I have a good-paying job but I want to take care of my family's needs (good food, clean clothes, neat home, etc.) so I am looking for a home-based job. My cousin told me most internet-advertised home business is a scam. They're just interested in you buying their product/s. Can you recommend a legit home business in the internet?
2007-12-17 20:25:30 · 6 answers · asked by art 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
Most "make money on internet" business are a scam Im afraid. But that doesnt mean that you cant make money on the internet. It just means that you need to be careful about people who are making money by TELLING you how to. Unfortunately that happens to be my business. Well not exactly. I lecture on enjoying the internet experience and sometimes a home business question comes up. My take on it is... Dont shop for businesses then find something you are interested in. Find something you are interested in then shop for businesses.
I can probably tell you how you can get your feet wet, for free, on just about any subject. Its what I do. And then how to make it grow gradually on its earnings so that you dont have to shell out money. But it needs to be a subject that you love enough. Something that makes you chatter to your friends more than they like hearing. Something you would be willing to turn into work. Something you would be willing to work on even if it didnt make money (altho it very probably would)
Pick a subject. Any subject. It can be an item, hobby, games, craft, sport, pet, country, any subject at all. I dont care if its collecting unicorns or watching hummingbirds. It can be something you know a lot about or it can be something you WANT to know a lot about.
Or how about a skill? Graphics? cartoon doodling? writing? poetry? juggling? music? photography? expert game player? It doesnt have to be something you are good at. Just something you do a lot. Or it might be that your skill really is just a triple-A motivated entrepreneur salesman personality.
Maybe someone elses skill. Do you have a teenager in the house with an exceptional skill at wise-cracking and rude comments on everything? Thats actually very marketable and can really hold down your stress levels by making you smile when he lets one off.
Give me something to work with. Make a list of 10. Throw out all but 3. Then do a new question along the line of "How can I turn my interest in AAAAAAAAA into an internet business for free?"
Those are the internet businesses that work. Some work a little, some work a whole lot. You can spend a lot of time looking thru pyramid schemes before finding anything that has a better chance (and as enjoyable)
2007-12-19 09:25:29 · answer #1 · answered by Gandalf Parker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can work from home... and the next question should be do you want an online biz, offline biz, or combination of both. There are legitimate home businesses out there online or offline. If you want a "job", you will make minimal amounts working online with data entry, etc.
The best kind of second job for you would be a tele-commuting job. This is a job whereby you work for a real world company, but you work for them by phone/fax/email. A simple search on the net using the word 'tele-commute" should point you in the right direction.
Do not get involved with any company whereby you have to buy products, meet quotas of selling their products, buy into working for them, etc. - MOST of these are scams.
The best way to make good money from home is to call around and find out which businesses in your area has some extra surplus they need to get rid of. Then your next step is to find a local buyer for that surplus. You get a finder's fee for putting the two together. You can work as little or as much as you want, and easily make $5,000 per month in your spare time.
2007-12-17 21:20:42 · answer #2 · answered by Orion777 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, many of them are, especially those that ask you for money upfront.
I am involved with a home business opportunity, currently expanding and seeking people worldwide.
Market is global, management and travel possibilities worldwide.
Products are turn-key advertising and promotion, with additional incentives for purchase, including but not limited to, highly discounted travel (some buy the products purely for this), discounted spa breaks, training and support, re-useable and re-sellable items.
Minimal outlay for returns, but you don't need to spend a penny to join and have a look.
Company has registered with DSA ( http://www.dsa.org ) and membership is pending. Look at http://www.dsa.org/ethics to see what is needed and why this isn't your usual homebased scam!
If you, or anyone, is interested, check out the link, don't dismiss, contact me with questions or concerns.
2007-12-17 23:57:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
How funny! I just replied to his email on hong kong freecycle and I repllied to Jose and he replied to me with the exact same email! then I sent his wife an email. I thought his email was fishy so I read it again and sure enough... She has it in SOUTH AFRICA! Conveniently so far from where we are located. Anyway, it's a fraud. I am going to let HKFC know to ban the email addy. If there REALLY was a free iPad, i'm sure she could give it away to someone IN SOUTH AFRIC whith it being such a modern international city and all. Someone can use it! anyway, glad to hear you didn't fall for it!
2016-04-10 05:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are, most only want 39.95 for the dvd and who do you think gets that money, the millionaire thats who. I have never even saw one that didn't want your credit card #.
2007-12-17 20:31:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-12-17 20:49:46 · answer #6 · answered by patlen 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋