A Few Ways To Make Money

Not strictly about blogging but a few money making ideas I've come across this week.

On eBay
I wrote a post previously about making money through misspellings on eBay. This mentioned the website fat fingers which can help with this.

I've now realised that you can view eBay entries, where some may have misspellings, by using the * symbol when searching on their site. An example of this would be wedg* if searching for Wedgwood china or pottery. Many people spell this incorrectly.

The idea is that misspelled products are likely to get less bids than those spelt properly. Therefore you can buy cheaply and sell on for a profit. That's the theory anyway.

Dealing In Virtual Currency
This is something I've only just come across but it seems it has a potential for making money. The website is Sparter. It's all about buying and selling virtual currency associated with online games. You can buy and sell the currency on Sparter for games such as Warcraft, EverQuest and so on. Based on an eBay format.

Money From Second Life Game
It's also said that the game Second Life has made a few players quite rich. One was Anshe Chung who reportedly makes more than $150,000 a year from the game.

Money can be earned in various ways including designing avatars or by buying land and renting it to others etc. Not something for me. I'm still interested in the 'real' world.

Cash In Your Old Mobile Phone
People are always changing their mobile phones and the old ones languish in a drawer somewhere. There are websites, such as mazuma who will buy old mobiles (UK only) for cash.

Though early days there are a few more ways to make money on my new blog How To Make Money.

Good luck,
Mike.

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