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" Love to plan parties?  Become a virtual concierge. A computer, Internet service and a phone are all you need to join VIPdesk Connect, which connects you with high-end clients. You might be making travel arrangements one day, setting up dinner reservations the next, and tracking down the dress Julia Roberts wore in Ocean&amp;#039;s Eleven the day after that. You&amp;#039;re like a hotel&amp;#039;s go-to person; you just happen to get things done from your home. And since no two days are the same, it&amp;#039;s tough to get bored. Plus, you can work as many or as few hours as you like. Salary: $10 to $14 per hour. For more information: VIPDesk.com   Have a passion for crafting? Become a designer.  In the past, you&amp;#039;d need a studio, a shop and a business team if you wanted to sell your handmade sweaters, pillows, pottery or jewelry. Now, all it takes is a clever idea and a click of the mouse. Many companies are more than happy to give you a venue for your designs. Upload pictures of your handiwork onto the website, and for a minimal fee (either a listing fee or percentage of the sale), the company will take care of advertising, listing, payment and sometimes (depending on the site) shipping. Salary: Varies based on how much you sell. For more information: Etsy.com, Zazzle.com, CafePress.com   Know another language? Become a translator. Put your foreign language skill to work and earn more than $50,000 a year translating documents. Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Russian and Chinese are most in demand. But you must be fluent in the language, have access to the Internet and have an area of expertise, such as finance or law. That doesn&amp;#039;t mean you have to be a Wall Street whiz or a high-powered attorney. If you&amp;#039;ve worked in the field and know the terminology, that may be enough. Earn extra money by getting certified through the American Translators Association. Salary: Full-time translators make an average of $61,000 annually. For more information: atanet.org   Have an opinion? Become an armchair judge. Lawyers looking for feedback before their cases go to trial often use focus groups in mock trials, either online or sometimes set up in one of their local offices or a hotel conference room. All you have to do is listen to or read through the cases, then give your opinions. The best part: You don&amp;#039;t need to know anything about the legal system to participate. Salary: $40 to $150 per case, depending on its complexity. For more information: OnlineVerdict.com, TrialPractice.com   Love to talk? Become a customer service agent. As more and more companies close office space, there&amp;#039;s an increased need for virtual customer assistance. Jet Blue Airways, 1-800-flowers.com, Eddie Bauer and Bluefly.com are just some of the major retailers outsourcing consumer calls to virtual agents, who do everything from dealing with transactions to handling complaints. To become one of them, you&amp;#039;ll need Internet access and prior customer service experience, although most companies provide brief training. Salary: $8 to $15 per hour. For more information: VIPDesk.com (which reps Eddie Bauer, Bluefly.com and many other companies), 1800Flowers.com, JetBlue.com   Always at the mall? Become a mystery shopper. No, it&amp;#039;s not a scam. You can get paid to shop. Clothing stores, restaurants, auto dealerships and tons of other businesses use mystery shoppers to evaluate their customer service and to judge their merchandise. You&amp;#039;ll have to leave the comforts of home for a while, but once you&amp;#039;ve scoped out the situation, you can relax on your couch to complete the second half of the job: filling out the survey or evaluation form. You&amp;#039;ll even get a &amp;quot;free product&amp;quot; coupon on occasion that you can use in the store, and if you&amp;#039;re testing a restaurant, the cost of the meal may be reimbursed. A paycheck and free stuff? What could be better than that? Rules of thumb to make sure your assignment is on the up-and-up: You should never have to pay a fee to become a mystery shopper, and you should be aware of offers promising big bucks. Both are tip-offs to a scam. Salary: A typical assignment pays $8 to $20 per visit. For more information: MysteryShop.org   Have an eye for detail? Become a medical coder. Government regulations have increased the amount of paperwork involved with insurance claims, so many companies are looking for people to translate information into numerical codes. You&amp;#039;ll need to know general medical terminology, as well as anatomy and physiology, all of which you can learn online or at a community college. With a little studying, you may be on your way to a new at-home career. Salary: $39,000 to $46,000 annually. For more information: aapc.com   Fast typer? Become a transcriber. Anyone with solid typing experience\u2014legal secretaries, executive assistants or simply those with quick fingers\u2014can work from home as a transcriber. Some companies offer very specific work (such as transcribing legal documents only), while others pair you with assignments that match your expertise and job background. Salary: Payment is by page or an hourly rate; approximately $10 per hour. For more information: ProductionTranscripts.com, aaert.org "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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