Work at Home Jobs that are Not Scams – What I Do

With more people making money online, those looking to do the same are searching for work at home jobs that are not scams. I will provide some legit opportunities that I know firsthand are real, because I do these to earn a living from home. But I will also reveal some of the signs that most of the scams all seem to have in common, so whenever you encounter these you will think again before joining.

Do NOT be fooled by the Hype

Have you ever noticed that many if not all of the home job opportunities, tend to show off all of the great wealth and luxuries you are missing out on? If you are not a part of whatever they are trying to get you to join, they really make you feel like there is something lacking in your life.

This is a classic marketing ploy to play on your desires for all of your money problems to be solved. This is how they hook you into believing their pitch. Well sorry folks! There is absolutely no work at home opportunity that can give you that much wealth without months of hard work.

Great wealth can happen for people with a website and a dream. It happens a lot. Young online entrepreneurs get their websites up and design them into their dream job or niche. Jeff Bezos became Amazon, Bill Gates became Microsoft, Mark Zuckerberg became Facebook, Larry Page and Sergey Brin became Google and now Alphabet.

Become an online Entrepreneur

If you want to experience an entrepreneurial dream come true no matter the size, I will tell you straight up, success in the form of big money income, will not happen right away. This is actually a good thing because there is a certain way that must be followed to get Google and the other search engines to pick up and rank your website.

As you probably figured out by now, this is not a get rich quick scheme, scam or not, but a totally legit learning and business building resource. In just a bit I am going to tell you how this all contributes to the other legit online money making opportunities. But first the WordPress website built in 30 seconds.

This learning and online training experience was already amazing after lesson 2 where everyone learns the simple process of making money with companies like Apple, Nike, Amazon, and thousands more. Now when lesson 4 comes and it is time for us to build our websites, building the programmed framework is done by the free Site Rubix website builder program within 30 seconds.

Other opportunities on the horizon

Making money writing SEO content for WordPress websites and blogs can pay well

Being that it takes about three months before you start making money of any amount, during the time spent building your website up, you learn vital SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and WordPress lessons. Knowing how to write SEO website and blog content as well as know how to work with WordPress, are both in demand right now by companies.

Now that I knew I could build a website whenever I wanted and within a minute, I made it a mission that I would build 4 websites for myself. Two for making money affiliating with Amazon and a video game company and two websites for informational use. I took the knowledge of building 4 websites and started building WordPress websites for people at $600 to $800.

Though building websites happens so infrequent, my two main sources of income are my affiliate websites and writing SEO content for other people’s blogs, with the latter usually paying close to $500 per month. So all because of one place that taught me one of the easiest and correct ways of making money online, I gained this knowledge.

Membership has its privileges – even at WA

I am sure you are probably wondering by now, what is the name of this online business building and training called? This is a community of other budding online entrepreneurs as well as established internet marketers, all paying members are there to continue building their websites and helping out when asked.

The name of this place is Wealthy Affiliate and they are the only all-inclusive online business building training community on the internet, now in its 11th year. It has provided me knowledge to make money online in three different ways and it only costed me an all-inclusive price of $49 per month. By my fifth month I was earning much more per month, making my membership basically free.

One of the shining stars of Wealthy Affiliate is its helping community! The acquaintance building within an active community of other online entrepreneurs, can be quite helpful with many freely answering questions. So if you ever need to understand something in your efforts to build your online business, you will get satisfaction to your queries.

My 4 legit work from home job opportunities

Just to recap, because of the easy-to-follow video and tutorial training lessons at Wealthy Affiliate, I make money from the comfort of my home in three different ways.

• I get paid by online retail companies like Amazon, Target, Starbucks and others, for writing about and promoting products that they sell on their websites in affiliate marketing.
• I get paid to write SEO content for other people’s websites and blogs so they can rank better in the search engines.
• I occasionally get paid building WordPress websites for other people.

Then there is my other legit online business which also requires a lot more work but can yield earnings quicker, and this is my eBay business. I have been selling on a part-time basis on eBay for about 15 years now. It has only been within the past 6 years that I have been doing more as a PowerSeller by making connections with wholesalers.

If you would like to know more you can check out my extensive blog called how to make money on eBay. I give you 7 tips for selling on eBay including links to a free directory of wholesalers and drop shippers. No this has nothing to do with DS Domination. DSD is not real drop shipping. I will also provide you with the steps I took when I started.

Spotting a possible online scam

In regards to my comment about DSD above, I have seen some posts and videos online claiming that no one can make money doing drop shipping. That is totally false and it seems from the ones I had read, they all seemed to be ex-members of DS Domination. And I understand why they make those claims, because the DSD way is not real drop shipping and costs far too much for what you are getting.

Whenever an online work at home job offers different upsell training packages, those are always the opportunities I would pass on, no matter how good they sound. My reason is why stretch out training courses at higher prices, when you could just charge one upsell and include everything? Another sign to look out for is an MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) style of payment structure.

Make sure you promote or sell an actual product most people would use

This is not to say that all MLMs are scams, there are some legitimate MLM programs out there. But seeing how many scams adopt this kind of marketing model, you always need to be suspect. If the way in which you will make money has you promoting an information product, I would pass on that. I would prefer an actual product most people would use being sold, even if overpriced like Amway.

How to make money while you sleep

Warren Buffett said, “if you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.” This is such a true statement and why I love earning money from my affiliate marketing websites, because I can make money 24/7 with very little effort. Though eBay is more physical work, it is also another online business you can earn 24/7.

But thanks to the training I received at Wealth Affiliate, the best work at home jobs that are not scams in my opinion are the ones I get to do every day which makes working fun. And unlike many other offers there are NO upsells at Wealthy Affiliate. Starter members join for free and Premium members are $49 per month. This includes everything!

If you would like to see your website dream business come true, join Wealthy Affiliate for Free as a Starter member and get 1 free WordPress website and 10 training lessons. Remember this is not a get rich quick scheme but a legit offer in the 7 Billion Dollar per year affiliate marketing industry. To join just click the Wealthy Affiliate University banner I have above top right.

Obviously there are other real work at home jobs, and I only mentioned 4 here, I will do a part 2 of this blog of other real jobs from home in the near future. Remember what to look for when searching out an offer. If you liked this post, please share on social media and if you have any questions, please leave them below and I will reply within 24-48 hours. Thank you!