Especially in this economy, people are always looking for extra ways to make a little extra money on the side to pay the bills, make ends meet, or simply save up for a vacation or a toy that they may want. And the internet is full of ideas. We have learned quite quickly that you should never have to pay for any way of making extra money! If they are legitimate, they will provide you with the tools you need, and a lot of it will simply be online tools anyway, if not all of it. But there are options. 1. Start your own blog There are multiple programs that will pay you for how many hits you get, if people click on their advertising, etc. There are plenty of companies which will help you to capitalize on what you already have. And if you can come up with interesting ideas that people want to read about or for that matter if you have many regulars that visit your blog, you can make a little extra money off of that. Some companies may also pay you to write blogs specifically for them if you do it right. 2. Sell some things on eBay Whether you find them at a local farmers market or you have things that you would normally sell at a garage sale, this can come in handy. And over time, some have turned this into a sustainable business with quite a bit of positive customer feedback and other deals. When you sell things online with the right business ethic among other things, you can turn a rather descent profit. 3. Take online surveys There are some companies that will scam you, ask you for money to be the go between with you and other companies. But you should never have to pay for this particular service! If you go through the right companies, it cannot usually become a serious job. But they find that you can actually do this. 4. Be an eJuror Much like online surveys, the pay varies depending on the case. But lawyers you will find need practice. They need practice on how to pick juries, how to convince juries, etc. So they will pay you to be their crash dummy. And if they find you useful, they will keep your name in mind for a number of different pending projects. Nobody really likes jury duty. But this is not real jury duty, and they tend to pay you more for the time you are actually investing.