| Proven ways to make money online: 1. Product 2. Service 3. Ads 4. Affiliate commissions Basically, most online money making involves one or more of the steps above. Let me expand a bit more: Product ---------- - You can build a SAAS and charge a subscription fee. - You can sell code such as themes, plugins etc for variety of platforms including WordPress, bootstrap etc either on your own website or through marketplaces such as themeforest, wrapbootstrap etc - You can create and sell desktop apps. E.g. Text editors such as Sublime etc. - You can create and sell apps on smartphones/ipad/iOs/Android. - Create "tutorials" and "how-tos" and charge for them. E.g. laracasts.com Service -------- Service can be anything really but for the HN crowd, it could be things like: - Provide managed hosting services. E.g. Host WordPress sites for clients, provide maintenance for a fixed fee - Become a freelancer and offer your services on fiverr.com or freelancer.com etc. Ads ------- - Create a niche blog and start writing quality articles. - Sign up with Google Adsense and/or buysellads.com and hopefully, get a decent amount of quality hits on your blog and make money. Affiliates ----------- - Signup with Amazon Affiliates and start writing about their products on your blog. You could make money by referrals - Do you use a software product you really like ? Check if the company offers affiliate program. Signup with their program. E.g. Affiliate program through themeforest etc. - |