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How did you make your first dollar online?

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Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by sivel123 »

nicbou wrote: post #15
sivel123 wrote: post #10

Are there ways i can make even 20$ a day currently?I am a junior software developer with less than a year of experience.I have worked with, javascript,react.js and python.And the usual html and css

The commission rate for opening a bank account or getting almost any kind of insurance is about this much. If you can build a tool that helps people choose these things, add some affiliate links and you are golden.

thanks for the tip

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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solardev wrote: post #18
sivel123 wrote: post #10

Are there ways i can make even 20$ a day currently?I am a junior software developer with less than a year of experience.I have worked with, javascript,react.js and python.And the usual html and css

Can you intern somewhere?

I would definitely love to intern,just not gotten the internship yet.

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by datascienced »

thy77 wrote: post #20

I saw a scheme where you make domains and pages like "london best plumber .co.uk" or top london plumber. Then pick a guy to put on it. Put his phone there. Call in a few days and show him the page. He will say thank you and that you have already doubled his business. He will begin to pay you 100 a month to stay as your top pick. He will also pay for a redesign of his existing company website. You will also host the n…

2010 called and wants it’s Google algorithm back ;-)

Nice hussle tho

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by ChiptuneIsCool »

I'm quite young so this happened very recently. Me and my friend created an Android app for students that could let you view our school's online workbook (so grades, lessons, news etc) in the app without opening and logging in the website. Some time passed and the workbook gained popularity among other schools (mostly because it was open source) and so did our app. Then a school asked us to change the ui a bit and paid us 80€. I think I used my 40€ in pc parts and other stuff :) Soon after we stopped working on it and graduated.

There are still like 200~ users using the app even after 2 years since we stopped updating (and it crashes a lot).

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by eb0la »

Plain old google ads. My first $ came in a check and it was more expensive to cash it in my country than just frame it. Morale: you actually "earn" something the moment cash is in your pocket. Everything else is plain accounting.

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by tuumi »

Back when the internet began to appear in households I had a friend who started a dial up ISP. I had a personal website hosted there. I found an adult clip and made a web page with a banner ad with a "click here to support". Honestly, I have no idea how people even found the web page. I'd get mailed $20 to $50 dollar checks every so often. I'd have to monitor the bandwidth used so my buddy wouldn't notice. I'm pretty sure I went over but I was never charged extra. The mid to late 90s were an interesting time.

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by tuumi »

tuumi wrote: post #28

Back when the internet began to appear in households I had a friend who started a dial up ISP. I had a personal website hosted there. I found an adult clip and made a web page with a banner ad with a "click here to support". Honestly, I have no idea how people even found the web page. I'd get mailed $20 to $50 dollar checks every so often. I'd have to monitor the bandwidth used so my buddy wouldn't notice. I'm pretty…

Also, bought a CD burner when they were about $500. Bootleg live CDs of your favorite band were $30+. So I'd do some digging and find some live MP3 and and sell CDs to my friends for $15. There was a narrow window of time to do this before the technology became more common. Does that count as making money online?
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