Money Making Schemes

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Create a website about something that you know a lot about (recipes, how to fix a car, photography, stamp collecting…). Then you can make money by running some ads on the site.

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Parents and relatives usually pay more for doing odd jobs. Explain that you want to earn money fast and ask if there are any tasks you can do for money, like cleaning out the garage, etc. If they accept your offer, work hard and do a good job, make them (and yourself) proud. This will help in the future when you need money as well. 🙂

Nagesh answers:

Can you hire out as a personal assistant for some people? Run their errands, carry groceries, yard clean up, garage clean up, etc all that stuff people don’t have time to do. I’d hire you to clean my garage!

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It is all a matter of skills. If you can do what any other 19 year old can do, why should anyone pay you much?

I have one friend working as a tech at Great America. She can do everything from driving forklifts to wiring lights and running a soundboard. You can bet that she’s getting paid more than the kids the same age that are selling popcorn and tickets at the concession stands.

So as the other answer noted – good waiters at high end restaurants make good money. Are you that good a waiter?

Sales people are often paid on commission. Are you a good salesman?

Do you have other skills such as auto-mechanics? (I have another friend who worked with his father converting a truck from the junk-yard into something that he could drive to school. With that kind of head-start, you can imagine that he could do well getting a job at a shop.) welding? Or working with computers? (Trainers in how to use the standard software tools such as MS Office get paid well. Ditto for people who train customers for the big software vendors.) driving? (People who have commercial driver’s licenses do get paid better than fast food workers, even if you are not likely to get to drive a big rig anytime soon. How about driving camp school buses? Or limousines to and from airports?)

If no real skills, how about passions? If you are really into XXX, then if the pay isn’t great, a job where you can work with or learn more about XXX is still much better than working at a fast-food place. That can include everything from being a docent at a museum (the local science museum only hires kids, no adults, as its docents), working at a stable if you love horses, to giving people rides to and from the garage if you love cars.

Nagesh answers:

Ask your parents if you can do something other than your normal chores for money. Like, clean their cars, help them at work on a Saturday, or anything else that isn’t part of your regular work at home!