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trade on spreadbetting companies.
Making money on-line?
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easy, you just need to look like cheekykid's romanian ***** and have a paypal account and a decnt webcam
Did anything ever come of that?
Also OP, Porn site...? You know those referral type ones...
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Did you sell them for more than what you purchased? If not, then it isn't really making money is it.. it's just losing money over a long period of time!
Buy HIGH sell LOW!
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Yes, start a succesful business.
Though the fact you've posted this thread means you've fallen flat on your face at the first hurdle.
Did you sell them for more than what you purchased? If not, then it isn't really making money is it.. it's just losing money over a long period of time!
Buy HIGH sell LOW!
True of course, despite the depreciation, they would otherwise be thrown in the bin, given to charity or never see the light of day again. At least I've had use and got a partial amount of my money returned which generally isn't the case for clothing items.
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Set up a spam pyramid scheme.
Yeah, I haven't really actively done it. Just on and off. Made just a fair amount though and used my uni bursary as a float. A little bit of extra cash helps, but I wouldn't say you can use it as a main source of income because it is slowly dying.
PPC - adsense, get a decent blog or website going, you have to be popular though
matched betting/bonus bagging - can make about £3k in a month or two (one time only)
online gaming - farm gold, made about £4k in 6 months before I got mass banned
stock market - no reliable way to make money, period
I've tried all of the above and truthfully you're better off working. The only way to make true money online is run a very popular website.
matched betting/bonus bagging - can make about £3k in a month or two (one time only)
online gaming - farm gold, made about £4k in 6 months before I got mass banned
stock market - no reliable way to make money, period
I've tried all of the above and truthfully you're better off working. The only way to make true money online is run a very popular website.
Two methods I know of to get you started:
1) You need to find a niche in the market. Something that has a great deal of interest to the general public but no company online is providing the service required. This can be absolutely anything but I'd recommend trying to come up with something you're interested in and have a passion for otherwise you wont stick with it.
To find a niche idea there are lots of tools you can use. A really good method is using Google's Keyword Tool to find popular keywords or phrases that people are searching for online. The key is to find something that's a very popular search term, but has very little to no competition from other websites. The other great thing about the Google keyword tool is gives you global and also local search results, so if you wanted to focus on something UK only or find something popular in the UK alone then you could.
Another way to find a niche is the Yahoo Q&A website. Pick an area of interest to you and search through the unanswered questions for ideas. If you start noticing the same questions coming up again and again but with no real answers, then you might have found your niche and a potential gap in the market for a particular product or service.
2) Find out-of-print or no longer published material and sell it. There's loads of info out there that has been discussed by some expert in their field, but has been completely forgotten about. Again, this can be about anything, and you don't even need to be interested in the subject as all you want to be doing is selling it online.
There are quite a few people out there who have become millionaires through doing something like this. I read about a guy who stumbled upon a load of white papers and audio recordings of some old guy doing presentations on marketing in the 1970's or something. No one had really heard of him but he was a true expert with a mass of knowledge about business marketing. The guy contacted this expert, who was now in his 80's, and asked if he could use the material for his business. He packaged up all the info and sold it as an ebook. He also interviewed the old guy and made podcasts and other social media to promote the ebooks. I think he struck a deal with the old guy to give him a cut of each sale. They made millions.
Like others have said though, there's no easy way to make money. Unless you get very, very lucky, you'll still have to work damn hard to make a decent living online. It's one thing to have a great idea, making it work is entirely different matter. Very few people are great inventors and also have a great business mind.
1) You need to find a niche in the market. Something that has a great deal of interest to the general public but no company online is providing the service required. This can be absolutely anything but I'd recommend trying to come up with something you're interested in and have a passion for otherwise you wont stick with it.
To find a niche idea there are lots of tools you can use. A really good method is using Google's Keyword Tool to find popular keywords or phrases that people are searching for online. The key is to find something that's a very popular search term, but has very little to no competition from other websites. The other great thing about the Google keyword tool is gives you global and also local search results, so if you wanted to focus on something UK only or find something popular in the UK alone then you could.
Another way to find a niche is the Yahoo Q&A website. Pick an area of interest to you and search through the unanswered questions for ideas. If you start noticing the same questions coming up again and again but with no real answers, then you might have found your niche and a potential gap in the market for a particular product or service.
2) Find out-of-print or no longer published material and sell it. There's loads of info out there that has been discussed by some expert in their field, but has been completely forgotten about. Again, this can be about anything, and you don't even need to be interested in the subject as all you want to be doing is selling it online.
There are quite a few people out there who have become millionaires through doing something like this. I read about a guy who stumbled upon a load of white papers and audio recordings of some old guy doing presentations on marketing in the 1970's or something. No one had really heard of him but he was a true expert with a mass of knowledge about business marketing. The guy contacted this expert, who was now in his 80's, and asked if he could use the material for his business. He packaged up all the info and sold it as an ebook. He also interviewed the old guy and made podcasts and other social media to promote the ebooks. I think he struck a deal with the old guy to give him a cut of each sale. They made millions.
Like others have said though, there's no easy way to make money. Unless you get very, very lucky, you'll still have to work damn hard to make a decent living online. It's one thing to have a great idea, making it work is entirely different matter. Very few people are great inventors and also have a great business mind.
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Agreed with the last part, it's why tv shows like Dragons' Den are important as well as popular.
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Buying and selling on ebay and gumtree. Once you get the hang of the markets in whatever you're trading, it's relatively easy to make pretty large amounts of cash. It's a lot of effort though, and you have to have the patience of a saint.
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Do you remember those get-paid-to-surf programs back in 1999/2000? I did a couple of those, Alladvantage and Go To World. They both clocked up time that you spent using a web browser while the program displayed ads. Out of the two, only Alladvantage paid out, and I got roughly £12.50 a month from doing it and it arrived in the post as a cheque. It wasn't much, but better than a kick in the teeth. For some reason, Go To World never squared up. I don't know if this sort of thing exist nowadays, as spyware became a more pronounced (and rogue) way of delivering adverts from 2002/3 onwards.
From 2009 onwards, I just use Myvoice, where you get money for filling out surveys, netting the odd £20 every few months. I also tried Quidco which is a cash-back scheme if you buy certain products. You strictly have to do it by the letter, which I thought I did when I tried, but ended up out-of-pocket, thus lost my trust.
From 2009 onwards, I just use Myvoice, where you get money for filling out surveys, netting the odd £20 every few months. I also tried Quidco which is a cash-back scheme if you buy certain products. You strictly have to do it by the letter, which I thought I did when I tried, but ended up out-of-pocket, thus lost my trust.
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What were they?
What do you mean by farm gold? Is it WoW?
+ 1. Sound advice, this has actually really helped me, so thank you
Eve, made about £4000 but they cracked down on it...made around £1000 in Everquest, tried wow farming, easy to do, but got into other things....most mmos are farmable
gold farming = using automated bots (software) to play a game for you