Need to increase your earnings in India? This guide has the 15 best proven and practical online and offline methods of making money based on the student, professional, homemaker, and the entrepreneur. Freelancing, YouTube, affiliate marketing, local business, and reselling are just some of the opportunities that may mean something to every level of skills and budget. Start earning smarter today!
Freelancing: With skills Writing, Design, Video Editing, Coding etc.
Websites some of them offering this service: Upwork , Freelancer, Fiverr, guru etc.
Income: 10,000-1,00,000+/month
Online Tutoring
Topics: Math and science in the school level, and coding, speaking English.
Platforms: UrbanPro, Teachmint.
Income: 500-2000/hour
Affiliate Marketing
Advertise Amazon, Flipkart and so on.
Create a blog, YouTube or Instagram profile.
Potential passive income on the basis of gaining an audience.
Voiceover Work / Podcasting
Document in Hindi, English or regional, languages.
Sell on fiverr or voices.com or create your own podcast.
From Your Smartphone
Try YouTube Shorts / Instagram Reels:
Themes: Try some local content, about foods, finance tips etc..
Sell through brand deals, affiliate links, YouTube Partner Program.
Sell Digital Products
E-books, spreadsheets, Notion planners, courses.
Sell through Instamojo, Payhip, Gumroad, and so on.
Reselling (Dropshipping)
Resell fashion/home with Meesho, Shop101.
No inventory needed
Stock Photography & Videos
Try selling pictures/videos to websites like Shutterstock / Adobe Stock / Pexels.
Best on the local scenes, festivals, or traditions.
Medium to High Skill
App or Website Development
Provide small business or SaaS building tools.
Target: Local stores, creators, non-governmental organisations.
Remote Tech Jobs (Across Global/ Europe / US only)
Job Roles can be: DevOps, quality assurance, website/app backend/frontend development, machine learning etc..
Web sites: Turing, RemoteOK, Deel, FlexJobs.
Investment-Based
Mutual Fund Investing / Stock Market
Begin with a minimum using Zerodha, Groww or Upstox.
Study technical/fundamental analysis.
Start a Small D2C Brand
Unknown products (niche products, natural soaps, organic food, local crafts).
Sell via Instagram + Shopify
Local/Niche India-Unique Ideas.
YouTube or Regional Language Blogging
Languages like English, French, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, etc.
Local audiences are increasing at a rapid rate.
Rural Business + Government Schemes.
Use PMEGP loan or Mudra loan to initiate agro based/rural enterprises.
Dairy, poultry, jute, honey, etc.
AI, Prompt Selling / Microtasking
Challenges include PromptBase or OpenAI Prompting.
Also Amazon MTurk, Remotasks, Toloka (low wages but flexible)
