People will tell you that there’s no real way to make simple money in today’s world.

That, my friends, is just not true.

The internet and the growing gig economy have made it easier than ever for people to make real, legitimate, easy money in 2020…and beyond.

We’ve rounded up 15 of the best ways for you to do it!

Tips for Making Easy Money Starting Now

Making money easily is the way to go!

No one wants to slave away at a job only to make a fraction of what they actually need to pay bills, save for the future, and feel comfortable with their finances.

It’s always better to make money without stressing yourself out over how you need to do it, right?

Take our advice and put one or two of these tips into practice to start making easy money in the new year and for years to come.

Renting

With places like Fat Llama and Ruckify, you can literally rent out almost anything you own to make money on it over and over again.

List your stuff online, find people who need to rent that stuff, and earn a profit every time it gets rented out.

You can also boost your rental income by thinking outside the box with things you can rent out, like your car, your parking space, or even your home.

GetAround, for example, lets you rent your car when you’re not using it.

Instead of having it sit in your garage not getting touched, you can rent it to someone who needs it and get paid.

You might also have a parking spot or driveway that doesn’t get used for most of the day.

If so, rent that out to a person in need on Pavemint.

Rent out an extra bedroom in your home – or your whole house – with Airbnb.

The sky’s the limit here.

Selling

Selling your stuff is super easy thanks to all the different ways you can do it.

A yard sale, Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, and eBay are just some of the many ways you can sell stuff you no longer need.

But people are turning selling into a whole different ballgame with flipping.

Flipping is the art of finding something at a low price and selling it to make a profit.

In some cases, you’ll need to fix up an item before being able to sell it for profit.

In other cases, you might just score a great deal on something and be able to sell it for more without doing anything to it.

Try searching flea markets, antique shops, yard sales, and thrift stores to find items you think you can sell for more money.

Sitting

Who knew that sitting could bring in so much money?

It’s true…

When you’re sitting for children or pets, that is!

Babysitting and pet sitting hardly feel like jobs when you love being around kids or animals.

The truth is that both of these gigs pay really well, and it’s not at all difficult to find people who need help watching their kids or fur-kids.

If sitting in a house watching a pet doesn’t sound like your idea of fun, you could always go the dog walking route using an app like Rover, which pays you to walk neighborhood dogs.

You can, of course, use the same app to find dogs to watch either in your home or the family’s home, so do what you want and make some money.

Photography

You don’t need to set up elaborate photography sessions to make money with a photography business.

You can simplify the whole process by simply using your phone or a camera to take some amazing pictures and then sell them on stock photo sites and apps.

Foap makes it easy to sell photos right from your smartphone.

You can upload pictures you want to sell and earn commission when someone buys them.

Or, play around with photo challenges to win cash for your favorite pics.

You can also use stock photo sites like Shutterstock and Adobe Stock to make money with your passion.

Writing and Editing

Writing and editing work won’t necessarily be easy for everyone, but for those with a passion for grammar and writing, it could be.

You can sign up for places like Upwork and Guru to find writing and editing jobs, or browse online job board, LinkedIn jobs, or even Craigslist for relevant gigs.

You might get lucky and find some freelance blogging work, writing a few simple blog posts per week for some extra cash.

Search your favorite online magazines and blogs, too, for those that pay writers (there are tons of them in just about every niche!).

If you’re having trouble finding some, you can do a quick Google search using a keyword format like “[your niche] writer submissions”.

Coaching

Coaching has become the “thing” in online jobs lately.

It seems like everyone is either a coach or has a coach for some reason, whether it’s to get help building their business or receive encouragement about losing weight.

The ability to coach stems from the skills you have, so it shouldn’t be very challenging to do if you have good people skills, enjoy helping others, and like using the skills you have.

The most difficult part is probably finding clients, but even that shouldn’t be too tough if you hang out in social media groups where your ideal clients also hang out.

You can use your LinkedIn profile to tell people more about what you offer for coaching or create a simple website that explains your services and points people in the direction to contact you.

Use Your Body

Your body is one of the best moneymakers of all.

You can donate sperm at a local sperm bank to make some extra money each week or month.

Or, find a blood plasma donation center to make up to $100 a week from twice-weekly donations.

Sell your hair online at HairSellon.

Some hair goes for thousands of dollars depending on its color, condition, and length!

Visit ClinicalTrials.gov to find clinical trails near you that are looking for participants for new medications, treatments, and more.

Some of them pay extremely well.

If you’re a woman, you may even consider donating your eggs.

This process can pay you $10,000 or more – but I’ll admit that it’s not necessarily easy.

You’ll need to go through detailed steps before you’ll be cleared to donate, along with taking hormone shots and going through the extraction process itself.

Investing

Most people are willing to admit that investing money isn’t something that comes easily to them.

That’s totally okay.

You actually don’t really need to know how to invest anything because today’s tools have put investing practically on autopilot.

You can now use apps and websites designed to teach you how to invest, do all the investing for you, or give you a good balance of both.

Titan is one example of a company that guides you with investing in a hedge fund while doing all the tricky stuff for you.

You can get started with as little as a $500 investment, and the company will keep you informed of why they do what they do as far as your investments go.

If you don’t have that much money to spare, try something like Stash, which lets you start with just $5 in your account.

The app has automatic investing and savings tools plus a debit card that automatically invests money for you when you use it.

Crafting

Do you consider yourself a crafty person and have a lot of ideas in your head that are waiting to come out?

That’s all you need to be able to get paid for crafting.

It’s easy to set up an Etsy shop and list the products you have for sale.

You can also advertise your products on your Facebook profile or page, join crafting Facebook groups, or sell them to locals on Craigslist.

There are a lot of paths you can take with this particular skill.

Rideshare or Deliver

Use Uber, Lyft, or another rideshare service to get people where they need to go.

These places have been in the news a lot the past couple of years because they’re literally changing the way people work.

You don’t have a schedule, so you’re free to work when you have some time to spare.

If you choose to use UberEats instead of the regular Uber service, you can even just get set up as a delivery driver rather than a people deliverer.

Look into GrubHub and Doordash, too, if delivering is something that interests you more than ridesharing.

Postmates is one service that even allows you to ride a bike to deliver stuff if you choose.

YouTube

YouTube creators can stand to make a living just from their content creation on the video platform.

You may not become a YouTube star right out of the gate, but if you have awesome videos and a unique angle for them, word about your channel could spread fast.

Start your channel as soon as possible so you’ll have time to build your followers and get to the point where you can monetize your videos.

Shopping

Your shopping trips can give you some easy money as long as you can remember to open an app or visit a website first.

For example, you can get paid from Ibotta when you shop for groceries or household items and take advantage of its many rebates on some of your favorite products.

Ibotta also has tons of ways to earn bonuses through shopping challenges, teamwork with other friends who use the app, and more.

Or, try Shopkick, which pays you to scan barcodes, take photos, and do other in-store tasks.

You can also use sites that offer cashback shopping where you visit the site and earn cashback for your purchases, like Swagbucks, MyPoints, and Rakuten.

Losing Weight

DietBet and HealthyWage are two apps that pay you to lose weight.

Yes, you read that correctly.

Walk, run, and yoga your way to a healthier lifestyle and a pile of cash.

You can bet against yourself based on your own weight loss goals or bet against others by entering challenges.

You’ll stand to win money either way if you reach your weight loss goals.

Tutoring

If you have a subject that comes naturally to you, then tutoring students in that subject shouldn’t be difficult to do.

In fact, it can be fun and lucrative!

You can reach out to local community colleges to tutor adults in a subject area of expertise.

Or, if your skills are more geared toward younger students, you can advertise your services in the newspaper or in local Facebook groups to let parents know you’re open for business.

Testing

By testing, we’re talking about testing websites.

You can stand to make an easy $10 to $20 per 15 to 20-minute test, depending on what companies you work with and how complex the test is.

Website testing companies look for independent contractors to visit client websites, complete specific tasks on the websites, and offer feedback by speaking your thoughts into your computer’s microphone as you browse.

Doing so give clients insight into what’s working well on their site and what might need some help to improve user experience.

TryMyUI, UserTesting, and Userlytics all offer this kind of work.

Conclusion: Easy Ways to Make Money 2020 (and Beyond!)

It doesn’t seem very frustrating to make money now, does it?

The tips we mentioned above can get you earning money fast.

Keep building your side hustle and watch it grow into something that could even support your lifestyle and family one day.

We’d love for you to share this article with other people you know who might also be looking for some of the best side hustle ideas for the new year.