I don't think I need to tell you that its possible to make money online, from the comfort of your couch; but I do need to tell you that your time is a very important resource so before you pick up that next survey, let me take your pain away. This article in my 'How to Side Hustle' series will show you:

1. Why you do not need to wait ages for a pay-out

2. How to use Zap to get pay-outs to your PayPal (and instant $3 on sign-up)

3. How much you can make in both pay-outs and savings on Zap

4. What it takes to turn this into a consistent stream

We all like passive income, whether it's dividends in the pennies or a full-blown side-business. What it does take though is a creativity to find the most lucrative streams. Then, you want the cash in your bank account, nice and traditional, so that you may spend it. Here's how.

Why you don't need to wait ages for a pay-out

One of the things which could not be more annoying is when you spend hours doing something with the intention of getting paid but just as you're about to cash out you're hit with some sort of limit or otherwise.

You end up thinking that you not only wasted your time, but exerted so much effort on to have been lied to. Surveys are often like this and many of these apps and websites have some sort of ultimate clause to stop them having to actually fork you out money.

An unstated app that I recently came across gave me exactly this sort of heart-break and so I wondered who are the morons such as myself who actually end up doing more surveys?

Okay fear not... I'm here to show you a different way to do things; more lucrative and instant.

How to use Zap to get pay-outs to your PayPal (and instant $3 on sign-up)

1. Sign up

2. Claim your $3

3. Login every day (and often multiple times during a day to get paid)

4. Complete surveys based on location

5. Answer the surveys honestly and don't skip questions

6. Watch your balance accumulate

7. Withdraw to PayPal at any time

How much you can make in both pay-outs and savings on Zap

Okay how much can you make because usually these things don't pay great; I do not recommend any survey apps except this one. It just is the best one which will let you take your earnings with you at any time and pays decently thus I do qualify it as a side-hustle.

Here's the math:

$3 sign-up

$3-6 per survey

I can do at least five of these in an hour = $15-30 every hour

Save about 5% to 20% on in shop purchases as well

Ultimately you're looking at a decent income stream especially if you do what I am about to show you next.

What it takes to turn this into a consistent stream

Okay time is isn't infinite, but you sure can develop a hustler's mindset the next time you decide to turn that Netflix series off and start earning from your couch instead (or do both at the same time). Look, there is no such thing as free money but there is a smart way to go about it and then the unproductive way.

What's good is that it seems you are making cash consistently even every time that you open the app. However, what's likely if you're a young person is that you simply do not have enough time on your hands (or even for a working professional, for example). Then again this is the exact sort of excuse that stops people from earning from side-hustles.

You need to find your own solutions. I personally only have about a one or two hour window in the day where I can use the app myself, despite this earning decently- I decided to use my intuition.

There's people who have a LOT of time on their hands whether it's your kid or your granddad. That was my, rather simple, solution. I got granddad to answer these surveys and what's more is he loved it! The savings offered are beyond remarkable on some of the worlds biggest shopping sites so he got a good use out of it too.

He would spend a couple hours every day toying with the surveys and logging in for the bonus you get every time.

Over time, he's made me a handy $400 which I decided to split 50-50 with him (it's only fair).

If I hadn't done this then it would be most likely that I miss the cash bonuses for signing in every day and answering surveys that elude my time limit.

I hope you enjoyed this article in 'How to Side Hustle'. Do follow and stay in touch for more!