How to make money with WhatsApp: 9 Steps and tips to get you started.

Making money with WhatsApp has become easier these days. You can certainly make money if you follow the step you are about to read.

Many of us have a very huge contacts list. Most time all we do chatting, sharing information, posting selfies on our status and much other social fun. I’m not saying any of these activities is wrong. Of course we enjoyed doing it and psychologically it goes a long way in our lives. However in this article I will survey you through how you can monetize your whatsApp account and start earning some money.

Since Facebook purchase WhatsApp,  Facebook has allowed content creators to make money by partnering with them on Facebook but this has not been extended to WhatsApp. But the truth is, people are becoming more and more engaged on WhatsApp than even on Facebook.  There is always a way for those who are determine. While WhatsApp does not provide direct way on how to make money with WhatsApp account, there are WhatsApp earning method that can be used.

How to make money with WhatsApp

1.  Refer friends to apps

There are apps on Play store that will pay you a small token or offer recharge cards and different rewards if you refer a friend to use it. This is very passive, as income are small but who does not like coke as long as they dont pay for it?. All you need is get the app, refer friends and earn. Because list of such apps is not consistent we have not listed them here, you can search on Google for “apps that pays to refer a friend”.

2.  Seek help from friends and Family

If you have any business idea and you are facing the challenges of the capital to get started. Here is what you can do on WhatApp to make money.

Now open your WhatsApp app and choose some of your friends and family from your contact list .Write a message with vary politely mentioning the requirement of money. Now forward this message to your entire selected contact list and ask for a favor.  If you are lucky enough, you will start getting money in your account after your request. But it depends upon how you tender your request. Make sure you are not asking too much. Remember everyone has his or her own expenses to cover.

Please note: Do not use this idea to scam other, It is very wrong. Just do it in a legit way and see if you can get help to finance your business.

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3.  Connecting people on WhatsApp status

People love to feel connected for something on whatApp status. In fact it is the best advert platform. If you have business brand, your Whatsapp status is the best place to get more customers. In the other hand, you can build your WhsApp status to a level where you can be having one thousand views and from there you can sponsored people post or advertise for people and get paid. Sometimes I do this and it works for me. You can try it also since you have nothing to lose.  All you need to do is try to add and save much contacts and ask them to add you or save your number as much as possible. Once you get that done you can put a vacancy on your status and tell people how effective your status can bring customers to their product. If anyone need you to advertise for him or her you will get paid.

4.  Sharing ySense (ClixSense)

If you are looking at how to make money from WhatsApp, Sharing ySense referal links and recruiting your contacts is a way out.

ySense is a website that will pay you to complete surveys, watch videos, play games and do so many things! But why are we putting it on this list? Read on.

While ySense pays you to complete surveys, watch videos and all that, it also pays you commission to refer your friends. When you sign up for ySense, you will have a referral link, you can then get on WhatsApp and share this link with your contacts. The more people you sign up, the more bonus point you get.

It is free to join and you have nothing to lose. There are many method to receive your payment with 5 days. We recommend using Skrill. They will transfer to your Skrill account. Then from your Skrill account, you can transfer to any bank account In Nigeria, India, USA, anywhere in the world. We have tried all this and it worked without any issue at all. You can click here to open a Skrill Account. Skrill is just like Paypal but it allows Nigerians and people from almost every country to receive money unlike Paypal.

5.  Sharing Short-links

 Short links are shortened links to a website. A typical link to story will usually look vert long, short link simply shortens it. Both link will lead to same story but one is longer and one is shorter.

To make money using this method, all you have to do is look for news, tips or any information your contacts or group members will love to read. Copy the link, go to a Url Shortener, login, paste the link and shorten it.  Then copy the shortened one, open your WhatsApp and share it with your contacts and groups.

How to use short Links

Go to any link shortener website, register, copy any link you want to share, login to link shortener, past the link, shrink it. Copy the shorten link and share it with your contacts. Here are the popular link Shorteners that pays: Link Shrink , ADF, OUO, Shortest.  You can click on any of them to register and start making money.

How do I make money using this short link?

When you share the link and  your contacts click on the link, it will show them some adverts before showing them the story or information. That is how you make money. It will fetch you passive income if you have a large group or contacts who enjoy reading your content. You can also share this on your WhatsApp Status.

6.  Affiliate links

Another way to make money from WhatsApp is through Affiliate links. Go to an affiliate network. Register with them. You can join any of these affiliates networks and find as much products as you want to share: Amazon Affiliate, Commission Junction, Jumia Affiliate

Look for a product that sells faster such as fashion. Copy the link and share it with the group members. Any of them that clicks on the link to purchase, you get a commission.

If you belong to any social group, you can talk to the group about a particular product that is trending. Tell them how people love the product.

7. Market your own products or skills

Instead of sending affiliate links, you can choose to market your own products.

This is one way you can make money from WhatsApp and you will be in total control. If you have products or services, you can make a business card and send to your contacts or groups and tell them how much discount you are offering them. Always make sure that the people or groups you approach have interested in your kind of products

If you do not own any products but will love to have, all you need to do is create an online shop.

Copy products from suppliers into your online store. Then send the links of these products to your WhatsApp contacts. If any of them click on the link and go to your online shop to order, the suppliers will ship the goods to them and you get your money! It is called drop-shipping.

8.  Become a WhatsApp Marketer for businesses

This may sound strange but this is real! There are people who are paid to promote businesses on WhatsApp! First, you have to be in groups that have lots of contacts. Have large number of contacts too.

Then use forums, social media and any platform you have to advertise yourself.  Lines like “I can help you reach 1000 new customers via WhatsApp. Contact me if you are interested”.

You will be surprised, you will actually get people who will reach out, if you do it right. Once you get, all you have to do is work out a plan how you introduce their product or services to your WhatsApp audience.

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9.  Do Pay per download

Platform that offer this service include: Uplod.org, Fileice.net  You can learn more from those platform.

This is one method you can use to make money from WhatsApp but it is not well utilized. What happens here is that you can upload files such as pictures, videos, music, games and so on to these websites and they pay you for every download.

How does pay per download work?

Before the person gets to download you file, some ads may displayed and if in the process the visitor view the ads before downloading your file, you will get commission because that is how they make money to pay you.

If you will like to use this method to make money from WhatsApp, all you have to do is join groups or make contacts with people who have interest in a particular content.

Then upload the contents to any of the sites, share the link, they download, you make money. For instant, you can join a gaming group or a comedy video group. Upload comedy videos to any of these sites then share the link on your WhatsApp comedy group and to contacts interested in comedy and you will get paid as they download.