I am so frustrated with trying to make extra money online!

United States
November 8, 2008 10:46am CST
I've gotten blocked from Ciao. I can't seem to even sign up at Cha Cha. I know mylot is reliable, but unless you spend all day everyday, I don't think you can make real money. And who has the time for that? I've only been paid by associated content, but I don't have enough ideas to make real money. It seems on most sites, you make money on referrels, but where do you find referrels? Has anyone else experienced this frustration????
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@android (895)
9 Nov 08
I do get frustrated some of the time, but not always. I always find it's a lot easier when I just forget about the money and enjoy myself. I don't know if it helps but there are banners to a few websites in my profile where you can earn a bit of extra money, but it's not going to make you rich! To make real money online you have to be very creative and imaginitive. Maybe try writing articles and reviews. To get referrals you could set up your own websites/pages promoting the sites with your referrals links.
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• United States
9 Nov 08
It's difficult; I've found the idea of earning "a little extra money" gives you the impression that you'll simply be working the equivalent of a part time job. Since so many people want to do it, but few are successful, not many folks know the best way to earn enough money to make a living. It ends up being a real business, which in turn takes time and patience to learn as well as execute. In the case of programs with downlines you also have to be a mentor and coach, which if you're not sure how to do requires more training. The key is once you've found the program (or programs) that work for you still have to keep up to speed with the ongoing changes on the Internet.
• United States
8 Nov 08
There are many ways to make money online. Associated content is a good one to be on. As far as referrals go, Neobux is a great site to use and rent referrals. Sure you have to invest some money in renting some referrals, but once you do, you'll see how great of an option it is and you'll want more and more. I have 113 rented referrals now and plan to buy more as soon as the option is available. I can't tell you how much this will increase your earnings. It truly is a great option and you really make a lot this way. Check out my website for some information on making money online. Good luck with your earnings.
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• United States
8 Nov 08
What are rented referrels? Do they go away after a time?
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• United States
8 Nov 08
We all have. The point is to see any money you make online as a happy bonus. Unless you are really good at getting referrals or marketing, you will never make a good solid income online. Somewhere I wrote a long discussion on this. It should come up if you look through the discussions in this topic.
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• Canada
9 Nov 08
It is real difficult now a days to make money online.... you have to work real hard to get good amount of money.
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@mimico (3617)
• Philippines
8 Nov 08
What happened to your Ciao account? You always have to read the company's terms and conditions so that you don't get blocked. That way you can make more money! Oh well. Ciao changed their rate to $0.25 per review and not $1 per review which is a bummer. You may want to try out Review Stream,although I would caution you to read their faqs as well. They're very strict when it comes to reviews.
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@jackiew (915)
• Canada
9 Nov 08
I know exactly how you feel.Everyday i get up and search and search to find something to do for some extra money.I am new to all this and i don't have any referrals either.I can't get friends or family because they are not into this.I guess we can keep reading here and see how others are doing it and try to get some pointers.
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@the_vicar (1477)
• United States
8 Nov 08
Actually, I comment on the news which serves two purposes: 1. I get to vent on the news stories that I need to either let off steam or revel in........and........ 2. Mylot pays me. The pay is only a few cents a day, but just like interest, it adds up. If you put it into a money market account, then it will draw interest. Over time, the pennies turn into nickels, the nickels into dimes, the dimes into quarters and eventually you will have dollars. It took awhile for mylot to appeal to me. I would see a few cents and I would think that's not much. But once I started really commenting on the news, I found I really enjoyed it. Then the money began to add up and I have watched my paypal account build. I have been surprised how quickly it builds now and it inspires me to earn a little more money each day.
@the_vicar (1477)
• United States
8 Nov 08
One more thing I do is to rate the articles and the comments. If a comment is neither good or bad, I just skip it. I think I do make more money adding the rating.
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• United States
8 Nov 08
You make money from rating?
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• United States
9 Nov 08
how do you rate?
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• United States
10 Nov 08
Since 2004 I have been actively making money with paid surveys. I know a lot of people THINK all survey sites are SCAMS, but it's not true, if it was true I wouldn't be wasting my time with them for this long. But most of the popular survey sites you see online are not worth the time, only a few of them are. It's usually the survey/market research company's you have never heard of are the one's that pay, Like Pinecone Research . They have a paypal option also which is great because 2-3 day's after you take a paid survey from them they send you the payment to your Paypal and it only takes one week for you to get a check from them threw snail mail. But then there are many sites similar to Pinecone that do pay..
@CanadaGal (4304)
• Canada
9 Nov 08
I don't think anyone can make a true living at online money making sites. They're fun to take part in, at least mylot is, and it's just a bonus that we get paid. So have I experienced the frustration you're going through? No. Because I'm not online to make money. :)
• United States
8 Nov 08
I understand your frustration. I am on ChaCha and we aren't getting very many questions this week. I only have .61 cents on MyLot. I have made the most money through Paypal on gather.com I hate asking for referrals anymore after getting them for Boomertowne then never getting anything and the site going bust. I got 4 referrals for Platinum Lounge and have only made $2 in like 2 months and they just demoted my status to make no money! I signed up with thisisby,us and they are shutting down the site in February and I only have .14 cents so far and you have to have $25 to be able to cash out. Ugh!
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• United States
10 Nov 08
yes we all experience it... Sometime I swear I could throw my computer out the window.. But I would miss mylot and the people. Good luck and Happy mylotting!
• United States
10 Nov 08
Thank you
@smiraki1 (35)
• United States
8 Nov 08
I think it's fun more than frustrating! I've only mad $.38 since i started last week! but i love getting online and chatting and getting to meet new people anyways! but it's okay just keep chatting and think of it as something fun rather than something frustrating!!!
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