Making Money On The Road

[dragonflyinthesky]

All I can say is WOW! But its me so I will keep writing. I have been trying to come up with something that will pay my way, be light weight and possible to do and of course will sell online.
This morning I put a picture of some pendants I finished on facebook. I'm not kidding, within 10 minutes I had orders for 5 customs. So far checks promised for 4 and pay pal already in for one. One order was from a "facebook share" from a cousins friend in another state.
The quick math, materials and work factored in, about 15.00 dollars an hour.
I'm not talking each piece, that is around 7 dollars profit per piece. They don't even take to long to do and time is a factor when doing a simple formula for arts and crafts. People seem comfortable with the pendents price at 15.00 plus 2.00 shipping.

 

[WheelEstate USA]

Social sites have become good markets. Don't overlook the others like Pinterest and Google+. We also used to do quite a bit on Etsy.
If you're traveling checks can get tricky to cash. Postal money orders can be cashed at the post office. Paypal offers a debit card so you can access your money easily.

Good luck.

 

[Terry]

If you making pendants, there is a process you might want to take a look at. It's called "doming" check spelling. It's basically a process of putting a clear dome on/over a picture of some kind. Here's just one example site for ya. http://www.dyesub.org/articles/epoxydoming.htm

 

[ccbreder]

Ally Bank (and others) let me deposit a check by taking a photo with my phone.

 

[WheelEstate USA]

Photo check processing in a great way to handle them, but the buyer needs to wait for their check to clear before the seller ships the order. A postal money order is quick to cash and mail the order in the same stroke. Buyer gets their order quicker and there's no watching for a check to clear.

Just my opinion based on experience with online sales.

 

[hadee41]

If you seriously want to go accross the country like this...pick a route to include some medium or small "cities", (50k to 100k population)
If you're looking for LEGAL work (and I assume you are) then you can contact "temp services" in that area. If you're not opposed to busting your @$$, then this would work out great as you can work for many places that offer sameday pay.

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

No pics? I am disappoint

 

[salar521]

Handy man.

Come to people's homes and offer to fix things.

 

[jeanontheroad]

You may be able to get either free rent or discounted rent at private campgrounds by working ss night decurity guards. We were just at a campground in San Antonio that had that arrangement with tenants.