How can I make money online without wasting a lot of my own money in the process?

March 7th, 2010

Just like the titles says I want to know how I can make money online without wasting my own in the process. I’m open to any ideas as long as its not shady and completely legal.

There are a few cardinal rules for looking for ligitimate online jobs:

1) If they asks for any type of fees, RUN FAR AWAY!
2) You will most likely not find a plain ol’ data entry job.
3) Work at home jobs are not any easier than regular jobs you do outside the home, anything promising lots of money for doing nothing is a scam or a bad business opportunity.
4) Do not "process payments" for anyone, you could end up in the big house.
5) Is the job they are offering going to "change your life", I doubt it. I go to church for that kind of stuff.
6) Legitimate companies will not advertise for jobs in banners or spam emails.

As you can probably tell I’ve seen just about every bad job offering out there and I get really irritated with all the promises and such. And I hate to see good people throw away their money.

With all that being said, I can tell you that there are legitimate jobs out there. It’s just a matter of finding them.

25 Responses to “How can I make money online without wasting a lot of my own money in the process?”

  1. Hunter

    Survey Sites work. Here are a couple. Before you think their a scam signup and look at the proof on the forums.

    http://www.prizelive.com/r/hunter94
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  2. =)

    ebay?
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  3. Mrs Sue E Side

    i use a scanner to scan £20 notes and then print them…easey peasey money
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  4. Purplegill10

    if you study enough, try going on the stock market, its risky but you can get good profit
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  5. mariana r

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  6. JJ

    Hi You can come visit my site is 100% free for everyone and is not like 99.9% scam Site out there
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  7. Tariq

    Make a free blog at blogger about something you are good at or truly interested in, and than put adsense on it, bring people to your blog, each time your ads get clicked you’ll earn money. I can assure that you will love working on it. If you want more info let me know.
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  8. Dan

    I have asked the same question many times! I recently came accross http://onlineprotege.com and made $600 this month from not doing alot atall, I hope to double it this month!! Take a look, great little site offering real free training!
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  9. MN

    Adsense (Free) + Amazon Affiliates links (Free) on a (Free) blog will earn you money,, Just write about what you like :)
    References :
    http://freeeasymoneyebooks.blogspot.com/

  10. fabian d

    There are a few cardinal rules for looking for ligitimate online jobs:

    1) If they asks for any type of fees, RUN FAR AWAY!
    2) You will most likely not find a plain ol’ data entry job.
    3) Work at home jobs are not any easier than regular jobs you do outside the home, anything promising lots of money for doing nothing is a scam or a bad business opportunity.
    4) Do not "process payments" for anyone, you could end up in the big house.
    5) Is the job they are offering going to "change your life", I doubt it. I go to church for that kind of stuff.
    6) Legitimate companies will not advertise for jobs in banners or spam emails.

    As you can probably tell I’ve seen just about every bad job offering out there and I get really irritated with all the promises and such. And I hate to see good people throw away their money.

    With all that being said, I can tell you that there are legitimate jobs out there. It’s just a matter of finding them.
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  11. 86ph97

    Hi there,

    I recently tried a survey taking website called Quick Rewards Network.

    http://www2.quickrewards.net/?r=phuewe

    It is completely Free to join and participate, there is No Minimum Payout via Paypal, and No Hidden Fees. This will not replace a full time job or anything, but you can make some decent supplemental income.

    You make money by taking surveys that companies send you. The Daily Survey that I do on Quick Rewards is a Greenfield survey because it pays the most. A survey pays anywhere from $0.50 to $10.00. Typically companies pay $1.00 – $3.00 for your time. I know it doesn’t seem like much but I made $50.00 this month from just this site which is pretty good because I didn’t send a penny to anyone but myself.

    Also there are PTC’s or paid to click ads and sign-ups. I sometimes can find a sign-up that doesn’t require you to pay anything. Like a free newsletter and all you have to do is sign-up for it and they pay you $0.20 – $1.00. I would suggest to create a new email account so as not to burden your primary one with ads! That’s the only drawback is you need to clean Spam inbox daily. So I’d create a seperate email account.

    Otherwise, its a free and completely safe site to use. I have received many payments from this site and am very happy with it.

    Hope this helps ya
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    http://www2.quickrewards.net/?r=phuewe

  12. arnold

    You might need to spend a few years learning about publishing and advertising and online marketing and then some money will come to you.
    You might want to start by creating a website or a blog, then adding content to it, that’s the basis for a platform from where you can then sell ad space…. this is easily done, but you need a site and traffic going to it just concentrate on that and don’t expect to make any money at first.
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  13. Matt

    Hey,

    I was asking myself the very same question about a month ago and the answer I’ve ended up with is currently quite fun and at the same time will soon be profitable. Although I am still working a full time job at the moment I have created a blog, added some affiliate links etc and have now started to create a mailing list. Its definitely not a quick fire way to make massive money instantly but it is starting to pick up after just one month and I don’t even have half the content I had intended to add yet as I have just had a baby boy and he is keeping me away from the Computer but all the steps I have taken you can grab them from my blog.. Its a kind of follow me as I try to make money online blog and will guide you in the right direction for a start if your interested. I will tell you that if your willing to invest some time it will be brilliant for you no money is required to setup and I personally have no knowledge of html or php etc as wordpress takes care of that bit for you!! all you have to do is find something to blog about. Check it out if you like the sound of it.

    http://www.Matt-Howell.com

    Enjoy and Good luck
    Matt
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    http://www.matt-howell.com

  14. John

    Online jobs don’t exist. You can’t take the factory home. If you want to earn online money you need to work on your own. This is actually quite easy to do, but until ou know what you are doing you aren’t going to get any money.
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  15. Alex

    If you want to work from your computer at home, you are probably going to have to do it as a business owner, rather than as an employee. There are no online work-at-home. "jobs" that will pay you by the hour.

    When you apply for a job offline, in the bricks and mortar world, do you have to pay anything? Of course not. It should be the same in the online world. If you are asked to pay any money, at best, it is a business opportunity, but more likely it is just a scam.

    Be very careful that you don’t get scammed.
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  16. Leonard

    Many Many ways you can make money using the internet without spending a dime. Paid surveys, Amazon’s Mechanical turk, writing articles for sites like Ehow, Helium, squidoo. There are PTC’s There are GPT’s, there are social networking sites, all willing to pay you. The hardest part with a lot of these sites is making sure they are legit. You do not want to put in a bunch of work only to end up empty handed.

    Check out my blog about earning money online, I test a lot of these sites. I am not trying to sell you a thing, truly, just helping people make a buck without wasting time, and hopefully in the process, make a buck of my own.

    Good luck
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    http://computerjnkman-income-earner.blogspot.com/

  17. Cynthia

    This is really true. as I am not lying. There are many scams believe me.. Ive tried many.. This one though is free to sign i made 27 dollars in less than 20 minutes take surveys for free and get money .. you dont have to pay or download anything. trust me it might just be 27 dollars but its money i made sitting down doing nothing.

    http://www.AWSurveys.com/HomeMain.cfm?RefID=cindy
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    proud owner of 27 dollars

  18. Bob

    Making money online is easy. Simply sign up for sites such as CashCrate or TreasureTrooper to get paid for filling surveys. These sites are reputable and pay a considerable amount of money.

    For more information, visit my blog at http://www.instantcashinfo.com
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    http://www.instantcashinfo.com

  19. John FTM

    A question after my own heart. Here are two good ways to make money online without spending anything:

    The long (but sustainable) way:

    1. Start a blog about something you actually care about. Don’t try to make any money for now. (get a free blog at http://blogger.com)
    2. In your blog, write about things that other people would actually care about
    3. If you follow steps one and two properly, you’ll start building traffic to your site (through search engines and linkbacks)
    4. When you’re happy with the amount of daily visitors you get, it’s just a question of HOW you want to make money – selling advertising, affiliate programs, your own products, etc.
    5. Feel cool about yourself for knowing the secret: web traffic is what makes your money – Adsense, affiliate programs, etc., are just tools for monetizing that traffic

    The faster (but less sustainable) way:

    1. Find affiliate programs that pay you just for having someone sign up for free (or for a free trial)
    2. Get a bunch of people you know to sign up using your link (remember, they don’t have to pay anything either)
    3. Receive money without having paid a dime
    4. Feel cool, and show other people how to do likewise

    I wrote an article on the faster method here (How to Make 100 Dollars Without Spending a Dime): http://findingthemoney.blogspot.com/2006/06/how-to-make-100-dollars-without.html

    There’s info on the longer method there, too – just click around the site. Legal, legitimate, free and slacker-friendly.
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  20. Kyle

    Hi. I see that you want a online job that’s easy. Well…………..As you can see you are very much in luck because I have two good websites for you to sign up and try. Okay here I’m going to give you a red pill blue pill matrix type deal but you can pick both it does not matter.

    First Website- http://tinyurl.com/FirstWebsite1
    Basically what you do on this website is fill out surveys and ads to gain points which is redeemable for anything on http://www.amazon.com or any prizes available on the website. Simple… Easy… and SMOOTH!

    Second Website- http://tinyurl.com/SecondWebsite2
    Basically what you do on this website is search, you use the websites search engine and you are able to win 10-100 points occasionally. It’s way easy easier than the first website but the catch is you have only the prizes the website allows although you can get Amazon cards and gift cards so I think its ok.

    So these are my methods of making easy money online its better you chose both because you are able to get double the money and double the prizes it’s great.
    Have Fun Making Money!!!!
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  21. Noodle J

    If you want more free time,ebay will be good.
    Or you may join google adsense.
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  22. Morintho94

    The ShoeMoney System is a step by step video training system, teaching people how to make money on the internet. With a new video every 3 days, Jeremy Schoemaker holds nothing back, from basics to promoting affiliate offers, ppc, social networks and more!

    I tried it, and I LOVE IT :)
    http://bit.ly/shoe-money-system
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  23. Russ

    I’m not getting rich but I make money online sitting back and doing nothing.

    http://myextramoola.blogspot.com/

    This is some of the easiest money I ever make sign-up and start earning today!
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  24. Serenity's Child

    I found a guaranteed way to make money online, its pretty easy. It’s all 100% free, they don’t ever ask for a credit card or anything like that. Basically you do simple offers, where you just enter your email, name, etc.. skip the ads, and mark it completed.. and you have cash :) I’ve been a member for a month and I’m up to $94.24 which I thinks pretty good. You can withdraw your money to paypal or have a check sent to your house. It’s really easy and totally legit, check it out, http://www.cashle.com/?ref=uin1265472362
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  25. Cat

    You can make pretty decent money with http://www.moneyempire.net
    You just fill surveys and they give you Amazon gift cards. You can buy electronics
    and sell them! I am living off with this.
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