Anyone here make money online?

[Kusanagi]

Just curious if anyone has done anything online to make money: Blogging, affiliate programs, adsense, etc?

About two weeks ago I started looking for ways to make some money online to suppliment what I have at my current job and have actually made a few hundred just messing around in my free time. I think I could make more if I take it seriously! :D

Good way to pay for dealer school!

What do you guys use or what have you tried?

[Rapscallion]

Well, I certainly don't. When I get time, I'll set up getting those prints for distribution. I've got an image for T-shirts - just investigating suppliers/distributors in free (hah!) time. It won't pay for the running of the site, but it will make things easier.

Rapscallion

[Kusanagi]

I told you I'd help with the stateside distribution if you wanted. :)

I'm doing some stuff involving freebie trading and referrals and over the last two weeks made about three hundred bucks. Didn't know if anyone else had done anything similar or not.

[vonkarolinas]

That sounds nice. Willing to teach the poor huddled masses what you are doing?

[Kusanagi]

I'd need the okay from the mods first since I'd essentially be advertising, if the mods are okay with it, I can give details.

[NightAngel]

Kus:
I'd say the best way for doing this is the interested people can PM you if they desire details.

Thanks for asking first! :)

EDIT:
I used to turn an okay profit on EBay. Nothing to get rich on certainly but it helped. I just got to where I dealt with SC's all day at work and then come home and deal with SC's all evening and I decided my mental state was worth more.
So, I quit.

However, the benefit of online SC's is that you can point, laugh, ridicule them horrendously and they never know. You can also tell them to take a hike whenever you want.

[Mr. Rager!]

About the most I've ever done online to make money was play poker. I did really well for a while... enough to buy the Movado of my dreams amongst other things.

However... I'm one of those quit while you're ahead types...

[digilight]

I've done a little bit of online stuff for money. I ran a few adult websites for affiliate programs back in the mid to late nineties for a pay for click and signup bonus based system. I went to a few adult webmaster conventions to get into it originally and at the time their business model was very well thought out and professional. Just kind of weird seeing something like that handled as normally as any everyday business.

I've done ebay a few times (not enough for it count though).

I do occasionally get some of my customers via online. The whole transaction doesn't happen over the internet though. Normally they will either call me or email me and the ship me their masters and artwork or email it to me (depends on the size of master) and then I get their CC info over the phone to bill. I should eventually go to a CC processesing gateway with a FTP Transfer server to get more online business.

My SILs mom has an online arts/crafts business where she sells her handmade items such as purses and jewelery. She was able to quit her job and support herself from that and her craft shows that she sells at.

My Wifes cousin owns a business where you get premade meals that you just toss in a pan and cook for however long. You do either 3/6/or 12 meals for either 2-3 people or 4-6 people. Then you can prepare it yourself at one of their sessions or for about 20 bucks more they will assemble it for you. Most of the time you signup and pay for it online before you get to the store. (If that counts).

I do want to branch more into the online market though. I won't say exactly what just so it doesn't sound to self promoting (LOL) but I've been a little to lazy so far.

[MystyGlyttyr]

Not yet, but I have my feelers out there. I was offered a job editing entrance videos for a wrestling fed in Indiana, never really panned out. I've had a few folks interested in my writing and stuff like that. Someday when I'm feeling particularly full of myself :angel: I might start selling merchandise off my website...photos and the like. I've actually gotten offers in the past!

Just have to remember not to think about what might happen with those photos...

[gunsage]

Amazon, if that counts. :)

[Retail Associate]

I've designed and still manage websites that make other people money. I did orginally make money in the design/publishing of the sites and one of my clients still pays me a monthly sum to maintain her site.

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[draggar]

If I ever sell one of my domains then yes. But, year to date, I've made a little though adsense. Not enough to brag about, but enough to cover a few domain registration fees.

The best way to make a small fortune though the web is to start with a large fortune. :)

There are many sites out there that teach you the ways of web-money making (and ten times as many full of scams). I'm on one such community (oddly enough the community that referred me to here). No, no one will come out and say "This is how you will make $100,000 this year" but if you pay attention to little tips and hints all over the site, you could be a little successful.

"Paying for traffic" is usually a scam. Anyone can set up a program and give you 15,000 hits a day but I'd rather have 10 people actually visiting my site, learning, and clicking the ad sense, the Google search buy, and buying though my referral / partnership services.

[Kusanagi]

I got some links to adwords/adsense books if you would like them, Draggar. Shoot me a PM if you're interested.

Heyooo, just made another hundred, yay. Like the mods said, if anyone wants to send me a PM I can give you guys some info.

(Fuzzy, I got your PM, haven't had a chance to respond yet :) )