Types of methods to make money online, and what you should start with

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January 16, 2018, 8:50 am

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Types of methods to make money online, and what you should start with

When it comes to making money online, there's no guide to show you where to start and what you should be doing. When I started my "Make Money Online" journey, I didn't really know what I was doing because I just jumped in and followed the very first method and system I came upon. I spent years of researching and failing until I knew enough about websites in order to start turning a profit. But don't worry, I'm here to help you out if you're a beginner on your road to success with online profits

Starting off when there's no direction to follow means you have to do massive amounts of research prior to just jumping in. Unlike me, where I just grabbed the first system I came across and ran with it, you will need to figure out what works best for you and your time. If you have a little bit of time to do the work, you won't be able to do anything that takes hours a day to complete and run properly. On the other hand, if you do have a ton of time on your hands, you can do pretty much anything. You can run a big authority website and manage it for hours upon hours each day, or you can set up multiple websites and focus on each of them for an hour a day. Really, the decision is up to you and your schedule.

In this discussion, I'll be covering some of the main ways to make money online, and those are:

Becoming an Affiliate
Affiliate marketing is nothing new when it comes to making money online. There have been some big affiliates out there making millions a year through their own systems and tricks to pull in sign-ups. You won't be a master affiliate overnight, but in time you can definitely make enough money in order to quit your day job and go online full time

People this is good for:
If you don't need to build a second income, becoming an affiliate is a good thing to get into. You won't be profiting right away, so if you don't have to rely on your affiliate commissions, in the beginning, you can build your income stream gradually. No affiliate income stream is built overnight, so invest some time into this and build it gradually. You might get some big breaks, and have some great months in terms of profits, but that can all change later on. I would suggest running multiple offers on multiple websites before you even think of doing this full time.
People this is bad for:
Becoming an affiliate marketer isn't a great idea if you need to make some quick cash. You won't see a lot of profits coming in right away because you will need to learn and develop, a lot of your own tricks in order to pull in sales. Even if you get a lot of sales, you won't get a payout right away. Some affiliate systems pay out once a month, and you could likely miss the payout date and have to wait 30 days before you see any money coming in.

Being a Blogger
Blogging is great to do if you have a lot of knowledge on a subject. I wouldn't recommend blogging about something if you don't know what you're talking about. The big bloggers usually stick to a niche and industry they're familiar with, this is because they don't have to do massive amounts of research prior to posting.

People this is good for:
Blogging for profits is good for anyone really, as long as you can write a decent amount of quality content on a subject you're familiar with.
People this is bad for:
Again, this is bad for those people who think they're going to make money hand over fist almost immediately after starting. You won't see a ton of traffic and sales or clicks until you become an authority within your niche. Once you become an authority, you will notice more and more people coming to your website and clicking your ads or links.

Running an eCommerce Website
When you get a little more advanced, you can start selling products online. This is what is called eCommerce and you've probably seen hundreds of these websites online. If you can go to a website and purchase a physical product that gets shipped to you, you're on an eCommerce website

Types of eCommerce
Selling Your Own Products - You can develop and make your own products then sell them on your own eCommerce website. This will make it so you are operating and making your own products that are being sold on your own website. You won't be relying on other people to ship out your items since you have complete control over what is happening with your business.

Dropshipping Other Peoples Products - This type of eCommerce is what a lot of people gravitate towards because it's simple and effective if you do it right. Dropshipping means you are selling other peoples products, but it looks like they are your very own. You sell the products on your website, under your name, and they get sent out under your own name or business name. This works well if you can set up your eCommerce website an automate the purchase to shipping tasks. If you have a lot of sales and have to do everything manually, you could go crazy in a little amount of time lol.

People this is bad for:
Drop shipping isn't a good thing to get into if you don't have the time to invest into it, as well as an advertising budget. If you're trying to dropship items, it will take time to source the right products and set up the orders if you do eventually get sales. If you don't have some money to invest into advertising, you probably will think this type of website setup doesn't work. You won't see high rankings very quick because you're running a new website and rankings take time.
People this is good for:
Drop shipping is great for people who are already established online or people who aren't worried about making one or two sales a month after they take hours upon hours to set up their website. You won't be rich overnight with drop shipping, but you can make a few thousand a month with free marketing methods. You will have to build up your profits over time, and that is the main reason people are deterred from this.

Selling a Service Online
This is one of the best ways to make money online, but you need to have a skill or a high level of knowledge when it comes to making money in specific niches and industries. I've been running my company for a long time now, and I certainly didn't have the knowledge when I first started out, that's why I didn't incorporate until I was working online for 4 years lol. I learned everything I could in my industry, and then I strived out to make money online. I had a job at the time, so I wasn't worried about how much I made online. I treated it as a learning experience and after enough time had passed, and me getting fired from my job lol, I started working online full time.

People this is bad for:
This type of method to make money online isn't good for people who aren't dedicated. You will need to have a lot more dedication with this type of setup because it's all on you. You can't rely on someone to send out a product or someone to click on a link and make you a few bucks through a commission. If you don't have an original thought in your head, or you can't think outside of the box even a little, this type of work is not going to be good for you.
People this is good for:
Selling your own services online is great for anyone who has a high drive. You will basically be running your own business and putting your name on it. You are the type of person that wants to make all of the money and not have to give someone else a commission or get a little bit of the total profits because you're simply an affiliate to someone selling a service.

In Conclusion
There are many ways to make money online, these are just the main ones that people gravitate towards. You can test out all of these, or just stick with one, to decide what works best for you. Blogging is usually a good thing to start with if you have some extra time on your hands, even 20 minutes a day to post to your blog is good enough. Getting up to the eCommerce and your own services level takes much more knowledge and effort, but you can still do it if you simply put in the time to research everything you can

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Razzy

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Awesome methods Thanks to share Razzy
i have a question about Affiliate program
Question is : how I Become an Affiliate from Seocheckout ? where i can promote my Seocheckout Affiliate link

Thank you

6 years ago

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Tronia

Hey,

I can answer that question for you. All you should do it check this link, Seocheckout has it all explained already ;) https://www.seocheckout.com/affiliate

I hope that this helps!

6 years ago

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Martinsx1

Thanks for providing this link, it was very helpful to me in also getting to understand the answer to the question asked on how to promote one's Seocheckout affiliate link. Thanks for sharing, good job.

6 years ago

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TommyCarey

Once you register here on seocheckout, or any of the ionicware websites, you're already a full fledged affiliate

Check out the link Tronia shared, that will go right to the affiliate page and tell you everything you need to know, as well as show you the banners you can share that already have your affiliate ID within the code that is given to you

The system is pretty awesome, and a lot of affiliates love it, so hopefully you're another one that enjoys what you see

6 years ago

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Tronia

Blogging can be tricky nowadays because everybody wants to be a blogger and get "rich". It isn't at all though. People just assume that they make a blog or a website and automatically get traffic, put ads on and start monetizing it but that's not the truth. You have to be quite smart, use things such as SEO and constantly push out high-quality content. If you do succeed though, the money is good.

6 years ago

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Corzhens

First and foremost a blog should be borne out of passion and not for the desire to make money. Blogging is writing for the readers and not for the search engines. With over saturation of the internet with blogs, I have to agree that it is tricky when it comes to obtaining regular readers because the competition is stiff and you can easily be left behind if your posting is not frequent.

5 years ago

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anwebservices

Hope that people will take time to read this great tips and review of making money online. Most of the people starting it without much research. Most of them think it's way too hard and risky, and other most of them think that's very easy. These who start it with "very easy" thoughts, mostly bump into this hardship when they realize how much time they have to invest into researching for right business or products to deal with and they give up....
But online business is presence and future of trading, so sooner we decide to start with, sooner we will be making money online

6 years ago

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kgord

Those of us who have been trying to make money online for awhile are familiar with most of the problems discussed in these examples. I would like to add writing online as there are a few people who manage to make a reasonably decent income online writing articles and ghost writing for others.

6 years ago

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Steve5

True! Most writers prefer ghost writing and freelancing because it pays. They simply have to provide what the client is asking for. It's a quick way to earn extra cash. And if they like your work, they may ask you to work on future projects.

6 years ago

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kgord

Yes, this is true. I have gotten a few clients this way. However, most of them have time limited projects you can work on unfortunately. It can rarely be a long term thing, but that is the way it is sadly.

6 years ago

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Steve5

I think it's okay. Despite the minor drawbacks, it's still quick way to earn a little extra income. You can still find other clients if some of them run out of projects. It's nice to have people saying you did well on something you worked hard on.

6 years ago

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kgord

Yes, this is true, but I don't really need other people's approval. I know when I have worked hard on something and whether I have done a good job or not. It is always nice to be paid for your efforts though.

6 years ago

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cmoneyspinner

Interesting. You progressive steps are actually the path that I took to begin my online work.

Signed up as an Affiliate

Then started a Blog
(Although in between, I signed up to become an article writer.)

Running an eCommerce Website
I tried this but was not successful.
(Before that I tried drop shipping. That was also unsuccessful.)

Selling a Service Online
Tried this. Started with something simple. Selling blog comments. Have not done well. But that's OK. Will continue to try.

6 years ago

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overcast

I think it's dependent on the execution. So you're just meeting the obstacles. And you have to find ways to get over them. Then you will see where the success is and how to do in such case. I'd say for each one of us things would be a bit different.

6 years ago

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cmoneyspinner

Thanks. Encouragement is always a good thing when a person is really striving but feel like they're not getting anywhere.

6 years ago

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overcast

I can relate. I have gone through and still do because I have yet to hit the upward fixed position. So I think it's constant battle till one crosses the threshold to be there. I guess soon enough it'd be surely possible.

6 years ago

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Martinsx1

The truth is that starting doesn't mean that you would hit success immediately, it takes a while, hard work, commitment, dedication and persistence to succeed in affiliate marketing. But once you hit the road up and running, there is nothing going to keep you back from success unless you become complacent and let your efforts go in vain.

6 years ago

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cmoneyspinner

"Hard work, commitment, dedication, and persistence"

Well! Since I have all of these I'll just carry on.

6 years ago

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Judas2018

Selling a service or running a website that generates ad revenue are really the best ways to monetize your online presence. Another one is possibly starting your own youtube career, but if you are unsure of unwanted fame and attention - you should think long and hard about that one.

6 years ago

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vinaya

I started with writing. I never earned money on the site I started. However, the site taught me how to attract online readers' attention. The second site was called Helium. I made around $300 from that site until it shut down. The third site is Hubpages, I am still earning from my HubPages articles.
After many years of writing on various writing sites, I decided to launch my own blogs, continue publishing articles and also began affiliate marketing. last year, I decided to give a try with ecommerce. I am yet to figure out how to make money from ecommerce sites.

6 years ago

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overcast

I think affiliate income takes years to build seriously. But once it is built and you start to see the regular income. Then surely you are going to have a good time. I have seen that some of the time you can definitely find more value out of that.Also the article writing and other freelance projects can be good enough on that point. I personally think that new methods needs to be taken with some serious efforts. That way you won't be feeling that much uncomfortable.

6 years ago

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vinaya

I started doing affiliate marketing in 2012. It has been 5 years, however, I can count how many products I sold. True, it takes time to build affiliate income. However, it is also true that for some people it may never build. In order to earn from affiliate marketing, you need to promote the right products, in the right ways. However, the right ways and the right products differ people to people.

6 years ago

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overcast

Yes. I have been into affiliate marketing for long haul. And so far made random money. And there does not seem to anything consistent income. And I mean if I had consistent earning from such sites I'd never spend the time any other project for sure. That's the thing it's not easy with affiliate marketing otherwise everyone would have done it.

6 years ago

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vinaya

I think affiliate marketing is one of the prime choices for any freelancers. However, not everyone can make money from affiliate marketing. I know people who are making thousands of dollars by selling affiliate products, however, I hardly make $15 a month through affiliate sales (I am making zero on Seocheckout). I might not easily give up though.

6 years ago

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overcast

Yes the income can be varying a lot. And people have to take that into their mind. I'd say on that note it can be really hard to work around with the money online. I am not sure how that works out. But the thing is that one has to see where to promote. That's what makes money I guess.

6 years ago

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vinaya

The right methods and the right platforms both are very important when it comes to get most from affiliate sales. First of all, you should choose the right product. Listing the product on your website may not work, you need to build contents around the products, or let say you need to place the product that matches your topic. The instead of product, you should promote your content. Those who like your content might end up buying the product.

6 years ago

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overcast

I think for the affiliate marketing you need to have the traffic. That's something you have to understand and consider. Affiliate marketing is changing every single day. And Google is getting smarter and does not send traffic that easily. So it's kind of hard.

6 years ago

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JoeMilford

I really liked the way you structured this post with the "people this is good for" and "people this is bad for" dichotomy--although, some of this may be just a matter of opinion, that's a good strategy to get people thinking about what types of businesses they may want to get into. I am still experimenting, myself, with which approaches to online monetizing and freelancing are best for me, but I tend to gravitate towards the blogging because of my love of writing. I am really curious about affiliate marketing, though; however, I am not exactly sure, currently, how to go about starting something like that up.

6 years ago

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Baburra

I'm starting to look into becoming an affiliate as I see some potential in it and I do realize it is not a short term money making method but I think in the end it will be worth it since it can turn out to be somewhat passive income if you do it correctly. I think a lot of companies that do this have a good enough and fair system in place wherein you get paid a fair amount for selling for them and I'm even considering adding this site as something I push more for public attention since I wouldn't only be getting the money in return but I'd also be shedding some light on a site that I like that is good and I feel like deserves more attention and credit.

6 years ago

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Corzhens

For me, blogging is the best because it is easy to learn and you can gain focus just on your niche. Much more if your niche is your passion then it is not like working for surely you will enjoy writing about the thing you love. When I was a guest blogger, I had the time of my life in expressing my passion in pets. Time flies fast and I didn’t notice that I was writing for 3 hours already. That means I was enjoying so I lost track of time. And if your blog gets a fairly good traffic then you can earn a fortune.

6 years ago

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gavinci13

Thank you Razzy, This is very helpful for a beginner or a newbie like me looking for some ways how to make money online. I've been an employee for almost a decade now, I realized it is not going to give me the life I want for me and my family. I am not dreaming big but I think my family and I deserve a little bit more, I am in a developing country (Philippines) Living here is pretty tight, salary for the masses is not enough, most of the people here ended up borrowing money just to survive, when payday comes in. big percentage of our income goes to our debt and the cycle continues.

I would like do dedicate all my free time in studying this kind of field, this kind of post helps people like me. Again Thank you for this pointers. I know I still have a lot of time to dedicate for me to learn all of this. I think blogging will cost a little to start, I just need to find my niche and learn how to properly broadcast it and reach people out. Maybe one day I can create something that will also help and educate my countrymen about this thing after i succeed on this field.

6 years ago

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Martinsx1

Currently, I am making online by selling services and products using mostly my social media accounts and I'm doing averagely well. I'm making arrangements to take up on affiliate marketing, it's a step by step approach, so I'm not rushing it in order to make sure that I grasp exactly how things are done being an affiliate marketer.

6 years ago

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Kakashi2020

I'm going with Being a Blogger and Selling Things Online. Starting your own Blogsite and writing helpful blogs will ultimately lead to a lot of money making opportunities. While selling things online by creating your own online store even if it's in social media can earn you some income daily. What's great with these two options is that you have full control without any blind sides, you can't be scammed by these two options.

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DenialSom

You are right, blogging is a great solution now for many. I like that it always has several options for development, such as affiliate marketing and earnings from advertising or guest publications. One of the good examples I've seen recently is https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-ea...er/Shaun-Marrs-1 who tells their success story

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