Ok so let's assume that you're a newbie and you don't have any skills that you can use to make money online by doing the type of jobs discussed before. Well no worries because you can still do something that others haven't thought of and generate a decent income online. That thing is known as "online selling". If you have some used stuff that you want to get rid of or let's say you can create really good paintings but don't know how to sell them and make money. Your problem is as good as gone because there are some really good online portals that help you to do just that. The idea of these selling portals is to enable the sellers reach the buyers on a global scale. Of course they make money themselves by charging you a very small commission on your sales. It's only fair because they are providing you the platform and the tools to help you show your stuff to the audience and sell it. They even handle the shipping process themselves. Some good examples of such portals are Ebay.com, Etsy.com and Ebid.com. Of course there are others as well but you will need to find them yourself.