There really is no way to make equal to your job income online, is there?
@handsomeitaliano (1050)
United States
June 9, 2009 3:18am CST
I've been trying to figure out some way to make a part-time job out of one of these money sites that I use. I'm already working 40 hours, 4 days a week at my real life job making $11.50 an hour. If i could find some way to make $10 an hour for 30 hours a week online alone, I'd be good.
The only possible but improbable way of doing that lies within 2 sites:
Associated Content and ReviewStream
Let's say on my 3 days off I work 10 hours each, 30 hours total. My goal is $10 each hour or rather $100 by the end of the day. To do this on ReviewStream, I would have to write 250 reviews (200 words minimum each) in one single day. Because those reviews are 40 cents each. Is it possible to write 250 and get paid $100? Of course! They certainly will pay you for doing that. Do I have the strength to pull that off in ONE day? HELL FRIGGIN NO!
Let's try it with Associated Content now. Their average upfront pay per article is $3.00. So with this scenario, I would have to be writing about 33 articles in one day. Yeah right, no friggin way that's happening. No way whatsoever.
I would have to be a robot to do either one of these. All I have to say is wow, these sites have really made it hard enough so that we can be stuck in our jobs.
I would have to find some way to mix the two of them up or find some other alternative. Those two sites however are the highest paying sites that I know. Ciao, Helium, and all those other ones pay crap compared to these two.
Oh I just feel so hopeless.
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13 responses
@benny128 (3615)
•
9 Jun 09
I totally dis-agree of course it is possible to make the same if not more than your normal job purely online,
I work entirely from home, the internet is my sole income now if you want to make money one thing I will say forget ppc, ptp etc etc type sites as the payouts are next to nothing.
I personally earn more than a full time income but I use mlm multi level marketing took me a few years to be able to quit my normal job but now I have over 4000 active members in my downline making money them selves and also making money for me lol,
One thing I would say is it wont happen over night and you have got to be dedicated to make money online there has been times in the early days when I thought about packing it all in, but I didn't and now I have a fantastic life style and work from home when I want too.
good luck
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@Bionicman (3958)
• Czech Republic
9 Jun 09
Try hotfile (link in my profile). I pretty much suck at making money online but I still managed to make $10 a day with this site. Now imagine how great would it be if you menage to get some referrals. I know a guy who's making $200 a week with this site. The best thing is that they pay every Monday.
@Bionicman (3958)
• Czech Republic
9 Jun 09
Yeah I know. I'm not really good at getting referrals. I've made those $35 a week myself with just a little referral help ($0.8)
So you don't really need referrals for this but there could be really huge potential...
@Divaduh (30)
• United States
9 Jun 09
You can make money online with you spending any money. Checkout sites like Squidoo, Hub Pages, Weebly, and even Blogger. All of these sites are free to sign up for and you can get your writing up and possibly earning some money from affiliate marketing within a couple of hours. The fact that you like to write will definitely help you out.
@handsomeitaliano (1050)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Diamania,
Lol really? I've actually been a Bukisa member since February. I wrote 110 articles and have $4.50. I did not know about that you can post stuff that aint yours. Are you sure about this? Cuz I'm about to try it and I don't wanna get in trouble.
@ann130 (8)
• United States
9 Jun 09
Writing reviews and articles online is my least favorite online work. It is a lot of work for very little pay.
You might try Amazon Mechanical Turk. They ask for reviews and blog articles and sometimes the offered price is more than what you are quoting.
When I break down how much I get paid for my work online it averages out to be about 1 dollar for an hour of work. How said is that? I think people know that people doing online work are desperate for money so they can offer us very little for a lot of work. Oh well, at least it keeps me busy so I don't have time for self-pity.
@handsomeitaliano (1050)
• United States
9 Jun 09
I hear ya. Yeah I'm a member of MTURK and definitely know what you're talking about. I'm also on Short Task too which is basically MTURK's sister so to speak.
@spitfire1958 (2)
• United States
10 Jun 09
There is a site called oDesk, but I haven't gotten anything yet with them. You are also competing with people in other countries who are willing to write for pennies. But check it out, there may be something you can get there.
@firemom31 (598)
• United States
10 Jun 09
I work on oDesk and have gotten some low paying but easy jobs, check it out.
@pillusch (1147)
• Mexico
9 Jun 09
I still believe it’s possible to make a full time income over the Internet, but it takes time, a long, long time. I’m toying with the idea of writing (in fact, I bought an ebook, paid $ 20.00 for it, with all the info necessary – if you want to I’ll send it to you – without charge, obviously).
However, writing, at least for me, has a drawback – I’m depending on my Internet signal, on my circumstances (because I would HAVE to write). In short, I would be creating another job, with deadlines, etc. I write, I make money, I don’t write, I don’t make money.
I spend the last two years building downlines in traffic exchanges and placing products there. I sell very little, as of now, but those sales are made by now without me having to BE there, i.e.I earn that money whether I’m at the computer or not.
All the best, if you want the book, drop me a line.
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
16 Jun 09
You are certainly experienced and have done great research. Sometimes, the answers are rather disappointing, but I suppose that's the reality of it. All these sites require a lot of writing time, and some of us don't really have the time for it, apart from our real job.
The breakdown you've provided is great. Come to think of it, sometimes I do ask, are most writers wasting time...? Will there ever be that perfect site for writers. The best is to just sit back in our own blog and write whatever we want.
@kumarpslv (3216)
• India
9 Jun 09
There is no need for question about this.We can never make money as like we are earning in our real time. Most of the online earning sites are scam and even if the sites are paying the members, then our work or participation must be approved by them to get our payment.It is not always sure that our work or contribution will be perfect or will meet the requirements of the sites and get approved.We can make money online for our electricity and internet bill and we can not except more than this. Some of the members are earning more but they have invested some amount. Also investing in the online site is a risky one..
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
10 Jun 09
The way I see it no one makes money online like you would if you had a regular job outside the house. If they tell you they do I believe they are lying!
@rdadey (484)
• Canada
9 Jun 09
No matter what anyone says, if you want to make money online you will have to work hard at it. You will also have to learn some costly lessons along the way. I don't believe any stories about how you can make thousands or even hundreds of dollars in a few hours work. If there was you would know plenty of people personally that do that. I see the little bit of money I make as a hobby and nothing else. I could make crafts and make more money than this.
@guixiu81 (30)
• China
10 Jun 09
Yes, it's hard to find this kind of online job, several days ago,I register one site which a friend told me, I help them to launch their website,after that,they will pay extra monney to me for my contribution.I'm so happy and work hard, after I finish my job and submit to them,they just ignore me and refuse pay me.
Then I realise I was cheated, I'm so angry of that but can not do anything.
@longshaoxian (18)
• China
10 Jun 09
I also very much hope that there is such a good project to do a dood job part-time, earning pocket money by.
