Forgotten Ways to Make Money
8 work-at-home gigs from Forgotten Ways to Make Money's videos. Each entry sums up the gig as the video presents it and adds our own assessment in The Truth, with a link to the original video.
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- Soy Candle BusinessThings you make · Under $100 to start
Use a melting pot or dedicated wax melter to hold soy wax at a steady temperature, add fragrance oil, and pour it into jars with wicks. The video puts material cost at about $3…
- Sublimation Print ShopThings you make · $100–$500 to start
Print full-color designs on transfer paper with a sublimation printer, then use heat to bond the dye into polyester and coated blanks such as shirts, mugs, phone cases, keychains…
- Die-Cut Sticker BusinessThings you make · Under $100 to start
Print sticker designs on printable vinyl with an inkjet printer, then let a cutting plotter cut each one to its exact outline. A sheet holds about a dozen stickers at 10-20 cents…
- Polymer Clay EarringsThings you make · Under $100 to start
Shape polymer clay into earrings with an extruder and cutters, using trendy styles like arches, terrazzo speckles and marbled pastels, then cure them in an ordinary home oven. A…
- 3D Printing Side BusinessThings you make · $100–$500 to start
Buy a capable consumer 3D printer and print objects from plastic filament: phone stands, desk organizers, toys, planters, replacement parts, gadgets and cosplay pieces. The video…
- Laser Engraving BusinessThings you make · $100–$500 to start
Buy an entry-level diode laser engraver and engrave designs into wood, leather, acrylic, slate and coated metal. Blanks like cutting boards ($5), slate coasters ($1) and coated…
- Desktop CNC WoodworkingThings you make · $100–$500 to start
Use a desktop CNC router, a computer-guided spinning bit, to carve signs, trays, serving boards and three-dimensional wall art from hardwood or plywood. Design a piece once and…
- Bath Bomb BusinessThings you make · Under $100 to start
Mix baking soda, citric acid, cornstarch, fragrance and color, then compress it in a stainless steel lever press so each bath bomb comes out as an even sphere. One batch can make…