1. Sell your animations and videos

One of the beauties of the Internet is that it brings the power of distribution to the masses.  There have always been the "Big Players" of stock animation and video clips out there.  Don't get me wrong, they all have very great content.  But,  smaller players have popped up, some that you may have heard of (like iStockPhoto), but some you might not have.  The one I find interesting is Flashden.net.  This site moves a very high volume of materials from its users, the majority of which is Flash content, but there is also a great deal video and animation content.  The high volume of sales do yield a decent amout of sales for even the small-time animation content producer.  You earn a cut of 35% on sales of materials distributed exclusively through Flashden payable via Paypal each month.  Potential: Some of the Flash developers have recently hit a six figure status on sales.

2. Sell After Effects projects

This is a relatively new endeavor for the sites that I've find involved.  However, if you can make some usable projects for others to re-use, you can make some dough of them just but creating an account and uploading projects for review.  You may have heard of RevoStock, which sells the above mentioned stock clips as well, but also includes After Effects projects for sale.  They have been quite successful and are moving a lot of projects.  Sellers are starting to make a decent buck.  The up-and-coming contender: Rerendered. What rerendered does, and ALL it does, is sell After Effects projects from users like yourself. You determine your pricing, and you get a cut. At a glance, the site might look like it needs a bit of TLC.  The potential: they've recently partnered up with Toolfarm and are planning a site relaunch soon.

3. Sell Training

This by far has the most potential, and the most work.  A good teacher that can explain things is golden, and people will certainly pay for it.  Granted, reputation is certainly earned, perhaps with free tutorials and presence on the various forums out there.  People are unlikely to pay for training from someone they don't trust or can't see a sample of.  So, if you take the steps to create an awesome downloadable tutorial that everyone will want, how does one handle e-commerce options? Enter the commerce partner e-junkie.

e-junkie provides all of the tools you will ever need to provide shopping cart links, receiving payment, and most importantly: getting paid.  I've used them in the past and will continue to do so for some new things that are coming down the pipe.  I highly recommend them!

Overall, you can look at these as investing your time just like you can invest money. A very small amount of time can blossom over a year into an easy thousand dollars.  More time will equal more money.   Unlike the stock market, however, these won't deplete and leave you high and dry!

Summary Links:  Flashden  |  Rerendered  |  e-junkie