Ways to Earn Money at Uni

I'm making a list of some ways to make money at uni without a job, since I've never had one or had time for one, and I;ve still needed money beyond my loan. I've tried them all, but if you try them too let me know how they work for you. If you can think of more please let me know too, I'm running out of things to try :smile:

1. Online Surveys - the main site I use is Vivatic because they always have surveys, tasks, polls and small article jobs to do. The surveys pay 50p to £2 per survey and the writing jobs go up to about £10 for about 600 words. They do prize draws too. I've earned about £50 since I started. There's also websites like Valued Opinions and Toluna, but I never got anywhere with them.

2. Ebay - buying stuff really cheap or in bulk and then selling it on for profit. You have to catch items on sale when they're about 70% off. Then you can sell them for about 30% / 50% off the RRP of the product and make a tidy profit. You can also buy stock in bulk from places like Ali Express, who ship from China, and sell on Ebay (plus Amazon and Etsy, as I do). It takes a while to move stuff and eBay takes some of the profit and charges you for listing it, and there's no guarantee anyone will buy but if you're used to selling things or already have your own store like Etsy, it's good.

3. Selling old stuff on eBay - I dug out my limited edition Aqua Blue Nintendo 3DS and sold it for about £130 on ebay. Because they don't make it any more it sold really well and had lots of bidders. Find something that you can sell, even old books.

4. FeaturePoints - I started this about 2 weeks ago, you download the app and then it gives you more apps to download, which you get points for. You install and test the app for about a minute and then delete it, and points pay out to PayPal as money. It's pretty easy and you don't actually have to do anything, but you only make like $10 at a time (about £6 a week maybe). If you use the code 2ZYHEC you get 50 bonus starting points, and if you don't like it you can just delete the app. You can get it at featurepoints.com or http://featu.re/2ZYHEC but only on phone or tablet.

5. Cam work - it sounds bad but if you'e open minded it's fine. You basically charge people to watch you on cam. Usually this is pornographic but you can also charge people to just have a friendly chat with you, you can become a webcam agony aunt. If you have any skills too (like maths, science, english, cooking, whatever) then you can be an online help tutotial, helping people with homework, uni assignments, cooking help, etc. Doesn't have to be a sex cam :tongue:

These are the ones I know of & use / have used. If you try any of them a review / opinion would be cool, or if you've done any before. Plus if you know of any more let me know! :smile:

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Reply 1

wannabeaca

Matched Betting - the easiest and quickest way is the biggest one you've missed. It is also useful for those looking to boost incomes or savings. I personally do matched betting to boost my savings whilst I'm waiting to graduate.

Reply 2

AverageCabbage

I've just posted a nice painless way to earn an extra few hundred for free with relatively little risk. Give it a go! (Won't paste the whole post here as it's a big long)

Reply 3

Christa_

Original post by AverageCabbage

I've just posted a nice painless way to earn an extra few hundred for free with relatively little risk. Give it a go! (Won't paste the whole post here as it's a big long)

ty I'll have a look :smile:

Reply 4

Christa_

Original post by wannabeaca

I was really tempted to try it when I started out earning from home, but idk, I'm just kinda worried it wouldn't be what it seemed. Like, I'd put money in and then not have the right options, or something'd go wrong. I looked at the instructions pretty carefully but still didn't feel confident. I might try it over the summer though when I don't have rent to pay, and losing £10 or so wouldn't be too big of a deal.

Thanks for the reminder though, for those who want to try and aren't chicken like me it's an option :smile:

Reply 5

wannabeaca

Original post by Christa_

Use fixtheodds or something to start off with. They walk you through it all and it even gives you links to the sites and tells you what to fill in/how much to deposit etc.

Everything's scary when you first do something but you just gotta research and trust the findings of your research.

Reply 6

Clip

Get a netball or hockey umpire course (some unions run them free). Teams should then pay you in the £20-30 region per match. Might get one or two a week. An hour's work.

Reply 7

Questionner

I want to sell things but I would prefer not to do it online. Is there any way to sell things without using the internet or is there no way around it?

Reply 8

cantevendeal

Here's a list of over 40 ways to make money at uni...

http://www.savethestudent.org/make-money/10-quick-cash-injections.html

There's plenty of forums on here about it too > http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2083303

Hope that has a few good ideas for you!

Reply 9

kc_mills

Can you explain how Matched Betting works and direct me to a few sites where you can do this?

Reply 10

Sam Walters

Original post by kc_mills

Can you explain how Matched Betting works and direct me to a few sites where you can do this?

You obviously know what a normal style bet is, you're no idiot. However something that is important is knowing what a lay bet is.

Essentially, you're betting against a result. So you can bet against x team to win.

However unlike a normal bet you don't get 3x or whatever you stake initially. If the odd`s were 3.00 decimal 2/1 fractional. If the team were to loose you would get your initial wager back as profit. However if they win you loose 3x your initial wager.

The lay bets are setup on something called a betting exchange. They also take a cut of your winnings normal is 5%

Lets not call it matched betting for the moment.

Now there are two types.

Guaranteed free bet
One is where you bet x and get a free bet to x value regardless of outcome. Normally your initial stake is not returned (Your own wager) on the free bet.

Example:
Odd`s are 3.00 on both the back bet (the bookie side) and the lay bet (exchange side)

Say you bet £25 on the back to get a £25.

This will require you to front £25 on the back side and £50.84 on the lay side.

Resulting loss from qualifying bet will be -£0.84 regardless of outcome.

With the same odd`s on the free bet providing it is stake not returned you will need to:

Front £33.90 on the lay side.

Resulting profit regardless of outcome will be £16.10. - qualifying losses = £15.26

If the bet returns your stake you will need to front on the lay £50.84.

Resulting profit regardless of outcome = 24.14 - 0.84 = £23.3

Free bet in the event of a loss

Same process of laying and backing the bets. However you need to make profit if they win and loss if they loose. At the same odd`s back to lay you cannot guarantee profit.

Thus with these bets i always use high odd`s and lay for a loss of say 5 on the bet if the team loose. So on a 25 bet with odd`s of 8/8 I would lay 20 resulting in a lay liability of £140. However if they win you make £35.

So lets go back to the loss event where you qualify for the free bet. So you've lost £5 so far. Pick high odd`s again for the free bet to maximize the offer.

20.93- 5 = £15.93 profit.

Picking high odd`s and the bet winning on the first round of bets is obviously the ideal.

Reply 11

jamesthehustler

Original post by Sam Walters

the way i've done things is by using two betting shops and put the same amount on the opposite result(2 team/player sports work for this) so
shop a-bet £5 on x at say 2:1 to win
shop b-bet £5 on y at say 4:1 to win
worst case you make £10 best odds are £20 on this little wager but now i go for stakes of up to £500 total (£250EW)

Reply 12

jamesthehustler

gold selling so buy it cheap on ebay and via auctions or from people you know who change their jewellery frequently or have stuff thats unworn for years IN ANY CONDITION if its real its cash you can make a real fortune i bought a sovereign ring(gift from his ex) from an uncle along with a pair of gold chains he bought in cuba in the 80's but i paid what he asked £800 i made £2200 in under a week

Reply 13

cozlion

Original post by jamesthehustler

This does not work. Worst case is losing £10 if the result is a draw. Best case would be winning £10 as profit.. You don't actually do this do you?

Reply 14

jamesthehustler

Original post by cozlion

This does not work. Worst case is losing £10 if the result is a draw. Best case would be winning £10 as profit.. You don't actually do this do you?

i was pulling that with my uncle at 14 now my stakes are far higher i blow a £6600 inheritance in one hit before made £13,200 profit on a 5:1

Reply 15

EthanNCL

Original post by Questionner

I want to sell things but I would prefer not to do it online. Is there any way to sell things without using the internet or is there no way around it?

you could start shottin drugs, risky business... i mean you could just sell weed to your mates in the halls students love a good smoke

Reply 16

Sam Walters

Original post by jamesthehustler

Indeed. Ive been hunting around for some software to find the odd`s on this. No luck so far.

Reply 17

Sam Walters

Original post by cozlion

This does not work. Worst case is losing £10 if the result is a draw. Best case would be winning £10 as profit.. You don't actually do this do you?

Providing both odd`s are above 2 decimal you will make a profit on games with only two outcomes.

Using the odds jamesthehustler provided.

Outcome one.

5 x 2:1 = 15 return - 10 for wagering. 5 profit.
5 x 4:1 = 25 return - 10 for wagering. 15 profit.