Q&A: Why are people scared about making money online?
12. Mar, 2012 
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Question by : Why are people scared about making money online?
I’ve been reading alot of peoples answer to peoples questions about making money online. Most of the answers are negative. I would like to no why?
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Answer by Andi
Probably because they are afraid of being scammed!
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The internet is notorious for scams that end up swindling people out of money when promising that they’ll make money. One should be cautious about giving out personal info on the internet because of this.
Because most of the things/”jobs” that allow you to make money on the net are flat out scams.
Anything online that is legit will be the same as real life jobs.. you will have to go through an interview process, show proof of references and accredidations, file tax information, etc. Even most states have laws now that people selling on ebay and sites like it have to declare sales tax to the state.
Pay per clicks are scams… you might find some interesting stuff, but if you get paid at all it will be a negligiable amount… 5, 10 bucks after a couple months of endless clicks. The last one I saw was paying 1/4th of a cent per click, and you ahve to stay on the page for 30 seconds. So, 2 minutes for one penny, you are making about 1$ per hour, and many many pay per clicks are paying far less than that.
With the surveys, usually they give you as many surveys as you could possibly find time to take…. until you are about 5-10$ of your pay out level. Then you will be lucky if you see a single survey all month long, and when you do, it will only pay about 50 cents.
Most others online are different versions of different pyramid scams. If you are brilliant enough to come up with one that will catch on and are at the top of the pyramid, you could make a lot. But by the time the general public gets it, the market is saturated and no one will buy the “product”
Now, like I said, there *are* some legit opportunities online. But, you have to be vigilant in your research to know which ones are legit and which ones are scams.
Know that anything promising an unrealistic amount of money for the work is likely a scam. Most things demanding money upfront are scams (I say most, but not all.. . Mary Kay requires a deposit up front for the demo items, but Mary Kay is a pretty legit company)
A lot of people are afraid of EVERYTHING in life. Online money making is not a myth, there are literally millions of people making money online. I am one of them
I used to be a Delivery manager in a software company and I left it and make a money online, it is definitely more exciting than just developing sites for others. I have also developed a site to help other people, you can check it for resources.
The reason people are afraid is because it is virtual, you really cant SEE most aspects of it so it feels like mumbo jumbo, but keep in mind that there are only the points listed below that are needed for success.
1. Find a product that people are willing to buy.
2. Buy, or work for traffic that costs you less money than conversion factor. On a an average you will make 1-2 sales per 100 people to your site. It is dependent on your product and price too. But this rule should generally hold. So if you spend $25 for this traffic and you get $29 per sale you are in green.
3. Make the sales process as easy as possible, do not ask too many questions before sale.
4. During the 3 steps above, ask and get a visitors email .
5. Start a newsletter and send the emails interesting information, you can try selling them something every 5th mail or so.
That’s all there is to selling and making money online.
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