Now you don't need to sell your body parts

For those of you just crawling out from the cave you’ve been living in for the last 6 months, we are in rough times. As such, you’re probably asking yourself how you can “creatively” supplement your income. Apart from selling your body parts, here are 2 other alternatives:

NuRide – NuRide rewards members every time they share a ride, cycle into town, or forego their commute by telecommuting. Regular NuRide users can receive around $350 USD per year in rewards, which can be exchanged for retailer discounts, gift cards, and tickets to shows and attractions.

Since members specify their trip origin, destination, travel preferences and vehicle information, sponsors—the companies that provide rewards—can target highly specific sets of consumers, both nationally and locally.

ShortTask - There are countless employment sites out there that help companies fill full- and part-time jobs. Not included in most, however, are all the extra little tasks businesses often need to get done, but that aren't enough to justify hiring another regular employee. Targeting those small—yet important—jobs comes ShortTask, which aims to connect qualified workers with companies in need of such short-term help.

ShortTask is essentially a community that focuses on connecting what it calls "seekers"—companies or individuals who need various tasks accomplished without hiring in-house staff—and "solvers," or workers who can complete those tasks virtually from home. Seekers begin by listing the tasks they need done, such as transcribing audio or video recordings, identifying objects in a photograph or creating written content. They also create an escrow account for payment and indicate for each task how much they're willing to pay, along with its deadline. Solvers then visit the site and choose the tasks they'd like to complete. Once the work is done and the seeker approves it, they get paid in US dollars via PayPal from the seeker's account; ShortTask, meanwhile, takes a commission of 10 percent. There are currently more than 50,000 tasks listed on the site, including finding articles and commenting on Amazon.com (price: $1 USD), for example, or asking questions on a forum (paying $0.15 USD). Solvers from around the world are allowed to find jobs through the site.