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Which?’s survey found that 6pc of members were doing overtime or additional work of some sort to supplement their income. Here are some options for making extra money.

Completing Surveys

Many research agencies pay a small amount to people who complete surveys online for them (starting at 10p, depending on length of survey).

You have to register with them and provide some details. They contact you when a survey fitting your profile is available. You accumulate your rewards in an account which are then paid in cash or vouchers when they reach a certain limit.

Market Research

If your finances are suffering in the downturn and you’ve laready followed all the advice on saving money and cut your budget to the minimum, here are some usable and easy ways to boost your income.

Sell your unused and unwanted items

This is the most popular way for anybody to earn extra cash at any time, not just during a recession. Most people can’t (or don’t want to) make a living by selling unwanted goods but recent estimates show that the average household has £450 worth of stuff sitting around. Here we look at the pros, cons and costs of selling methods, to help you decide what should go and how to shift it.

Our parents and grandparents had loads of sayings, like “A penny saved is a penny earned” or “If the wind changes you’ll stay like that”.

They also had a lot less debt (sorry, credit) as the older generation tended to save up for things, rather than whip out the VISA.

So the concept of saving up for something you want is pretty much out of fashion, or has been until the recent meltdown in the (sorry, debt) industry. However, thrift as a state of mind is worth persuing as saving money really is the same as earning more, whether you use it for life’s luxuries or to pay off already accumulated debt.

A few posts ago I suggested a quick way to raise money was to sell unwanted stuff on Ebay.

If you use Ebay on a regular basis you soon find that fees begin to mount on stuff that doesn’t sell.  One way around this is to set up your own shop. FOR FREE. 

This option works best if you have many similar items to sell, such as clothes, toys, hobby items, or whatever. I have been experimenting with this for a few months now, as I wanted to test out an online website package from Terapad (this is not an affiliate link, just a genuine tip!).