With all the doom and gloom news about the economy, there’s never been a better time to make an extra paycheck online with a minimal amount of time and effort.
If you have an internet connection, you can get started on the road to having the internet pay for your mortgage, car payment, kids’ college tuition, or even that special vacation you’ve wanted.
A perfect part-time business would have to be very easy to start, require little time and money and no technical expertise, be easy to maintain with just a few hours a week and have a proven track record with a high probability of success.
With that in mind, this week we’ll look at five of the best ways to make extra cash moonlighting on the internet:
Affiliate marketing:
This may possibly be the absolute laziest way to make money because it doesn’t require you to have a product, make a sale or ever have any interaction with customers.This is essentially a “referral” business, or as one of my book contributors likes to call it, “passionate recommendations.” Basically, you can get paid a referral commission just for sending people to sites (or vendors) that are set up to pay affiliate fees once a sale is made. The vendor does all the selling, fulfills the purchase and handles any customer service issues–and you just collect your check….not bad!
Some people choose affiliates based on who or what is paying the highest commissions, and that certainly is a viable option. Most people opt to choose products or goods they are passionate about so that the process is much more fun and engaging.
Insurance and credit card companies pay high commissions for referrals that convert to customers ($40 to $150 and up), but the competition is fierce. It may pay well, but is this something you’ll enjoy doing for the long haul?
Alternatively, you could take a look at your hobbies and other things you enjoy and see which affiliate programs are a good match. As always, do your research to verify the viability of your market. A good place to look for ideas (and downloadable products just waiting for an affiliate) is ClickBank.com.
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Moonlight On The Internet, Part III
June 11, 2008 by Rich | 1 Comment
In Advice, Internet, Small Biz
Tom Printy on June 11th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Hi,
Yes this is a nice way to make some extra money. I have a little program that I wrote to help me create sites like http://www.coolipodauctions.com . This site directs people to ebay and I get a percentage whenever a bidder wins the auction. There are a lot of other affiliates to join so look around. If you would like to get started quickly with eBay affiliates let me know and I can get you my program.
-Tom