Some companies will pay you to go to a store and stock their merchandise or straighten their merchandise.  I know this doesn’t seem like thrilling work.  That is not the reason you are doing this – you are trying to make extra money.  Merchandising can help you build a holiday shopping fund so you can get the kids those toys they are hoping to see Christmas morning.

This is how it works.

You go online and search for opportunities to find jobs that have the dates and times that work best for your schedule.  An example of the type of merchandising opportunity might be going to a local chain drug store, presenting yourself as a representative of the merchandising company, asking for the shipment of calling cards, taking down the old cards and hanging the new ones on the pegs.  You can do this type of stop in about 30 minutes.

Another example might be going into a retail store and dusting a shelf holding a particular item.  Recently I saw a shop needing someone to go into a record store to make sure the display of a CD coming out that week was located close to the door.  These are easy jobs.  They don’t pay a huge amount but can be lumped together to add up to a decent amount of extra money.

Theaters are looking for folks to come to a certain show and count empty chairs.  Theaters might also ask you to count the number of movie trailers shown before a particular movie.  Your job is simply to provide the company with information that they might use to better market their product or provide better customer service.

The most difficult part is probably managing the dates and times to do the job.  Some jobs might have more flexibility than others.  Some jobs might require mid-day or mid-week completion.

This is a way to make extra money on your own time – choosing when and where you work while controlling the amount you earn.