Making Money Online

I started this venture sometime ago. I was free, and had internet to myself, and all the time in the world. So I tried to make money online. I was new, and didn't know much about scams. All the search engines showed data entry and survey sites that promised to pay 100$ a day. There were so many of them. All of them shared one thing: a starting fee. There was a long list of testimonials and how people have gotten mega rich using their site.

Many disappointments and wasted hours later, I finally earned money from internet. Imagine my surprise and glee. So well, I decided to put down all that I've learnt about making money online, for all the people out there who are trying to earn money through internet.

1. Get a pay pal, or e-gold account or moneybookers. Most companies pay through paypal, or e-gold

2. Get a new email address. As I will explain later, nothing in this life is free. When you sign up for free offers, you will get lots of spam mails. So if you have an email address for this purpose only, it will not hurt your personal email.

3. Become a member of forums that holds discussions on money making websites, and rates them. This is also a great way to build your downline.

4. Be suspicious of any site that asks you for money. Make sure you don't pay any site before thoroughly researching them. And even if you decide to pay them, make sure its a small amount. Chances are, if a site asks you for money, its a scam.

5. Don't expect to earn a lot the first month. It will take time for you to explore the sites, and decide the ones that you trust.

6. Familiarize yourself with the internet money making jargon. Some of them are explained here.

7. There are many different types of sites that pay you to perform some action. Cashback sites pay you to shop through them, or sign up through them, reward sites are the same.

8. PTRs: Paid to read mails sites. They pay you to read mails and click on the links. There are some really good ones, and some scams. The problem lies in identifying the ones that actually pay and the scams. Usually, you can easily identify the scams, because they either pay a lot per mail (which is not possible) and the sites with bigger payouts, take forever.