Less than 3 months until Christmas. Can you believe it? If you are strapped for cash this holiday season, I have put together some ways that you can have extra cash. Christmas can get expensive! These are simple ways to either earn or save cash this holiday season. Who can’t use extra cash?
20 Ways to Make Extra Cash
- Sell or consign old clothes. (At our local consignment store we can use our credit to buy new items in the boutique section.)
- Sell DVDs you are no longer watching
- Sell your household goods or old furniture on Craigslist
- Sell electronics (think cell phones and old computers and laptops)
- Sell your old books
- Sell jewelry and accessories you no longer wear
- Enter online sweepstakes (money, gift cards, and family gifts)
- Join survey sites and get paid for your time online
- Start selling your crafts at holiday craft fairs
- University research studies
- Cancel services you don’t need
- Sell your blood
- Dog walking
- Cat sitting
- House sitting
- Rent a room in your home
- Rent out your car
- Walk or take the bus to save money on gasoline
- Shop with coupons
- Eat at home instead of restaurants
What do you do to make or save extra cash?
I do a few things on that list—entering giveaways and sweeps is the one I focus on the most come about Aug/Sept to try and win some holiday gifts =)
I also love LISTIA–get ride of old stuff find items I can put together in a gift basket for the holidays =)
I enter giveaways too, Pamela. I try to enter Low Entry ones but I don’t seem to win. Ever. 🙁 I have not heard of Listia. Thanks for sharing!
This is a great list. So many of these things are easy and not terribly time consuming.
Thanks Dianna. I agree. If you need extra cash these are some great ways to earn and save!
Great list of ideas but I would never ever rent out my car (too many insurance liabilities).
Great ideas! We always clean out the house of everything we don’t need and have a large family garage sale with other family members. We spend a day chatting it up together, selling stuff, and having a good time and end up with some extra cash and room in our closets again!
That sounds like a lot of fun Danielle. I love large group garage sales. Our community does one 1x per year as well. We also have a clothing swap 1x per year. That is a lot of fun too. No money exchanged at all just clothing, shoes and accessories.