I'm a mystery shopper for a restaurant near my house. I do six visits per month (3 where I have to sit down and order and 3 where I have to call and place a takeout order.) I get paid $8 per visit + reimbursed for whatever we spend.
Post by jennybee1018 on Jun 25, 2014 7:16:20 GMT -5
I'm a Zumba instructor! Obviously it's fun for me, but it also makes decent money as I teach 3 classes a week at compounds that are close to my house. Since I don't teach at a gym or hotel, I don't have to pay any kind of fees to anyone, and I receive the full profit.
I have a few friends who play in string quartets and I sometimes will get asked to sub in when one of the regulars can't make it (I'm a violist). It doesn't happen too often, though. And I spend a lot of time with my (volunteer) orchestra, so generally I'm too burnt out to play in other stuff. Lol.
Post by schitzengiggles on Jun 25, 2014 8:56:08 GMT -5
My DH is an IT Supervisor, but started as a Web Developer. His work is now a lot of budget stuff and meetings, and no more coding.
So to stay fresh and up to date, he does freelance and makes quite a bit of money doing it. He is pretty brilliant at it...it's a natural talent for him. Plus he loves doing it, so it's a win-win!
Pre-kids, I always browsed the "etc" ads on Craigslist. I did anything that sounded interesting-- once I taught a group of middle-aged women how to play poker. I also did some mystery shopping.
In my current job, I'm part time and hourly, but there are always options to work more. So if I have free time, I just put in more hours at my job.
My husband scraps metal for extra money. He is also always selling stuff on ebay and craigslist. Most of the things he scraps/sells are old parts that his company would just throw away. He makes a good amount of extra income this way.
I declutter on Ebay. It doesn't really make that much money, because I only sell a few things at a time. However, I haven't had to use out of pocket money for Ebay purchases for a long time, because of the money I get from selling that is in my Paypal account. Occasionally I'll get a few hundred dollars on a single higher ticket item.
My sister started with them first, so I knew that it was a legit company. Most of the shops in my area are fast food and gas stations, but in bigger cities there are all kinds of things available. Once you do a few of them it is pretty easy because you know what things to look for and what things you have to keep track of (service times, descriptions of employees, things like that). I have a friend that started with Marketforce after I told her about them and then she ended up signing up with companies that had shops at hotels, amusement parks, bowling allies, and the like. I never did any of those, though, but I could find out the company name if you're interested.
I crochet and make a little money in the fall and winter from my Etsy shop. I also started participating in focus group surveys and my first one is next week. That will pay $125 for about 2 hours of giving my opinion on travel drink containers. I don't know what all can be said regarding travel drink containers to fill two hours, but I'll give it the old college try.
Tutoring. I can charge anywhere from $60-$80/hour. I also have a stipulation that the students actually have to work and not complain (LOL) or I won't work with them. Apathy is a waste of my time, that I already put in a 40+ hour workweek dealing with.
My sister started with them first, so I knew that it was a legit company. Most of the shops in my area are fast food and gas stations, but in bigger cities there are all kinds of things available. Once you do a few of them it is pretty easy because you know what things to look for and what things you have to keep track of (service times, descriptions of employees, things like that). I have a friend that started with Marketforce after I told her about them and then she ended up signing up with companies that had shops at hotels, amusement parks, bowling allies, and the like. I never did any of those, though, but I could find out the company name if you're interested.
I am filling out their form and they are requesting references. Do they contact them? It says they can be "personal" so I just put 2 friends' names.
I mystery shop as well. I get reimbursed up to a certain amount for a meal for my H and me. There are also (in my area) shops for car dealerships and car repair places and sometimes places like best buy - and those pay cash (well, check by mail) PM me if you want a referral link.
My sister started with them first, so I knew that it was a legit company. Most of the shops in my area are fast food and gas stations, but in bigger cities there are all kinds of things available. Once you do a few of them it is pretty easy because you know what things to look for and what things you have to keep track of (service times, descriptions of employees, things like that). I have a friend that started with Marketforce after I told her about them and then she ended up signing up with companies that had shops at hotels, amusement parks, bowling allies, and the like. I never did any of those, though, but I could find out the company name if you're interested.
I am filling out their form and they are requesting references. Do they contact them? It says they can be "personal" so I just put 2 friends' names.
**Craigslist - but that'll run out eventually (if I'm lucky and finally get downsized to where I want to be!!). My new Viking stove will be a cash purchase from my craigslist cash fund ($1000-$6000/year) **Ebay for DH's car stuff ($5,000-20,000/year) **I do a fair number of focus groups and play tests (probably $5000/yr) **Crowdtap (I'm up to $145 in Amazon GC from their drawings this year so far) **an ap called Pact where I commit to working out and eating healthy and get paid to do that (but pay when I miss my pact) ($30/year) I used to mystery shop, do some freelance magazine writing, write reviews on Epinions, and a long time ago I worked for a babysitting service.
Any idea how a non-teacher could get in on this? I've looked around at the university my husband works at (and I adjunct for) because the tests are often held there on Saturdays but I'm guessing the locale doesn't provide the proctors?