10 Best Methods for Beginners to Make Money Online
So when it comes to making money online, there’s so many different options out there but in today’s article what I want to do is focus on the 10 best methods that will be perfect for a complete beginner. I’ve been able to make millions of dollars on the internet in so many different ways so I think I’ve got the right information when it comes to pointing you in the right direction but jumping straight into the first method that I want to talk about which is to sell everyday household products.
Selling Everyday Household Products Online
Now when it comes to selling physical products on the internet this is actually how I was able to make my first $100,000 in profit $500,000 in profit so on and so forth and there’s a number of different ways that you can sell physical products online of course you can use marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay and when it comes to setting up your own e-commerce website and selling directly to the customer I would recommend Shopify but specifically when it comes to selling everyday household products the reason why I recommend it is because you’re essentially going to be selling Evergreen items that people are actively searching for on a day-to-day basis this of course is going to increase your chances of being able to make revenue on a day-to-day basis but when I say everyday household products for those of you that are confused there’s so many different ones out there you know there’s baby products pet products or there more common items such as light bulbs.
Example: Selling Batteries on Amazon
So if I just go onto Amazon as you can see this is of course an everyday household product people are spending money on it on a day-to-day basis because when they buy a light bulb they use it it stops working they’re going to come back and buy it again and again and another everyday household product that you might want to consider selling is something like batteries of course when it comes to batteries people are consistently buying it because they need it and I want to show you something interesting when it comes to the amount of money that’s being spent on an everyday household product just like this if I just come over here to the Helium 10 Google Chrome extension tool right there as you can see in the last 30 days customers went onto amazon.com and spent over $29 million on any product that contains the word batteries in the title so I’m sure that you can definitely understand the reason as to why I believe selling items like this could be really beneficial.
Selling Trending or Seasonal Products
But moving on to one of the second ways that you can make money online which is by selling trending or seasonal products and you’re probably thinking about Sam didn’t you just tell us to sell everyday Evergreen products why is it now you’re telling us to sell trending or seasonal products now of course it will depend on which direction you want to take both methods definitely work and when I say trending and seasonal for those of you that’s not really sure of exactly what this is this is essentially where you’re going to be selling a product that’s only selling well at specific times of the year this can definitely be beneficial if you’re able to pick the right product and you’re able to set things up in the right way because there’s going to be specific points of the year where you’re going to be able to kind of know that you’re going to get an influx of revenue and profits but to give you a deeper understanding of exactly what I’m talking about I’m just going to show you a real life example right now.
Real-Life Example: Golf Products Store
So I’ve just logged into my Zeke analytics account Zeke analytics is one of the best product research softwares out there when it comes to finding various different stores that are bringing in hundreds of thousands of dollars every month but if you just take a look over here it says trend in Shopify stores and it’s showing you the revenue for the last 30 days and one of the top stores over here is this one they brought in over $623,000 in the last month so I’m just going to click into their store just like this okay perfect so as you can see this store sold over 376 individual products and the type of items that they’re selling are golf related items so if I just click into any one of their products I just want to go over to their store okay so this is their store over here they’re obviously a golf focus store selling golf accessories so and so forth but one of the reasons why they were able to make so much money in the last month is because if I just go over to Google Trends as you can see I’ve just typed in golf over there and over the past 5 years there’s always a certain period of time where more and more people are interested in golf and it’s between May June July and August and this is like clockwork as well as you can see in 2020 2021 2022 2023 and 2024 and of course golf products is just one example out of a thousand there’s so many different items that might perform better during summertime might perform better during winter you just have to make sure that you do the right research make sure that you spy on various different stores that are selling those products so that you have a better idea of which items are going to bring you the bigger success.
Affiliate Marketing: Promoting Products You Don’t Own
But moving on to the next way that you can make money online as a complete beginner is by promoting and advertising products online that you don’t actually own yourself and you don’t have to ship out the products yourself and another term for this is called affiliate marketing so there’s a number of different ways that you can do affiliate marketing you can do it for digital products you can do it for physical products e.g. you can sign up to the Amazon Associates program it’s really easy to do all you’re going to do is go over to the Amazon homepage just like this and you’re going to scroll down to the bottom and you’re going to see something along the lines of make money with us then you’re going to see a link that says something like become an affiliate and signing up isn’t difficult it’s going to take maybe 5 minutes for you to complete the application but for those of you that are completely confused on what affiliate marketing is what the Amazon Associates program is essentially the way that it works is that you’re going to be able to sign up to it and it’s going to give you the power to promote any product that’s currently available on Amazon right now so you’re not going to have to necessarily build a store around that product you’re not going to have to buy the products in bulk literally all you’re going to be doing is advertising products that already exist on Amazon and because you’re going to be given a unique link Amazon are going to know that you sent the customer their way and they’re going to give you a commission.
How to Get Your Amazon Affiliate Link
So once you’ve completed the signup stage for the Amazon Associates program for you to get the link for whatever product that you want to start promoting it’s going to be with this gray strip at the top over here so as an example let’s say that I wanted to start promoting iPhone 13 Pros 14 Pros whatever it is because I use one myself and I know I’m going to be able to advertise it to the best of my ability I’m going to be able to come on to Amazon just like this and type in iPhone 14 pro I’m just going to click on any link so I’m just going to click on this one and for me to get my unique tracked link if I just click on text over here this is the link that I need to put out on the internet and if someone clicks on this link and they buy this product I’m going to be able to earn a percentage of this revenue that you can see on the screen.
Creating and Selling Digital Products on Marketplaces
But swiftly moving on to the next way that you can earn money online as a beginner which is by creating a digital product and selling it on a marketplace so selling digital products can definitely be a powerful way of earning money online the main reason is because when you create the digital product just once every time that you sell it it’s basically 90% maybe even 95% profit and that’s because there’s no manufacturing cost that goes into it there’s no shipping cost there’s nothing like that so if you are able to create a digital product that you know people are actively searching for and you list it on a marketplace such as Etsy maybe even udemy you’re going to be in a position where you’re essentially earning a passive source of income because you’re not going to be responsible for shipping out the product every single time that you make a sale so selling a digital product on a marketplace can definitely be a great option for those of you out there that don’t really want to put the work in when it comes to driving sales to whatever digital product that you want to sell.
Creating and Selling Digital Products Directly to Customers
But a second option which is actually the next method of making money online is by creating a digital product and selling it directly to the end customer so there’s a number of different platforms out there that you can use when it comes to hosting your digital product you know we’ve got things like Thinkific I believe we’ve got Kajabi and we’ve also got Teachable and that’s the one that I personally use myself the reason why I like using something like Teachable is because you’re going to be able to use it when it comes to selling a multitude of different digital products whether it’s online courses PDF guides you know maybe ebooks audio files there’s a long list of different products that you’re going to be able to sell using Teachable but I would say that one of the number one reasons why I like to use Teachable is because they’re going to do all of the work when it comes to getting your digital product ranked on the first page of Google.
Personal Experience: Selling an eBay Guide on Teachable
So as I said I’m currently using Teachable to sell various different digital products but one of the digital products that I’m selling is a step-by-step guide to help people sell on eBay I’ve managed to sell on eBay for the past 8 9 10 years and during that time I’ve also managed to make over a million dollars and of course I used to get so many questions from people asking me how did I do this how did I do that so I thought I’d put all of my knowledge in a step-by-step guide and because I put a lot of effort when it came to building a step-by-step guide that’s the reason why I believe it ended up on the first page of Google so if I just type in this search term over here and then click on search and then scroll down slightly as you can see over here it says Teachable and this is the link that’s going to take people directly to my digital product to help them sell on eBay and any of you are going to be able to do the exact same thing even if you want to teach someone another language maybe you’re a new mom and you want to create a digital product teaching people the entire process the possibilities are really endless when it comes to whatever digital product that you want to make and you want to sell directly to the end user and of course there is a lot more that goes into selling a digital product so if you wanted me to make a step-by-step guide walking you through the entire process then put in the comments down below do the digital product video and I’ll get onto it ASAP.
Offering Freelance Services on Freelance Websites
But I believe right now we’re on the sixth best way for a beginner to make money online which is by offering freelance services on a freelance website and by freelance website this is going to be things like freelancer.com Fiverr Upwork these are sites that I’ve used myself for me to find all of the different freelancers that I’m working with right now and I know that it can be a great opportunity for someone like yourself that’s got a skill or is willing to learn one because you’re going to be able to sign up to any one of these different accounts and of course it’s not necessarily going to be 100% easy for you to get your first client but as long as you make sure to offer a service that people are actively searching for e.g. there’s these top 10 freelance jobs for beginners it’s going to be things like becoming a graphic designer virtual assistant web developer SEO specialist data entry specialist translator web designer video editor in my opinion I would say that becoming a freelancer is definitely one of the easiest ways to make your first couple hundred online if you’re starting off with nothing at all besides skills.
Direct to Inbox Method for Freelancing
But in saying that this now brings me on to the next best way of making money online as a complete beginner which is with a method called direct to inbox so the DTI method is the same as offering freelance services but instead of you signing up to a freelance website like the ones I mentioned earlier what you’re going to do is reach out directly to the people that could benefit from your services in their inbox so even though yes I said that I found various different freelancers on all of these different websites that I’m using myself right now with all of my different online businesses most of the majority of the freelancers that I work with on a consistent basis for example over the past 2 3 years they actually reached out to me directly in my inbox I believe this to be one of the best ways of getting freelance opportunities because you’re essentially going straight to the source you’re not waiting for any one of these freelance websites to push your profile out to potential clients because as long as you know what you need to do when it comes to finding the email addresses for the people that could benefit from your services it’s just going to come down to you being consistent when it comes to sending those people professional emails on a day-to-day basis and there’s a number of different ways that you can find the email addresses it’s all going to depend on what type of person you’re reaching out to and what type of skill you’re offering.
Finding Clients for Direct to Inbox Method
So for example if you’ve got skills of video editing and you believe that you can edit YouTube videos like this you’re going to be able to go directly onto YouTube and go over to the YouTuber’s channel and then from here you’re going to be able to get access to their email address and you’re going to be able to repeat that process over and over again and build up a list of different emails or for example let’s say if you’re looking to find a potential client to build a website for them you’re going to be able to go over to something like Google Maps find a business that doesn’t have a website listed on their profile and then from there there’s a step-by-step method that you can use when it comes to finding the email address for that business and then you can even use something like AI when it comes to building a website but whatever the case is and whatever you decide to do I believe that the DTI or the direct to inbox method is one of the best and one of the fastest ways for you to start earning money online as a freelancer.
Making Money Online Through Writing
Moving on to one of the next ways that you can earn money online which is simply by writing now there’s a number of different ways that you can write online for you to earn money e.g. you can start an email newsletter for example where you’re going to build up an email list and from there you’re going to be able to promote products and services that you either own or you don’t own you can even write articles on a website like Medium and the more people read your articles the more you’re going to get paid or what you can do is even build your own blog website and be consistent when it comes to publishing articles on a consistent basis for you to get those articles ranked on Google and if you are able to build your website and be consistent when it comes to writing valuable articles you’re going to have so many different opportunities when it comes to monetizing from that website and the reason why I know that this is true is because I’ve got this website over here that could be found at the information that they need when it comes to them being successful with an online business and literally all me and my team are doing is writing articles when it comes to pointing people in the right direction and then from this we’re able to generate thousands of dollars from simple websites just like this so if you got skills when it comes to grammar punctuation and spelling and writing is just something that you enjoy to do then building a website just like this might be a great option.
Earning Google AdSense with an On-Camera YouTube Channel
But on to the next way to make money online which is to earn Google AdSense payment with an on camera YouTube channel and when I say on camera for those of you that’s not really sure what this is it’s basically what you’rereading right now when someone makes articles like this where they’re sitting in front of the camera giving people information Google or YouTube is going to pay that YouTuber on a month-to-month basis so starting a YouTube channel where you’re going to provide information about a specific topic or niche is definitely a great way to start the process of building up a channel and potentially earning Google AdSense but if you’re someone that does want to make article you do want to provide information to people but you can’t see yourself making article like what I’m doing then this now brings me on to the 10th way of making money online which is by starting a faceless informative YouTube channel.