how can a teen make money?
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In short, you can't (serious money anyway), the system is structured against you. If you are not old enough to get a "real" job, I would suggest a papper route, it is good exercise, and it is probably the most money you can make before you are old enough to be employed. If you have the time and energy, you can even take up multiple paper routes, this will help you earn more money faster. But remember, there is alot of walking involved in paper routes, and you usualy have to get up VERY early (like 4:00-5:00am).\n\nGood Luck!
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babysitting,. paper route, selling things in a yard sale, walking dogs, doing odd jobs for people, etc.\n\nWhen I was about 14 I put an ad in the paper, Odd jobs - anything you want, $10.00 per hour. I made a few hundred bucks over summer.
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Well, since you're a high schooler I doubt you'd be able to get a high paying job in real estate investing or business management - simply because you have little or no experience.  If you're simply looking to make some decent money then look into being a waiter/waitress for a nice restaurant - you can make pretty decent tips.
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Bake sales, car washes, spaghetti feeds, host teen dances...\n\n\n\nhttp://www.fundraisingweb.org/
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go to the mall and ask every store thats what i did and im 15 turning 16 they will pay u min tho not that big pay only some stores will let u work for them. the elctronice u have to be 18
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Some ideas:\n\nYou and a couple of other guys can start a sort of babysitting/big brothers business.  If you have a lot of younger boys in your area that are latch key kids or live in a single parent home or simply have 2 parents that both work you can charge per hour or day, pick them up at school, help them or monitor them with homework then "hang out" play ball, hit the park, ride bikes or play video games. \n\nIf your school doesnt have vending machines or the vending machines offer limited choices you can buy candy in bulk (for a discount price) at Sams Club or Costcos or BJ's (depending on what part of the country you live in) and resell them to kids at school (of course for a profit).\n\nYou can create "business cards" on your computer (go to staples or Office Max and buy a pack, visit the website www.avery.com or www.staples.com and use their free business card software to create them.  You can bike or walk around your area and hand these out...simple is good. Your name and number (only people you know and ask your parents permission FIRST) offer yard work, car washing, help with homework, that sort of thing)\n\nAsk you parents if they have or can create an ebay account so that you can sell things, then go through all of your old stuff and ask your friends to go through all of their stuff as well.  You can sell old video games, videos, cd's, sports equipment and clothing.   If you do sell something of a friends deduct the listing price (unless they paid that upfront) and deduct 5-15% of the final profit for yourself.\n\nYou can use the same idea above and have a yard sale and let all of your friends know, especially if they have complimented stuff you own.\n\nThe links below are some other ideas for teens in business for themselves.\n\nBest of Luck.
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Sell whatever you have that you do not use. Clothes,kitchen supplies,books,toys etc.\nHousehold things that people would use or need.\n\nMark them CHEAP...the cheaper the better. I know it sounds crazy but you actually make more money that way
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win the lottery, or gamble. \n\njust know...you can make huge cash, or lose huge cash. \n\nHard work, and wise investments are the sure way to make money...whether or not it is huge....is up to you.
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Learn how to screen print on t-shirts and sell the shirts to teens
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Laugh and love always.\n\nBe honest and work hard by adding intelligence. That is the easiest way to make money.
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hey, i'm 10, and what i do for money is usually:\n   (a) sell lemonade\n   (b) sell useless/broken stuff at a pawn shop\n   (c) beg on streets\n   (d) threaten\n   (e) play good music on street\n   (f) play bad music until ppl pay you to stop\n   (g) wait for allowance\n   (h) have an unsupervised garage sale\n   (i) GET A JOB\n   (j) sell your soul to the devil
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* Baby-sitting - Babysitting is a tried and true way for any responsible teenager to make money (IF you like kids!). Any community that has families with small children needs baby-sitters. However, it is extremely hard to find trustworthy and reliable baby-sitters who are available on a regular basis. Your business would provide in-home baby-sitting services. There are several things you can do to make your services more valuable. First, you should go take a Red Cross first aid course so that you know how to handle emergencies. You might also want to volunteer at your church if there is a day-care center there. You can pick up a lot of valuable experience that way. Second, you might want to consider teaming up with some like-minded friends. That way your group will be able to say "yes" more often and that will increase the number of calls you get. See this page for some great advice on babysitting.\n    * Lawn or yard care - Another perrenial favorite. During the summer you mow lawns, trim hedges and so on. In the fall you rake leaves. In the winter you shovel snow.\n    * Indoor house painting - You advertise your ability to paint individual rooms in a customer's house. Before undertaking this adventure you should make sure you know what you are doing by reading, working with someone with experience and practicing in your own home.\n    * Baked goods (cookies, cakes etc.) - Many families are too busy to bake their own cookies and cakes these days. However, having fresh-baked goods around the house is nice. Also, a family might need a home-baked cake for a school bake sale or a party. You could provide baked goods for special occasions like these or sell baked goods at local craft or farmers' markets. Check local health laws as you are starting this sort of activity.\n    * Cleaning - If you enjoy cleaning and do it well, then house cleaning for others is straightforward and easy. Find busy people in your neighborhood and clean for them once every week or two.\n    * Dog walking or vacation pet care - Most people who have pets want to give them the best care possible. Your business would help pet owners to do that by walking their pets daily or by providing in-home pet care when owners are on vacation.\n    * Errand-running for busy people - Busy people often do not have time today to stand in line to get their license plates renewed, to buy groceries or to run other errands. Your business would handle these tasks for them.\n    * Washing cars for neighbors - You can simply wash cars. There is also a whole industry called "car detailing". A detailer washes and waxes the outside and REALLY cleans the inside: vacuuming, washing the windows, armor-alling, etc.\n    * Teaching older people how to use computers or the internet - Many older people are totally affraid of computers. If you understand computers you can help them. You could come to the customer's home (or they to your home) and you could charge on a half-hourly or hourly basis.\n    * Using a computer application - learn Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc. and then go get or create a part-time job in a small business using your skills (see also the Job Skills article).\n    * Creating Web Sites - If you are artistic and technically minded, there is a great opportunity available right now creating web sites for small businesses. Or try creating your own web site that generates a lot of traffic and make money selling ads on it. (see also the web site article)\n    * Making and selling something unique: A newsletter on something that interests you, something arty, etc. If you are artistic create greeting cards or draw portraits. You will discover that your greatest difficulty doing this is finding outlets, so work to solve that problem (you will learn an incredible amount in the process).
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find somethings in your house or stuff you do not use and sell on eBay.  \n\nSeeing how your 13 ask your parents for some Xmas cash.\n\n rob a bank\n\nsteal all the gifts you want to buy.\n\ngo hold a sign on a busy street asking for Xmas money.\n\nsell your dads porno and playboys at school.\n\ngive your girlfriend the gift of your virginity
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hello, i really like your question. this was the same question i had at your age i am 19 and i started earning at the age of 14 itself. the best way you can earn is on your computer with your creative mind. There are several websites which pay you a lot for typing and making small projects and some creative works like Jewelly desinging, All it takes is your hardwork and creative mind...Thanks hope you like my answer
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babysitting, baking goodies for people you know, crafts, housecleaning, running errands for people, mowing lawns/other gardening stuff, tutoring neighborhood kids in a subject you're really good at, giving language/music lessons, etc, etc...  There are sooo many things that you can do.  Just think of what you love to do, and there's a great chance that you can make money doing it!!  Good luck!!!
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Here are the main ways you can earn money on the Web:\n\n1. Sell products on the Web - Big boys like Amazon or Lillian Vernon online catalog or smaller businesses like BigKidsVideo.com or Candle4Less.com all sell products on the Web. \n\nYou can either sell: (a) through your own storefront through your own website or applications such as Yahoo Stores; or (b) sell through online auctions like eBay\n\nhttp://www.ebay.com\nhttp://auctions.yahoo.com/\nhttp://www.amazon.com\nhttp://auctions.yahoo.com/ \nhttp://www.liquidation.com \nhttp://www.ubid.com \n\n2. Information Delivery. Others such as About.com or EuropeforVisitors.com create content and monetize their content in a number of ways:\n\na. Advertising - there are several ways you can earn money from advertising:\n\n1. Join an advertising network. Advertising networks are organizations that aggregate Web sites that offer advertising space, and sell banner ads (and other advertising options) across them. Traffic requirement is often a minimum of 5,000 monthly impressions, although many do not accept sites hosted by free page services. \n\nBurst Media http://www.burstmedia.com\nFastclick (ValueClick). http://www.fastclick.com\nAdvertising.com. http://www.advertising.com\nTribal Fusion http://www.tribalfusion.com \n\n2. Participate in contextual advertising networks. Contextual advertising are text ads delivered based on the content of the web page using an automated system. \n\nGoogle Adsense https://www.google.com/adsense/......\nYahoo! Publishing Network (currently in beta and available to US publishers only) http://publisher.yahoo.com/ \nIntellixt http://vibrantmedia.com/site/web_01a5.htm \nQuigo Adsonar http://www.quigo.com/adsonarexchange.htm\nIndustryBrains http://www.industrybrains.com \nCommission Junction Evolution http://www.cj.com\nKanoodle Brightads http://www.kanoodle.com\nClicksor http://www.clicksor.com\nContextweb http://www.contextweb.com/ \nBidclix http://www.bidclix.com/ \nBidvertiser http://www.bidvertiser.com\n\n3. Sell advertising for your site directly. This is admittedly a more difficult route for a small business site wanting to earn advertising revenues. But hey, as they say: "no pain, no gain!" \n\nb. Affiliate Programs - you sell other people's products that your audience may be interested in; and you get a certain commission after the desired action was done (whether a sale, a lead, subscription to email newsletter, or however this is defined)\n\nc. Paid online content. Hoovers.com or WebmasterWorld.com Supporters forum all require paid subscription before accessing the information\n\nd. Content licensing and syndication. Some publishers such as the Associated Press get paid every time their content is published elsewhere\n\n4. Paid surveys. The rule, as always, is to stay away from those that ask you to pay before you can get these surveys. Legitimate market survey companies such as Pinecone Research recruit members based on demographic characteristics -- e.g. mothers of babies 0-12 years old -- and will send surveys of products and services targeting this demographic group. Pinecone Research, however, pays only $5 per survey -- you're definitely not going to be rich with that. They can give you anywhere from 1-5 at most surveys in a month. \n\nOther companies simply ask you to answer as many research as possible, and you don't earn anything just the chance to win at a raffle (which I find lame).\n\nPinecone Research http://www.pineconeresearch.com\nGreenField Online http://www.greenfieldonline.com \nHarris Poll Online http://www.harrispollonline.com  \nBuzzBack http://www.buzzback.com  \nSurveySite http://www.surveysite.com \nSurveySavvy http://www.surveysavvy.com\nSurvey Spot http://www.surveyspot.com/\nhttp://www.internetpaidsurveys.com/
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Contact your local park and rec district - they often have a teen job line or listings. Also, sometimes the local adult schools and colleges have listings for job that teens can do.\n\nGood luck.