How to Make Money Quick When You’re Worried About Bills (30 Ideas)

Need some cash quickly? Maybe you have rent coming up, or another big bill that you want to pay off?

Here are over 30 different ways to make money quick in one day.

These things won’t make you rich or get you a ton of money quickly, but if you just need $100 or more just to give you some wiggle room in your budget, then these things will be perfect for you!

For this list of ways to make money quick in one day, I’ve started with the online options, then the offline options, and I’ve also included ways you can find other money-making opportunities.

How to Make $100 Fast Online

Here are some online money-making opportunities that you can do to make an extra $100!

A lot of these are super easy to do, don’t take a lot of time, and you can do a lot of these while doing other things (like playing video games or watching shows).

If you want to make even more money, you could stack some of these things – the money will start to add up!

Take Surveys

Earning Potential: $10 – $250+ per month

You might not know this about me, but I freaking love surveys.

They’re my favorite side hustle, and it’s something I recommend everyone try at least once!

Surveys don’t take any special skills, you can get paid in cash, and you can do them from your phone or computer – all of this makes taking surveys one of the most flexible side hustles you can do.

Oh, and you can make some serious cash with surveys.

My favorite survey site is Survey Junkie (and they give you free points for signing up and filling out your profile).

If you’d like to check out some other survey sites that pay cash, we have an article that includes 7+ options!

Focus Groups

Earning Potential: $100+ per month

Focus groups are another favorite of mine!

A focus group is a group of people selected by a company that will give their opinion on products and/or services. Focus groups are traditionally done in person, but I’ve seen an increase in the amount of online focus groups opportunities.

What’s great about focus groups is that you could make anywhere from $50 – $300+ an hour and you might even get free products to keep!

Back in October of 2020, I actually participated in an online focus group where I got to try a skincare product! I tried it and just gave my honest opinion (and took a few pictures of the before and after) and I was given $225 for my time!

It only took me 20 minutes to do everything!

You can find focus group opportunities through Survey Junkie or focus group-specific sites like Engage Studies.

Learn more about focus groups and where you can find other focus group opportunities in this post.

Watch Videos Online

Earning Potential: $50+ per month

Now this is one that won’t make you rich, but you can stack it with other opportunities and do it while doing other things.

Inbox Dollars will actually pay you money for watching short videos online. You can watch these videos on your phone or on your computer and you can use the money you earn from watching the videos to get cash or a giftcard.

If you want to signup for Inbox Dollars you’ll get a $5 bonus!

Sell Photos

Earning Potential: $10+ per month

If you’re a photographer (or aspiring one!), you could make some extra cash by selling your photos.

The photos don’t need to be incredibly professional either – all types of photos sell!

If you’re interested in making some extra money with your photos, you can use sites like:

• Shutterstock
• Getty Images
• Adobe Stock

Learn more about making passive income by selling photos.

Get Interviewed! (Respondent.io)

Earning Potential: $50+ per month

If you’re willing to speak to someone 1-on-1 about your experiences and what you think about certain things, you could make money on Respondent.io

Participating on Respondent is similar to participating in a focus group or doing a survey.

You will be connected with a researcher and asked your opinion about things, you also might be interviewed so researchers can learn more about you.

Website Testing

Earning Potential: $100+ per month

Companies will actually pay you good money to test out their websites and apps! You could earn between $10-$15 for just 20 minutes of work!

The companies just want to know your opinion. They want to know your thought about things like: Is the site easy to use? Does everything work? Are there things you would change?

Check out our guide about making money by testing websites.

Sell Unwanted Items

Earning Potential: $100 – $2000+ per month

If you have some old items around your house that you no longer use, turn those things into cash by flipping them for profit!

Here’s a basic rundown of where to sell certain items:

Clothes? Poshmark or eBay

Books? Amazon or Bookscouter

Video Games? eBay

Gift cards that you’ll never use? Raise

Hotel? Trivago

Teach Online

Earning Potential: $500+ per month

If you have a bachelor’s degree, you could make money by teaching english online.

You don’t need any previous experience (just a degree in any major), or any equipment other than a webcam, a mic, and a computer.

Depending on what company you’re working for and how many lessons you teach in a pay period you could make anywhere from $16 – $25 an hour.

Here are some websites where you can earn money by teaching English online:

• VIPKid
• QKids
• Magic Ears

Freelancing

Earning Potential: $100 – $3000+ per month

If you have a special skill, you could use that to make some money by doing freelance work from home.

You could do freelance writing, bookkeeping, or you could become a virtual assistant.

Depending on your skills you could make $15 – $75+ an hour!

You can find your own clients or you could use websites like FlexJobs, UpWork, or Fivver to find work.

Other Ways to Make $100 a Day Online:

• Get Paid to Search Online (Inbox Dollars)
• Become a YouTuber
• Answer Questions on JustAnswer

Ways to Make Money Fast Offline

If you don’t mind leaving your house and interacting with people in-person, here are some ways that could make money fast offline:

Mystery Shopping

Earning Potential: $100+ per month (plus free stuff!)

A mystery shopper is someone that poses as a potential customer to help businesses evaluate their service and products.

For example you might be a mystery shopper at McDonald’s, and you will order something and then report on how the service was and if your order was correct.

With mystery shopping you will get paid for your time and you ALSO will usually get reimbursed for the products you purchased.

So free stuff and you get paid? Nice!

MarketForce is a place where you can find mystery shopping opportunities.

Wrap Your Car in Ads

Earning Potential: $190 – $450+ per month

If you drive your car regularly, you can actually make money by getting your car wrapped in advertisements!

Wrapify is a company that will wrap your car in ads, and depending on how much of your car is covered and how often you drive, you could earn $190 – $450 per month.

Here are more ways you can make money with your car.

Pet Sitting

Earning Potential: $500 – $1000+ per month

If you love dogs, you could make a few hudred dollars each month by pet sitting.

One of the popular sites for dog sitting is Rover.

Here’s how it works for pet sitters:

You can sign up with Rover, create a profile, and select your availability. To complete the signup process your profile will be manually approved and you will be given a background check.

Pet owners will then use the app to request your service. They will leave their pets with you, and pick them back up on the date you both agreed on.

Rover will handle all the payments.

If you’re interested in offering other types of services, you can also do dog walking through Rover, too!

Donate Plasma

Earning Potential: $20 – $50+ per donation

Depending on how many times you donate in a certain time period, not only could you get the normal $20 – $50 for a donation, you could also earn cash bonuses or other prizes.

You might also be eligible for a bonus if you’re donating for the first time.

If you want to find a plasma donation center, you can visit the CSL Plasma website.

Uber and Lyft Driving

Earning Potential: $100 – $1000+ per month

Depending on how much time you’re willing to invest, you could make anywhere from a hundred to thousands of dollars per month by driving people around.

The two most popular ride sharing apps are Lyft and Uber.

Both of these apps give bonuses based on when you drive (is it during peak hours?), and if you complete a set number of trips.

Food Delivery

Earning Potential: $100 – $1000+ per month

If you want a little less human interaction, you could use your car to deliver food (instead of driving people around).

Like the ridesharing apps you can also earn bonuses for completing a set number of deliveries and doing deliveries during busier times.

The popular apps for doing food deliveries are: DoorDash, Postmates, Ubereats, and Grubhub.

AirBnB Hosting

Earning Potential: $50 – $200+ per day

If you have an unused room (or entire house!) you could become an AirBnb host and rent out the space to other people.

Depending on how many guests you allow, and how big the space is, you could earn $50 – $200+ per night!

According to Earnest, the average AirBnb host earnings $900+ per month! That’s a good amount of money!

Rent Out Your Car

Earning Potential: $25 – $200+ per day

Depending on the age, make, and model of your car, you could earn hundred or even thousands by renting out your car using a site like Turo.

With Turo you list your car for rent, and then people can use the website or app to rent them for a certain amount of days.

And with certain cars you can even use their “Turo Go” option which enables remote unlocking so you never have to actually go an meet the person renting your car.

Other Ways to Make Money Fast Offline:

• Get Paid to Walk (with Sweatcoin)
• Be an Amazon Flex Driver (and make $18 – $25 an hour)
• Haul Junk For People

Where to Find Other Ways to Make Money Quick In One Day

If you’d like to find some other ways to make money quick in one day you can check these places:

• “Gigs” section of Craigslist
• Local Facebook Groups
• /r/BeerMoney
• /r/WorkOnline

Final Thoughts

If you want to make some quick cash, there’s definitely things you can do!

The things on this list are great if you just need extra money, but if you want to make some more money and you’re willing to take on a side hustle, check out 15+ High-Paying Side Jobs That Pay Cash.

If you want to make $1,000+ in a month, check out these 7 Ways to Make an Extra $1,000 a Month.

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