I have always wanted a laptop of my own. I can go on whenever I want, save my pictures, personalize, and literally do whatever I want. Every Christmas I ask for one, but never get one due to price. So, I decided to take advantage of my uncle’s need of money, want of new laptop, and carelessness of his 1 year old one. I made a deal to buy his laptop for only $275! I was so excited but I had to put it aside and actually figure out how to make the money. I wasn’t sure if I could make it in time, so my dad guaranteed the money. That meant I had to make hm a deal. Here it is:

• He will pay my uncle whatever of the $275 that I didn’t make when it was due.
• I have to pay him back at least $5 a week until completely paid off.
• The laptop stays at his house(where I only am on the weekends) until it is fully paid off.

I thought this was a fair deal. I mad money several ways. I sold stuff on Ebay, worked for my Nana organizing, and did my weekly job of blog posts on Butterfly Diaries. When the date came, I still needed one hundred dollars. I was really excited when I first touched it. It wasn’t completely mine yet, but it was mine, and will be mine for a long time.

It is a very sleek and high tech computer. Probably the most high tech computer I have ever used. At the moment, I only need $40 to have it ALL to mysef. It will be ALL mine. I will of paid for it ALL by myself. ALL of it! I am so happy. It was a great reward for the hard work I did and will continue doing for a short amount of time. YAH!

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TheDad drops in for a guest post-

Kids these days are far more obsessed with video than they were when I was a kid.  We had television and the birth of MTV, they’ve got 24-hour access to YouTube and video cameras in their cell phones.  Heck, we didn’t even have cell phones!  Despite our struggles to keep the kids away from “the dangers of online videos” (if there are any) more than half of MMM’s friends have YouTube accounts, and more than half of the other half are regular browsers without accounts.

Of course, watching videos isn’t all they’re about.  They’re also making videos and posting them to various places for other kids to watch.  While there is an occasional ‘breakout’ star coming out of YouTube, it’s Google that makes all of the money off those views.  the kids themselves receive only half of the fame and fortune they’re seeking.  Well, I’ve got some tips to change all of that.

Last weekend, MMM brought home her class hamster, Sundae.  Of course, Sundae was adorable, and videos a plenty were made.  When queried about the possibility of posting them to the web I surprised her by agreeing instantly.  However, it wasn’t YouTube that I loaded, but Revver. From their About Us page-

Revver is an online media network built the way the internet really works. We support the free and unlimited sharing of media. Our unique technology pairs videos with targeted ads and tracks them as they spread across the web. So no matter where your video travels, you benefit because we share the advertising revenue with you.

Essentially, you upload your video(s) to their server and can then link to it from (or embed it into) anywhere on the web.  While your video is going through the approval process (2-12 hours in my experience) they also insert Google Adsense ads which generate a small amount of cash each time they’re clicked.  Revver then shares this revenue with the member who uploaded the video and with the member who posted the video on that particular page.  Unfortunately, their User Agreement does include the following line-

By registering, clicking “I Agree” or otherwise participating in the Revver Partner Program, You represent to Revver that You are at least eighteen (18) years of age or otherwise capable of entering into and performing legal agreements, and that You agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions.

Meaning, no minors allowed :(  We regularly get around this requirement by having a parent register for themselves instead and letting MMM do all the work and keep all the cash earned.  As can be seen in the screenshot to the right, in less than a week, Sundae’s escape attempt has already earned a whopping $0.02.  Sure, it’s not going to buy her a car any time soon, but with another 3 years until that becomes an issue and at the rate her friends create and consume videos you never know what will be sitting in her balance at that point.

The wonderful thing about Revver is that it takes something kids are doing anyway (creating and watching videos) and monetizes it in a relatively unobtrusive way.  The user interface is no less user-friednly than YouTube’s, so it seems like a no-brainer to me.

You guys didn’t think I was going to leave you without sharing Sundae’s video did you?  What kind of internet marketing guru would that make me?  Enjoy!

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Parents, are you tired of kids begging you for money? Do you think enough is enough?Are you done with giving them allowance for chores they didn’t do? Do you just wish there was no child labor laws, and they could get a job?!?!?!

Children, are you sick of parents not giving you money? So done with wanting a candy bar, but not having any money for it? Tired of your parents telling you to get a job, when the law won’t let you?

Here is the solution!

Kids can make money without getting an actual job! Any age! It’s actually pretty easy. They can help around the house, help neighbors, make and sell something, or run a mini business. Here are some ideas:

Around the House

• Chores - Yeah I know boring. But you can make it fun! Try listening to music, or timing yourself. If you have a sibling, you can make it a contest of who can do it the fastest or best!

• Recycle- Keep all of the cans and bottles in your house. You can put up a sign asking to put recyclable on the counter. Then whenever you go in the kitchen MAKE SURE to take them out side. When you have a couple bags, parents will give you the money since you did all the work!

• Organize- If your parents are stressing about their messy house, say you’ll clean the bookshelf for them. If you do a good job, they will pay you. You could also talk to them about a pay BEFORE you do the work!

• Coupon- Save coupons for your parents. Whenever you go shopping, pull out the coupons usable. Your parents can give you half of their savings. For Example, you buy a can of raviolis, and you have a 50 cent off coupon, use it, and your parents give you 25 cents. It doesn’t seem to be much, but it adds up!

Around The Neighborhood

• Make a business- Try walking dogs, babysitting, car washing etc. To make it more fun, invite your friends to help.

• Sell something- Make something and sell it. You could make Lemonade or Hot Cocoa. You could also try making jewelry or things of clay. You could sell anything from coasters, to scrunchies, to pies!

• Have a garage sale- Ask your parents if there is stuff they don’t need any more! Collect donations from friends and neighbors. Then you can put up signs around town, and have a big garage sale!

Hope you have good luck making money!

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Hey everyone, sorry about my long absence. I am back into making money as a minor, so I will start publishing stuff on this blog again.

I have a job now. Yes, I’m still a minor, and can’t legally get a job, but I have one. My employer is The Dad. He is paying me to blog! I blog on my personal website, Butterfly Diaries. I get paid two dollars fifty cents for each blog post. I have a minimum of four blog posts a week, meaning a minimum of ten dollars.  The only other rule, is that each post has to be a minimum of two hundred words. That is a pretty good deal for me, saying I stopped all of my income.

I have my job and another blog. It is about Disney pin trading.  I post up all my pins, with a small description and stats. Then people can comment to trade. How does that make money you ask? Ads. There are ads on the site, and people click on them. Clicking gives me money. If people click on an Ebay or Amazon ad, and then buy something, I get a cut of the money. I can make any where from half a cent, to three dollars, to ten dollars!  And I didn’t even have to do anything.

Blogging has been a great source of money. I not only enjoy it, but I get alot of money. It is a good opportunity.

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My Dad’s always told me that anything is possible. I asked him if he thought I could write a book. Of course, he said I could if I really wanted to and was willing to do the work. Then he told me about a system that could help my book get on the New York Times bestseller list.

It’s a teleseminar series called “How to Create a New York Times Bestseller Teleseminar Program” and put together by Jon Kremer. He in this program he gives you every thing you could possibly know to make your book a bestseller including, two seminars, A step-by-step outline of everything you have to do to create a New York Times bestseller, an audio of the talk he’s given for years on How to Out-Sell the New York Times Bestsellers Without Breaking the Bank, his Top 700 Independent Bookstores Data Files, and two books to help you out: Book Marketing 101: How to Create a National Bestseller, and Book Marketing 105: Choosing a Book Distribution System.

Now everyone, no matter what their age or experience, has the chance to get the same advice that helped Deepak Chopra and the authors of Chicken Soup For The Soul become so famous. Oh and wealthy too! Francoise Sagan was the youngest author to top the NYT list. He was only 20 when Bonjour Tristesse reached #1 in 1955. With this new system, you can not only have a bestseller, but a part of history too!

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The Dad says:

When I was a kid we were a typical divorced, single mom, latchkey kids family in the 70s. My older sister and I did most of the housework and cooking while my mother was struggling to earn the income to cover our bills. Like most kids we wanted spending money, but there was little to spare at the end of each month. So my mother came up with a brilliant idea. With neither the time nor inclination to cut coupons herself she permitted us to do so. I say permitted, rather then required, because she rewarded us for our efforts.

The deal was simple: any time she purchased items and we had a coupon for it the cash saved would be split evenly between us. So, if we had a $0.50 off dish soap coupon, and she bought dish soap then we’d be paid $0.25. This benefited her, in that she’d still save $0.25 and it would help us because we’d have $0.25 to do with what we will (and comic books only cost a quarter in those days).

The only caveat was that she wouldn’t buy things just because we had a coupon. She had to need it and it needed to seem a good value anyway. I don’t remember specific numbers because it was long ago and money seemed so much different at the time, but I know it seemed well worth it to us at the time.

I find myself in a similar situation with MMM no, so have taken a page from my Mother’s book…

MMM says:

Every Sunday, before church I get the Sunday paper like most couponers. My old system was to cut out a few coupons, whenever I felt like it, that I was pretty sure my dad would use and keep all the other paper and read through it all to him. That took a lot of time
and work. It was also very slow. When we went in the store I would be dragging along and making it a lot harder.

My new system is at 7 P.M. every Sunday night I cut out all the coupons that might be usable. I then throw away the rest of the papers and scraps. For organization, I keep a binder with two folders in it. In one folder, I put all of the coupons from Valassis, Smart
Source or any other coupons valid for multiple stores. In the other folder I put coupons for stores like Rite-Aid and Walgreen’s. All coupons are also put in the order I think they are most likely to be used. When I get to my Dad’s house, I read him the coupons and he
decides whether they are worth using. When I go in the store, I only take the pile of coupons that may be used inside instead of taking the whole binder.

As for getting paid, we’ve set up a system so I get half of his savings. I think it is worth my time and effort. It makes quite a lot of money and saves my dad some at the same time. I believe couponing is a great way to earn money. I’m still dragging around a little bit is the store but that in because I just got back into couponing and have to get a little more organized. Couponing is where a large amount of my money comes from.

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The first time we attempted couponing we went to Walgreens. I had a great coupon for padded envelopes. Only 39cents each! My dad sends things from Ebay all the time so these are very useful. We got more coupons and ended up going to 3 stores to buy more. We all so bought a few 16 ounce sodas, some aspirin, and a few hot patches. We ended up saving about $20.00! Which means I earned $10.00 in one day at Walgreens.

Every week I get a 10 dollar allowance for keeping my check register full of all my transactions. So I got that $10.00.

I also won $2.00 from my dad for guessing where we were going.

I keep a change jar of random change I find. Every once in a while I empty it and it gave me $5.00 this week!

I lost a tooth and got $2.00 from the tooth fairy.

I also got $2.00 for cleaning out Rover, our car.

This week I earned about $31.00.

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I took another shot at Epinions. I wrote a review about the board game Hands Down. I got pretty good ratings on it.
Review writing is becoming pretty fun. I wonder what I’ll write about next…..

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My first attempt to make money is on Epinions. You can write reviews about anything and get paid! People rate your reviews and possibly leave comments.
I’ve started out with movie reviews. I’ve done pretty bad so far. I gave away the ending to both of the movies I reviewed. I reviewed Evan Almighty and Ratatouille. Luckily, I am learning how to be a better writer by people’s comments.

Every month you get paid based on how many people read your reviews, and how well they got rated. I haven’t gotten payed yet because I just started. In the FAQ it said minors are allowed to post but can’t get paid until they turn 18, but my age was never asked. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see what happens.

-MMM

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Welcome to Minor Money Matters! One day my dad and I tried to find ways for minors to make money working online. After many Google searches, we started to find different things. I made this site to help minors like me earn money. Here I will write where I make money, how hard it is, how fun it is, and how to deal with money made.

-MMM

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