Ways to make money as a student in online

Are you looking for the very best guide and tips on how to make money as a student in Nigeria without having to sacrifice your grades? If so, then read on.

Combining work with study can be a bit hard to manage. As a student, your number 1 priority should be getting good grades and performing well academically.

However, situations may demand that you include some side hustles along with your study. But, the question now is: what jobs can you do to make money while still managing to get good grades?

Whatever job or business you decide to involve in must never be time demanding, energy draining, and must require zero or little investment to start up.

Furthermore, that job or business must be highly profitable. Which means, you get to work less and earn more.

Bearing in mind all the aforementioned conditions for a side hustle or businesses suitable for students in Nigeria, we decided to make a list of 15 of such jobs and businesses that can help you get the most out of your time, and at the same time guarantee high profitability.

Table of Contents

• Here are 15 easy ways to make money as a student in Nigeria
  • 1. Become a Freelancer
  • 2. Become a niche blogger
  • 3. Take paid online surveys
  • 4. Start a photocopy & Printing business
  • 5. Start a recharge card or VTU business
  • 6. Take private home lessons
  • 7. Sell past question papers, textbooks and course material
  • 8. Submit stories to media companies
  • 9. Organize tutorials for fellow students
  • 10. Start a football showroom (Viewing Center)
  • 11. Build and publish a mobile app
  • 12. Do menial jobs
  • 13. Become a photographer
  • 14. Engage in profitable social activities
  • 15. Start a hands-off business

Here are some easy ways to make money as a student online

1. Become a Freelancer

Freelancing is one easy way to make money online whenever you are free from any academic engagements.

Freelancing is not an opportunity for only students at the university. Even secondary school students can get jobs there; provided you meet the minimum age requirement for freelance sites, which is mostly set at 15.

If you register with any of the freelance platforms available in Nigeria, you can choose the number of hours or day you wish to work.

Freelancing jobs typically involve services you can render digitally.

Some of the online jobs Nigerian students can do on freelance sites include:

• Virtual assistance
• Transcription & Translation
• Typing services
• Graphic design, etc.

If you’re interested in learning more about freelancing, you can read our previous guide on that.

2. Become a niche blogger

Ever thought of becoming a blogger but due to the fact that your academic engagement doesn’t permit you gave up your dreams?

I have good news for!

It’s called niche-blogging.

A niche blog doesn’t require too much time, energy or resources to develop. And after you do, it keeps yielding profits for years and years to come.

In summary, a niche site contains all the basic information regarding a particular topic.

Since you’re a student, you can’t start an entertainment blog like Linda Ikeji. Reason is, it demands so much time an energy to update entertainment blogs.

If you’re not sure how to start a blog, read this step-by-step blog setup guide to do so.

3. Take paid online surveys

Taking paid surveys is one of the ways to make money online without paying anything. Surveys are a medium through which companies get feedback from their consumers in exchange for incentives.

There are several survey sites available in Nigeria. You can register with as many of them as possible. Thereafter, you’ll begin to receive invitations to take part in surveys that come with several incentive packages.

Most surveys usually take a few minutes of your time. So, you don’t have to worry about it conflicting with study time. Besides that, you can choose whether or not to attend to a survey invitation.

4. Start a photocopy & Printing business

Back then, while I was in school, I had a few friends who were into the printing and photocopy business within the school compound. So, I can tell you without an atom of doubt that it is highly profitable.

A lot of printing and photocopying activities go on in school environment; which explains why it is a lucrative business to setup in school compounds.

Another good thing about it is that, since you’re your own boss, you can choose the number of hours you wish to work.

On another hand, you could choose to employ someone to take care of the photocopying and printing; so you can focus on your academics and only assume the supervisor’s role.

5. Start a recharge card or VTU business

Recharge card sales are not so profitable; however, if you sell them in large quantities, you’ll definitely make some extra-bucks. And the good thing is that, it doesn’t have to consume so much time. Several Nigerian students already make money from selling recharge cards; I had a couple of them in my department back then in school.

Here’s how you should do it… buy them in large quantities and put them in your backpack or hand bag. Thank goodness they are not heavy at all. Make an announcement, either through your course rep or by yourself telling other students what your line of business is all about.

I’m sure several people who’d have had to go out of class to look for recharge card sellers will decide to buy from you instead. If you’re not interested in paper cards, you could adopt the VTU (virtual top-up) method.

6. Take private home lessons

Taking private home lessons is something that shouldn’t consume too much of your time. In fact, you can combine and integrate it with your study seamlessly.

Similarly, I had several course mates who were not so strong financially and had to take private home lessons for some extra-bucks. And they still ended up doing exceptionally well academically.