6 Ways to Earn Money Online in Cameroon

Ways to Earn Money Online in Cameroon.

Being out of a job and being unable to get a new job pushes you to try new waters or search for other ways to earn. That was the situation I found myself in after a crisis hit my country. This crisis showed me another side of life that I did not expect. Life was becoming challenging and my need for money was increasing as I needed to pay bills and take care of my needs. Today, we are facing a myriad situation like the covid-19 which has become a pandemic. This pandemic has made a good number of people jobless. This article is a guide that helped me and I believe can also help you earn some income online. I'm going to share some 6 ways to make money online in the comfort of your home. Let's get started.
6 ways to earn money online in Cameroon

1. Freelancing 

Freelancing is amongst the best ways to earn money online at home. If you have skills in the form of data entry, copy-paste, graphic designing, blog content writing, data assistant, photo editing, audio mixing services, and much more, you can work at home. There are many freelancing websites worldwide wherein you can register and start work from home. They include:
Earn Money Online Freelancing

Upwork 

It is a freelancing platform, which is one of the biggest in the world. To get an account, Freelancers sign up and create a profile that represents the skills they have to offer. Clients (entrepreneurs, startup people, business owners, etc.) display jobs on Upwork when they need help getting a job done.

Getting the hang of how the site works can be a bit fuzzy from the beginning, but it becomes easy as you keep using it. Like most freelancing sites, the task of finding yourself some clients is all in your court. Clients usually post jobs that they require assistance or services to do it. To get the job, you have to place a bid by sending a proposal to the client.

Earn Money Online Upwork

In summary, that is how it works.

Upwork, most of the time, has hundreds of jobs. You have to make a choice base on your skills. Upwork lists jobs in different categories including Customer Service, IT & Networking, Web, Mobile & Software Dev, Writing, Design & Creative, Admin Support,  Sales & Marketing, Translation, and many more. For full details on Upwork, click here.

Fiverr

Fiverr is an excellent working site for beginners who try to get into freelancing online. Fiver is also a freelancing platform similar to Upwork. Fiverr is a marketplace that links buyers and sellers. It is the place where buyers and sellers meet. Sellers are simply freelancers selling their skills. At the same time, Buyers are people or companies in need of the services or skills offered by sellers. So, sellers create Gigs that buyers pay for. Buyers pay sellers, sellers fulfil the services and Fiverr takes a commission for facilitating the transaction, which is 20%.

Some other Freelancing platforms which are similar to Upwork and Fiverr include:
Earn Money Online Fiverr

  • Guru
  • Peopleperhour
  • Toptal: Toptal is an exclusive network of the top freelance software developers, designers, finance experts, product managers, and project managers in the world. Top companies hire Toptal freelancers for their most important projects.
  • Designcrowd: Designcrowd is one of the best designing platforms for those whose interest is designing like a graphic design ( logo, brochures, flip cards, business cards, marriage party cards more many websites where you can try graphic design free of costs like lucidpress and hatchful.
  • 99designs: It is amongst the most famous sites for designing. You can sell your designs to buyers. You can get a high price from clients.

2. Online Teaching Work 

Cameroonians who can teach English or French can also carryout freelancing on the following sites:
  • Preply: This site provides opportunities for freelancers interested in teaching the English language, French, Spanish, and much more. You can earn from $5 to $20 (XAF2,500 to XAF10,000) daily depending on your input.
  • Nativecamp: This is a Japanese website, created to aid Japanese citizens interested in learning the English language. You can get a shot at this site by exploring the world of the comfort of your bedroom and seating room.
    Online Teaching
Register with any of these sites and get the chance to earn money online.

2. Video-Sharing (Youtube)

Youtube is the most famous and most significant platform for video streaming in the world. But did you know you can earn money online via Youtube?. If you upload videos regularly on youtube and get 1000 subscribers and 4000 hours on Youtube,  you can earn a reasonable amount of money home without investment. 
Video-Sharing

How much money can you earn at home on Youtube?

 You can earn up to $250 per 1 million views on 1 video. Plus, you can get thousands and thousands of subscribers from youtube. You can create an AdSense account to earn more money at home. Besides, if you become popular on Youtube, you can get deals from brands to advertise their products which also increases your earning. 

3. Affiliate Marketing

Selling products without investment or without stepping out of your home is another way to earn $500 (XAF300,000) at home. Yes, if you take affiliate marketing seriously, you can make money at home. There are many platforms, and there are many products, software, and services that sell online. Affiliating yourself to these products, software, and services can fetch you some good money at the comfort of your seating room. There are top 5 websites for affiliate marketing:
Affiliate Marketing

  • Amazon: This one of the most popular e-commerce platforms. Amazon is best to earn money via affiliate and amazon influencer services. You can earn $800 and more at home via affiliate marketing.
  • eBay: Another famous seller site is eBay. In this time, eBay is becoming popular and popular. You can try their affiliate program and get enormous cash from eBay's e-commerce platform.
  • Flipkart: This is an Indian online store. Flipkart is influencing over time. You can earn with Flipkart e-commerce platform without investment.
  • Envato: Envato is a Plugins and Softwares platform. You can also subscribe to the Envato platform for affiliate marketing. You have to simply share products and plugins links to your websites and other social media platforms. 
  • Udemy: Udemy is an online learning site for those who want to learn anything. You can just promote your services via affiliate marketing. If someone needs any classes and learning, you can share your affiliate link and earn money up to 30% of lifetime earning.

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