If you are looking at ways to earn money on internet there are certain safety issues you should be aware of before you begin. People lose money when it comes to them earn money on internet and most newbies continue to be ripped off on a daily basis.

I don't want this to scare you off because there are very legitimate ways to earn online but the dangers must be covered first. A lot of offers you come across online are what we call 'scams', these are small time sites/offers set up to take your hard earned money - period! These offers will always boast unrealistic offers like 'earn a residual $1000 a day!' and are able to rope in a lot of unsuspecting victims.

There is no quick fix to earn money legitimately online - every way will require a bit of work on your part. Many people use the affiliate marketing method to earn money on internet and they do quite well out of this. I'm covering this method first because it takes the most training and work to be successful in.

With affiliate marketing you are basically a promoter of other peoples ( or vendors ) products or services. If you promote an item to a point where it sells then you will receive a commission of the sale price. In a lot of cases this can be up to 75% of the sale price ( not bad! ). As pointed out this technique to earn money on internet will require training and various extras so there will be an outlay when you begin. There are other methods to earn money on internet that are completely free to join and use. The most common free method is to sign up with a few survey sites.

These sites are marketing sites that actually pay you for your opinion ( in the form of answering questionnaires ). A word of warning though - I tried using these sites for a couple of months about two years ago and I found them very, very boring. On top of that I was receiving untold amounts of spam in my email inbox, these sites were actually selling my email address on! I finally settled on using Paid to Click sites where you are paid to simply visit advertisers websites - very little spam and legitimate results ( after I had worked at the sites for approx. 4-6 months ). Making a living online can be done with a combination of many different methods or by just concentrating on one legitimate method, you decide.