Whether you run a blog, website or e-commerce platform, there are several ways that they can monetized in order to bring in a passive income, and are completely free to set up. Even if you don’t own a website, there are tons of options you have to make money online. In 2013, the amount of online earning sites will easily double due to the growing need for companies to establish an online marketing presence. Being in the advertising business for several years now, we have had the time to experiment with several affiliate sites and programs, and have compiled our top 5 online earning sites for this year:
1. Google Adsense
When it comes to earning income through your webspace, there is no other competitor that can come close to the income potential that Google Adsense extends. If a business wants to really establish themselves online, the most important consideration is how relevant their sites are in the search engines. Google’s Adwords program allows companies to pay for advertising through their network of blogs and websites. Companies pay Goggle on a “pay-per-click” basis, meaning they only pay Google everytime someone clicks on one of their ads and customers are directed to their website. Once this occurs, Google gets paid the “pay-per-click” cost specified by the customer and extends a percentage of that payment over to the website or blog that was hosting the ad. If you own a website or blog, you can signup for Google Adsense, which will allow you to host these ads based on the criteria that is specified. These ads run on autopilot, so once they are setup, all you have to do is sit back and watch the income pile up.
2. Ebay
Ebay has always established themselves as one of the top online earning sites in its category. If you aren’t already familiar with it, Ebay is an online shopping network design around an auction based platform. You can buy and sell just about anything on Ebay, and you can even set up your own online store. Whats great about this, is that you dont even need any inventory to do so. There are several drop shipping sites that will allow you to sell items through your store and once a sale is made, the items will ship from the companies who house them. They make a sale, you make a commission of that sale, and the cutomer receives their product everybody wins. Of course their is a ton of competition here, but Ebay has always proved to be a great money maker for a variety of niches.
3. Flippa
Looking to buy a website or sell one you currently own? Then Flippa is the place for you. Flippa.com sells a huge amount of blogs, websites and domains daily, and is run in an auction based setting similar to Ebay. If you have a little bit of marketing know-how, and a keen eye for bargains, then you can make a huge amount of money flipping websites. Flipping websites is very similar to flipping houses. You need to know what you doing, but given some time you can easily triple your investment. Flippa is another great place to purchase websites or blogs that already have their footing, and monetize them on autopilot to create a steady monthly income. Keep an eye out for domains that have at least a couple years behind them. This will make it much easier to rank on the top search enignes and bring you a ton of traffic.
4. Elance
Ever wanted to be your own boss and work from home? Sounds like such a cheesy info commercial doesnt it? Seriously though, it is possible with freelance sites like Elance. In Elance, you can sell your services to a variety of people and businesses all over the world. How much you can make really depends on the type of work you can do and how good you are at marketing yourself. Once you create a profile, you can choose one or several fields of experience and send proposals to clients looking for workers. You can set your own hours, wages, and never have to leave your home.
5. Clickbank
Clickbank is one of the most recognized marketing hubs for advertisers and publishers alike. Clickbank is a marketing service for digital products and services. Basically, if a company has something to sell online, they can list those products through Clickbank where publishers (like yourself) can promote these products on their own sites or blogs and bring in commissions every time a sale is made. Its important to note that not every product offers the same commission. Each company will stipulate the commission they are willing to pay, so choose wisely. Clickbank has had a complete overhaul in the last couple of years, and they have a growing number of advertisers willing to pay big bucks for publishers in their niche.
Author: Josh Nadeau
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