If you want to make £1,000 extra a week then you’re in the right place!
Whether you want the cash to replace a full-time income or boost your earnings you’re already making from your day job, there are lots of great ways you can hit your goal.
If you’re wondering whether £1000 a week extra is even realistic, I can tell you that I have grown my side hustles and own business to make me more than £1k per week. So yes it’s possible, and anyone can do it!
You may need to use these money-making ideas in combination to hit your goal – but some can make £1,000 a week on their own.
From survey sites to starting your own business (working from home, in your own time), here are some awesome ways to make extra money every week.
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Ways to make £1000 in a week
Need an extra £1,000 as a one-off right now? These are some methods that can make extra money fast!
You may need to use some of these in conjunction with other ideas, as they alone may not bring in the money you need.
In order to make £1000 in total during a week you’ll need to be making £143 a day – breaking it down into chunks like this can make it feel a little less daunting!
Here are some ways you can bring in extra money in just seven days:
Declutter and sell your stuff
The full £1,000 could be sitting in your loft, garage, shed and cupboards!
There’s a huge market for secondhand stuff and the better its condition, the more you could stand to make from selling it.
Things you can sell include:
- Furniture
- Clothes
- Toys
- Kitchen gadgets
- Gardening tools
- Unused tiles, bricks, paving slabs
- Old mobile phones
- Electronics – games consoles, TVs, speakers
You could sell your stuff on an online auction site such as eBay or try these eBay alternatives.
Earn referral bonuses
Companies you already use will pay you money for recommending them to your friends.
Here are a few of the best referral schemes:
- TopCashback – will pay you £20 when a friend signs up.
- Quidco – will pay you £10 when a friend signs up.
- Sky – up to £100 when you refer a friend.
- Airtime Rewards – the money off your mobile phone bill cashback app will give you £1 when a friend signs up and spends with a partner retailer within 7 days. Sign up with this referral code for bonus cash:
- Swagbucks – the surveys and rewards site will give you 300SB for every referral plus 10% of your friend’s earnings. Join Swagbucks here.
- BT Broadband – you’ll get £50 in Amazon vouchers when you refer a friend.
- PayPal – when a friend joins PayPal and spends at least £5 within 30 days you can each earn £20.
Market research
Signing up to market research involves offering your opinion on things such as shop layout, services, food and more.
Whereas you used to have to do market research in person in a group, these days you can often do it online from home.
You’ll be restricted on how many projects you can take part in, so you won’t make your full £1k in a week through this method. But you can make as much as £200, which is a healthy contribution to your total.
Some companies you can find market research work with include:
- Saros
- Angelfish Opinions
- Research Opinions
- Research-i
- Market Research 4U
Mystery shopping
Being a mysterying shopper involves visiting shops or restaurants or calling customer service centres.
You may be tasked with evaluating the service you received, or do something as simple as feeding back about displays in the store.
Companies to sign up to for mystery shopping include:
- Ipsos
- Market Force
- Clickworker
- redwigwam
- Tern
Survey sites
Online survey sites will ask you your opinion on current events, certain products and more.
Some will also let you earn points through playing games or carrying out tasks, such as online searches.
You won’t make the full £1,000 from doing online surveys, but it’s certainly plausible to make £100 in a week.
The best survey sites to use for a quick payout are:
- Swagbucks
- Prolific
- PrizeRebel
- Branded Surveys
- Ipsos iSay
Freelance work
Are there any skills you can use to drum up some extra cash? Freelancing could earn you the full £1,000 in a week if you get enough jobs lined up.
Fiverr and Upwork are good marketplaces for freelancers to sell their services, including graphic design, logo design, fixing website issues such as speed, writing, proofreading and voiceovers.
There are also plenty of ways to make extra cash quickly through one-off jobs in your local area. Some examples include exam invigilator and election polling and counting staff.
Ways to make £1000 every week
What if you want to make £1,000 every single week?
The most effective way of doing this is starting your own business, which may sound daunting but there are so many different options for using your skills and passions to make money.
Other people are already doing it, so why not you! Here are a few ways for making that extra money.
Blogging
You can earn £1,000 a week and more through blogging.
Making money from a blog doesn’t involve sharing your daily journal regarding your thoughts and feelings or what you had for lunch.
A money-making blog, or niche site, focuses on a particular topic and provides helpful content to the audience.
Good niches for a blog include:
- Gardening
- DIY
- Digital marketing
- Fitness
- Sport – be specific with one particular sport
- Recipes and food
Bloggers make money through adverts placed on their site – I have a partnership with Mediavine which pays me based on how many people view my ads.
They also earn by selling products and affiliate marketing – which is where you promote other people’s products and earn a commission from those sales.
Read more about how to start a blog.
YouTube
Successful YouTubers make money through advertising placed in their videos, as well as selling their own products and services and affiliate marketing.
Introverts need not be put off, because there are plenty of channels that make money that are totally faceless channels. They simply use stock video footage, footage of a product being used or slides.
In order to launch your YouTube channel follow these steps:
- Pick a niche – zero in on something specific such as travel, fitness, productivity or product reviews.
- Have a publishing schedule – publish new videos three times a week when getting started to grow quickly. If this schedule is too much then go for one a week.
- You don’t need fancy equipment – many YouTubers start off filming with their smartphone and edit on free software such as iMovie (this is what I use).
- See what videos are proving successful for other channels in your niche and make your own versions, but make it better!
YouTube makes me around £100 to £300 a month for around two hours of work per week – I hope to increase this to at least £1,000 a month through consistency and improving the quality of my videos.
Digital products
There’s a huge demand for all kinds of digital products online, from spreadsheets to manage personal and business finances to wedding invitations and stationery that people can download and print at home.
You can sell digital products on sites such as Etsy or from your own website. The benefit of using Etsy is that the audience is already there, whereas you’ll need to grow an audience for your website.
Find out more about creating digital products to sell on Etsy.
Print on demand sales
A print on demand business involves customising print on demand products – such as t-shirts, jumpers, mugs and socks – with your own designs.
You then sell those products online, and a company such as Printify fulfils the orders for you.
Being successful in this area requires you to make something a little different that really stands out. So it’s a great side hustle for people with an eye for graphic design or illustration to make something really different for the items.
This print on demand seller has made hundreds of thousands of pounds!
Make and sell your own products
Products you could sell include jewellery, toddler resources and activity books, furniture, planners and party essentials like invitations.
Narrow down on a particular area and think about what you can bring to the market that’s unique.
I know of a mum who makes her own play dough kits from home, and another who sells learning resource booklets for toddlers.
Buy and sell stuff
If you have an eye for stuff that could be sold for a profit then this is a great way to earn extra cash.
Flipping stuff for profit requires a cash investment up front, as you’ll need money to buy items. Some things may also need refurbishing, such as furniture.
Things you can sell for profit include coins, rare books, furniture, sports memorabilia, musical instruments, and designer clothes and shoes.
Investing
There are no guarantees with investing, especially in the short-term, and you need to take financial advice on the best course to take.
Investing isn’t right for you if you can’t afford to lose the money that you put in, and if you’re eyeing great rewards then the risks tend to be higher.
But new apps and platforms have made it easier than ever to invest, so do your research and always double check before parting with any of your money.
Transcription
You can do transcription from home and take on as many or as few jobs as you want, making it a nice flexible way to earn extra money.
Transcription involves typing up audio or video content into written format. You will need a computer and some people find it useful to have a headset and pedal that can connect to your computer and let you pause the audio hands-free as you type.
Of course being able to type quickly is pretty essential to being able to meet deadlines and get more jobs completed on time.
There are various agencies you can sign up with, and some don’t require you to have any experience.
You can find online transcription jobs here.
Tutoring
If you’re a qualified teacher, competent with a particular musical instrument or know a second language fluently then you could look for tutoring work.
There’s a huge demand from parents for help to get their kids ready for exams or support them in certain subjects are school.
If you have no qualifications or second language then you can try an agency like Cambly, which pays you to speak to people online in English to help them brush up on the language.
Virtual assistant
A virtual assistant provides remote support to an individual or company with tasks such as admin, answering emails, posting on social media, preparing reports, booking travel and more.
You can find rolls on jobs boards online, or reach out to entrepreneurs such as bloggers and YouTubers who may need help with their business.
Sell stock photos
Stock photos are used by a range of businesses and organisations. If you have a good eye for photos then you could sell your photos online on platforms such as Shutterstock and Creative Market.
Create and sell your own course
Lots of people love to learn new skills from home and so selling your own online course is a great way to earn passive income.
Topics for online courses include fitness, marketing, blogging, arts and crafts, hobbies, design, photography, video production, wellness and finance.
There are platforms you can pay to host your course such as Kajabi, so that all of your individual classes (written or in video format) are accessible easily to your students.
Final thoughts
Making £1000 extra a week is completely realistic – whether it’s done through setting up your own business or through a combination of side hustles.
You can find some great side hustle ideas here and if you are still struggling to hit the £1000 a week target then look at these frugal living tips for ways to save money.
