The one good thing about May is that you get not just one, but two bank holidays. I know that a lot of the time might be spent outside in the sun, or full of busy, but if you need a bit of a cash boost then read on for ways to make guaranteed money with very little time spent.
Firstly, don’t miss out on eBay’s free listing weekend, where you can list anything with a start price of £1 or more, limited to 100 items, for free! A fantastic tip that I recently picked up is to start your listings on a Saturday, but make them only 1 day listings. Then on Sunday, relist everything else that hasn’t sold, but for 7 days. This means that buyers who want something *now* and are searching for items ending soon find your items. I trialled this last free listing and made £35. Worried that your item won’t sell for as much as a 7 day listing? Don’t be! I’ve not found this to have a negative impact.
Secondly, go through your books, CDs, DVDs and games. You can see if Amazon Trade in or Zapper are accepting any of your books, then get them parcelled up. Then try your CDs, games and DVDs on a combination of Music Magpie, CEX and Zapper. If you’re very organised you can even get them to the Post Office before they close on Saturday, and the money will be on it’s way to you before you know it. Even better, if you have a CEX store local to you then take your items in store to trade for instant cash.
If you want a chance to earn a bit more then you can list your items on the Amazon Marketplace and Playtrade. Your items are listing for a longer time (up to 90 days), but listing is free and you can normally price them more competitively.
Thirdly, any items that aren’t suitable for eBay or aren’t accepted by the sites listed above, there’s your local Facebook selling group. On Facebook, search for the name of your town or city and “selling” and see what comes up. The rules vary group by group, so be sure to check them out. Generally you create a public album on your own Facebook profile and fill it with photos of the items you’re selling. Be sure to add the price, location and a short description. Hopefully, before you know it, someone will be over with some cash for your goods! These groups are great for larger items such as bikes and furniture, but I’ve seen anything and everything sell!
Search through your jewellery box for any unwanted gold – I’m not talking engagement rings here, but rather broken necklaces or earrings. I made almost £700 selling my broken gold to Hatton Gardens Metal, which you can read about here.
Once you’ve done that, and if you’re feeling adventurous enough, load your car up for a car boot sale on Sunday or Monday morning. Read my selling tips here
Now that you’ve got all the ‘manual labour’ out the way, you can sit down at your computer and carry out the following tasks:
- Join cashback sites. You can read my post about them here. Then trawl through looking for any freebies or cashback for nothing.
- Play bingo! Here are links to my bingo posts, including information on which ones are free and which ones are risk free - Jackpot Joy, BingoCams, Fabulous Bingo, Little Miss Bingo, Free Bingo or Bingo for Cashback.
- And finally, if you haven’t already, join Swagbucks. This has to be my biggest no outlay and no selling earner.
If after all of that you’re still itching for more then you can check out my category list and sign up for surveys, mystery shopping earning through your smart phone.
Have a good bank holiday everyone!
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