- All right, so if you're someone
who wants to find money making methods
that you can do globally around the world,
including methods that you can do 100% for free
with no startup costs, even if you are a teenager,
then you would have my eternal gratitude
if you took a moment to give this video a like
because this video is for you.
Yes, I was inspired to make this video
after I filmed my last video,
where I talked about how as a teenager,
I had a side hustle where I would import and resell
video games and accessories.
And I thought, you know what?
It was 15 years ago that I was a teenager,
and well, if I'm honest, that was a long time ago.
And back when I was a kid,
websites were a lot less sophisticated than they are day,
and so even though a lot of websites
had that dreaded you must be 18 years or older
to use this website phrase in their terms and conditions.
It usually didn't matter
because websites weren't sophisticated enough
to actually check your age.
And so a lot of kids, including me
were probably using a lot of websites illegally.
But these days websites are a lot more sophisticated
and they have ways to actually check,
which is kind of a shame
because back when I was a teenager,
a lot of kids thought it was weird
that I had my own business,
but now teenagers are super entrepreneurial.
And so I was kind of curious,
just how hard is it for these entrepreneurial teenagers
to make money online today?
And so to put it to the test,
I went and found this video here
where I talk about a hundred websites and apps
that adults can use to earn money online for free.
And I decided to go through the terms and conditions
and find out how many of them allow teenagers.
And you know what I found?
Over 90% banned teenagers.
And for some of the others
that didn't explicitly ban teenagers, they kind of did
because the only payout method that they had was PayPal.
And you cannot use PayPal unless you are 18 years or older.
It's honestly so annoying,
and so for you entrepreneurial teenagers out there,
I wanted to create a curated list of websites
and apps that you can use to earn money online as well.
So let's get started with our first method
which is to earn free cash by answering surveys.
So this is a great method if you're one of those people
that likes to play around with your phone
while you're watching Netflix and YouTube,
and it's also a great method
if you're looking for something that is 100% free
because the only thing that you will need to do this
is your phone.
But what it's not great for
is for people that want to get rich
because here's the honest truth
when it comes to answering surveys,
they're never gonna make you rich.
They can be great side money that you earn
while you're doing something else like YouTube,
but you're not gonna earn thousands of dollars doing it.
If you would like to earn thousands of dollars though,
you'll probably be more interested
in the method after this one.
Now, of course, surprise, surprise,
when I first started researching this,
I quickly discovered that most paid survey apps
ban teenagers.
However, I did manage to find two paid
legitimate survey apps
that do let teenagers earn money with them.
Yay.
So the first is Poll Pay.
This is a super simple app.
You just register for free and then check in each day
and see if there are any surveys that you can complete
while you've got YouTube or Netflix on in the background.
They're paid around $1 to $3 per survey.
Now their cash payouts are to PayPal.
However, they do have a range of cash gift cards
that you can pick from instead
such as Amazon cash gift cards
that people are earning every month, yay.
Their minimum age in their terms and conditions is 16.
So teenagers 16 years and older can check it out.
And the next app on our list is Swagbucks.
This works very similar to Poll Pay,
you just check in each day
and see if there are any surveys that you can complete
while you've got Netflix or YouTube on in the background.
Like Poll Pay, they pay out their cash to PayPal,
but they also have a range of cash gift cards
that you can choose from,
again, such as Amazon cash gift cards
that people are earning every month.
And their minimum age is 13,
so it's great for lots of teenagers.
But what if you want a hustle that has the potential
to earn serious money, as in thousands of dollars?
Well, in that case, I think you'll be more interested
in the next hustle on our list.
And that is to earn money by starting a TikTok.
Yep, and given how popular TikTok is with teenagers,
I thought that most would find this
a pretty fun side hustle to get into.
And luckily I've checked it out
with the terms and conditions,
and if you are 18 years and older,
as long as your parents are okay with it,
you are allowed to post videos on TikTok, yay.
So when I discovered that teenagers
are allowed to post videos onto TikTok, I got really excited
because TikTok has a Creator Fund
which pays out cash payouts to TikTok creators
if you have 10,000 plus followers.
And I thought that this could be a really great method
for teenagers to pursue if they wanted to earn money online.
But then I went ahead
and read the terms and conditions for the Creator Fund
which is different from their normal terms and conditions,
and the Creator Fund terms and conditions
explicitly states that you need to be 18 years or older
to earn money.
So in other words, TikTok is more than happy
for teenagers to post videos
and to get views to their platform,
but they don't want to pay you for them.
Luckily though, there is another way
to earn money with TikTok
and that is through affiliate marketing.
And it's actually something that I do over here on YouTube.
So I'll show you how it works.
You see, I have videos like this one here on YouTube
which contain tutorials on how to use Canva
to create short mobile videos for platforms like TikTok.
Well, if you check out the video description,
you will see that there is a link
where you can go ahead and register and purchase Canva.
And if you check out that link,
you will see that it has a tracking code attached to it.
Well, that link is an affiliate link,
and that tracking code,
and it tracks whether somebody goes ahead
and purchases a Canva subscription
after clicking on my link.
And if they do, I earn a commission
as a thank you for referring the customer.
And as you can see, in the past 30 days,
I have made over 2,000 New Zealand dollars,
which is over 1,300 U.S. dollars
at the time of filming this video.
So one of the most effective ways to earn money
with affiliate marketing on TikTok
is to do what this user has done
and to make cool videos about viral products.
So if you go to their bio, you'll see that there's a link.
And if you click on it, you'll be able to click on links
to go and purchase the products that they showcase
in their videos.
And you will be taken to Amazon where you can purchase it.
Well, those links are surprise, surprise,
monetized affiliate links from the Amazon affiliate program.
It's called Amazon Associates, and it's really simple.
For 24 hours after somebody clicks on your link,
you will earn commissions on anything that they purchase,
around three to 10% commissions usually.
It's a very creator friendly affiliate program,
and it's especially cool
because of the fact that it's very teenage friendly.
In their terms and conditions they state
that if you're under the age of 18,
you can still register and earn money from the program
as long as your parents are cool with it.
Plus they'll pay out money to a bank account,
no PayPal required.
Now it's really funny, whenever I say that a bank account
is a very teenage friendly way to receive payments online,
I'll get a bunch of teenagers
who will come into the comments and be like,
no, it's not.
I can't get a credit card,
so that means that I can't get a bank account.
There are definitely some teenagers out there
that think that they're the same thing.
Well, the answer is that they are very different things.
And while you can definitely not get a credit card
as a teenager, you can indeed get a bank account.
Most banks even have special youth bank accounts
which come with some extra perks that you do not get
if you are 18 years or older, which is pretty cool.
But, of course, I bet a bunch of you watching are like,
well, gee, Sarah, I don't wanna have to make videos,
and I also don't wanna have to buy products
to then make videos about just to make money online.
And so if that is you,
don't worry because I think you might be more interested
in the next hustle on my list
which is to earn free cash by starting a merch store.
Yes, this method should probably not come as a surprise
to my longtime viewers
as I've talked about many times on this channel,
it's one of my personal favorite ways
to earn money passively online.
Plus this also has the added bonus that you can do this
100% for free with no startup costs, yay.
Now for you adults watching,
there are many free websites that I've talked about
on this channel that will let you start
a print-on-demand merch business for free.
However, unsurprisingly, my research revealed that,
surprise, surprise, most of these websites
have banned teenagers.
However, I did manage to find two
that did let teenagers earn money with them.
The first is Redbubble.
Now, yes, my longtime viewers
will almost certainly recognize Redbubble,
but I'll quickly explain it for those of you
that are new around here.
So Redbubble is a giant online merch store.
On here, you can buy all sorts of cool merch,
such as phone cases, and you can buy cool stickers
and you can buy cool T-shirts,
these T-shirts here
are some of the most popular T-shirts on Redbubble.
Now, the really cool thing about all this merch
that you've seen here is that it is user generated.
While Redbubble does print and ship out the merch
that customers buy, they don't design any of the pictures
or the slogans that they print onto the merch.
It's users that they do.
And so here is how teenagers are using Redbubble
to earn free money online.
What they do is they come and create a free account
and then upload their own merch design,
such as a picture or a funny text slogan,
and they give it a title, tags and keywords.
Then they go through the different merch
that Redbubble can create and sell
and choose which merch they think
that their design looks best on
and then place it onto it.
Then they save their merch.
Redbubble will now automatically generate product pages
for each of the merch that you've created with your design
and their four million plus customers
can now come find and buy your merch.
And each time that somebody does come and says,
buys a piece of your merch,
one of Redbubble's merch factories will see the order
and go, yep, let's make it.
They will then print your design onto that product,
and then they'll package the product up
and they'll ship it out to the customer.
And then they'll send you a commission
for the art or the slogan that you uploaded
that the customer chose from.
And the commissions are usually 10 to 20%
of the product price.
And of course, the more products that you sell,
the higher your monthly check is.
So of course, you can see why Redbubble
is called in the industry a print-on-demand store
because they print merch on demand as customers order it.
Now, of course, you might be sitting there wondering,
gee, do people actually come to Redbubble
and buy this user generated merch?
And the answer is yes, they very much do.
There is a reason why I get a ton of comments
from my viewers saying that they're earning passive income
every month with Redbubble.
It's because Redbubble is actually a pretty popular website
with customers.
Every month, Redbubble gets tens of millions of views
from customers and in their latest earnings report,
they revealed that last year
they sold over $600 million worth of user generated merch,
and they paid out over $100 million
in commissions to artists, which is pretty cool.
And so the next question of course is this,
can teenagers use Redbubble?
And the answer is, yes, teenagers are allowed
to earn money with Redbubble.
Plus they also outline in their terms and conditions
that teenagers 16 years and older
are allowed to use their website, yay.
But even if you're a teenager who is younger than 16,
don't worry because there is still a website
out there for you, and that is Spreadshirt.
Spreadshirt is very similar to Redbubble,
it's a user generated print-on-demand marketplace,
but unlike Redbubble,
they let teenagers 13 years and older use their website.
Yay.
And by the way, if you're watching this
and you'd like to learn about how I and others
earn money every day with print-on-demand,
you should be sure to download my free ebook,
"The 6 Steps that 6 Figure Online Stores Follow
to Make Over $10,000 a Month."
And you'll find a link to download my free ebook
in the video description below.
But anyway, back to the video,
and onto our next method,
which is to earn free cash by scanning receipts.
Yep, this is a super easy way to earn some extra cash
if you're already buying something anyway.
Just download a receipt scanning app like Upside,
and then when you purchase something,
snap a photo of your receipt and then upload it to the app.
And then you'll get rewarded with free cashback.
You can get it paid out to a bank account
or you can instead choose to cash it out for cash gift cards
like Amazon gift cards, yay.
The terms and conditions currently state
that teenagers 16 years or older
are allowed to use the app for free.
So in my opinion, it's just a no brainer way
to earn some extra cash
if you're already buying something anyway.
And something that's also good to keep in mind
is that a lot of countries
have their own specific version of the app.
So for example, in the UK,
you guys have your own version of the app,
it's called Quidco.
It works just the same.
If you're 16 years a older,
you can then download the app for free
and then snap a photo of your receipt
and then upload it to the app.
And then you'll be rewarded with free cashback
or free cash gift cards.
Yay.
So then, did you learn something new
and do you want more videos about making money online?
If so, subscribe to my channel and let me know
which was your favorite method in the comments.