If you have a good knowledge of HTML code, you can make money online by building WordPress themes and website templates for less technically minded people who require an online presence. Sites such as ThemeForest and TemplateMonster act as the middlemen to designers and coders. The earnings here are variable as the prices depend on the rights and features that are bundled with each theme or template.

You can even use the internet to simply trade your way to your fortune. There are various ways to do this, but eBay is usually involved. One way is to buy items from Craigslist and GumTree and sell them at a profit on eBay. Local sellers often sell cheaper and may even be willing to negotiate, getting you a better deal and more of a profit when you sell on. The other way is simply to buy and sell on eBay itself. Either way, the goal is to create the largest profit margin by buying cheap and selling expensive, but it's a difficult thing to master because if you offer to low a price people may not sell to you, and if you ask too high a price people may not buy from you. You do not want to be left with a lot of stuff you did not want.

A second method of earning money with eBay is through its affiliate marketing program. You can post eBay ads online. Amazon offers a similar program, and both are easy enough to sign up for and to use. Through affiliate marketing, you earn money by referring people to items that they then buy. This works well if you have an already established site. For instance, if you had a blog dedicated to superheroes, and did a post on Batman with a link to a DVD, you would earn money each time someone clicked through and bought a copy of that DVD. eBay's highest earning affiliate marketers make $ 93 million a month.

A rather nontraditional way of making money online is simply asking for it. If you have a website or blog set up already, but it is not a money making one, and you have no products to sell, you can include a donate button. This works on all kinds of sites, but it works particularly well on how to sites. If your readers feel that they are getting quality content and realize you are not getting paid for what you do, they are often happy to give you money to inspire you to continue creating your content. This usually goes through PayPal.

And a more traditional way to make money online is working for a call center from home. Many companies do not have the space they need to expand, and paying people to work from home is a lot less expensive than finding and equipping new premises and hiring staff. This can be done either part or full time, and you can work for more than one company. To find opportunities like this, simply research companies who are outsourcing their work.