How to earn money online in India without investment 2024 – (21+ Ways)

21 Smart Ways to Make Money Online India 2024

#1 Start Blog to Earn Money Online:

You may have seen this option as the most common answer to your question – ‘how to earn money online in India’, as it is the most simple and highly profitable way to earn money online. If you have a passion to write on something, you can earn money easily by starting your own blog.

Starting a blog is very simple:

• Choose a domain and hosting (we recommend SiteGround)
• Choose your blogging platform (our favorite is WordPress)
• Finish basic set-up (any technical knowledge not needed)
• Start publishing quality content regularly
• Promote your blog and choose your ways of monetization

Though it will take some time to build your audience, it will be the best and consistent way to earn money by writing interesting posts that your audience loves to read. To start a blog you don’t need to be technically sound, you just need to be sound on your blog topic.

Many bloggers in India are earning more than 1 Lakh per month through their blogs. But you need to keep in mind that it is not going to happen for anyone in just 1 day or 1 month as those bloggers also took more than 6 months to earn their first income.

As per our experience, smart work, patience, and consistency are the keys to achieve success from blogging.

So you can earn money through blogging by many ways like:

• Google Ad Sense
• Affiliate Marketing
• Selling your own Products
• Create E-book and sell it
• Create a Course and sell it

So, if you are really excited about this money earning idea, check our detail post on – How to Start a Blog in India.

#2 Become a Freelancer:

This is the best option under most trending category – work from home jobs. Freelancing is like you offer services in which you are expert or you can fulfill demands of your clients just from your own place or home. Your skill set, your marketing style and your timely delivery plays an important role as a freelancer.

Freelancers with following skills are always in demand:

• Website Design and Development
• Coding
• Video Creation
• Photography
• Image Editing
• Graphic Designing
• Content Writing
• Digital Marketing
• Online Tutoring

Above skills are just an overlook, you can create your own profile marketing your skills and look for a work on following best freelancing website:

• Upwork
• Fiverr
• Freelancer
• Behance
• Tutor

Many other websites like PeoplePerHour, Guru, Elance etc. are also there from where you can seek for type of work matching your skill set. Earnings may differ from site to site but you will surely earn money online with this option.

The key to success is – more you market yourself, more are the chances of getting work.

#3 Become a Stock Trader (Learn Stock Market Trading):

If you are ready to spend a little money and have some knowledge about picking the right stock, then this option will earn money for you. If you are familiar with stock trading, then you can work as Stock Trader and earn good amount of money as a brokerage from your clients.

If you have zero knowledge about share market, you can learn how to start stock trading, how to buy shared and sell etc. using trusted online information (e.g. http://www.cashoverflow.in/ ) and then become a stock trader (keep in mind, there is no rocket science behind it). All you need is a trading account linked with your bank account.

#4 Become a Consultant:

Do you know how to set-up a small scale industry from start to end? Are you an expert in the financial domain? Are you a professional legal expert? Then you can earn money by consulting people who are in search of your skills. If your knowledge, your experience, and your guidelines are going to generate more business for your client, then they will surely pay you for your advice.

You either need to be an expert or you need to learn new skills that earn money online. You just need to make sure that your knowledge or experience is better than your client. You can help your clients to prepare a marketing plan, to run campaigns, to set-up manufacturing units, to train salesforce etc. and charge them for your consultation.

As number of start-up firms increasing in India after launch of ‘Make in India Program’, demand for consultants is on rise and will be top demand for next many years.

#5 Earn Online Money from YouTube:

Are you the one who can create entertaining, engaging and different content in the form of videos? Then YouTube is the best and most profitable platform for you to earn good income. On an average every internet user spends approx. 11 min on you tube to watch their favorite videos and 70% traffic is from mobile platform.

As of 2024, you tube is the second most preferred platform for watching video in USA whereas in India 93% of video watchmakers use you tube.

Following are top 3 you tube earners in India in 2024:

• Amit Bhadana – 14.1 Million+ Subscribers
• Bhuvan Bam – 13.2 Million+ Subscribers
• Technical Guruji – 12.2 Million Subscribers

These Youtubers are earning in Lakhs per month and you can be one of them (It didn’t happen just in 1 night, they took serious efforts to create their video content). But for that you need to upload unique & engaging videos consistently on your YouTube Channel. Starting a you tube channel is very simple –

• Create account on Youtube and create your channel (which is free of cost)
• Develop engaging video content and keep uploading your videos
• Promote your youtube channel

Main ways to earn from your YouTube channel are – Advertising, Direct Promotion, Sponsored Video and Affiliate Marketing.

#6 Make Money from Facebook:

Indian users captured more than 22% (i.e. almost 240 Million Users) of facebook’s entire population by the end of 2019 making India as its largest user. Each smartphone in India now has Facebook installed in it and we are sure you are also using it from your phone.

But do you aware about the options that can generate money for you even from Facebook? Don’t just use it to share your photos, put likes and comment and check-ins, also use it smartly to earn good amount of passive income.

Following are the possible ways by which you can earn money online:

• Earn money through facebook page
• Sell products on Facebook (Same like affiliate marketing)
• Become Freelance Facebook Marketer (For which you must know how Facebook marketing works)
• Earn money from Facebook group by sponsored content and paid surveys
• Become Facebook App developer (You can develop FB App independently and can earn through banner ads)

Only one key behind the success on Facebook is to keep your audience engaged (for organic traffic) as earning money from Facebook needs experimenting a lot.

#7 Make Money from Instagram:

Over 300 Million active users post photos and videos on Instagram every day which ranked it as 5th most popular social site network. But earning money from Instagram is not that simple like building a website or working as freelancer. Your success is directly proportional to your followers count.

Just think from your angle, why you follow anybody – as you know he/she is expert or he/she shares informative content that interests you or he/she entertains you, so can you be the one to whom people will follow?

Can you prepare unique and engaging visually driven content? If yes, then utilize your skills to make Instagram as your ATM.
You can earn money from Instagram using following options:

• If you succeeded to generate good number of followers to your Instagram account, you can be reached by brands as an Influencer for whom you will promote their products or sponsored content.
• Sell your Photos (Many brands are looking for top quality photos on Instagram)
• Sponsored Posts (You post for your clients and their products)
• Affiliate Marketing
• If you have your own products or an online store, then sell your products on Instagram
• Become Instagram Marketing Consultant (You must know Instagram Marketing better than your clients)

From just a basic photo-sharing app to top social media app, Instagram is growing at mind-blowing speed and brands are investing huge amounts from their marketing budget on this platform. So think of it, work on it and make it your online money earning source.

#8 Make Money from Twitter:

Have you ever imagined that only 140 characters can earn money for you ? Yes they can if they are posted on twitter – a social media platform with over 126 million active users daily.

Prior requirement to earn money from twitter is to build your strong profile and great number of followers on your Twitter account. Select a niche of your interest and keep posting informative or educational or entertaining tweets with a link to your own blog or someone else’s blog or webpage.

Best part of twitter is that there is no need to have your own blog, instead you can even search useful content that can help your followers and tweet about that content, redirecting your followers to that useful information. But where is the money? Here are the ways to earn money from twitter:

• Sponsored Tweets – Tweets about products and services of your clients
• Affiliate Marketing – Promote products that your followers are interested in
• Promote your own Products
• Twitter Ads – Promote businesses to your followers

Key to success is – ‘tweet right content to right audience at right time.’

#9 Buy & Sell Domains:

Buying and selling domains (same like buying and selling shares) is another great option to earn money online but at that same time it is not that easy as it is trickier as compare to other options. It needs initial investment to buy domains, understanding of need of that domain name and knowledge of where to sell them. Let’ check how it works:

• If you are a guy who can pick the perfect domain names that offer real value then you have cleared the first step.
• Next is to check availability of those domain names, if it is already taken by somebody else, you need to buy it from the one who holds it.
• Next is to estimate the fair price for respective domain name and for this you must be aware about the current price trends in the domain market.
• Now the most crucial part is to sell your domain. Getting your domain name in front of potential buyer is most important as waiting for customer to reach you will not work here. Instead you need to tell people the domain name they are looking for is in your pocket and importance of buying that domain.

So we honestly suggest you, try this option only if you have that expert touch to buy and sell domains.

#10 Flip or Sell Website:

Are you aware about the term Website Flipping? It is just like buying a property, renovating it to add a value and selling it at a higher price. So in website flipping you buy a website, improve it and sell it. Again it is not for everyone, it is for the one who knows how to buy website, how to add value to it in terms of monetization (AdSense, CPM, and Affiliations) and then sell it for profit price.

These three basic steps will help you if you are planning to earn money from this option:

• Purchasing Skill – Know everything about domain name like age of domain, previous blacklisting history, monetization options tested, popularity etc. before purchasing it.
• Revamping Skill – After purchasing website, change look of website if needed to make it more user-friendly and attractive and then optimize your website for a search engine.
• Selling Skill – Now showcase your website on popular website flipping platforms to find a client to sell your website. Be ready with your organic traffic, income generated, affiliate options etc. to convince your client.

Key to success is – Smart Work, Creation and Patience.

#11 Income from Writing Work:

With transformation of mediums from traditional to digital, content also changed its form from paper to computer or mobile. Though mediums are changed drastically but one thing remained constant and that is Content. In this digital era, content proved to be best way to market your brand and sell your products or services.

So are you the one who have flair to write engaging and enlightening content consistently ? If yes, then showcase your writing skill on various online platforms and let people know about your presence.

Following are the top writing positions which are always in demand:

• SEO Content Writer
• E-Commerce Content Writer
• Promotional Content Writer
• Advertising Content Writer
• Sales and Marketing Content Writer
• Website Content Writer
• Blog Writer
• Social Media Post Writer
• Creative Writer
• Freelance Content Writer
• Technical Content Writer

So in this option, investment is your content writing skill, your knowledge and your experience. If you want to earn money online without investment and without scam, create your appealing profile on popular platforms like Upwork, Fiverr, Freelancer.com etc and see clients coming your way if your profile interests them.

Key to success is – Read More, Write More, Practice More.

#12 Make Money with Affiliate Marketing:

Hey, are you the one who loves to recommend various products or services you have used or you know very well to your friends, colleagues or family members? If yes, then why not to use that talent to earn good amount of money just by referring a product or service.

This model of referring is known as Affiliate Marketing and is one of the fastest and easiest way to make money online.

In affiliate marketing you earn a handsome commission (varying from $1 to $1000) for referring the online products and services without actually purchasing the product, store inventory, ship or bill of the respective products and services. Sounds cool, and the best part is you can work from any corner of the globe until you have an internet connection.

But why companies pay you such a good commission? As they save a lot on promoting and advertising of their products because you are doing it for them.

But how to start affiliate marketing? Use these simple steps:

• Look for a profitable industry and choose a niche of your interest for a blog or content drafting.
• Select affiliate products that you wish to promote.
• Create a blog or create appealing content and use it promote a product.
• Work smartly to drive traffic to your affiliate posts.

Affiliate is thus considered as one of the most profitable online earning option with no investment or minimal investment.

Key to success is – Select right product for right audience and promote in a right way on right channel.

#13 Begin your Product Startup:

Latest report by one of the reputed organization says that “Number of startups in India grew 7x to 50K in last decade” indicating that India is now a land of opportunities for startup companies.

Do you have any product idea in your mind that has great potential in terms of buyer volume?

Do you have that potential to run a whole business on your own?

If yes, then kick-start your product idea this 2024, work on your product, register your startup under – Make in India program, launch your product, use online medium to promote your product and then wait for the audience to buy it.

Key to Success is – Finding the Right Product and Marketing it Online Perfectly.

#14 Open a Digital Store (Shopify, Woo-Commerce or Marketplaces):

If we suggest you to set-up a shop on rent at prime location, do huge initial investment to buy products and then wait for customers, is it affordable to you? Not at all. Then how to sell products online – Just Simple – Open a Digital Store. Now no more need of bricks and mortar shop, be the proud owner of your Digital shop running as an independent e-commerce store.

Various e-commerce platforms like Shopify, WooCommerce, Magneto, BigCommerce etc. reported to generate more than $1.2 million revenue. In simple words, all these platforms are like online Malls and you own a digital store with products you wish to sell.

But how to earn money using Online Store? Check these steps:

• List out the products you want to sell.
• Focus on your Target Customer Group
• Choose an e-commerce platform to set-up your store.
• Create your digital store on this platform with responsive design (Mobile Friendly).
• Add photos, prices, discounts and other customizations you are offering.
• Market your store on various online platforms.

Key to success is – Bridge the Gap between Demand and Supply (in simple words look what people are looking for and offer the same to them)

#15 Start your Own Website:

One of the best options to earn money online is to start your own website and experiment various monetization possibilities on it. Website is still considered as a most powerful tool for communication, a way to connect with world, a way to share your passion, a way to inform people about your business, sell products and many more such reasons.

If you have a unique hobby or you have great knowledge or you know something different, share it to world through your website. Starting a website nowadays is very easy and affordable.

So don’t just think of it, start your website, keep writing quality content, work hard to generate great traffic and use the following ways to monetize your website:

• Google Adsense
• Affiliate Marketing
• Product Selling
• Sponsored Content
• Sell Ad Space
• Donations

There are more than 50+ ways to earn money from website using these options.

Key to success is – Hard Work for everything – Be it Website Design, Content Writing or Website Marketing.

#16 Reseller Web Hosting:

Is it possible to earn money by renting a house (which belongs to owner and not to you) to third party ? Yes. It is not only possible but in fact, many people are acting as a middleman or reseller and earning a good amount for that. What if the same applies to Hosting Services?

Yes, you can easily earn money online by offering Reseller Hosting. In simple words, you purchase a reseller hosting plan from big hosting service providers which allots block of bandwidth and a server space for you and then you sell the same bandwidth and server space in small sets to your clients. It is the same as you are running your own web hosting company.

So this is the best online money earning option for those who have or are ready to learn deep knowledge about how servers work, basic web design and development skills.

#17 Join Survey Sites:

Do you believe that you will get paid for just giving your opinion or feedback? Yes, in this online world, so many things are possible. Paid survey is great way of collecting statistical information from a group of people around the world and many companies pay a good amount to those survey sites to collect such huge data.

Three factors play an important role while earning from survey sites – your profile, number of survey sites you join and no. of surveys you complete in a month. Most of the companies pay through a PayPal account so if you are planning to start earning, first create your account on Paypal.

Following are the legitimate survey sites you can join:

• Panel Place
• Valued Opinions
• Survey Compare
• Vivatic
• Global Test Market
• Toluna
• Opinion World

But be alert as there are so many sites available that ask you to pay joining fee. Never get trapped by them.

Key to Success is – Join as many survey sites as possible to always have a survey in your mailbox.

#18 Make Money Dropshipping:

E-commerce market is growing with very high speed in India as a result of Jio revolution and availability of cheap smart phones that allows people to shop – anytime, anywhere. Dropshipping is not same like an Amazon or Flipkart store, it is a different way of online retail business. Drop shipper is the one who delivers your order to your customer without need for you to store those products.

Thus you don’t need to worry about inventory, shipping and billing, you just need to focus on product promotion.

Following are the simple steps to start your dropshipping business:

• Open your store on e-commerce platforms or start your own drop shipping website.
• Select a product niche and showcase your products
• Promote your store using various ways like facebook advertisement, Google ads, content marketing, email marketing etc.

Some of the great companies who support dropshipping in India are – Bluember, Baapstore, Indiamart, JimTrade, Tradeford, Webdealindia etc.

Key to Success is – Select a niche store that is always in demand.

#19 Share your Knowledge to an Online Course Audience:

“More than 30% of the college students are taking at least one online course” – statistic revealed scope for online learning in 21st century. Many top schools, colleges and even employers recognize that online course can be just effective and convenient than classroom courses.

So if you have expert knowledge of anything like subjects for undergraduate or graduate program, software programming, web development, graphic designing, WordPress, digital marketing etc., don’t just keep it limited to you, share it to large online audience and make money online.

Following tips will help you to crate your online course:

• Choose your topic for online course and research if any online course is available for same
• If any online course available for your topic, differentiate your course from others
• Prepare your course material that works on online mediums.
• Look for online platforms that allow you to sell your Course e.g. Udemy
• Publish your course
• Promote your course through various online mediums

Some of the best platforms for online course audience in India are – Udemy, Coursera, codeacademy, tutor etc.

Key to Success is – Sharing is Caring so share more and earn more.

#20 Make Money from Amazon or Flipkart:

But what if we tell you that you can easily earn money from Amazon and Flipkart? Yes, there are mainly two ways to earn money from both these platforms.

Following are the useful tips to earn money from Amazon and Flipkart:

• Create your account on any one of the platform and register as a seller or affiliate marketer
• If you register as a seller, then upload your products for sell and promote them.
• If you are planning to undergo affiliate program, be ready with your blog or website.
• Once you get your affiliate code or link, start promoting products from your niche on your website or blog or on various online platforms with your affiliate link.

Key to Success is – Keep calm and promote your affiliate link or products with powerful content.

#21 Start Digital Agency (Online Marketing):

From just-launched startup to 100-year-old company, everyone knows that – ‘Digital is the New Game’ and thus everyone pushing hard to have a strong presence on all digital platforms. Some of them have an in-house digital marketing team whereas many are outsourcing their tasks to digital marketing agencies.

Currently, 500+ digital marketing agencies are running in India and the demand is still increasing for such agencies. So if you have that spark to start a digital marketing agency then register your digital marketing business, complete setup, and staffing and promote your services.

Digital marketing agency offers various services like:

• Website Design and Development
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Social Media Marketing and Campaigns
• Email Marketing
• Mobile Marketing
• Pay Per Click Campaigns
• Banner Placement
• SMS Marketing
• Content Writing and Marketing
• Billboards
• Digital Promotions

Key to Success is – Empower your Staff, Educate your Clients and Be Consistent

So, At the End:

Do you really feel that, using any one of the above ways you can make money online in India without investment? We are sure, you will say – not only 1 but more than 5 ideas are really worth to think of. But here things stop as you are just going to think about it. What about the actual action or kick-start towards that money earning.

Are you ready – Are you prepared – Are you excited to make an experiment? Because until you take action, you will not see the results.
Just utilize your skills fully, start with some unique ideas and keep working on the same. You will surely see money coming in your pockets.

Just don’t wait for that Some Another Day – Make it Today…

If you stuck at any point while starting your online money earning journey, just get in touch with us or comment here and we will be happier to help you…

Cheers…make 2024 be your Online Earning Year.