6 Apps and Sites That Pay You, and How to Start Each One

Intro

Six apps and sites that pay you, and by the end of this video, you'll know how to start each one. Say you sell clothes you never wear: on one of these apps, its help pages say sellers pay no fee. Wait for the twist in the last one: its fee pages give you free listings every month. You can read the originals yourself: fee pages, help pages and terms from each platform, linked in the description.

6. Uber: delivering orders

Number six: Uber, where each way to deliver has its own rules, and they change from city to city. Delivering orders can run on a car, a scooter, a bike, or your own feet. Uber is an app that connects people who order food and items with people who deliver them. Earnings come from a base fare, promotions and tips.

Before you accept any order, the app lets you see how much you will earn by delivering it. One region's page says your schedule is up to you, so you choose when to go online. Another region's page says tips are yours to keep, and you can cash out during the day for a fee. Or your earnings can move to your bank account in an automatic weekly transfer.

The app also shows a running total of your earnings at the top of the screen. To begin, the official Deliver with Uber page lists each way to deliver. You choose how you will deliver, then sign up there. Each way lists its own requirements, so read the list for the way you pick.

On its page, the minimum age is higher for a scooter or a car than for a bike or walking. In many markets, the page says proof of residency is required. Its page also says delivery varies by city. Licences, insurance and taxes for delivery work differ from place to place.

The most useful number here is the amount the app shows you before each order. Number five needs no vehicle at all: you sell something you make once, and share a link. Subscribe, because next we break down the fee that depends on who found your buyer.

5. Gumroad: selling a digital product

Number five is Gumroad, and your fee there depends on who found the buyer. Gumroad is a site where you sell a digital product that you made yourself. On its pricing page, sales through your profile or direct links cost 10% plus fifty cents per transaction. When new customers find and buy from you through its discover marketplace, the fee is 30% per transaction.

Its pricing page lists e-books, courses and tutorials among the digital products sold there. It also runs memberships, for example for a podcast or an online course. Its list of things you can't sell includes financial instruments, gambling and pirated work. The buyer pays for the product, and Gumroad deducts its fee from each sale.

Gumroad says it doesn't charge a monthly fee, so it only makes money when you do. Its pricing page also says there are no hidden fees. Since January first, twenty twenty-five, Gumroad acts as the merchant of record for sales. That means it collects and remits sales tax on sales in regions where it has tax obligations, and this varies by location.

That is sales tax on the sale itself, not your own income tax. How Gumroad pays creators, through direct deposit or another service, varies by country. The pricing page has a Start selling button, and that is where your first product begins. Then you publish one product and share its link with the people you want to reach.

It takes a digital product you made and a way to reach buyers. Tax rules for your own earnings still differ from place to place. By our count, a ten-dollar sale through your own link costs $1 plus fifty cents. That leaves $8 and fifty cents as yours.

By our count, the same sale to a new customer from the marketplace leaves $7. Number four needs no product to make: it needs a space to host, and a few verified details.

4. Airbnb: hosting

Number four: on Airbnb, every home host is moving to one single fee. Airbnb is a site where guests book a home or space from the person hosting it. Its fee page says it is in the process of transitioning all home hosts to a single service fee structure. With this structure, the entire fee is deducted from the host's payout.

The fee page says most hosts pay fifteen and a half percent. By our count, on a one-hundred-dollar night, a fifteen and a half percent fee leaves $84 and fifty cents. The guest pays for the stay, and Airbnb pays the host after the booking begins. Its payout page says the money you earn from hosting is typically released within one business day after check-in.

After release, the payout method you choose decides how fast the money reaches you. Its page adds that verifying a new payout method can take a while, unless you pick its instant option. For long stays, the page says payouts come in monthly installments. In certain instances, the money isn't released until one business day after checkout.

One of those instances is when a new host hasn't verified a listing. So the first step is to create the account and the listing, and then verify the listing. An unverified new listing waits longer for its money. It takes a space to host, and the help page says account holders must be at least eighteen.

The same fee page also lists fees for service and experience hosts, so check the one that fits you. Depending on the laws of the jurisdiction involved, VAT may be applicable to the fees. Hosting rules, permits and insurance also differ from one place to another. Number three needs no space at all: just your phone, and the camera already inside an app.

We're halfway. One thing makes every item easier: read each platform's own fee page before your first sale.

3. YouTube: Shorts from your phone

Number three is YouTube, and views alone don't pay until a channel joins its Partner Program. The YouTube help page says Shorts is a way for anyone to connect with a new audience. All you need is a smartphone and the Shorts camera in the YouTube app. Its creation tools make Shorts of up to three minutes long.

From the help page, it starts when you sign in to the YouTube app. Then you tap Create and select Short, and you can film right there. You can also upload vertical videos already saved on your phone as Shorts. Once a channel is in the program, ads that run between Shorts are pooled.

That pool is shared by engaged views across the creators in the program. The Shorts revenue page says monetizing creators keep 45% of their allocated revenue. It says this holds regardless of whether music was used or not. The program page lists other ways too: watch page ads, memberships and Supers.

To join, the program page says to get 1,000 subscribers with 4,000 qualified watch hours in the last twelve months. Or you can get 1,000 subscribers with 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last ninety days. Only views on public Shorts count; private, unlisted or deleted Shorts don't. One rule changes in February twenty twenty-seven.

From then on, to earn a share of Shorts ad revenue, a channel needs at least 10 million qualified Shorts views in ninety days. Tax rules for creator earnings also differ from place to place. Number two needs no camera and no audience: it needs things you already own. If you want more ways to earn, the video on seven ways people make extra money is linked on screen.

Number two: on Vinted, its help pages say the person selling pays no fee.

2. Vinted: selling clothes you own

Vinted is a marketplace where people sell clothes and other items they already own. Help pages in two regions say there are no fees for uploading your items or selling them. The buyer pays a fee, and the seller does not. The Vinted fee is a mandatory platform fee paid at checkout.

Another region calls it the Buyer Protection fee, applied automatically to the order. The checkout screen shows that fee to the buyer before paying. After a sale, the buyer receives the order and confirms it. The order is also completed two days after the buyer gets it, if no issue is reported.

Then the money moves from your pending balance to your available balance. From there, you can transfer it to your bank account. Money left in your balance is used automatically when you buy something on Vinted. To start, you upload the item with photos, a description and a price.

The help page says uploading is free, so listing costs you nothing. Another region's help page adds that there are no subscriptions or recurring payments. The terms say the site is intended for use by people over eighteen years old. A parent or guardian may create an account for a minor of at least thirteen.

Payouts stay local: the terms allow them only in your local currency and within your home country. Selling rules and taxes on what you sell differ where you live. In one breath: deliver with Uber, sell a file on Gumroad, host on Airbnb, film Shorts for YouTube, and sell clothes on Vinted. Number one asks for even less: things you no longer use, and a free monthly batch to list them.

1. eBay: selling things you no longer use

Number one: eBay, whose fee pages give you free listings every month. Fee pages in two regions show this monthly batch, and the count differs by region. eBay is a marketplace where people sell items to buyers who bid or buy at a set price. Its help page says you can sell almost anything, from new products to items with signs of wear.

So a thing you no longer use can find a new owner there. Fees on a sale differ by region, and one region's page lists free selling for private sellers. Its fee page tells sellers based elsewhere to check the fee page of their own country or region. The buyer pays for the item, and eBay sends the payout to you after the sale.

For that, you add a bank account to receive payouts. After a sale, the payout is sent, and the bank takes a few business days. The help page says creating a listing is the first step for your item to appear to buyers. The page shows you how to describe what you are selling and add photos.

Then you choose auction or fixed price, and set a price. If you sell only now and then, its quick listing tool guides you step by step. It takes an item you no longer use, a few photos, and a bank account. The help page also notes that some items can't be sold, and accounts can reach a monthly listing limit.

Before you list, read your own region's fee page, because listing and selling fees vary by region. Taxes on what you sell also differ from one place to another. That brings us to the recap, so you can see the first step of each one.

Recap

Number six, Uber: choose how you will deliver on the official page, then sign up. Number five, Gumroad: press Start selling, publish one product and share its link. Number four, Airbnb: create the account and the listing, then verify the listing. Number three, YouTube: sign in, tap Create and select Short.

Number two, Vinted: upload the item with photos, a description and a price. Number one, eBay: create a listing with photos and a price. Today, open one of these official fee pages and check one rule before your first sale. Which of these six would you start with?

Tell us in the comments. Results vary, rules differ where you live, and this is information only, not financial advice. Next on Wealth Filings, watch seven ways people make extra money, linked on screen. Subscribe so you see the next list first.