Make money in your spare time by being a mystery shopper. As a Mystery Shopper,  you get paid to eat, shop, watch a movie, or buy some products and keep them at no cost to you. Some retailers hire marketing research companies to evaluate the quality of service in their stores. These companies assign a mystery shopper to make a particular purchase in a store or restaurant, and then give feedback or report on the experience.

Mystery shopping is an easy and fun way to make extra money. However, be aware of many mystery shopping scams. Always work with a MSPA-member company. Visit the Mystery Shopping Providers Association (MSPA) website at mysteryshop.org for information on how to register to be a mystery shopper with a member company.

Make money from home sharing your original videos at Metacafe.com. With Metacafe’s Producer Rewards program, you get paid $5 for every 1000 views you get on your site. Payment starts after your video reaches 20,000 views with a rating of 3.0 or higher. Your video must be entertaining, funny, amazing and cool.

Make money from home recommending a list of products and services to your family and friends with MyPickList.com. You then broadcast the list to websites, social networks, and blogs, and earn when a purchase is made.