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What are some ways I can earn online ($200-$300)? Just enough to buy a new PC.

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Post by sygeek »

My current specs are: Pentium 4 2.40 GHz 376MB RAM Intel integrated 82845G

I've been using this PC for the past 10 years. The only games I can run are outdated and I've played them tonnes of times. I can now hardly run current games like minecraft (playing for 6 months) and warband. It has become increasingly frustating now.

So, HN please help me buy myself a gaming PC. I'm all for online jobs recommendations but being in a non-US country has made it very difficult. I've tried most of the programs but all of them were unsuccessful. My goal is to get $200-$300.

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Post by mtgx »

Try to win a few projects on https://www.elance.com or other freelance sites. Bid only the minimum price if the project isn't too large (until you get more experience and projects under your belt on the site).

There's also http://fiverr.com, and you can sell almost any type of service you can think about for $5. Check the ones that already exist for inspiration.

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Post by sygeek »

mtgx wrote: post #2

Try to win a few projects on https://www.elance.com or other freelance sites. Bid only the minimum price if the project isn't too large (until you get more experience and projects under your belt on the site). There's also http://fiverr.com , and you can sell almost any type of service you can think about for $5. Check the ones that already exist for inspiration.

I tried fiverr.com but none of my projects gets any buys.

Not sure about freelance though, will it work without any programing experience?

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Post by jmmcd »

sygeek wrote: post #3
mtgx wrote: post #2

Try to win a few projects on https://www.elance.com or other freelance sites. Bid only the minimum price if the project isn't too large (until you get more experience and projects under your belt on the site). There's also http://fiverr.com , and you can sell almost any type of service you can think about for $5. Check the ones that already exist for inspiration.

I tried fiverr.com but none of my projects gets any buys. Not sure about freelance though, will it work without any programing experience?

> without any programing experience?

Are you sure you're on the right website?

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Post by tluyben2 »

mtgx wrote: post #2

Try to win a few projects on https://www.elance.com or other freelance sites. Bid only the minimum price if the project isn't too large (until you get more experience and projects under your belt on the site). There's also http://fiverr.com , and you can sell almost any type of service you can think about for $5. Check the ones that already exist for inspiration.

oDesk.com is much faster / safer to do so. Elance is hard to score in my experience as starter, while my sister went, on oDesk, without any tech skills, from a few $/day to $100+/day and gets many referrals.

(If you didn't get it from the above; this will work without programming experience; you can write/translate/be an assistent/do basic testing/etc/etc. You don't even need a computer for a lot of things, but you will have a high phonebill or need to travel if you choose those jobs. Depending on where you live, there are local assignments as well, which pay out very fast and usually quite a lot as they 'see your face').

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Post by mpeg »

jmmcd wrote: post #4
sygeek wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried fiverr.com but none of my projects gets any buys. Not sure about freelance though, will it work without any programing experience?

> without any programing experience? Are you sure you're on the right website?

He's been asking for months, instead of going out and, you know, getting a job.

I guess he's expecting someone to give him the money.

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Post by true_religion »

esbwhat wrote: post #7

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2818128 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3958812 how did you go from being 14 to being 16 in less than a year? Very fishy

I remember when I was 14, it was cool to say you were 18---not 16, but then again, I'm not from the UK.
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