How do I start looking for a legit home-based job without scams?

United States
October 18, 2012 1:30pm CST
I'm a single mom who has been wanting to work at home for a while now. Plus, I would be saving a whole lot in gas money. I've been researching many different things of online jobs. From writing, to office-like work to data entry. I enjoy writing, like poetry and such. I also don't mind writing articles. The only thing is the pay isn't enough. I need something I can do continuously even if I got my work done at night in through the morning hours. I have the dedication, I just don't know how to start. Any help with this is greatly appreciated! :)
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@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
20 Oct 12
There are several sites that offer various jobs with various skills. You can try checking freelancer.com and odesk.com. That is where I used to get my online jobs, from data entry, appointment setting, debt consolidation and lead generation.
@txgrl21 (819)
• United States
29 Oct 12
Hi ShootingStar79! I suggest you stick to trusted work at home websites to find leads. A couple of sites I check out often are wahm and realwaystoearnmoneyonline. There's a lot of information on good and legit websites in a variety of categories and I've found many that work for me, good luck!
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
25 Oct 12
If you spent more time in article writings you will earn a passive income that myLot cannot give. Have you try any article writing sites? I have a legit one whom I work everyday. I seldom visit the site but still I continue earning from different page views
@Lucky12 (767)
• United States
25 Oct 12
Well if you like writing then you can try sites that offer a lot of writing like triond and other sites. You can also be on mylot a lot as well if you like to make friends and comment. I love being on here, but writing is one thing that I love doing too. At this time I am not doing much of that, but you can try those sites out and see what happens. I know that they do not give out much just like this one, but if you are willing to put hard work into it you will be able to do a lot more. Good Luck to you.
19 Oct 12
I know some genuine websites where you can earn good money by writing, Editing,completing tasks etc.... I really would like to share but I don't know exactly whether I can talk about external sites or not. Ping me.
• United States
22 Oct 12
Hello I'm a single mom also I have found a great way to make money online your an independent referr agent I make between $200 al the way up to $500 a day it dependent how long I want to work.. If you interested hit me up on my email myishakee@yahoo.com are any body else it good money. and it pays daily.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
18 Oct 12
I start by doing a search here at mylot. many great members have posted great ways to earn online here.
@kemak28 (724)
• United States
18 Oct 12
Take a look at Amazon Mechanical Turk. I work on it an hour or two a day. You could probably do pretty good on it especially if you have more time then me. They have surveys, writing articles and other tasks that pay decent I think in comparison to other things I have found.