Can you make money working online?
By Gordon Powers, Sympatico / MSN Finance
A soured economy has prompted a boom in crowdsourcing, reports Businessweek, an efficient trend that will outlast the recession, it predicts. Good news for some, but not necessarily all.
Take online retailer Amazon, for instance. In case you're unfamiliar with it, Amazon's
Mechanical Turk is a crowdsourced marketplace for tiny tasks.
In theory, businesses gain access to an on-demand, scalable
workforce and online workers get exposure to micro jobs they might not otherwise see.
This controversy is what prompted blogger Trent Hamm of the Simple Dollar to document his-minute-by-minute experience with Mechanical Turk. He set aside an hour to try to earn some money and kept a detailed log of his experience.
His conclusion? Don't quit your day job. If you can write quickly, you might be able to earn close to the minimum wage, or a bit better if you really work at it.
Hardly a way to get rich but perhaps a useful stopgap when you’re job hunting, he advises.
What's your experience with online work?
Posted by: daytimedolphin | Jul 8, 2021 8:46:22 AM
My experience with work at home companies has not gone well. Most of the legit companies are stationed in the states. Living in Canada we don't have legit companies that are looking for work at home people, most of the work at home ads are scams anyways. So no you can not make money online.
Posted by: y.s.valiyani | Jul 8, 2021 11:01:19 AM
I agree with daytimedolphin. Most of ad @ work at home we believe are scam, they just want to sell their products prompting you to spend money to know "How to earn working at home".
We need genuine comments from people who have really earned/ are earning by working at home.
Posted by: J.DeRive | Jul 8, 2021 11:50:28 AM
I strongly disagree with the first two comments, I have done an extensive search in this field, over 5 years now. There are many legit work@home paths. First you have to be able to work motivated, and independantly, this is where most people who try, fail. Secondly, you have to understand that if someone is going to pay you to stay home, they're going to pay you less then someone who wants to see you everyday. Now my third and final point. If you can work independantly with great motivation and you know the man is going to pay you less then you're worth, isn't it time to be your own boss. Cut out the guys who tell you that you can be your own boss, and just BE your own boss. If it doesn't work out, just go back to work for the man. I know that I live very comfortably working from home.
Posted by: searcher | Jul 8, 2021 1:40:32 PM
I agree with the first 2 and disagree with J.DeRive.. For example. IBM globally has about 17% of their 350,000 employees working from home and that is not including the contractors. I used to be a contractor with them through Kelly Services doing data entry stuff a while ago. Paid decent money, as long as you put in the 8-10 hours a day.
I've researched work@home stuff too for 5 years and found exactly the same as daytimedolphin that most 'good' home office jobs are in the states with no opportunities to canadians. whatever is left is less than meaningful for the hours you put into it.
If DeRive thinks that it is better than my opinion, it would great to give specific examples of what is out there and what DeRive is using to better his life using work@home.
Posted by: 190574 | Jul 8, 2021 9:23:10 PM
i would like to see the companies as well that are legit. I have been scammed by work@home. So, J.DeRive, time to back up your words with proof
Posted by: hoppy | Jul 8, 2021 10:26:07 PM
I too was scammed $1.97 turned into a $72.21 USD. for a flippin google chest that there was not even any mention of. All I thought I was ordering was some home literature. So please if there is an actual place online sit at home work I would love to hear from you. I have checked out so many of these so called at home jobs and yes it's a big time scam or not for Canadians. Come on there DeRive give em up. lol. I'm not looking for the instant millionaire crap just a little extra for breathing room.
Posted by: bigted | Jul 11, 2021 10:57:28 AM
I have successfully worked at home for a number of years as a freelance writer. It pays well but you must scout out your own job prospects and be willing to sell yourself to the right pople. The jobs will not fall into your lap without proper research and leg work.
Posted by: Ezzy Winters | Jul 12, 2021 10:16:13 AM
I spent $2.98 just ordering info for google file to post links. Took my money and then flashed a message that it was unavailable. This is probably because I am from Canada. Canadian money they can convert to American but not the info. Hoping and praying that they don't use my Card number to skim more money. Feel like a fool!
Posted by: Gary Jessop | Jul 12, 2021 10:31:25 AM
I registered with one of the translation sites and bid on projects for one year while my subscription lasted. In that time I did not pick up one paying contract. Typically the prospective clients, who are themselves agencies, want to see a sample of your work, and set test assignments. These test assignments are often specialized, complex and long. I suspect these assignments are the true jobs. They take your work, tell you it's not accepted, and who knows what happens to it. I too need evidence that there's genuine work out there on line, at least in the translation field.
Posted by: Canuckshaw | Jul 12, 2021 11:54:47 AM
People. You cannot earn money posting links on google. That doesn't exist. It sounds kewl and all but it is a scam. Whether your Canadian or American it doesn't matter. Research any possible opportunity you find on line before ever giving credit card or account information. 99.9999999% of the time it's just someone trying to get rich quick with your money. J.DeRive said it best when he wrote, "Cut out the guys who tell you that you can be your own boss, and just BE your own boss. If it doesn't work out, just go back to work for the man." If you have the resources to start up your own on-line business go for it. Most of us don't and/or wouldn't know where to begin in the first place. The scum bags come out in droves when times are toughest preying on the desperate. If you remember that fact you may be able to hold on to some of your money through these tough times.
Posted by: antoine t | Jul 12, 2021 1:01:38 PM
I'm amazed at how many people fall for these get rich quick schemes. Use common sense. Don't look up how to make money. What sites do you frequent? Do you look up acne treatment? Figure out how those sites make money. Sign up as an affiliate, make your own site, throw up banners for acne treatment and get paid commission if you make a sale. You can make a site for anything really... diet pills, hotels in your local city, your favorite author, the potential is unlimited.
Then figure out how to get that site listed in google using search engine optimization.
It's not brain science. But if you are too lazy to take an initiative and research stuff on your own, and actually work at it like its your own business, then yes you will become another idiot who was scammed to fork over some money for a fake get paid to stuff emails or get paid to read serveys scam. Even if those aren't scams, how do you expect to get rich that way???
Posted by: Richard Gail | Jul 16, 2021 5:13:26 AM
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Posted by: Richard Gail | Jul 16, 2021 5:23:02 AM
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