Hobbies for Money

Stamp Collection – An Introduction

Postage stamp collection is one hobby which is more than a century old. Although it is considered to be an expensive hobby but still there are a lot of enthusiast who still follow it. As far as we know it is extremely difficult to collect all the stamps and related material for all the countries of the World. Therefore, people adopt a theme for their collection. It may be a country, an animal, plants, famous people, sports, etc. Some people only collect mint stamps whereas other only collect used stamps. Whatever is theme of your collection, it requires money and time after all.

Collect Postage Stamps and Make Money

But there are still some ways to fulfill your hobby and make money as well. Stamp collection can be classified in the category for “Hobbies for Money”. Below is the list of opportunities available for Hobbies for Money:

1.      Take Part in Postal Quality Survey

https://www.world-mail-panel.com

By clicking above website, you will reach to a page where you may register as a participant. Once form is submitted then next step is wait for the approval from the Quotas GmbH. If there is an active survey in your territory then they will immediately contact you. Otherwise, they may record your data for any future survey.

Benefits of taking part in postal quality survey:

• Payment on monthly basis. There are at least two type of participations, first one is where you just receive letters. Second is where you are also required to send letters as well. Payment for second is off course way higher than just receiving letters.
• Latest postage stamps: Once you start receiving letters, they have latest postage stamps of different countries. This will definitely increase your collection of stamps.
• Photo competition (monthly and annual): There are prizes for photo competition. You may submit a photo as per the contest theme and you may have chance to win the competition.

2.     Sell your Stamps Online

There are several platforms for stamps and philatelic sales and auction. All you have to do is to take some nice photos, write sales pitch and post these to websites. If you want better price in the marketplace then do some research. Highlight sales pitch and benchmark your post as per a successful sale or auction in that platform. Here is a list of some top rated online marketplaces:

• https://www.ebay.com (Stamps)
• https://www.sandafayre.com/
• OLX and Dubizzle (local sites)
• https://www.delcampe.net/en_GB/collectables/
• https://stamps.org/services/buy-and-sell
• https://stampauctionnetwork.com/auctions.cfm

You may sell thematic, kiloware, post cards or any other form of stamp collection in these marketplaces.

3.     Develop a Website and Earn by Affiliate Marketing and Google AdSense

You may develop a webpage or blog on blogger.com or similar free webpage or blog providers. After setting up a blog or webpage, you may have to beef up the contents as per the keywords related to the postage stamps. Content should be unique to be acceptable to google or other search engines. Then you should apply for ads. As google is the premier resource for ads revenue therefore first priority should be google AdSense.

Affiliate marketing opportunities are available over eBay and other market places. Therefore, you should explore those and start affiliate marketing over your blog or webpage.

You may also post your collection on the blog for selling or marketing.

4.     Subscribe to Mailing List of the Post offices and search for Money making opportunities on similar websites

Most of the countries’ post office websites provides link for mailing list where you may subscribe. Periodically you may receive their envelopes with brochures. That is an opportunity to collect stamps and later sell these off.

Some of the websites like https://www.ors.org.uk/ provides opportunities for postal survey. You may collect stamps that are affixed on envelope and earn by answering to these surveys.