Making Money from Social Media is normal in online. Though Whatsapp is not officially called Social Media Platform, it is not an exception in terms of making money from it.
In fact, it has 1.5 Billion active users and 450+ Million users use Whatsapp daily. These are good enough to say that How big Whatsapp is. In many parts of the world, Whatsapp is more used than normal SMS Messages.
You don’t need to have any kind of business or you don’t need to invest any money to start earning from it.
So let’s dive in.
Best Ways to Make Money with Whatsapp
The first 4 ways in this list are some easy earning methods, you can start them right off and start earning money from tomorrow. But the next 3 are a bit hard and takes times to earn from them, but you can a lot more from the below 3 ways comparing to the top 4.
So if you are really serious and want to make huge money, Whatsapp can offer you definitely.
1. Sending Short Links
You can earn money with this method by sending links. It may be a Website Link, Social Media link, Amazon Product Link, App Download Link, or a link with some News Stuff. You need to make that link short using some Paid short link websites and send it your contacts who may like it.
They will see an ad before going to the official page after they skipped it, they enter the original website.
All that Ad money will be paid back to you by that short link Website.
The first tip for this kind of Earning is, you don’t need to Spam all the websites to your friends. Share only the sites which you feel your friends like to see.
Do not just post the links, Add some description and add the link below so that they can understand what they are going to watch.
The best part is, you can use this method in combination with the ways below. By combining both ways, your earning will be even more.
Here are some websites where you can make any links into short links.
- Adf.ly
- Shorte.st
- Linkshrink.Net
- ouo.io
- Short.am
- Linkbucks.com
2. Pay Per Download
As the name says, you will get paid for downloading.
It may be Photo, Video, PDF, App, Doc or any file. if you want to send it to friends, try using this. You just need to upload the file in PPD websites and send that link to your friends. They need to complete a small survey to see the pic and you will get paid for that.
Just Use it every day while sending something. You get around $1 per survey. If you have sent 30 images you will be getting around $30 dollars which is not less.
FileIce.net, uplod.org are some of the best PPD sites.
3. Referring Apps to friends
There are thousands of Apps which pay you for referring their app to friends and mostly these apps are earning apps. You will get paid for playing games, installing apps they recommended, etc. As these pay you for referring other people, you can refer these apps to your friends and also earn money.
As these are money earning apps, there will many people who will be interested in it. Though you may not earn a lot from these apps, getting around Rs 20 per each referral is not a low amount. More Over some of these Apps pay you life long when your referral friend is active and earning.
Later you can transfer the amount to Paytm, Bank, or any other online Wallet.
- Frizza
- Panel Station
- Qureka
are some of the apps which pay for referring friends.
Also Check out: Apps to earn Free Paytm Cash
4. Ad Marketing
Ad marketing is nothing but sending ads directly to your WhatsApp contacts. So you might be thinking whos gonna click on the ad even though I send them. But if your contact really in that place, that might be useful to him and the best part is, the ad you send don’t look like an ad.
There is an app called Yes Mobo which provides ads for you to share.
It will give 3 types of ads, where you will be
- Paid Per Click
- Paid Per View
- Paid Per Install.
If you shared a Paid per click as you will get paid right after the contact clicks on the link you send. Paid Per View ad is something like watching a video. & Paid Per install ads pay you for your contact installing the app.
Normally you get paid more for installing and then viewing and then clicking. But each ad has different rates, so I cannot mention exact payment for an Ad here.
You can search for any particular Whatsapp group niches on Google and join in them so that you can send your ads to those groups as well. The more people interact with your ads, the more you earn.
You can use other Social Media Platforms as well and make your Ad promotion at the next level.
5. Share Your Skills On Whatsapp
You may don’t have any Business, But you can definitely start a Small one just by using WhatsApp. You can be any skills like Web Development, App Development, Camera Working, DIY Arts, etc you can just use Whatsapp to promote to your friends and family members.
One of my friends sells Handmade DIY products from Wishing to Cards to Small useful things like Chains and Rings. Her main advertising Platform is just Whatsapp and Instagram. She finds people who are interested in Instagram and engage with them personally on Whatsapp. By doing it she is earning around Rs 15,000 per month.
I personally do Web designing for people around me and earns more than that. So If you spend your skill, there is a high chance for you to make money using it and Whatsapp can be the best platform to get in contact with them due to its large scale.
6. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Marketing is one of the best ways to make money online. YouTubers, Bloggers use this method to earn as their main source of income, that’s how much Affiliate Marketing can make money for you.
Having a YouTube channel or creating your own blog may help you to earn more, but you can just start earning with Whatsapp.
In case you don’t know what Affiliate Marketing is, it is referring to some other people product and getting a commission for it. Famous E-commerce sites like Amazon, Flipkart has an Affiliate program, so you can refer the products from these sites and get a commission when someone buys the stuff you referred.
For Example, if you want to affiliate some shows, you can create an affiliate link for it and then send to the one who wants it. when he buys, you will get the commission for you. Affiliate per cent differs for different products. Here are amazon affiliate rates.
Just don’t send out random to friends and groups and get blocked. Send the once which has offered right now, so that they can buy products in offers on time. Create your own group with the people who are interested in.
Telegram and Twitter are better options as many people can join and follow you and they also don’t know your number.
Flipkart, Amazon, Cuelinks are some of the best ways to start Affiliate Marketing.
7. Become a Whatsapp Retailer
In all of this list, being a Whatsapp Retailer you can earn definitely more. It’s like starting an entirely new business online.
Retailing is nothing but buying products from wholesale selling to the customers. Actually here you don’t need to buy anything, you can directly sell products to customers on Whatsapp.
There are apps like Meesho and Glowroad, which help you to sell products like clothing, jewellery, electrical things, etc. You can share those products with your friends for your desired price. If they buy the product, the product will be automatically delivered to them with your Name or Your brand’s name on it.
It’s simple like doing retail business online without investing anything.
These apps also allow you to create a web page for free where you can build an online boutique. You can set your brand name and that links to people around you saying that you started a business online. So when anyone buys from it, the product will be delivered to him with your brand name and also the price you increased will be paid back to you.
Meesho and GlowRoad are the best platforms for you to start becoming a Whatsapp retailer.
How to find WhatsApp groups:
1. Ask fellow sellers: When you talk to your seller friends, there is a chance that they might be a part of a group that connects sellers of a similar category. Ask around.
2. Search on Facebook groups: Look around on Facebook for groups where sellers interact with each other. Chances are high that they also have a WhatsApp group for the same. Be a part.
3. This website here is a nice start: https://whatsappgroup.com/
You can search for the category you are interested in and follow the rules they have mentioned on the website to add yourself.
4. Create your own Group on WhatsApp: You can find like-minded people and start your own group on WhatsApp and let the word spread by making your initial members admin. They can add more people to the group and eventually, you will have a decent audience.
