First and foremost is the importance of safety. We all want our kids to make money for themselves, but I strongly urge everyone reading this to make sure parents know what is happening and hopefully get them involved in the process. Actually, it will be pretty hard for anyone under the age of 18 to be able to follow any of theses suggestions as a checking account is required for most of them. If mom and dad are on board, however, age is not a barrier as you explore creative ways to make money.

What you will need is access to the internet and a basic knowledge of how to set up pages on the web. If you don't know how to do this, there are excellent and free tutorials at Google, Hubpages and Squidoo that will instruct you. Hubpages and Squidoo will even give you free web site pages, no strings attached.

Creative ways for kids and teenagers to make money fast online method 1: The first item will require your doing a little footwork. Go to local businesses and ask to be an affiliate for them. Ask if they would pay you a commission for any lead you send them that buys whatever they are selling whether it is plumbing services or baby sitting.

You can set up a properly seo'd web page and let the search engines go to town (no pun intended!) with your local listings. This will divert a good flow of traffic to your merchants. How to keep tabs on who is a customer you sent? You can get people to "register" through your site for a discount.

Creative ways for kids and teenagers to make money fast online method 2: Ebay is always big. Want to make money fast? Go local with your listings. One day you are at a garage sale, the next you are hand delivering to the local buyer. If you want to avoid the travel, ship by whatever is the cheapest. Either way, it is a great way for kids to make money fast.

Creative ways for kids and teenagers to make money fast online method 3: If you are a bit computer savvy, you can offer to build simple, one page web sites for local businesses. Most small operators won't want anything fancy, just so their business name comes up when someone in the area enters the proper keywords that best describes their enterprise. The experience you will gain will be incredible and you'll be surprised how quickly word of mouth spreads. A word of caution on this one: Don't be afraid to overcharge. You don't have to be working for minimum wage on this one!

You can also write ezine articles for the companies describing what the side benefits are of doing business with them. For a plumber, for example, you might write an article on a free safety check with every house call and use keywords in the title that will make the article appear when someone in your area types in a search query.

The age of the internet opens doors for anyone looking to do better for themselves. Never underestimate the power of your mind and your creativity. Again, to reittereate, please make sure parents are involved or at least know of everything going on in your little business. Who knows, they might even want a part of the action!

Many of you know a great deal about the internet. Never think you know it all. Be ever willing to learn and experiment.