by Noztra
4 replies
Hello WF,

I want to start making money online.
I'm currently 16 years old, and I'm in highschool.
I do not have so much time to spend on the internet at the moment, because I focus a lot on my school.
I currently have around $80 to invest if needed, but now I just need a quick way to make a good amount of money each month.
I have tried 1000's of methods that didn't work from Pay Per Download networks, Get Paid To and others.
I can spend around 2 hours on the computer everyday, but not more.

I hope you can show me some legit methods, that actually gives you just a little amount of money.

Thank you,
Oliver
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  • Profile picture of the author sirtiman
    Selling your skills or any online service is good for you to try.
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  • Profile picture of the author Noztra
    What kind of service should I sell? And where? I'm completely new to this thing, I don't know how to get a good income, and I have tried many things, but all of them failed, only some of them paid out a very small amount.
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    • Profile picture of the author bluebagger
      I don't mean to sound harsh here, so apologies up front. What did all these things you tried that failed have in common? You! Many things work for those that are willing to work at them and give them time to succeed. We all want the results to come straight away, but most give up if the results aren't achieved in a short period believing it is the method or system that has failed rather than themselves.

      I would suggest your first course of action would be to invest in your education (online education I mean). If you can build your skills and knowledge to a decent level, then you can make money many times over with it.

      If you are looking for a quick fix though, you could try fiverr. Be creative, and come up with a unique gig that people will want. You could also try article writing. You won't make a killing, but it will give you a few bucks to play with.

      Personally I have a very small number of paid to click sites that I've been using for the past year which bring me 3 figures per month for 10 minutes of work each day. Many people give up on those (and a lot of them are run by scammers) because they don't see instant results, but I can tell you by working at something consistently then gains can be made.
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  • Profile picture of the author Aussieguy
    Originally Posted by Noztra View Post

    but now I just need a quick way to make a good amount of money each month.
    You're looking for a quick way to make a good amount of money each month...do you realise how silly that sounds? Perhaps you simply mean, compared to the thousands of other opportunities you've tried, which is fair enough. "Thousands" is a lot - I'm surprised you didn't find something that worked.

    Anyway, for a genuine attempt to answer a question that I don't think is very genuine in itself...
    you may be better off forgetting affiliate marketing and the like for now. As you want to get to a good amount quickly....and per month means you want consistency, my advice is definitely to find a service you can offer.

    With your experience of all your other web projects, you are probably pretty good at doing websites and stuff like that. Start offering your services. You could start doing them for local businesses. You could start doing stuff like that on fiverr and similar. With your limited time, I am sure that you could get to $500 a month quite quickly actually.
    If you get dressed up nicely and put together a portfolio, I am sure local businesses will actually want to support you and would be willing to give you a go. 2 hours at a computer every day will allow you to do some websites. If you can get just a little bit more money, you could get all the woo themes. Or you could even buy a theme each time you do someone's website. Or perhaps just buy an html program and use that.
    You could charge as little as $100 for a basic website that you could put together quickly...and you could even increase your income by having them buy their hosting through your affiliate link.

    If you wanted to, you could even start emailing your local businesses - not spam, but saying hello from a young local, with a link to a page with your work.

    You could also approach this by going on a blitz, and make more money.
    e.g. spend a week really selling your stuff and make it your aim to get 21 customers as soon as possible. Say, 21 customers this month, with work to be done next month. Actually no, lets make it even more realistic. Lets say you will always aim for at least 11 customers per month. Does that sound do-able?

    With $100 per website and $100 affiliate commission from hostgator, you've just made $2,200. that might be enough for you to be able to work hard for one month, and then concentrate on study for a couple months. you only need to do this 5 times a year to put a couple hundred dollars a week into your pocket.


    Also - if you have learned to do seo etc, you might find that other businesses (who have more expensive websites but wouldn't like to spend $500+ per month) are willing to hire you at, lets say - $100 a month. If you know your stuff and can present yourself well, they will appreciate that you are doing it for the extra money and may well give you a go. Especially once you've done some websites in your local area. Once you've got 5 regular clients, you're making $500 a month for what might amount to doing a blog post and a bit of other promotion.


    But yeah - don't forget about fiverr as a place to possibly building up a pure online income.


    Final comment: if none of that feels like an option because you can't do any of those things, here is my sincere advice: find something that you can learn as a skill (e.g. websites/graphic design) and learn that as well as you can. Get "good" at it. Then offer that, whatever it is, as a service.
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