Would you do this

[countrygirl12]

Originally I posted this in the wrong section.

If you were unhappy with your current working situation would you try to start your own business?

There is something that tons of people are doing online and claim to make a lot of money.  A family member by marriage claims to have made $20,000 last year doing this part time.  (Not surveys)  I have talked to someone who knows him a lot better than me and they said he is lying about how much he made.

I am being encouraged to try myself but I cannot see making almost $400 a week working part time online.

What do you think?  Would you try something that seems totally crazy to make money from home?

[gwilson31]

I personally wouldn't.  It takes years for something to start earning you income (if it ever does)  it's a gamble.  I don't feel I have the time, money and energy to stick with it.  If it were that easy everyone would start their own business and be living high off the hog.

[countrygirl12]

I personally wouldn't.  It takes years for something to start earning you income (if it ever does)  it's a gamble.  I don't feel I have the time, money and energy to stick with it.  If it were that easy everyone would start their own business and be living high off the hog.

Kind of what I was thinking.  Basically it is selling stuff online. But if it were as easy as he says and you made as much money as he says - working part time LOL - then everybody would do that.  I have done the math and I am not seeing how I could even break even.

Kind of like people who say you can make thousands of dollars taking surveys 20 minutes a day 3 times a week. LOL  We ALL know that isn't true.

[alice44]

If you are thinking of earning money to live on with this type of site - forget it.  Stick with a salaried job.

[mamatygress]

Research the site or company or whatever.  Check the BBB and search.

[cadence4u]

Originally I posted this in the wrong section.

If you were unhappy with your current working situation would you try to start your own business?

There is something that tons of people are doing online and claim to make a lot of money.  A family member by marriage claims to have made $20,000 last year doing this part time.  (Not surveys)  I have talked to someone who knows him a lot better than me and they said he is lying about how much he made.

I am being encouraged to try myself but I cannot see making almost $400 a week working part time online.

What do you think?  Would you try something that seems totally crazy to make money from home?

Tell me about this business.

I would do it part time to start to see how it goes - Play it by year.  If you can does this few times a week, it will help financially.

[MichelleHW101]

Honestly, it's hard to know who's telling the truth about what they really make working from home and what's a scam.  If you aren't happy I would look for another job, not one of those 'get rich quick' schemes because there's isn't any way to earn so much money that fact working from home. 

[countrygirl12]

If you are thinking of earning money to live on with this type of site - forget it.  Stick with a salaried job.

Did you even read my post?  I clearly stated it is NOT SURVEYS.  I am well aware, as I have said a million times, that taking surveys is NOT A JOB.

[countrygirl12]

Honestly, it's hard to know who's telling the truth about what they really make working from home and what's a scam.  If you aren't happy I would look for another job, not one of those 'get rich quick' schemes because there's isn't any way to earn so much money that fact working from home. 

It isn't a get rich quick scheme.  I said in a later post it is basically selling stuff online.  It IS real and people do make money.  It is basically having your own business and selling online.  Millions of people do it.

I am 100% sure he inflated the amount he makes by a LOT.

And "looking for another job" isn't that easy.  Depends on where you live.  Contrary to what the government is telling us the economy is not booming every where.  Big cities yes there are tons of jobs.  In more rural areas jobs are hard to come by.  Especially if you need something that pays more than min wage and has more than part time hours.  Companies do not want to offer you any benefits.  And if you are full time they are forced to offer some kind of insurance.  Thus why they keep most every one part time.

[1imaginarygirl]

I know a few people that are distributors for MLMs. When I was still on Facebook, they would post all the time about their "amazing" products. I don't know. Maybe they are legit, but MLM has always equaled "scam" in my mind.

It would be nice to have my own business, but it would have to be a side gig. I wouldn't have the guts to quit a full time job on a risk like that.

[aflyingmonkey]

No. I won't if..... You have to shell out money initially for the products or to buy a subscription to their online catalog.
Is it a pyramid scheme where they'd make money getting others to join & sell? Then also, no.

I would try to start a business if I was unhappy with my job & an opportunity came around that didn't cost money.

[sak4kat]

I know people who have sold things online.  They have put years of time and sacrifice (8 years) into it before deciding to go back into the work force.  So if you are willing to sacrifice everything...and have a niche for a product people can't get enough of you could do well.  Then again it could cost you a bit to get up and going too.  You have to do what makes you happy and if selling stuff makes you happy go for it.  If it's a craft and not a hobby really do some deep questioning on if this is something others will want to spend there money on as much as you do.  Then ? what set's your product apart from everyone else.

[countrygirl12]

I know a few people that are distributors for MLMs. When I was still on Facebook, they would post all the time about their "amazing" products. I don't know. Maybe they are legit, but MLM has always equaled "scam" in my mind.

It would be nice to have my own business, but it would have to be a side gig. I wouldn't have the guts to quit a full time job on a risk like that.

This is not a scam. I swear I wonder if people are actually reading my posts. IT is real.  It is a real business.  You are selling your own items online.  It is not a get rich quick scheme.  The idiot distant family member who claims he made $20,000 doing this part time is a liar.

I have some questions that I can't seem to get an answer for.  You get in to a lot with taxes and stuff like that.  You have to make quarterly deposits to the IRS.  You cannot just pay it all at the end of the year without being fined.

There are people who sell full time on sites like eBay and they make a killing.  It is not a scam and is totally legit.

[countrygirl12]

No. I won't if..... You have to shell out money initially for the products or to buy a subscription to their online catalog.
Is it a pyramid scheme where they'd make money getting others to join & sell? Then also, no.

I would try to start a business if I was unhappy with my job & an opportunity came around that didn't cost money.

No it isn't a scheme or a scam.  You are selling your own items online.  smh.  It is no different than if I rented office space and opened a shop here in my local town.  That would not be a scam.  IT would be owning my own business and selling items.  Just in person instead of online.

[countrygirl12]

No. I won't if..... You have to shell out money initially for the products or to buy a subscription to their online catalog.
Is it a pyramid scheme where they'd make money getting others to join & sell? Then also, no.

I would try to start a business if I was unhappy with my job & an opportunity came around that didn't cost money.

If you can start a business that doesn't cost ANY MONEY to start up - that would be a scam.