How to Make Money Selling Breast Milk (& Earn Up to $50 a day!)

In this post, we’re going to cover places where you can sell breast milk and let you know why parents rely on people like you to help their children.

Why Sell Breast Milk?

Breast milk contains antibodies that help your baby to fight viruses and bacteria, and it also reduces your baby’s risk of having asthmas or allergies, and it has plenty of other benefits for the baby.

So most parents want their children to be breastfed.

However, not all women are able to breastfeed.

Reports say that 1 to 5 percent of women can’t breastfeed. Women are unable to breastfeed because of low milk supply or other medical reasons.

Sometimes, the baby has problems latching.

Then there are men and women who adopt newborn babies and are, of course, unable to lactate and provide breast milk themselves.

Adoptive parents or women who’re unable to breastfeed may still want to provide their child with breast milk.

This is where donor breast milk comes in.

Whether its women who are unable to breastfeed or adoptive parents who are unable to produce milk for their children, there are lots of parents out there who want to buy breast milk.

Not only does selling your breastmilk give you some extra cash, but it also helps a family in need.

Where to Sell Your Extra Breast Milk

Do you have an excess milk supply?

If so, sell your breast milk!

Here are the best ways to sell or donate breast milk.

Sell breast milk online to Only The Breast

One option is to sell your breast milk online.

The best place is on Only The Breast.

Think of Only The Breast as Craigslist for breast milk.

It’s a classifieds website where people can post an ad offering their breast milk for sale.

Basically, it’s a site where you can buy, sell or donate breast milk.

What’s great about the site is that it’s totally free to place an ad on there!

And you can sell locally or ship your breast milk, so the site offers a lot of flexibility.

Visit this page to post an ad on Only The Breast.

Ads on the site are categorized by the age of the baby, ranging from zero to 2 months, 2 to 6 months, and 6 to 12 months.

Tips for selling breast milk on Only The Breast

Here are a few simple tips for selling your breast milk on Only The Breast:

• Although it’s not required, getting a blood test and a health screening done by your doctor can be a good idea. It reassures buyers that your milk is safe and that you’re a responsible seller. Book an appointment with your doctor, and let them know that you’re planning to sell breast milk. Your doctor will be able to do a blood test and a health screen for you. You can then get these records and share them with potential buyers. Of course, make sure that you don’t display any personal information, like your surname, address and social security number if you are sharing your health records with someone.
• Decide on what quantity you want to sell. You can just charge for your breast milk by the ounce, you can sell it in bulk, and you can even offer fresh breast milk on demand. Buyers can select from category options, aside from age, like bulk 25c to 50/Oz or fresh breast milk on demand. These categories help buyers find what they’re looking for.
• Choose whether you want to sell locally. This is another category that buyers can browse, so decide whether you’d like to sell your breast milk locally or ship it, or both!
• Check prices that others are charging for their milk. You can browse ads here to get a better idea of how much breast milk sells for on the site.
• Include useful information, like details on your health, whether you follow a certain diet, like a vegan or pescetarian diet. Basically, you want to include any information in your ad that you’d want to know if you were buying breast milk online.
• Make sure you store the milk you sell in sterile, individual bags. Bags need to be weighed and marked with the ounces they contain. Make sure your pumped milk goes into the fridge or freezer within 30 minutes of expressing.
• Deliver the breast milk to the buyer quickly. Breast milk can be stored in the fridge for no more than 5 days. It can be kept in the freezer for up to 12 months. So it’s best to sell it and transport it as fast as possible.
• It should go without saying, but never top off your breast milk with other substances, like cow’s s milk. Not only is it disingenuous, but it can be life-threatening to babies with a milk allergy.
• If you are delivering the milk in person, transport it into a cooler that’s lined with ice. If you are shipping it overnight, then use dry ice to package the milk. Only The Breast has a guide on how to ship breast milk, which you can read here.
• All milk that’s consumed by a baby must be pasteurized, but the buyer is responsible for the pasteurization process. Only The Breast offers pasteurization tips, which you can refer buyers to.

Sell or donate breast milk to milk banks near you

Okay, so selling your breast milk online through Only The Breast is a good way to make money, but it’s not your only option.

Another option to consider is selling or donating your breast milk to milk banks.

It’s really important to note that many banks only take breast milk donations. So they don’t pay you. Some will reimburse you, but you won’t actually get paid for your milk.

Some milk banks do pay, like Tiny Treasures Milk Bank.

Helping Hands Milk Bank reimburses you up to $300 and provides free at home testing, milk storage bags, and shipping from home.

The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) has a list of 28 member milk banks.

These won’t pay, but some could reimburse you. Instead, you donate the milk to needy families.

Find a HMBANA member milk bank near you here.

Most milk banks will screen you and give you a blood test before accepting your milk. Women who want to donate their milk to banks can’t use illegal drugs, tobacco products, marijuana products, e-cigarettes or vaporizers, smoke or regularly drink more than two ounces of alcohol per day. Milk is not accepted from mothers who’ve tested positive for HIV, HTLV, hepatitis B or C, or syphilis.

Of course, the requirements are going to vary from milk bank to milk bank. So you need to check the requirements for the particular bank you plan to sell or donate to.

How Much Money Can I Make?

Okay, so now you know where you can sell or donate milk, you’re probably wondering: how much money can I make?

The exact amount you can make varies.

Generally, breast milk sells for $1 to $3 per ounce.

When you consider that the average baby drinks about 25 ounces of breast milk every day, you can see that selling your milk could net you quite a lot!

Let’s say you make $2 per ounce and you’re able to produce 25 ounces of milk per day – that’s $50 a day, and $1,500 a month!

Interested in Similar Options?

If you are not weirded out by selling bodily fluids and things of that nature, check out these options.

• Earn up to $1500 for donating your sperm
• Donate bone marrow for money
• Donation centers that pay up to $15000 for egg donation
• Here’s how to donate blood plasma for cash

Closing Thoughts

Whether you want to make money from your extra breast milk or just want to donate it to a milk bank, consider one of the options above.

This is an easy way to make money if you’re producing a lot of extra milk anyway.

And not only will you make money but you’ll also be helping a family in need.

Do you have any experience selling breast milk? Let us know about it in the comments section below!