These days, there are an amazing number of ways to earn extra money – we're talking big bucks. You could be an eBay assistant, do some mystery shopping, give parties or twist balloons. Here are some examples:

Sell for Others
Selling your own stuff on eBay could give you additional cash but selling other people's stuff is where the real money is. This eBay service is still not popular across Asia but Americans and Europeans have already earned huge money selling their neighbours', friends' and relatives' items online. Rather than finding wholesale items to sell on eBay, help others sell their stuff and take a cut! Christopher Spencer, author of ''The eBay Entrepreneur'' and an instructor with the company's training programme, had a job as a celebrity manager when he started selling on eBay as a hobby in 1998. By 2001, he had opened a store where people could drop off their items. Now he's a full-timer and forecasts he will handle at least $500,000 to $750,000 in sales this year.

Spencer's company charges a fee of 38 per cent per sale. Assistants set their own rates, which can vary from five per cent for selling a vehicle to as much as 50 per cent for selling low-priced merchandise like houseware. To find...