1. Become an Online Freelancer -  Full time and part time job vacancies in Sri Lanka

If you are good at content writing in English or even local languages like Sinhala or Tamil you can become a good online content writer locally while if you know other languages like French, German or Mandarin ( or even any popular foreign language )you can find even more opportunities.

If you are good at graphic design, digital marketing or web designing, you can become an online IT freelance service provider easily.  So basically not only those two categories but if you know any service that you can offer remotely, then you can do that too as an online freelancer.

Where can  I find freelancer job vacancies in Sri Lanka as a full time or part time offer?

Online Local work from home job opportunities: First do some projects for your friends and family members ( if you don't have a big portfolio yet, this is going to be the best approach mate ). Then you will be able to get some more opportunities for sure. You can provide most of the local businesses your services from home nowadays ( just write to them via email and if they have an opportunity, they may get in touch with you ! ).  So when you contact local businesses you might get full time or part time offers to work with them remotely! Never give up!

Online Overseas full time or part time jobs from home in Sri Lanka: This is the best part. 🙂 Once you have some work under your portfolio ( if you don't have any, why don't you do some sample work. So that you will be able to convince your potential customers ). You can join sites like Fiverr.com, Freelancer.com, Upwork.com ( formerly known as Odesk ) or similer freelance web sites and offer your services online from home in Sri Lanka!  If you carefully look at those who are already providing services in those sites, you will notice that those who have good reputation tends to get more work than others. So build trust first by offering a good set of services without thinking about the costs for you. Once you reach around 10 - 20 completed tasks, you can slowly increase your fees.

Tip: Once you join the freelance sites for the first time, study how others that offer similer services have listed them self ( look at the profiles or service listing ). Don't copy them as you may get delisted but get an idea from them and make a profile using your own words ( You can find a good content writer from iwriter or from those freelancer sites itself in case you need some better articles )

2. Blogging in Sri Lanka - Top blogging jobs Sri Lanka

You can start a blog on any niche  (eg: If you are an architect, you can start a blog related to 'architectural guidelines for beginners'  ). Include as many articles possible and then keep on writing at least weakly basis. Share them on social media ( also use newspapers or even tv commercials to promote it to get more traffic depending on your budget ).

Then get Google AdSense or similar ad network added to your website. Patience is the key to success in blogging in Sri Lanka. So basically you can do this as a work from home online part time jobs in Sri Lanka. It does not matter whether you do a government or private jobs in Sri Lanka. You can do this as a part-time to make some extra revenue at home.

Once you have enough income from it, probably then you can do it on a full time basis. You can refer our Blog Writing Guide in Sinhala article to learn it step by step as a beginner to blogging.

Also, you can write blog posts or articles for certain websites and make a revenue. Some may pay you a one time fee or a fee based on what they earn from that article. So try contacting reputable websites, blogs or any similar site and see whether they have any opportunity of that nature. If So, you can do it on a part time basis at home!

3. Online Forex Trading in Sri Lanka

You can trade forex online using a reputable forex broker like ICMarkets, Pepperstone, Tickmill or any similarly regulated broker. Generally what you have to do is analyze the price movement of currency pairs or assets ( You can do it using forex chart patterns or candlestick patterns etc.. ), then place buy/sell orders.

The risk factor is high in these types of self-employed like online jobs but at the same time reward is high as well (eg: If you invest $100 per trade and say you are unsuccessful. You may lose up to all of that $100 ( as most brokers protect you from negative balances nowadays) but say you are successful, you might even get $150 ~ $1000 even depending on the price movement with that 100 dollar investment! ).

You can do it as a part time jobs from home initially and then when you are successful, you may do it on a full-time basis. One important thing is don't forget the risk factor involved. So practice in demo. Then invest only what you can afford to lose in case your analysis is not correct for each trade.  You can refer IC Market Forex Tutorial or Tickmill Forex beginner guide to learn more about online trading in Sri Lanka. You can also refer Skrill beginners guide as you will need an e-wallet to receive your earnings!

4. Online Options Trading in Sri Lanka

Same like Forex, You can trade options online using a reputable broker like Binary.com, Olymp Trade or any similarly regulated broker while at home.  The risk and reward factor in bo trading is also high. So trade only using what you can afford to lose.  You can do trading as a part-time job-s in Sri Lanka during your free time.

5. Crypto Trading in Sri Lanka

You can trade crypto ( eg  : BTC/USD  ) online using a reputable crypto broker like ICMarket or any similar regulated broker. You can analyze the charts to make better predictions using chart patterns and candlestick patterns ( similar to forex and options ). Again remember that this is also a very high risk - high reward earn money online job method. So trade wisely.

6. Sell Photos and Videos Online online jobs in Sri Lanka

Are you good at taking photos? got a high-quality DSLR camera?  Then this is for you.  You can take photos and submit to popular photography websites like Shutterstock, iStockPhoto, DepositPhotos and similar photo website. You will receive payments depending on the purchases made by users.  You can try with photos taken using your smartphone or normal camera, if the photo size and quality are good. They may accept your photos too! A nice way to make passive income while at home in Sri Lanka !

You can upload videos to sites like Shutterstock and make revenue.

Photo / Video uploading is one of the good online jobs for students too in Sri Lanka. Many students in other countries tend to do this during free time.

Note: Make sure that you have the full ownership of the photo/video before uploading otherwise you may have copyright issues later on. So think wisely and do guys!

7. Become an online consultant/guru -  Job vacancies in Sri Lanka

Many people need various one to one type of guidance. So set up a website using a freelance web designer in Sri Lanka and then include the consultancy packages/services that you offer. You can also start a Facebook fan page and group too to build your audience and get potential customers.  Sectors that can be provided as consultancy includes healthcare, sales, marketing, business management, educational, pets, online trading, farming, industrial, Artifical Intelligence, Robotic, Crypto and many more!

You can offer consultancy services as a part-time job or full-time job in Sri Lanka.  Some of the services you may be able to offer remotely using modern technology like Screens Sharing apps, communication apps like Viber, WhatsApp etc..

One more thing, You can offer your consultancy services via sites like Udemy too.

8. Write ebooks and sell online - ebook selling top jobs Sri Lanka

Similar to writing books you can write ebooks ( if you are already an author, you can start making online versions of your books and register them accordingly ). Then you can sell them on popular platforms like Amazon or Ebay. Optionally you can set up a website and start selling them directly.

9. Start Drop-shipping Online Business - Selling part time jobs from home in Sri Lanka

You can easily start an online drop-shipping business. Ideal part time jobs from home in Sri Lanka for housewives or those who have free time. One of the good homebasework jobs for you.  You can set up a wordpress website and then use the Aliexpress drop shipping plugin ( Optionally you can get the website also done with them ) to import the products that you are going to sell to your customers.  Add your required profit margin on top of the original price.

How does the order process work in the drop shipping business? Customers place orders and then you can place orders manually or automate the order system so that customer order will be placed in Aliexpress as well. Order will be delivered to the customer by Aliexpress seller and you can keep the margin! The success of the store mainly depends on your customer service, chosen products, and reliability of sellers. So always choose products from best sellers whenever possible. Beginners Tutorial for Dropshipping in Sri Lanka

10. PTC - Paid to click to earn money online jobs

When you view ads on certain websites, they pay you.

Generally, the free paid to click websites pay very low amount like $0.005 ~ $0.01 per ad that you view.  Normally these sites are good to make a side income only if you are good at building a strong downline. Example of a free site is Neobux.

Premium paid to click websites pay better rates for ads that you view but normally you have to buy ad packs etc...  Same like free paid to click websites, these sites are good to make a side income if you are good at building a strong downline. Example of a paid ptc like a program is Futurenet. You can give it a try and see!

Well PTC or paid to view ads online is also a good work from home job in Sri Lanka if you understand the concept well and do it correctly =)

We will keep on adding more online jobs, as soon as we find them.

So hope these methods will help you to make money online as a home based part time or full-time jobs in Sri Lanka. Good Luck! 😎