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urban-homesteading · 4 years ago

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How to make money from a Mini Farm: a series

Due to the popularity of my post on how to make money from your mini farm, I’ve decided to go point by point and expand on each one.

Raising Mealworms

Mealworms are the larvae of mealworm beetles. Many animals, such as chickens, wild birds, frogs, and reptiles, readily and happily eat these little bugs. You can grow them as a food source for your pet, to attract birds to your feeder, or to sell for profit. Mealworms are low cost, only need a small space, and are easy to maintain animal that can be grown in any size apartment.

How to get started

Get a small plastic storage bin (such as one for shoes that you can poke holes in the top) or a container sold at the pet store with a snap on vented lid to use as a container for your mealworm colony. It should be a container that light goes through but will hold the substrate and not allow the worms to escape.

Place one to two inches of bran, oats, or a mixture of the two in the bottom of the container. This will be your mealworm's bedding and give them something to eat and burrow in.

Place half of a raw potato on the substrate or in a shallow dish for the mealworms to eat and drink from.

Purchase about two dozen mealworms from the pet or bait store to use as your starter colony. You can also buy online.

Place the mealworms in the prepared container and make sure it stays relatively warm. If it is winter and you are worried about the container getting too cold you can use an inexpensive heating pad placed under the container to keep it warm. If the mealworms get too cold their development will stop (this is why they are stored in the refrigerator at the pet store).

Replace the potato every couple of days (do not let it get moldy) so your mealworms have fresh food and water.

Since the mealworms are already in the larval stage they should pupate in about three weeks. Two weeks after they pupate the mealworm beetles should emerge.

The mealworm beetles will lay very small eggs which are difficult to see. When these eggs hatch the new larvae are also very small.

The mealworm beetles will die while the larvae grow and the life cycle is repeated.

After one life cycle, the mealworm colony should be well established.

Once your mealworms are established, offer a variety of vegetables and fruit (such as carrots, orange slices, and leafy greens) to the colony to increase the nutritional value of the mealworms. I find that my mealworms were quite happy on table scraps.

Add bran or oats as necessary to maintain the substrate level. Clean and change out the substrate as needed to keep it clean and fresh but wait until the colony is well-established. Eggs and tiny larvae may be lost if you clean the substrate early on and the life cycle will be interrupted. Once you have a large supply of mealworms, the dirty substrate can be filtered out and the mealworms can be saved to put in the clean substrate. Do not allow mold to grow on the food or substrate.

If you have too many mealworms simply place the whole container in the fridge to temporarily stop their development and simply rewarm it to room temperature when you need them to continue to reproduce.

Selling your mealworms

Once your colony is established, you can sell the worms one of two ways. One, you can dry them and sell them by the pound, or two, you can sell them live. Drying mealworms is simple. Select the all worms you wish to dry and place them in a container in the freezer for 24 hours. Within one hour, they will fall asleep, and by 24 hours they will be die.

Spread them on baking sheet and bake at 80 degrees for 2-3 hours. Package and sell by the pound or by the number of worms. Privately owned pet stores, wild bird stores, feed stores, and bait shops are all places to call to see if they are interested in selling your mealworms. Stores have an image to maintain, so make sure that you have a tidy package with clearly marked contents. I always encourage all of you to use as little plastic as possible so if you are selling to a store and you are a small business, I recommend using glass jars with your personalized sticker on them. I find that posting on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace asking for free, cleaned jars results in dozens and dozens of jars from people who have had spaghetti sauce that week. Buy nothing and Zero Waste groups are particularly helpful in your area. Mealworms can also be sold through postings on Craiglist (in the pet or farm/garden section), Facebook Marketplace posts, or flyers posted at local pet stores or anywhere else bird or animal lovers are to be found.

If selling live mealworms, count out your worms, place into the container with clean substrate, and place into the fridge until they are ready to be delivered to where ever they are going next (whether that be a bait shop or directly to the buyer). Mealworms can be kept in the refrigerator for up to two weeks with very little maintenance. After two weeks, the mealworms should be removed from the refrigerator, and a small amount of water and a piece of vegetable should be added to the top of the bedding. Allow the mealworms to stay at room temperature for about 24 hours. This will allow them enough time to “wake up” and become more active so that they can consume food and water. After the 24 hours have passed, remove any remaining food and place the worms back in the refrigerator. Repeat this process on a two week schedule.

For storing live mealworms, this company makes cardboard boxes that are 100% recycled and are unlined with plastic or wax so they can easily be composted. However, my research has suggested that these containers will not work for dried mealworms as dried worms have fats within them and they can go rancid if exposed to circulating air for long periods of time.

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makingmoneyonlinemethod · 4 years ago

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12 Free Ways To Earn Money From Internet Without Any Investment

I am sure you know at least one friend or family member or colleague earning handsome money online. You might have thought, it’s easy peasy money. You can make it too. But either you got trapped in an online scam or failed.

Have you ever wondered why?

It’s because either you didn’t know where to look at and where to start from or you wanted a shortcut to earn tons of money. Let me tell you, there is no shortcut to earn money. You have to work hard.

Let me tell you a story. One of my friends went for a digital festival sometime back. There he saw a guy sitting with a big board saying “Earn money fast: simple and easy form and survey filling job”.

The offer seemed attractive to him. He approached the counter and signed up for the job. The deal was he has to pay an initial amount of $40 to complete the registration. Once that is done, he will receive some survey forms and will get paid for it.

After a few days, he received some more online surveys which he gladly filled and sent. This continued for a month until one day the communication channel (email) was not reachable. All his emails bounced back and the guy who hired my friend was nowhere to be found.

This is just one of the stories that is happening online. There are millions of scams out there. The reason I am telling you this story is not to scare you, but to show you the reality.

Do a proper verification before signing up for some work. Check about the brand or the person behind the brand. Otherwise, you might end up working for hours for zero money.

Today, I’m going to share some of the simple and legitimate ways to earn money online that anybody can do. Be it a 40-year-old homemaker, a 15-year-old school kid or a retired person, you can pick your options and start working online.

While you are creating your big money blog, you need to keep earning some money in order to pay your bills and get through the period of struggle.

Therefore, to help you with making money, here are six ways to earn money online without paying for anything besides an internet connection, and well, a computer!

These methods can make you earn a decent income, depending on the amount of time and effort you put in.

Page Contents

· How To Make Money Online without investment (Sitting at home)

o 1. Sell your skills on Fiverr

o 2. Become a Virtual Assistant:

o 3. Offer Article Writing Service

o 4. Freelancing:

o 5. Start a profitable blog

o 6. Create YouTube Videos or a channel :

o 7. Guest Posting For Your Clients

o 8. Affiliate Marketing

o 9. Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies

o 10. Online Paid Surveys

o 11. Become A Broker For Webmasters And Website Owners

o 12. Become a Transcription freelancer

How To Make Money Online without investment (Sitting at home)

Honestly, there are hundreds of ways. When you look online, you will find legit sources along with and many that are scams. I highly recommend you to stay away from programs that ask you to make the initial investment to start using their money-making formula.

Here, I’m sharing how to earn money online, which is easy to use and legit at the same time. Few of them will require you to have certain skills like good communication, good writing abilities, etc.

Without any delay, let’s get to it:

1. Sell your skills on Fiverr

Fiverr is the best place to make money online for free. This website lets you offer any kind of services that you are good at and earn money from it. Getting started with Fiverr is easy, and it is designed for users like you who are willing to work from home and make money.

There are many success stories on Fiverr, and once you browse their marketplace, you could find a lot of ideas that would help you get started. The best part, this is absolutely free, and one of the killer ways to make money online without any investment.

Join Fiverr for free

2. Become a Virtual Assistant:

This is another best way to earn money by sitting at home. As the number of solopreneurs are increasing, so is the demand for a virtual assistant. A virtual assistant job is just like a personal assistant, but done virtually.

The job could be like:

· Doing research work

· Replying to emails

· Writing content or ad copies

· Moderating comments

On an average, a virtual assistant job could help you earn anywhere between $2-30 every hour.

For anyone who can’t move out of the house, and needs an earning source sitting at home, becoming a VA is a lucrative option. We have published a few guides earlier on becoming a VA, and you could read more about it by clicking on the links below.

· How to become a virtual assistant

· 5 Websites To Get Hired For Remote Virtual Assistant Jobs

3. Offer Article Writing Service

· Sitting at home kind of work: ✅

Bloggers and webmasters are always looking for new and unique content for their blogs and websites. To become an article writer, all you need to good writing skills and you should be able to scout the internet to find the right information.

This is one of the best ways to make money online without paying anything.

Here is the list of websites which pays for writing:

· Outsourcely

· Problogger Job-board

· Freelancer

· Constant-Content

· Upwork

· Craiglists

You will be paid $2-$100 per article depending on the word requirement and quality. You’ll be instructed on the quality of articles, niche, number of words, etc. while making a deal.

Read:

· 8 websites to start your paid writing career

4. Freelancing:

Earn money from home: Yes

Whether you are a graphic designer or a finance manager, a writer or a homemaker, freelancing is for you. You just need to think about what you are good at, and you can make your living.

You can be your boss, can work from anywhere you like, and work according to your time schedule. Simply, Sign Up for freelancing jobs on sites like Guru, UPWork, PeoplePerHour, Fiverr, etc. Apply for a relevant category and that’s it. You are good to go.

Of course, different sites have different payment schedules and terms of conditions; you just need to pick the site according to your needs.

Tip: Make a good profile and mention your strengths and previous work. Ask people to leave a review after work. This will establish you as a reputed freelancer on freelancing sites.

If freelance writing options fit your requirement, you should read: Websites to get freelance writing gigs.

5. Start a profitable blog

If you are passionate about writing and want to share your thoughts, emotions or learnings with people, blogging is a great option for you.

You don’t have to be tech-savvy or a computer geek to start your journey online.

Here is an important story, the founder of this blog “Harsh Agrawal” met with an accident, and he was unable to move out of bed for 6 months.

It is that time, he made blogging his full-time career, and now he is earning more than $40000 every month.

You can read about his journey here, and you would be surprised to learn about the scope of blogging. You can learn a lot about profitable blogging, by reading ShoutMeLoud.

Here are some popular ways to earn money from blogging.

Getting started with blogging is easy, and all you need is a domain and hosting to get started for the self-hosted WordPress.

You can start earning within 2-3 months. It all depends on how much time, hard work and dedication are you willing to give.

Read the below guides on blogging

· How to Start a Blog

6. Create YouTube Videos or a channel :

· You can work from home.

· Investment required: Minimal

How many times have you spotted advertisements on YouTube videos? Until I got to know about money-making opportunities via YouTube, I never knew a normal user like you and I can earn income by uploading videos on YouTube.

It doesn’t have to be a technical video; it could be anything from funny to a serious one.

However, the video needs to be original. You can simply upload videos on YouTube and monetize it using Adsense.

Here are some articles which will help you to get started.

· How To Make Money on YouTube (With or Without Huge Subscriber Base)

You need not need to spend a lot or buy a professional camera or any such gadgets. A good smartphone video recorder can do magic. Just be ready to capture some crazy moments.

Homemakers can consider starting a cookery show or similar stuff. If you are good with yoga, pilates or any other form of exercise you can create your DIY videos and upload it on YouTube and enable ads on them.

7. Guest Posting For Your Clients

· Skills required: Writing & Client interaction

· Can be done from home: ✅

It can help you make a lot of money. Guest posting has great benefits regarding traffic, exposure, credibility, and recognition from search engines. Just imagine the amount you can charge if you have the caliber to get a guest post approved on ShoutMeLoud!

Your clients will pay you thousands of dollars.

For this, you need to have writing skills and you can find a list of high authority blogs that allow guest posting here.

8. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is the best way for anyone to start earning money online. This requires zero investment & you can use your blog or even your social media platform like Twitter, Facebook to promote and earn money.

Learn about Affiliate marketing here.

I know of bloggers earning thousands sitting at home just with affiliate marketing. Here is a post where you can see how much a person like you and me is earning from affiliate marketing.

For further reading:

· Affiliate marketing eBook for beginners (This is a complete book that you need for affiliate marketing)

· How to start with affiliate marketing

· 5 Affiliate marketing myths uncovered

· How to choose affiliate programs for your blog

9. Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies

It’s 2020 and there is no doubt that cryptocurrencies are here to stay.

Just like the dot com boom, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are at a very basic stage but if you spend some time working hard, you will end up earning a lot of money.

The best part is, you can find most of the information online and I recommend you to spend the first few days learning about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as much as you can before you start investing in it. Since the market is new and a lot of people are getting in, you can expect a lot of growth in the coming months or years.

You can browse Harsh’s website CoinSutra to educate yourself in the field of cryptocurrencies.

Here are some of the best tools and resources you need to get started with cryptocurrencies:

· Coinbase: Get free $10 when you buy/sell Cryptos for $100

· Binance: An exchange where you can deposit Bitcoin and Ethereum to start buying other low cap and high probability crypto coins.

· Cex: An international website to buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a few other popular Cryptocurrencies using credit/debit cards.

I can’t really explain how you can earn money from cryptocurrencies in a few lines but here are few suggestions:

· Cryptocurrency investment (buying good coins)

· Cryptocurrency trading

Like I stated above, read Harsh’s CoinSutra.com to learn everything you need to know about cryptocurrencies.

10. Online Paid Surveys

This is the most common method for earning quick bucks. Now let me explain, how these online surveys work.

There are many survey companies that usually pay internet users for their opinion or views on their popular products and services. They send out free products or services to contestants for trying their products.

If you are searching for an entertaining method to make money online, think about registering with a trustworthy survey company and go ahead.

Here are a few working websites for getting paid surveys:

1. Swagbucks

2. Prizerebel

However, before you register for any online survey program, make sure you read their TOS as many programs accept participants from specific countries like U.S or Canada and thus on.

Personally, I highly recommend it to be the last way to earn money, as finding a good site which pays for surveys is tough, and there are many scams involved with paid surveys.

11. Become A Broker For Webmasters And Website Owners

Earn commission by getting them clients who pay for advertisement. Join webmasters forums and contact itraders to get this kind of work. These are all free ways to make money online and survive while you work on taking your blog to greater heights. Personally, I won’t recommend anything other than points 1, 2 and 4.

Another popular way to earn money is by helping someone sell their website or domain. This is a big business and with every successful sale, you can earn anywhere from $20-$20,000.

· Join Flippa for free

The commission is usually 10% of the selling price of website or domain.

For further reading:

· 5 Websites to Buy Or Sell Websites & Domains

· How To Start Selling Website on Flippa: A Beginner’s Guide To Success

Also, remember to strike a balance between time spent on your main money blog and doing odd jobs online. Odd jobs must not divide your attention and cut-in the time needed to work on your main blog.

12. Become a Transcription freelancer

As the number of podcasts and video content is increasing, so is the demand of workforce for transcribing the audio into text format. There are services like Rev, that let you work from home, and make money with Transcription freelancing gigs.

Benefit of this work from home gig:

1. Rev freelancing jobs allow you to work as much or as little as you want, whenever you want.

2. Enjoy selecting from a variety of projects that actually interest you. Our vast network of customers means a steady stream of freelancing jobs to choose from.

3. Receive weekly payouts via PayPal for all work completed. Rev is on-time and dependable.

This is another do at your own pace kind of work, and easily doable by anyone who understands, and can write in English.

Join Rev affiliate

There are endless opportunities and options which you can select and make easy money online. Try to stick to one for some time and see which work and which doesn’t work for you. One of the most common mistakes which people do is, try multiple options at one go, and in this process, they never explore the power of one.

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hella-free-space · 7 years ago

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Melissa, this one’s for you! :)

this post is a great starting point! :) there are probably a few things missing from the supplies list i included in that post (i really gotta update that post), so here’s a more accurate one! Since you already have your betta, this post might help you out more :) more under the ‘cut’/’read more’/’keep reading’! :)

Supplies

-2.5+ gallon tank but it’s way too strong for a betta…it would have to be baffled

the tank you have looks like the 1 gallon cube from tetra! In a tank so small, a stable cycle is hard to keep :/ in my opinion, you’d be best off getting a 5-10 gallon tank! :) it might sound big, but i promise its not <3 PLUS more tank for your daughter to decorate and enjoy! :) AND it’ll be easier for you to keep your betta alive too! it’s a win-win-win :p why, you ask? well, it’s a win for the fish because it gets a bigger home and cleaner water. a win for your kiddo because she gets to have more fun interacting with the tank and the fish. and a win for you because it’ll be easier to keep the water clean (not clean as in clear, but clean as in waste buildup in the water that you can’t see because its in the form of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate which i will address later on)! i should also explain why smaller tanks are ‘bad’ and larger tanks are ‘good’: let’s say you have 1 betta in a 1 gallon tank and 1 betta in a 10 gallon tank. both of the bettas have the same bioload (bioload is how much waste is produced by a fish). the waste that the betta creates will accumulate much faster in the 1 gallon tank than it will in the 10 gallon tank. think of waste (fish waste is in the form of ammonia, which is toxic) building up like this: you’ve got the 1 gallon tank and 10 gallon tank. in this analogy, colored drops (like food coloring or something) will represent your fish’s waste. let’s say you put 5 drops of coloring (waste) into the 1 gallon tank and 5 drops into the 10 gallon tank. the 1 gallon will be a lot darker right? because in the 10 gallon the color will be way more diluted! same goes for waste. (this is also why ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are measure in “ppm” or parts-per-million. it’s a proportion instead of an exact measurement: like ½ (proportion) vs of .25 inches (exact measurement)) i hope that all makes sense ^-^” - water conditioner it removes chlorines (some also remove chloramines and heavy metals) from the water and makes the water safe for the fish

- filter you’ve already got a filter so that’s a great start!! the filter houses the bacteria that perform the ‘nitrogen cycle’ (the ‘cycle’ is explained later on in this post). if you use filter cartridges (your filter does), consider switching your ‘filter media’ (the stuff you put inside of any filter: pads, ceramic media, sponge, etc.) to something permanent that you don’t have to switch out (and if you do use filter cartridges you shouldn’t switch them out until they are falling apart, since removing the cartridge means removing the entire bacteria colony that turns harmful waste into something non-harmful) like sponge or ceramic media! personally, i’d switch to a sponge filter, since they’re low-flow and perfect for bettas! – How sponge filters work + how to set them up – Pros + cons of sponge filters - “Seeding” a tank - Baffling a filter - Everything I’ve learned about filters and filter media

- heater (76-82F) i have three of these heaters and they’re great! the cords are really short tho, thats the big downside :T this post has a ton of other heater suggestions! i’d recommend getting an adjustable heater, since preset heaters can overheat and aren’t as reliable. most adjustable heaters smallest size is 50 watts. - thermometer glass ones are my personal fave, and way more accurate than the sticker kind. i think theyre 1-2$ at walmart! - 1+ hide (caves, terra cotta pots, an ornament, just a place where they can hide out or chill in) - decor (lots of decor ideas listed below! most of the suggestions are for diy stuff or things you can buy if you’re on a budget, which i totally understand) it’s a myth that bettas dont like big spaces -- they love having LOTS of space to explore, but they dont like lots of OPEN space! this is because they dont feel safe if they dont have lots of cover or places to hide...think about being alone in a big empty auditorium vs being in a museum or something. you’d feel really open an exposed in the first one but you’d probably enjoy walking around in a big museum with lots of stuff to do and less super open space :p feel free to add a ton of silk or live plants and ornament and hides! go nuts! - silk/live plants (plastic isn’t the best idea since plastic plants can tear a betta’s delicate fins) – craft mesh “betta beds” (you can buy plastic craft mesh sheets at walmart for like 1-2$ and you get a few big sheets!) – dollar store flowers (remove wire, soak to make sure they don’t bleed) - pvc, terra cotta pot, mug, glass, jar hides (your cabinet, goodwill, dollar store) – dollar store betta tanks – diy decor – craiglist, facebook marketplace, offerup, letgo, etc. BE HUNTIN FOR THEM DEALS! – anacharis is pretty cheap: one bunch at petco is 2.99. the stuff grows like CRAZY and it makes a great floating plant! it’ll send of lots of runners and in no time your fish will have a big anacharis jungle to swim in! plants also use the nutrients in fish waste to grow. since anacharis grows pretty fast, it uses up lots of waste! i have it in my 10 gallon with little led light and it went from 8″ to 24″ in 2-3 weeks…that’s crazy imo. – petco and petsmart usually have plants and supplies for sale on their website but not in the store. if you show the cashier the online price, they’ll match it at the checkout so make sure to do some online window shopping before you go! – hobby lobby and micahaels have a ton of their floral stuffs on sale right now as well! just be sure to avoid glitter and remove any metal stems, etc. in the ‘diy decor’ link above, there’s a video that shows you how to make diy silk plants! you definitely DONT have to make plant weights tho…you can usually set silk plants on the bottom of the tank no problem, and there’s nothing wrong with floating plants either~ - quality food i like new life spectrum thera +a pellets (long name, i know, but i know u can buy them at petco!) or omega one pellets or the omega one betta buffet flakes. frozen foods like blood worms and brine shrimp are also good additions to a betta’s diet :) hikari betta bio gold is an okay food (i know they sell it at walmart, so that’s why i wanted to mention it), but its got a lot of fillers. for now, whatever you have for food will be okay :) just wanted to give you some options in case you want to change your food in the future. - test kit this kit is my favorite! the value is faaaantastic and the tests give more specific readings than the strips :p - lid bettas can be jumpers so lids are recommended. if your tank doesn’t come with a lid or is an odd shape and you can’t buy one, then craft mesh may be good option! it’s really cheap at walmart or craft stores and you can cut it with regular scissors. it’s basically plastic mesh…you can weigh it down or create a frame for it since it’s pretty light ^-^ - light if you don’t buy a kit that comes with a hood+light combo, or any light at all…you’ll probably need one! leds are a good choice :) i just bought 2 of these nicrew lights and they work amazingly! definitely bright enough for at least medium light plants and super white~ you can also buy clip-on LED with a gooseneck like this one (tho i’d be sure to check the measurements on lights as cheap as these!) or even a light from home depot~ for a tank that small, you could also use a desk lamp. with a desk lamp you could probably grow low-light plants like anacharis and anubias. when i had a little planted vase on my desk (no fish or shrimp, just aquatic plants and some rocks and wood), i just went to goodwill and got one for $3 ^-^” - water change bucket honestly just really helpful to have…if you have one bucket (or any large container, tbh) you can empty old tank water into it and then after you’ve dumped that out, you can fill it with new tank water and add conditioner to prepare the water before adding it to the tank! i got mine at walmart or home depot for less than $5 each! these also make pretty good temporary tanks or holding tanks and they’re about 5 gallons

- siphon is optional, and for smaller tanks a turkey baster works! you can also just get some airline tubing and use that…same principle! siphons usually have a plastic tub attached to small rubber hose (same thing as airline hose) and they help to drain your tank when you take old water out of it during a water change. a ‘gravel vacuum’ is also a siphon.

- water conditioner if you dont already have this, definitely buy this!! it makes tapwater safe for your fish by removing chlorine. seachem prime is my personal favorite because its a conditioner and so much more and is extremely beneficial to use when doing a fish-in cycle because it neutralizes ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate so they dont harm the fish but the bacteria in your filter are still able to ‘eat’ it! seachem prime removes chlorines and chloramines and neutralizes ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate for 24-48 hours. you can use any water conditioner, though, so long as it removes chlorines! sometimes you’ll also see ‘betta water conditioner’ it’s just a gimmick...its the same thing but in a smaller bottle at a higher price per oz usually...just buy regular fish water conditioner :p

What’s this cycle thing?

It’s the Nitrogen Cycle!

All fish produce waste. Because all aquatic animals produce waste, they require (biological) filtration of some sort to process that waste.

Fish produce waste in the form of ammonia. Ammonia is toxic above 0ppm (parts per million). So you’ve got all this ammonia floating around in the water, right? and you’ve got water running through your filter…so these bacteria start growing all over your fish tank, wherever there’s water flow, but we want to concentrate on the bacteria that are growing in your filter media. This bacteria will be processing the waste that your fish or aquatic animal produces :)

So your fish produced some waste, and it’s floating around in the water as ammonia. The first bacteria (#1) that grows will ‘eat’ the ammonia and then ‘poop’ out nitrites.

Nitrites are also toxic to aquatic animals above 0ppm though :/ so then another bactiera (#2) grows and it ‘eats’ these nitrites that are floating around in the water and ‘poops’ out nitrates.

Nitrates are safe for fish (up to 20ppm)! :D Since there’s no bacteria that’s going to grow to eat these nitrates that are in the water, we have to physically remove them by doing a water change. A helpful post about water changes, how they work!

If you have live plants, they will use some of the ammonia, nitrite, and/or nitrates in the water as nutrients :) Some plants will use more than others, as some plants are heavy root feeders, some are floaters, and some prefer to be somewhere in the water column. (note: live plants SHOULD NOT totally replace water changes! water changes are still necessary even for planted tanks :3)

To recap, “the cycle” aka “the nitrogen cycle” goes like this: Fish waste (ammonia) -> bacteria #1 -> nitrite -> bacteria #2 -> nitrate -> water change

Okay, so how do I make “the cycle” happen? How do I “cycle” my tank?

Note: knowing where you are in the nitrogen cycle (how much ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate is in the tank / being produced) requires a test kit.

Keep your water parameters .25ppm ammonia/.25ppm nitrites/20ppm nitrates or less :) In order to do this, you’ll have to do a ton of water changes, but your fish will thank you since ammonia and nitrite are toxic to fish! Bettas are pretty hardy, and one of the only fish that you can perform a fish-in cycle with, so just be sure to keep those parameters as low as possible until your readings are 0 ammonia/0 nitrite/ x nitrates (these are the parameter readings for a cycled tank). After that, make sure your nitrates stay 20ppm or below, doing a water change whenever they reach 20ppm or higher. Also note that it’s important to continue to test ammonia and nitrite levels even if your tank is cycled, since sometimes parameters spike or a cycle crashes, and you wont know unless you’re checking for that!

Okay, but what about water changes??

This post

explains how to figure out how much water you need to change!

You should do a water change at least 1x a week! You need to remove at least 50% of the tank’s water 2-3x a week for now (if you have the 1 gallon tank), and when you upgrade you can do it 1x a week. After you get a test kit / can monitor your water parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate) you can figure out how much water to change and how often. You can remove the water via a cup (just scoop out the water) or a siphon (a ‘gravel vac’, tho most will be much too large for small tanks, airline tubing, a turkey baster, etc.). If you have a large container or totally clean (not used for chemicals, dirt, etc.) bucket then you can prepare your new water in that! add dechlorinator to the new water in the container, sitr well, then add it to the tank. make sure the temp matches. since you have no heater, let the water adjust to room temp (since the tank should also be room temp) by letting it sit out for a while before adding it to the tank. if you don’t have a container to make new water in, you should take out water from the tank, add dechlorinator to the tank, then add new water to the tank (preferably at room temp…as a sudden temperature fluctation can shock your betta. extreme temp shock will kind of paralyze your betta for a while so its important that the new water matches the tank temp within a few degrees). you can remove the fish if you’d like and then add him back after you’re done.

Supplies check list:

- water conditioner (you said you have some, but you wanted to get a better one) - 5+ gallon tank (you can get a smaller 2.5 gallon, but water quality will be harder to maintain since its still a smaller tank) - filter - heater - thermometer - decor (1+ hide, silk/live plants, substrate (sand, gravel, etc.)) - test kit - lid - water change bucket - light - quality food

Supply Suggestions: - first off, i always recommend checking letgo, offerup, facebook marketplace, craigslist, and/or other local classifieds or ‘for sale’ sites! also check out any thrift stores like goodwill! you might find some of your equipment or decor at super low prices!! i’ve gotten all of my equipment either on sale or second hand so there’s absolutely no shame in hunting for second hand deals! - seachem prime water conditioner lasts foreeever (it’s highly concentrated so you only need a few drops per gallon! i use a pin to poke a hole in the seal of a new bottle instead of totally removing the seal so that i can count how many drops i need!) and will neutralize ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate for 24-48 hours in case of any parameter level spikes! if you can’t find prime, that’s okay! most liquid water conditioners will do just as well. i know that tetra makes some “betta+ water conditioner” or whatever but you don’t need a “betta-specific” water conditioner…most things labeled “for bettas!!!” are gimmicky and unnecessary and you can use the ‘regular’ product most likely :p - a 2.5, 5, and 10 gallon tank all cost about the same price at petco or petsmart - if space is an issue, consider a 12″ bubble bowl (3-5 gallons of water, depending on how much decor is in the bowl and how full of water it is). you can find them at some walmarts in the floral section and most hobby lobbys/michaels. at hobby lobby, you can present their 40% off coupon and it’ll probably be about $10 as well. a bubble bowl will probably not work with hang-on-back filter, tho, but they usually work great with sponge filters. - sponge filter from petsmart - sponge filter from amazon - pack of sponge filters from amazon - thermometer - heater from amazon - terra cotta pot hide (craft section at walmart, $1 and no drainage hole which means your fish can’t get stuck in it! you don’t have to buy it at walmart, and it can have a drainage hole. just make sure the pot is actually terra cotta and not painted and if it has a hole, just bury the pot deeper into the substrate (gravel, sand, the stuff you’ve got on the bottom of the tank). - silk flowers from craft stores or the dollar store. hobby lobby gives a 40% off coupon and they’re always having sales on seasonal floral stuff so you could get a big bunch of silk greenery or stem(s) of silk flowers for cheap! - glassware hides (ceramic fully glazed/sealed mugs, glasses, glass bowls, glass mugs, etc.) can be found in your own kitchen or at local thrift stores, often for less than $1! if you need to disinfect something, DONT use soap, use hot water or hot water + vinegar instead! be sure to rinse extra well if using vinegar. - anacharis costs 2.99/bunch at petco. try to get the greenest looking one (sometimes the ends are or a stem or two is brown tbh but it gives new grown pretty fast!), and then prune / throw any any brown parts. if all of the edges of the leaves of a stem are brown, but the middle/stem is green, keep that stem til you see new stems branching off. when those new stems are 2+ inches, just snap them off and throw away the original stem. if the stem turns more brown and doesn’t give off new shoots, throw it away. if the stem is totally brown on one end but green on the other, cut off the brown part of the stem and keep the green. anacharis can be cut / snapped into pieces and then grow from the pieces! - craft mesh to make a lid with. i think it’s also called plastic craft canvas or something like that and you should be able to buy it at craft stores as well - you can also use craft mesh to make those betta hammocks i linked to in the ‘supplies list’s ‘decor’ section above. you cut out a strip and then tie the ends together with thread / fishing line or use zip ties. whatever you have available. - i gave lighting suggestions under the ‘supplies list’ section above

If you’ve never had fish before, these posts might also be helpful!

General Fishkeeping + Equipment: Fishkeeping 101 “Seeding” a tank Why do we do water changes? How much water do I change? Invest in a waterchange bucket Aquarium siphoning + vaccuuming Baffling a filter Everything I’ve learned about filters and filter media

Decor + DIY: DIY Aquarium Decor An ask that lists some easy aquarium plants How to superglue plants to stuff Tidbits for Planted Tanks

Care Guides: A betta care guide: All about bettas! I bought a betta, now what do i do!? (fish-in cycling included!)

Other handy dandy posts (written by other awesome tumblrs): Fishless Cycling Masterpost There are a few different ways to cycle a tank and this post is insanely informative! How to do the thing (cycling) Cycle your tank! Handy Articles Master Post Getting the most out of aquarium plants Plants melt and that’s okay Big list of aquarium plants List of low-light aquarium plants Planted Tanks for Beginners and So Can You Comprehensive Planted Tank Guide Dollar Store Fish Tank “Cleaner Fish” Why They Don’t Exist & Your Aquarium Doesn’t Need One By Ren Brooks

endnote: i think i’ve covered most stuff? someone let me know if i forgot stuff, or leave a reblog/comment with links or extra info!! :)

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Moving can be stressful😰… Not only for you, but also for the environment. At first I was so excited about my new destination, but only until I started to pack and waste stuff that I can’t take with me whether it’s something too old to be taken or something too expensive to transport. To say I planned to throw away a lot is to say nothing: cutlery, tables, shoes, exotic cleaning products used once, unpacked party kit, cocktail mixer and so on. My inner self rebelled against such a waste for two reasons. First, if you think about it, most of items to waste usually consist of plastic details; second, almost none of them could be placed in our recycling dumpster - they were to cumbersome. Besides, some of these things clearly lived their life, but others were in quite good conditions and it was a pity to let them go into oblivion. 📦

Sometimes we assume that a salvage value is no value. Yet there are so many people out there who still can’t afford even cheap essentials, they may be happy to get a table for free even in poor conditions. Although I was skeptical, I decided to try to give those things away. Thanks to nowadays technologies give-aways are easy as never before. And guess what? In the following 36 hours after I posted, all the things I advertised were gone! Not only I managed to prolong the life of those items, I also met so many grateful people who due to their financial struggles could only dream about new study table for their kids. And now they have it for $0!

These are the apps I found to be most useful:

💡 Letgo: has the most extensive customer base, I found that here things with small price ($4-7) turn over faster. Here you can sell everything from books to used cars.

💡 Offerup: worked best of all for me, I felt like users of this platform expect to get things for free, so I just followed this insight and it helped me to get rid of 3 bulky items in just 2 hours.

💡 Varage Sale: I didn’t sell here anything, but I’m confident it is because my commodities-to-sell where not really gender specific. If you have something appealing to female audience, ‘Varage Sale’ is the way to go, I believe.

💡 Facebook marketplace: lots of messages, but little effectiveness ! Because people uses FB as a network of contacts it’s an easy channel to communicate, but I’ve noticed people actively looking for (even free!) stuff. They search casually and from what I saw mostly for electronics (which I had none to offer).

💡 CPlus Craiglist: honestly, Craiglist’s app here is just to tell you not to use it! Every time I try to use it I get into weird stories like email phishing… This time I had no success there either.

The mail conclusion I made upon my sales campaign was actually to buy more eco-friendly furniture in my next apartment and not to buy anything that I can really try to live without. Because nothing is more contrary to the no waste mission than constant consumerism.

#lifewithnoplastic #zerowaste #noplasticchallenge #disposable

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localbizlift · 6 years ago

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Facebook finally monetizes Marketplace with ads from users and brands

20 months after launching its Craigslist competitor Marketplace and relentlessly promoting it with placement in the main navigation bar, Facebook will start earning money off its classifieds section. Facebook today begins testing Marketplace ads in the U.S. that let average users pay to “Boost” their listing to more people through the News Feed. While they’re easy for novices, requiring buyers to only to set a budget and how long the ads will run, there are no additional targeting options beyond being shown to age 18+ users in nearby zip codes.

Meanwhile, yesterday Facebook announced that it’s launching product ads from businesses that appear within Marketplace. After quietly opening in the U.S. in January and testing in Canada in May, Marketplace ads are now official, and can be bought in those two countries plus New Zealand and Australia. Businesses can extend their existing News Feed, video, Instagram, Messenger and other ad campaigns to Marketplace, and more types of objective-based campaigns will open to the classifieds section soon.

Facebook lets brands show ads within Marketplace

The Boost ads could be a big help if you need to rapidly liquidate your furniture before moving out, or if you’re trying to sell something big a high price, like Marketplace’s new car, housing, jobs, and home services offerings. Yet they seem inefficient, since the lack of targeting means your listing for men’s jewelry might show up to women, or your rock climbing gears ads could show up to senior citizens.

Facebook’s new Boost ads let average users pay to show their Marketplace listings to more people

But Facebook does tell me that ads will but auto-optimized for clicks, so when people start to click your ads, Facebook will show them to people of similar demographics. It will also immediately pause your ad campaign if you mark your item as sold. Boost ads get entered in alongside traditional bids in Facebook’s auction system which then display what it predicts will be the most appealing ads.

“Many Marketplace sellers have told us that they want the ability to show a listing to more people in their local area, especially if they’re trying to sell it quickly” Facebook Product Manager Harshit Agarwal tells TechCrunch. “We’re starting to test a simple way for sellers to boost their listings and help them find a buyer.” For comparison, Craiglist doesn’t run any ads, but charges sellers $5 to $10 for certain product listings cars and brokered apartments.

One interesting quirk is that Facebook says it won’t allow boosting of listings of political products such as a Bernie Sanders For President t-shirt, as its political advertiser verification and labeling system only works with Pages and not individuals right now.

The Boost ads will only appear to a small percentage of U.S. users and Facebook says it’s too early to know if it will roll them out futher. But as the company seems bent on swallowing up every other essential part of the internet, anything that makes Marketplace more useful to sellers and lucrative for the tech giant seems like a good bet for an official launch.

Together, the two formats could unlock new revenue streams for Facebook at a time when it’s starting to run out of ad inventory in the News Feed. The company either needs to open new surfaces like Marketplace to ads, or get people and businesses to pay more to fill its dwindling feed space if it wants to keep Wall Street happy.

#marketing

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The Best 27 Websites Like Craigslist to Buy and Sell

Did you know there are so many other sites like Craigslist to buy and sell your stuff?

Of course Craigslist is the most well-known and for good reason. First, the site features hundreds of thousands of items for sale in pretty much any category you can imagine.

Second, (and probably my most favorite reason) it’s so popular because it’s free. F.R.E.E. Free to list, free to sell, free to buy. If you’ve ever had other types of sites eat up your profits via listing and selling fees, you know what I’m talking about.

However, with the ever-expanding world of e-commerce, there are now dozens of other (better) sites like Craigslist to choose from to list the stuff you want to sell, or to buy the things you want or need. Here are the top 27 of the most popular alternatives to Craigslist you might find helpful for buying or selling things or services.

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The Top 10 Sites Like Craigslist

1. Offer Up

2. Facebook Marketplace

3. Facebook Groups

4. Letgo

5. Oodle

6. Locanto

7. Trovit

8. Gumtree

9. US Free Ads

10. AdLandPro

The Rest of the Best Sites like Craigslist

11. Geebo

12. USA Today

13. Ads Globe

14. PennySaver USA

15. City News

16. 10 Day Ads

17. Ad Toad

18. FreeAdsTime

19. Recycler

20. Pawngo

21. Classified Ads

22. Classifieds Giant

23. OLX

24. Bookoo

25. Kijiji

26. U-Exchange

27. Hoobly

How to Safely Buy and Sell These Sites

Summary

The Top 10 Sites Like Craigslist

These sites are listed in order of my favorite sites to buy and sell online that are very similar Craigslist. Right now Offer Up is my favorite, but the Facebook Marketplace is also a very quick and easy way to sell your items as well. When I am looking for services, I lean on Offer Up and when I am looking to sell something quickly, I will head on over to the Facebook Marketplace.

1. Offer Up

Offer Up is a selling site where you list your items or services by type, and you search by type, city or zip code. There’s an added filter letting you choose how far away you can search from that city or zip code.

Categories

Antiques

Appliances

Arts and crafts

Auto parts

Baby and kids

Beauty and health

Bicycles

Boats and marine

Books and magazines

Services

Okay, the list is seriously too long to post here. Offer Up has a lot of categories and a ton of stuff or services for sale from appliances and auto parts to used textbooks and antiques. You can also ask the seller a question or even make an offer. No listing fees or selling fees. Offer Up is my favorite for security as well. They take your safety seriously and will advise you to as well.

2. Facebook Marketplace

If you have a Facebook account, then you already have access to the Facebook Marketplace. Facebook does a really great job with their marketplace and makes it extremely simple to buy or sell. All communication is done via Facebook Messenger and can be done from mobile or desktop. With the amount of people shopping on Facebook, you can usually sell your stuff the fastest on this platform.

Categories

Vehicles

Home and garden

Electronics

Rentals

Hobbies

Home sales

Classifieds

Entertainment

Families

Clothing and accessories

Deals

3. Facebook Groups

Selling on Facebook started inside Facebook groups long before the Facebook Marketplace. Once you request and are approved for a local Facebook group (often called “YOUR CITY Swip Swap), you can begin selling your items and finding other things to buy in your local area.

It can be a bit tedious to find the right sale group for your items on Facebook which is why I like the Marketplace better. However, I do like the fact that if there are any complaints about someone inside the group – they are usually kicked out of the group. This causes buyers and sellers to be extra nice (and fair) with each other to remain in the group.

4. Letgo

Letgo shares items for sale by using your location. The site is easy to use, and there are no listing and selling fees. The site is pretty basic but it works. It’s easiest to search by item.

Categories

Cars

Free stuff

Electronics

Other vehicles and parts

Sports, leisure and games

Home and garden

Movies, books and music

Fashion and accessories

Baby and child

Other

5. Oodle

Probably the most comparable to Craigslist is Oodle, but it also does something Craiglist does not do – Oodle aggregates listings both locally and nationally from sites like eBay, ForRent.com, BoatTrader.com, Cars.com, and many more. Oodle uses these networks of online marketplaces to buy, sell, and trade products and services.

Categories

Merchandise

Motor-operated vehicles (cars, boats, motorcycles, RVs, etc.)

Rentals

Real estate

Jobs

Pets

Tickets

Services

Personal ads

Community-related ads (announcements, groups, etc.)

Currently Oodle has over 15 million monthly users and is available in the United States, Australia, Canada, India, UK, Ireland, and New Zealand. There are no fees for listing or selling, however there are limits to how many listings you can post at a time based on your selling categories.

6. Locanto

When you think of Locanto, think of the word “local”.

Instead of offering up ads from around the country, Locanto is best for those who are looking for something locally such as a used car, a babysitter, a job, or anything particular to the vicinity of where you live.

It’s very simple to post an ad on Locanto and the ads are meant to feel and look like ads you see in the local newspaper (what are newspapers again?). My favorite part of Locanto is your ad will remain live for 60 days which exposes your ad to a very large audience.

Bonus: You can upload pictures into your ad and you can use HTML codes to send a link to your website if you choose to do so.

Categories

Classes

Community

Events

For sale

Jobs

Personals

Pets

Real estate

Services

Vehicles

7. Trovit

Trovit is a site where you can list your homes and cars for sale, or list available job positions you may need to fill. How Trovit works is it lists ads for over 50 countries including the United States, Mexico, the UK, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Mexico, and many, many more.

The site is pretty well organized. When you search for a vehicle you start with the country you want to buy in. From there it brings you to another screen where you can choose a make, model, etc. You can choose cars by area or by make and model.

Searches for real estate work similarly. You start by choosing your area, and from there you can narrow down the search based on the type of house/number of bedrooms, etc. you want.

The site has an expansive amount of listings on it. Most all of the listings seemed to be taken from/linked to other sources. FYI, you can only advertise items for sale on Trovit if you own a coordinating website.

However, if you’re advertising on Craigslist or similar sites you can be pretty sure your ad will show up on Trovit anyway.

8. Gumtree

Gumtree is just like Craigslist and is wildly popular in the UK and is also frequently used in Australia, South Africa, and recently Gumtree has began to increase in popularity within the United States

No matter where you live, Gumtree is still a great alternative to Craigslist because of the ability to buy and sell to anyone in the world.

Categories

Motors

For sale

Property

Jobs

Services

Community

Pets

Gumtree can also be used as an app and can be found in both the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.

9. US Free Ads

USFreeAds have been around since 1999 and I don’t think they’ve ever done an update on the look of their site. It’s about as plain and simple as you can get which isn’t always a bad thing. Sometimes keeping it as simple as possible works the best.

After doing some digging, there are two separate sites for US Free Ads – USFreeAds and USNetAds.

Categories

Automotive

Pets and animals

Collectibles

Real estate

Home and garden

Hobbies and leisure

Toys, games and models

Health and fitness

Electronics

Miscellaneous

Clothing and footwear

Jewelry and watches

Announcements

Services

Sports

Wanted ads

10. AdLandPro

AdLandPro allows you to post up to 20 ads for free and the ads will stay on their site for 4 weeks. However, if you update your ad inside those 4 weeks, you can keep your ads up indefinitely.

Once you post your ad, it is then sent to their database which is linked to over 57,000 affiliates websites.

Categories

Jobs

For sale

Automotive

Announcement

E-books and online lessons

Real estate

Miscellaneous

Pets

Services

Business

The Rest of the Best Sites like Craigslist

Some of these are older sites that many have forgot about or they may be brand new and just getting started. Often I will find the best deals on these sites listed below because they may not have as much competition from other buyers and sellers.

11. Geebo

What makes Geebo (pronounced G-bo) unique is the personal touch in the digital age. Every single ad is actually manually approved by a human being instead of a robot or algorithm.

Geebo is only offered in the United States and is currently in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, Phoenix, Washington, DC, and Seattle. To date, Geebo has spread to over 160 communities nationwide.

Categories

Merchandise

Construction and farm equipment

Services

Employment

Rentals and roommates

Real estate

Resumes

12. USA Today

Not much to explain here. USA Today is a giant in the print and digital media niche and reported over 102 million unique visitors and 1.2 billion pageviews per month in 2017.

One thing is for sure – your ad will be seen by a lot of people!

Categories

Auctions

Automotive

Business

Careers

Education

Marketplace

Notices

Real estate

Services

Sports and recreation

Travel

Miscellaneous

13. Ads Globe

Ads Globe is a nice looking site, it’s free, and you can choose ads from a drop down list of multiple countries.

However, after looking through their site for United States based ads, very few ads were found. If you’re going to try out Ads Globe, be sure to set your location at the very top left of their site.

Categories

Merchandise

Autos

Real estate

Rentals

Pets

Travel

14. PennySaver USA

I am sure the founder of Craigslist (Craig Newmark) had a PennySaver print ad in his hand well before he ever thought of starting Craigslist.

Penny Saver has been around for more than 50 years and survived the shift from print media to digital media in the online world. If you live in California, you can still find the Penny Saver in print, but everywhere else is online as PennySaver USA.

Also, PennySaver USA is visited more than 1 million unique visitors per month.

Categories

Arts and entertainment

Cars and vehicles

Food and dining

Jobs

Merchandise

Pets

Real estate

Services

15. City News

City News offers free classified ads to help you sell or buy all over the world. You can post in City News if you live in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and more. There’s also an option for upgraded ads, but there are charges to upgrade.

Categories

You can choose from a variety of categories to sell or shop in, including:

Antiques and collectibles

Astrology, holistic and religion

Auto and motor vehicles

Boats and water sports

Business opportunities

Real estate

People connections

And more. I even found ads for medical treatment services, such as knee surgery in foreign countries, which was….interesting.

16. 10 Day Ads

10 Day Ads has an interesting concept going for them. It’s free to list and sell stuff online, however the ads only stay on the site for – you guessed it – 10 days.

The goal, according to the site, is to keep the ads new and fresh so people aren’t seeing the same listings over and over again like can happen when people post on Craigslist.

Not only does this concept help buyers to avoid seeing old ads, it helps them minimize the chances of seeing an ad for an item that is already sold.

Categories

Antiques and collectibles

Employment

Music/records/CDs

Appliances

Everything else/miscellaneous

Personals/video profiles

Art

Fashion

Pets

Automotive

Baby items

Home and garden

And several other categories. The site is pretty well organized and easy to use. The site offered ads from all over the world, however when I checked the listings a lot of the categories had “zero” items for sale.

17. Ad Toad

Ad Toad isn’t as aesthetically pleasing as most of the other sites featured here, but it does have some stuff listed for sale and you can list and sell for free.

Categories

Some of the categories they have include:

Services

Vehicles, boats and aviation

Shopping

Rental and roommates

Personal

Hobby

Houseware

Home electronics

And others. Many of the categories had zero listings, however. I’m not sure this site is real well-known yet, but it is a free place to list your stuff for sale.

18. FreeAdsTime

FreeAdsTime looks and runs a lot like Craigslist. You start by choosing your state, and then the city you want to browse in, from the home page.

Categories

From there you can choose from several different categories such as:

Jobs

Services

Vehicles

Pets

Real estate/rentals

Community

Musician

Items

“Items” refers to things for sale and under this banner you’ll find links to items such as clothing, collectibles, computers, kids’ stuff, heavy equipment, jewelry, furniture and more.

You don’t have to create an account to post here, however, doing so will give you added benefits, such as being able to track the number of views on the items you’ve posted. It’s free to create an account too.

As I searched the site, I found there were several ads to browse for some items, and zero ads to browse for others. The site was attractive and easy to use.

19. Recycler

Recycler is another site where you place your ads directly. The site is easy to use and has categories such as cars and vehicles, pets, real estate for sale, rentals, sports and recreation, community, jobs and more.

It seemed to me that the majority of the stuff listed for sale here consisted of vehicles. Some categories, such as pets, had no listings when I was doing my research, however in the vehicles category there were thousands of ads to browse through.

You have to create an account with Recycler in order to post an ad, however it’s free to do so. This is a site I’d use to advertise a vehicle I had for sale, but it doesn’t look like it gets a whole lot of traffic for other items.

20. Pawngo

Pawngo is a site where you can sell your stuff to a pawn company. Their primary goal is to lend people money using their valuables as security, however it looks like they will buy items within certain parameters.

Items they accept for pawn include: jewelry, precious metals, camera equipment, musical instruments, Apple computers, luxury cars, and designer handbags. You can also buy these items directly from Pawngo.

21. Classified Ads

The Classified Ads website seems to be a pretty popular place to list items for sale.

Categories

Some of the categories they run ads for include:

Vehicles

Real estate

Rentals

Pets

Personals

Jobs

Items for sale

And others. You can place ads directly on the site, but I also noticed they had ads that seemed to be pulled from other sites. The site is simple, but organized and easy to use.

22. Classifieds Giant

Classifieds Giant is a well-organized site that allows you to post ads for a variety of items. Their “for sale” category includes antiques, arts and crafts, baby and kids, appliances, household items, electronic items, sporting equipment and more.

Like most other sites they also have ads for cars and trucks, real estate, jobs, services, community, personal ads, etc. You do have to create an account to post on Classifieds Giant, but it’s free to do so.

23. OLX

OLX offers items for sale that include all of the usual stuff: vehicles, real estate, electronics, used furniture, clothing, etc. They have sites for a couple of dozen countries, including Pakistan, Guatemala, India, South Africa and more.

However, when you click on “United States” it brings you to LetGo’s website. It’s a good place to search and list if you live in countries outside of the U.S.

24. Bookoo

Bookoo brings buyers and sellers together. They have site pages for all 50 U.S. states, as well as sites for Germany, Italy, Belgium, Japan, the UK and more.

As far as U.S. ads go, some states had dozens of cities listed while others, like Minnesota, Michigan and Idaho, had between zero and two cities listed.

Within many of the states and cities listed, however, there were quite a few ads to choose from if you’re shopping. This looks like a site that’s doing very well in some states, but still has room to grow in others.

25. Kijiji

It’s a crazy name, but Kijiji is dubbed Canada’s most popular free, local classifieds site. Kijiji shares ads in all of Canada’s major provinces and surrounding territories. Ads are listed by province and then narrowed down from there.

Categories

There are dozens of categories to choose from, including those listed below:

For sale

Housing

Electronics

Jobs

Pets

Home and garden

Community

Cars and vehicles

Services and resumes

26. U-Exchange

U-Exchange is a bit different than the other sites listed here in that it’s a bartering site – there is no cash or currency exchange. When you sign up with them, you list what services and/or products you have to offer, and what services or products you are willing to give in exchange.

There are a wide variety of services and products offered for trade and needed by others from people all over the U.S. and the world here.

27. Hoobly

Hoobly classifieds offer the usual stuff: vehicles, clothing, jobs, etc. You don’t need an account to browse listings, however you will need to create one (they’re free) to communicate with sellers or to list something for sale.

There weren’t a ton of listings on this site, but it’d be worth a look if you’re searching for something in particular. States, such as Michigan and Florida, had a lot more listings than many of the other states featured here.

How to Safely Buy and Sell These Sites

Whenever you’re buying – or selling – on websites like the ones mentioned here, it’s important to use safety precautions in an effort to prevent scammers or criminals from taking advantage of you.

You can start by never giving anyone your personal credit or debit card or other financial information. Deal in cash only (or a cashier’s check from your bank for large ticket items) and don’t give sellers money until you’re sure you are getting what you are paying for. There are also apps for sending money online.

Also, when meeting up with someone, bring a second person along if possible, meet in a public place and always let someone know where you’re going and when you should be back.

Done right, you can get some phenomenal deals using online websites!

Summary

As you can see there are a ton of great other sites like Craigslist. Whether you’re looking to sell your car, get a deal on a washing machine, you need to create extra cash flow flipping “stuff” or just need money now you have options.

Also, in the comments below, please let me know if you have tried any of these and what you think of them. Or, if I am missing any other sites, please drop me a comment below and I will get them added in!

Thanks so much!

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kennethherrerablog · 4 years ago

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The Best 27 Websites Like Craigslist to Buy and Sell

Did you know there are so many other sites like Craigslist to buy and sell your stuff?

Of course Craigslist is the most well-known and for good reason. First, the site features hundreds of thousands of items for sale in pretty much any category you can imagine.

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The Top 10 Sites Like Craigslist

1. Offer Up

2. Facebook Marketplace

3. Facebook Groups

4. Letgo

5. Oodle

6. Locanto

7. Trovit

8. Gumtree

9. US Free Ads

10. AdLandPro

The Rest of the Best Sites like Craigslist

11. Geebo

12. USA Today

13. Ads Globe

14. PennySaver USA

15. City News

16. 10 Day Ads

17. Ad Toad

18. FreeAdsTime

19. Recycler

20. Pawngo

21. Classified Ads

22. Classifieds Giant

23. OLX

24. Bookoo

25. Kijiji

26. U-Exchange

27. Hoobly

How to Safely Buy and Sell These Sites

Summary

The Top 10 Sites Like Craigslist

1. Offer Up

Categories

Antiques

Appliances

Arts and crafts

Auto parts

Baby and kids

Beauty and health

Bicycles

Boats and marine

Books and magazines

Services

2. Facebook Marketplace

Categories

Vehicles

Home and garden

Electronics

Rentals

Hobbies

Home sales

Classifieds

Entertainment

Families

Clothing and accessories

Deals

3. Facebook Groups

4. Letgo

Letgo shares items for sale by using your location. The site is easy to use, and there are no listing and selling fees. The site is pretty basic but it works. It’s easiest to search by item.

Categories

Cars

Free stuff

Electronics

Other vehicles and parts

Sports, leisure and games

Home and garden

Movies, books and music

Fashion and accessories

Baby and child

Other

5. Oodle

Categories

Merchandise

Motor-operated vehicles (cars, boats, motorcycles, RVs, etc.)

Rentals

Real estate

Jobs

Pets

Tickets

Services

Personal ads

Community-related ads (announcements, groups, etc.)

6. Locanto

When you think of Locanto, think of the word “local”.

Bonus: You can upload pictures into your ad and you can use HTML codes to send a link to your website if you choose to do so.

Categories

Classes

Community

Events

For sale

Jobs

Personals

Pets

Real estate

Services

Vehicles

7. Trovit

Searches for real estate work similarly. You start by choosing your area, and from there you can narrow down the search based on the type of house/number of bedrooms, etc. you want.

However, if you’re advertising on Craigslist or similar sites you can be pretty sure your ad will show up on Trovit anyway.

8. Gumtree

No matter where you live, Gumtree is still a great alternative to Craigslist because of the ability to buy and sell to anyone in the world.

Categories

Motors

For sale

Property

Jobs

Services

Community

Pets

Gumtree can also be used as an app and can be found in both the iTunes App Store and Google Play Store.

9. US Free Ads

After doing some digging, there are two separate sites for US Free Ads – USFreeAds and USNetAds.

Categories

Automotive

Pets and animals

Collectibles

Real estate

Home and garden

Hobbies and leisure

Toys, games and models

Health and fitness

Electronics

Miscellaneous

Clothing and footwear

Jewelry and watches

Announcements

Services

Sports

Wanted ads

10. AdLandPro

AdLandPro allows you to post up to 20 ads for free and the ads will stay on their site for 4 weeks. However, if you update your ad inside those 4 weeks, you can keep your ads up indefinitely.

Once you post your ad, it is then sent to their database which is linked to over 57,000 affiliates websites.

Categories

Jobs

For sale

Automotive

Announcement

E-books and online lessons

Real estate

Miscellaneous

Pets

Services

Business

The Rest of the Best Sites like Craigslist

11. Geebo

What makes Geebo (pronounced G-bo) unique is the personal touch in the digital age. Every single ad is actually manually approved by a human being instead of a robot or algorithm.

Categories

Merchandise

Construction and farm equipment

Services

Employment

Rentals and roommates

Real estate

Resumes

12. USA Today

Not much to explain here. USA Today is a giant in the print and digital media niche and reported over 102 million unique visitors and 1.2 billion pageviews per month in 2017.

One thing is for sure – your ad will be seen by a lot of people!

Categories

Auctions

Automotive

Business

Careers

Education

Marketplace

Notices

Real estate

Services

Sports and recreation

Travel

Miscellaneous

13. Ads Globe

Ads Globe is a nice looking site, it’s free, and you can choose ads from a drop down list of multiple countries.

Categories

Merchandise

Autos

Real estate

Rentals

Pets

Travel

14. PennySaver USA

I am sure the founder of Craigslist (Craig Newmark) had a PennySaver print ad in his hand well before he ever thought of starting Craigslist.

Also, PennySaver USA is visited more than 1 million unique visitors per month.

Categories

Arts and entertainment

Cars and vehicles

Food and dining

Jobs

Merchandise

Pets

Real estate

Services

15. City News

Categories

You can choose from a variety of categories to sell or shop in, including:

Antiques and collectibles

Astrology, holistic and religion

Auto and motor vehicles

Boats and water sports

Business opportunities

Real estate

People connections

And more. I even found ads for medical treatment services, such as knee surgery in foreign countries, which was….interesting.

16. 10 Day Ads

10 Day Ads has an interesting concept going for them. It’s free to list and sell stuff online, however the ads only stay on the site for – you guessed it – 10 days.

The goal, according to the site, is to keep the ads new and fresh so people aren’t seeing the same listings over and over again like can happen when people post on Craigslist.

Not only does this concept help buyers to avoid seeing old ads, it helps them minimize the chances of seeing an ad for an item that is already sold.

Categories

Antiques and collectibles

Employment

Music/records/CDs

Appliances

Everything else/miscellaneous

Personals/video profiles

Art

Fashion

Pets

Automotive

Baby items

Home and garden

17. Ad Toad

Ad Toad isn’t as aesthetically pleasing as most of the other sites featured here, but it does have some stuff listed for sale and you can list and sell for free.

Categories

Some of the categories they have include:

Services

Vehicles, boats and aviation

Shopping

Rental and roommates

Personal

Hobby

Houseware

Home electronics

And others. Many of the categories had zero listings, however. I’m not sure this site is real well-known yet, but it is a free place to list your stuff for sale.

18. FreeAdsTime

FreeAdsTime looks and runs a lot like Craigslist. You start by choosing your state, and then the city you want to browse in, from the home page.

Categories

From there you can choose from several different categories such as:

Jobs

Services

Vehicles

Pets

Real estate/rentals

Community

Musician

Items

“Items” refers to things for sale and under this banner you’ll find links to items such as clothing, collectibles, computers, kids’ stuff, heavy equipment, jewelry, furniture and more.

As I searched the site, I found there were several ads to browse for some items, and zero ads to browse for others. The site was attractive and easy to use.

19. Recycler

20. Pawngo

21. Classified Ads

The Classified Ads website seems to be a pretty popular place to list items for sale.

Categories

Some of the categories they run ads for include:

Vehicles

Real estate

Rentals

Pets

Personals

Jobs

Items for sale

And others. You can place ads directly on the site, but I also noticed they had ads that seemed to be pulled from other sites. The site is simple, but organized and easy to use.

22. Classifieds Giant

23. OLX

However, when you click on “United States” it brings you to LetGo’s website. It’s a good place to search and list if you live in countries outside of the U.S.

24. Bookoo

Bookoo brings buyers and sellers together. They have site pages for all 50 U.S. states, as well as sites for Germany, Italy, Belgium, Japan, the UK and more.

As far as U.S. ads go, some states had dozens of cities listed while others, like Minnesota, Michigan and Idaho, had between zero and two cities listed.

25. Kijiji

Categories

There are dozens of categories to choose from, including those listed below:

For sale

Housing

Electronics

Jobs

Pets

Home and garden

Community

Cars and vehicles

Services and resumes

26. U-Exchange

There are a wide variety of services and products offered for trade and needed by others from people all over the U.S. and the world here.

27. Hoobly

How to Safely Buy and Sell These Sites

Also, when meeting up with someone, bring a second person along if possible, meet in a public place and always let someone know where you’re going and when you should be back.

Done right, you can get some phenomenal deals using online websites!

Summary

Thanks so much!

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caplofan · 5 years ago

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15 Things You Can Sell To Make Money In 2020

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What if I told you that there’s a legitimate way in which you can turn $0 into $1,000.

No scams or tricks. With a few hours of work, nearly everyone can scrunch together a quick $1,000.

Sell some stuff.

Think about it. We ALL have stuff lying around in our houses that we don’t use. What if you sell it online?

You can even get free stuff (like TVs and utensils) on Craigslist in its “free section” and sell that online. If you have some money, you can even go to garage sales, purchase stuff cheaply and sell it at a higher price online. People who have a garage sale are looking to clear out space in their house, making garage sales a GREAT place to get stuff at a low price.

A few months back, I was tired of some fitness equipment laying around my apartment. I never used it, going to the gym was a better fit for me. I got on Craigslist, listed a few items, and had $800 in my pocket within days.

First, you can make a quick buck by going through the stuff around your house.

Second, you start a decent side hustle by going through garage sales for items like action figures, sports cards, toys, clothes, sneakers, and old electronic items to flip them on eBay and Facebook Marketplace.

I don’t personally “flip” stuff myself but I know a lot of people that do. If you love finding a good deal and haggling over items, you’ll love doing this. And you can make decent money doing it.

But here’s a word of caution: This is NOT a “Get Rich Quick” scheme. I’m also not going to sugarcoat it by saying it’s easy. But using the arbitrage of the Internet and flipping stuff is also not as hard as it seems. With the right intent and a solid plan, you are bound to succeed.

To find out what kind of stuff is trending, I like to look at eBay and search for “sold out” or “completed” bids. Doing this not only tells me what kind of items have a lot of buyers but also the prices at which they are sold.

Another option is to check big categories on Craiglist daily. If you notice that some items get taken down quickly, you know it’s a popular item.

Keeping that in mind, here are the things you can sell to make money online.

1. TV and Movie Memorabilia

People have memories and emotions attached to their favorite characters, TV shows, and movies. So try get your hands on any memorable items like first edition CDs and cool merchandise like T-Shirts and movie posters. You can list them online and make a big profit.

Here’s an example of a “39 Steps” Lobby Card selling for over $500 on eBay:

Thousands of listings like the one in the picture above prove that people are willing to pay an insane amount of money to possess their favorite pop culture items. It’s okay if your item doesn’t get sold for hundreds of dollars. Small profits add up over time.

2. Sports Cards

Just like TV shows and movies, people are incredibly passionate about their favorite athletes. That’s where sports cards come in.

Here’s what I recommend while flipping sports cards. Identify the players that are going to be huge in the next 5-10 years and buy their cards. Even if they indeed play well, the value of your cards will rise exponentially.

For example, I started looking at Panini Prizm Giannis’s rookie card when it was around $300. Check out its price now.

The card’s price has gone up so much that eBay has tagged it as a “Great Investment”.

3. Clothes

All of us have old clothes that are in good condition, but for some reason, we haven’t worn them for years. You can also buy clothes cheaply at a thrift store and then flip them online. At times, you will find clothes that still have their original tags. That will further drive up their price when you flip them. I have also noticed that sports jerseys and concert T-Shirts always get sold for higher prices than regular clothes.

If you have high-end clothes, sell them on The RealReal to get a good deal.

4. Sneakers

The sneaker-flipping market is HUGE. Many large brands like Nike and Adidas often release limited edition sneakers. When their stock runs out, people start flipping them online. As the demand is mammoth, their prices go up.

Here’s an example of one of Nike’s most sought-after sneakers that are called the Jordan 1 Retro High Off-White. When they were released in 2018, they cost only $190. Once its stock ran out, its resale price started shooting up. Today, one pair costs more than $4,400. Plenty of sneaker-flippers bought large quantities of it when it was released. Less than two years later, they are selling it at a profit of more than 2200%.

5. Yard Equipment

Yard equipment may not be the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about flipping. But you can purchase used yard equipment and tools at a very low price. By repairing them and making them more presentable, you will be able to sell it at a good profit.

6. Furniture

You will find great deals on old furniture at garage sales and on Facebook Marketplace. At times, you can even get some furniture for free when people want to get rid of something in a hurry.

Old furniture made from good quality solid wood can be sold at a higher price as it can last for years. That’s why I love flipping furniture as you make a good profit even after repairing and polishing it.

Craigslist is a great place to flip furniture.

7. Video Games and Consoles

Video games are not just for kids. They even remind adults of their childhood. People and gaming enthusiasts are ready to pay big dollars to get them because of an emotional attachment.

From my experience, garage sales are the best places to buy vintage video games. With a little luck, you could find an original Nintendo in its box. You can flip them on eBay and Facebook Marketplace.

8. Bicycles and Strollers

We require bicycles and strollers during a specific time in our lives. When their use is done, they mostly rust in some corner of the house unless we sell them. Most people don’t know their real value. So, you can get them cheaply at garage sales and flip them for a profit online.

9. Toys and Action Figures

Like movies and sports, people love toys as they have an emotional connection with them. That’s why they are a great item to flip. Just like with sneakers, the price of a toy or action figure increases when their production is discontinued. Bidding battles can get intense on eBay. For example, the price of this unopened 1983 Star Wars figure is more than $800.

I’m sure you will find a box of your old toys somewhere in your house. You can also find lots of toys at a garage sale. I have come across action figures costing less than $5 at garage sales. Even if you sell it for $10, you will be making a profit.

10. Collectibles

Collectibles of all kinds like rare coins, currency, wine, and model cars/airplanes, among other things, are immensely valuable. You may have them at home, or you could get them at garage sales to flip them online.

11. Old or Vintage Electronics

Almost all of us have old electronics like cameras, mobiles, TV sets, and iPods lying around the house. You will be surprised to know that people are willing to pay a LOT of money for them.

It’s okay even if you don’t have high-value electronics. You can sell something much smaller. Its value is $0 when it’s lying unused in your house. If you list it online, you will definitely make some money from it.

You can also buy vintage electronics like Walkmans, VCRs and cassette players at garage sales and then flip them online for a higher price. Apart from Amazon and eBay, you can also sell vintage electronics on Etsy.

12. Cuff links

I love selling cuff links because they are cheap to buy. You can get dozens of them at garage sales for a few dollars. As long as they are not too damaged, you will almost always be able to sell them at a profit.

13. Books and Box Sets

Like sports fans, readers absolutely LOVE owning different editions of their favorite books. From my experience, first editions and entire series box sets/collections draw a lot of attention.

You can also sell the old books you no longer need on Amazon.

14. Gift Cards

At some point, we have all got gift cards that we don’t want or will not use. Luckily, you can sell most gift cards, and convert the plastic money into real cash. I recommend using Card Cash and Clip Kard to sell gift cards.

15. Fitness Equipment

That treadmill or weight set in the corner that’s collecting dust? It sells like hotcakes on Craigslist. I love re-selling fitness equipment.

As long as you buy quality equipment to begin with, there’s always a market looking for it. Brand new stuff gets pretty expensive. By offering a 20% discount off the MSRP, you’ll sell the equipment instantly.

Since most fitness equipment is built to last, it’s almost always in a good enough condition to re-sell.

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samuelfields · 5 years ago

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15 Things You Can Sell To Make Money

What if I told you that there’s a legitimate way in which you can turn $0 into $1,000.

No scams or tricks. With a few hours of work, nearly everyone can scrunch together a quick $1,000.

Sell some stuff.

Think about it. We ALL have stuff lying around in our houses that we don’t use. What if you sell it online?

First, you can make a quick buck by going through the stuff around your house.

Another option is to check big categories on Craiglist daily. If you notice that some items get taken down quickly, you know it’s a popular item.

Keeping that in mind, here are the things you can sell to make money online.

1. TV and Movie Memorabilia

Here’s an example of a “39 Steps” Lobby Card selling for over $500 on eBay:

2. Sports Cards

Just like TV shows and movies, people are incredibly passionate about their favorite athletes. That’s where sports cards come in.

For example, I started looking at Panini Prizm Giannis’s rookie card when it was around $300. Check out its price now.

The card’s price has gone up so much that eBay has tagged it as a “Great Investment”.

3. Clothes

If you have high-end clothes, sell them on The RealReal to get a good deal.

4. Sneakers

5. Yard Equipment

6. Furniture

You will find great deals on old furniture at garage sales and on Facebook Marketplace. At times, you can even get some furniture for free when people want to get rid of something in a hurry.

Craigslist is a great place to flip furniture.

7. Video Games and Consoles

Video games are not just for kids. They even remind adults of their childhood. People and gaming enthusiasts are ready to pay big dollars to get them because of an emotional attachment.

8. Bicycles and Strollers

9. Toys and Action Figures

10. Collectibles

11. Old or Vintage Electronics

Almost all of us have old electronics like cameras, mobiles, TV sets, and iPods lying around the house. You will be surprised to know that people are willing to pay a LOT of money for them.

12. Cuff links

13. Books and Box Sets

Like sports fans, readers absolutely LOVE owning different editions of their favorite books. From my experience, first editions and entire series box sets/collections draw a lot of attention.

You can also sell the old books you no longer need on Amazon.

14. Gift Cards

15. Fitness Equipment

That treadmill or weight set in the corner that’s collecting dust? It sells like hotcakes on Craigslist. I love re-selling fitness equipment.

Since most fitness equipment is built to last, it’s almost always in a good enough condition to re-sell.

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15 Things You Can Sell To Make Money

What if I told you that there’s a legitimate way in which you can turn $0 into $1,000.

No scams or tricks. With a few hours of work, nearly everyone can scrunch together a quick $1,000.

Sell some stuff.

Think about it. We ALL have stuff lying around in our houses that we don’t use. What if you sell it online?

First, you can make a quick buck by going through the stuff around your house.

Another option is to check big categories on Craiglist daily. If you notice that some items get taken down quickly, you know it’s a popular item.

Keeping that in mind, here are the things you can sell to make money online.

1. TV and Movie Memorabilia

Here’s an example of a “39 Steps” Lobby Card selling for over $500 on eBay:

2. Sports Cards

Just like TV shows and movies, people are incredibly passionate about their favorite athletes. That’s where sports cards come in.

For example, I started looking at Panini Prizm Giannis’s rookie card when it was around $300. Check out its price now.

The card’s price has gone up so much that eBay has tagged it as a “Great Investment”.

3. Clothes

If you have high-end clothes, sell them on The RealReal to get a good deal.

4. Sneakers

5. Yard Equipment

6. Furniture

You will find great deals on old furniture at garage sales and on Facebook Marketplace. At times, you can even get some furniture for free when people want to get rid of something in a hurry.

Craigslist is a great place to flip furniture.

7. Video Games and Consoles

Video games are not just for kids. They even remind adults of their childhood. People and gaming enthusiasts are ready to pay big dollars to get them because of an emotional attachment.

8. Bicycles and Strollers

9. Toys and Action Figures

10. Collectibles

11. Old or Vintage Electronics

Almost all of us have old electronics like cameras, mobiles, TV sets, and iPods lying around the house. You will be surprised to know that people are willing to pay a LOT of money for them.

12. Cuff links

13. Books and Box Sets

Like sports fans, readers absolutely LOVE owning different editions of their favorite books. From my experience, first editions and entire series box sets/collections draw a lot of attention.

You can also sell the old books you no longer need on Amazon.

14. Gift Cards

15. Fitness Equipment

That treadmill or weight set in the corner that’s collecting dust? It sells like hotcakes on Craigslist. I love re-selling fitness equipment.

Since most fitness equipment is built to last, it’s almost always in a good enough condition to re-sell.

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paulckrueger · 5 years ago

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15 Things You Can Sell To Make Money

What if I told you that there’s a legitimate way in which you can turn $0 into $1,000.

No scams or tricks. With a few hours of work, nearly everyone can scrunch together a quick $1,000.

Sell some stuff.

Think about it. We ALL have stuff lying around in our houses that we don’t use. What if you sell it online?

First, you can make a quick buck by going through the stuff around your house.

Another option is to check big categories on Craiglist daily. If you notice that some items get taken down quickly, you know it’s a popular item.

Keeping that in mind, here are the things you can sell to make money online.

1. TV and Movie Memorabilia

Here’s an example of a “39 Steps” Lobby Card selling for over $500 on eBay:

2. Sports Cards

Just like TV shows and movies, people are incredibly passionate about their favorite athletes. That’s where sports cards come in.

For example, I started looking at Panini Prizm Giannis’s rookie card when it was around $300. Check out its price now.

The card’s price has gone up so much that eBay has tagged it as a “Great Investment”.

3. Clothes

If you have high-end clothes, sell them on The RealReal to get a good deal.

4. Sneakers

5. Yard Equipment

6. Furniture

You will find great deals on old furniture at garage sales and on Facebook Marketplace. At times, you can even get some furniture for free when people want to get rid of something in a hurry.

Craigslist is a great place to flip furniture.

7. Video Games and Consoles

Video games are not just for kids. They even remind adults of their childhood. People and gaming enthusiasts are ready to pay big dollars to get them because of an emotional attachment.

8. Bicycles and Strollers

9. Toys and Action Figures

10. Collectibles

11. Old or Vintage Electronics

Almost all of us have old electronics like cameras, mobiles, TV sets, and iPods lying around the house. You will be surprised to know that people are willing to pay a LOT of money for them.

12. Cuff links

13. Books and Box Sets

Like sports fans, readers absolutely LOVE owning different editions of their favorite books. From my experience, first editions and entire series box sets/collections draw a lot of attention.

You can also sell the old books you no longer need on Amazon.

14. Gift Cards

15. Fitness Equipment

That treadmill or weight set in the corner that’s collecting dust? It sells like hotcakes on Craigslist. I love re-selling fitness equipment.

Since most fitness equipment is built to last, it’s almost always in a good enough condition to re-sell.

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Jessica, this one’s for you! :)

i hope your son is enjoying his new fish <3 and glad your husband has found a job! hoping things continue to go well for you and your family <3

Supplies

-2.5+ gallon tank the tank you have comes in a 1 and 2.5 gallon kit. The 1 gallon measurements are 7.5" x 7.5" x 10.25" and the 2.5 gallon measurements are 12.3" x 9.4" x 11.4". hopefully now you know which tank you have! the 1 gallon kit comes with a little bubbler (not a filter, just an aerator / air stone) and an under gravel filter (how effective under gravel filters are at holding a cycle is debated, but for now, don’t worry about that) and the 2.5 gallon kit comes with a filter (but it’s way too strong for a betta...it would have to be baffled).

if you have the 1 gallon kit (it looks like you’ve got the air stone, so probably the 1 gallon) you can get a sponge filter! however, in a tank so small, a stable cycle is hard to keep :/ in my opinion, you’d be best off spending 10 dollars on a 10 gallon tank (even if it is sparsely decorated) (rn at petco the 1$/gallon sale is going on so 10 gallon tanks are just $10!) first, before getting a filter. why, you ask? well, because if you only have 1 betta, waste will build up muuuch slower in a 10 gallon than in a 1 gallon and you could honestly probably get away with not having any filtration for a while...since the bioload (how much waste is produced by a fish) of 1 betta is so small...as long as you do large weekly water changes (at least 50% 1x a week). also, any heater (even those small 7.5watt ones, which are the lowest watt ones i’ve found) will be unsafe for a 1 gallon, mostly because the risk is pretty high for overheating the tank :/ with a 2.5+ gallon one, you could get an adjustable heater! these ones are great and the price is just as great! only downside is that they have short cords (i own 3...but its not an issue since all of my tanks are pretty darn close to their outlets) :/ think of waste (ammonia, which is toxic) building up like this: you’ve got 1 gallon of water and 10 gallons of water. in this analogy, colored drops (like food coloring or something) will represent your fish’s waste. let’s say you put 5 drops of coloring (waste) into the 1 gallon tank and 5 drops into the 10 gallon tank. the 1 gallon will be a lot darker right? because in the 10 gallon the color will be way more diluted! same goes for waste. (this is also why ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are measure in “ppm” or parts-per-million. it’s a proportion instead of an exact measurement: like 1/2 (proportion) vs of .25 inches (exact measurement) if that makes sense) - water conditioner it removes chlorines (some also remove chloramines and heavy metals) from the water and makes the water safe for the fish

- filter – How sponge filters work + how to set them up – Pros + cons of sponge filters - heater (76-82F) i have three of these heaters and they’re great! the cords are really short tho, thats the big downside :T this post has a ton of other heater suggestions! - thermometer glass ones are my personal fave, and way more accurate than the sticker kind. i think theyre 1-2$ at walmart! - 1+ hide (caves, terra cotta pots, an ornament, just a place where they can hide out or chill in) - decor (lots of decor ideas listed below!) - silk/live plants (plastic isn’t the best idea since plastic plants can tear a betta’s delicate fins) – craft mesh “betta beds” (you can buy plastic craft mesh sheets at walmart for like 1-2$ and you get a few big sheets!) – dollar store flowers (remove wire, soak to make sure they don’t bleed) - pvc, terra cotta pot, mug, glass, jar hides (your cabinet, goodwill, dollar store) – dollar store betta tanks – diy decor – craiglist, facebook marketplace, offerup, letgo, etc. BE HUNTIN FOR THEM DEALS! – anacharis is pretty cheap: one bunch at petco is 2.99. the stuff grows like CRAZY and it makes a great floating plant! it’ll send of lots of runners and in no time your fish will have a big anacharis jungle to swim in! plants also use the nutrients in fish waste to grow. since anacharis grows pretty fast, it uses up lots of waste! i have it in my 10 gallon with little led light and it went from 8″ to 24″ in 2-3 weeks...that’s crazy imo. – petco and petsmart usually have plants and supplies for sale on their website but not in the store. if you show the cashier the online price, they’ll match it at the checkout so make sure to do some online window shopping before you go! – hobby lobby and micahaels have a ton of their floral stuffs on sale right now as well! just be sure to avoid glitter and remove any metal stems, etc. in the ‘diy decor’ link above, there’s a video that shows you how to make diy silk plants! you definitely DONT have to make plant weights tho...you can usually set silk plants on the bottom of the tank no problem, and there’s nothing wrong with floating plants either~ - quality food i like new life spectrum thera +a pellets (long name, i know, but i know u can buy them at petco!) or omega one pellets or the betta buffet flakes. frozen foods like blood worms and shrimp are also good additions to a betta’s diet :) hikari betta bio gold is an okay food (i know they sell it at walmart, so that’s why i wanted to mention it), but its got fillers. for now, whatever you have for food will be okay :) just wanted to give you some options in case you want to change your food in the future. - test kit this kit is my favorite! the value is faaaantastic and the tests give more specific readings than the strips :p - lid bettas can be jumpers so lids are recommended. if your tank doesn’t come with a lid or is an odd shape and you can’t buy one, then craft mesh may be good option! it’s really cheap at walmart or craft stores and you can cut it with regular scissors. it’s basically plastic mesh…you can weigh it down or create a frame for it since it’s pretty light ^-^ - light if you don’t buy a kit that comes with a hood+light combo, or any light at all…you’ll probably need one! leds are a good choice :) i just bought 2 of these nicrew lights and they work amazingly! definitely bright enough for at least medium light plants and super white~ you can also buy clip-on LED with a gooseneck like this one (tho i’d be sure to check the measurements on lights as cheap as these!) or even a light from home depot~ for a tank that small, you could also use a desk lamp. with a desk lamp you could probably grow low-light plants like anacharis and anubias. when i had a little planted vase on my desk, i just went to goodwill and got one for $3 ^-^” - water change bucket honestly just really helpful to have...if you have one bucket (or any large container, tbh) you can empty old tank water into it and then after you’ve dumped that out, you can fill it with new tank water and add conditioner to prepare the water before adding it to the tank!

- siphon is optional, and for smaller tanks a turkey baster works! you can also just get some airline tubing and use that...same principle! siphons usually have a plastic tub attached to small rubber hose (same thing as airline hose) and they help to drain your tank when you take old water out of it during a water change.

What’s this cycle thing?

It’s the Nitrogen Cycle!

All fish produce waste. Because all aquatic animals produce waste, they require (biological) filtration of some sort to process that waste.

So your fish produced some waste, and it’s floating around in the water as ammonia. The first bacteria (#1) that grows will ‘eat’ the ammonia and then ‘poop’ out nitrites.

To recap, “the cycle” aka “the nitrogen cycle” goes like this: Fish waste (ammonia) -> bacteria #1 -> nitrite -> bacteria #2 -> nitrate -> water change

Okay, so how do I make “the cycle” happen? How do I “cycle” my tank?

Note: knowing where you are in the nitrogen cycle (how much ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate is in the tank / being produced) requires a test kit.

Okay, but what about water changes??

This post

explains how to figure out how much water you need to change!

You should do a water change at least 1x a week! You need to remove at least 50% of the tank’s water 2-3x a week for now (if you have the 1 gallon tank), and when you upgrade you can do it 1x a week. After you get a test kit / can monitor your water parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate) you can figure out how much water to change and how often. You can remove the water via a cup (just scoop out the water) or a siphon (a ‘gravel vac’, tho most will be much too large for small tanks, airline tubing, a turkey baster, etc.). If you have a large container or totally clean (not used for chemicals, dirt, etc.) bucket then you can prepare your new water in that! add dechlorinator to the new water in the container, sitr well, then add it to the tank. make sure the temp matches. since you have no heater, let the water adjust to room temp (since the tank should also be room temp) by letting it sit out for a while before adding it to the tank. if you don’t have a container to make new water in, you should take out water from the tank, add dechlorinator to the tank, then add new water to the tank (preferably at room temp...as a sudden temperature fluctation can shock your betta. extreme temp shock will kind of paralyze your betta for a while so its important that the new water matches the tank temp within a few degrees). you can remove the fish if you’d like and then add him back after you’re done.

The order i think you should buy supplies in:

- water conditioner (you said you have some, but you wanted to get a better one) - 5+ gallon tank - filter - heater - thermometer (it’s pretty cheap, so you could probably buy it sooner rather than later) - decor (1+ hide, silk/live plants, substrate (sand, gravel, etc.)) - test kit - lid - water change bucket - light - quality food

why this order? - your fish will die without water conditioner. it removes chlorine (some also remove chloramines and heavy metals) from the water, and your fish cannot live in chlorinated water. - a bigger tank means that you can safely heat the tank. a bigger tank also means that waste will be more diluted so as long as you keep up with large weekly water changes (of 50%+) then you can hold off on the filter for a little while. - filter after getting a bigger tank, best to find a filter and start fish-in cycling the tank! - bettas need heat to regulate body temperature (like reptiles!) and it’s an important basic necessity - you should get a thermometer as soon as you get your heater. even if you get an adjustable heater (which should come with an internal thermostat, so it knows when to turn off/on and keeps the tank from being too cold/hot), the heater may be off by 1-2F, meaning that you could set it to 78 but the tank’s actual temp is 76. it’s just good to have and only 1-2$ so you could probably get it around the same time you get your heater. - bettas need cover to feel safe / not be stressed: another important part of your fish’s overall health and wellbeing! hides, decor, plants, etc. bettas love space but they dont necessarily like open space. there’s cheap diy decor links throughout this post and below! - if you’re doing large weekly water changes, your ‘water parameters’ should be okay, but knowing what those parameters are is still important! so definitely make plans to get a test kit :) - i dont think that jumping happens that often, so foregoing a lid for a bit and getting more important items first is okay imo...but its still an important precautionary item to have, so i recommend still getting one! - a water change bucket will make your life so. much. easier. about $3-5 at home depot or walmart. usually they’re 5.5 gallon buckets! - you can put the tank in a well-light place in the room (NOT in direct sunlight tho) and be okay! if you want to get a light so you can see the tank better, go for it :) - i think that buying good quality food (if you dont already have it...usually protein should be 38%+ and the first few ingredients shouldn’t be “__ meal”s but whole ingredients) comes last since if you’ve got your fish you’ve probably also already got food...so your fish has food and that’s already covered! upgrading the quality or adding variety can wait until you’ve got all the other bases covered :)

Supply Suggestions: - first off, i always recommend checking letgo, offerup, facebook marketplace, craigslist, and/or other local classifieds or ‘for sale’ sites! also check out any thrift stores like goodwill! you might find some of your equipment or decor at super low prices!! i’ve gotten all of my equipment either on sale or second hand so there’s absolutely no shame in hunting for second hand deals! - seachem prime water conditioner lasts foreeever (it’s highly concentrated so you only need a few drops per gallon! i use a pin to poke a hole in the seal of a new bottle instead of totally removing the seal so that i can count how many drops i need!) and will neutralize ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate for 24-48 hours in case of any parameter level spikes! if you can’t find prime, that’s okay! most liquid water conditioners will do just as well. i know that tetra makes some “betta+ water conditioner” or whatever but you don’t need a “betta-specific” water conditioner...most things labeled “for bettas!!!” are gimmicky and unnecessary and you can use the ‘regular’ product most likely :p - 10 gallon tank at petco, $10 - if space is an issue, consider a 12″ bubble bowl (3-5 gallons of water, depending on how much decor is in the bowl and how full of water it is). you can find them at some walmarts in the floral section and most hobby lobbys/michaels. at hobby lobby, you can present their 40% off coupon and it’ll probably be about $10 as well. a bubble bowl will probably not work with hang-on-back filter, tho, but they usually work great with sponge filters. - sponge filter from petsmart - sponge filter from amazon - pack of sponge filters from amazon - small hang-on-back (HOB) filter (azoo palm, also called azoo mignon) - thermometer - heater from amazon - terra cotta pot hide (craft section at walmart, $1 and no drainage hole which means your fish can’t get stuck in it! you don’t have to buy it at walmart, and it can have a drainage hole. just make sure the pot is actually terra cotta and not painted and if it has a hole, just bury the pot deeper into the substrate (gravel, sand, the stuff you’ve got on the bottom of the tank). - silk flowers from craft stores or the dollar store. hobby lobby gives a 40% off coupon and they’re always having sales on seasonal floral stuff so you could get a big bunch of silk greenery or stem(s) of silk flowers for cheap! - glassware hides (ceramic fully glazed/sealed mugs, glasses, glass bowls, glass mugs, etc.) can be found in your own kitchen or at local thrift stores, often for less than $1! if you need to disinfect something, DONT use soap, use hot water or hot water + vinegar instead! be sure to rinse extra well if using vinegar. - anacharis costs 2.99/bunch at petco. try to get the greenest looking one (sometimes the ends are or a stem or two is brown tbh but it gives new grown pretty fast!), and then prune / throw any any brown parts. if all of the edges of the leaves of a stem are brown, but the middle/stem is green, keep that stem til you see new stems branching off. when those new stems are 2+ inches, just snap them off and throw away the original stem. if the stem turns more brown and doesn’t give off new shoots, throw it away. if the stem is totally brown on one end but green on the other, cut off the brown part of the stem and keep the green. anacharis can be cut / snapped into pieces and then grow from the pieces! - craft mesh to make a lid with. i think it’s also called plastic craft canvas or something like that and you should be able to buy it at craft stores as well - you can also use craft mesh to make those betta hammocks i linked to in the ‘supplies list’s ‘decor’ section above. you cut out a strip and then tie the ends together with thread / fishing line or use zip ties. whatever you have available. - i gave lighting suggestions under the ‘supplies list’ section above

If you’ve never had fish before, these posts might also be helpful!

Decor + DIY: DIY Aquarium Decor An ask that lists some easy aquarium plants How to superglue plants to stuff Tidbits for Planted Tanks

Care Guides: A betta care guide: All about bettas! I bought a betta, now what do i do!? (fish-in cycling included!)

endnote: i think i’ve covered most stuff? someone let me know if i forgot stuff, or leave a reblog/comment with links or extra info!! :)

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