How to Earn Pocket Agent at 12, 13 or 14? (▷ College)
Adolescence …
A period of life when you want a lot of things! But very often, we find ourselves limited by the lack of money.
And yes, if you are 12 years old (and even more so if you are 13 or 14 years old), you probably want to treat yourself to lots of things: games, clothes, outings, …. The problem is, you probably don’t have enough money to do everything you want to do.
In this article I will present you all the ideas that you can follow if you want to know how to make pocket money easily (or not) at 12, 13 or 14 years old, as a teenager in college.
Because it’s complicated when your parents don’t want (or can’t) give you a lot of pocket money – or you just don’t want to depend too much on them.
It’s up to you to adopt the right state of mind: if you want to collect euros without appealing to your parents’ generosity, you will have to take your responsibilities.
That you manage to generate income yourself.
At first glance, this seems complicated, because the work of children under 16 is very regulated by law (I will talk about it in the rest of the article). However, there are a whole bunch of odd jobs that can earn you enough to make you happy.
You could even (already) manage to create your own future job, by following certain methods that I will give you.
But if most of these ideas will not allow you to obtain your financial independence (don’t worry, you will have to take care of yourself soon anyway!), All these methods can help you gain autonomy, and show your parents that you understand the value of work. They can also help you clarify your professional goal, and know what you want to do (or not do) later.
In this article, I’ll explain:
- How you will be able to generate an income thanks to the Internet
- How you could earn euros helping your neighbors
- Why renting and selling items is a great plan
- More unusual ideas for making money at 12, 13 or 14 years old
- Little advice, and a challenge I’ll throw at you
I suggest that you be particularly attentive, and do not hesitate to come and consult this article regularly. You can also tell me in the comments where you are, and which methods seem the most interesting to you.
Are you ready) ? Are you 12, 13 or 14 years old and would like to earn some pocket money?
Here we go !
Earn pocket money easily (or not) at 12, 13 or 14 years old thanks to the internet
Today the Internet offers you plenty of possibilities. Possibilities that I didn’t have when I was your age – there wasn’t much that could be done in the days of 56K modems :).
So if you want to take advantage of this great income generating tool, here are some ideas.
1. Get a portion of your purchases refunded with cashback
Do you know about cashback? It is a process that allows you to be reimbursed for part of your expenses on the internet.
You go shopping on a merchant site, and a few days (or weeks) later you receive euros in your cashback account. It’s easy, and you will be able to recover between 1 and 45% of your expenses.
So if you or your parents are used to ordering products online, you could quickly use this process to recover a few dollars.
The iGraal site is the leader in cashback in France, and allows you to activate reimbursement offers automatically (through an extension on your browser or a mobile application). Basically, as soon as you do your shopping on one of its 1,500 partner merchant sites, your iGraal account will be automatically credited.
Interested in iGraal? Know that the site offers you a 10 euros welcome gift … if you are sponsored by another user. So by registering with my link, we are both winners! I suggest you take advantage of your 10 euros offered on iGraal by clicking here, and start saving right away.
But I can also advise you to tell your parents about the Capital Koala site. It works exactly like other cashback sites, with one difference: any refunds they receive will automatically be transferred to your savings book. This will allow your parents to earn money – without costing them a single penny.
2. Earn pocket money at 12, 13 or 14 with paid surveys
Brands have one goal in mind: to sell as many products as possible or invoice as many services as possible. And for that, they know very well that they must put the satisfaction of their customers at the heart of their strategy.
They are therefore constantly seeking to improve their offer – and this quest often involves listening to customers. Suddenly, to encourage them to give their opinion, they are ready to pay money to those who answer surveys on their offers.
Here are some sites that I can advise you to earn money by taking surveys:
My advice: ask your parents for their consent, because they may find themselves inundated with advertising mails!
3. Read emails and pocket euros
In a similar vein, many sites are ready to give you money to read advertising emails. They can thus highlight offers from advertisers who are looking for new customers.
And for that, you will once again not need any skills: you will just need your two eyes to read the offers that will be offered to you.
I suggest you register on these sites:
Make sure you make a habit of reading the emails you receive regularly (for example, 2 or 3 times a week).
And above all, I strongly recommend that you use a specific email address, so that you don’t receive all these emails on your personal mailbox.
4. Take part in online contests
If you like games, several sites can allow you to win gifts (an iPad, your weight in candy, …).
How do I find contests to participate in? It’s quite simple, since some sites like ConcoursDuNet.com or Jeu-Concours.biz list all the games that are offered every day.
5. Launch your YouTube channel
YouTube seems like a new El Dorado. We have recently seen young people become millionaires in just a few years, like Norman, Cyprien or Squeezie. And if it became much harder to make a dent in 2017, with over 400 hours of video uploaded every minute to the platform, it is still possible to succeed.
What type of chain to start with? Most teens your age get started with one of these themes:
- a gaming channel, in which you film yourself playing video games.
- a fashion / beauty channel, in which you make tutorials on how to put on make-up, to dress well, …
- a humor channel, to allow your subscribers to relax.
But beware ! You are at an age where we are often still very dependent on the gaze of others. So I advise you to ask yourself the following question: do I risk regret having created this channel? If some of my classmates were to laugh at me at school, could I take it?
All the more so if you want to create a channel with more controversial content, like an IbraTV prank channel. Because if you start looking for a job in the years that follow, it could turn against you … And even by deleting the videos on your channel, it’s a safe bet that the smart kids will have made a copy of them. , and will be able to republish them on Youtube.
Blue pocket where I shoot
So be careful before showing your little face to the world, and ask yourself if you are really capable of facing the consequences!
But if you want to earn pocket money with Youtube at 12, 13 or 14, while remaining anonymous, there is a solution: top channels. DocSeven or Taupe10 started the movement in France, drawing inspiration from very popular channels across the Atlantic. All you need to do is buy some editing software, a microphone, and get inspiration from popular articles found on sites like Buzzfeed.
You will be able to put together your own « tops » – if possible touting, since your objective will be to create videos that stand out from the others, in order to collect as many clicks as possible. Take a look at what the Youtubeur « Univers du Top » is doing: « 5 stories of children raised by animals », « 11 world records gone wrong », « Top 10 accidents in amusement parks », …
BAM, 4000 euros with a single video
I don’t know if the creator of this channel is a college student or not – however, I imagine he is relatively young (probably 13 or 14 years old).
But it’s not just about attracting clicks. You will also need to understand how Youtube works, which highlights certain videos according to an algorithm. This will take into account as a priority the proportion of « blue inches » collected by your video, as well as its average retention rate – in other words, the proportion of time that will be spent on average in front of the video.
If your videos get a lot of blue thumbs and are watched for a long time, YouTube’s algorithm will wriggle – and showcase your videos, assuming they’re interesting.
So strive to offer quality videos, so that your productions are « liked » by Youtube. And think about hanging on – don’t be discouraged if your first videos don’t garner more than a few hundred views (it sure will).
If you’re interested in YouTube as a source of income, I’ve dedicated an entire article to it.
6. Offer your services on the net
Do you have programming or design skills? Do you like to write texts and want to offer writing services?
You could create a showcase site, intended to highlight your service offer (I talk about it in the rest of the article). But it will take a lot of work upstream, and you should know that Google will not position your content well in its results during the first months.
Rest assured, there is an alternative – these are the service platforms:
- Redacteur.com allows you to respond to calls for tenders, and to fulfill missions – which will consist in writing articles for companies or website editors. You can thus hope to earn between 10 and 50 euros for 1000 words written – your remuneration will depend on your experience, the topic approached and the budget of your client. But be careful with the spelling, which must be flawless!
- Graphiste.com and Codeur.com operate on the same principle, but for graphic design and web development services.
- 5euros.com is more generalist. This site will allow you to create a profile, within which you can present your services: referencing, writing, logo design, … With only one obligation: to offer a sort of « starter », at only 5 euros. However, you can earn more by offering additional services to your customers (up to 50 euros per service).
Know that you will have to strive to offer quality work from the start, in order to garner « good marks ». Because with bad « reviews », you may have great difficulty in finding customers.
And beware: you must be of legal age to register on these platforms. So don’t hesitate to ask your parents to sign up for you – you will do the job, and they will pay you any money they may have received in their bank account.
7. Design a website
Did you get into the habit of killing time while surfing the net? Why not take advantage of all these hours to generate euros?
Know that you could for example learn to create websites! And if it can …
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