Do Something Crazy

Most of the great success stories of making money online is not connected to the paths above all. Instead, showcase brazen opportunism that flies in the face of logic and reason. Take Alex Tew MillionDollarHomepage since 2005, for example - the site was founded with the sole purpose of selling a pixel of dollars apiece to advertisers to finance the holder of a university education. On paper, the idea was ridiculous - of course it was - but 21-year-old Tew soon noticed a certified millionaire. So did the founders of Doggles, an internet business devoted to selling goggles ... dogs. The point is that just as "real" world, the originality of a couple of good business management skills can get more rewards than any supposedly tried and true way to generate money that you can take care to mention. So be creative.

Seller

A method as old as the Internet, selling goods through online auctions and online stores provide a rapid increase in income for many students, enabling unwanted Christmas be disposed of easily. The obvious starting points are eBay and Amazon Marketplace, Web sites that offer ads as Ad trader are proving increasingly popular. Those of you looking to earn income as a source of longer-term product demand and be able to sell at a premium on the price you pay yourself. An example is "vintage" clothing - cheap clothes with retro appeal are available in abundance at charity shops and can easily be sold to other fashionable students online at a higher price.

Poker

Probably the most controversial inclusion on this list, the online poker world is filled with sob stories of empty wallets and broken dreams of people in all walks of life who did not know when to stop. If you fancy a go at making some big bucks through gambling, extreme caution is requested. Apart from the fact that players need a certain level of competence in the game to get anywhere, starting small is crucial - you bet what you can afford to lose with a smile. If you are skilled - and lucky - the potential benefits are enormous, with players regularly earning in excess of 1,000 pounds per day. But remember, the pitfalls are even greater. Texas Hold 'Em is by far the most popular variant of the game - get free practice via MSN Games.

Freelance

If you have a talent - whether for writing, graphic design and even programming - online freelancing will allow you to use it for a good profit. Services such as Elance and oDesk advertising outsourced remote working opportunities on behalf of thousands of businesses and members to allow the registration of assignments based on their desired criteria. Naturally, there is a problem - the service also reduced to 15 percent of its earnings potential. Depending on your skills and availability though, there are a lot of money to be made in this way, with the most dynamic fields - the translation of documents such as - to pay the best deals.

Games

Believe it or not, you can make money just by playing computer games. Second Life is one of a series of so-called massively multi-player online games, users can either buy the game currency called Linden dollars (the name comes from its creator Linden Labs) and then change the amount collected from the game back in funds real world. Ailin Graef made the headlines in 2006, after asserting that his in-game avatar, Anshe Chung, has generated enough money so that it can be classified as a millionaire in real life. Other possibilities are Moola, who claims to pay players more than five million pounds to simplify it to win thirty games in a row. Perhaps rightly, the prize is still pending.

Surveys

As inglorious a means of making money online as you’re ever likely to find, completing market research surveys for cash is time-consuming, invasive and very, very dull. It also happens to be very effective. Opportunities in this field are virtually endless too, with literally thousands of research groups vying for your time and attention. Perhaps the most well known of these is YouGov, whose methodology involves obtaining responses from an invited group of internet users at prices ranging from £0.50 to £2.00 per survey completed. Registration is free and relatively painless, though if you are planning on going down this route, you would do well to create another email account solely for the purpose of survey completion – your personal details are going to be getting bandied around an awful lot.

Photo Gallery

if you have an eye for an amazing setting, and even some half decent camera kit at your disposal, selling pictures to any of the many photo agencies scattered across the Web is a sure-fire method for generate revenue online. The likes of iStockphoto and Fotolia offer budding photographers the incentive of earning potentially significant sums for their photographs in a discharge in exchange for other rights to payment of royalties. As expected, the most sought after performances are pretty mundane - the angles of the three-quarters of pretty women dressed in suits - but just as inevitable is the high demand in some quarters for taking pictures of nature higher risk group ...