Online entrepreneurship isn’t just for Millennials and Gen Y. Many retirees don’t realize they already have all the skills they need to make extra income from home in retirement in 2019. This isn’t the traditional advice you get from your financial advisor but you can earn extra cash without jeopardizing your social security. There are many easy ways to earn the extra income you need. In most cases, it will cost you very little to get started.
Here are just 10 of the many ways you can boost your nest egg with online income in 2019:
1. Virtual Assistant
Many businesses today outsource their office work to virtual assistants. If you spent your career working in an office (like most of us), that’s all the qualification you need to earn extra money as a virtual assistant online. All you need to know how to do is use a word processor and do basic tasks with spreadsheets. Give yourself some credit. You probably have more virtual assistant skills than you realize. You’ll likely be tasked with responding to customers/clients, managing business calendars, and other basic office tasks.
You can easily find work as a virtual assistant on freelancing sites like Upwork and Guru.
2. Expert Consultant
Have extensive experience in a niche topic? Making money as an expert consultant online could be the perfect part-time gig once you’ve retired.
Your expertise could be related to your pre-retirement job title (e.g. a former finance executive could become a financial consultant). But you likely have a wide variety of skills that can help you make money as a consultant.
To get an idea of what kind of skills are in demand, head over to Upwork.com and do a job search. Type in: “Skills:(consulting)” then you’ll see all the different jobs people posted asking for a consultant’s advice.
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3. Tutor
If you’re knowledgeable in a certain academic subject, you can become an online tutor. People regularly hire tutors to help with subjects related to the SATs, but you can also tutor more advanced topics like statistics or university-level economics.
If you’re good at breaking down complex concepts in a way that others can understand, tutoring can help you make income from home in retirement.
You can find work as an online tutor on sites like VIPKid, and Flexjobs.
4. Ghostwriter/Editor
If you need to make extra income from home in retirement and have a way with the written word, ghostwriting can be a lucrative retirement business for you. People will hire you to write under their name for all sorts of things: books, reports for work, blog posts, white papers, etc. Your best client would probably be someone in your former industry, since you know the jargon and kind of content they need.
You can also make great money editing content that your clients wrote themselves. Substantive editing involves critiquing the content, while editing/proofreading is about catching grammar or style mistakes.
5. Translator
Fluent in a second language? Your translation services are required. An online translator mostly works with translating documents or dubbing video from another language. You might also be called on to listen in and translate phone or video calls.
You can turn to online freelancing platforms to find translator gigs, or get hired by a translation agency that lets you work from home.
6. Sell your Knowledge Through Ebooks
If you have extensive experience in a niche topic but don’t want to become a consultant, you can also package and sell your knowledge as an ebook. All you have to do is write the book, get it edited, hire someone online to create a cover graphic, and you have everything you need to publish an ebook on Amazon.
Instead of spending your time in appointments as a consultant, you switch your efforts to marketing your book(s) online.
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7. Create an Online Course
Online courses are another option to package and sell you knowledge besides ebooks. People make video courses about all sorts of topic categories, including personal development, office productivity, language, business, lifestyle, and more.
With an online course, you create videos and/or slides with a voice over walking people through a topic. You can package and market your online course right from your own website, or host it on a third-party platform like Udemy or Teachable.
8. Transcriptionist
Transcriptionist is a great post-retirement job. People hire transcriptionists because they don’t have the time or patience to type out audio files, but retirees have all the time in the world.
If you’re fairly fast with a keyboard, that’s all the skill you need to be a transcriptionist. Clients will hand you business meeting recordings, court testimony, news interviews, or other kinds of audio recordings to type out verbatim.
General freelance platforms (like Upwork) or niche sites like GoTranscript are a great place to start finding transcriptionist jobs.
9. Start an E-commerce Business
Selling niche products online is probably the most lucrative way to make extra income in retirement. Start a dropshipping business and you won’t even need to purchase or store the products. Work with a manufacturer who stores and ships the products for you. All you have to do is offer products on your website and fulfill customer service inquiries.
The key to success with e-commerce is focusing on niche products that big sellers like Amazon might not offer. You can learn more about starting your own drop shipping business
from Drop Ship Lifestyle.
10. Be an Online Mock Juror
If you want make income from home in retirement and you don’t want to start a side business here’s a great option. Be a surrogate mock juror. Companies like eJury and OnlineVerdict hire people online to help attorneys prepare for cases. Those opportunities pay up to $60 for an hour’s work.
11. Buy an Online Business
Of course, the money you can earn freelancing or consulting online is always limited by your time. If you have the starting capital and want to grow retirement income fast, buying an online business is the best way to go.
There are online platforms specifically designed to help you find and evaluate online business purchases. Empire Flippers and FEInternational are the most reputable. Sign up for their brokerage emails to get regular updates about online businesses on the market.
Conclusion: Make Extra Income From Home In Retirement
Earning extra income online for retirement is not only a possibility, it’s easy to achieve. If all you need is extra pocket change, then start with a low-barrier-to-entry option like being a transcriber or virtual assistant. If you want to really scale your income during retirement, then selling your knowledge or owning your own online business are the best options for you.
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