---
title: "Developer Freelancing Basics – How to Earn At Least $500 in Side Income Each Month"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/developer-freelancing-basics-how-to-earn-at-least-500-in-side-income-each-month-npocrdexk
source_url: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/developer-freelancing-basics/
type: article
source: "freeCodeCamp"
published: 2020-10-05T22:03:58.166Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["business", "ecommerce"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 36
comments: 5
language: en
---

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# Developer Freelancing Basics – How to Earn At Least $500 in Side Income Each Month

**[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 7 min read · 36 upvotes · 5 comments

## Summary

Developer Freelancing Basics – How to Earn At Least $500 in Side Income Each Month. Kyle Prinsloo on how to earn at least $500 a month as a freelance developer. How to earn as much as $1,000 a week as a developer.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/developer-freelancing-basics/>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@youssefrabeiii** · 3 upvotes

> TL;DR
> 1- look for clients in the e-commerce industry
>
> 2- get monthly retainers(SEO,maintenance)
>
> 3- blogging, Affiliate marketing
> 4- Sell Products on Amazon or Your Own Website

**@tuanhadev** · 1 upvotes

> good article

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