I just wanted to mention three ways I support my nail polish addiction. You cannot make much money doing any of these things. But every little bit helps.
Amazon Mechanical Turks
This is crowdsourcing at it's best. You perform HITS. You choose which ones you want to do. If you decide after you have accepted one that you don't want to do it, you simply return it. The average HIT pays anywhere from .01¢ to $1.00. There are some that pay more. The HITS are things like transcription, writing, and surveys. There are a lot of other things too; but, that is just an overview. I have my Turk account connected to my Amazon Payments Account. Once a day you are allowed to transfer your earnings to either a bank account or your Amazon Payments Account. I choose Amazon Payments. So when I see something on Amazon I usually have a credit to either pay for the whole thing or pay for at least part of it.
Humanatic
This is a company that pays you to listen to calls. Once again, you will not make any serious money doing this. You get paid approximately 1.5¢ per call. Each call averages about one minute. You will determine things like (1) if an appointment was booked, (2) is it a new customer or existing customer calling, or (3) was it related to business. Those are just examples. Once you determine ten in a row correctly, they will sometimes post a small bonus to your account. They pay through PayPal and you can cash out when you reach $10. You do not need a phone to do this.
Swagbucks
I just recently started doing this again. You accrue SwagBucks by searching on their search engine, shopping, watching videos, answering questions, surveys and other things. You are not going to get rich doing this one either. But once you reach certain goals, you can convert your SwagBucks into gift cards. I have always chosen Amazon gift cards for the same reason I do Mechanical Turks -- nail polish.
It is all about the nail polish!
I do have a work-at-home job that does pay a living wage, but more about that later, alligator.
