5 Ways to earn money as a freelance designer


Designers of the world, making a living as a designer from the comfort of your stretcher tables is possible. And, what is better, without having to go crazy searching for clients or lose your life doing it. Take a pencil and paper because this interests you.

If you don't start with this freelance world, it's because you don't want to. We have given you a list of reasons to lose your fear of working on your own and we have told you about five websites to earn money as a designer from home, what more do you want? Five other ways to get a few quarters on your own? Well, I am going to give them to you.

If, in addition to embracing the life of a designer, you have the soul of a teacher, why not try to make money teaching what you know? The Internet gives you the possibility to share what you know how to do while receiving your well-deserved retribution for it. You do not need to have more gadgets than Bricomanía, with your computer and you win, it is enough.

If explaining and teaching don't suit you much and what you have is the soul of an illustrator,  there is also a place for you in the wonderful world of those who make their living online. There are several platforms on which your illustrations gain value.  How? Entering the wonderful world of print on demand.

Teaching or illustrating pure and simple is more to you, without peseticas in your pocket we are not going anywhere. Take note!

1. Skillshare

Their motto is "anyone can teach." We are not as optimistic as they are but we encourage you to try. To become a Skillshare teacher you just have to register, record your class and upload it.

On the platform, you will find help and guidelines to improve your tutorials and thus refine your teaching qualities. The only downside is that, although the platform is currently opening up to have tutorials in other languages,  we recommend doing it in English. It is the only way to guarantee more students in your courses and, therefore, more money to charge at the end of the month. Teach the world what you know and want to learn.

2. Threadless

T-shirts, skateboards, pins, notebooks and everything you can imagine.  If illustration is your strong suit, here you can succeed more than Pedroche on New Year's Eve. Make clever, cute, cute or ironic designs with a twist, and they'll sell like hotcakes.


It is a website that prints everything that is printable. It doesn't matter if you want to create duvet covers, t-shirts or any other household product with your designs, they even print furniture!

Here you upload your work and disagree. They take care of selling it, printing it and shipping it. You, from your home, receive a commission for each product sold. Sit back and worry only about designing.

4. Become a blogger

Creating your teaching website or blog could also launch you to fame. The keys for your blog to become profitable are: consistency, upload content often, give SEO a few laps and work hard on the networks to give yourself visibility.

5. Youtube

As you teach what you can do, why not try your own YouTube channel? This platform is also a great alternative where to demonstrate your skills. As in a blog,  the key is to be constant and learn to get involved in the networks. You also have to find your audience and be active in answering your students in the comments and on the networks.

You have to have a little patience, but if you follow these two essential keys,  the day will come when your channel and your videos will start giving you money. Take a look at the page where YouTube directly explains the different ways you have to monetize your account.

















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