Earn a little extra money, top up your salary, generate additional income, from home or nearby—it's possible!
Having a side activity, in addition to your main job, is a great way to reach the salary level you want, according to your personal budget. But how can you increase your income?
Various forms of online activity (paid surveys, cashback, dropshipping) are mentioned on the internet. In practice, however, few of them actually bring in enough euros per month to significantly boost your income.
So, how can you increase your income from home? As a home sales company specializing in ready-to-wear, Elora shares its expert advice.
THE SKILLS YOU NEED TO EARN EXTRA INCOME
Many people rely on tips and tricks from all kinds of platforms and websites. Online, the idea seems so easy to put into practice! You spot various gigs that, at first glance, seem to offer a simple way to earn extra income by generating additional resources. You hope for attractive pay, whether occasionally or regularly.
But there’s a big catch! These types of online activities, done freelance, are not actually among the most profitable solutions... whether it’s cashback, paid surveys, creating videos for sales sites, or even dropshipping (on Amazon or other specialized platforms)... Often, hours of online work only result in a token payment, reduced by platform commissions.
Let’s be realistic... unless you’ve found a miracle opportunity, or you have specialized training or a unique skill that makes you indispensable in a technical field, these kinds of service gigs won’t make much difference to your budget. It’s better to see them as a way to practice, discover new activities and companies, break your routine, etc.—while picking up a little extra cash.
That’s why many of you are now looking for another type of work, alongside your main job, to generate a supplement to your salary that’s enough to cover all your expenses (rent and home maintenance, children’s education, car and insurance, etc.).
But how do you find a good idea and choose the right niche?
Whatever your professional skills, remember that the company paying you is above all looking at what you bring to them. If you can generate traffic to a website, sell items online, come up with original ideas, convince clients to join your community... you’re on the right track!
Don’t settle for a basic, standardized activity that hundreds of others could do just as well as you. You are unique... your service should be too, and your pay will follow naturally.
PART-TIME WORK
If you already have a job and are only looking for part-time work to earn extra money and boost your income... things get trickier! You’re not available for just any activity. Your real question is how to start a new job during your free hours, preferably close to home, and according to your availability.
Coming up with a profitable side activity, without being able to dedicate a lot of time to it, seems like a real challenge... And yet?... You know times have changed. Thanks to the internet and all its resources, an inventive and efficient personality can get training, build a network, review products, and even work remotely from home, without needing to commit full-time like before.
For many, the spark comes during a work break or maternity leave. It’s the perfect time to step back, browse the web, and ask yourself what kind of activity you really want and need, based on the extra income you feel is essential.
THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR EXTRA INCOME
A profitable job will always involve a commitment to a company or brand, even part-time!
Now more than ever, temp work is a valid option, except that most assignments for non-specialists are in logistics, handling, hospitality, reception, or catering. On one hand, that doesn’t suit everyone, and on the other, you won’t get to choose your workplace (sometimes far from home, so more costs and lost time) or your hours.
Joining “uberized” platforms is another realistic way to earn money, but in practice, it’s not so easy to start as a driver or delivery person. Same for dropshipping (selling products online without managing stock or shipping yourself). Competition is fierce online... Various e-commerce sites and platforms (general ones like Amazon or more specialized) are in a constant battle. The sector, which was booming at first, now requires a lot of know-how and commitment from those who want to earn significant income.
HOW TO EARN MONEY WORKING FROM HOME?
Working as an Independent Home Sales Consultant (VDI) alongside your current job seems to be one of the best ideas for boosting your income.
The VDI’s (or Independent Home Sales Consultant’s) role is to sell products or items for a brand, either online or by visiting clients at home or in businesses: fashion, lingerie, jewelry, cosmetics, natural products, etc.
This is a type of job where no specific diploma is required and where your professional experience doesn’t matter much, as long as you sign a contract with a company to distribute its products and services. The only essential quality is a commercial mindset, backed by real energy. You just need to feel able to be a brand ambassador, with ideas, conviction, and efficiency!
Most often, you’ll be asked to become self-employed (so, to create your own micro-business). This is easily done in a few clicks, directly online on the URSSAF website. You’ll then be able to offer your services to companies in the home sales sector, to earn extra money.
If you love fashion and have your own ideas about how to dress and what’s trending, if you already enjoy taking your friends on shopping trips, the home fashion sales sector seems made for you.
Why not try the Elora adventure, like hundreds of other women in France and Benelux, who are delighted with this activity and the extra income it brings them? Some of them, happy with the pay and personal fulfillment from this job, even make it their main occupation!
BECOME A PERSONAL STYLIST WITH ELORA TO EARN MORE
For over 30 years, the Elora brand has been serving individuals by offering exceptional shopping moments with friends. Thanks to Elora’s fashion consultants, fashion week comes right into the living room of over 950,000 clients in France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxembourg. Everyone finds something they love among the many products in this trendy, original, and committed clothing line. In fact, Elora does everything possible to design and produce collections that are over 85% eco-responsible.
How does it work? As an independent home sales consultant (VDI), your mission will be to carry out prospecting and marketing activities in your network.
You’ll organize presentations of the Elora product line at your clients’ homes, helping them refresh their wardrobes—and it’s through this activity that you can generate extra income.
WHY JOIN ELORA TO BOOST YOUR INCOME?
By offering your services to Elora, you join a company with strong values like kindness, transparency, and a job well done.
The company makes sure to support its new team members by giving them access to a starter kit so they don’t have to invest their own money in products at first, as well as an experienced and enthusiastic “mentor” who can show them, in practice, how to succeed in their first presentation. To further their knowledge, free courses are available on the online training platform, making it easy to keep building skills and efficiency.
Every personal stylist is also free to browse the Elora blog at their own pace, which features many articles and tips for independent home sales consultants.
Thanks to self-employed status (that is, a micro-business), each team member can organize her schedule as she wishes, with complete independence. It’s important to remember that the income of Elora personal stylists is linked to the number of home presentations they do, which makes the activity very motivating.
A Fashion Consultant earns nearly 30% of the sales she makes. That’s a way to earn a few hundred euros in a single evening! The equivalent of a minimum wage is quickly reached, as soon as the home sales consultant makes at least 2 sales per week... Which, with good organization, is totally compatible with a regular job.
Would you like to promote Elora’s products to individuals to earn extra income, but you’re not sure how to apply?
All you have to do is send your application via the brand’s website.
