How to Earn Online in India

Lockdown has been harsh on everyone, stopping us from going to our jobs and forcing us to spend our savings. However, in today’s advanced age, there are many options that allow you to sit in the safety of your house and how to earn online money to keep yourself afloat.

Below is a list of different jobs and short-term work you can do to easily earn money. 

1. If you have a website, blog, or YouTube channel

Already owning a website opens up many easy-money avenues for you to use with minimum effort. 

• Google AdSense

Google earns money by charging companies who wish to advertise their products on the search engine. However, there are only so many ads that can be displayed on the home screen. This is why Google is always looking for website owners, bloggers, YouTubers, etc. to do the advertising for it. It pays 68% of the money it receives from the company to the influencer who was willing to advertise it. This method of earning little to no work, and also pays pretty substantially. All you need to be able to use this easy and simple method is a website, blog, or YouTube channel.

• Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is quite similar to Google AdSense, however, not completely. This way of earning money removes Google from the equation. A company directly pays the influencer (blogger, website, or YouTuber) for advertising their product on their platform. The payment depends on how many sales the company has due to the influencer’s advertising. For example, when you watch YouTube videos, you often hear about how the channel has been sponsored by different companies and apps, and then you see the YouTuber talk about the sponsor. The YouTuber, in this case, is earning money from affiliate marketing. 

2. Blogging/Content Writing

Blogging is one of the most upcoming and easy methods of earning money at home. If you are someone who is decent at writing, and has things to say, then this is for you. If you are able to regularly write about your chosen topic, and follow the guideline provided to you by the website/app you’re using, then you can earn a significant amount of money simply for sitting at home and telling people about yourself or stuff that has happened to you. Apps like Tumblr, etc. allow you to run and get paid for, blogs

However, if you are someone who is pretty good at writing but has nothing to talk about, then content writing is the better option. Several companies are looking for people to write articles for them, varying in topics of course. To do this job you can either go freelance or even join a company in a full-time job. 

3. Doing research 

Researching is a skill and one that is in high demand. If you are a decent researcher, someone who is good at finding the plastic bottle in the ocean that is the internet, then this job is a piece of cake for you, and a well-paying one at that. 

Many companies, and individuals if you wish to freelance, are looking for people who are willing, and good, at spending time surfing the internet and digging up the specific information they require. It’s not as easy as it sounds, I assure you. 

Even though this job doesn’t particularly require any sort of degree, you need to be someone who knows how to look for threads and find information, no matter how impossible it seems to be able to find. 

4. On-the-side-jobs

If you’re looking for a side-hustle more than an actual job, then there are well-paying options for you too. These jobs may vary from a month or two long contracts to single project jobs. 

• Take online surveys

Companies are always looking to attract more customers, however, not everything they do might be attractive to the untrained and inexperienced eye of a possible client. This is why companies put out surveys and pay people to take them. The feedback is generalised as you are not a PR expert and allows the company to improve so that it can appeal better to possible clients. This does not require any skills and isn’t well-paying enough to earn a living from. However, it is perfect for you if you already have a job and are just looking to make some extra cash on the side.

• Review websites and apps

This is somewhat similar to taking online surveys. It simply requires you to surf through a website, and then give an honest review about your experience while surfing through, if the website was easy enough to navigate, etc. The feedback helps the website/app in fixing any issues so that they can appeal to more customers. 

• Captcha Solver 

Have you noticed the small box at the bottom of the signup section on almost every website? The one that asks you if you’re a robot or not. Well, simply solving the incredibly easy puzzles it presents you with can help you earn a substantial amount of money. The only requirement for this is that you must have a fast and steady internet connection and a good PC that doesn’t hang. 

• PTC sites

This method of earning might truly be the easiest method of earning money. All you need to do is simply find a PTC site and watch a bunch of ads. The big internet companies like Google, Facebook, etc. function because there are companies who pay them for permission to advertise their products. The PTC site earns money from companies and provides a section of it to you, simply for watching the ad. This method requires you to do nothing besides simply watching some ads. 

5. Stock-market trading

This method of earning is slightly different from the others. In other words, it requires an investment and some knowledge about stocks. This method is one that can make you filthy rich in a minimum amount of time. If you have enough money to be able to start, then you can earn money through this method. Using your knowledge to predict the future of the stocks, you have to bet on the stocks. If your guess is right, you win money, and if it isn’t, you lose money. 

Despite the little-effort way of making money it allows, there is a risk of addiction so be sure to take caution against it. 

Conclusion 

The above-mentioned jobs and gigs are a few of the best ways you can earn money online in India, easily and fast. Almost all of them require no skills and all except one require no prior investments. They are easy to do, and even provide decent enough pay that you can put good food on your table every day, and pay your bills.