NCP In The News: 18 Ways to Turn Your Data Into Dollars

(Originally posted by Side Hustle Nation)

 

18 Ways to Turn Your Data into Dollars: Up to $500 a Year

 

Big data is big business, generating an estimated $270 billion by 2026.

 

And as individuals, we create a lot of data every day. Every Internet search we make, every location we visit, every tap of our phone, even the words we speak — it all creates data. (An estimated 146MB per person per day!)

 

For decades, we’ve freely given that data away to big companies like Google and Facebook. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have value.

 

In fact, several reputable companies will now pay you for your data. In this post, I’ll outline my top picks to make money from the data you generate every day.

 

13. NCP Mobile

Earn gift cards when you use the National Consumer Panel Mobile app to snap pictures of the barcodes of the products you buy.

 

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