August 11, 2006

ThriftyFun News - August 11, 2006


ThriftyFun News
Volume Eight, Number 25, August 11, 2006
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This week's newsletter is about Working from Home and legitimate money making ideas. We hope you find them useful. Next week will be our back to school issue.

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Money Making Tips for Stay at Home Moms
By Sharon Shearer

I myself was a stay-at-home Mom when my children were at home. Yet I always managed to afford the same opportunities for my kids as my friends who missed those formative years with their children. I would like to share things which I did to make extra money without being gone every day.

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Work From Home

Here are some ideas for working from home shared by ThriftyFun readers. If you have any legitimate work from home ideas feel free to share them in the feedback forum below. Please do not include any referral links or your contact information, we want only unbiased recommendations.

Selling at Flea Markets

Is there a flea market in your area where you could set up? Are there weekly auctions or estate sales? When I was separated this kept me going. A small investment in box lots that I resold at the flea market was what I sold. It was a hobby at first but I loved it. It helps if you have a van or a pick-up truck. (car with a big trunk) I met lots of nice people plus I met my present hubby. I still love auctions.

By NellieMary

"Shattering the 2-Income Myth."

I just read a great book called "Shattering the 2-Income Myth." It teaches ways for a stay-at-home spouse to "work the home." There are a lot of things you can do from home, working or not, to make up for the lost income. It's really interesting and has hundreds of great tips. Pick it up from the library.

By Jhansen

Selling Baked Goods

Baking can be good money. I do this every once in a while and birthday cakes can sell for as much as $20. It usually costs around $5 to make the cake, but if I catch the decorations and cake mixes on sale or clearance then my profit margin is way higher. Use the dollar store toys for the decorations on top, add candies, etc. Usually you will get tips as a bonus. Dog cookies and people are also good sellers. I can't make enough of these to keep up with the demand when I do get the time.

By Kattankerous

Cleaning For Money

I clean other peoples houses for extra money. I clean a church and do some cleaning for the Pastor. If I need to I can take my grand-baby with me, she is 2 and plays in the nursery or I give her simple little jobs so she feels like she is helping.

By Suitsme

Sewing for Money

How about sewing for the public or do mending for a dry cleaners?

By Belinda

Medical Transcription

My sister in law works from home doing medical transcription and my ex sister in law has decided to do the same. She is taking a four month class while working full time. My sister in law makes about 12 dollars an hour doing this.

By Christi

Find Something You Have a Passion For

You are best off doing something you have a passion for, because that's when you are more likely to stick with it. Most of the work-at-home jobs advertised are scams, whereby you send off $12 for information, and the way you make money is by lying to others about sending them information for $12. Pretty much any job you'll find online is sales oriented - books, Amway, toys, jewelry. make-up etc. and you'll need to do evening parties, but if you have the love for the product, some self-discipline, staying power and some party energy, you can make money.

By Princessgrace

Dog Training

I have a stressful workplace but a great trade and it's too bad that my boss has to be a jerk. I decided to become a dog trainer and I am still in the learning process but once I get my business going, I will quit my present job. Once I graduate I will continue working at my present job and earn extra cash doing in-home training until I feel secure enough to quit my present job.

Training obedience doesn't require much physical effort if you are concerned about that. Mostly it's teaching the dog owners how to handle their dogs. My study course is half online and half in the 'field' and I haven't gotten to that part yet.

If you love dogs, becoming a trainer is a way to make extra cash. There are other options to this as well. You can learn how to train guidance dogs, service dogs like search and rescue or law enforcement.

I realize this isn't for everyone but dogs are my passion and wouldn't it be wonderful if humans didn't put their dogs in shelters because they (humans) didn't know how to train their dogs? That's the main reason dogs are in shelters and rescues and that's the main reason dogs die.

Something to consider.

By Ldyharley

Become an Entrepreneur

There are so many options! My husband and I have been entrepreneurs for years. It's simple - find a need and fill it. Then the hard part comes - you have to keep filling it. It takes work, but what doesn't?

What skills do you have? Typing? Accounting? You can do those online for others. Among other things, I teach music at home. Do you have a skill you can teach others? My brother composes music from his home. Do you write? If not, can you learn? You can be a free-lance writer.

Check out organizations for the small business owner:

We have many friends who run their businesses from home. Some jobs require getting out occasionally. Here are some jobs our friends do from home:

  • Run a public relations firm
  • Website design
  • Talent agent
  • Temporary Placement agency
  • Wine wholesaler (Our friend occasionally has to go to Europe. Poor dear.)
  • Book wholesaler
  • Caterer (The woman who made our wedding cake did it from her home. Delicious! Certain local laws will apply.) Seamstress
  • Fashion designer (Our neighbor designed for royalty from his home-seriously!)
  • Evening baby-sitting service (Think of how many people want to go out at night!)
  • Realtor

Working from home is GREAT! I love it! Good luck!

By Sally

Ironing Clothing

I read on one of my email newsletters about a gal who posted in her local paper offering to take in ironing and that is how she makes money. she charges like $1 or $2 a piece.

By Lannwashburn

What to avoid...

Here's on article on the FTC's website about what to avoid.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/invest/homewrk.htm

Selling Crafts on eBay

An easy way to make money from home is by selling things on Ebay. Get a post office box, don't give out your home address. And accept money orders or cashier checks only then you don't need Pay Pal. Just remember that the buyer's can post feedback that other's can read, so be sure to package up things very well and charge extra of they want it insured. Ebay offers tips on how to get started. I know a lot of my friends sell crafts on Ebay and others sell fabric and little things, you want light things that don't cost a lot to ship. TIP: At the post office you can pick up or even have them mail free FLAT RATE boxes to your home, no matter how much they weigh, it's one flat price. Nice!

By Diana

If you have any legitimate work from home ideas feel free to share them in the feedback forum below. Please do not include any referral links or your contact information, we want only unbiased recommendations.

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Earning Extra Money With Consignment Stores

When sorting through your extra stuff you no longer need so you can donate it to "charity" or the "thrift" store, how about first dropping it off at a "Consignment Store"? You can make a little extra money. You might be pleasantly surprised how much "extra money" you can make on unwanted items.

When leaving things at a "consignment store" for the first time or two, tell them you want anything not put out on the floor back. They give you that right away. It lets you "see" exactly what kind of stuff that store likes. Unless asked, they usually send all the unwanted stuff on to charity.

If you take stuff to "consignment stores" and they do not put it all out, request all your stuff not placed. Then walk around the corner to the next "consignment store' and leave it. What one store won't sell another might and you have nothing to lose but "unsaleable" stuff that you don't want anyway.

By Reta

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Is the Job of Direct Sales for You?
By Kelly Ann Butterbaugh

Ultimately it was an act of timing. At a time in my career when I was being "downsized" and the looming dread of losing $15,000 of income a year was getting closer, I took on a job of direct sales. Direct sales involves working for a company which sells its products through shows in a hostess' home. The more well-known direct sales companies are MaryKay, Tupperware, and Home Interiors, although there are countless others. For me the lure was the money that a consultant earns.

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Ten Easy Ways To Get Extra Cash
By Doris Dobkins

Are you in debt? If so, then you may be struggling for extra cash to pay off your debts and this article was written for you. We'll list a few ideas here for you to get some extra money. Now just promise to spend that money on your debt and not at the mall!

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Opting for Extra Income Through eBay
By Kelly Ann Butterbaugh

An avid fan of eBay, I often wondered about the opportunity that eBay stores offer. For those who are new to eBay, a store is just like what it sounds. Rather than post random items on the site for sale, one opens a "store" and posts all the items there. They are still auctioned like any other item, but the store offers a constant place for the sale of items and a potential source of constant income. In order to fully understand if this option for extra income is for you, look at the points of operating an eBay store.

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