Making money online sounds almost too good to be true. In many cases, it can be, with scammers using the anonymity of the internet to take advantage of people who are trying to make some extra cash. That said, there are some legitimate ways to use the internet to your lucrative advantage. While you might not make enough to quit your day job entirely, you never know until you try!

Clean Up the House (and Get Paid)

Unless your home is in complete order, chances are that you’ve got some unused items taking up unnecessary space. Kill two birds with one stone by selling your old stuff on eBay, Craigslist, or Amazon. Naturally, this gig isn’t going to last forever, but if you haven’t really used the internet to make money before, this can be a good way to test the waters – and a good excuse to tidy up at home.

Do What You Love – For Cash

If you have an artistic personality, you could leverage your side hobbies into a clever money-making scheme. For instance, if you’re good at knitting and craft-making, you can try listing your wares on Etsy. Or, if you’re handy with art and design, you can upload your artistic works to products like T-shirts and coffee mugs and sell them on CafePress. Enjoy photography? Stock photo websites, like Shutterstock and iStockphoto, may be interested in the pictures you’ve taken. If you’re good at creating things, there’s probably a website devoted to buying and selling whatever you make.

Help People With Their Online Projects

While you might be interested in spending a few hours each week on your online side business, others rely on the internet for full-time work. That’s why, if you look in the right places, you’ll find bloggers, website designers, and many others who need help finishing whatever they might be working on. Take a look at websites like Fiverr, Upwork, and Amazon Mechanical Turk to find listings asking for anything from ghost writers to virtual assistants. This will take some due diligence on your part–it might be a while until you find the right job for the right amount of money–but work you find here may pay well and be recurring.

Connect With People Who Need Your Expertise

Are you a professional with deep knowledge of the field you work in? If so, you might be able to sell your services as a consultant to those with less experience. While it’ll take some work to market your services and find the right clients, this can be the most lucrative online work you’ll find. Do keep in mind that, if you’re consulting within the same field you’re already working full-time in, you’re not breaking any agreements you might have with your employer.

Tutor Students Around the World

One of the best features of the internet is that it makes education easier and more open than ever before, no matter where you are in the world. Nowadays, you don’t need to head to your local school to find eager students, and you don’t even need to be a certified teacher. There’s such a demand for tutors, particularly in English, that companies all around the world are willing to pay pretty good money for you to video chat with their students. You can find online tutoring opportunities everywhere, even on job boards like Indeed and Craigslist.