I am hearing more and more about moms that stay home with their children asking how to make money while staying home.  There are several ways you can make money while staying home. I will be the first to say, there is also several scams too so you have to be very careful.

The ways that I share with you is normally a supplemental income and doesn’t really have the ability to be the primary income.  Here is some of the ways I have learned about and see them as legit ways to make money from home.

Virtual Assistants / At Home Call Agent.  Companies will contract out their customer service to at home agents.  There is training that will be involved and a newer computer with a landline will be needed for these types of jobs.  Here is a list of companies that hire. Click here.

Focus Groups. Companies want your opinion.  And more so companies want the opinions of women / moms.  They are very interested in what you opinion is on certain products, ideas and marketing methods.  Here is an article that I have written that explains Focus Groups in more detail and has a link to a list of companies.

Mystery Shopping. Mystery shopping is one of my favorite things to do.  Gregg and eat out a lot by doing mystery shopping.  I have found that through my mystery shopping you do earn cash from several jobs but the thing you get from mystery shopping the most is you get products or eating out for free.  I wrote a 3 part series trying to outline mystery shopping for you.  Part 1, part 2 & Part 3

Swagbucks. Swagbucks is a way to get gift cards for just surfing the web.  I use this way to get Amazon gift cards and then turn them into Christmas presents. They add up pretty quickly.  Here is a more detailed description. Click here

EBAY If you know me personally, you know I sell on Ebay and it has been at time a huge blessing to our family’s budget.  Every household has things laying around that they don’t need or use anymore that would sell on Ebay.  The saying one man’s junk is another man’s treasure is so true.  Here is an over view of how I sell on Ebay. Click here.

This is just a few ways to make some extra cash but they are legit ways that if you put some time and effort into they could turn into a cash for your family.

If you are doing something that is bringing cash into your home, please feel free to share in the comments for others to read.

Have a great weekend!

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Sharebuilder is offering a $50 bonus for signing up a new account. My children and my husband & I all have accounts with Sharebuilder.  Use the coupon code 50wsb4.  This is a great way to double your money.

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DSGAI is hiring mystery shoppers between the ages of 18 – 29 to do some insurance mystery shops.  I have done these before for this company and they are so easy to do and pays GREAT!

All you have to do is email Jennifer at jennifer@dsgai.com and tell her the Anna McMullen at thethriftygeek@live.com sent you.

Spaces are limited but these are great jobs is you qualify.

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This is a legal, legit company that I have placed on my favorites tab to check often when I am purchasing online.  I think you would benefit from it too!

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Johnson & Johnson  is taking applications for people to participate in a Hair Study.  I just did the survey and it is quick and simple.  Now I am just waiting to see if I get accepted into the study.  Fingers Crossed.    I have done several of these studies and normally they don’t take much time at all. The company just wants you to be honest, answer questions fully and be available to talk to them.   

Go here to take the survey.  Good Luck.  They will contact you if you qualify.  

If qualified to participate, you would receive a $50 Prepaid Citi Visa Card for participating in this Hair Study

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I have talked about Swagbucks in the past but have not really talked about it lately.  I just cashed in my swagbucks points and got 3 O’Charlies $10 gift cards for FREE!!!    All I did was use Swagbucks as my search engine to find things on the web.  It was as easy as that.  When I would search I would get points (“Swagbucks” ) for searching. 

You can also earn points by sharing your personal link with friends and letting them know they too can earn swagbucks and get great gift cards. Just like I am sharing with you.  

Check it out, it is one of those deals that it is kinda crazy not to do because it is FREE money/ gifts that you are not taking advantage of and it won’t cost you a dime to do. Plus, you use google to search the web and so why not use a search engine that will pay you to search?

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As a member you will receive regular invitations to participate in surveys which will be of interest to you. You can expect surveys on an array of topics, from green issues to healthy living; fast food to slow trains; and politicians to favorite films.

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One Opinion is a research company that has openned up registration. They are looking for a general population.  Ages 13 and up.  The registration takes less than 60 seconds. You earn $5 upon registering and can earn $1 or more for each completed survey. The cash out is at $25 so you don’t have to wait forever to cash out your earnings.

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I have always loved Opinion Outpost – but they just got even better! I loved that you could instantly cash out for $5 Amazon gift cards – but now you can cash out with PayPal! You don’t have to wait for your cash!

You take surveys and for every 10 points you get $1. The surveys are easy and they are worth a decent amount of points. Click here to join.

There are many options for redeeming your rewards. You will not qualify for ever survey. Make sure you completely fill out your profile so you are offered more surveys. It also helps if you take the surveys as soon as you can.

Right now I have 11 surveys and if I qualify for all of the I will get $17.00! I will probably qualify for about $10 worth but that’s still awesome!

You should join and check them out! You can use that FREE money towards Christmas shopping!!

(This is the company that I was offer 500 points ($50) to do an online chat that took 1 hour!)

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