I think a relatively fast way to make money online is through eBay....

A lot of people are strapped for cash at the moment, due to the poor economy. If you really need to, you can sell things on eBay, and you will get your money in 1-2 weeks. (One week for the listing, and I allow myself up to a week to receive payment.)

You can make money faster offline going door-to-door - but online it usually takes time to set things up. So if you have nothing - no web site, no products of your own - this is something you can do.

You can live just by finding stuff to resell on eBay. I found it does take time - particularly for packaging and shipping - but it's doable.

Once you have some experience, you can also sell on consignment. To find out how, go to this web page, and read the article on consignment selling in the following issues:

2/18/2002 (for part 1)
2/25/2002 (for part 2)

To start with, you can sell things around your house that you don't need. Later, you can buy things to resell - either new items (such as distressed or liquidated stock), or second-hand items, or sell on consignment.

If I was in need of money relatively quickly, this is what I would be doing.

- Dien