Making money as a student made easy

Celeste Mora

Making money as a high school student can be pretty tough with the workload we receive. What if I told you that kids at Whitney Young are making money by just filming their everyday lives or selling clothes they don’t use anymore.

The era of vloggers (people who record their everyday life and post it on social media) and gurus is upon us. There is a misconception that teens cannot vlog because of their age or that their life is just not that interesting.

Many teenagers are already vlogging. According to a survey done on stageoflife.com, 33% of the 333 teens they surveyed have uploaded a YouTube video and 5% of them have uploaded more than 2-5 videos. Aside from expressing your personality on a platform as diverse as YouTube  your videos can be monetized. You can earn $1 for every 1,000 videos and although that seems miniscule, you are also paid $7.38 for every ad in your video that is watched fully by the viewer. If you can keep a consistent upload schedule and you are relatable, you’re bound to gain some subscribers and make some quick cash.

If you don’t want to make Youtube videos, there also an option for you! How many times have we told our moms that we have nothing to wear when we actually have a bunch of things we just don’t like anymore? Take those clothing items you no longer wear and post them on a resale clothing app. This is something some students at Whitney Young are already doing. Lisa Mei ‘18 uses a clothing app called Mercari to sell her clothing and had this to say about it, “by selling my clothes I’ve made some easy cash and all it takes is free shipping boxes from the post office, old clothes and some tape.”

These 2 ways of making money as a high school student are some of the simplest to do and they can be the most rewarding.

Front screen of the Mercari app