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Make money doing the things you love- your hobbies! Cash in on your passion!

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Cash in on your passion! You can get paid for your hobbies!

Are you creative or crafty? You can teach classes, sell your work at craft shows, in stores, or online using sites like Etsy! Click here for 17 ways to sell your crafts from home. 

You could also be a sports referee on the side. Well Kept Wallet touts you can make up to $30 an hour!

If photography is your thing, check out flickr and Shutterstock. You can earn cash by setting up an account on those sites, add your photos and sell to potential clients. Click here for more ideas on where to sell your photography. 

Are you great on the keyboard? You can make money to transcribe! After you pass a test for TranscribeMe, you can get paid $20 for every hour of audio you transcribe for things like podcasts, work meetings and more!

If you're ready to get rid of used books, BookScouter will check out other online marketplaces, give you the best price, and then you can sell to them there, on eBay, or Amazon.

You can always sell items on Swip Swap, a marketplace on Facebook where you can buy and sell things. 

There are countless ways for you to make extra cash doing what you love! 

Click here for 23 ideas. Click here for 50 ideas. And PLEASE do research to make sure you don't get scammed. For example, there are ways for gamers to sell their high-scoring accounts. The BBB discourages it. Click here to read the article and warnings before diving in.

Good luck! We hope your hobby is a major success!