10 New How to Make Money Online in Nigeria
1. Completing tasks for big companies
Can you imagine that taking photos at a supermarket or answering questions about a certain product can earn you money? Big companies now take market research to a different level and are willing to pay you through tasking apps such as FieldAgent and BeMyEye, if you’re also willing to complete on-demand tasks. These tasks usually take about 8-10 minutes and pay USD$3-12 each. Not bad if you’re shopping anyway and need some subsidy on your groceries!
2. Start a Blog or a Vlog
Start a Blog or a Vlog
Yes, good old blogging is still chugging along in 2017. By providing valuable content on a regular basis you attract like-minded prospects who are interested in information and products related to your niche. The more traffic you have the more money you can make by monetizing your blog. For Vlogging, you can get started by creating a Youtube channel as a platform for distributing your video contents.
3. Apps & Websites Testing
The main aim is to improve online experiences for everyday internet users. Internet companies are always looking for real people like you, to test out new or existing mobile apps and websites so that website owners, coders, and designers can see and evaluate the obstacles that real people experience with their products. Most of the companies reward the testers in cash for each app or website tested (Check out User Testing).
4. Become an affiliate marketer
Affiliate marketing is a tried and tested way of making money online.
The way it works is simple. You promote someone else’s product or service using a custom URL, and for any sales you refer, you earn a commission. Some businesses will even pay you for leads generated, rather than actual sales.
The beauty of affiliate marketing is that you can earn passive income by promoting products in evergreen content such as blog posts, social media posts, and email campaigns.
The key to being a successful affiliate marketer really comes down to the size of your audience and the amount of traffic you attract. If you’re promoting products on social media, for example, the bigger your audience, and the more engagement you get, the more clicks and commissions you will receive. The same goes for a blog, YouTube channel, or any other platform.
5. Publish Books Online
Okadabooks is an online website in Nigeria that makes it fast, easy and free to publish books online. This is not limited to books alone but also short stories, reviews or anything worth reading. The best part is that Okadabooks allows users to monetize each book published which means you get paid when any of your publications are downloaded or read.
6. Make money online as an influencer
Making money online as an influencer is not something that happens overnight. To be considered an “influencer,” you need to have an audience that trusts you and acts on your recommendations.
For the most part, influencers ply their trade on social media, where they can grow a following and share relevant content from brands, earning a flat-fee or commission in the process.
Influencer marketing, the process of brands finding influential people on social media and collaborating with them, is a trending tactic for businesses of all shapes and sizes. And they pay good money for the privilege to work with influencers. So it’s well worth your time growing a social media audience to unlock these opportunities.
How do you grow a social media audience worthy of brand collaboration?
It’s definitely hard. For example, platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have significantly reduced their organic reach over the past few years. Then you have visual platforms like Instagram and YouTube, which are extremely crowded. Of course, if you can cut through the noise on these platforms, then they can be very profitable, but it’s not easy.
If I were starting from scratch today, I’d jump on the TikTok bandwagon. It’s the fastest growing social network in the world, and brands are only just now starting to collaborate with TikTok influencers.
7. Renting out your dorm for films
If you have consulted with your roommates and they are okay with renting out your guys’ room as a potential film set, list your room on JJMedia Group today! You never know, your dorm room might become the center stage of Nollywood’s next equivalent of Pitch Perfect!
8. Become an online tutor
Perhaps you are fluent in French, Spanish, or other foreign languages, or maybe you have a flair for art. Even as a student, you can earn money by becoming an online tutor and teaching topics you excel at. You can host webinars or hold one-on-one classes to help people gain the level of knowledge they need on a particular subject.
Websites like Tutor.ng, Tutoria, and UpskillTutor can help you quickly connect with potential students. Just be prepared for possible exams in the subject area you want to tutor in!
9. Offer Professional Services Online
Another way to make quick and legit money online is by freelancing. Most freelancing websites allow you to leverage your skills to earn some quick cash online. Common skills in demand for online services like these include content writing, social media management, website design, graphic design, search engine marketing, etc.
10. Creating your own broadcast
There are so many ways to share your thoughts! If not video nor writing, how about through a broadcast? Platforms like Radio.co enable you to create an online radio station for free and connect with listeners worldwide. They also have cool analytics that helps you better manage your station and target audience.
11 Taking online surveys and watching videos
There are more easy ways than watching videos to make quick money online. On InboxDollars, brands have paid users over $56 million worth of cash rewards to take online surveys, read emails, play video games and watch videos – and offered coupons for grocery stores, or freebies from top brands in exchange.
Besides the money, what you’re doing is meaningful and reciprocal. Your responses on surveys will help big brands better design their products that match your interests, which you – the end-user – will enjoy eventually.
12. List on Property Websites
Do you know of any property available for rent or building for sale in your area where you live? You can always earn a quick agency fee by posting available properties in your area on property websites such as Tolet, Jumia House & Private Property. All you have to do is to register as an agent and you are good to go.
13. Sell Designs & Creatives Online
Do you have some basic design experience? Printivo Online Store is a marketplace that allows anyone to upload and sell designs to customers. Each time a Printivo customer makes use of your design or orders a print with your design you get paid 15% of the value of the design by Printivo.
14. Taking online surveys and watching videos
There are more easy ways than watching videos to make quick money online. On InboxDollars, brands have paid users over $56 million worth of cash rewards to take online surveys, read emails, play video games and watch videos – and offered coupons for grocery stores, or freebies from top brands in exchange.
Besides the money, what you’re doing is meaningful and reciprocal. Your responses on surveys will help big brands better design their products that match your interests, which you – the end-user – will enjoy eventually.
15 Selling goods
All of us have something that we can do without, but something that could very well be someone else’s beloved item. Make some profit from what you own on e-commerce sites such as Jumia and Konga. These two sites are some of the most visited e-commerce websites in Nigeria and allow individuals and small businesses to sell their products.
You can also start an online business without having to handle the products directly through dropshipping. With this method, you buy items from a third party such as a manufacturer or wholesaler and have them shipped to your customers. This allows you to try new product ideas without the need to own and pay for the items in advance.
