How to Profit Through a Sharing Economy

The Internet age is the age of sharing. In its earliest days, it was used to share information across different institutions. Then as it developed, all sorts of information became widely shared among all types of users. Now, you can share almost anything through the Internet—from your unused room, your bike or your car, your free time, or your hobby. Almost anything is shareable!

Living spaces

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live in a millionaire’s mansion, or a royal palace, or even Dracula’s castle? Or perhaps you’ve always wanted to spend quality time with your loved ones on a beach property on a private island? Your wishes can come true! Airbnb and CouchSurfing are two platforms that allow you to find the best accommodation at the best prices or for free!

Transportation

Have you wondered how you can profit from your car? Or at least find a way to help pay those expensive car fees and monthly car payments? You can check out Uber, Lyft, Zipcar and Turo, formerly RelayRides. These are some of the best platforms that can help you get “donations” or tips for helping other people get around conveniently. If you have a bicycle, surfboard or snowboard, you can explore Spinlister.

Free time or Hobby

Well, so you don’t own a property or have got no spare room, and you also don’t own a car or a bike. Well, perhaps you have time or talent. You can help serve others get simple tasks done for a fee using TaskRabbit. If you’re a dog lover, DogVacay may a great way to care for your favourite pets and get paid for it.

Money

If you saved enough dough and have a little bit of money to spare to invest in novel things you love, you can always back projects in Kickstarter or Indiegogo. Or if you simply want to lend money and profit from the interest, check out LendingClub, a leader in peer-to-peer lending.

Documents, pictures, music, videos etc.

Of course, for all things digital, you can easily share them via the Internet. There are social media sites, websites and tools for any and every purpose possible. Cloud storage is becoming more popular too for storing and sharing much larger files. DropBox, Google Drive or Offcloud are a few great choices.

The Internet’s sharing economy has truly made everyone and everything more connected than ever. Jump on board and probably aside from making a profit, you just might discover and gain a whole lot more important things—like some valuable business and personal relationships. All you’ve got to do is share.

Offcloud, your cloud-based download manager

We, at Offcloud, provide an invaluable cloud-based service to all our users, going above and beyond the simple storage that most places have to offer! We also give our users the opportunity to download instantly from BitTorrent directly into your cloud storage account, fetch cloud data to convert and store for use later on, and even make use of the media you’ve saved while you’re on the go.

You can do all this with a free account, too, giving you the opportunity to really try out the service before deciding to make a financial commitment to a bigger package with extra features! You’ll receive 10GB of storage space and 100 direct download links, so why not give us a go?