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I have been selling stuff occasionally on Ebay over the last 5 years or so. I knew that a bunch of people had ebay businesses, but I didn’t realize how many. The last figure I heard was that there are over 1 million Ebay businesses. I am sure some of them are part time businesses, but that is just amazing to me that there is that much potential available.

Deciding to start an ebay biz
I decided to try it out and see if I could start a part-time ebay biz. The great thing about it to me was that I could essentially turn it on or off when I felt like it. If I needed some extra income for a vacation I was saving for I could sell some stuff for a month or so and then when the vacation rolled around I could temporarily shut it down just by not […]

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I was recently tossing around some ideas to come up with some extra cash in a hurry. I decided to tap the wisdom of the crowds so I asked some of the PF bloggers around to share what they would do if they had to find a way to come up with $200 in two weeks or less.
I noticed some trends…

Selling stuff on Craigslist.org
Selling stuff on Ebay
Get a freelance job

There are many others listed, but the above 3 seem to be the most popular ways of coming up with extra cash.
How I would do it…
I would probably sell some more stuff on Ebay just like everyone else But I would also fill out a few surveys on CashCrate. Together it probably wouldn’t be too difficult to come up with $200.
Below is how everyone else would come up with the $200. Feel free to share how you would come up […]

Original post by bob

I was recently tossing around some ideas to come up with some extra cash in a hurry. I decided to tap the wisdom of the crowds so I asked some of the PF bloggers around to share what they would do if they had to find a way to come up with $200 in two weeks or less.
I noticed some trends…

Selling stuff on Craigslist.org
Selling stuff on Ebay
Get a freelance job

There are many others listed, but the above 3 seem to be the most popular ways of coming up with extra cash.
How I would do it…
I would probably sell some more stuff on Ebay just like everyone else But I would also fill out a few surveys on CashCrate. Together it probably wouldn’t be too difficult to come up with $200.
Below is how everyone else would come up with the $200. Feel free to share how you would come up […]

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I just found out about Scour today and I am excited about the possibility of it. Everyone who knows me knows that I am an avid Google nut and love a lot of the product they have put out. But, I think they need a little bit of competition in the search market. Yahoo and MSN are just not very good competitors anymore.
Scour looks like they may have a product that could compete with them. The challenge, of course, is that it is a huge uphill battle for them. Google has most of the internet’s users using it as their search engine, so in order to have a chance Scour is going to have to be a lot better.

My experience with Scour (so far)
Scour is a search engine that has two distinct advantages over Google…

The results are voted on by other users. So, in theory, only the best stuff should […]

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The truth about CashCrate
I recently heard about this program and thought I would check it out. Basically you get paid for filling out short surveys and giving your email address to spammers.
The sign up is simple enough. It only takes about 30 seconds and once you complete that, they take you to the below screen. Here you select which offers you would like to complete. You click the offer on the left and once you complete the offer, then you click the submit button. Cash Crate then verifies that you completed it and then adds the funds to your account.

All of the offers I have done so far are actually very short and easy to fill out. Only taking about 30 -60 seconds to fill out for each one.
The problem is that it is difficult to tell how much of the offer you need to fill out. […]

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Taking a survey to help your buddy Google

If you are looking to make some money as a guinea pig for Google, you might want to sign up for their usability study. They typically pay $75 per hour that you spend with the Google researcher (in person or on the phone). They have some online surveys which are completed from your home computer and the payment varies based on the length of the survey.
From the Google FAQ page about it:

What am I signing up for?
You’d be helping us to improve Google products, both existing ones and those that are still in development. For example, we might ask you to try out a prototype and give us feedback on it, or we might interview you to help us plan a new product.

They are looking for all types of people: those experienced with Google products, new users and everything in between. There are […]

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Get paid to shop with Live Search Cashback
I just found a cool new tool to make some extra cash for shopping online (thanks Phil!). Amazon prime has turned out to be a good investment for me, but I also love having options. Enter Live Search Cashback.
No, this isn’t one of those ridiculous email forwards that say something like, “Bill Gates wants to pay you $450 for every person you forward this to in order to do market research. I didn’t think it would work until I got my check for $45,000 signed by Bill Gates himself.” It’s not quite that ridiculous.
Per the Cashback site, here is how it works:

Step 1 - Search
Search for Cashback deals at Live Search Cashback. Each time you click a Live Search Cashback listing, you’ll find great deals on the product you chose. Your results will clearly list the Cashback savings you’ll receive […]

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I just read an interesting article about a guy who 14 years ago bought the domain pizza.com for $20 (and had to pay $20 each year to keep it). He didn’t really know what it was worth, so he recently decided to put it up for auction to see what he could get for it and it went for a cool $2.6 million. How is that for a nice return on investment?
I remember about that time looking for domains to buy because I had heard a few people comparing it to the California Gold Rush. I spent about 15 minutes typing in domain names and then gave up. Maybe I should have kept at it a bit longer.
While the Pizza.com story is remarkable and not the norm, people have been and continue to make money with domains. I haven’t gotten too involved in buying or selling domains, but if […]

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ePinions.com $10 for 10 reviews
ePinions.com is running a promotion to pay users for their reviews. If you write 10 reviews you will receive $10. If you write 20 then you will get $20, all the way up to 100. They also have a $10 bonus for every 10 reviews that are rated “very helpful.”
I have never really been a fan of ePinions because they never seem to have many reviews on products that I am shopping for. Hence the reason for this promotion?
A few notes about the 10 for $10 promotion:

The Promotion is valid until the first 30,000 reviews are received or until April 30, 2008 (11:59 PM Pacific time), which ever comes first.
Your reviews must be submitted on a product or service in Epinions.com’s database, excluding editorials, buying guides, comments about Epinions.com, member advice, and the writer’s corner.
At the time Epinions.com validates entries (some time shortly […]

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