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How To Make Money By Doing Practically Nothing

An easy guide to minor e commerce

Everyone wants to make a quick buck, but in the technological age it's no more Del Boy “get rich quick” schemes.

Paid Surveys

There are plenty of paid survey sites around. Ones which charge you to join will probably be better paying, but be careful, some sites that charge are link-sites, which will make no money for you directly, so spend your money carefully.

Paid email-reading

There are plenty of these too. Companies are desperate to advertise to you, but you needn't buy their products. Paid email schemes give you a small amount for opening and reading advertising emails. Sites like HTMail (htmail.com) pay reasonably and send you a new email everyday.

Freebies and Offers

Freebies and offers are a more difficult section. Most supposed freebie sites require you complete a paid offer to get your gift, so be careful. Choose an offer that either covers something you already need or requires the smallest payment. You can then sell off unwanted freebies on auction sites, getting you more money.

Pay-to-shop sites

If you're a regular online shopper, these can raise surprising benefits for you. They often link to sites offering more offers and gifts, or give further benefits. In the UK, Greasy Palm (greasypalm.co.uk) is perhaps one of the best, linking to several big chain shops and smaller boutiques as well as offers and survey sites.

Pay-to-publish sites

These are useful for the more creative among us. These sites pay a set fraction of the advertising revenue to you from pages you publish on, be it pictures or text. If you're a small time writer, photographer or if you write essays for schoolwork, for example, this can fit neatly into your usual creation routine. Leaving links to your work in blogs or other sites allow your friends, family, colleagues and others to access your work and up your pay. Sites like triond (Triond.com) are particularly good for this.

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Comments (9)
#1 by lilbob, Apr 17, 2007
i would like to be a part of your clan man!
please consider me!
#2 by Lucy Lockett, May 14, 2007
There are just afew!
#3 by Sydney, Nov 3, 2007
nice article, problem is many of the sites all have a catch where you won't get paid until you submit your information to virtually every little ad and then you have to sign up for many of the products, requiring a credit card to do so (even though they claim it will be free)

Also triond provides a way to publish your media, paying you 50% of the advertising profit from your pages/content. Why do that, when if you were to make your own site you could have ALL the advertising profit from your original content. Either way you'll still have to work to promote the triond pages to earn a decent amount of money as you would have to work to promote your site.

Although a site may take more time and effort, it would seem in the end.. profit wise it'd be well worth it.
#4 by Emma C S, Nov 4, 2007
Sydney, you're right about some of the freebie sites, they do expect you to put up details or sign up to things, but most reputable market research surveys, cashback sites and email reading sites will pay via paypal or cheques, so you don't have to give out much in the way of sensitive details.
As for triond, I don't try to promote my stuff at all, but I get an average of £5 a month. Not enough to live off, I grant you, but it works very well as easy "pocket money" which is what I wanted. I'm sure there are ways to get more on similar sites or by creating your own, but that's not the point of this article. Busy people just don't have time for that sort of thing, I know I don't!
#5 by Kev, May 22, 2008
Great article. I have been taking surveys online for a long time. There are a few that I have tested and used for some time and always get excellent compensation for taking their surveys. I have written a blog article about it with links to some of the best legitimate paid survey sites on the net. You can read my article here: http://legitimatepaidsurveysitesforyou.blogspot.com
#6 by jojo, Jan 3, 2009
yeah on triond its great, im 14 and iv made 71c in 3 days! pretty good for triond with only 7 articles and still 8 pending...:|

TRIOND ROCKS MY SOCKS
check this out
http://www.socyberty.com/Advice/Five-Amazing-Things-to-Do-Before-You-Die.430703
#7 by  Emma C S, Jan 3, 2009
Well I made $24 dollars last month. :D
#8 by dean, Jan 3, 2009
this is much easier and only $3 min payout on paypal
http://paidthefastest.com/members/login.php?ref=deandeandean

easy!

ALSO TRY THIS!
http://www.socyberty.com/Advice/Five-Amazing-Things-to-Do-Before-You-Die.430703
#9 by smity, Jan 4, 2009
hey nice tips I found this article too has a few more tips and secrets

http://www.writinghood.com/Online-Writing/3-Key-Secrets-to-a-Writing-Successfully-Triond-Article.433915

iv made $4 extra a month from this.


also this website has surveys n stuff and its only $3 min payout.
http://paidthefastest.com/members/login.php?ref=deandeandean
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