Is the Internet the Place to Make a Living?

Mon, Jun 29, 2009, by Gemma Rowlands

Money Making

As we all know, a lot of people can make a profit on the internet. But is it actually worth it? And what do you do to make the money?

Well, to cut a long story short, the internet can provide you with an amazingly high income, but you have to be prepared to work for it.

Firstly, publishing sites such as Triond.com allow you to submit articles to them, and you get paid depending on how many views you get. The more views you get, the more you earn. It’s as simple as that.
However, although you might earn a couple of cents a month from old articles, you will earn the most on sites such as these if you publish new work a couple of times a week. You should also add the links into your portfolio as well, and this way, more people may be able to see your articles.

PTC (paid to click) sites, for instance Neobux.com, allow you to earn money for clicking on advertisements. There are a certain number of advertisements for you to click on every day, and this provides you a tiny, but steady, income. You can request for your earnings to be paid to you at an amount which will be stated when you join the site.
With PTC sites, you can also refer people to the site. That means that if they click on your referral link, you will earn money every time they click a link as well as every time you click one yourself. Basically, this means that you can earn as much as you’re prepared to work for. You can spread your link through friends, family, work, word of mouth, or any other way you might want to. The more referrals you have, the more you can earn. Some people can earn over $100 just because they have referred so many people. There are thousands of PTC sites, but I would recommend that you read some information and feedback for each one before you sign up, just to make sure that the site is genuine.

PTSU (paid to sign up). Some people will pay you small amounts of money to sign up to other sites. Sometimes, you don’t even have to do anything once you’ve signed up, and you can claim the cash just by joining. Sometimes, advertisers will offer you anything up to $0.50 just for joining a site, which would take you about 5 minutes to do. You can earn a good amount by using these sites, but again, have a look around to see which sites are trustworthy.

PTP (paid to post). These sites, like MyLot.com, pay you to post on their site. They will generally pay you $0.01 for everything you post, which means that your earnings are practically unlimited. However, this can be time consuming, so might not actually be as good value as you think it is.
Such sites also generally have referral systems, by which you can earn around 25% of their earnings as well. This can be profitable if you have between 10-20 active referrals.

Paid to Surf. Some sites will pay you to use their search engines. You can often earn around $0.02 per search, which can build up quickly. Even though it isn’t much, it’s always worth using it, as it’s better to earn from what you do every day, than not to earn at all.

Overall: These sites can be amazing as an extra source of income. Personally, I’m not active enough on the internet to be able to earn a proper living from it, but I am aware of people who can. If you can put a lot of time into it, and have contacts who you can have in your referral networks, then you would probably be able to. But even so, it’s certainly worth signing up to some of these sites just for a little extra income every now and then!

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  1. Timothy P Stavert Says:

    Good sound advice here Gemma, I did notice a couple that I will consider.

    Thanks for the share.

    Tim

  2. CutestPrincess Says:

    yes you can, if you have your own website..

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