Money-Making ideas for UK Consumers

• Turn clutter into cash by selling it on Ebay.co.uk
• Sell your old mobile - Get some cash for recycling a dusty handset
• Get rid of spare gold - Sell your Jewellery online at PostGoldForCash.com
• Unclaimed Assets Register - There's £15 billion in unclaimed pensions, lottery tickets and policies. For £15, see if you're due any!!
  
  

Earn money by collecting points, or tokens as you go. This seems to be a popular and easy way of earning, and is done by clicking through websites or completing online questionnaires.

• Recommend a good scheme!

  
  

As well as the UK Lotto National Lottery, you can increase your chances of winning some cash by trying one of the many online lotteries. The online UK schemes are free to try with your favourite lucky numbers - and your chance to win happens in return for clicking on an advertising link, so there's nothing to lose!

• Daily Draw, at Fair Exchange - Free to play, and the chance of a cash prize
  
  

Get paid for writing reviews, and for when they're read.

• Ciao
• DooYoo
• Mouthshut
  
  

Sites that offer links to other site with cash prizes.

• Loquax - List of cash prize sites
• My Offers - Multiple competitions
  
  

Make money by completing questionnaires. Try some of the following:

• Email Inform - Rewards for receiving special offers.
• IPSOS - Leading online survey firm
• NOP Surveys.com - Yet to see any results
• Opinionate - Cash or gift vouchers for taking part
• Consumerlink and Lightspeed - Entry into prize draws (does anyone ever win?)
• KNOTs - Online consumer surveys
• You Gov political polls (paid per survey)
• MyVoice - Log in for new polls. Slow earner
  
  

If you have a website, make money from it - this does actually work! Cash for clickthroughs or referrals. Use companies like Commission Junction, Tradedoubler and Affiliate Window to put some big names and big earners on your site. Check out details of UK affiliate schemes.

Not got a website? Do your own! (30 day free trial!) or see a guide to starting a site here

• Amazon's Refer-a-friend. If you shop with Amazon for your books and DVDs, use their refer-a-friend scheme. They'll send your friends a £5 voucher of their first purchase, and in return, you get £5 per recommendation!