This holiday season is looking to be one of the toughest ever for retailers. Stores, including the high-end ones, are offering large discounts and shoppers know that more bargains are coming in December and probably January. If you are looking to make extra cash, here are some ways to do so:
*Â Cash-back shopping websites offer to pay you while you are selecting your gifts. Ebates.com offers a percentage of a purchase back and, until December 24, it will double the cash back. On top of that, new registrants will receive $10 gift card. Other cash-back sites are Microsoft’s Live Search and BigCrumbs.com
* Selling your old books by going to such websites as Cash4books.net. All you need is to enter the bar coded ISBN number to discover how much the site is willing to pay you. The books that are most in demand belong to the categories of textbooks, business and non-fiction. You will be paid with a check or through your Paypal account.
* Selling your old electronics especially as a trade-in, can be done on websites such as Gazelle.com and CellforCash.com. You can also trade in your electronic items for Best Buy gift cards at the Best Buy Trade-In Center.
*Â Convert your coins to handy cash, by taking them to a Coinstar machine before December 7. Cash in $40 in coins and receive a $10 free by mail discount. You will get your money as a gift card to avoid the 8.9% coin-counting fee.
*Â Sell Your Gift Cards Back to sites such as Plasticjungle.com and Swapagift.com. These websites promise to pay back 60% or more of the card’s value.
* Have a garage sale, which isn’t that uncommon this time of the year according to a Washington Post report. Alternatively, you can sell this stuff on eBay or related sites such as Snappy Auctions or eBayTradingAssistant.com which will help sell your items for you while still paying you a portion of the transaction.
So make sure to check out these options. You could make a decent amount of cash that you didn’t have before, from items you don’t intend to use any longer.
For selling your books, you might be able to find a better price by using BookScouter.com. It compares prices from 30+ sites, including Cash4Books so that you can make sure that you are getting the highest price.
@Brandon – Thanks. I hope folks find that helpful.