Since the e-commerce in the internet started, more and more Filipinos turn into the internet to find income either to supplement their traditional incomes or to find their own source of income. Finally even couch potatoes can earn online if they traded their remote controls for a keyboard and mouse instead.

In an ironic country where cost of goods and services continue to increase each year despite the continued appreciation of peso compared to the dollar, the internet is the closest we can get to the greener pastures without applying for a Visa in the embassies scattered around Manila. People who do not have jobs or people who have jobs but still have insufficient incomes to sustain their needs, go to the internet to find opportunities that can enable them to earn and supplement their incomes which sadly they cannot do offline.

Although the internet does offer a vast array of choices of earning income such as:

1. paid to post (joining forums and posting to earn points to exchange for $)
2. paid blog posts (writing paid posts in your blogs and getting paid $)
3. paid to click (clicking advertisements to earn $)
4. paid to surf (clicking links or sites, viewing for 10-30 seconds then earning $) and so much more,

it does not mean that each Pinoy who joins one can be assured that he has finally found the golden pot. Many of these existing sites are a rehash of previously established sites and are just copying the process, style and hype. Some of these sites unfortunately are not really able to maintain and continuously keep their site up and running, thus some end up closing unable to give the payouts its members were waiting for.

When it sounds too good to be true, sometimes it really is. One must be wary of newly established sites promising the sun and the moon. More often than not these sites are the first ones to go down and get buried amongst the huge pile of defunct paid programs in the internet. One rule of thumb to follow would be testing the waters first before jumping and paying the fees. Check first if the site really is reliable by looking at their accomplishments, growth and maintenance. If you see that the members are really paid and the site is continuously flourishing it can be a good opportunity to invest. As they say, to get more money, you need money.

However, spending funds that you don’t really have isn’t good. Investment on paid programs are never risk-free. If you end up losing all your investment you only have yourself to blame. Only invest your spare funds if possible. This way you do not end up spending your family’s food budget for the week leaving your children hungry instead.

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