You next option would be to find multiple distributors or wholesalers that you can purchase brand new items from at a wholesale price. They majority of people that are making good money on ebay are using this tactic. There is a quite a bit of trial and error with this method as you just have to find out what works for you. Also be aware that the competition is fierce.
Make Money With A Personal Blog
There are thousands if not millions of people who have a personal blog that make a couple hundred bucks a month by putting advertising on their blog. Most people start out by placing Google Adsense ads on their blog. When someone clicks on the ad then Google give the blog owner money. It can be anywhere from a couple of cents to $40 or $50 for just one click.
A lot of people say that they wouldn't know what to write about if they had a blog but all you have to write about is what you are interested in. You don't even have to write about a specific hobby you could just write meanderings about anything you want from day to day. There are literally thousands of people that surf the web that would be interestind in the same things that you are interested in and would probably love to read a blog that you would author.
Write Your Own Ebook
Another easy way to make money online is to write an ebook about a topic that you have knowledge of and sell it. You could find out a common problem that people have and are searching for a solution to and then write an ebook about how they can overcome their problem. the overture keyword tool at http://inventory.overture.com is a great place to do some free keyword research to find out what people are searching for.
Maybe you have a simple solution to help someone get rid of allergies, that would be a great topic that you could write an ebook on. There are probably hundreds of thousands of people that would pay $10 or $20 to find out how to get rid of their allergy problems? There are literally hundreds of millions of searches on the internet by people looking for quick solutions to their problems
These are some great ideas that just about anyone can use with very little money to make some extra money online.
One of the lessons I learnt from being on the internet is the fact that it doesn't have to take much to make money. I had been spending my time trying to develop high ticket products that no one wanted but I hoped would sell for close to a thousand dollars. My internet marketing life changed when I learnt how to make money using low cost and easy ways.
The problem came when I ran out of money, I had maxed out my credit cards and I was ready to give up because trying to stay in internet marketing was costing me too much, not only in finances but also in time and energy.
I looked back over all the products I had bought, all the information I had and everything I had been taught. It was the lessons I learnt at the very beginning and had ignored that were to come back and help me finally start making money online easily. I had found myself joining a number of free eCourses and learning from them and then I joined an eCourse that was teaching people how to run and profit from their own eCourses. At the same time a product had been launched that showed people how to offer free access to membership sites with a one time offer upgrade.
With the information I had I now realized that I could easily put together eCourses that were delivered by email and using membership sites. It was an exciting time. I had been unable to sell access to a membership site and yet when I offered free access with an upgrade people bought the upgrade.
It was a perfect internet business for newbies and as I didn't have my own product I used affiliate products and sold those instead. As time went by I began to create my own free short reports and then moved onto selling reports before creating my own information products.
The learning system I gained access to also provided me with a structure that showed me how to put together information with ongoing value to those who signed up, which is extremely important. It took me about 10 days to put together my first free eCourse because I had never done it before and by the time I was writing my fourth one it was only taking me a few days. Now within 48 hours I can have an ecourse up and ready to attract new subscribers.
Suddenly after months of not knowing how to build a list I was doing it and after months of never making any money I was finally receiving those wonderful emails that alert you to a sale. Plus it was easy to start and maintain which really did fit into what I wanted from my business at the beginning.
There are plenty of easy and low cost ways to make money online without having to spend a lot of money. I will caution you not to confuse low cost or easy to start up with no work because they will always need the commitment from you to drive traffic to it and ensure you continually have people signing up.
Both John Gottshall & Diane Corriette are contributors for EditorialToday. The above articles have been edited for relevancy and timeliness. All write-ups, reviews, tips and guides published by EditorialToday.com and its partners or affiliates are for informational purposes only. They should not be used for any legal or any other type of advice. We do not endorse any author, contributor, writer or article posted by our team.