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Jul 07 '08 by chelly

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money on the side (LINKS)

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EDIT: here's some decent work at home (WAH) sites i found.

but first
-you might want to create an email just for these, because you will need to join than one to make any money and they send most requests by email
-make sure you have paypal, some send money that way
-not all pay in money. some use gift certificates or points to put you in drawings for money. most have a limit that you can cash-out on.
-if you are prone to lie, keep track of it or you will get booted
-keep at it! most businesses will send you more work the longer you stick with them.
-if you don't qualify for a survey, you probably won't get paid
-short surveys are usually sent to determine if you qualify for the real thing
-if asked for a referral, PLEASE use ladylilac*gmail (it you want)
-if one sucks, please tell me and i'll delete it

the list thus far (bold ones i like):

American Consumer Opinion - pays by check

Baker Street Solutions - heard good things, haven't gotten contacted by them yet

Choozz - pay in cash or prizes; haven't qualified for anything w/ them yet

DataIntelligence - cash and prizes; not currently surveying but will put you on their list

Focus Pointe Online - online and on location; cash

InHome Product Testing - you get to keep the full-sized products

Lightspeed Panel - points for cash or prizes; got a few surveys through them

MyOpinion Now - points for cash/prizes; heard good things but haven't been contacted by them

Mindfield Online - pay cash and prizes; have contacted me frequently

NPDOR - drawings for prizes and sometimes cash; haven't done much with them

Pinecone Research - pay cash, maybe prizes; recommended by hanzabean

Polling Point - points for prizes; have a lot of for-fun polls; haven't been contacted much for them

pureprofile- recommended by mz_kat_ii; pays cash

Scour Search - pay visa gift cards for searching the web; not a survey site! i love this because i'm constantly searching the web, but it isn't for everyone.

SurveyLion - pays cash; int'l

Survey Savvy - cash, if you don't qualify for survey they put you into a drawing for cash; been sent a few but haven't qualified

Test Spin - gift cards; haven't qualified for any of their surveys

Valued Opinions - cash and prizes; contacted occasionally

MISC sites i either don't have the right browser/computer, am not interested in their services for my situation but are still good companies, or haven't had a chance to test myself but will:

LiveOps - requires phone
WestAtHome - requires phone
VocaLabs -requires phone
ChaCha -requires Foxfire, pass a test, fill out a W9; get paid $.02 per answered web question
Keynote Systems
AW $urveys
Permission Research
MySurvey
Greenfield Online
Opinion Outpost
E-Poll Surveys
Free Paid Surveys
goZing
Participants Online
mediatransfer
zoompanel
consumerlink int'l
consumerviews
esearch
product testing services
Gang & Gang
Intellisurvey

ORIGINAL BLOG

is there a decent work-from-home way to make some additional cash (in a non-sexual context here folks, let's keep it legal)?

i know a lot of you can do extra design work, but that's not a talent of mine.

anyhow, i've got loads of doctor bills coming up super duper fast and just thought i'd toss this out there in the off-chance that someone knows of something that doesn't require me to "make an investment" beforehand.

thanks.

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Pathan Nagel on Jul 07 '08 at 3:02pm

i need a silver eye patch

cassiepaige on Jul 07 '08 at 3:03pm

I'll keep my eyes open for ya.

Doctor bills suck.

tracerbullet on Jul 07 '08 at 3:03pm

(in a non-sexual context here folks, let's keep it legal)

pshhh, way to totally limit yourself!

why don't you make and sell more knitty things? those always totally rock!

wotto on Jul 07 '08 at 3:03pm

talk the shex down the phone and get rich.

sonmi on Jul 07 '08 at 3:04pm

what's it called... like transcribing? transcribing lectures from an audio recording, typing them into a scripted form. it can be kind of tedious work (i looked into it once), but it's one option.

chelly on Jul 07 '08 at 3:05pm

i don't knit, i crochet. it is not a lucritive art. if i were to charge by the hour the end product would be so expensive that no one would buy it. heck, i charge mere dollars and people don't buy my stuff now.

that option, out.

thank you for the compliment.

FRICKINAWESOME on Jul 07 '08 at 3:06pm

A friend of mine was too sick to work outside her house, so she used to do all kinds of jobs where people would be directed into her phone line for all sorts of things, from toy r us to flowers by mail, and she would read the prompts off the screen and make some half-decent money that way. I think it was workathome.com or something like that, but it seems like something that's pretty easy to get work from. Hope that helps!

chelly on Jul 07 '08 at 3:06pm

sonmi on Jul 07 '08 at 3:04pm what's it called... like transcribing? transcribing lectures from an audio recording, typing them into a scripted form. it can be kind of tedious work (i looked into it once), but it's one option.

that would totally work. how would one go about finding something like that?

tracerbullet on Jul 07 '08 at 3:06pm

sonmi on Jul 07 '08 at 3:07pm

yeah, i think my former pastor's wife used to work at home as some sort of telemarketer.

abeadle on Jul 07 '08 at 3:07pm

i know what you mean about the handmade things, people just don't pay what they are really worth :(

maybe try selling things on ebay or maybe some kinda night job? good luck, hugs

tracerbullet on Jul 07 '08 at 3:07pm

that would totally work. how would one go about finding something like that?

i see ads for that kind of stuff on craigslist all the time. try craigslist.

shirtflirt on Jul 07 '08 at 3:07pm

wifey started doing surveys online.

sonmi on Jul 07 '08 at 3:07pm

i've seen postings like it on craigslist occasionally. i'm not sure if there's one specific source you can look to - i'm sure there is if you google it, though!

chelly on Jul 07 '08 at 3:08pm

to wotto and fna - i'm not totally sure, but most of those types of things require a phone line (i do not have). if they would accept a cell phone, i'm still not sure i could do it. i tried doing phone psychic work for a while and it was really stressful.

chelly on Jul 07 '08 at 3:10pm

i can't really get a night job because i need to stay at home with the boy, so i'm a bit limited. plus i don't have a car.

i'm hoping this list would help other people too. not just me. everyone needs more $$$ for something.

online surveys is a good idea too. i signed up for a few places but then never got anything sent my way.

tracerbullet on Jul 07 '08 at 3:12pm

are you computer savvy at all? you could do some web design or something.

sonmi on Jul 07 '08 at 3:14pm

are you able to babysit other kids?

tracerbullet on Jul 07 '08 at 3:17pm

you could start Chelly's Daycare! "For all your daycare needs!"

i'll even let you use that fancy slogan i came up with.

chelly on Jul 07 '08 at 3:22pm

i used to be computer savvy, but nowadays i'm not so sure. i could potentially help old people who aren't familiar w/ computers.

no, i am not able to babysit other kids. my patients extends to one child that only survives because he is of my flesh. also, i don't know anybody.

chelly on Jul 07 '08 at 3:24pm

just looking around it seems as though the transcribing thing is mostly medical and the best way to do it would be to go through training and get certified and buy some kind of pedal and good headphones and such

stuffing envelopes isn't looking very reliable

dildo assembly - i heard about someone who had this job one time and it sounds like a hilariously fun job but i have no idea how to go about figuring out how to find that job

sonmi on Jul 07 '08 at 3:28pm

i haven't looked at this site thoroughly, but it may be somewhat useful.

lunchboxbrain on Jul 07 '08 at 3:30pm

chelly, are you good with dogs? if so, you could always dog sit/dog walk.

Torakamikaze on Jul 07 '08 at 3:30pm

you could have people pay you to comfort them when theyre crammed up in a taxi

wotto on Jul 07 '08 at 3:33pm

i had a friend at university who paid her way thru her whole degree talking dirty to men. I used to go around and have dinner there sometimes and it was hilarious, she'd be talking about bumsex while cooking some burgers. She made a lot of money but she never got a boyfriend cos of it.

chelly on Jul 07 '08 at 3:40pm

aw, crammed comfort

the dog thing is something to consider, although my available hours would probably be the same as the owners' since i work 8-5

the sex chat would make me nervous as i have a toddler who repeats everything and even though he goes to bed early i would guess that i'd start getting creeped out

the online survey thing looks okey dokey for now

sometimes i think about becoming a notary public

chelly on Jul 07 '08 at 3:41pm

and thank you somni, i will look at that site. seems legit.

shakethesheets on Jul 07 '08 at 3:57pm

I know some travel/review sites pay admins hourly and you don't get that many hours... And sites like about.com will pay you to write some articles on a number of subjects, I think you just need to show them that you are capable of writing. I don't know you or if you're a good writer or not, but the quality of some of the stuff there isn't too high, so definitely don't be intimated if you haven't ever been a paid writer.

V1ctorya on Jul 07 '08 at 4:28pm

was the psychic thing that stressful? I've looked into those before, but I hate the thought of duping people who in the end just seem lonely.

I've been offered sex phone jobs before, but a. take note guys, saying 'your voice is so awesome, you should do sex phones, you'd make a lot of money' is not a good line on a first date and b. I'm afraid I'd just laugh throughout the entire thing.

As for medical transcription, well Chells, I can tell you every hospital I know has outsourced to India and Pakistan anyway. They record digitally, e-mail it to the service, get it back the next day. A few who bring in big bucks have whined enough to get American transciptionists, but more and more of the 'home' type jobs are going overseas where labour is much cheaper.

I'm keeping an eye on this blog. I, too, am looking for something part time. I used to do adult education, but despite the good money it was, not really stressful, just disheartening.

chelly on Jul 08 '08 at 8:54am

so the online survey thing -
it could be potentially valid for someone who has lots of time and the ability to organize and the patience to wade through the bad sites to find good ones. that person is probably not me. which sorta sucks because i just gave my info out to a lot of web pages. i had tried this once before several years ago, but the sites look a lot more professional now. it isn't until you've given out all your info and they start you on a survey and they direct you to sign up for five more sites like thiers and each site wants you to sign up for a program or buy a product and then you will get reimbursed for that product. it is all a decent idea if you remember to cancel as instructed, but if you don't then you are stuck. also, a lot of places just sign you up with the potential to make some money as though your time is a lottery. i'm not saying that all of these ways of making some cash are invalid, but i don't really have time for games or loops. if there is a site that wants to give me money for products i've already tried, then lead me to it.

Tonteau on Jul 08 '08 at 8:59am

Online survey thing is shite, mate tried it.

I'd try to find something like data entry or envelope stuffing. Mindless work that you can do from home. Maybe you could be a proof reader?

Tonteau on Jul 08 '08 at 9:01am

Look at cutting back on suff you don't need to spend on, too.

radiostaticstar on Jul 08 '08 at 9:06am

oh. i thought this was about something else...

chelly on Jul 08 '08 at 9:48am

lol rss, thanks!

stuffing envelopes only pays you if people who receive them order the product.

i think that i'm just incredibly out of luck.

squatterjohn on Jul 08 '08 at 9:53am

I always see flyers stuck to lamp posts around here saying you can make $500-$3000 dollars part-time, working from home, ask me how!

But it is probably a scam because they do all their advertising on lamp posts.

Tonteau on Jul 08 '08 at 9:53am

Not always the case, Chelly. You gotta find out before hand.

chelly on Jul 08 '08 at 11:16am

i dunno tonteau, it's pretty cheap to have a company stuff envelopes for you and bulk mailing for companies is cheaper than for individuals. it doesn't make any sense to outsourse home-bound employees in any situation. unless, of course, you were set up w/ a local print shop that needed additional employees during a busy season.

chelly on Jul 08 '08 at 9:28pm

did there used to be companies that would pay you a few pennies every time you visited their web site?

fatheed on Jul 08 '08 at 9:30pm

It's time to become an eBay POWER SELLER.

chelly on Jul 08 '08 at 9:42pm

for realz!

i hope someone wants my rainbow brite trading cards.
someone besides spacesick.

V1ctorya on Jul 09 '08 at 8:15am

Chells- I used to do mystery shopping, but, like, I made a total of thirty bucks. It's not as easy as it looked (in terms of, I had to go to a place and buy food and then do the write up and by the time I was done I was making 5$ an hour including travel time)

edean on Jul 09 '08 at 8:29am

make sure to check the BBB website before you do anything...

if you find something lucrative, you should post it on here as i'll probably need something to pay the bills whilst i'm in college next year

chelly on Jul 09 '08 at 10:12am

i'm sure there's a ton of on-the-side jobs that would be valid, but most of them are things i cannot do.

nothing involving traveling (no car)
nothing on the phone (don't want to wake the boy)
nothing w/ a time constraint (unpredictable schedule)
nothing involving mailing (no car, only post office once a week)

and so on

so, i'm sure there are plenty of decent jobs if you are willing to bend a bit

chelly on Jul 10 '08 at 7:14pm

ok dokey kids who are watching this, there's a light at the end of the tunnel

i recently came across this forum page
scroll down a bit and they talk about:
west at home
liveops
just answer, experts
vocalabs
focus pointe global
etc etc

there's a long list that i haven't had a chance to check them all out, but you can tell by reading through the comments that people are being honest about how valid the companies are.

some need land lines or certain types of computer connections
some are set up by location

but it is a very good start in a sea of cons

lemonalle on Jul 10 '08 at 7:16pm

tutoring!

avalanche_lily on Jul 10 '08 at 7:18pm

Let me know if you find anything 2 legit!

I was thinking mystery shopping.

lemonalle on Jul 10 '08 at 7:20pm

haha, i always get paranoid that mystery shoppers are stalking me in stores, even though i've never really stolen anything

chelly on Jul 10 '08 at 7:45pm

from what i understand, being a mystery shopper takes a lot of time an energy. but i suppose if you are good at it and like it, then it's all good.

i can't teach. for many many reasons. mostly though, because i'm looking for something i can do, quietly from 8-10 pm.

lemonalle on Jul 10 '08 at 7:46pm

i wish i could get college kids to pay me to write their papers... and not feel bad about it

ISABOA on Jul 10 '08 at 7:48pm

become a distributer for indian cigarettes

I hear they are always looking for someone to do that

and it takes minimal work -

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