Making Money Online Is No Longer Worth It
By ebusaf
@ebusaf (329)
United States
September 17, 2007 12:00pm CST
I really don't think it's worth trying to figure out how to make money anymore. Especially if you already have an income. It's just too hard, too much involved and too many scams. I guess if you have the time to figure it out, thats great, other than that it's kind of pointless. Its almost like pulling teeth. I rest my little brain on trying to figure it out. Maybe I need my hand held by someone who really gives a care.
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15 responses
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
17 Sep 07
It does seem hard to earn much money online. A few months ago, I thought that I would quit my job by the end of the summer and work online only after reading several people say that they make money online,but I just haven't been able to do it. If you find something that you are willing to share with me, I would love to try it!
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@happythoughts (4109)
• United States
17 Sep 07
It is really hard to earn any money online. I have been trying for years and I dont have a lot to show for it. I am online anyway so I work a bit while I am here. I figure every bit helps but I sure wish it would add up to something.
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@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
18 Sep 07
i don't really agree with you... i agree that it is hard to earn money here... but it is not impossible and i have earned quite a bit from the internet... not much... but money is still money and every single penny counts... i appreciate every single penny that i have and i treat the money from the internet as a bonus...
@Tarrish (562)
• United States
17 Sep 07
I don't really think online money making things are all that worth it either. The only site I really trust is mylot. They've been cool, always paid out, and never given me any trouble. I don't really stay here for the money anymore though. I mean it's totally cool they pay us, but it's not really keeping me alive if you know what I mean. :D
Mylot is worth it, and as for the rest I'm not wasting my time anymore.
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@betshopboy (619)
• Singapore
17 Sep 07
Hi
Why do you say making money online is no longer worth it? You seems to have given up on this venture.
Like all things in life, making money online is possible and there is no short cut to success. You don't have to spend too much time to figure out the best "short cuts" to earn money.
I love writing and have turned my passion into a money maker on my blog. I joined paid review programs like payperpost, smorty and bloggerwave and they are giving me money making opportunities to do what i love.
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@laurika (4532)
• United States
17 Sep 07
I agree with you , it is very hard to earn money online.Plsu it coulb be wasting time, while you have some other things to do.I am not doing that much right now, don't have a job, so at least I am trying something to do, but if I would work I wouldn't have time probably for all this.
@Jshean20 (14348)
• Canada
18 Sep 07
I can understand your frustrations, as there are so many scams out there. There are infact some offers out there, where you can make a little bit of extra money a month, we're talking maybe $100 extra. If you're interested you can always ask me and I'd be happy to provide you with the links
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
18 Sep 07
Last year I made about $2000 online. Not much, but I didn't spend anything to make that. (Okay, there is the cost of the internet connection). I started trying to make money online in about April of last year.
I spent time looking for freelance writing jobs, and took a few. One led to more work writing web content for another company. A couple didn't pay me in the end, but that happens.
I tried to sell crafts on etsy.com. I only sold one item, but that at least paid for the etsy fee and the cost to make and send the item. I think in the end I made a few cents.
I made about $100 with reviewstream.com.
This year, I haven't done much freelance writing. I wrote some worksheets for a worksheet website, and was paid for those. I've been paid twice by reviewstream.com, once by helium.com, and a couple of times by mylot. So in all, I've made about $185 this year online.
Why don't you try reviewstream.com? They don't pay much, but it's not very difficult. The bulk rate is 30 cents per review, and most reviews get that. If you do a couple each day, it adds up over time.
@sunnywaters (189)
• United States
18 Sep 07
I agree with you. I have spent hundreds of dollars trying to make money on line with the only person benefiting are the scams that I signed up and paid for. Better to have a "real Job" and use the internet for information purposes or to have your own website and sell products and services.
sunnywaters
@mistissa (1349)
• Netherlands
18 Sep 07
I can agree with you a little bit. I just do these making money online stuff to make a little extra. If you mean doing it for a full time income, I must indeed say it is not worth the effort. It will take you too much time to make only a very small amount of money.
@ssf12ster (488)
• India
18 Sep 07
you get paid in pennies in most of the sites and they are all scams i suppose we should use the net for fun only.i tried a site called megabuck and it vanished within 10 days.joyrides are plenty in other sites.
@ssf12ster (488)
• India
18 Sep 07
you get paid in pennies in most of the sites and they are all scams i suppose we should use the net for fun only.i tries a site called megabuck and it vanished within 10 days.joyrides are plenty here.
@dorisday1971 (5657)
• Philippines
18 Sep 07
You're right. I also stopped looking for new sites because they are just a waste of time. I prefer to stay here because I enjoy posting and reading the responses. I also found new friends here. I don't mind too much on how much I earn here because my being entertained here is more compensating.
@frannie1231 (10)
• United States
18 Sep 07
hi i am currently looking for more ways to earn money working from home also. I can tell you that I work for a company that I work from home I started out as an agent and worked my way up to supervisor i work for 1800flowers.com. hope this helps out a little. and if you have any suggestions for me i would greatly appreciate it!
@trickomm (309)
• Hungary
17 Sep 07
It's only one reason why I make money on-line. If I collect some $ I can't spend it because I leave it on my paypal... So some years later I will get out my money from PayPal and I can buy a bigger thing (like a car, etc). So I just earn money for that :)