How can I earn money online without paying anything? Most often, there is some kind of fee or investment involved when you are looking for ways to earn extra money on the Internet. And if you are not paying with money, you are paying with time instead.

These 5 methods listed below allow you to earn money online without paying anything, but you need to be prepared to spend a lot of time daily in order to earn money from them.

How to Earn Money Online Without Paying Anything: 5 Different Methods

#1. Do Online Surveys

Can you earn a lot of money doing online surveys? The answer is "no." You can still earn enough money to help with the bills if you have time to spend a few hours per day answering survey questions. It is impossible to say exactly how much you would earn doing online surveys; it all depends on how much time and effort you are willing to put into it.

Your earnings also depend on where you live. For instance, those who live in the United States and Canada have a lot more survey opportunities available compared to people living in Europe, Asia, or Africa.

Where can I find legitimate online survey sites? The easiest way is just to do a Google search for something like "highest paid survey online," "highly paid survey sites," or "paid surveys for money." Here is a list of the best online survey sites.

Doing online surveys is one of the easiest ways to earn a few hundred dollars per month without having to pay anything. You don´t even need a website. All you need is a computer with Internet access and a couple hours per day to answer questions.

#2. Make YouTube videos

YouTube is a huge video-sharing platform and the second-largest search engine in the world, with over 2 billion active monthly users. You can start your own YouTube channel for free and start earning money online as soon as today.

The first step is to get a Google account, and you are automatically set up with a free YouTube account. Next, go to your YouTube account page and click "Create A  Enter a name for your account, and you are done.

Your goal is to make your YouTube channel successful enough so that it meets the YouTube Partner Program requirements, which are the following:

• You need to have a minimum of 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours in the previous 12 months.

When you have met the requirements, you can start earning money from different revenue streams. Each monetization channel has different criteria, but if you get at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours in the previous 12 months, you can start earning ad revenue, which can become quite a lot as your YouTube channel grows over time.

• Start making YouTube videos that are useful, interesting, funny, etc.
• Follow other YouTubers in the same niche as you, and some of them will follow you back.
• Upload your YouTube videos to other video sites like Vimeo and Daily Motion.

#3: Write Articles

Another way to earn money online without paying anything is to write articles for others. The simplest way is to sign up for Fiverr.com, a massive market place for digital freelance services. You can get a free account and offer your article-writing services. Customers will pay you for your work. Read this Fiverr review to learn more.

Another way to earn money writing articles is to sign up for HubPages.com. You can write high-quality articles about almost any topic you want. You will get paid a share of the revenue your articles generate. So, the more unique and interesting content you write, the more you will earn. This is 100% passive income; your articles will earn you money for years to come.

#4. Promote Affiliate Products

Promoting affiliate products online is a popular way to earn money without paying anything. You promote different products and services as an affiliate. The company pays you a commission for every product or service that is sold through your unique affiliate link. The commissions are a lot higher on digital products (up to 75% commission) compared to physical products (up to 10% commission). I recommend promoting digital affiliate products from a place called ClickBank.com. 

In order to get people to buy your products, you need to advertise. There are a couple of free methods that are really effective, namely:

• Make YouTube videos (you create YouTube videos and link to your affiliate product; when someone buys it, you earn a commission.)

• Write in-depth product reviews on a free blog (start a free Blogger blog and write in-depth product reviews about your affiliate product).

• Forums (join one or more forums related to your affiliate product.Be active and helpful in the forums. (Link back to your affiliate product from the signature file.)

• Social media (promote your affiliate product on your Twitter and Facebook accounts)

• Pinterest (Set up a free Pinterest account and promote your affiliate product.)

With all these free affiliate marketing methods, be sure to follow all the guidelines of the sites. Do not be "overly salesy." Instead, participate actively, be helpful, ask questions, give answers... Recommend your affiliate product as a solution to a problem!

#5: Take and Sell Photos

How can I earn money online without paying anything? The fifth way is to sell photos online. If you have a digital camera, you can start taking high-quality photos and then upload your photos to stock photo sites such as GettyImages.com or iStockPhoto.com.

Before you get started, do a Google search to learn more about selling photos online. Different stock photo sites are looking for specific images and are also willing to pay good money for them. Some sites pay a commission each time one of your images is downloaded, while others pay per image uploaded to the site. Look for a stock photo site that is best for you.