How do you make money online without spending money

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:rolleyes:Other than selling stuff (like on eBay or Amazon), most "make money online" sites are a scam, and a waste of time. I've looked into some of them, and every one is the same. This is no different than playing the lotto - you want to make money without putting forth any effort or money. You want a way to quickly and easily make a bunch of money without any effort or thought. Just stop trying - you'll save a ton of time, and possibly avoid a few dangerous scams.

Most people I know (myself included) would love to magically get a bunch of money, because most jobs suck, and we as a society are dependent on money to buy our happiness. I'm not criticizing you, because I've wanted exactly what you're looking for many times. But I've learned that it's not going to come. Other than rare occasions, money doesn't just fall into your lap, and when it does, it's not from any "get rich quick" schemes - it's pure chance and you cannot expect it or make it happen. If it does, great, but it probably won't.

If you want to make money - think of an idea that no one has thought of before, and market it, or something like that. Or take something that already exists, and find a new use for it, or think of something that would be nice if it existed, and make it a reality.

Also, don't focus so much on money - it's a complete illusion anyway. It's colored paper that is only worth what everyone says it is, and with the economy like it is, you shouldn't put too much value in it right now.

You probably don't want to be a wage-slave and work at McDonalds, or even in some cubicle for the rest of your life, even if it pays well. If you do want income (which is rather handy, admittedly), get a job that you enjoy - try something different. If you don't like it, quit and try something else. Never keep a job just because you feel like you "need the money" - don't sacrifice your happiness for colored bits of paper - life's too short for that. But don't expect free handouts or quick riches - that's not how things work. Just be happy, and trust that things will work out if you want them to. Be willing to work for what you want, and don't sacrifice your happiness to an illusion.
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  • Profile picture of the author beablessing
    You're hitting the nail right on the head....

    Cheers!
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  • Profile picture of the author mythriver
    At first glance, How Do You Make Money Online Without Spending Money would appear to be a paradox; especially if you consider the old cliche that it takes money to make money. To be fair, there are ways you can make money on the internet without spending money. However, the term "without spending money" does not literally mean that you won't spend even a dime. That would simply mean that somebody is willing to give you a gift. Remember, there are no free lunches in America. In any case, studies have shown that people don't value much what they don't pay for. That old cliche that it takes money to make money still rings true today. There are several programs on the internet that you can promote for almost nothing to make quite a lot of money. If you spend, say $24.95 for internet service, you can make more money by promoting merchants' products as an affiliate by using internet affiliate marketing ideas. One good example is the Clickbank.

    But, lost in the discussion, I think, is the essence of value of money. Whether you choose to work at McDonald's or make money by working for yourself by selling widgets or ebooks, the central and most important fact is that we need money as a medium of exchange to buy or get things that we cannot or are unable to make ourselves. How much of it that you really need remains an individual choice. Some people choose to live like monks or Mother Theresa; but even Mother Theresa to some extent depended on charitable donations in order to carry out her devotion to help the poor. The point is that unless you own your own house without a mortgage or the need to pay rent, own a farm to grow your ownffood, a generator for electricity, a natural spring water on your farm, you soon realize that you need money to get all those things to sustain yourselves. I suppose there are some folks (excluding our elderly and infirm) out there who have chosen to live on alms or hand outs from Uncle Sam. But if you are able and willing to work for yourselve, I don't see why you cannot. What we are experiencing right now in our economy will soon come to pass. We live in the greatest free enterprise economy and country. If you're content with what you have and the way you live, then by all means continue doing what you have been doing; but if you want more out of life, then do something about.

    If you're content with the way get by, maybe you should write an ebook and make money by telling other folks how easy it is living without worrying where the next dollar is coming from. All it takes is your time, enthusiasm, effort and a little outlay of money to buy an ebook software, and voila, you will be making money without spending much.

    To Your success!
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  • Profile picture of the author awesometbn
    Originally Posted by sara1987 View Post

    :rolleyes:Other than selling stuff (like on eBay or Amazon), most "make money online" sites are a scam, and a waste of time . . . If you want to make money - think of an idea that no one has thought of before, and market it, or something like that. Or take something that already exists, and find a new use for it, or think of something that would be nice if it existed, and make it a reality.
    I wanted to comment on the title "How do you make money online without spending money" and how you suggested that if you want to make money you should come up with a new idea and market it. But marketing usually costs something. If not an actual marketing budget, then you must consider your time. Unless you work for free, you should calculate a reasonable wage, and add that to your budget spreadsheet in the marketing plan.

    Another idea to make money without spending money is to ask for donations. Either direct donations with a Paypal button (or any other payment processor) or using online donation tracking services such as ChipIn or Fundable. My favorite idea in this area is to upload snappy sayings or my own artwork at CafePress, markup the base price to my desired profit, and ask people for their support by purchasing my coffee mugs and t-shirts and other promotional items.
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  • Profile picture of the author Caden
    Well, there are ways to make money online without investing money, but you still have to invest a good deal of 'time' into it. As for finding websites where you don't have to invest money, yes, a lot of them are scams and a waste of time. I only found a couple that were honest. The best thing to do is to get on the lists of marketers you trust. Sometimes they offer programs or give away a report that is valuable-free or charge. You can find those marketers in this forum.
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    • Profile picture of the author qyao66909
      Well i dont really beleive you can make money online without investing or spending anything....I find these to be scams.
      The best one i found and im working hard on and im getting something good back is QYAO Godwin Micallef .Its a brilliant and very honest company that gives back what it promises and the investment needed is bare minimum
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      • Profile picture of the author Yetty
        Originally Posted by qyao66909 View Post

        Well i dont really beleive you can make money online without investing or spending anything....I find these to be scams.
        The best one i found and im working hard on and im getting something good back is QYAO Godwin Micallef .Its a brilliant and very honest company that gives back what it promises and the investment needed is bare minimum
        That true money brings in money. but be wise in your spending
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  • Profile picture of the author Lucysmith
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    yes i agree with you, most of them asks for money before be able to work online
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  • Profile picture of the author submit2.0
    I'm a service provider it's not related to eBay or amozon just offering my service and making buck
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  • Profile picture of the author edwardboey
    Well, i believe its possible to make money without spending money on the internet. That is when we use our time to trade off to get the things we want. If we use money, then we might be able to speed up the process to get to what we want.

    It all really depends whats your goal? I mean if you have all the time in the world, and you're discipline enough to work online in a consistent manner, then go ahead. What is most important is, we do not give up on what we build on. We need to continue to persevere and im sure you can do it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Yetty
    edwardboey,
    You are not wrong you can actually make money without spending on the internet depending on your goal, your time frame and pacience. If you dont havs the one to spend, then build the little resources you have. Just dont give up easily because it might be a gradual process.
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    • Profile picture of the author gamefreak
      Many people in adsense and afflitiate business made big money from scratch (they didn't even spend $1). It's true that the start is very difficult. But once you earn some money you can invest in things you know would boost your business.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kingshouse
    To make money online you really should be prepared to spend some money but I am not talking about buying every program promising 'quick riches'. Most programs online are selling HOPE.

    The not so funny part is that most people online kep buying hope. The truth is you an't just kep hoping you will wake up rich. There are ways to make money online so learn those things and do not spend your hard earned money or time on things constantly promising hope.

    Let's face it most people come on line looking for INFORMATION. It is the search for that vital information that loosens people's wallets. Of course the copywriters know this hence they weave their sales page magic and we fall for it. It's only after parting with your money that you discover the program wil not work for you.

    Is there hope? Of course there is and you CAN make money online. Not all programs are a scam. You MUST understand just how the Internet really works.

    The Internet is really cobbled together hence you find that each person who made it online has done so using a different strategy. Most times through having a good strategy or by trial and error. People are telling you how THEY did it. We often interpret this as HOW I AM GOING TO MAKE IT!

    Be prepared to work out YOUR OWN way to make money online but learn the basics first. Build a website, set up a squeeze page Build a list, find out what your list wants, supply it ...and make money!

    Got a product? You need a website (shop). You need visitors. You want visitors who wil buy from you. I can asure you that once you find them it really does not matter what you are selling but how you sell it - call it marketing if you like. There are people who want to buy what you have to sell. Question is how do you reach them? How do you get them to come to your website (shop) to see your goods.

    Whatever you are selling, however fanciful your store you need customers (lots of them). How do you get them to your website? Crack this and you will make money no matter what you are selling.

    If you want to spend lots of time on research without at least spending some money on up to date Information you will be a few steps behind. Would you give your best strategies away for free? Well what makes you think the Gurus wil?

    I beleive you should spend some money for some information and above all TAKE ACTION! If it does not work move on.

    People are making money online. You can too but you must know how the internet works and accept that not everything will work for you!

    Kingshouse
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  • Profile picture of the author ashfaqster
    Yes You Can Make Using Blogger And Adsense.
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  • Profile picture of the author bwconsulting
    I can second what ashfaqster said.

    I set up a blogger blog back in january, using a special set of "tools", and Adsense. After the 15-20 minutes setting it up, I have not touched it for 8 months.

    Unfortunately I did not set up adsense tracking so, although I know I made some money, I don't know exactly that it came from this site.

    I am now getting over 100 unique visitors a day.

    Brian
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    • Profile picture of the author anahita56
      Well, I believe that you don't get anything for nothing. To make money online, you have to put in some time and effort, It's true you can set up a free blog and fill it up with adsense and clickbank affiliate products, but as the old saying goes "time is money" you still have to spend your time looking for products that will sell, research and of course to promote your blog.

      Promoting doesn't have to cost you money, you can use free marketing strategies, like article marketing, forum marketing, linkd exchange and social networking and they do work very well but they take time too and the process is quite slow.

      It does help though if you can get advice from those who have experience and knowledge of making money on line and it doesn't have to cost you the earth.

      I think it's safe to say that if you spend a little bit of money and put in some time and effort there is no reason why you should not succeed but if you do nothing, you will get nothing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Yetty
    it is possible just be good in what you know best and make sure you are happy doing it.
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  • Profile picture of the author idreamdou
    I don't want to rehash what's already been said, but I noticed one HUGE area that nobodys mentioned yet. It's consistent behavior. Do anything consistently and you'll see results. Currently, I spend less than $10 a month on marketing, often quite a bit less. The only thing I am buying right now is domain names ($1.99 for .info). I use all other free methods, though it certainly costs me in time. It is slow as well, as anahita mentioned. But, stick with it and the rewards will come.
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  • Profile picture of the author JWB
    The first person to post in this thread is so right. I quit a job at a bank just to pursue my dreams....and every day that has passed, i know I made the right decision. In every life comes a time when you say to yourself...if not NOW.....then WHEN ??
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    • Profile picture of the author steve20092009
      I agree with a recent post that it takes a lil money to make a lil.
      There alot of expensive opportunities out there that don't work.

      I tried the spiderweb system 3 months ago wich was free but the
      main income stream was GDI and not free($10 a month)

      I recently canceled my account as i was coming up blank.
      Now i found something for under $25 that profits me dearly
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  • Profile picture of the author natalie1
    Definitely look into blogging and article marketing. You can earn $ w/affiliate products and adsense. Both are free to start. Check out some of the posts on hot niches to find blog and article ideas. Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author uggicorp
    the way i do it is get a program promote till you get high traffic then apply for cpm adnetworks and just sit and watch the profits grow.
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  • Profile picture of the author Yetty
    Yes, for the start you can do that with adsense and blogger.get a programm and promote with your blog. but dont forget you will need to improve on that later.
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  • Profile picture of the author kkchoon
    You are either spending money or time to make money online!

    The basic MMO formula:

    Targeted Traffic + Product With Good Conversion = $$$

    There are still many knowledge and skills to learn before you start profiting...Just don't give up!
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  • Profile picture of the author paul nicholls
    there are many ways in which u can make money for free online, many of which have been covered however, with a small investment you will have a great chance of building a very successful business as long as your prepared to do what it takes.

    and im not talking about hundreds of dollars, you could get set up for les than $50 if your wise and then build your income from there

    but there are many people out there that unfortunately live on planet zog
    and thats why they fail because they are not committed enough

    but anyway, for those that work at it, work smart and not hard it will pay off

    paul
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  • Profile picture of the author paradyne
    It takes money to make money. There are a few affiliate programs that
    you can use to make money by selling other peoples products. Some
    people use free advertising methods that may or may not work and they
    can be time consuming and slow. I have found that my best marketing
    results have come from some form of paid advertising. I use a combination
    of paid marketing, forums and social networks.
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    • Profile picture of the author Richardo
      There are some ways for you to make money.There are a number of market places such as clickbank and commision Junction from where you can choose a product and start promoting for sales.
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  • Profile picture of the author jimmisea
    Hmmmm... Dont get it at all.
    If you join Clickbank or Paydotcom at least you need domains,host and of course it is website. ( need money )

    But if you smart to buy domain you can be a domainer ( Domain Real estate) buy at $7 and try to sold it at $1000 or more. (it still need money)

    Or if you have interest in some thing try to build a blog, be a blogger ( John wu sold $ 15M for his own Bankaholic.com ). ( need money too..)

    So I still dont get it how to make money without spending a money.
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  • Profile picture of the author ronnie11
    Yes, but there are some genuine programs as well....
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  • Profile picture of the author l23bc
    to be all honest like i have experienced you need either a lot of time or a lot of money to test the water, time is normally the best choice but if you found something that matched the skills to what people are looking for then you can be right away on to a winning streak,

    Its all about picking something that you will find a intrest in and following through, forget all the clickbank "make money by spending money ideas", you can learn for free but it does take a lot of time if you dont want to spend money doing so?

    hope that helps
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr. Thiago
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    I expect handouts and quick riches and that's exactly what I'm getting.

    Making money online is possible. Aim for the stars, everything is possible.

    God bless the Rockefellers and the Bransons too.

    You create your reality, everything is an illusion, so choose the illusion that works best for you. You can be happy and you can be rich at the same time, BELIEVING IS SEEING.
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  • Profile picture of the author SergeLight
    Couldn't agree with you more
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