by Jimmy Weber

Created on: June 05, 2009   Last Updated: June 17, 2009

There are not lots of ways to make money when your a kid and if you don't have money then you cant buy that game, controller, and so on. If you follow a few of my tips to start making money then you can be the money-maker at your school for sure.

First, you have to know what you're dealing with and know if your going against the rules and selling things in school. Then, you have to ask a few fellow students on what they want to get at school but can't get there hands on. After, you figure out what they want you have to see how much they would pay for it.

Let's start with a example like bubble gum. Almost all teenagers in the grades 7-10 like gum or love gum. Here's the deal, you buy the gum anytime you need groceries so you aren't really wasting gas because you were going to go there anyways. For example, I used to buy a pack of gum for $1.20 + tax and then I sold each piece in the pack for 10 cents each. Since the gum had 18 pieces I would make a income of $1.80 and a profit of 60 cents per pack of gum. I was buying large amounts of gum, like 3 packs a day. So if i would have sold all 3 I would make a profit of $1.80 because 60 cents x 3 would be 180 cents and we all know that that would be $1.80. That's enough to buy an extra pack of gum OR if you have trouble selling 3 packs a day then you can keep the extra money.

Another way to make money from gum in school is to buy the 30 cent gum packs and then sell them for 50 cents each. I use to buy about 5 packs of those a day and sell them all the next day. I would make a total profit of 20 cents per pack and a total of $1 per day. If you live in a area that is a little more rich then you can do bigger amounts of gum at a time! I grew up in a place where the kids didn't have much money, so I couldn't rake in a lot of money like you guys out there reading this. But, if you get known around school and people are coming to you to buy gum, then you can start hiring people. I use two, and since I bought packs of gum that were $1.20 like I stated earlier, and I gave the packs to my employees for $1.50 each, I made a profit while my employee's also did. You can also sell things like soda's and stuff. I advise you that you should only do that at lunch because if someone buys a soda from you and tries to drink it in class they will most likely get in trouble and rat you out.

Thanks for reading my article about how to make money. Now you can buy anything you want with your own money! So, now you don't have to wait for your allowence and if you don't have an allowence then this idea helps you even more! Please rate this article and comment on it. I hope I flourished you with ideas to make money!

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