi-5472855.html
You can also make tomato cages from grapevines.

Grapevine reindeer:
http://www.gardeners.com/Grapevine%20Reindeer/21529,21058,default,cp.html?SC=

You can use grapevines instead of wire for topiary frames:
Turtle Basket Topiary Frame
http://www.rittenhouse.ca/asp/product.asp?PG=376
Bumble Bee Topiary Frame
http://www.rittenhouse.ca/asp/product.asp?PG=182
Teddy Bear Topiary Frame
http://www.rittenhouse.ca/asp/product.asp?PG=411
Cat Topiary Frame
http://www.rittenhouse.ca/asp/product.asp?PG=184
Urn
http://www.rittenhouse.ca/asp/product.asp?PG=1160

The Twister pendant lamp is made from grapevines and bittersweet vines that have been bound together in a cyclonelike spiral that exudes a sense of energy while emitting a diffuse, dappled light:
http://furniture.about.com/od/lighting/fr/birchandwillow.htm

Grapevine Art. Motor Bike:
http://www.buygrapevines.com/art.html

Good luck!!! I hope this has given you some ideas 🙂

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Rummage sale. I’m sure you all have stuff you don’t need. Get it together and turn it into cash.

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Babysitting was my first thought, also if you know any elderly people who need their house cleaned once a week or yard work done. Crafts to do, well gather some nature things like rocks,sticks leaves, and use a hot glue gun to create your own piece of art. You can also go on line to find age appropriate crafts to do. Good luck and have a fun summer.

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Try asking your parents or grandparents for it…. This is a special occasion, not as if you were wanting cash to go to the mall and hang out with other teens…

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Depends on what you want to do.

I spent 10,000 in 1 summer just drinking and partying every night.

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None of the links that are given to you will give you want you want. What you want does not exist but only exists in the scammer world, for they created the idea of ” work from home and make money ” with us.

If this “thought” was true, ask yourself something simple…. Why then do billions go to college, buy suits, sit in rush hour all to get to a job?

At home, online jobs consist of web designer, art graphic person, typer, paper pusher for say insurance company, online store or ebay selling, etc.

There is no company that pays you to click sites, read emails, or anything of the such. They are all scams or pyramid scams that take your money or sell your personal info for money.

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If you’re any good at sales (i.e., talking to people, listening to people), you might want to consider helping people too.

I don’t work in the corporate world anymore, and now I simply sell – on the computer. I found a company – quite by accident – and did a lot of research. Then, after trying the product, I was amazed that it worked for me! I told a few friends, and now they’re seeing health benefits as well. In the meantime, I am collecting residual income each month – simply by sharing a product that worked for me. Solid company too. The product was even featured on Oprah. Can’t say enough great things – other than this really works for me.

Check it out.

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If you want to make money online with amazon, check out this site

http://HomeIncomeSecret.Info

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Here they get the same wages and are happy to get it. The difference is they don`t complain about the job, show up on time, work hard, and don`t try to form a union. That makes them worth the risk to hire.

Think about it. The Boss, the employee, everyone is pretending they are legal. Thus they are paid the same wages as the laid off American worker got 3 years ago, to not do so would bring down the government on them. It is like a pay freeze and no one is asking for a raise. It is like the good old days when workers worked and the good ones got raises and the bad ones got fired.

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Most advertised work from home programs are scams. I’ve tried many of them.

I work from home doing telemarketing. I am provided with lists and due dates about every 6 weeks. I call those on the list and ask for donations such as usable household items, clothes, toys and such.

Check with your local Purple Heart, Am Vets or National Childrens’. These are only 3 of the many organizations that do this. GoodWill and Salvation Army do this in some heavily populated area. There are about 15 such organizations in the Washington, D.C. Metro area alone. Competition can be stiff and the pay is not great, but it helps. With the economy as it currently is, donations are down. The organization for which I work pays a certain amount per pick up plus a small hourly wage. If I have a good amount of pick ups, then I can get bonuses. Each organization works differently.

Purple Heart in Florida, for example requires individuals to come into the call bank. Other areas are work from home. My friend gets hundreds of numbers and continues to call until she gets the required amount of pick ups.

You may need to get a business phone if your territory is long distance. Some companies do not allow these types of calls on unlimited home service. Vonage offers very good rates with a designated fax line. Some organizations allow you to fax your results, others require that they be mailed. I find that I make enough to pay for my business line and all of my long distance personal calls too. Before the economy crash, I was bringing home about $200 – $300 a month generally. I only worked part time. Another friend who was working with the same organization as I worked full time and, naturally, made much more than I, plus more bonuses.

My advice is to avoid those ads that offer making crafts such as earrings. That is tedious, even for a “crafty” type person like me. I used to make my own rings and necklaces and even gave or sold some to friends at school. But these ads are not as simple as they appear and many offer money back guarantees which you will never get.

Don’t even look at the “stuff envelopes for $$$” ads. They are a complete rip. If you do something like that, do it for a local business and not those generic newspaper ads with the 800 numbers. They will send you information and tell you to post notices all over town. Then you wait for the responses to come in. Once the responses come in, then you not only stuff the envelopes, you must address, seal and stamp them.

There used to be a few local businesses that would allow you to take the materials home and stuff the envelopes. Some provided mailing lables that you had to attach and others didn’t as they addressed the envelopes themselves. I know someone who did that for a while.

I tried surveys on line and some of them ask for money. Never put any money up front to sign up. I did a few and they took more time than they were worth and I found they were boring. My e-mail became flooded with “offers” from many companies wanting to add me to their “list”. This scam can get totally out of hand. I never got paid for a single one.

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Hi Emily
Well I can perhaps give you a few ideas at not knowing the area or it’s geography.
1) You can go to the library
2) Or the museum
3) Maybe go and visit a few historical attractions (some are free)
4) Go for a walk in the Park
5) Go for a walk in the country side, (but tell somebody where you are going for safety sake,especially just in case you or one of your team/friends decide to wander off of the beaten track)
6) You and your team/friends can even pick an object and see how many times you can find it, say whilst window shopping or even on the market
Well sorry I can only give you six ideas, however I hope they help and take care and be safe

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Well, umm..here is an outfit i made maybe you like it maybe you dont..but i tried..=)
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=3553669
but anyways for this outfit a great hairstyle would be to pull your hair to one side and then put in the gold headband with your fringe covering a little of your face. Ir you have really thick hair, maybe you could straighten it or you could pull it into a ponytail and clasp it with a jewel barrete. Another idea would be to wear it down or maybe pull it into a bun with little bits of your hair sticking out. Put it in piggytails would be really cute too. You could always go onto google and seach different hairstyles but this is what i came up with. OH! By the way, if you dont like the jacket, you could always substitute it with something different. Great stores to shop at that offer clothes at a resonable price would be Charlotte Russe, Aeropostale, Heritage 1981, Forever 21, Delias, Pacsun(maybe) and oldnavy. Hope this helps!!

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Invest some money in some stocks and bonds. Or if you are any good at photography or painting such as pictures or drawing or even anything having to do with art then you could make some money doing something like that on the side.

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You could try money origami.seriously.i know how to fold a dollar bill to look like a t-shirt.i can’t really explain how to do on here but you can google money origami & probably find step by step picture steps.a friend at my school made one for me.then i forgot how to do it & searched it on the internet & found it.that was a while ago & i forgot what the website was sorry.there were also more things you could fold it into like a bow tie for example & i cant remember what other things there were.

For my cousins first birthday my grandma got him a cute picture frame & put a $50 bill in it with two of my dollar bill t-shirts on each side.if you wanted to do something like that you could put a $20 bill in the frame & two fives on the sides folded into t-shirts or something.they don’t necessarily have to be t-shirts if you find something else you would like to fold them into.

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If it’s just for some cash on the side, you might want to take a look at this article that can give you a couple ideas of some places in which if you qualify for you can have an on line job and work wherever. But you have to apply and be able to qualify for a position. If it’s just a couple hundred dollars or less, you could look into doing surveys. However, there’s a whole lot of different things you need to know about survey’s before venturing in that.

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Buy a few computers sell em on ebay for 400$ more than u bought them for, and sell one a week and make 400$ a week. Or sell more. Haha i <3 ur idea of putting the machines places but thats illegal believe me i tried. You can also ro a bank!!! :)!!!! Or sell money from babies!!! Hana get a famous persons autograph sell it. Make cookies throw them at people at football games and yell 3.00$$ each! Hahah good luck 😉

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Please don’t take the advise from the online survey bullshit. It is just as I said and you will not make any money otherwise every person in America would be doing it. They are mostly scams. Anyway, another approach would be to make flyer’s for your neighborhood offering babysitting or lawn care services. I don’t know what region you live but whether its shoveling, raking or mowing people will take you up on the offer. Or what can you do for your parents to earn extra money? The 3 of you could have a yard/garage sale and get rid of some of your stuff you have outgrown or simply don’t need/use anymore, maybe all the parents have stuff to thrown in also as long as you set everything up and do all the work.
Good Luck but please don’t do the online survey thing. 98% if not 100% of them are scams.

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Wow. I am sry to hear that.
I dunno what to say
but, maybe try doing yard-sale.
You might earn some money out of it.
Sry can’t think of better answer

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A key aspect is to attract money from outside the stables. Horseowners already are burdened with expenses. (Hmmm, I didn’t tell you anything you didn’t know.) There is little money left over, even among the modestly wealthy, to put into Yet Another Charity.

Try to attract the people who wish they owned horses, but don’t. If you know of a tack shop that’s in or near a major shopping centre you could hold a Giant Monster Boot Sale, and the tack shop would help you with publicity.

Now I have no idea how far you are from Dorset, but the Great Dorset Steam Fair is coming up, starting 28 August. I’m certain that if you merely attended and passed out flyers for your own event, you would draw some good publicity. Note that the Fair has a heavy-horse section!

How to get there? Find the village of Tarrant Hinton on the map, head in that direction and follow everyone else to the show.

Here’s the trade-exhibit information:
http://www.gdsf.co.uk/index.php/exhibiting-trade-stands

MORE
Ahhh. It seems you’re outside London. Driving time on M3 should be slightly more than two hours.

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Run Errands:
1.Make flyers and let your neighbors know you are available to do any kind of errands for them.
2.Have the flyer reflect what you are raising money for.
3.Charge per hour.

Care Packages:
A good idea for college nights, or any other school events where AFS can have a presence
1.Bring a list of care package themes and their contents. Ex: make an International Basket with an assortment of food and candy from different countries. Can also include more typical themes such as: Chocolate Lover’s, Coffee Lover’s, Cookie Lover’s, Snack Bar (for the games), etc.
2.Bring an order sheet and/or a supply of the packages to sell directly to avoid hassle of order sheets.
3.Be sure to include AFS brochures and thank you notes.

Walk Dogs:
1.Make flyers and let your neighbors know you are available to walk their dogs and what you are raising money for.
2.Charge per hour or per block walked.
•Many people work long hours and would be happy to see their dogs get extra attention!

Car Wash:
1.Use your church parking lot or get permission to use the parking lot of a store.
2.Set out posters advertising your car wash and the price per car.
3.You and your friends could also do this door to door.
4.Get lots of friends to help and assign tasks.
5.Do a quick, thorough, and good job.
•Items needed:
oHose
oSponges and buckets
oGlass cleaner and soap
oTowels
oPosters
•Time required: 1 day
•Amount you can expect to raise: $ 100 – $ 200

Sell Used Books/DVDs/CDs on Amazon.com
Face Painting
Speed Dating
(Adult) Spelling Bee
Sell food (cookies, hand-made stuff)
Bake Sale
Babysitting
Board Game Tournament
Create a fun twist on a card tournament and do something that everyone can participate in. Have a Board Game Tournament. Pick a favorite, such as Sorry, Trouble, or Monopoly. Assemble 4 person teams that will work together to accumulate points or you can allow individuals to participate. Charge an entry fee for each team, in order to earn money for your charity. Give a portion of the proceeds as the winning prize or get prizes donated from local businesses. Decide if you are going to play with a time limit for each game so that everyone has the same chance and to keep things running on a schedule. Decide on any “House” rules beforehand. Set up bleachers for the audience and consider having a 50/50 raffle or raffle for door prizes. Definitely have a concession stand with coffee, soda pop, popcorn, chips, hot dogs, and bottled water to earn extra money.

Hot Dog Stand
Garage Sale
Dog Walk
Some kind of advice like..booth or something..?
Bingo Fundraiser

Nagesh answers:

If using a bank account, you will have to provide PayPal with your banking info, The process will ususally take a few days as PayPal will deposit some money in your account first (1 – 3 cents) to verify with both the bank and with you that it is a valid account. When using a credit card, you will need to provide PayPal with your cc info and set as your “default payment”. PayPal will then debit your cc each time you place an order through E-Bay. You will always be given the option if you want to use a different form of payment.

Nagesh answers:

You’d need some help with your parents setting up accounts and such, but here some ideas as far as working online you could try:

Are you good at writing? If so, you could write articles and blog posts for website owners for money. A well-written, 400 word +, optimized article will bring you about $5. It may take a little practice to write an “optimized” style – including specified keywords early on in your articles, including a couple “long tail” keywords in the article, etc. But not that big of a deal after a little practice.

I think Associated Content at least used to pay for articles, there are also plenty of writing gigs on freelance websites such as ScriptLance, Freelancer, Getacoder, etc.

You could also try fiverr.com. Go there and look at some of the gigs, and copy one that you think you could do.

Maybe give eBay a shot. Ask your buddies if they have anything that they want to sell, and offer to sell it for them on eBay for a cut.

You could even try “eBay arbitrage”, where you buy something off of eBay and then resell it there for a profit. Some sellers do not include important keywords in the title, give a poor description, poor pictures (or none at all), etc. All this stuff can scare potential buyers away, decreasing the competition and probably the final price.

You could possibly buy the items and make a much better listing, and possibly profit.

Sellers may misspell the main keywords in the title as well, meaning most potential buyers will never find them. You could try a misspelling search using a site like Typojoe.com to hopefully find some of these items and possibly get some great deals.

You could also use a site like Ebuyersedge.com to set up saved eBay searches. You’d get an e-mail whenever a matching item is newly listed. Especially good for “Buy It Now”s that are priced right. You could set up your saved searches and then from there all you would be doing would be checking e-mails when you get them sent to you and looking at the items, so there should not be a whole lot of time involved in setting up your “system”. You’d have the jump on other potential buyers.

Or, if you find something you want listed an auction format, use a sniping service such as Hidbid.com to place your bid for you. It’ll bid in the last few seconds, helping you to save money and avoid shill bidding.

You could also try your local thrift stores, Goodwill, auctions, yard sales, Craigslist, etc. To source products. Having a smart phone with internet access would be a big help with this. You could check prices of completed listings immediately, deciding if there’s enough room for profit for you to buy a particular item. It seems there should always be room for smaller sellers on eBay for used items.

Or, rather than selling a physical product, maybe try offering a service on eBay. Maybe writing articles, creating graphics, whatever it is that you would be good enough at to charge for.

For longer-term, you could learn search engine optimization, social media traffic generation, etc. And then charge webmasters for your services. If you are good, you can make some serious money doing those things.

Another long-term idea, create your own website (about $10 a year for a domain name, $5 a month for hosting) and earn money from Adsence, affiliate products (you can check out Clickbank.com and Commission Junction to see thousands of products that you could promote and earn money from for any sales that you generate), selling banner space to other webmasters, etc.

Nagesh answers:

Depending on a few things, ebay can do an auto fund transfere whn you buy or at least e-check if it’s connected to your bank account. Or you can transfere the funds yourself tho this takes 3-5 business days.

Nagesh answers:

The key to a successful eBay selling is simple — Sell products that people actually want.

Selling on eBay is not as easy as some portray. In fact, go to eBay and check out the number of auctions that end without a single bid. Competition is getting tough, as more sellers go to eBay; even the big boys are joining in the eBay marketplace. Add to that the increasing listing and final value fees.

EBay has several ways for you to determine exactly what the hot items to sell on their marketplace:

Items In Demand = the most popular items currently within that particular category. To see the In Demand page, go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/sellbycategory.html

Hot Items by Category Report = a monthly report that lists the fastest growing categories on eBay for the previous month. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/whatshot.html and select “Hot Items by Category” from the menu on the left.

EBay Pulse = “a daily snapshot of current trends, hot picks, and cool stuff on eBay”. Go to http://pulse.ebay.com/ to see eBay Pulse in action.

Merchandising Calendar = eBay promotes specific categories on its home page each month. Savvy eBayers know that this home page exposure results in more interest in such categories. Go to http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/calendar.html to view the current Merchandising Calendar.

Nagesh answers:

They should do the following to raise money:

1. Garage Sale
2. Sell things on ebay and craigslist
3. Walk dogs, clean people’s homes, yardwork
4. Obtain a part time job (foodserver, gym attendant)
5. Cut down on spending and use what they have instead of buying more