Thread: Working From Home and making money on the internet does it really work?

Hi Everyone,
I have been mulling over the idea of working from home to make some extra money using the internet, seeing I'm on it most of the time thought I could try and put it to good use.



It seems that a lot of these click sites and these ''how to make money'' sites would appear to be scams I would like to hear your opinions on the matter.
Do you work from home using the internet, can you recommend any sites, do you have a good story to tell have you been successful using these sites or are they all a load of rubbish and just want to take your money. I'm not trying to make a fast buck just want something reliable and steady to make a little extra.

It does work if you have skills, doing surveys and all that won't get you anywhere.
Many freelance programmers work over the internet. There are sites where people who need a job done make requests and give details, then any programmer who is interested can apply for the job and actually work through the internet.

if torrenting and surfing are the only things you can do with your PC, then don't expect for big money.



reviews and surveys are idiotic. maybe, if you're lucky, you could earn 2 euros per month.

blogs/websites and stuff like that depend on your personality and possibly could earn you loads of extra money.

pay-per-click and other things like that are time wasting and done over and over again, by everyone.

make somthing with your hands and sell it on ebay . Handmade thats the key i find . ive even seen full external hardrives on there . if you have the time and money take a trip to china meet with some wholesalers or you could try dropshipping

Originally Posted by buggerlugs

make somthing with your hands and sell it on ebay . Handmade thats the key i find . ive even seen full external hardrives on there . if you have the time and money take a trip to china meet with some wholesalers or you could try dropshipping

Thanks buggerlugs
I am assuming from your post that you make stuff so what do you make then may I ask ?

I have read a little on dropshipping and find this also to be a scam, have you used this kind of method?

Almost all the websites that promise you to earn 2000$ a month from home using Internet are scams...

If you like poker you can also try to grab bonuses after bonuses from different sites to make some cash, but don't expect anything big.

Any website that claims that you can earn money just sitting inside your home in front of a computer with minimal amount of work will almost always be a scam.

As circle mentioned, if you have serious computer skills you might be able to work from home. I know a few consultants who charge more than $50 an hour work mostly from their homes except to attend some meeting with clients. Also, if you are working for a company that allows telecommuting, you might be able to work from your home and visit office once every few months. My company (IT shop) has liberal telecommuting policy and there are a handful of people who take advantage of it.

If you don't have serious computer skills, ebay is the best bet in my opinion.
There are quite a few approaches here and here are some that I know of.
1) Sites like slickdeals or deals2buy (and similar sites) will list items that are on sale at various places. Sometimes, Bestbuy sells clearance items really cheap (like around 50% - 75% cheap) than retail prices. People buy these in larger quantities and sell them for retail price on ebay because this stuff is unopened and brand-new items.

2) There are bartering sites (like bookmooch & paperbackswap) where members swap books for free. The person who is giving away the book will ship it for free and the person recieving the book will have to give 1 point to the sender. You can collect points here by giving away cheap novels and other books you can buy on library for 25 cents. The points can then be used to get more expensive books like college text books or other expensive books or cds and then can be sold on ebay.

3) people collect coupons online or from post offices or other places and sell them

As buggerlugs was mentioning, use your imagination and see what you can do with ebay. One man's junk will be another person's treasure. So, its a matter of figuring out what you want to do.

I am taking all your suggestions and ideas on board, would appear I was right to ask for your opinions.
It's really annoying that most of these are scams even the people who research the scammers appear to be scammers their selves
please keep you suggestion coming maybe ill find something that will suit me