Online Jobs - Earnings from the Internet, anyone?

NetfreakBombay · 22nd December 2008, 15:41

getafreelancer.com and all such sites are good for finding non-techie work.

Some projects are content writing / scanning market data for trades based on set patterns etc.

abdriver2000 · 3rd February 2009, 20:36

Has anyone ever earned anything from the internet? My wife, who has a full time job managing our daughter, has a few hours to spend online every day.

She is a member of numerous forums which pay you to read SMS, or email, or take surveys or conduct searches. But her earnings are just enough to cover the internet expenses in the first place.

I believe, one needs to have a big team, or referrals as they are called, to make some real cash.

Any thoughts on how to increase the cash flow? I am not even looking at the ads which promise 50K a month for data entry. To begin with, she would be content with anything that pays her about 10K a month.

Please post your suggestions.

Tejas@perioimpl · 3rd February 2009, 20:42

@ mods, pay me to post and read threads on t-bhp! Enough free work i have done... For my 600 odd posts, please pay me atleast 60,000, @100Rs. per post...!

Soory abdriver2000 i went little

abdriver2000 · 3rd February 2009, 20:47

Tejas: There are forums where one has to pay to post. The best answers get the points which can be redeemed for cash or gifts.

Coming back to the topic, does anyone know of any part time internet opportunities which pay atleast 10K a month. Work should be strictly home-based and not very technical in nature. Even data entry is fine as far as it is completely home based and conducted over the net. Travelling is a no-no.

aaggoswami · 3rd February 2009, 20:48

There are some other options like creating blog and then signing up for Google Adsense, Adbrite, Kontera and many others like them.

In your blog, you put up a script ( in case of adbrite ) provided and then according to the content you post on the blog, the ads will appear. They can be banner, intext, full page ads., etc. When some visits your blog and clicks on ads, you will get paid.

This can help a bit. It took my friends more than 6 months to get $100. May be you can combine this with the present activity of ads to increase income.
I know people who manage upto the tune of $500 per month. I dont know how they do it, but I am a failure in this method of having a blog and then signing up for advertisments. This can be a bit helpful thats all.

I will be following this thread closely now.

Ym-enjn · 3rd February 2009, 20:55

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Originally Posted by Tejas@perioimpl

@ mods, pay me to post and read threads on t-bhp! Enough free work i have done... For my 600 odd posts, please pay me atleast 60,000, @100Rs. per post...!

Soory abdriver2000 i went little

HAhaha!! Funniest stuff.. Wish it was like that...

Quote:

Originally Posted by abdriver2000

Has anyone ever earned anything from the internet? My wife, who has a full time job managing our daughter, has a few hours to spend online every day.

She is a member of numerous forums which pay you to read SMS, or email, or take surveys or conduct searches. But her earnings are just enough to cover the internet expenses in the first place.

I believe, one needs to have a big team, or referrals as they are called, to make some real cash.

Any thoughts on how to increase the cash flow? I am not even looking at the ads which promise 50K a month for data entry. To begin with, she would be content with anything that pays her about 10K a month.

Please post your suggestions.

You can try hands on ebay. As well as Google Adsense is a good way to earn. I have earned a lot through that in past.

abdriver2000 · 3rd February 2009, 20:59

aaggoswami: I had adsense on my blog for 2 months and it generated about 20 bucks before google closed it down. They never responded to any queries.

Ym-enjn: Can you elaborate about ebay?

pranavt · 3rd February 2009, 21:16

Used to write articles for a tech site. My articles: QJ.NET - QuickJump Home - PS3 News, Wii News, Xbox 360 News, PSP News and more! (site is borked after redesign, doesn't go beyond first page.) Wrote about 400-500 articles for them, amounting to around ~2k USD in 6-7 months.

NetfreakBombay · 3rd February 2009, 21:50

You should try getafreelancer.com and other such sites. You get projects and have to win them with bidding. And then win the payments by persistence :(

Lots of projects are non-technical and general in nature, like :

1. Write my school paper on XYZ topic e.g. "Wind Turbines"
2. Prepare of list of stores that have this thing ready for pick up, call all of them and get estimates
3. Run my errands that can be done online
4. Do my homework

adityamunshi · 3rd February 2009, 22:48

Try Amazon Mechanical Turk. mturk.com

devarshi84 · 3rd February 2009, 22:56

I run an online store.

I have blogs with Adsense and I get paid frequently. They are somewhat lethargic though. And you need to have quality and good readerbase.

There are various innovative ways you can think of. Visit various websites and maybe you will get some Idea.

Have a basic concept and we can help you develop it.

Ym-enjn · 3rd February 2009, 23:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by abdriver2000

Ym-enjn: Can you elaborate about ebay?

Yes sure.. its eBay India - Online Shopping Mall: Free Auctions, Shop/Buy/Sell Mobiles, Cameras, Apparel, Computers, Bollywood Clothes & Indian Products I am sure you have heard about it. Open the site surf it, search for your favorite product, see its tutorials, read as much as you can. Selling on it is easier than most pc games.

You'll first have to make an ID. Then most important, you have to find a product which is conveniently available to you at better price or its a speciallity of your area. (i'll give examples later). Then learn to upload the product and choose between Auction selling or buy it now selling. Take genuine margin, ship timely and best quality products. Anyone can sell there, you can even sell your second hand products which you use no more.

I adviced my younger sister in 2004=05 to sell on ebay (it was bazee.com at that time). We in Jaipur have many unique famous products. So we short listed Jaipur quilts and Jaipur leather jutties(shoes). Both come in assorted colors and designs. So we didn't had to keep stock. Also there was huge gap in wholesale price and MRP. So she was making nice pocket money by selling few each month.

Hashim · 3rd February 2009, 23:38

I earn from Internet by working as a freelance web designer. I make/manage/promote/optimize websites for my clients. I also have few blogs from which I earn by writing paid reviews and adsense as well.
Other tried and tested method of earning are flipping domain or website where you buy a domain for cheap, make a website and then sell it, or just hunt for good domains (expired or fresh) and then sell it for more bucks.

abdriver2000 · 4th February 2009, 18:40

devarshi: Mturk looks interesting, though the rewards are much smaller. Will give it a shot. Thanks for the lead.

Rehaan · 18th April 2009, 17:53

Just happened to come across this site - i dont know anything about it and i dont have anything to do with it, but i thought i would post it here for you guys to check out since it looks pretty decent :

Work from home doing part time jobs | Earn money online by data entry jobs

cya
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22nd December 2008, 15:41	#16
NetfreakBombay Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,466 Thanked: 1,021 Times	getafreelancer.com and all such sites are good for finding non-techie work. Some projects are content writing / scanning market data for trades based on set patterns etc.
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3rd February 2009, 20:36	#17
abdriver2000 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 331 Thanked: 30 Times View My Garage	Earnings from Internet, anyone? Has anyone ever earned anything from the internet? My wife, who has a full time job managing our daughter, has a few hours to spend online every day. She is a member of numerous forums which pay you to read SMS, or email, or take surveys or conduct searches. But her earnings are just enough to cover the internet expenses in the first place. I believe, one needs to have a big team, or referrals as they are called, to make some real cash. Any thoughts on how to increase the cash flow? I am not even looking at the ads which promise 50K a month for data entry. To begin with, she would be content with anything that pays her about 10K a month. Please post your suggestions.
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3rd February 2009, 20:42	#18
Tejas@perioimpl Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bombay Posts: 4,423 Thanked: 9,581 Times View My Garage	@ mods, pay me to post and read threads on t-bhp! Enough free work i have done... For my 600 odd posts, please pay me atleast 60,000, @100Rs. per post...! Soory abdriver2000 i went little
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3rd February 2009, 20:47	#19
abdriver2000 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 331 Thanked: 30 Times View My Garage	Tejas: There are forums where one has to pay to post. The best answers get the points which can be redeemed for cash or gifts. Coming back to the topic, does anyone know of any part time internet opportunities which pay atleast 10K a month. Work should be strictly home-based and not very technical in nature. Even data entry is fine as far as it is completely home based and conducted over the net. Travelling is a no-no.
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3rd February 2009, 20:48	#20
aaggoswami Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vadodara Posts: 4,982 Thanked: 2,930 Times	There are some other options like creating blog and then signing up for Google Adsense, Adbrite, Kontera and many others like them. In your blog, you put up a script ( in case of adbrite ) provided and then according to the content you post on the blog, the ads will appear. They can be banner, intext, full page ads., etc. When some visits your blog and clicks on ads, you will get paid. This can help a bit. It took my friends more than 6 months to get $100. May be you can combine this with the present activity of ads to increase income. I know people who manage upto the tune of $500 per month. I dont know how they do it, but I am a failure in this method of having a blog and then signing up for advertisments. This can be a bit helpful thats all. I will be following this thread closely now.
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3rd February 2009, 20:59	#22
abdriver2000 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 331 Thanked: 30 Times View My Garage	aaggoswami: I had adsense on my blog for 2 months and it generated about 20 bucks before google closed it down. They never responded to any queries. Ym-enjn: Can you elaborate about ebay? Last edited by abdriver2000 : 3rd February 2009 at 21:04.
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3rd February 2009, 21:16	#23
pranavt Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,682 Thanked: 639 Times View My Garage	Used to write articles for a tech site. My articles: QJ.NET - QuickJump Home - PS3 News, Wii News, Xbox 360 News, PSP News and more! (site is borked after redesign, doesn't go beyond first page.) Wrote about 400-500 articles for them, amounting to around ~2k USD in 6-7 months.
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3rd February 2009, 21:50	#24
NetfreakBombay Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,466 Thanked: 1,021 Times	You should try getafreelancer.com and other such sites. You get projects and have to win them with bidding. And then win the payments by persistence :( Lots of projects are non-technical and general in nature, like : 1. Write my school paper on XYZ topic e.g. "Wind Turbines" 2. Prepare of list of stores that have this thing ready for pick up, call all of them and get estimates 3. Run my errands that can be done online 4. Do my homework
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3rd February 2009, 22:48	#25
adityamunshi BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Baroda Posts: 771 Thanked: 6 Times	Try Amazon Mechanical Turk. mturk.com
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3rd February 2009, 22:56	#26
devarshi84 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ahmedabad - Tor Posts: 4,024 Thanked: 211 Times View My Garage	I run an online store. I have blogs with Adsense and I get paid frequently. They are somewhat lethargic though. And you need to have quality and good readerbase. There are various innovative ways you can think of. Visit various websites and maybe you will get some Idea. Have a basic concept and we can help you develop it.
	() Thanks

3rd February 2009, 23:38	#28
Hashim BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Aligarh Posts: 449 Thanked: 49 Times View My Garage	I earn from Internet by working as a freelance web designer. I make/manage/promote/optimize websites for my clients. I also have few blogs from which I earn by writing paid reviews and adsense as well. Other tried and tested method of earning are flipping domain or website where you buy a domain for cheap, make a website and then sell it, or just hunt for good domains (expired or fresh) and then sell it for more bucks.
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4th February 2009, 18:40	#29
abdriver2000 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 331 Thanked: 30 Times View My Garage	devarshi: Mturk looks interesting, though the rewards are much smaller. Will give it a shot. Thanks for the lead.
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18th April 2009, 17:53	#30
Rehaan Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 24,037 Thanked: 34,069 Times	Just happened to come across this site - i dont know anything about it and i dont have anything to do with it, but i thought i would post it here for you guys to check out since it looks pretty decent : Work from home doing part time jobs \| Earn money online by data entry jobs cya R
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