Tips & Ideas for Saving Your Money, Time and Resources – Top Money Saving Ideas for Australians

Turn your hobby into a business. If you are gifted in arts and crafts or home produce, why not sell your creations at your local Rotary market or Farmers Market. These stalls are usually cheap to rent(around $20-$40 per week) and easy to apply for. For avid photographers, be a freelance photographer or video person for weddings and other events. For talented musicians, offer your services at weddings and events. There are many websites which advertise services for free, like www.gumtree.com.au.

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Sell unwanted items. Online auction sites are a great avenue to sell things as these accounts are very simple, free and quick to set-up, reach a wide audience and virtually anything could be sold. You do not have to pay anything until you list something and the fee is nominal. This is a great way to de-clutter your house and make some money out of it as well. You can also sell large furniture items if you request for local pick-up only. Ebay tends to charge more fees, so alternative online auction sites include: www.OZtion.com.au - It's Aussie for Auction, www.biddingwarz.com, and www.thesocexchange.com.au, which charges a flat fee of $10 for the entire year no matter what or how many times you sell. An alternative is garage sale, but you limit the exposure to people who live nearby. If you lack things to sell, drive around your neighbourhood to find discarded items or furniture laid out for hard waste collectors and pick these up for free to resell.

Sign-up to be a mystery shopper and get paid to shop and eat.It is simple and free to register your details to become a mystery shopper where you will be emailed alerts on mystery shopping opportunities available in your area. Some sites charge a fee to register, but most do not, so it is strongly recommended that you use a program that does not charge. There are many mystery shopping sites in Australia, here are a few: www.gapbuster.com/mystery-shopping, www.mysteryshopper.com.au, www.getpaidtoshop.com.au www.shopangels.com.au.
Join marketing focus groups. Be paid for your opinions and be first to try new product concepts out before they are released to the market. Wouldn’t it be great to be paid to eat chocolate and give feedback?

Be paid to complete surveys online. Complete surveys which interest you and be paid for it. Sites which provide cash and gift rewards for surveys include: www.paidsurvey.com.au, www.fatcatrewards.com.au, The Great Australian Business Survey, or from the same company The Great Australian Survey, Valued Opinions Online Survey, , Market View Surveys, or Ola Prizes Australia, or Opinion World.

Become a tutor or interpreter. If you can speak another language, advertise your services as a tutor or interpreter.
Become a freelance writer or write an eBook and sell it online. Writing a book is another option, however unless you are well known in the area that you are writing in, or have connections in the publishing industry, you may find it very challenging to have your book published. Selling your book online as an eBook is easier option for unknown authors.

Become a babysitter, pet sitter or dog walker. These are great options for stay at home mums and retirees. For mums that are already looking after their own children, why not take on another and get paid for it. Pet sitting and dog walking is another simple money earning option, and you get a companion as well. There are many sites on the internet which allow you to advertise your baby and pet sitting services for free or a small fee.
Rent out your spare room. If you have a vacant room in the house, why waste it, rent it out. With rents sky rocketing in Australia these days, you can easily ask for over $150 per week, depending on your location and house condition. For households that have time to provide full board with food, become a home stay parent for an overseas student and be paid lucratively for it.

Subdivide your land. For home owners that have a large backyard, check with your local council, as you may be able to subdivide the land and build another townhouse on it which you can sell or rent out. With land and housing in short supply these days, you can easily make a handsome profit by building another townhouse at the back.
Create a travel, hobby or food blog on the web. Use one of the more common blogging sites like Blogger or Wordpress and place ads on your blog. Write about something of interest to you and get paid for it.
Enter free competitions and contests. There are website dedicated to providing information on the latest competitions and contests.

Become a tutor in your field of expertise. Whether it is music, business, science, maths, English, arts, crafts, cooking, or book discussions, you can apply to teach at your local TAFE short course centre or you can tutor one-on-one and register your details on a tutoring website.
Become a sales distributor. Sign up with programs like Avon, or Tupperware, and receive commission from selling products to friends and families. Delivering local newspapers and catalogues are another income earning idea.