Now it’s getting warmer, how about getting out and about in the sunshine, doing some exercise with (or without!) the kids and getting paid for it?
There are all kinds of leaflets and forms that need to be delivered to homes in your area. It’s an easy way to get your hands on some extra cash often without you having to spend anything, and better still, it doesn’t even need to take up much of your time.
- Find out how here
- How much can I make?
- Check out our delivering top tips
Delivering leaflets is a temporary job, and will probably only be for a short period. A paper round or similar is more permanent, and involves you giving up a bit more of your time. You don’t really need any qualifications, though sometimes having a car is a plus.
- For deliveries in your area you should check the job pages of your local papers as well as websites like Gumtree and Craigslist and your job centre to find out what’s available.
- Pick up some free local newspapers and contact them directly. They might be able to put you in touch with the distribution agent.
- Try asking local takeaways and taxi firms if they need any help.
- Hunt out demand from smaller businesses in your local area; you’ll be surprised how many use leaflets to advertise.
- For a paper round, get in touch with your local newsagent directly, or with the paper itself.
- Check out some national companies who produce the leaflets, chances are they’ll need people to distribute them in your local area. For London and the Home Counties, try Letterbox Distribution. Have a look on Mailbox Nationwide for jobs all over the country and for nationwide leafleting and promotional opportunities check out Powergirls.
- For deliveries of nationwide publications such as the Yellow Pages, have a look on the Deya website. They list the dates and areas in which work is available on the site, and they’re a big company so can provide you with a wide variety of opportunities.
- Check out The Network for jobs distributing the London Lite and the Metro (which is distributed nationwide).
You need to be realistic about this; you’re not going to make a fortune by any stretch. You can be paid by how many items you deliver, or how many rounds you undertake.
- Clearly delivering bigger catalogues will make you more money, but you have to have a car in order to deliver them.
- Some companies will pay you for your time rather than how many you deliver, so you can expect to be on, or just above the minimum wage (currently £5.73 per hour) in these instances.
- Distributing free papers (not the same as a round) can earn you a tidy sum. For distributing the London Lite or The Metro you can expect £8 per hour.
- Paper rounds will probably earn you less for your time; you can expect about £15 a week for approximately three or four hours of work. Be aware though that this does vary depending on who you deliver for.
Things to look out for
- Try to avoid leafleting schemes where you are paid by commission only. This relies on the company making money from something you delivered and could leave you dishearteningly – having done hours of work – without recompense.
- Some leafleting schemes are scams, so be careful. Just make sure whoever you are working for is a reputable company, and if anything seems dodgy stay well away from it.
- Be sneaky and double your earnings! If you manage to get two rounds in the same area at once you can do all the delivering at the same time, but be paid twice from two separate companies.
- If you’re a new mum why not bring your baby along (you can also use the buggy to stash those heavy leaflets so you don’t have to carry them!)
- If your kids want to be all grown up and have a job of their own, why not suggest they do a round as well, that way they’ll earn themselves a bit of money and you can still keep an eye on them!
- If you choose a paper round, you can usually expect a bit more money if the paper also contains separate advertising leaflets, so try to find papers that you know use these (usually the freebies).
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I am feeling somewhat disheartened. Having watched ‘Working Lunch’ today, there was an article about teleworking with a few tips. Straight on to the internet went I to try and find some homeworking jobs. But low and behold, all I found was the usual, get rich quick schemes and Multi marketing rubbish. There has to be some real homeworking jobs out there which pay you for a job done. Any suggestions anybody?
Yes, you’re right, there are loads of homeworking scams around. However, if you look through our Make Money section you will see all kinds of things you can do to boost your income at home. It depends on your skills and time but it can be anything from making things to sell at markets and car boots to doing online surveys, running an online business or childminding. There are lots of things you can do but you may need to do two or three of them in order to make the kind of money you would like to.
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, I rate this article for four from five. Detailed info, but I have to go to that damn msn to find the missed pieces. Thank you, anyway!
Good point Hilary – thanks we’ve changed it.
On your article about making money delivering, you have quoted that the minimum wage is £5.52 whereas, in fact, it is £5.73 per hour (aged 22 and over).
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Hilary Pollard