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Posted by: shane on 2008-12-30, 08:41:38
The secret to working from home: First and foremost, you need to be able to provide SOMETHING that others can't, this is how ALL job markets work. There is an abundance of users online who look for jobs online and expect to do surveys for money, write reviews, send e-mails, etc - It DOESN'T work like that, because those jobs are never needed by companies, and you are literally competing with every laid off person, stay at home mom, elderly person with the internet, every person below the age of 18 with the internet, and any other lazy person in the world with internet access and no job. You MUST bring SOMETHING to the table. I always recommend selling things online, and people never take my advice, despite if I show them my money Ive received from PayPal / eBay, information on where to get items, exactly how to sell them, etc. I don't get it, I guess sometimes people are naturally lazy. Heres how its done, you've got your eBay account, you've got your PayPal account. Gather up ALL the stuff you no longer want, need, or anything you think might have value and that someone out there in world might want to buy. You list it on eBay, and then you send it out. You just made money. Next step, find ways to get More stuff to sell, even if you have to buy it and resell it for profit. I personally use Craigslist.org . Go on there, find some good deals on electronics or anything else you believe has Real Value. Real Value means you KNOW there is a demand for something, such an xbox 360. Say you find someone selling 100 Antique Matchbooks. Theres PROBABLY NOT a real value for them, and that stuff is harder to sell. I personally love to buy items from people with a lot of something, meaning they are selling an Xbox 360, 12 games, three controllers, and a couple other random things. They want $400 for everything, I agree to meet up with them, and after looking everything over I offer $350 - 9 out of 10 times, they say YES. I instantly SAVED $50. Next, I go on eBay, and sell all those games separately for $20 a piece, then I sell the two of the three controllers separately, and then I sell all of that random stuff that was also included. I finally sell the 360 and 1 controller, the cords, and maybe a game. By the time everything is sold, I've made a total of $525, which is a profit of $175. That paid for my gas to pick up the item, the fee's for eBay, my time for listing them. Guess what, a lot of people do Not make $175 for a full days worth of work! I just made it in about 20 minutes of actual work. I probably do this 10 times a week with several different things, and I make four times more money than my buddies busting their asses at factory jobs - on this alone. Your probably thinking "why doesnt everyone do this if its so easy? " and Im not trying to sell you anything, Im just a normal 21 year old guy and this all free information, you don't owe me one penny. The reason why more people aren't doing this is simple. Pure Laziness. Everyone wants to go somewhere for a couple hours, show up, do a simple task, and get paid. That's fine if you can do it, but I'd rather use my brain. Want to go a step further? Sell things for others and take a 15-30% commission for selling it for them. This even pays off the fee's leaving you with extra profit, and people come to You. I sell classic cars for a guy in town that restores cars, he's too old to understand most functions of the internet and so I do all of his eBay related work. Every time he shows up with a new car, I know I'm making a couple grand. I personally just got started on buying cheap cars at auction, having two guys do basic paint and body work, and selling these cars on eBay as well. Sometime I only make $200 in profit, sometimes I make $4,000 in profit. (look up info on $50 paint jobs, and basic body work techniques.) What do I do in the spring and summer? I'm hitting up yard sales and flea markets looking for deals on things, and you better believe I've got my web-browsing phone with me so I can look on eBay and see what something is worth before I even spend a dime. I'm 100% I'm going to get a profit every time. It's fun too! Got a ton of knowledge on a subject? (I wont recommend writing an e-book on operating an internet cafe in your case) Write an e-book, and sell it! Throw some Google AdSense on your page, and your set. Look more into it. There's So many things to sell, but don't expect to join any websites and make money from them, because it just doesn't work like that. |
